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M1gamiTensei The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps from Punished “Brainwashed” M1gami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
#326: Aug 25th 2022 at 2:50:31 PM

HBO max was extremely successful but Zaslav put it down the toilet to try to save 3 bil. Never underestimate a man’s cheapness.

Edited by M1gamiTensei on Aug 25th 2022 at 2:51:22 AM

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#327: Aug 25th 2022 at 4:21:53 PM

EDIT: Sorry, wrong thread.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Aug 25th 2022 at 7:26:11 AM

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#329: Aug 25th 2022 at 5:11:25 PM

And all it cost them was $20 billion and the respect from everyone working under them.

As I said before, go right, get blight.

Edited by SatoshiBakura on Aug 25th 2022 at 8:11:39 AM

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Meh-meh!?
#330: Aug 25th 2022 at 6:17:22 PM

I remember before people were speculating if they were violating anti-discrimination laws on accident to where a lawsuit would be on the table, but this makes it... well, not on accident. Any chances this'll boost the prospects of some kind of lawsuit happening?

Edited by NesClassic on Aug 25th 2022 at 9:17:49 AM

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#331: Aug 25th 2022 at 6:19:45 PM

At this point, if they aren't gathering everyone to work in the big lawsuit, I'd be very surprised.

Wake me up at your own risk.
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#332: Aug 25th 2022 at 6:32:39 PM

I can picture 2023 now:

"Welp, our stocks tanked, are subscribers buggered out, we got sued out the ass, and Black Adam bombed because we released it next to Avatar 2. If The Flash flops, we have no choice but to declare bankruptcy."

Meanwhile, Ezra Miller will be in Alaska committing arson.

Edited by SatoshiBakura on Aug 25th 2022 at 11:47:19 AM

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Crazy Crossover Creator - A Man with Many Hypoth
#334: Aug 25th 2022 at 8:37:14 PM

I suggested it in the Cartoon Network thread and I’ll say it again, I think they should do what Roy E. Disney did with Eisner and campaign to get rid of Zaslav and his yes-men. It worked out for the Walt Disney Company in the long run. A bit too well.. but I think they’ll have a lot of support seeing how many people Zaslav pissed off.

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M1gamiTensei The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps from Punished “Brainwashed” M1gami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
#335: Aug 25th 2022 at 11:31:35 PM

I forget this, but there was this My Gym Partner’s a Teenage Party episode where an army of lawyers run around, chanting “sue, sue, sue, sue” endlessly.

Zaslav must be pretty high up his own butt if he still thinks what he has done is viable.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#336: Aug 26th 2022 at 12:46:19 PM

He's probably waiting to exit the company with a golden parachute,if the smoke clears in time

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#337: Aug 26th 2022 at 12:51:09 PM

At this point, he better be satisfied with pyrite, really.

Wake me up at your own risk.
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#338: Aug 28th 2022 at 2:04:41 PM

Kinda not how the corporate world works. He's going to be just fine, period.

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#339: Aug 28th 2022 at 2:19:49 PM

[up]x8 This little bit from Owen Dennis seems to support that.

Across the industry, talent is mad, agents are mad, lawyers and managers are mad, even execs at these companies are mad. I can’t think of a single person who works in animation and entertainment that, when you bring this all up, doesn’t say “What the fuck are they doing? How do they plan to have anyone ever want to work with them again?”

Edited by megaeliz on Aug 28th 2022 at 5:22:08 AM

ElSquibbonator Since: Oct, 2014
#340: Aug 28th 2022 at 3:41:36 PM

The unspoken problem with Zaslav is that he is, quite literally, Two Decades Behind. His disdain for HBO Max and emphasis on theatrical films and traditional TV mark him as a holdover from an era before streaming was a core strategy for companies like Warner Bros. and Disney.

lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#341: Aug 28th 2022 at 4:11:43 PM

I think I just saw the perfect encapsulation of how insane this whole merger is.

Right now, on the break room TV at my work, HGTV is on, and there was a network bug popup advertising House of the Dragon.

I'm not sure how much overlap there is between the fanbases for "dark and bloody fantasy epic" and "middle-aged ladies renovate houses" but I guarantee it's not as large as they probably think it is.

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Goku Black
#342: Aug 28th 2022 at 4:41:38 PM

Mind you the shark week crossover might be lit.

House of the Shark.

Or Shark Euphoria.

Or Sharksucceion

Edited by miraculous on Aug 28th 2022 at 4:44:51 AM

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ElSquibbonator Since: Oct, 2014
#343: Aug 28th 2022 at 4:52:26 PM

Man, and I thought Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives was bad. Wait a minute. . . was Zaslav behind that too?

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#344: Aug 28th 2022 at 11:46:50 PM

I believe so.
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Yes. He was also in charge when they aired that mermaid mockumentary.

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#345: Aug 29th 2022 at 7:38:28 AM

IIRC wasn't the Game of Thrones series made to appeal to soccer moms and the like? They deliberately downplayed the fantasy and dragons stuff early on.

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Jemerald of Brainrot
#346: Aug 29th 2022 at 7:52:59 AM

If that's true, this is the first I've heard of it.

Get taxed. Idiot.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#347: Aug 29th 2022 at 7:53:34 AM

No,I've heard it plenty of times but its taken heavily out of context

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#348: Aug 29th 2022 at 7:59:37 AM

[up][up][up] I mean, the second part (downplaying the fantasy) part is true, but that doesn't imply the former.

It's generally accepted that the downplaying was to appeal to a "wider audience" and while that can be soccer moms, honestly it's generally accepted to be the 18-35 dudebro demographic that thinks fantasy is for nerds and boobs are awesome.

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#349: Aug 29th 2022 at 8:28:41 AM

I misremembered, it was to expand the fanbase to "mothers and NFL players".

Edited by lalalei2001 on Aug 29th 2022 at 11:29:00 AM

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#350: Aug 29th 2022 at 2:40:03 PM

CNN Shilling for Warner/Discovery:

There's a myriad of reasons why HBO Max is removing shows like "Generation," "Infinity Train," "Vinyl," and "The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo."

But it breaks down to three key areas: cost-cutting, a shift in the overall content strategy and ridding the service of content that subscribers weren't watching.

Streaming has trained consumers to believe that everything will be available forever on a service, especially original content. That's not always the case.

Other services pull content from their libraries too. It's a part of the business.

Yeah, that’s not how this works.

Edited by megaeliz on Aug 30th 2022 at 10:50:24 AM


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