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As David Zaslav Goes Straight Savage Cutting and Cancelling Everything #Woke at Warner Discovery, SJWs Start Shrieking About MuhFakeJobs

David Zaslav, The Grim Reaper of Wokeness, is in a cost-cutting frenzy.

Warner Bros. Discovery, owner of CNN, HBO Max, TLC and Food Network, is mounting an aggressive cost-cutting plan ahead of its promise to find more than $3 billion in savings in 2023.

CEO David Zaslav has wasted no time since the $43 billion merger between Discovery and WarnerMedia closed in April. According to The Hollywood Reporter, senior leaders in the company's US-based advertising division were informed that buyouts will be coming, although they haven't been offered yet.

News of the cuts, which will slash approximately 30% of the firm's ad sales team, or about 1,000 jobs, was first reported by The Information on Tuesday.

He's cutting lots of underperforming projects at the DC division of Warner, in addition to Batgirl.

The bloodbath continues at Warner Bros. Discovery. Or is it Discovery Warner Bros.? We can never remember. Either way, David Zaslav is rampaging around the corridors of the studio wielding his axe and nothing, and nobody, is safe. Batgirl lies dead and the current DCEU is no more. Maybe his vision works on movement? Has anyone tried standing absolutely still to see if that means they avoid cancellation?

...

Harley Quinn, Doom Patrol, and Titans are all up next on the chopping block and cancellation is apparently imminent. They will join the never started Wonder Twins on the DCEU scrapheap.

That is not all. Another high profile show is also about to be made to walk the plank while it is still in development. Greg Berlanti's Green Lantern.

Rumors are flying that Zaslav is going to end, mostly, DC's monthly comic business, and either start publishing just the occasional graphic novel, or perhaps license out their eight or ten actually-valuable characters to some other company. The result will be a lot less work for the people who killed the American comic book industry.

And they're screaming. They think that calling Zaslav a racist will work.

Here's one of DC's more obnoxious SJWs attempting the "I'll call my boss a racist to keep him from firing me" card.

Not this time.


TEE FRANKLIN HARLEY QUINN WRITER
@MizTeeFranklin

This #WarnerBrosDiscovery call is hurting my brain. This whole thing is affecting me & plenty people I know personally.

I can't wrap my mind around ANY of this. Plus, I guess I'm a male now? I just...

A lot of them freaked out over Zaslav's market-research-backed statement that HBO Max had a "male skew" and Discovery Plus had a "female skew." They all seized on this and claimed that this made them transexuals or something, because they liked the "wrong" channel.

Can you really not understand that?

Are you... are you developmentally delayed? Are you admitting that?

Because it's an extremely simple concept.

If more men than women watch something, it has a "male skew." If more women than men watch something, it has a "female skew."

It doesn't mean that only men watch the male-skewing thing.

And watching it doesn't make you a tranny.

Do you not understand this?

Or maybe they're just trying to whip up a twitter mob against Zaslav, because they know from how he's talking -- emphasizing things like "quality" and "profits" -- that they're the next to be fired.

As well as being retarded.


Replying to @MizTeeFranklin
I hope y'all reading in between those lines, "Best storytellers" to tell diverse stories.

What a concept, hiring the best storytellers. What a racist codeword!

MzTeeFranklin knows she does not qualify as the "Best Storyteller" under anyone's definition.

The fact I'm focused on this call & not in my grieving cave is telling. Whew.

This dude a whole fucking villain.

This is your boss... for the moment.


If you thought DC was practically all white before... chileeeeeee we ain't seen NOTHIN yet.

And if you didn't know that comic book villain has been quoted in articles sayin, "he would hire the best people he could find and gender and racial diversity, while a factor, would not be his top priority."

It's WHAT'S not being said y'all. Read in between those lines.

So yes, and I'll read between your lines: You're a shit writer and you know you're a diversity-hire charity case and Zaslav is basically saying the days of burning money in charity-case burn-pits are over and you're very upset about that.

Fine.

I bring all this up because CNN is also a Warner Discovery company.

And guess which other Woke Charity Case is trying to save his job?

A lot of underperforming wokies who know they're next to get pink slips are trying all sorts of strategies to avoid Zaslav's Merciless Axe.

Won't work.

Bye, Tater.

More:


Posted by: Ace at 05:37 PM




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1 Hahahahahahaha.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 05:38 PM (dNqv+)

2 The left is incredibly upset at this, they are howling mad. They're screaming about his paycheck, claiming he's only doing things for tax cuts, and is firing only low end people not his friends in his 'suite'.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 05:41 PM (Ivdso)

3 *tries to find yoyo*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 05:41 PM (dNqv+)

4 First?!?!?

Posted by: Greyman27 at August 08, 2022 05:41 PM (RKLPC)

5 Bah. Classic content skim mistake.

Posted by: Greyman27 at August 08, 2022 05:41 PM (RKLPC)

6 >>>The fact I'm focused on this call & not in my grieving cave is telling.

Grieving cave? WTF is wrong with you?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:41 PM (U3uv2)

7 DC was going to do a Wonder Twins movie? AFKM? Probably use Gleek as a Monkey Pox tie in.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 08, 2022 05:42 PM (OgrpQ)

8 Nood. The Zaslov Incident.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 05:38 PM

That's not a Robert Ludlum novel?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 08, 2022 05:42 PM (RkC6l)

9 Sounds like Lex Luthor on a really grumpy morning after the umpteenth kryptonite plan has failed deciding to take it out on some of the lesser hench-fiends.

Posted by: Mikey NTH The Outrage Outlet is Stocked With Vexation and Ire. at August 08, 2022 05:42 PM (3yqPP)

10 A Wonder Twins movie has as much pull as Marvel's The Eternals

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 05:42 PM (SnOp8)

11 Later, Tater. Lol.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2022 05:42 PM (ptqGC)

12 Is this a get woke, go broke story?

Posted by: Infidel at August 08, 2022 05:43 PM (mn1Pi)

13 * Sad trombone*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 08, 2022 05:43 PM (svdGq)

14 Brian Stelter lights up Beau's crack pipe:

"Baked Tater"

.. and not the edible kind, I might hasten to add.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 08, 2022 05:43 PM (tkOps)

15 8 Nood. The Zaslov Incident.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 05:38 PM

That's not a Robert Ludlum novel?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 08, 2022 05:42 PM (RkC6l)

Trying to go for a classic Star Trek episode title, but there is some overlap.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 05:43 PM (dNqv+)

16 A 'grieving cave' because retreating to your Safe Room is no longer trendy. Got to ratchet up the Victim Card Bingo winnings.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 05:43 PM (SnOp8)

17 It seems as though, a lot of media folk are convinced they're unfireable. Because they're on the right team I guess.

Prolly don't like being referred to as folk.


Posted by: weirdflunky at August 08, 2022 05:43 PM (cknjq)

18 What's a grieving cave??

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (tQL7r)

19 If Zaslov is going to cut woke content, Warna Brother.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (OgrpQ)

20 Just when I thought my day couldn't get any better..

Posted by: Mark now in South Jordan Utah at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (A/cCe)

21 Rumors are flying that Zaslav is going to end, mostly, DC's monthly comic business, and either start publishing just the occasional graphic novel, or perhaps license out their eight or ten actually-valuable characters to some other company.

I don't think they need to end DC Comics, just reboot them so that talented writers and artists work on it instead of stunt hires and casting dubious talent based on their diversity and inclusion. You'd have to pare the titles back severely, but it could be done.

But... yeah I wouldn't be surprised if DC just went to graphic novels and digital.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (Ivdso)

22 An axe? Screw that. Someone get Zaslaz a chainsaw, with a woodchipper batting clean-up.

Posted by: Greyman27 at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (RKLPC)

23 Tell your employees that if they can do their jobs at home they can.

Then fire them that go home.

Posted by: torabora at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (Ii/ys)

24 BRB, got to change my shorts. Pissed them laughing so hard.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (u4CEu)

25 What's a grieving cave??

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (tQL7r)

$20, same as in town.

Also try the mewling mezzanine. And don't miss the kill your stupid face kitchen.*


* None of these were directed at you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (U3uv2)

26 18 What's a grieving cave??
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (tQL7r)

$20, same as in town?

Posted by: m at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (0ixKl)

27 Grieving cave
Whining nook
Self-hate den
Delusional loft
Depression basement

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (bNf8H)

28 Yeah Buddy

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (R5lpX)

29 Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (OgrpQ)

slow claps

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 08, 2022 05:45 PM (cknjq)

30 It is often a better strategy, particularly in an environment that is competitive and mature, to take over an institution and turn it into what you want it to be, rather than to try to start your own from the ground up. In this case, I'm guessing the objective function isn't to become a right-wing haven, but rather to do that quaint old thing called "make money," which is what businesses are supposed to do.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:46 PM (7B5FA)

31 #18 It is the sofa and blanket fort where one goes to cry and eat a half gallon cherry ice cream.

Posted by: Mikey NTH The Outrage Outlet is Stocked With Vexation and Ire. at August 08, 2022 05:46 PM (3yqPP)

32 Both Marvel and DC should just beg for a mulligan. Everything that has happened for the last 10 years just goes into the woodchipper. Reset to 2000.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 05:46 PM (dNqv+)

33 Never knew cockroaches could make so much noise.

Posted by: aelfheld at August 08, 2022 05:46 PM (Zy9Yy)

34 Tater's looking a bit red there. Somebody douse em with pepper?

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (1DgE4)

35 Someone here really nailed it a few days ago: the president the SJWs hated bigly created enough economic growth that they could worm their way into some worthless quota jobs and the problems they caused didn't quite raise above the level of the growth. But now, due in large part to their own efforts, economic chaos reigns and even the woke corpos have no choice but to cut the fat.

They did it to themselves.

Posted by: CppThis at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (UewuT)

36 I guess these fired sjws will go eotk gor the IRS

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (RN7Qy)

37 At Warner Bros. Discovery Woke Women (and Men) and Racist Minorities are the hardest hit.

Posted by: rd at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (Z32m1)

38 It seems as though, a lot of media folk are convinced they're unfireable. Because they're on the right team I guess.

I'm guessing Tater knows he is eminently fireable.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (7B5FA)

39 $20, same as in town.

Also try the mewling mezzanine. And don't miss the kill your stupid face kitchen.*


* None of these were directed at you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker


Alrighty, then! Thanks for playing along at home.

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (tQL7r)

40 In The Zazlov Incident the classic Agatha Christie novel Ten Little Indians and Murder on the Orient Expressgets a bit of a makeover and twist as each 'victim' now represents a media project that has been summoned before a meeting with the mysterious and terrifying Mr. Zazlov.

They are boarded on the same train for their travel to the remote Swiss chalet. Will they start killing each other on the train? Or will they wait? Who will survive to meet with Mr. Zazlov?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (SnOp8)

41 My favorite phrases:

Get woke go broke.

Won't work. Bye, Tater.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (AiZBA)

42 In this case, I'm guessing the objective function isn't to become a right-wing haven, but rather to do that quaint old thing called "make money," which is what businesses are supposed to do.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:46 PM (7B5FA)

I'd take a job there just to enjoy the lamentations of their trans-women.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (U3uv2)

43 What's a grieving cave??
Posted by: Prime Sister
___________________

Sad snizz?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (es0Dj)

44 >>>I don't think they need to end DC Comics, just reboot them

no they need to end it. too much damage has been done. The people who were conditioned to be monthly customers have self-deported.

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (B3oWe)

45 What's a grieving cave??
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (tQL7r)

Kind of like a self inflicted Dutch Oven

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (OgrpQ)

46 >chileeeeeee we ain't seen NOTHIN yet

Why is the silent E being drawn out here? How does it sound different from only one silent E?

(Focusing, like a laser, on what is truly important)

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (8548M)

47 They were going to make a Wonder Twins movie? That pair has got to be one of the most useless of all "superheroes".

Form of.... a chair!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (llON8)

48 #30. Concentrating on making money rather than the social justice jihad of the day is sufficiently conservative for now.

Posted by: Mikey NTH The Outrage Outlet is Stocked With Vexation and Ire. at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (3yqPP)

49 BREAKING NEWS:

Cabot Phillips @cabot_phillips
Joe Biden faces down his toughest challenge yet: a jacket

https://twitter.com/cabot_phillips/status/
1556744590417338368

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (yikp0)

50 They all need to get on social media and immediately call the boss a racist-sexist-homophobe.
That works every time.
Use your real names and accounts too.

Posted by: Bosk at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (v4L7Y)

51 Has anyone tried standing absolutely still to see if that means they avoid cancellation?

Sooner or later, if just to use the dumper, you have to move.

And then you're fired!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (ZSK0i)

52 Grieving cave? Is that where lefties go to choke their chickens and scream at the bats on the ceiling?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (R5lpX)

53 >>>Someone here really nailed it a few days ago: the president the SJWs hated bigly created enough economic growth that they could worm their way into some worthless quota jobs and the problems they caused didn't quite raise above the level of the growth. But now, due in large part to their own efforts, economic chaos reigns and even the woke corpos have no choice but to cut the fat.


that be me

Posted by: ace aka "someone here" at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (B3oWe)

54 Babylon Bee: Biden Invites Group Of Kids To White House To See If His Sense Of Smell Has Returned

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (xPl2J)

55 34 Tater's looking a bit red there. Somebody douse em with pepper?
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (1DgE4)

Or sweet paprika?

Posted by: Thrawn at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (Rl7KJ)

56 I still maintain the real driving force for change at Warner Discovery is John Malone. He has been telegraphing these changes from day 1.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (ZLI7S)

57 But... yeah I wouldn't be surprised if DC just went to graphic novels and digital.

If they hire good writers and focus on graphic novels, I might end up buying comics again. Sadly, I couldn’t boycott the woke madness because I stopped hanging out at the local comic store a long time ago.

That said, I have a huge TBR pile, so that ship may have sailed. And I can accept that 29-year-olds is not the demographic they’ll be aiming at.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 05:50 PM (U+Oxn)

58 We all thinks Presdent Obama shoulds dew something abouts this becuase so many good peeple is be losing jobs because of Trump's Recession.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at August 08, 2022 05:50 PM (R+nZe)

59 that be me
Posted by: ace aka "someone here" at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (B3oWe)

Who?

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 08, 2022 05:50 PM (cknjq)

60 SJWs Start Shrieking About MuhFakeJobs


Welp, I see a lot of Help Wanted signs posted at restaurants, grocery stores, drug stores, and big box stores. It's no use to the SJWs if they learn to code - all the low-medium skill tech jobs were sent overseas a while back. Unfortunately, the IRS is hiring at salaries a lot higher than minimum wage.

Posted by: Gref at August 08, 2022 05:51 PM (AMIL/)

61 "Democrats Split." Ashraf Ghani did the same. Oh wait.

Posted by: Holy Crap at August 08, 2022 05:51 PM (glGDV)

62 WB is doing major reshoots with Flashpoint, and its already a $300 million movie. They can't cancel the Flash movie, so they are going to have to figure out a way to make it work despite having one of the most horrible people alive as its star.

They COULD turn him into the villain and have, say, the Flash from the TV show (who did a pretty good job even though the freaking writing sucked) be the hero, because the entire Flashpoint story is about alternate realities and changing the past.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 05:51 PM (Ivdso)

63 The Left got away with a lot of stupid shit, because Conservatives were 'nice'.

Well, they went too far... all the way to destroying our freedom (Covid) and now our Economy (Green Bullshit getting rid of oil).

Well, past time to NOT be nice...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 08, 2022 05:51 PM (oHd/0)

64 @7 DC was going to do a Wonder Twins movie? AFKM? Probably use Gleek as a Monkey Pox tie in.

----

TV series, probably. The other titles listed along with it were all TV series.

And yes, it still sounds absurd.

Posted by: junior at August 08, 2022 05:51 PM (R9Fkx)

65 Got addicted to schadenfreude during the Trump presidency, and I've been strung out, going through withdrawal for the last 10 years (1 1/2? It's only been 1 1/2 years? Get out of here).

This story goes straight into my veins.

Posted by: Splunge at August 08, 2022 05:51 PM (cm/80)

66 >>> 18 What's a grieving cave??
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (tQL7r)

One of many signs that you're dealing with an imbecile who won't last the first three days of the Burning Times.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 05:52 PM (llON8)

67 They were going to make a Wonder Twins movie? That pair has got to be one of the most useless of all "superheroes".

Form of.... a chair!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (llON

And what the hell was a Shmoo?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:52 PM (U3uv2)

68 no they need to end it. too much damage has been done. The people who were conditioned to be monthly customers have self-deported.

I think you may be right, although bringing back the original characters and putting great writers and authors on them could win back readers, maybe. These are some of the most world-famous characters of all time, and people respond really well to Batman.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 05:52 PM (Ivdso)

69 Toobin from home:
https://twitter.com/ViralNewsNYC/status/
1556716119045689345

nypost.com
'Right-handed man' almost masturbates to death: medical case study
Docs say he's lucky he escaped the ultimate unhappy ending after the near-fatal orgasm ordeal.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 08, 2022 05:52 PM (yikp0)

70 Joe Biden faces down his toughest challenge yet: a jacket https://twitter.com/cabot_phillips/status/
1556744590417338368 Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (yikp0)

I like the way the Marines just stand there suppressing their expressions and Doctor Jill gets him about 3/4ths of the way there and then walks off, leaving him behind to wander aimlessly. And WTH are those shoes?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:52 PM (7B5FA)

71 Kind of like a self inflicted Dutch Oven

Sorry I know that one too.

Posted by: Holy Crap at August 08, 2022 05:52 PM (glGDV)

72 the generation screaming loudest about this are the same ones who thought alienating 2/3 of their potential audience made good business sense.

Zaslav appears to understand making money is key to people being able to keep their jobs.

Whereas Generation Meltdown seems to think money just magically happens.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 05:52 PM (5pTK/)

73 Silver Age and Golden Age Flashes give Ezra the beatdown he needs for ruining their status as heroes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM (SnOp8)

74 They were going to make a Wonder Twins movie? That pair has got to be one of the most useless of all "superheroes".

Form of.... a chair!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (llON

Shape of . . . a grieving chair!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM (U3uv2)

75 Tater's looking a bit red there. Somebody douse em with pepper?
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at August 08, 2022 05:47 PM (1DgE4)

Or sweet paprika?
Posted by: Thrawn at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM

Chef John overdid it with the cayenne.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM (RkC6l)

76 No worries, Disney will take up the woke slack.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM (sWbrH)

77 hahahahaha

Joey and Jill struggling in the breeze today:

https://tinyurl.com/2vu75f36

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM (ptqGC)

78 Joe Biden face down? Was that it?

Posted by: Holy Crap at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM (glGDV)

79 Re: gender skewed viewership, HBO is the one what shows a lot of boobies, right? Obvious male skew is obvious.

Not sure about Discovery proper, but I do know that HGTV represents a big chunk of the overall portfolio, and most of its programming is obviously tailored for women and gay men. And there aren't actually all that many gay men.

Posted by: CppThis at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM (UewuT)

80 Today lots of grocery stoores in Brattleboro are nots giving free tasting samples anymore . How is peeple going to be able to eat because of this. This bothers us in Brattleboro and demands Presdent Byedum do something about this problem.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at August 08, 2022 05:54 PM (R+nZe)

81 59 that be me
Posted by: ace aka "someone here" at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (B3oWe)

Who?
Posted by: weirdflunky at August 08, 2022 05:50 PM (cknjq)

LOL

Posted by: m at August 08, 2022 05:54 PM (0ixKl)

82 What's a grieving cave??
Posted by: Prime Sister
___________________

Sad snizz?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (es0Dj)

No, that is the banal canal.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:54 PM (U3uv2)

83 One thing that has become abundantly clear is the woke gang have been highly trained in an ideology and how to advance said ideology. It seems activists they are trained to make as much noise as possible to get their own way when presented with facts ie. accounting. Im feeling they are in the last throws because even when they are being locked up on the streets they scream like a stuck pig when officers are barely touching them. It's all a big temper tantrum.. Fug Em

Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at August 08, 2022 05:54 PM (5s/s5)

84 TV series, probably. The other titles listed along with it were all TV series.

And yes, it still sounds absurd.

Posted by: junior at August 08, 2022 05:51 PM (R9Fkx)

Kind of like Alex Ross doing the April Fool's Wonder Twins cover and everyone losing their shit over it. That was funny.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 08, 2022 05:54 PM (OgrpQ)

85 They were going to make a Wonder Twins movie? That pair has got to be one of the most useless of all "superheroes".

Form of.... a chair!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 05:48 PM (llON

Shape of . . . a grieving chair!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM

Form of, an ice schlong!

LOLGF!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 08, 2022 05:54 PM (RkC6l)

86 Wonder Twins pr0n, straight to pr0n hub...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 05:55 PM (SnOp8)

87 And yes, it still sounds absurd.

Absurd could actually be cool, but is well beyond the writing ability of anyone on their team right now. Imagine getting to hang out at Justice League (yeah, yeah, “Super Friends”) Headquarters all the time, playing with the incredible technology they have. Meanwhile everything going in in the “careers” of DC’s big hitters is happening in the background.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 05:55 PM (U+Oxn)

88 You want a stabbin' cabin
You'd settle for a man cave
You'll get MzTee Frankin in a grieving cave

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 08, 2022 05:55 PM (vN+oL)

89 that be me
Posted by: ace aka "someone here" at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (B3oWe)

Who?
Posted by: weirdflunky at August 08, 2022 05:50 PM (cknjq)


Is that the weird dude that is always rooting through the garbage? Looks sort of like an Ewok with mange?

Posted by: rd at August 08, 2022 05:55 PM (Z32m1)

90 Raheem J. Kassam
@RaheemKassam

BREAKING: WA-3 Candidate Joe Kent Has *HIS OWN BALLOT* Rejected After Wildly Delayed Election Count.

https://tinyurl.com/ywu3j4wz

Posted by: redridinghood at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (NpAcC)

91 Good grief, that video of Joe and Jill. Jill stands there like a lump, watching, and doesn't give her husband a hand until he moves toward her.

Dr. Jill has zero social graces.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (5pTK/)

92 > It doesn't mean that only men watch the male-skewing thing.

She blocked someone for pointing that out.

https://bit.ly/3A4klfW

Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (eyxn4)

93 Snap Crackle and Pop: Overlooked heroes closely held by Kellogs

Posted by: Holy Crap at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (glGDV)

94 Shapeshifters can be really powerful, its just that in the cartoon the writing was horrible and unimaginative.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (Ivdso)

95 that be me Posted by: ace aka "someone here" at August 08, 2022 05:49 PM (B3oWe)

As I've posted before, I used to say the occasional SJW professor or tranny admiral was something to celebrate, because it was a sign that we were wealthy enough that we could tolerate such trivialities. I don't say that anymore.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (7B5FA)

96 They became woke when they eliminated Superman's motto. American hating douchebags.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (sWbrH)

97 The Left failing at making "Dork Brandon" a meme:
https://nitter.net/SteveGuest/status/
1556440961856708609#m

Christina Pushaw 🐊 @ChristinaPushaw; 4h
Why would a White House Deputy Press Secretary post a meme of his boss with a Nazi symbol in the background?

https://nitter.net/ChristinaPushaw/status/
1556659712405413894#m

Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 @ezralevant; 2h
Democrats say that making the "OK" symbol with your fingers is a secret Nazi salute.
Also Democrats: literally posting pictures of Biden in front of a Nazi Eagle.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (yikp0)

98 Apparently, Tater has also tatered that Brandon has said that Hunter won't do those bad things no more, so we're all good, and everyone should just drop the "investigation".

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at August 08, 2022 05:57 PM (zcPgo)

99 I appreciated that Doom Patrol was pretty bonkers. Unfortunately, the plot was pretty incoherent. It's essentially unwatchable after a S1.

Posted by: Xander Crews at August 08, 2022 05:57 PM (MpOGS)

100 Dr. Jill has zero social graces. Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 05:56 PM (5pTK/)

In fairness, she probably has to deal with it a lot more than the rest of us ever see and she is probably burned out on being the babysitter.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:57 PM (7B5FA)

101 hunnert?

Posted by: m at August 08, 2022 05:57 PM (0ixKl)

102 A Shmoo was a creature from the Lil' Abner comic strip, IIRC.

Posted by: Mikey NTH The Outrage Outlet is Stocked With Vexation and Ire. at August 08, 2022 05:58 PM (3yqPP)

103 60 Unfortunately, the IRS is hiring at salaries a lot higher than minimum wage.
Posted by: Gref at August 08, 2022 05:51 PM (AMIL/)


SJWs would love that gig, since it feeds their innate need to harass other people. Trouble is, a tax auditor has to be fairly good at math and have mostly functional one-on-one communication skills, two things at which the typical Twitter harridan fails bigly.

Posted by: CppThis at August 08, 2022 05:58 PM (UewuT)

104 So, part of Warner Discovery is Food Network. I'm my wish list for getting the axe includes Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis (lollipop head), Ina Garten, and Ree Drummond of the plastered on fake smile. They are all annoying. And don't even get me started on Cuomo's ex tramp, Sandra Lee

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 08, 2022 05:58 PM (+lVUW)

105 That first guy with tater is such a fag.

Posted by: Golfman at August 08, 2022 05:58 PM (zb5B0)

106 Form of, an ice schlong!

LOLGF!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 08, 2022 05:54 PM (RkC6l)

Shape of, a blown out rectum.

*disgusting noises*

Bystander: Um, aren't you two supposed to be fighting the villain?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:59 PM (U3uv2)

107 Captain Caveman would be lit as a movie.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 08, 2022 05:59 PM (OgrpQ)

108 I appreciated that Doom Patrol was pretty bonkers. Unfortunately, the plot was pretty incoherent.

The comic was pretty rough reading too. Very dark and odd and difficult to follow. I never really liked them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 05:59 PM (Ivdso)

109 LOLGF!

You "wokies" shit all over the media empire that gave you your careers. You shit all over the fanbases that made those intellectual properties valuable. You shit all over the "normies" that just wanted good story telling with memorable and interesting characters.

Well, guess what? You made this shit, so you get to enjoy it to the fullest extent while you look for another job, assuming anyone is dumb enough to hire you.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 08, 2022 05:59 PM (K5n5d)

110 don't know why he'd cut the comic book business. he could just go old school. Americans have always and will always love superheros. the plot lines are endless and you can go in many directions. that anybody at all still goes to mcu is proof of that. they had to try sooo hard to get me not watch any of their stuff.

the previous black panther had a malcom x or farrakon in tights as a the super villian. looks like he will be the next black panther.

that's an aside. go back to what works there's endless money in modern day mythology but you have to have balls

Posted by: havel at August 08, 2022 06:00 PM (PRDNR)

111 73 Silver Age and Golden Age Flashes give Ezra the beatdown he needs for ruining their status as heroes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 05:53 PM (SnOp

This is an interesting point. I remember from when I read comics, someone mentioning that the ones from the 70s and 80s (who they tried to replace and refurbish even in the late 80s early 90s) were often FAR more powerful than their replacements.

I think in the late 80s, early 90s they started to realize that really powerful characters kind of make things less interesting. There was definitely a push to try to give the character's limits and make them more accessible. This was certainly part of the Superman/Doomsday arc.

Then the SJWs barge in and make all the new woke characters virtual/literal gods.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 06:00 PM (dNqv+)

112 100 In fairness, she probably has to deal with it a lot more than the rest of us ever see and she is probably burned out on being the babysitter.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:57 PM (7B5FA)

I'l ponder this.

Posted by: m at August 08, 2022 06:00 PM (0ixKl)

113 Back to my 'keep the sanity' projects. Group build Stuka that I need to start shooting paint on. And the FW 190F-8 Wurger needs more assembling.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 06:00 PM (SnOp8)

114 Meanwhile everything going in in the “careers” of DC’s big hitters is happening in the background.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 05:55 PM (U+Oxn)

Or be some flunky intern doing make work, while you hear all the sordid details of their dirty laundry and hear them bitch about each other.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 06:00 PM (U3uv2)

115 In fairness, she probably has to deal with it a lot more than the rest of us ever see and she is probably burned out on being the babysitter.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:57 PM (7B5FA)
-----------

Well, I don't have to be fair, and, as far as I'm concerned, Dr. Jill willingly signed up for the job, so, she best do her job.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 06:00 PM (5pTK/)

116 Plus, I guess I'm a male now?

You don't know? Check "down there". It should give you a clue.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 08, 2022 06:00 PM (+lVUW)

117 The Left failing at making "Dork Brandon" a meme:

Those are so bad. Seriously, worse than usual. Coffee Party level.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:01 PM (Ivdso)

118 If he restored the Truth, Justice and the American Way motto he would be the king honey badger.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 08, 2022 06:01 PM (sWbrH)

119
It's called being laid off due to reorganization.
Nothing personal it's just business.

Posted by: YIKES! at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (t6XCL)

120 In fairness, she probably has to deal with it a lot more than the rest of us ever see and she is probably burned out on being the babysitter.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:57 PM (7B5FA)


She made her bed, literally so she must "lie " in it

Posted by: It's me donna at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (bs+z0)

121 I think in the late 80s, early 90s they started to realize that really powerful characters kind of make things less interesting.

They were running out of rainbow colors for the Kyrptonite.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (SnOp8)

122 >>> It doesn't mean that only men watch the male-skewing thing.

Bootygig is nominally a male, and I would guess he likes watching that sort of thing.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (U3uv2)

123 Learn to serve mochas.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (3vQN0)

124 and disney will actually destroy itself it's unfathomable how bad they are.

it's a modern miracle to do what they did to the star wars franchise

Posted by: havel at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (PRDNR)

125
But now, due in large part to their own efforts, economic chaos reigns and even the woke corpos have no choice but to cut the fat.

__________

They did not, or refused to, learn that to every company you, as an employer, are ultimately no more than a cost. Your continued employment depends on your persuading them every damn day that it's more trouble to fire you than keep you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (1Nxff)

126 It's called being laid off due to reorganization.
Nothing personal it's just business.
Posted by: YIKES! at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (t6XCL)
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Their reality is getting acquainted with reality reality.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (5pTK/)

127 >>>What's a grieving cave??

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 08, 2022 05:44 PM (tQL7r)

Ask my wife. I hate it when that happens.

Posted by: David French at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (QYPq3)

128 DC has earned every bit of this. Maybe a better company will rise out of its ashes.


Ace: TY for the dog story just below. Needed that today, I did.


FenelonSpoke: Bless you for taking in that little sweetheart. And I think a wandering kitty would improve any meeting.

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 08, 2022 06:03 PM (Zg/67)

129 In fairness, she probably has to deal with it a lot more than the rest of us ever see and she is probably burned out on being the babysitter.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 05:57 PM (7B5FA)

Karma for cheating on her husband with that retard. Especially allowing Joe to drive his corvette.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 08, 2022 06:03 PM (sWbrH)

130
Sorry, that's you as an employee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 08, 2022 06:03 PM (1Nxff)

131 HBO is unwatchable now. Every show is either woke garbage or chick flick in 8 parts. And the movies are the same woke nonsense.

Which is why I cancelled long ago.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:03 PM (3vQN0)

132 it's a modern miracle to do what they did to the star wars franchise

They took the most beloved movie franchise and made people simply just not care about it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:03 PM (Ivdso)

133 It's called being laid off due to reorganization.
Nothing personal it's just business.
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I've got Moneyball on right now and it's the trade deals and trade deadlines scenes!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 08, 2022 06:03 PM (yikp0)

134 istr a fairly big name in recent comics claiming Marvel (and probably DC too, since why would they be different) had been fcking over its writers for years by underpaying royalties. I bet this person isn't feeling sorry for any of the woketards getting booted.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 06:04 PM (llON8)

135 Very dark and odd and difficult to follow.

I really liked Grant Morrison’s run on Doom Patrol. But afterward it seemed to be weird for weird sake (much like the entire Vertigo line) instead of the intricately crafted philosophically mindbender Morrison wrote.

Morrison is whacked, but, like Alan Moore, he could write unique and intricate stuff and actually, you know, plot them out ahead of time.

Ironicaly, there’s some good stuff in Moore’s work that would be perfect for Woke Movie (Promethea, I’m looking at you), but (a) it was written by a hirsute male, and (b) it would require the intelligence to both understand the story and rework it for the movies, instead of just dumping it and writing a crappier version that wouldn’t sell.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 06:04 PM (U+Oxn)

136 They took the most beloved movie franchise and made people simply just not care about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:03 PM (Ivdso)
---
Amazon's about to do the same thing to Lord of the Rings...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 08, 2022 06:04 PM (K5n5d)

137 Luckily, I'm not into super heroes and comics so I won't miss them

Posted by: It's me donna at August 08, 2022 06:05 PM (bs+z0)

138 They were running out of rainbow colors for the Kyrptonite. Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (SnOp

I know, rainbow Kryptonite!

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 06:05 PM (7B5FA)

139 Ace, just wondering, is it also possible Zaslav realizes "Creating and milking a franchise" is pretty much over? Or, do you think he's just going after specific franchises?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 06:05 PM (5pTK/)

140 Michael LaRosa just made it onto my Top Five Gayest Voices Ever List. (First is still a co-worker's boyfriend.)

Posted by: pookysgirl did not want to make this list at August 08, 2022 06:05 PM (XKZwp)

141
We all like bacon, yes?

Except for kevin bacon.

This Shithead's new stupid movie, titled, I shit you not, "They/Them," is out.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 08, 2022 06:06 PM (2YTuC)

142 Zaslav sounds Russian . So a Putin stooge. And a friend of Trump. And therefore white supremacist.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:06 PM (3vQN0)

143 Or be some flunky intern doing make work, while you hear all the sordid details of their dirty laundry and hear them bitch about each other.

Yes, with a good writer, that could be hilarious. Giffen’s JLA/JLI coasted successfully for a long time on a similar formula.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 06:06 PM (U+Oxn)

144 Y'all, I'm trying to figure out which tissues to put in my grieving cave. Amazon Prime didn't have my Puffs Plus with Aloe available for same day delivery and I am stressin' over here. Some days are so hard!

Posted by: MizTeeFranklin at August 08, 2022 06:07 PM (ftFVW)

145
Is it woke-focused? Doubtful.

All media is woke. If you're cutting *anything*, you're cutting into woke.

Name one media property that isn't woke. You might find something, but it's going to be highly exceptional.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2022 06:07 PM (IXpV7)

146 This Shithead's new stupid movie, titled, I shit you not, "They/Them," is out.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 08, 2022 06:06 PM (2YTuC)

That's a big No/Never for me

Posted by: It's me donna at August 08, 2022 06:07 PM (bs+z0)

147 @104

>>and Ree Drummond of the plastered on fake smile.

I call her lumpy face because, well, her face is lumpy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 08, 2022 06:07 PM (MhkOB)

148
Joey and Jill struggling in the breeze today:

https://tinyurl.com/2vu75f36
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Doesn't everyone wear their aviators sliding down on their nose (Like Summer glasses).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 08, 2022 06:07 PM (HoTpl)

149 They did not, or refused to, learn that to every company you, as an employer, are ultimately no more than a cost. Your continued employment depends on your persuading them every damn day that it's more trouble to fire you than keep you. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 08, 2022 06:02 PM (1Nxff)

@Hadrian, I would put it a different way -- every employee needs to be worth more to his employer than he costs his employer.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (7B5FA)

150 @87 Meanwhile everything going in in the “careers” of DC’s big hitters is happening in the background.

----

A few years ago, I saw something about a supposed upcoming TV series focusing on normal people living in Metropolis, just doing the day to day thing in a city with the world's most powerful superhero. But I don't know whether anything happened with it.

Posted by: junior at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (R9Fkx)

151 So how much "writing" goes into creating a "graphic novel?" Do you write out all the *boom* *pow* *piff* stuff, or do you just write the highlights?

*Batman and Riddler hit each other with their fists, then Riddler picks up a giant question mark cane and hits Batman with it, then Batman kicks Riddler*

Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (eyxn4)

152
My grieving cave is the bathroom. It's where my butt grieves about my mouth's choices.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (IXpV7)

153 Watching the comedy Spy. I don't know why it didn't do better at Box Office or become a cult comedy movie.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (sWbrH)

154
How did Ace write this post and not include the fake low-budget film hero "director" kevin smith's shamefull and shameless Shilling for mOaR wOkE movies even if they are "dogshit," he says.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (2YTuC)

155 My grieving cave is the bathroom. It's where my butt grieves about my mouth's choices.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (IXpV7)
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Worse, the older one gets, the more time one spends on the grieving throne.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 06:09 PM (5pTK/)

156 The glowing bird-like thing behind Dork Brandon is a bat shape - it's a poster The Dark Knight Rises. Because everyone is familiar with Brandon Falls and will buy pantsshitter is totally like buffed up Christian Bale fighting even more buffed up Tom Hardy. Uh huh.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 06:09 PM (llON8)

157 Economic theory says an employee’s marginal cost has to equal an employee’s marginal revenue for the employer.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:09 PM (3vQN0)

158 Guess the gravy train is over for Leftists

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2022 06:09 PM (k8B25)

159 Brian Stelter changes his tune about Hunter Biden:

He's a one note potato. A new world awaits you, Brian, in the off world colonies. As rendered fat.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2022 06:09 PM (JOtiF)

160 I'm not sure which I like better, fartclam or woke charity case burn pit.

Both are so evocative.

Can we haz a fartclam bake over a woke charity case burn pit?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 08, 2022 06:10 PM (0Qrr3)

161 Wonder Twins powers, activate! Shape of...a computer science professor!

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 08, 2022 06:10 PM (HmZuC)

162 DC has earned every bit of this. Maybe a better company will rise out of its ashes.

It is shocking how swiftly it took place. They were avoiding Marvel's woke mistakes and just putting out fun stories. Then in like 3 years they went full on woke and utterly cratered their entire line. They've literally had zero top 20 comics for months.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:10 PM (Ivdso)

163 Disclose.tv @disclosetv; 30m
NOW - Another explosion at Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/
1556757152412450817

I keep forgetting to mention the Cuban oil refinery fire in the EMT!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 08, 2022 06:10 PM (yikp0)

164
Zaslav's Merciless Axe

Now there's a band name!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 08, 2022 06:10 PM (63Dwl)

165 Unfortunate all the fired wokistas will soon be hired by the IRS to exact revenge on this racist, homophobic, misogynist country. Accounting skills and education wont be a job requirement.

Posted by: Ripley at August 08, 2022 06:10 PM (MxEKc)

166 You know what non-recessions are known for? Mass layoffs.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:11 PM (3vQN0)

167 Grieving cave? If you need a grieving cave, you should probably stay there. We'll let you know when it is safe to come out. Take snacks. And a blankie.

Posted by: G. Gnome will not comply at August 08, 2022 06:11 PM (OQcPl)

168 The Food Channel? Cut, if you must, this old gray head,
But spare your pecan pie!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 08, 2022 06:11 PM (FVME7)

169 It’s ax not axe right?

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:11 PM (3vQN0)

170 A few years ago, I saw something about a supposed upcoming TV series focusing on normal people living in Metropolis, just doing the day to day thing in a city with the world's most powerful superhero.

Marvel did something like that, called “Marvels”, as I recall. It was fun. And what's-is-name on “Astro City” occasionally delved into that, too.

Marvel also did “Damage Control” which was an insurance/construction company that covered for the damage that happens during superhero fights.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 06:11 PM (U+Oxn)

171 I wonder if Don Lemon is going to kneel down as well. I mean, in a job sense.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 08, 2022 06:11 PM (HmZuC)

172 The glowing bird-like thing behind Dork Brandon is a bat shape

They manipulated it into an eagle, facing to the left, oddly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:11 PM (Ivdso)

173 Tater should have never been on the air. CNN could have at least gotten a photogenic dimwit to read the news and deliver really dumb arguments off a teleprompter.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 08, 2022 06:12 PM (ppBhU)

174 173 Tater should have never been on the air. CNN could have at least gotten a photogenic dimwit to read the news and deliver really dumb arguments off a teleprompter.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 08, 2022 06:12 PM (ppBhU)

I’m available.
- Fredo Cuomo

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:12 PM (3vQN0)

175 And what the hell was a Shmoo?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 08, 2022 05:52 PM (U3uv2)

Character in Lil' Abner newspaper comic, if I recall correctly.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 08, 2022 06:12 PM (eoQWY)

176
*Batman and Riddler hit each other with their fists, then Riddler picks up a giant question mark cane and hits Batman with it, then Batman kicks Riddler*
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (eyxn4)

That's only part of it.

*In the middle of their sweaty, spandex clad wrangling, things get very sensual. Riddler looks up as Batman puts him in an arm-bar and says "Riddle me this, caped crusader! What's long and hairy and hard to carry, hahaha?" Batman says "A love that dare not speak its name!" Then the torrid all-male throwdown unfolds over 300 more panels involving black and transexual versions of the entire DC Universe.*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (IXpV7)

177 Good....good!

Also fuck the zombie wearing Kevin Smith's face and name. Fucking bong water killed everything interesting he ever did.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (XvPQV)

178 To quote the front man for "The Brains" Tom Grey (who Cindi Lauper covered) "Money Changes Everything."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (BFigT)

179 DC has been hemorrhaging money for years. Comics are awful, films are worse. All these awful writers should have been fired years ago.

Same with Disney.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (Gm7bq)

180 151 So how much "writing" goes into creating a "graphic novel?" Do you write out all the *boom* *pow* *piff* stuff, or do you just write the highlights?

*Batman and Riddler hit each other with their fists, then Riddler picks up a giant question mark cane and hits Batman with it, then Batman kicks Riddler*
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (eyxn4)


Some of them are pretty deep, like the aforementioned Alan Moore's portfolio. Most of that is way before my time though...mainstream comics were well into dog poop territory by the time I was old enough to care about such things.

Posted by: CppThis at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (UewuT)

181 Profitability talks and wokeism walks. Disney will be rebooting Lassie before long.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (erPe0)

182 Ace, just wondering, is it also possible Zaslav realizes "Creating and milking a franchise" is pretty much over? Or, do you think he's just going after specific franchises? Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 06:05 PM (5pTK/)

There's a reasonably systematic way to go about this that involves managing a portfolio of entertainment properties just like a portfolio of real estate or a portfolio of oil wells. You always have some early-stage start-ups, some that are in the growth phase, some cash cows, and some you are divesting to owners who might value them more than you do. You look at what they cost you to keep and what their potential is in the future. It's all a business, if you think of it that way. Sounds like that's what Zaslav's doing and the SJWs can't fathom it because no one has ever told them that they are a business.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (7B5FA)

183 It's ax not axe right?
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American versus English English.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (yikp0)

184 How did Ace write this post and not include the fake low-budget film hero "director" kevin smith's…

You probably won’t find a bigger fan of Smith’s earlier work than me. I even paid to take part in his fan discussion board when it existed (mind you, it was a nominal fee of about $1 just to keep spammers out). But even I don’t pay attention to him anymore.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (U+Oxn)

185 Every still, every screenshot of Brian Stetler cracks me up. What a world class dork.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (sVtYq)

186 You know - I think the backlash is starting. And the dems realize it - they are fighting rearguard actions noe. DOJ suing Idaho. Loading up on IRS audits. Indiana just gave the dems a big fuck you by essentially outlawing all abortions and destroying Planned Parenthood in the process. Six months ago this state wasn't for abolition, but I think they had enough of the Ohio "10" year old abortion play. So the Indiana abortion doctor is finished. People are not going to be measured or try and compromise (I figured Indiana would be somewhere between heartbeat and 1st trimester). Hollywood moguls are getting tired of losing money. This thing is going to escalate quickly. The left isn't going to enjoy it one bit.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (xWZcb)

187 And what the hell was a Shmoo?

They were these strange creatures in Lil' Abner that looked like white animated pears with a face. They lived for nothing but to be eaten and were delicious no matter how prepared.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (Ivdso)

188 Zaslav knows Disney/Marvel is about to get woke and go broke. He is looking to jump-start a non-woke comic universe and take the money left on the table.

If there is a whiff of woke left in the DCEU, he knows its done.

Posted by: JakeSpeed at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (Vu1jV)

189 The wokies act like their working for the Fed Government where profits don't matter.. Hello you have NOT been elected to JACK SQUAT!

Posted by: Matt Foley / Commenter What Got a Shirt at August 08, 2022 06:15 PM (5s/s5)

190

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 08, 2022 06:15 PM (63Dwl)

191 177 Good....good!

Also fuck the zombie wearing Kevin Smith's face and name. Fucking bong water killed everything interesting he ever did.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (XvPQV)


Early Kevin Smith stuff was entertaining as hell. If there's an argument to be made that too much weed is bad for you, this guy is probably the ideal case study.

Posted by: CppThis at August 08, 2022 06:15 PM (UewuT)

192 179 DC has been hemorrhaging money for years. Comics are awful, films are worse. All these awful writers should have been fired years ago.

Same with Disney.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (Gm7bq)

I bet more transdendered them stories would save the comics

Posted by: Everyone woke grifter everywhere burning other peepos money at August 08, 2022 06:15 PM (0Qrr3)

193 Tater! Tater! Tater!

Posted by: AoSHQ Tater Fan Club at August 08, 2022 06:15 PM (2+PM5)

194 Checking in here.
Ahhh. Good news.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 08, 2022 06:16 PM (anj39)

195 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2022 06:13 PM (IXpV7)

That's hilarious.

Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at August 08, 2022 06:16 PM (YglAn)

196 >>>You probably won’t find a bigger fan of Smith’s earlier work than me. I even paid to take part in his fan discussion board when it existed (mind you, it was a nominal fee of about $1 just to keep spammers out). But even I don’t pay attention to him anymore.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair


Clerks was terrific, but wow did his work collapse quicker than I thought.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 08, 2022 06:16 PM (Gm7bq)

197 >>> 186 You know - I think the backlash is starting. And the dems realize it - they are fighting rearguard actions noe. DOJ suing Idaho. Loading up on IRS audits. Indiana just gave the dems a big fuck you by essentially outlawing all abortions and destroying Planned Parenthood in the process. Six months ago this state wasn't for abolition, but I think they had enough of the Ohio "10" year old abortion play. So the Indiana abortion doctor is finished. People are not going to be measured or try and compromise (I figured Indiana would be somewhere between heartbeat and 1st trimester). Hollywood moguls are getting tired of losing money. This thing is going to escalate quickly. The left isn't going to enjoy it one bit.
Posted by: Black JEM at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (xWZcb)

This makes KS even more interesting though, doesn't it? It's plausible that most people looked at a badly-written item and voted No to avoid getting something they didn't want; I know I've done that. However, it will be interesting to see how the newsfaces try to spin it for the remainder of the year.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 06:16 PM (llON8)

198 If you thought DC was practically all white before... chileeeeeee we ain't seen NOTHIN yet.

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Wow. With the talent to turn a clever phrase like that, I'm amazed the publishing houses aren't breaking down her door trying to sign her up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (XG2Fi)

199 So how much "writing" goes into creating a "graphic novel?"

Its like writing any action adventure story. You have characters, situations, dilemmas, challenges, and difficulties to overcome, grow through, and tell a story by.

This idea that comic books are retarded and have only one thing in them is, well, comical. They're no more childish than any action story. You like Road Warrior or Rambo? Same kind of storytelling. Its got fights and quiet scenes, dialog and action, scenery and characters, etc.

Stuff like Watchmen and Dark Knight and Maus are very respected, very impressive works of art and literature, not stupid biff pow comic book stuff like the 1960s Batman TV show.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (Ivdso)

200 I wouldn't put any part of myself inside her Grieving Cave.

Grieving, indeed.

Posted by: tsj017 at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (YcOm1)

201 The Left failing at making "Dork Brandon" a meme:

That whole thing is just pathetic. How can they have not noticed that President Mushbrains is a walking joke?

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (+lVUW)

202 > They were these strange creatures in Lil' Abner that looked like white animated pears with a face. They lived for nothing but to be eaten and were delicious no matter how prepared.

Anthropomorphized Manna?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (eyxn4)

203 Economic theory says an employee’s marginal cost has to equal an employee’s marginal revenue for the employer. Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:09 PM (3vQN0)

That's only the marginal employee, the last one hired and the first fired. All the ones to his left on the cost curve have MR>MC.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (7B5FA)

204 Reading comments at Powerline on what the Democrats are up to hiting 87,000 IRS agents. Many are sure most will be Leftists collage Seminary students out to screw anyone not in their Leftist club.

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (k8B25)

205 >>>I bet more transdendered them stories would save the comics
Posted by: Everyone woke grifter everywhere burning other peepos money


Totes magotes.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (Gm7bq)

206 After two years of exhaustive undercover investigation, it can now be revealed that Joe Biden does, in fact, play with his doo-doo.

Posted by: Brian Stelter at August 08, 2022 06:18 PM (sWM8x)

207 "Zaslav's call is hurting my brain". Heh. THIS is the level of semi- literate Stoopid Employee the guy is kicking to the curb. Go Zaslav, and too bad, shallow little Cupcake!!

Posted by: kraken at August 08, 2022 06:18 PM (Vr12I)

208 What generation 1995 and on is, they're fucked in the head. Soft doesn't begin to describe them.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2022 06:18 PM (j+4+t)

209 Amazon's about to do the same thing to Lord of the Rings...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 08, 2022 06:04 PM (K5n5d)
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I wonder if they have time to stop themselves. I think the flashing lights are clearly in the rearview mirror, screaming, STOP, don't do it.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 08, 2022 06:18 PM (xWZcb)

210 My grieving cave is the bathroom. It's where my butt grieves about my mouth's choices.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Mine too brother. Sometimes it's the Crying Cave.... same reasons.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 08, 2022 06:19 PM (u4CEu)

211 >>> 204 Reading comments at Powerline on what the Democrats are up to hiting 87,000 IRS agents. Many are sure most will be Leftists collage Seminary students out to screw anyone not in their Leftist club.
Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (k8B25)

Yeah, it's not going to end well. Hopefully, not the way the woketards want it to.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 06:19 PM (llON8)

212 Apparently, Tater has also tatered that Brandon has said that Hunter won't do those bad things no more, so we're all good, and everyone should just drop the "investigation".

Once a crackhead, always a crackhead.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 08, 2022 06:19 PM (+lVUW)

213 DURING PRIDE MONTH???

Posted by: fd at August 08, 2022 06:19 PM (sn5EN)

214 Rewatched John Carter while cleaning earlier. That is a good fun, dumb movie. Dejah Thoris is hot.

I also liked that this was a reunion for a bunch of the Rome actors (Caesar and Anthony, at least.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 06:19 PM (dNqv+)

215 Anthropomorphized Manna?

I guess that's a good way of summarizing it. They were intelligent enough to talk and reason and were constantly cheerful. Lil Abner was bonkers but always well drawn and hilarious.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:20 PM (Ivdso)

216 It's a Biden funsession bitches. Learn to play guitar.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at August 08, 2022 06:20 PM (f39Wm)

217 Stuff like Watchmen and Dark Knight and Maus are very respected, very impressive works of art and literature, not stupid biff pow comic book stuff like the 1960s Batman TV show.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (Ivdso)
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Indeed. Comic books are a genre of literature like any other. "Sturgeon's Law" very much applies--about 90% is crap (though it can still be entertaining crap). The top 10% tells stories as good as any you will find in any other genre of literature.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 08, 2022 06:20 PM (K5n5d)

218 >>>
Yeah, it's not going to end well. Hopefully, not the way the woketards want it to.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket


I'd hope a GOP POTUS fired every one in 2024

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 08, 2022 06:20 PM (Gm7bq)

219 To quote the front man for "The Brains" Tom Grey (who Cindi Lauper covered) "Money Changes Everything."
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Lack of money does a pretty good job, too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 08, 2022 06:20 PM (FVME7)

220 Zaslav sounds like the moniker Turks would give to the leader of a cossack warband that has sacked three Ottoman settlements and returned an envoy to Constantinople in a small basket.

Posted by: Mikey NTH The Outrage Outlet is Stocked With Vexation and Ire. at August 08, 2022 06:21 PM (3yqPP)

221 Who in the hells knows what is in the mind of these young people now days and what will appeal to them. Hard to create a market when you don't know what it is but they found out what it isn't.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 08, 2022 06:21 PM (erPe0)

222 WA's 3rd Congressional Dist candidate has his own ballot rejected.

https://bit.ly/3JCNXUN

WA is taking days to count tens of remaining ballots.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2022 06:21 PM (eyxn4)

223 Amazon's about to do the same thing to Lord of the Rings...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 08, 2022 06:04 PM (K5n5d)
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I wonder if they have time to stop themselves. I think the flashing lights are clearly in the rearview mirror, screaming, STOP, don't do it.
Posted by: Black JEM at August 08, 2022 06:18 PM (xWZcb)
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First season comes out in a few weeks. I'm sure they are deep in production on Season 2.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 08, 2022 06:21 PM (K5n5d)

224 First Son is a Dope Fiend, and a Sexual Deviant. Good fit for DC, eh? ( See what I did there?)

Posted by: kraken at August 08, 2022 06:21 PM (Vr12I)

225 Rewatched John Carter while cleaning earlier. That is a good fun, dumb movie. Dejah Thoris is hot.

I also liked that this was a reunion for a bunch of the Rome actors (Caesar and Anthony, at least.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 06:19 PM (dNqv+)
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I like it, too, though I thought James Purefoy would have been a better Carter. Liked him a lot as Kantos Kan, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 08, 2022 06:21 PM (aaGzp)

226 203 That's only the marginal employee, the last one hired and the first fired. All the ones to his left on the cost curve have MR>MC.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (7B5FA)


Neither is guaranteed to play out in the case of big layoffs, which are often more about office politics and management infighting than what's best for the business. Rightly or wrongly, part of being an office drone is being mentally (and financially) prepared to draw the short straw regardless of one's actual job performance.

Posted by: CppThis at August 08, 2022 06:21 PM (UewuT)

227 Economic theory says an employee’s marginal cost has to equal an employee’s marginal revenue for the employer.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 08, 2022 06:09 PM (3vQN0)


That's only true if it is a hobby. Revenue has to exceed cost, or there is no reason to have an employee.
This is not greed, because the employee's benefit is greater than the effort put in too.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 08, 2022 06:22 PM (xhaym)

228 Clerks was terrific, but wow did his work collapse quicker than I thought.

I also like “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back” a lot; it’s mindlessly hilarious. I wouldn’t be surprised if he disavows the Marshall Willenholly scene with the monkey nowadays. The opening scene to “Chasing Amy” is probably something he wishes he’d never written, too, but it’s both funny and on target.

Oh, and I meant “a bigger fan on AOSHQ”, not generally. There were a lot of bigger fans on the board.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 06:22 PM (U+Oxn)

229 Totes magotes.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (Gm7bq)

Is your blog down, Wyatt?
Getting an error

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 08, 2022 06:22 PM (XvPQV)

230 @170 Marvel did something like that, called “Marvels”, as I recall. It was fun.

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Yes, it was. "Ruins", on the other hand, was... not.

MCU will be recycling the Marvel's name, though I doubt it will have anything to do with the original. It appears it will focus on Capt. Marvel and Ms. Marvel (who is totally, like, her BIGGEST FAN EVAR!!1!). What a waste of a classic story.

Posted by: junior at August 08, 2022 06:22 PM (R9Fkx)

231 Apparently, Tater has also tatered that Brandon has said that Hunter won't do those bad things no more, so we're all good, and everyone should just drop the "investigation".

-
Everybody sows some wild oats up until their mid to late 50s.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 08, 2022 06:23 PM (FVME7)

232 She made her bed, literally so she must "lie " in it
Posted by: It's me donna


In which case, she should double Depends him to prevent leakage.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 08, 2022 06:23 PM (+lVUW)

233 Brian Stelter changes his tune about Hunter Biden:

He's a one note potato. A new world awaits you, Brian, in the off world colonies. As rendered fat.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2022 06:09 PM (JOtiF)
***

I think there is a weather gig available on a cable channel in Washtuchna WA where he might find work.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 08, 2022 06:23 PM (anj39)

234 Indeed. Comic books are a genre of literature like any other. "Sturgeon's Law" very much applies--about 90% is crap

Its probably more than 90% in the case of comic books, but when its good, its really good.

People need to stop thinking of comic books as stupid kids stuff or the Batman TV show. They're storyboarded movies, in essence. They show the action as it unfolds, with exciting characters doing amazing stuff, in visual format.

And stop thinking of them as only superheroes. There is no form of literature that has not been put into comic book form. Japan and Europe sell tons of grown up, mature, interesting stories in comic book format from westerns to tennis matches to fishing to pirates, to Biblical stories and on and on.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:23 PM (Ivdso)

235 This makes KS even more interesting though, doesn't it? It's plausible that most people looked at a badly-written item and voted No to avoid getting something they didn't want; I know I've done that. However, it will be interesting to see how the newsfaces try to spin it for the remainder of the year.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 08, 2022 06:16 PM (llON
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I've heard some procedural comments from some deep in the woods politcos that this was not unexpected, and that the legislature is poised to come off this vote to accelerate legislative action against the judge's ruling. Almost like the legislature wanted to lose the vote. I read the amendment, and it was a word salad supreme for sure. I don't know if anyone on here knows the detail of Kansas politics. I sure didn't fully understand it. But I was led to believe there will be a restriction of some kind on abortion after the next legislative session.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 08, 2022 06:23 PM (xWZcb)

236 I bet Tater is really good at squirming and groveling, behind the scenes. Now we'll get a look at it in public.

What I want to see is his breaking news story that the Russia Russia Russia thing was a hoax all along.

Posted by: Splunge at August 08, 2022 06:23 PM (cm/80)

237 They don't understand how the world works. My stepson talked to my attorney and was upset she didn't want to hear his story. Said she didn't have her "listening ears". I had to tell him that she charges me $365 an hour to listen, so she was trying to explain as quickly as possible.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 08, 2022 06:24 PM (9WSy4)

238 Tater has a face made for radio, a voice made for solitude, and a body made for no purpose on Earth.

Posted by: Splunge at August 08, 2022 06:24 PM (cm/80)

239 First season comes out in a few weeks. I'm sure they are deep in production on Season 2.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I can only hope that it loses enough money for a quick cancellation and relegation to the dustbin of history. I'd hate for that mess to be anyone's introduction to Tolkien's world.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 08, 2022 06:25 PM (ftFVW)

240 Nood. Hits that are quick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 06:25 PM (dNqv+)

241 Oddly CNN you tube is constantly in my recommends.

I have never gone to CNN's website nor have I clicked a you tube linked CNN item.

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at August 08, 2022 06:25 PM (PbwT0)

242 Who in the hells knows what is in the mind of these young people now days and what will appeal to them. Hard to create a market when you don't know what it is but they found out what it isn't.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 08, 2022 06:21 PM

Fucked if I know.

Posted by: The Shadow at August 08, 2022 06:25 PM (RkC6l)

243 Mark, seems to be working at the moment. I missed a period in the link.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 08, 2022 06:25 PM (Gm7bq)

244 Link fixed.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (Gm7bq)

245 Hmm, Epoch News is reporting San Bernardino county put succession on the ballot for 2022.

Arizona needs to start wooing San Bernardino and Kern County.

I'll bet the oil producers and farmers in those counties wouldn't say "no" if they could get out from under CA rule.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (5pTK/)

246 Rewatched John Carter while cleaning earlier. That is a good fun, dumb movie.

Unfortunately, it was also a boring, dumb title. I can’t imagine anyone at the marketing department knew who John Carter was, let alone thought the rest of the world would know.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (U+Oxn)

247 Gosh, Tater's face looks like a seal's behind- smooth and slick with that grease they secrete to keep their coats buoyant.


And that's an insult to seals.

Posted by: Moki at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (JrN/x)

248 I can only hope that it loses enough money for a quick cancellation and relegation to the dustbin of history. I'd hate for that mess to be anyone's introduction to Tolkien's world.
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 08, 2022 06:25 PM (ftFVW)

I think they will try to push on. They paid like 250 MILLLION for just the rights to the liner notes of the Silmarillion (per season.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (dNqv+)

249 A few years ago, I saw something about a supposed upcoming TV series focusing on normal people living in Metropolis, just doing the day to day thing in a city with the world's most powerful superhero. But I don't know whether anything happened with it.

Posted by: junior at August 08, 2022 06:08 PM (R9Fkx)

I've toyed around with writing something about the person/people tasked with cleaning up superhero messes.

Posted by: pookysgirl has too many ideas and not enough time at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (XKZwp)

250 Hey we don't call Tater a power bottom for nothing.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (u4CEu)

251 They were these strange creatures in Lil' Abner that looked like white animated pears with a face. They lived for nothing but to be eaten and were delicious no matter how prepared.

Anthropomorphized Manna?
Posted by: bonhomme

Shmoos
Shmoos, introduced in 1948, were fabulous creatures that bred exponentially, consumed nothing, and eagerly provided everything that humankind could wish for. Besides producing both milk (bottled, grade A) and eggs (neatly packaged), they tasted like pork when roasted, chicken when fried, and steak when broiled.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (j+4+t)

252
That Batgirl story made me laugh, because I saw a production still. The one redeeming thing the comic-book-movie Ouroboros ever had about it was hot chicks in spandex, to offset all the greased-up twinks. But that's on the way out now. That Batgirl chick lost her boobs in a tragic casting couch accident, and everyone knows about the butt-cheek eating cancer that Brie Larson succumbed to. Soon enough they'll just be casting the younger catamites in the ladies' roles.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2022 06:27 PM (IXpV7)

253 Hard to create a market when you don't know what it is but they found out what it isn't.

I agree. Kids don't want to read. They don't want to have to do anything. And they want it all for free. Now, that describes young kids in every generation, but by the time you're in your teens most have learned that life is sometimes about doing stuff you don't like to and things aren't always free.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:27 PM (Ivdso)

254 Unfortunately, it was also a boring, dumb title. I can’t imagine anyone at the marketing department knew who John Carter was, let alone thought the rest of the world would know.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (U+Oxn)

True. Not too many ERB fans left around these days.

Bastards. I wonder if they realize how much modern entertainment owes to him?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 08, 2022 06:27 PM (dNqv+)

255 >>That's only true if it is a hobby. Revenue has to exceed cost, or there is no reason to have an employee.
This is not greed, because the employee's benefit is greater than the effort put in too.

This is very true and it's why I keep saying that John Malone is the man who is really steering this ship.

Malone is the biggest shareholder in Discovery and a board member. He is also a self-made billionaire many times over thanks largely to his tenure in the cable industry. He knows how to make money.

Zaslav is the operational employee who is carrying out the direction of the owners and the board. Malone has made no secret of his desire to turn his investment in this media giant back into a money making operation and not an advocacy machine.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2022 06:27 PM (ZLI7S)

256 Writing a comic book is a lot like writing a screenplay.

Both work well with no more than an A plot and a B plot and you want to keep things moving. Adding art direction is also a good idea unless you know the artist very, very well and communicate with them a lot.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 08, 2022 06:27 PM (V6f9+)

257 they tasted like pork when roasted, chicken when fried, and steak when broiled.

I think they tasted like ice cream when frozen as well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 08, 2022 06:28 PM (Ivdso)

258 Posted by: Black JEM at August 08, 2022 06:14 PM (xWZcb)

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I sure hope you're right, Black JEM. All I can do is hope...

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 08, 2022 06:28 PM (sVtYq)

259 @CPPthis, of course in the real world there are a lot of things that go into who gets canned, but the economics cop-out would be that those intangibles have a value too, and those factors are considered when making decisions as to which employee produces the least compared to his cost. The real world is always messier than the blackboard, but I do believe that in general it is a good idea to be able to prove to your employer that your value to the organization is greater than what you cost.

Reminds me of when "Chainsaw Al" Dunlop used to walk around and ask people what they did for him, and if they couldn't tell him quickly and concisely, like in one sentence, they got fired. If you have to think about it or explaining it is too complicated, the default assumption is that you're not adding value.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 06:29 PM (7B5FA)

260 Speaking of people trying to get fired, "John Oliver Mocks ‘New Business Daddy’ Warner Bros. Discovery for ‘Burning Down’ HBO for Cash".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 08, 2022 06:30 PM (ZSK0i)

261 That whole thing is just pathetic. How can they have not noticed that President Mushbrains is a walking joke?
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 08, 2022 06:17 PM (+lVUW)


Its the Memewar. They want to compete, the left is afraid it is losing the hearts and minds of an entire country because of the snark-gap.
They saw the effect edgelording had on the cool people and decided they wanted some of that.

Unfortunately it is like the time the Mads on MST3K decided they didn't need Mike and the robots to make fun of a movie.
They might get better,

Posted by: Kindltot at August 08, 2022 06:30 PM (xhaym)

262 @249 person/people tasked with cleaning up superhero messes.

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That's the idea behind Marvel's "Damage Control".

Posted by: junior at August 08, 2022 06:31 PM (R9Fkx)

263 185 Every still, every screenshot of Brian Stetler cracks me up. What a world class dork.
Posted by: Lady in Black


Which is why Mark Dice's dubbing the funny voice is so hilarious. Stelter looks like he should sound like that.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 08, 2022 06:31 PM (+lVUW)

264 Arizona needs to start wooing San Bernardino and Kern County. I'll bet the oil producers and farmers in those counties wouldn't say "no" if they could get out from under CA rule. Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 08, 2022 06:26 PM (5pTK/)

East California, like West Virginia. We could probably have a state of North California, too, should it choose to secede.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 08, 2022 06:33 PM (7B5FA)

265 Some of the best written comic book stories have been graphic novels...

The Death of Captain Marvel
God Loves, Man Kills
Watchmen
The Dark Knight Returns
Sin City
300

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 08, 2022 06:33 PM (MhkOB)

266 https://tinyurl.com/32m388dk
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
#15 a Steve Inman video

Good stuff this evening

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2022 06:36 PM (k8B25)

267 That's the idea behind Marvel's "Damage Control".

Posted by: junior at August 08, 2022 06:31 PM (R9Fkx)

Yeah, I was thinking something vaguely similar, only a total normie who *doesn't* fight, but is really good with AI, damage assessment with robots, and knowing who to call for contractors throughout the city. At one point he threatens the Tony Stark-like character with couples' counseling for Stark and his nemesis, because the entire city is sick of them destroying buildings due to their issues.

Posted by: pookysgirl has too many ideas and not enough time at August 08, 2022 06:38 PM (XKZwp)

268 For all the joking, the Wonder Twins at least have a place in pop-culture from the Superfriends cartoons that were on in reruns forever.

And Jayna could have simply said "Form of ... a Kryptonian girl!" and done anything she liked

It IS hilarious that the Left created this new climate of Hard Times and that it will destroy much of their "accomplishments." Couldn't happen to a better group.

Posted by: acethepug at August 08, 2022 06:38 PM (5faQs)

269 I saw that Netflix changed the genders of Constantine in THE SANDMAN but they don't have the rights to Constantine they use a different name but it's the same Character, same powers, origin etc,

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 08, 2022 06:41 PM (dKiJG)

270 Rarely fails, we are. Willowed

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2022 06:42 PM (k8B25)

271 Brown-nosing bunker.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 08, 2022 06:50 PM (peWy1)

272 Will no one rid me of these turbulent wokeists?

Posted by: Henry II Zaslav at August 08, 2022 06:50 PM (rghlo)

273 I'm positive his bottom line was at stake.

This is all bullshit. They want their money. They don't care about the crap they've put out there for the fanbois and gurrels.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 08, 2022 07:01 PM (BFigT)

274 I saw that Netflix changed the genders of Constantine

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Constantine? Should be Changeatine.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 08, 2022 07:38 PM (FVME7)

275 >I don't think they need to end DC Comics

The actual comics parts of Warner/Marvel Entertainment haven't been profitable in decades - I've heard the late 1990s - and that's intentional. They're considered loss leaders, idea factories, story R&D. They produce characters and plots that can be turned into animated DVD/BluRay films, TV shows, or movies, any of which will make more money than all of DC Comics qua comics. As bad as both _Human Target_s and _Powerless_ were, any of them made more money for Warner than a decade of DC Comics.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at August 08, 2022 07:59 PM (TMX68)

276 When for years you watch media companies put out wretched garbage...with low sales...and never pay any sort of price, like firing underperforming charity hires, you begin to despair.

Until, one day, a new CEO wanders in and says "what the fuck is going on around here?"

They can probably save $500 million per year just by firing the DIE people.

Posted by: Inspector kemp at August 08, 2022 08:27 PM (+DS2f)

277 275 >I don't think they need to end DC Comics

They just need to make good comics. I mean, garbage comics make garbage TV shows and movies.

Posted by: Inspector kemp at August 08, 2022 08:29 PM (+DS2f)

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