And that is why Disney’s position here is complete BS. The tweets were shitty and deplorable but they knew.... he apologized, he’s shown growth, understanding, and his actions have been that of a good person since. Disney had no problem with him making movies, until these morons pointed it out in some form of…

I had a long talk with a semi-sane close conservative friend of mine about this. He doesn’t like that Gunn was fired, but he ‘gets it’ because Roseanne. I pointed out that Gunn’s indefensible tweets were apologized for, by Gunn, back in 2012, that he’d had no relapses since then, that Disney already knew, and his cast…

It was OK to hire James Gunn when he was an indie writer/director who started at Troma, but not OK to keep him after these tweets? These tweets surfaced back when he was first announced as a director of GotG, and he already apologized for them.

Jimmy always looked up to and wanted to please Chuck. Younger brother syndrome. And he likely feels responsible for Chuck killing himself, which makes it worse.

Yes, Chuck was a vindictive and egomaniacal shit who didn’t care enough about his brother.  But that doesn’t matter.  Emotions aren’t rational.

There’s also a scene in season one where Jimmy realizes that some medical equipment in Chuck’s hospital room has been plugged in the whole time, unbeknownst to Chuck.  I thought the show did an excellent job of showing that Chuck’s illness was “real” even though it was psychosomatic.

Yeah, it was made clear on more than one occasion that it was definitely psychosomatic, most dramatically in the scene where Chuck is testifying with a battery in his pocket.

Running against the superintendent for the state and using education as a platform? Sounds like a great plan! If that fails maybe he can try running as pro-union.

Libby, with respect, you’re wrongly judging an operation that depends on the good will of their audience right now, not open disinformation this will soon become. In this case, early propaganda has nothing overtly to do with politics, but in establishing trust. Whereas 2016 needed only to spread fake news from…

I tend to go with Emotional Whiplash myself. And I don't know it initially is, but the Rocket and Thor scene later shows its just one big act that he's barely covering up. Killing Thanos is pretty much the only thing keeping him going. 

“That’s not likely to impact Robert Mueller’s investigation, but it will likely go a long way toward further shifting the public’s read on Russiagate. A new CBS News poll found that 91% of Trump supporters trust the president for accurate information, while just 11% trust the mainstream media. In that realm, the…

Yes - acting to subvert an election is illegal. Conspiring to subvert an election is also illegal. The collusion, Trump talking to the Russians about what they can do for him in the upcoming and then doing it, that’s conspiracy. Telling other people what you want and having them meet w/ the Russians to get it done is…

It looks quite possible that Donald did violate the law. But even if he didn’t, we used to hold presidents to a higher standard than “not doing anything that’s technically illegal”. There should be a vast region between illegal and wrong, and powerful people should be held accountable for occupying that region. Of…

That tweet is delicious to unpack in its circular logic.

So.. it’s not a crime but Hillary is still crooked for doing it?

The last one is key, as well as having the cast support. I know some folks were trying to compare this to Roseanne, but:

You’re the only person I’ve seen on io9 who has made a comment that’s both fair to Gunn and Disney, without letting them off the hook for their mistakes (but keeping those mistakes in proper context).

There’s just so much here. Part of the reason this situation feels so odd and unprecedented is because, as the letter alludes to, this is an extremely nuanced situation that is being handled in the court of public opinion- a court that is famously bad at handling nuance.

Here’s the thing...

Hot take: CGI Peter Cushing ruled.