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Post by zrowsdower on Oct 30, 2022 6:58:11 GMT -5
Okay...I know I may be wrong saying this, but I cant help but feel sorry for her. Yes, she was not honest about everything, but she is facing a backlash that is hard to get up from. I would like to believe that in given time, she can redeem herself in some way. I don't know, maybe I shouldn't feel bad, but I do for whatever reason. The most messed up thing is shes primarily a stage actress not a VO so she screwed over full time VOs and she's fine and her career won't take a hit. Ah, I missed that part. I hope she at least will try to attempt to apologize to the VO community, though, i'm not sure it will be accepted at this point.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Oct 30, 2022 7:16:48 GMT -5
If it makes anyone feel better, Viola's voice actor from the same game raised $5000 on a stream for Trans Lifeline
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Oct 30, 2022 7:26:05 GMT -5
Okay...I know I may be wrong saying this, but I cant help but feel sorry for her. Yes, she was not honest about everything, but she is facing a backlash that is hard to get up from. I would like to believe that in given time, she can redeem herself in some way. I don't know, maybe I shouldn't feel bad, but I do for whatever reason. Leaving out the horrendous things she believes, she knowingly lied and tried to weaponise videogame fans against her former employer, harming the chances of voice actors with a real case when it comes to their treatment of getting what they're due. She's going to be trotted out like Jussie Smollett every time someone in a similar role speaks out about being lowballed or talk about unionisation. 'Guys, Hellena Taylor lied, so let's give the known scumbags at Activision Blizzard the benefit of the doubt until the story's gone cold and nobody cares!', so thanks for that, Hellena. She didn't need to do this, she's smart enough to know what she was doing.
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Post by darbus alan on Oct 30, 2022 12:11:56 GMT -5
Jennifer Hale is wearing a poop emoji costume for Halloween. I think it's a nice Hellena Taylor costume.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Oct 30, 2022 17:27:44 GMT -5
I take it the boycott completely back fired and the sales are doing well?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 30, 2022 17:31:09 GMT -5
I take it the boycott completely back fired and the sales are doing well? It's the second best-selling game on the eShop in North America and first in Japan (which is a hell of an accomplishment because Splatoon's been an absolute juggernaut there the past couple months) so it seems to be doing just fine, particularly since the games never really sold that great in the past.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Oct 30, 2022 17:51:44 GMT -5
I take it the boycott completely back fired and the sales are doing well? It's the second best-selling game on the eShop in North America and first in Japan (which is a hell of an accomplishment because Splatoon's been an absolute juggernaut there the past couple months) so it seems to be doing just fine, particularly since the games never really sold that great in the past. Hmmmm, let's start a conspiracy that Taylor was paid an undisclosed amount of money in a brown paper bag and a new identity to stir some shit up ...
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Oct 31, 2022 4:14:39 GMT -5
Wow 8 pages and a title change…
Anyone wanna give a cliff notes version ?
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Post by dirtyoldman on Oct 31, 2022 4:32:40 GMT -5
Wow 8 pages and a title change… Anyone wanna give a cliff notes version ? Greedy old voice actress called for boycott for game she turned down. She did a bit of bullshitting and bad mouthing her replacement and got called out for it.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 31, 2022 9:49:44 GMT -5
Wow 8 pages and a title change… Anyone wanna give a cliff notes version ? Bayo's original voice actress had a big video about how she was only offered 4k to return as the voice of the main character for 3, and how you should boycott it. lead designer denied it and is known to block people that tweet at him in English... basically blocked a ton of people... turned into a discussion about how underpaid Voice Actors are... as well as some other folks taking shots at Jennifer Hale who took the role over from Hellena Taylor. (Taylor did nothing to stop people from piling on) someone thought something sounded off (for one thing Hale is widely respected in the industry and wouldn't just take over a role like that and also wouldn't work for something as low as 4k for hte amount of work) so they did some digging and found that HT was offered ALOT MORE than what she said and the 4k was what they were going to pay her for a cameo, and that she asked for some astronomical figure likely based on the overall sales figures for the series times 60 dollars... except using a chart that every game sold was basically counted 3 times... Taylor then said that the game should be boycotted and use the money you would have spent to donate to some charities with lets say not great reputations, for reasons we can't really go into here. So basically all the talk of VA's being underpaid gets buried under a pile of bullshit because HT was angry she was let go.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Oct 31, 2022 12:15:21 GMT -5
Just wanted to point out that "Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott" so sounds like the title of a kid's novel from the 1990s.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Oct 31, 2022 14:59:05 GMT -5
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Post by darbus alan on Oct 31, 2022 16:00:51 GMT -5
Sterling's videos on this can be a trilogy as you can see how they gradually learn that Taylor is a horrible human being.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Oct 31, 2022 16:11:03 GMT -5
Just wanted to point out that "Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott" so sounds like the title of a kid's novel from the 1990s. I kind of thought it sounded like the album title for one of Billy Corgan's side projects. Like, ZWAN Presents: Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott.
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Post by darbus alan on Oct 31, 2022 16:19:38 GMT -5
Just wanted to point out that "Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott" so sounds like the title of a kid's novel from the 1990s. I kind of thought it sounded like the album title for one of Billy Corgan's side projects. Like, ZWAN Presents: Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott. It also sounds like a JK Rowling book. Which given how transphobic both are, it fits.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Oct 31, 2022 17:02:49 GMT -5
Just wanted to point out that "Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott" so sounds like the title of a kid's novel from the 1990s. I kind of thought it sounded like the album title for one of Billy Corgan's side projects. Like, ZWAN Presents: Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott. I was thinking even further back like a 1950s Enid Blyton book.
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Post by Fundertaker on Oct 31, 2022 17:08:38 GMT -5
I kind of thought it sounded like the album title for one of Billy Corgan's side projects. Like, ZWAN Presents: Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott. I was thinking even further back like a 1950s Enid Blyton book. "The Famous Five in Hellena Taylor and the Bogus Boycott" does work!
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Post by Malcolm on Oct 31, 2022 20:09:25 GMT -5
She's totally going to make herself part of the 'I'm cancelled' grifter tour, isn't she? Which, ironically, means we will be hearing about how her non-stop.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Oct 31, 2022 20:49:33 GMT -5
"Does Bayonetta say Trans Rights?" Hellena Taylor:
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Post by darbus alan on Oct 31, 2022 21:08:27 GMT -5
Sterling bought up a great point in their latest video. In these divisive times, Hellena Taylor became a truly unifying force in making everyone hate her.
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