People keep posting this take but hasn't public domain always happened years after the death of the last living author? Not the same year?
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Hollywood Reporter: How 'Spider-Man' Divorce Shows Ugly Side of Fandom
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The 1909 Copyright Act starts counting down 56 years from when a work is first published, not from when the author passes.
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I don't get why anyone would have a horse in this race. Both companies sound like assholes. Of course Disney is the bigger overall villain, because you'd think that rolling in the amount of cash they do they can afford to pay Sony.
But - Is it bad I'm a little happy this whole thing happened, because as comic book movies become basically the only movies, I'm slowly growing to detest them, and want to see them fail? Yeah, I know, I'll show myself out.
But - Is it bad I'm a little happy this whole thing happened, because as comic book movies become basically the only movies, I'm slowly growing to detest them, and want to see them fail? Yeah, I know, I'll show myself out.
All those opinions are fine(and I agree with all of them), the problem is the immaturity of other people who decide to make a hashtag to boycott Sony because they didn't get what they want. That screams entitlement and immaturity.
You do realize, that those are obvious trolls, right... ?
Okay, scrolling down it looks like a bit too many to be trolls... I guess some people on twitter are just completely unhinged.
I don't think this accurately describes the situation. I don't think anyone thought Disney was the underdog in this, just that Disney/Marvel make better Superhero films than Sony (at least constantly) and so don't trust Spider-Man under Sony's creative control.
For me, at least, it was never about Sony vs Disney, it was all about Spider-Man and personally I just think he is better inside the MCU than out of it.
People are so weird. I know it's a tired line to ask if people really don't have anything better to do with their time, but ffs. It's a fictional superhero character, and they're not taking the movies away they're just taking it out of a specific canon.
Picturing a bunch of 30-somethings tweeting #savespiderman and all this other crap is cringe inducing.
Picturing a bunch of 30-somethings tweeting #savespiderman and all this other crap is cringe inducing.
Nah, we've had a decade of that, the idea of a new Spiderman as being central instead of just being a smaller piece of a larger story sounds sublime. No more hero teamups is exactly the right direction to go.
Because fanboys don't give a shit when it comes to 'their' brand 'winning'.
It's pathetic.
Agreed. Like, I'm always in for a good "internet fanbois are trash" session. But I feel like to boil this one down to that is burying the lede. Which is clearly that you have 2 mega corporations using the public as a proxy for their battles, stoking the flames with bots, etc.
He's 16 and steals every scene
I want to see adult Tom Holland grow into a leader in the MCU. Sony deserves all the shit they are getting.
shieeeeet, it wouldn't surprise me at all
but at the same time, alt-accounts exist. people are aware that twitter have kinda been cracking down on the hate speech
Dont know where to put this.
Is this credible?
Is this credible?
Yup. Fandoms by their nature are extreme and over invested in things. That's what makes them dangerous and toxic. Sometimes it's good to take a step back and tell people they shouldn't care this much about stupid comic book characters owned by corporations.
I mean yes, though really if all they do is boycott I'm not really gonna lose any sleep, the ones that go beyond that can fuck off.
Because Disney makes great movies and Columbia Pictures is an utter garbage factory. It's as easy as that.
Yes, those creatively defunct live action remakes they keep shitting out are truly cinematic masterpieces.
The reason you were looking for is because Disney has an army of fanboys.
I'm actually very sure I saw that rumor in other places than just that as well. so not just Cosmic Book.
different people, on YouTube (maybe reporting on that site's report dunno), as well as on Twitter.
I do think something is going on if Tom Holland does look like he's trying to get things going with RDJ to get the deal to continue though.
This thread is now just a repeat of the dumpster fire of the last one.
Also, cosmicbook.news is at best a level above a pile of dog shit for trustworthy news sources.
Also, cosmicbook.news is at best a level above a pile of dog shit for trustworthy news sources.
I don't see the problem, spider-man is my fave super hero but far from home ended in a perfect place for the character's story to just be ended off screen.
Sorry once again...... Don't be surprised if a deal is reached soon.
I'm not going to believe anything until I see it directly from Disney/Sony. To many people are going to want to capitalize on this just for website hits.
No that's what I'm talking about. just say he's in jail for murder and then have him break out if they ever renegotiate a deal
I won't be surprised. Just commenting that a majority of the "sources" people like to pull from are incredibly untrustworthy.
Im ok with people voicing their opinions and empowering themselves as fans, I dont want movies in general to stop being works of art born from their creators, but this types of movies are basically just fanservice, so the reactions are expected.
As long as they dont harrass people and just try to "boycott" movies, It is their right, and its the responsability of the movie studio to regain the public's conficence.
As long as they dont harrass people and just try to "boycott" movies, It is their right, and its the responsability of the movie studio to regain the public's conficence.
Stanning mega-corporations isn't fantastic and it's perpetually disheartening to see excitement over Disney owning everything but it's kind of funny to call this "the ugly side of fandom" and not like, the average comments on Instagram posts of any woman involved with any of these franchises. These save/boycott hashtags are completely innocuous compared to the usual shit.
Maaan..... if only it could happen. I do get where you're coming from though.
Everyone realizes that this whole this is a limited version of class warfare, right?
A hyperrich corporation pitting their fanbase against another hyperrich corporation in order to force a better deal for themselves.
Corporations have discovered how to easily manipulate people into astroturfing for them for free.
A hyperrich corporation pitting their fanbase against another hyperrich corporation in order to force a better deal for themselves.
Corporations have discovered how to easily manipulate people into astroturfing for them for free.
I just want my entertainment how I want it. I couldn't care less about the corporate side of things. I just want Spider-Man in the MCU, who gets the better deal is of no interest to me.
Exactly proving my point.
For example the Disney Fox buyout was bad. It should have never gotten regulatory approval. But doesn't matter to a lot of fans because they wanted X-Mans in the MCU.
I really don't buy into the "blame it on the fandom" thing here. Sure, there are dickwads behaving badly on the internet. Always have been, always will.
But here we had 2 huge entertainment conglomerates create a hugely popular property based on a mutual agreement of trust, and HAVE very recently released the most popular iteration of this property, and now pull the rug out from us, and this basically ruins not only solo Spidey films, but the MCU in its entirety too (since Far From Home HEAVILY positions Spidey as the carrier of Starks legacy, tech, genius, and heart/heroism in general.
So they deserve to take some heat (as long is not of the illegal threatening of lives and family type of stuff). I hope like hell, this becomes a Guardians of the Galaxy 3 James Gunn type of situation where all parties eventually come to their senses and see how bad of a road they are walking here and make a course correction.
But here we had 2 huge entertainment conglomerates create a hugely popular property based on a mutual agreement of trust, and HAVE very recently released the most popular iteration of this property, and now pull the rug out from us, and this basically ruins not only solo Spidey films, but the MCU in its entirety too (since Far From Home HEAVILY positions Spidey as the carrier of Starks legacy, tech, genius, and heart/heroism in general.
So they deserve to take some heat (as long is not of the illegal threatening of lives and family type of stuff). I hope like hell, this becomes a Guardians of the Galaxy 3 James Gunn type of situation where all parties eventually come to their senses and see how bad of a road they are walking here and make a course correction.
Fox was going to sell regardless. And the only two companies that were going to buy were Disney or Comcast. It's not as if it was a hostile takeover.