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I wish there were more like him in the industry

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨memes@sopuli.xyz⁩

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  • inbeesee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Love him for giving a shit. Going off source was GoT’s downfall

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    • Blum0108@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There was no source material for the last few seasons

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      • inbeesee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        True, but the shows writing diverged from the books before the source material ran out

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      • Isoprenoid@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Exactly.

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      • Don_alForno@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, they had no other choice than to come up with their own story in this case. Still, it went downhill hard once there were no more books to cling to. Either their writers or the people directing them weren’t up to the task.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I bet he turned down the role of Wolverine with “I’m too tall.”

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  • Maven@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well… He did more than that…

    He also would join up with one of the male writers (who eventually got fired for sexual harassment stuff) specifically to team up against the female writers.

    He was also extremely disrespectful of all of the female members of the crew. It got so bad he was fired from the Witcher AND the DCU movies.

    Like yes… He cared a lot about the source material and so he fought for it… But the only people he fought were women and the only people he became friends with were sexually harassing women.

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    • Ipodjockey@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hmmmm you got some primary sources for those claims? Not saying you are wrong. It’s just the first time I’ve heard this.

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      • sundray@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I had a brief look around and these accusations seem to originally come up in a leaked script for an episode of the Duexmoi gossip podcast. Some of the responses to the accusations can be found in this Vulture article, but there’s not a lot in it. As they state, “everybody involved in The Witcher is […] playing nice on the record.” So… *shrug*. Very disappointing if true, but no one’s confirming anything…

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      • Coasting0942@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        He’s missing the “controversy” section on his Wikipedia. Which is my litmus test of how big are your red flags

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      • Maven@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’d seen this all multiple places before but doing a quick search here is a source on the most recent round of Netflix and superman stuff

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        Personally I think a lot of this is overblown. Specifically the not wanting shirtless scenes and stuff is a personal thing that’s up to the comfort of the actor. The bits I don’t like are harassing women and his previous comments about the MeToo movement which make me far more likely to believe the current accusations against him.

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    • MolochAlter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      who eventually got fired for sexual harassment stuff

      Unless the source you linked goes in more detail (tl;dr) the screenshot you posted of the quote says HR complaints.

      You can get complaints for all sorts of things, such as being uncooperative and that being read as disrespectful to a superior or a colleague, for instance, or going behind a superior’s or colleague’s back, which sounds like exactly what was going on.

      If that’s what the main source also says, then don’t contribute to blowing shit out of proportion.

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      • Maven@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The blown out of proportion was referring to him not wanting to be sexualized. I don’t think it should be held against an actor that they won’t want to always be shirtless. That’s fine and I respect him for it.

        The problem is everything else.

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    • illi@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve seen some accusations, which other (also female) members of cast/crew pretty much disprove. So I will echo others - source?

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      • Maven@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’d seen this all multiple places before but doing a quick search here is a source on the most recent round of Netflix and superman stuff

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        Personally I think a lot of this is overblown. Specifically the not wanting shirtless scenes and stuff is a personal thing that’s up to the comfort of the actor. The bits I don’t like are harassing women and his previous comments about the MeToo movement which make me far more likely to believe the current accusations against him.

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    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s the first I’ve heard of that. Don’t think he was fired from DCU, Gunn just wanted a fresh start is what I heard.

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    • exanime@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It got so bad he was fired from the Witcher AND the DCU movies.

      Not sure what happened there but this is plain false… he left the witcher after at least 2 years of complaining the writers were throwing away the source material (the reason he signed on for) to actually go to back to DC since they expected the Black Adam movie to reboot the DCU. When Black Adam bombed spectacularly, any future DCU plans got tossed.

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The show was a different story from the books and game, what source material were they supposed to follow? Tell the same story again? That was not what they proposed or were greenlit for?

        He was canned from two different places for refusing to understand they are telling different stories that can’t be identical to the source material. How else do you deal with someone like that? Especially when he started dragging fans into harassing the show runners.

        People defend him, since they don’t understand what was going on, but he’s louder and more famous, so he gets his way, until he doesn’t. Maybe the fact his has happened more than once should give people pause…?

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    • Pistcow@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Source?

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      • Maven@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’d seen this all multiple places before but doing a quick search here is a source on the most recent round of Netflix and superman stuff

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        Personally I think a lot of this is overblown. Specifically the not wanting shirtless scenes and stuff is a personal thing that’s up to the comfort of the actor. The bits I don’t like are harassing women and his previous comments about the MeToo movement which make me far more likely to believe the current accusations against him.

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      • NormalPerson@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Their bias and a wildly suspicious source that’s pretty much the podcast my best friend once removed’s half-sister’s uncle listens to

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Were the only people disrespecting the source material those same women?

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      • illi@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Article they list as a source certainly suggests that.

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    • qaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why would you link to an article that just discusses things said on Reddit?

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      • Maven@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Honestly I’m not sure why it brings up reddit at all since the reddit thread it’s sourcing is just a link to the podcast that started it all. They should’ve just linked to the podcast?? Idk bad sourcing on the articles end.

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    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re so full of shit, it’s actually impressive.

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    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Didn’t he go straight from Witcher to Justice League to Mission Impossible?

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      • Maven@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It was actually DC -> MI -> Witcher technically.

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    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not to mention the show was supposed to be a different story from the books AND game which are vastly different already (which no one seems to comprehend when talking about this topic) he got fans and everyone else to capitulate to his demands that it meet source material. How is a unique story supposed to meet source material…?

      The guy is delusional and it’s cost him roles, yet his rabid fanbase defends him relentlessly since they refuse to educate themselves on anything he spews.

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      • kurap1ka@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How was it a unique story, when everything happens in the books? The head writer and producers just tried, and failed, to be better than the original by adding useless confusion and killing important characters. The games are different in that they play after the books and extend the world.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Careful, the fanboys don’t like that sorta talk

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A cardinal sin in Hollywood.

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  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tbf though if they closely followed the books, Ciri and Geralt wouldn’t ever be in the same room, as the whole series she’s running and he never catches up with her. I understand why they needed to change the material to fit a tv narrative, but I don’t know why they changed so many things they didn’t need to. Season 1 was great, but 2 went off the rails.

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    • Daxtron2@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Respecting the source material doesn’t mean making a 1 to 1 copy tho

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    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cheaper to film if they are never in the same room together.

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  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, generally a good idea, by the guy who wrote the Witcher was kind of an asshole who hates videogames, right?

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    • Soulg@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t know the story very well but he sold the rights for super cheap because he thought they would be a dumb failure but then later got butthurt and tried to get more after they were a huge success

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      • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes but if I am not mistaken he also made a statement that he dislikes all videogames in general. Viewing them as an inferior artform or a passing fad. Not just the Witcher videogames in particular.

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