AS A MAINSTREAM director of family entertainment, there’s no coming back from this.
James Gunn, the director of the first two films in Disney/Marvel’s $1.6 billion “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise, was fired Friday from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” after what Disney called “indefensible” tweets resurfaced this week.
On Thursday, Gunn apologized in several tweets to his nearly half-million Twitter followers, trying to explain that he attempted such social media “jokes” back when he viewed himself as “a provocateur” whose humor and horror movies alike were “outrageous and taboo.”
Joking in a taboo manner about such subjects as rape and pedophilia didn’t hurt Gunn’s filmmaking career back when he was a lesser-known indie director releasing low-budget, industry-admired movies like “Slither.” But now that he is mainstream, there is, of course, no way a major studio creating all-ages entertainment can keep even a beloved franchise director in a leadership role.
The Titans trailer was released. Looks interesting, but not totally sold on it.
Might as well leave this here.
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Most comic book nerds know nothing about Battle Angel Alita, myself included.
I thought this gives a good discussion of the franchise, explains what fans of the franchise find appealing about it, and also explains why Hollywood will almost certainly get this wrong when they try to adapt it.
I don't read comic books like I used to, and I read even fewer Japanese comic books, but I might have to check this one out.
Most comic book nerds know nothing about Battle Angel Alita, myself included.
I thought this gives a good discussion of the franchise, explains what fans of the franchise find appealing about it, and also explains why Hollywood will almost certainly get this wrong when they try to adapt it.
I don't read comic books like I used to, and I read even fewer Japanese comic books, but I might have to check this one out.
I read the original series, and some of Last Order too. It really is a great series. The extended trailer showed a lot of elements from the manga, and the action looks pretty good. I'm looking forward to seeing this. It does diverge from the story in a few ways, saying she contains lost technology, finding that extra body mostly. Naa, her bad-assness comes from being a master of Panzer Kunst, a martial arts developed for cyborgs. She has no memories, but her training comes through clear enough.
It was a bad casting call, but she doesn't deserve that crap. DC/CW shows are mostly garbage anyway so she'd do much better elsewhere I think.http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/titans...stagram-comments-as-racist-reactions-continue
The free speech warriors kick another woman of color off of Instagram.
Remember, these are the same people who complain that they are the ones being "silenced."
Why the fuck can't Instagram shut down the assholes spewing that racist garbage? Why should she have to be the one to withdraw from the platform entirely?
I don't get why Battle Angel Alita live-action version is supposed to have those uncanny valley CGI googly eyes. In the manga that's just a stylistic choice. But I suspect it'll just look weird in the movie.
MovieBob nails it again. Someone has to start standing up to the Nazi troll army. They are starting to seriously fuck up beloved nerd franchises. Oh, and because they're Nazis.