6mo ago

I wish there were more like him in the industry

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Love him for giving a shit. Going off source was GoT's downfall
- There was no source material for the last few seasons
  
  True, but the shows writing diverged from the books before the source material ran out
  
  Exactly.
  
  Yes, they had no other choice than to come up with their own story in this case. Still, it went downhill hard once there were no more books to cling to. Either their writers or the people directing them weren't up to the task.
- I bet he turned down the role of Wolverine with "I'm too tall."

A cardinal sin in Hollywood.

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

Yeah, generally a good idea, but the guy who wrote the Witcher was kind of an asshole who hates videogames, right?
- I don't know the story very well but he sold the rights for super cheap because he thought they would be a dumb failure but then later got butthurt and tried to get more after they were a huge success
  
  Yes but if I am not mistaken he also made a statement that he dislikes all videogames in general. Viewing them as an inferior artform or a passing fad. Not just the Witcher videogames in particular.

Well... He did more than that...
He also would join up with one of the male writers (who eventually got fired for sexual harassment stuff) specifically to team up against the female writers.
He was also extremely disrespectful of all of the female members of the crew. It got so bad he was fired from the Witcher AND the DCU movies.
Like yes... He cared a lot about the source material and so he fought for it... But the only people he fought were women and the only people he became friends with were sexually harassing women.
Edit: I'd seen this all multiple places before but doing a quick search here is a source on the most recent round of Netflix and superman stuff
Source
Personally I think a lot of this is overblown. Specifically the not wanting shirtless scenes and stuff is a personal thing that's up to the comfort of the actor. The bits I don't like are harassing women and his previous comments about the MeToo movement which make me far more likely to believe the current accusations against him.
Edit 2:
- Hmmmm you got some primary sources for those claims? Not saying you are wrong. It's just the first time I've heard this.
  
  I had a brief look around and these accusations seem to originally come up in a leaked script for an episode of the Duexmoi gossip podcast. Some of the responses to the accusations can be found in this Vulture article, but there's not a lot in it. As they state, "everybody involved in The Witcher is [...] playing nice on the record." So... shrug. Very disappointing if true, but no one's confirming anything...
  
  He’s missing the “controversy” section on his Wikipedia. Which is my litmus test of how big are your red flags
  
  I'd seen this all multiple places before but doing a quick search here is a source on the most recent round of Netflix and superman stuff
  Source
  Personally I think a lot of this is overblown. Specifically the not wanting shirtless scenes and stuff is a personal thing that's up to the comfort of the actor. The bits I don't like are harassing women and his previous comments about the MeToo movement which make me far more likely to believe the current accusations against him.
- who eventually got fired for sexual harassment stuff
  The source you linked as well as the screenshot you posted of the quote both say HR complaints.
  You can get complaints for all sorts of things, such as being uncooperative and that being read as disrespectful to a superior or a colleague, for instance, or going behind a superior's or colleague's back, which sounds like exactly what was going on, and since they could not touch the literal star of the show they canned his only ally instead.
  Since you said you thought this was blown out of proportion, don't contribute to blowing shit out of proportion.
  
  The blown out of proportion was referring to him not wanting to be sexualized. I don't think it should be held against an actor that they won't want to always be shirtless. That's fine and I respect him for it.
  The problem is everything else.
- I've seen some accusations, which other (also female) members of cast/crew pretty much disprove. So I will echo others - source?
  
  I'd seen this all multiple places before but doing a quick search here is a source on the most recent round of Netflix and superman stuff
  Source
  Personally I think a lot of this is overblown. Specifically the not wanting shirtless scenes and stuff is a personal thing that's up to the comfort of the actor. The bits I don't like are harassing women and his previous comments about the MeToo movement which make me far more likely to believe the current accusations against him.
- That's the first I've heard of that. Don't think he was fired from DCU, Gunn just wanted a fresh start is what I heard.
- It got so bad he was fired from the Witcher AND the DCU movies.
  Not sure what happened there but this is plain false... he left the witcher after at least 2 years of complaining the writers were throwing away the source material (the reason he signed on for) to actually go to back to DC since they expected the Black Adam movie to reboot the DCU. When Black Adam bombed spectacularly, any future DCU plans got tossed.
  
  The show was a different story from the books and game, what source material were they supposed to follow? Tell the same story again? That was not what they proposed or were greenlit for? And he signed on for THAT, not whatever he claimed after, since that’s not what they were doing. So if he thought they were doing an exact reenactment of the books or games, maybe he should read his contracts or the proposal for the shows? This is twice now he’s done this.
  He was canned from two different places for refusing to understand they are telling different stories that can’t be identical to the source material. How else do you deal with someone like that? Especially when he started dragging fans into harassing the show runners.
  People defend him, since they don’t understand what was going on, but he’s louder and more famous, so he gets his way, until he doesn’t. Maybe the fact his has happened more than once should give people pause…?
- Source?
  
  Their bias and a wildly suspicious source that's pretty much the podcast my best friend once removed's half-sister's uncle listens to
  
  I'd seen this all multiple places before but doing a quick search here is a source on the most recent round of Netflix and superman stuff
  Source
  Personally I think a lot of this is overblown. Specifically the not wanting shirtless scenes and stuff is a personal thing that's up to the comfort of the actor. The bits I don't like are harassing women and his previous comments about the MeToo movement which make me far more likely to believe the current accusations against him.
- Were the only people disrespecting the source material those same women?
  
  Article they list as a source certainly suggests that.
- Why would you link to an article that just discusses things said on Reddit instead of just linking directly to the thread?
  
  Honestly I'm not sure why it brings up reddit at all since the reddit thread it's sourcing is just a link to the podcast that started it all. They should've just linked to the podcast?? Idk bad sourcing on the articles end.
  Here's the transcript directly
- You're so full of shit, it's actually impressive.
- Didn't he go straight from Witcher to Justice League to Mission Impossible?
  
  It was actually DC -> MI -> Witcher technically.
- Source: trust me, bro!
  
  I'd seen this all multiple places before but doing a quick search here is a source on the most recent round of Netflix and superman stuff
  Source
  Personally I think a lot of this is overblown. Specifically the not wanting shirtless scenes and stuff is a personal thing that's up to the comfort of the actor. The bits I don't like are harassing women and his previous comments about the MeToo movement which make me far more likely to believe the current accusations against him.
- Careful, the fanboys don't like that sorta talk
- Not to mention the show was supposed to be a different story from the books AND game which are vastly different already (which no one seems to comprehend when talking about this topic) he got fans and everyone else to capitulate his demands to show runners that it meet source material. How is a unique story supposed to meet source material…?
  The guy is delusional and it’s cost him roles, yet his rabid fanbase defends him relentlessly since they refuse to educate themselves on anything he spews.
  
  How was it a unique story, when everything happens in the books? The head writer and producers just tried, and failed, to be better than the original by adding useless confusion and killing important characters. The games are different in that they play after the books and extend the world.

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