Yup. Buying DirecTV was really dumb too.

I could tell that HBO Max was going to be mediocre from the start (and not just because of the terrible name) when they focused heavily (even pre-pandemic) on having shows like Friends and The Big Bang Theory. I associate HBO with television that has a cinematic quality.

Carriers should NOT make content.

This is really sad. Worse, to have this play out just before DC Fandome, is callous and shitty. It may actually have been worse to do it after Fandome. There is no good time for a company to have a huge promotional celebration for itself, and layoff 800 people.

His directing skills peaked with the opening credit sequence of Dawn of the Dead

It’s not fully confirmed what At&T has planned for the game divisions, but it does thankfully look a bit more positive than it was a week ago. But then they abruptly fired major HBO Max executives, so nothing and nobody is really safe.

AT&T had no business getting into the TV/comics industry.

Don’t count out Quibi just yet!

If the world hasn’t figured that bit out yet, we’re doomed.

The endgame is the same as it always is; drain as much profit as they can in the short term and fuck everything else.

When they said they’re gonna drain the swamp of DC, this is not what I had in mind.

Well, he was ... but yes, that’s the guy.

Wait the guy who was responsible for how bad the Clone Saga ended is now EiC for DC?

For anyone who was confused, as I was, “Bob Harris” is Bob Harras, the former Marvel editor-in-chief who was appointed EIC at DC in 2010. (The typo is in the THR story as well — well, the second reference to Harras is “Harris,” but not the first.)

[huddled on floor in fetal position]

I’m all for recognizing James Hong. The guy has been in a million things and is always great.

My favorite James Wong fact:

The man has been in just about everything—good movies, bad movies, smart movies, stupid movies, even Seinfeld. Kim is right when he says Hong is the epitome of a working actor. There is no role he won’t play.

If they ever make a biopic about James Hong he’ll probably have a role in it, and not as himself.

I thought the header image was Dae Kim for a second and was like “Man, getting dumped from Hawaii Five-O REALLY took his toll on him!”