Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs

[Trauma]

What makes you an expert on the contents of her head? Would you like everyone here to read all of your posts with the baggage of the worst thing you've ever said on the forum?

If I wish harm on half the country I don’t expect anyone to forgive me. Especially when I’m being forced to apologize.

 

[Trauma]

According to @brideck, the spelling popularised by Tolkien is standard in the fantasy genre. I believe the F plural has been used of the mythical beings too, and some (including here) view the Seven Dwarfs in this way, but to me, it’s clear they’re being portrayed as human little men.

Weird I have never viewed the dwarves in Snow White as mythical. The thought never entered my mind. I feel your interpretation is correct as I have just viewed the as little men.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

What a reasonable statement this would be in 2012.

It actually seems more relevant today…

What planet do you reside upon?

 

[Casper Gutman]

If I wish harm on half the country I don’t expect anyone to forgive me. Especially when I’m being forced to apologize.

Shall we dredge up all the times people you support viciously attacked weaker targets?

If you celebrate or even accept cruelty and a coarsening of rhetoric, you don’t get to cry foul when others respond with indelicate or poorly chosen language.

 

[Trauma]

Shall we dredge up all the times people you support viciously attacked weaker targets?

If you celebrate or even accept cruelty and a coarsening of rhetoric, you don’t get to cry foul when others respond with indelicate or poorly chosen language.

Sure I would love to see it.

If it exists it would be equally disgusting.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

And if @Casper Gutman is to be believed, "the most powerful people in the nation" are the people commenting on celebrities. Or something. I can't quite follow that train of thought he has on that. I assume he's talking about YouTubers.

Just me and the four other guys…

We not only have the power to take down anything we target…we can make forgettable movies stay utterly forgettable despite the fact the cake was always baked without anyone noticing…

…it’s an old sith trick

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

She didn’t evolve a single thing. She was forced to issue an apology and did.

That’s my take also, I think her emotional rant was how she truly felt and her apology was a business decision.

I often question the intelligence of people who repeatedly vote for people who are hurting their states but you better believe if those mutters went viral and threatened my livelihood I’d be apologizing too, wouldn’t mean I no longer question their intelligence though.

 

[Willmark]

I’m honestly not sure what she could have done to satisfy those she offended.

Going out on a limb? Not said it in the first place.

The movie Wargames had it right: “strange game, the only winning move is not to play,”

 

[Trauma]

Going out on a limb? Not said it in the first place.

The movie Wargames had it right: “strange game, the only winning move is not to play,”

How did you figure this out so quickly?

You didn’t even need a focus group.

 

[Casper Gutman]

The guiding principle seems to be, “I and the people I empower and support can say anything they want about you but if you say anything about me it’s an atrocity.”

 

[LittleBuford]

If I wish harm on half the country I don’t expect anyone to forgive me. Especially when I’m being forced to apologize.

I would hope we can all be forgiven for our misdeeds if we apologise for them. It would be a miserable world indeed that denied us the opportunity to make amends for our mistakes.

 

[erasure fan1]

The post that I quoted and commented on was doing just that. You don’t agree, and that’s fine. Others can decide for themselves.

You're right, I don't. I expect that people can follow a thread string. I know you and a few others here are big on yelling at people who don't read an entire article or comment on a show or movie without seeing it... So what's different? because you support Zegler? This is a forum, you are accusing me of "fudging" as if I'm trying to paint some narrative. Give me a break. You took one snip of a conversation and said, see look at all unfair treatment of Zegler.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The guiding principle seems to be, “I and the people I empower and support can say anything they want about you but if you say anything about me it’s an atrocity.”

Your take away is the concept of one sided victimization?

 

[Willmark]

How did you figure this out so quickly?

Odd thing isn’t it. Businesses would be far better off going back to being apolitical. Far better to say nothing and let people make up their own minds as opposed to endorsing something and having half the country disliking you.

For my own part? I’d sell something to anyone being the filthy capitalist that I am.

 

[LittleBuford]

Going out on a limb? Not said it in the first place.

You’re making a rhetorical point rather than offering an actual answer to my post. What should she have done to make amends after having said what she did? Or do you believe, as others here seem to, that her words rose to the level of being absolutely unforgivable?

 

[Trauma]

Your take away is the concept of one sided victimization?

Honestly my take away is this forum is just a Disney version of HuffPo. It’s exhausting and I have better things to do.

I hope Snow White makes $900 mil and is a blockbuster.

Then maybe Iger can finally afford to improve the parks.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

I would hope we can all be forgiven for our misdeeds if we apologise for them. It would be a miserable world indeed that denied us the opportunity to make amends for our mistakes.

I think redemption is earned over time, eventually people will forgive and forget, as long as someone’s actions mirror their words, but simply saying oops, my bad, is meaningless without follow through.

 

[LittleBuford]

You're right, I don't. I expect that people can follow a thread string. I know you and a few others here are big on yelling at people who don't read an entire article or comment on a show or movie without seeing it... So what's different? because you support Zegler? This is a forum, you are accusing me of "fudging" as if I'm trying to paint some narrative. Give me a break. You took one snip of a conversation and said, see look at all unfair treatment of Zegler.

I commented on a specific post—the post I quoted. I stand by my characterisation.

I do not “support Zegler”. I am totally indifferent to her as a person. If anything, her conduct in relation to Gadot has left a bad taste in my mouth. Not joining the bizarre Anti-Zegler Club that has formed here does not make me a fan of hers. It just means I’m keeping things in proportion.

 

[Willmark]

You’re making a rhetorical point rather than offering an actual answer to my post.

I stand by my answer.

What should she have done to make amends after having said what she did?

See above.

Or do you believe, as others here seem to, that her words rose to the level of being absolutely unforgivable?

I don’t personally care what she said, it doesn’t impact me. Seems it sure has or might her employer.

 

[LittleBuford]

I think redemption is earned over time, eventually people will forgive and forget, as long as someone’s actions mirror their words, but simply saying oops, my bad, is meaningless without follow through.

I agree that someone should follow through on their apology and prove they mean it. But I don’t see that as a barrier to accepting an apology, even if only provisionally, when it is initially offered.