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Post by eJm on May 10, 2024 0:28:33 GMT -5
I only say it doesn’t link because, frankly, Disney itself seems to treat animation like a lesser thing and have done for years so it was more Chapek saying the quiet part loud if anything. Really we are all wrong and the re answer is homie got fired is because the board found someone willing to take it that they could all agree upon and whose choice would be easily defensible PR wise lol. Yeah, Bob Iger 😆
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Post by eJm on May 10, 2024 0:23:00 GMT -5
Well then the timing was funny given he got ousted like... two days later lol Yeah I'd say you are spot on. I don't have numbers but I think we can all agree that based upon our shared experiences Disney adults have to be a pretty significant portion of their business. Whether parks, movies, streaming, merch, whatever. I know many childfree folks that spend big on Disney, heck I know two moms that go to Disney parks without their children from time to time. So I can imagine extrapolating that out and Disney not wanting to piss those folks off or have their CEO basically tell them they are "lesser". I only say it doesn’t link because, frankly, Disney itself seems to treat animation like a lesser thing and have done for years so it was more Chapek saying the quiet part loud if anything.
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Post by eJm on May 10, 2024 0:13:40 GMT -5
Why isn't it a huge story that someone from WWE PR literally went up to the reporter that asked the Gulak question and said "What a dumb thing to say"? Should this not be a big news story that WWE PR reprimanded someone for asking a legitimate question? Oh wait I forgot: WWE is doing incredible business right now, so everything is just fine. The culture is actually damn good. It's become clear that they gave Triple H the Dana White playbook. He's now front and center online and on TV and taking a similar approach with the media. And it worked for UFC so it's not surprising that it's working here. That’s pretty much the only “logical” reason for it. And even then, the question he was asked felt like the best way to put his stamp on his position as the guy involved in talent relations with a lawsuit pending and everyone involved who wasn’t Lucas whiffed it.
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Post by eJm on May 9, 2024 23:50:16 GMT -5
Moved the recent SD news to this thread since it relates to all of it.
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Post by eJm on May 9, 2024 23:43:35 GMT -5
Duck Game got saved from the Adult Swim games purge.
On a side note, when it’s back online, buy Duck Game!
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Post by eJm on May 9, 2024 23:38:59 GMT -5
I’ll be frank, if Zaslav loses the NBA, the vote of no confidence would come so swiftly and quickly, Michael Eisner would get whiplash from 2004. It'd be sad that THAT would be what it takes to get him the f*** out of here, like Chapek saying Disney Animation was for children in a public statement... the very thing Disney was build on, just for young kids and Adults would rather view something else... yeah that went over well lmfao Chapek didn’t go because of that, especially because this was the same company that had Jeffrey Katzenburg run the department for so long. Chapek went because his first order of business was to throw one of the stars still willing to work with them under the bus and pissing off one of their bigger “whales” in theme park attendees by messing with how passes worked. And it wasn’t even that he went, Bob Iger (the guy who vouched for him for so long) just saw the situation, went “Well, that was a mistake” and took his spot back.
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Post by eJm on May 8, 2024 20:49:34 GMT -5
I’d appreciate a professional company giving me something professional and not done in 5 minutes and appearing like they were forced to do it. I wouldn’t even take that from the catering service near my work that only does stuff for work meetings. Completely disagree. This feels way more personal than a typed out letter on letterhead. For this situation, I think this was proper. Agree to disagree. Hard to take seriously from a billion dollar company for me. EDIT: It comes off like the sort of thing you’d do if you disturbed your neighbour in the apartment next to you and want to apologize.
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Post by eJm on May 8, 2024 18:29:41 GMT -5
Like, your company is worth billions and nobody could type out a letter on an actual letterhead and attach it to something? The company with the cheese doesn’t have a service where someone can write a note for them and do that? Far be it from me to judge a reaction to something but all of this seems so damn weird. The handwriting isn't great but I'd appreciate a badly handwritten note to a automated printing from a text box on a website or whatever. I’d appreciate a professional company giving me something professional and not done in 5 minutes and appearing like they were forced to do it. I wouldn’t even take that from the catering service near my work that only does stuff for work meetings.
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Post by eJm on May 8, 2024 17:15:59 GMT -5
I’ll be frank, if Zaslav loses the NBA, the vote of no confidence would come so swiftly and quickly, Michael Eisner would get whiplash from 2004.
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Post by eJm on May 8, 2024 16:47:08 GMT -5
did a serial killer write that note with the wrong hand? what the f*** Like, your company is worth billions and nobody could type out a letter on an actual letterhead and attach it to something? The company with the cheese doesn’t have a service where someone can write a note for them and do that? Far be it from me to judge a reaction to something but all of this seems so damn weird.
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Post by eJm on May 8, 2024 16:22:02 GMT -5
Essentially USA got a good discount to keep the show on to cover WWE until the Netflix deal starts (which always seemed like the most likely outcome): Makes sense: WWE needed this, couldn't really afford to have that kind of time off for Raw before transitioning to Netflix and risk people getting out of the habit of watching, so NBC likely named their price. Along with that, Comcast is trying to get the NBA rights so better for them right now to still have something in that slot to prep for next season rather than basically abandon a well rated day for the sake of it. I will say again, the fact we haven’t heard anything about the UK/Ireland, Canada or Latin America deals right now is mind boggling because, at least from when they first announced extensions or start of deals, those would have ended a lot sooner than USA’s would. BT Sport (now TNT) announced the deal in June 2019, for example.
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Post by eJm on May 8, 2024 9:43:55 GMT -5
I will say, that trailer was pretty cool. Zero reason for Nintendo to actually bring in past world championship contenders and it added some extra charm to it. The product might not be my bag but I respect the commitment.
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Post by eJm on May 7, 2024 11:09:36 GMT -5
Yeah, i would be annoyed at that person too, but let's say if you made a TV Show, and someone posted the scripts he got from someone on the show before it airs, wouldn't you be upset at the person posted those scripts as well? Sure, but that's part of being involved with the press at all. Some stuff is going to come out you don't intend to, you just have to counter it by making it work to your benefit. If most entertainment companies can do that and not throw a strop, why can't WWE? But also, that's got nothing to do with the point at hand. HHH wasn't talking about leaks, he was talking about whether a worker he's likely talked to personally (being, again, the vice president of talent relations) was fired over a previously reported situation, one that got onto a news channel. The answer, to say again, can absolutely easily be "I can't comment on these matters at the moment" or "We decided to not renew his contract after past meetings" anything but being condescending to a guy whose first language isn't English at a press conference in his country.
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Post by eJm on May 7, 2024 11:01:35 GMT -5
"nobody in Fightful or PWInsider leaks the plans, someone in the company does" Okay, but then they post those said plans to Fightful Select Yes. Because that's what press organizations usually do with information they're given that they clarify through different sources. So, again, if HHH should be annoyed at anyone, it's the person leaking to them in the first place. Like, if HHH has such an issue with the press, don't do press conferences. Send Cody out there since he doesn't lash out when asked a slightly difficult question.
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Post by eJm on May 7, 2024 10:43:49 GMT -5
Is HHH a good PR guy? no, but I don't understand why people want HHH to apologize for this, "Triple H doesn't like the guy who leaks the plans for literally all of his shows? how dare him!!!" First off, nobody in Fightful or PWInsider leaks the plans, someone in the company does. Whether intentionally or otherwise (and there are times you can absolutely argue it was intentional) so it's something HHH should sort out if he's that concerned about it. Second, if he's that concerned about punishing them, stop inviting them to press events. Don't have Denise Salcedo appear on The Bump or Pre-Shows because of her associations in the past with Fightful and Wrestling Observer, don't let Sean Ross Sapp be on your press lines when you have shows he can travel to, don't give press interviews and exclusives to PWI, Fightful and WO, cut them all off entirely. But he won't because the company knows they can benefit from the connection. It's why no entertainment studio has cut off Variety and Hollywood Reporter from junkets and press screenings because they're as much of a way to get stories out there as anything else.
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Post by eJm on May 7, 2024 10:03:59 GMT -5
Two things;
Game Devs needed a union years ago.
How much were the heads paid that could have gone to keeping these studios open?
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Post by eJm on May 7, 2024 9:55:11 GMT -5
I'm not sure how credible either site really is but I couldn't imagine using them as a source IRL when talking to a wrestler or promoter. It would feel like citing Wendy Williams to a celebrity... Say what you will about this business but SRS and Mike Johnson are far and away two of its most credible journalists. Hunter is just having a hissy fit because someone asked him a hard question and daddy Nick told him nobody would do that Like, a lot of the recent stories were either broken by Fightful, PWInsider or Wrestling Observer. The only things in wrestling that weren't clarified by those three in the last 5 years you can count on one hand (and honestly, it's the stuff you can argue they're not great with like stories related to the Vince NDAs and WWE lawsuits). If anything, the issue is that, according to Voices of Wrestling, people grumbled when Lucas Charpiot asked the question at all. Like, you're in a room asking questions to the head of creative and basically the head of talent relations about a guy who was written off TV and reported to be released not long after an interview where a former talent accused him of what can be lightly put as inappropriate behavior. When else are you going to have a chance to answer that as a question and to who?
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Post by eJm on May 7, 2024 6:14:54 GMT -5
I guess there’s no better source than a tweet from the Nintendo President. A Switch successor will be announced some point this year but not anytime soon.
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Post by eJm on May 7, 2024 5:25:07 GMT -5
I honestly thought some of you were overreacting about the tweets to the French reporter. I saw the deleted Mike Johnson tweet and What? Like, what?
And I need to stress again, HHH wasn't even asked that hard a question; "Was Drew Gulak fired in relation to Ronda's accusations?" is a question that is answered that, at worst, is answered with "We cannot go into that right now" and he didn't even do that, just answer a question not even asked.
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Post by eJm on May 6, 2024 13:04:16 GMT -5
That being said, I don't think this is a WWE issue as much as a Triple H issue. It’s also a WWE issue if they’re having to try and explain after the fact that it wasn’t intended that way. Especially with people you do a lot of press with as is.
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