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GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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John park hopper said:
Don't know if this the place to pose this question, if not moderator please delete--- Question, in light of the controversy concerning one of the ESPNs commentators comments and subsequent suspension for 2 weeks is it time for Disney to look into its ESPN holdings. Personally I have no thoughts one way or the other
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There are plenty of reasons to look at selling ESPN but that’s not one of them. On air personalities get in trouble all of the time on many networks. ESPN handled the situation appropriately. No reason to get out of the business.
 
the.dreamfinder

the.dreamfinder

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AEfx said:
That said, I'm waiting for actual crimes to be alleged. He was a dirty, perverted, creep, but while the anecdotes are just yucky, none have been followed with "and then he forced himself on me", or that "he fired me because I wouldn't sleep with him", etc. People keep comparing this to Cosby, but this is a very different ball of wax from being a serial rapist who drugged his victims. He's still a disgusting human being, no doubt - I'm not defending him in any way, shape, or form - and he deserves what he is getting - but there are an awful lot of other folks who have a lot to answer for, it's just too bad the culture today is so one-track-minded that they won't.
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The Times report did mention a molestation incident, so the possibility of a couple more sexual assault accusations is a possibility. It doesn’t necessarily matter that Weinstein wasn’t a serial rapist per se, but his actions were just as likely to be severely traumatizing episodes that the victims have lived with for years. Payouts don’t make things better for the victim.

AEfx said:
I agree that the type of behavior isn't relegated to the entertainment industry, but the entertainment industry is where the hypocrisy is seen the most. And those that had a platform to do something about it, that isn't afforded to most. We aren't just talking just about unknown production assistants and office workers here. We are finding out that well-known individuals accepted financial settlements to keep their mouths shut. We are talking about wealthy, privileged people no matter which way we slice it.

It's not like this was the "dark ages" or "Mad Men" era, either. Weinstein was certainly powerful and influential in his own company, but we are talking about the 90's and 00's where sexual harassment was already well-known and a condemned behavior. I have a hard time with the fact that some of these people who were well-known and were in a position to expose this behavior, who instead chose a financial incentive not to. That enabled him to continue his behavior and victimize those who couldn't be expected to "take it on" - those production assistants/etc. who don't have the wealth and power that some of the individuals who accepted settlements had.

Even beyond them - the amount of people who were not directly involved and knew about this, and the fact that it remained such "insider knowledge" for so long, is really unconscionable. Weinstein is a scumbag. He deserves what he is getting. But the fact is a lot of people have a lot of explaining to do, but our current cultural stance is to applaud these people for piling on after the fact, which isn't courageous at all.
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Noticed ABC News didn’t do their typical “Disney is ABC’s parent company” thing with the Weinstein story on World News Tonight with regard to Disney owning Miramax when some of these incidents occurred.

Very interested to hear spirit’s thoughts on the situation because Disney will get ensnared as scrutiny continues.
 
AEfx

AEfx

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the.dreamfinder said:
The Times report did mention a molestation incident, so the possibility of a couple more sexual assault accusations is a possibility. It doesn’t necessarily matter that Weinstein wasn’t a serial rapist per se, but his actions were just as likely to be severely traumatizing episodes that the victims have lived with for years. Payouts don’t make things better for the victim.
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Well, from that angle - I do think there is a massive difference in the effect of some guy being disgusting and flapping his thing at you and being drugged and raped, but that seems like a subject for a different day, considering we both think he is a total scumbag either way. My only reason for mentioning it is I'm trying to figure out what the "illegal" parts are versus the "disgusting human being" parts.
 
Bairstow

Bairstow

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Looks pretty good, but then I guess it better.
Nothing too surprising in the trailer, though. We get it; everyone's really powerful and good guys might become bad guys. This is what always happens in middle Star Wars movies.
I'll see it, of course, but I'm still thoroughly burned-out on Star Wars and this hasn't made me any more excited or less.

I'm just miffed this wasn't shown in front of the film when I saw Blade Runner in IMAX last Saturday. That would have been neat.
 
Pixieish

Pixieish

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Bairstow said:
Looks pretty good, but then I guess it better.
Nothing too surprising in the trailer, though. We get it; everyone's really powerful and good guys might become bad guys. This is what always happens in middle Star Wars movies.
I'll see it, of course, but I'm still thoroughly burned-out on Star Wars and this hasn't made me any more excited or less.

I'm just miffed this wasn't shown in front of the film when I saw Blade Runner in IMAX last Saturday. That would have been neat.
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Oh....I'm far from burned out on Star Wars...seeing the movies with my oldest son (11) has been so fun!
 
MerlinTheGoat

MerlinTheGoat

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I found the first teaser for Last Jedi bland and underwhelming, almost put me off seeing it. Was becoming a bit worried. Today's trailer looks great though, rekindled my optimism and i'm definitely in.

Hopefully Rian Johnson will do Star Wars justice. Looper is the only thing of his i've seen thus far and i'm a huge fan of it (time travel plotholes aside).
 
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Bolna

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Corey P said:
I noticed the primarily female cast, no real male characters. Sorry but Star Treks audience is mostly male. I would say that show is doomed. I turned it off after about 45 minutes, just didn't like it. Coming from a guy who has watched every episode of Star Trek, ST Next Gen and Deep Space 9. The other ST shows I didn't like.
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Judging Discovery on the pilot alone is really not wise. I am aware that the way it is broadcast in the US set the show up for that. However the pilot is really much more of a prologue.

I watched the fourth episode now and I am hooked. It feels far more modern than previous Star Trek series, especially because it changed to a long story format instead of one story per episode. But that is something I personally enjoy. However, I find the characters in the Discovery crew interesting and believable and am looking forward to next Monday!

The only thing I don't like is all the Klingon being spoken, especially since the subtitles on Netflix here in Germany are so difficult to read.
 
AEfx

AEfx

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AquaDuck said:
I'm going to guess A LOT of that was intentional misdirection
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Uh-huh. :)

Reading between the lines of the trailer and that misdirection, I'm more convinced than ever that the earlier spoilers were true, and that by the end of the film - people are going to be seeing red. ;)
 

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