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Disney fires James Gunn from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"

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TREK_GOD_1 said:
The point is that he thought there was humor in rape/pedophilia at all / was fine to express this in social media, which makes a serious comment on his personality and lack of humanity. It does not matter if any of the individuals who read his tweets were not victims of either attack, its the fact he--apparently--did not give a damn that victims of those crimes actually exist when making his so-called "jokes". People have been fired for posting racist "jokes" none of the intended targets did not see or know about until it was uncovered some time later, but some employers feel merely having those beliefs made him/her undesirable / offensive as an employee, co-worker and potentially an explosive situation waiting to happen. If making despicable statements is so important to some, they should be prepared for and accept action against them from an employer, not to mention longstanding, deserved damage their public image.
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"Lack of humanity"?

Geeze, won't someone please think of the children much?
 
mos6507 said:
It really seemed like he was literally shouting fire in a crowded theater back then
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I'm aware of statements that are contemptible and in very poor taste, but I'm not aware of any statement of Gunn's that would fit this criterion. Can you cite even a single example?
 
UssGlenn said:
I read an analysis of the 38 tweets in question on reddit, and there's a clear effort to willfully spin the subject matter the worst way possible of quite a few of them by those who wanted to get him fired.
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Welcome to 2018?
 
TREK_GOD_1 said:
Oh, I forget--it seems one can be in touch with their humanity and still find it funny to "joke" about children being raped.
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I absolutely hate this whole "to feel empathy is to be human" bullshit that people spew. The natural human response to the adversity of others is to look away. It's unusual and inhuman to go help.
 
So what if every Director that Disney approaches to replace Gunn basically say's no because it's clear the cast, crew and sections of the audience would like Gunn to direct Volume 3. Do you think Disney would ever cave in or are they going to hold firm?
 
Jax said:
So what if every Director that Disney approaches to replace Gunn basically say's no because it's clear the cast, crew and sections of the audience would like Gunn to direct Volume 3. Do you think Disney would ever cave in or are they going to hold firm?
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Caving in at this point would lead to far worse PR than just not firing him in the first place. The decision has been made, and now is the time to live with it.
 
crookeddy said:
Caving in at this point would lead to far worse PR than just not firing him in the first place. The decision has been made, and now is the time to live with it.
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Or conversely, they can frame it as "Okay, we listened to the fans and the cast and crew, and we've decided there is more nuance to this situation than we initially thought."
 
Emh said:
Or conversely, they can frame it as "Okay, we listened to the fans and the cast and crew, and we've decided there is more nuance to this situation than we initially thought."
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Or they can just scrap Vol. 3.

Infinity War served them that option on a plate.
 
Terok Nor said:
Or they can just scrap Vol. 3.

Infinity War served them that option on a plate.
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Eh? :confused:

You don't seriously think Infinity War is the end, do you? It's totally obvious there's going to be a sequel which brings everybody back. That's not a plot thread that was ever intended to be left hanging.
 
I don't think there will be a third movie.All the actors are big enough to go do something else and make just as much money. Why would they come back into this mess? I can see DC also moving in hiring Chris Pratt for example. Any director just runs the risks of being knocked like Ron Howard is for doing "Solo." Speaking of which don't be shocked if Gunn finds himself at DC as well.

Jason
 
Mr. Laser Beam said:
Eh? :confused:

You don't seriously think Infinity War is the end, do you? It's totally obvious there's going to be a sequel which brings everybody back. That's not a plot thread that was ever intended to be left hanging.
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I don't seriously think all the dead characters will remain dead but if this Gunn mess keeps going it would be easy to leave the Guardians dead and draw a line under the whole controversy.
 
Terok Nor said:
I don't seriously think all the dead characters will remain dead but if this Gunn mess keeps going it would be easy to leave the Guardians dead and draw a line under the whole controversy.
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Avengers 4 is done filming, it filmed with Infinity War.
The characters coming back are essentially already back.
 
Emh said:
Or conversely, they can frame it as "Okay, we listened to the fans and the cast and crew, and we've decided there is more nuance to this situation than we initially thought."
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No, they can't because ABC/Disney fired Rosanne for her tweets (and YES, I get that there is a rather major difference in that Gunn's tweets were about a decade ago and Rosanne's one month ago); and no matter how different the situation, if Gunn gets his job back with Disney, the Alt-Right Trumpsters will cry foul - call for boycotts/etc. and it's a headache Disney doesn't want to deal with.

So, bottom line: Gunn's been fired from Disney/Marvel Studios; and will probably remain fired.
 
Noname Given said:
No, they can't because ABC/Disney fired Rosanne for her tweets (and YES, I get that there is a rather major difference in that Gunn's tweets were about a decade ago and Rosanne's one month ago); and no matter how different the situation, if Gunn gets his job back with Disney, the Alt-Right Trumpsters will cry foul - call for boycotts/etc. and it's a headache Disney doesn't want to deal with.

So, bottom line: Gunn's been fired from Disney/Marvel Studios; and will probably remain fired.
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I would be shocked to see Disney reverse themselves.
 
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