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Post by jdv on Mar 21, 2023 12:48:51 GMT -5
Poor butterfly:
"Deadline has confirmed that the esteemed Marvel executive and EP of several movies, Victoria Alonso, has exited Marvel Studios after a 17-year run. No reasons were given for her departure, which was effective Friday, and it’s not yet clear where she’s heading. Her exit is quite a shocker given her amiable demeanor and passion for all things Marvel." --------------------
She was apparently the chief wokester responsible for the ever weakening of what was once the world's biggest franchise.
The most recent flop of ANTMAN 3 was perhaps the final nail in the coffin, but it was a coffin that she's put a lot of nails into:
"Alonso has also served as an exec producer on Marvel movies and Disney+ series including most recently Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Thor: Love ad Thunder and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, in addition to series such as Loki, Ms. Marvel, and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, to name a few." ----------------------
All of those movies sucked, and all of them under-performed as a result. And why did they all suck? Well.....
"A consistently outspoken champion of diversity in entertainment, Alonso said during a 2021 Women In Animation panel at the Annecy Animation Film Festival that inclusion, diversity and gender parity “all go hand-in-hand with showing the world as it is.
Alonso added then that members of the LGBTQ+ community “deserve the right to live, love, and have. More importantly, we deserve an origin story…As long as I am at Marvel Studios I will fight for representation for all of us.” ----------------------------
Beyond this genius business plan - because guys running around in skin-tight body suits apparently not gay enough - she also claimed that women made up "51%" of all comic book readers. She should have been fired for that totally divorced from reality statement alone.
She also apparently was hated by the SFX houses, which is a real bad look when your product is essentially digital animation.
Disney - which is prepping to lay off thousands more people as they bled money - has perhaps had enough of the woke/broke trap they had painted themselves into, at least until they start making money again. But somehow a doubt that a franchise which has kicked out 30 + movies in such a compressed time is going to get better anytime soon.
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Post by Warpig on Mar 21, 2023 13:54:38 GMT -5
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Post by jdv on Mar 21, 2023 15:15:13 GMT -5
Hopefully Kathleen Kennedy, the person most responsible for ruining STAR WARS movies, is next to be shown the door.
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Post by jdv on Mar 22, 2023 10:11:00 GMT -5
Hopefully Kathleen Kennedy, the person most responsible for ruining STAR WARS movies, is next to be shown the door.
It looks like that might be one more step closer to happening, as the "writer" who was responsible for the last disastrous trilogy has also been shown the door:
"There has been a disturbance in the force, as screenwriters Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson have exited the Star Wars project that Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy remains slated to direct, Above the Line has exclusively learned.
Lindelof and Britt-Gibson turned in a draft of the script in mid-February and parted ways with the project just days later, according to sources. Lucasfilm already has a new writer on board, though ATL was unable to ascertain their identity. Production is slated to start in February 2024 ahead of the film’s planned release date on Dec. 19, 2025."
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However, a self-proclaimed feminist director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (who has apparently never actually directed a full length film) is still listed as the director for the next movie. Which now does not have a script.
This is wiki's description of her:
“a Canadian journalist, filmmaker and activist known for her work in films that highlight the inequality for women.”
If that doesn't scream "Star Wars" I don't know what does.
Sounds like a recipe for money to me!
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Post by Warpig on Mar 22, 2023 16:12:48 GMT -5
They didn't go with my Star Wars Fan Fic?
I mean yeah, it features genocide, gruesome genetic experiments, and war-criminal levels of rape, but it has its heart in the right place.
I guess I'm just ahead of my time.
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Post by jdv on Mar 22, 2023 17:03:45 GMT -5
MANDALORIAN kinda beat you to it pal.
Also, gay as you are, you might not be gay enough.
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Post by Warpig on Mar 23, 2023 13:45:42 GMT -5
MANDALORIAN kinda beat you to it pal. Also, gay as you are, you might not be gay enough.
PSHT, Gayer than YOU! I'm the GAYEST one here! Oh wait....
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Post by jdv on Mar 28, 2023 12:46:32 GMT -5
So it's been confirmed that she was straight up fired, and not some weak-sauce "The parties agreed it was time for seek greener pastures."
In the first AVENGERS movie, there's line about Loki who Black Widow describes as a god, to which Captain America says "There's only one God ma'am, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that."
There is zero chance of hearing such a line come out of a character's mouth now in the MCU, which is a fireable offense all by itself.
So, maybe someone has realized this.
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Post by Warpig on Mar 28, 2023 13:07:40 GMT -5
Hmm...I seem to remember a phrase...."Get Woke, Go Broke"?
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Post by jdv on Mar 28, 2023 13:53:24 GMT -5
Hmm...I seem to remember a phrase...."Get Woke, Go Broke"?
Don't forget, "As stupid is, stupid does."
It should be noted that none of things happening now at Disney are of their own accord. A majority stock-holder (finally) began raising hell as Disney burned piles of money because... reasons.
The concession was essentially makes radical changes or face a revolt of stock holders.
Today Disney announced they're canning an entire division metaverse, as the blood-letting continues apace.
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Post by Warpig on Mar 28, 2023 14:18:45 GMT -5
The "Meta-what" now?
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Post by jdv on Mar 28, 2023 17:44:20 GMT -5
It's ultra-important, otherwise Disney would not have created it.
Because just making kids movies and shows about STAR WARS aren't enough.
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