Ternaugh Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Christopher R Taylor said: Warner Brothers is deeply in debt, DC Comics makes no money (as in none), and their movies are barely making anything, often bombing. Its pretty clear to even the dullest intellect that WB was doing things wrong and needed a severe change. That's the new CEO's job: cut the fat, change directions, find ways to earn. Much of the $55-57 Billion debt was spun off from AT&T and stuck on the newly-merged company; it didn't all originate with Warner. David Zaslav was paid $247 million last year, including stock options and bonuses, and will, of course, make more bonuses by "enhancing synergies"* for the combined company. *I believe that's corporate-speak for layoffs of people not in the E-Suite. You know, "cutting the fat". Joe Walsh and Lawnmower Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Maybe just make them grimdark street documentaries. Or give Zach a call and revive the Synderverse — as that will make some money. May not be the direction DC Films wants to go in, but I’m sure they want profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Bazza said: Maybe just make them grimdark street documentaries. Or give Zach a call and revive the Synderverse — as that will make some money. May not be the direction DC Films wants to go in, but I’m sure they want profit. I'm picturing the Snyderverse made on an HGTV show budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 I'm amused anyone thinks that Warner Brothers as a company cannot possibly have any waste or pointless hires, the pure company that did everything perfect but just got unlucky LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 10 hours ago, Christopher R Taylor said: I'm amused anyone thinks that Warner Brothers as a company cannot possibly have any waste or pointless hires, the pure company that did everything perfect but just got unlucky LOL By waste, do you mean like $247 million in compensation for the CEO? Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Joe Walsh, pinecone, Christopher R Taylor and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 So they’re not releasing a movie I was not planning on seeing? Tragic. Marvel is about 50/50 these days. She Hulk maybe, and about 75% of the Disney+ stuff I get for free on my Star Wars/Mandalorian investment. I don’t see anything coming in the theater I’m doing to watch from them. Maybe Ant Man? Sandman is pretty awesome, I hate one character change but otherwise it’s really good. Probably see Black Adam in the theater. Batman was really good. Marvel has a really good track record so far (obviously), but they’re not as interesting these days aside from a couple projects (Loki for sure). Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 Iuz the Evil, Grailknight, slikmar and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 Marvel had multiple successful films and a target market saying "sounds dicy, but they've done great so far - it's worth taking a chance on". DC has not built up similar market goodwill... csyphrett and Christopher R Taylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 Or goodwill. csyphrett and Hugh Neilson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 Warner Bros Discovery stock price cratered...CNBC's word. -16% yesterday alone. Yahoo! Finance headline: Warner Bros. Discovery results 'pretty awful' as growth plan 'looks bleak': Analyst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBuozDqbur0 Reminded my of this conversation. Most their movies seem to be "It'll be good, God willing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 2 hours ago, unclevlad said: Warner Bros Discovery stock price cratered...CNBC's word. -16% yesterday alone. Yahoo! Finance headline: Warner Bros. Discovery results 'pretty awful' as growth plan 'looks bleak': Analyst They're only down 49% from last year's high. Of course, that high was during the initial merger.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 10 hours ago, Bazza said: Or goodwill. My keyboard dislikes that "double o" - fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 My source of Information: It's a bit long, but fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Scott Ruggels said: My source of Information: It's a bit long, but fascinating. For those of us who don't have 3 hours and 10 minutes, any time codes where the fascinating bits are? Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 15 hours ago, Ternaugh said: For those of us who don't have 3 hours and 10 minutes, any time codes where the fascinating bits are? Time codes? There will be a fresh show at 9:10AM PDT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Scott Ruggels said: Time codes? There will be a fresh show at 9:10AM PDT The first post on Youtube for this video lists each topic with a specific time code as a link. Which of the 24 segments are fascinating enough for you to recommend that we watch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted August 10, 2022 Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 On 8/8/2022 at 7:41 AM, Ternaugh said: The first post on Youtube for this video lists each topic with a specific time code as a link. Which of the 24 segments are fascinating enough for you to recommend that we watch? I’ll make it easy and put the summary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted August 10, 2022 Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 My guess is they will use the existing filmed stuff using Miller as Reverse Flash, the bad guy. Some new guy will be put in as the Flash (or maybe the guy from the Flash TV show?) as the protagonist. The film will cost so much to make and distribute WB eats another loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 10, 2022 Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Scott Ruggels said: I’ll make it easy and put the summary. Bookmark skipping 16 minutes on Ezra's weird behavior, going to Zaslov's comments: Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 10, 2022 Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Christopher R Taylor said: My guess is they will use the existing filmed stuff using Miller as Reverse Flash, the bad guy. Some new guy will be put in as the Flash (or maybe the guy from the Flash TV show?) as the protagonist. The film will cost so much to make and distribute WB eats another loss. I'm not sure I see much reason to keep ANY of the Miller footage in, if you're gonna have to re-shoot everything where he's Barry anyway. It just feels a lot more sensible to just dissociate from him *completely* as fast as possible. There's just wayyyyy too much that's incredibly toxic in these reports, and the problems just keep piling on. Right now there's another: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ezra-miller-vermont-child-services-department-1392572/ This is in addition to the felony burglary charges from yesterday. If he's connected to a cult where he's putting YOUNG kids at risk, this almost has to be the kiss of death; Warner will have no choice but to cut all ties ASAP. Much like Jared Fogel and Subway. But heck, at this point? It's already too serious in my book. The longer they appear to hang on to him, the more damage I think they'll do to the entire brand. Ternaugh, slikmar and Matt the Bruins 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 Well yeah I think they should have dumped him years ago but they seem determined to keep him in the movie for some reason. Probably cost, its super expensive to reshoot every scene of the main character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 Joe Walsh and Matt the Bruins 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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