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A few lucky people have read James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 script and it "made them cry"
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It depends how said upper management treats him. Remember his last public statement:
Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/james-gunn-exits-guardians-galaxy-vol-3-1128786
Regardless how much I think Alan Horn was a stupid asshole firing Gunn, it's hard to not see the "business side" of this thing: Disney is going through their biggest acquisition of its history. It needs the DOJ approval, and Rupert Murdoch is friends with Trump. Gunn was one of the most outspoken famous people owning Trump on Twitter almost at a daily basis. The alt-right scandal was hard to navigate back then, but maybe after the merger is done and Horn is out, it might become manageable. I wouldn't discard James Gunn still being secretly "on hold" for this, despite what the actors close to the production know and think.
Hmm, now where have I seen this happen before?....
....STELLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
gamergate was a boil on the ass of the alt-right movement that had started a decade previous, while the organizers did put together a lot of the previously used social media salvos into one "campaign" for the first extremely public time, the only thing they did was rise above the dark surface of the internet for the briefest of moments and bask in the sunlight of media attention, allowing many people to see what these assholes were up too for the first time
this isn't to say it wasn't impactful and hurtful for a lot of people, but to claim that it gave rise to the alt-right movement is to show a deep ignorance of contemporary political history.
The fuck? I'm saying don't waste him on this script, not that he is above doing a Marvel film.
The only thing that comes from James Gunn's soul are tasteless rape and pedo jokes, the Guardians franchise is just his way of doing what Robert Rodriguez was doing with Spy Kids or what Eli Roth is doing with The House with a Clock in its Walls, it's where he gets to pretend to be something he isn't and if he put much effort into it I feel sorry for him because it certainly doesn't come off that way.
Everything is more scrutinized in these times and Disney also has a reputation to maintain.
He's a popular movie director of a movie franchise people love, so it's not surprising the outpouring of support he's receiving.
I swear, people lose their goddamn mind on Twitter.
Let me stop you right there...shhhhhhhh. People change. Adam Yauch used to openly sexually assault women. Then he changed. It can happen. For you to claim to know what's in his soul is just stupid beyond words. Especially given that he apologized for this stuff long before any of this went down.
Trump/the DOJ already approved of the FOX merger in June and Gunn got fired in July, so I don't think that had anything to do with it...
Ok, then he's not above doing a Guardians 3 with a script from James Gunn. He wouldn't be wasted if he wanted to do it.
I can't agree with this. I've followed James Gunn since he made Super and you do see a maturity in his later films that just isn't in his earlier work at Troma.
Yes I'm a robot because a comic book movie hasn't made me cry. Get a grip.
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No, you are emotionally a child for not understanding why others could cry by watching a "comic book movie" or any other piece of media that might have touched them in a personal level. What I'm saying is that you are emotionally inept to empathize, and your reply here isn't doing you any favors, by the way.
Yes but the merging isn't yet done. I'm fully aware of the intracacies of the Fox merger, and my point is that it'd make sense from a business to standpoint to avoid controversies, like the Gunn's firing. The thing is, it backfired on them, but reverting it at least not with some distance also would.
Welcome to my ignore list club.
No, I'm laughing at the idea of people crying reading a script. And lol at the reply not doing me favors. Whatever that means. Lol
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...not that I'd cry, but why are you laughing tho? Why it bothers you. And why the necessity to belittle those who would?
Era: We're not like those other gaming sites. We don't partake in toxic masculinity and making fun of people for expressing emotions.
Also Era: *This fucking topic*
Everyday, it shows more and more that Era is no better than the other garbage gaming forums.
Also Era: *This fucking topic*
Everyday, it shows more and more that Era is no better than the other garbage gaming forums.
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In Era's defense, it wasn't always like this, not in the beginning at least. The first three to six months were absolutely gold. With the growth, it's natural that more people would chime in and something of that would start being part of our day to day. With that said, at the very least here we still have a sizable amount of pushback against toxic behaviors like that.
Why? Because I think it's funny. I think it's funny that an adult can get so worked up about a movie script. It's really not that big of a deal if I or others find it funny.
One could argue that there is something toxic in the idea that you could be moved to tears by the script of a Marvel machine movie... Hmm... there's something there I think... not all media is worthy of that kind of emotional investment, especially the kind of manufactured cloying emotional manipulation that these toy movies are replete with.
I dunno... there might be something there. That late-state capitalism has ruined our emotional responses and attached us to these characters.
Clearly no one should be denigrating someone who cried because they read the script, that's childish.
This forum can be fucking disgusting and abhorrent sometimes. The first page is proof. A lot more people on my ignore list now.
100 fucking percent.
The old place back in the day would permanently ban people for some of this shit.
100 fucking percent.
The old place back in the day would permanently ban people for some of this shit.
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Have you never teared up while reading a book? These things invoke your imagination, you invest and draw a thing to life, and you see it playout in your head. Of course people will be emotionally attached during the experience.
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Adults cry. Adults have feelings and most of all, adults go through real shit that impact their views of the pieces of media they consume, be it a film or a screenplay. It's not a big deal if you find it funny, it is reprehensible if you and others mock those that felt something while watching any piece of media. You seem to see "adults" like society expect men to behave: "lol why are you crying, stop crying, crying at a marvel movie lmfao". It's not funny. It's toxic and it's bullshit.
This thread is really drawing out the edge lords like moths to a flame
What do we think the final story arc would explore? I'm imagining it was a heavy focus on Gamora and Nebula.
Take a deep breath, and read what I posted. I said that no one should be denigrated for getting emotional. I'm trying to play with the idea that there IS something toxic in the way Marvel manipulates our emotions.
My bad, I misread. Initially came off like the garbage in the first page.
This, however, is trash.
I'm in the camp where i don't care if another person directs long as they get someone who is a good fit AS LONG as they use Gunns script. If they don't, i don't care about it. I don't want some random person finishing what he started because they won't nail the characters like he did.
...this isn't an original joke is it, i feel i've heard this
I'm sure it's good, but it would take something really special to make me cry.
Last time I think I heard a superhero script made preview people cry was TDKR and that was bad.
Last time I think I heard a superhero script made preview people cry was TDKR and that was bad.
I mean, what? Are you really gate-keeping what people should and shouldn't feel an emotional response to?
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How elitist, superior and not childish at all of you. I for one only cry when media is worthy of that kind of emotional investment, like pre-stardom Iñárritu films. Yawn.
It'll always be easy to romanticize projects like this we'll never see. I know James Gunn and his writing well enough by now though that I'm not sure how much this would resonate with me personally.
At any rate I wish this was never said. It's best to forget about it and embrace whoever the new talent is with open arms.
At any rate I wish this was never said. It's best to forget about it and embrace whoever the new talent is with open arms.
He may be your father, but he wadnt your daddy.
*suppresses vomit*
Yeah, but I'd also argue that once the viewer feels the manipulation, it has failed.
I don't really think I'd put Marvel movies in the "failure" bucket though.