Theyre also just straight up deleting movies that they canceled that were already finished apparently.

I really dont care for Zach Snyder, but boy was he right to keep a copy of his terrible Justice League movie, HBO would have just nuked it out of orbit.

that decision seems totally insane, youd think if one thing was a sure bet, it would be that.

Oscar Wilde “ a cynic is someone who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing”.

Over the last two weeks—and framed as part of Zaslav’s efforts to cut $3 billion out of HBO Max’s operating budget before it merges with Discovery+—the service has slashed almost 40 shows from its streaming roster.

Yeah, Zaslav is used to killing stuff the general public doesn’t specifically give a shit about. You hear a whole lot of “man, TLC used to be good” but never any specific programming.

That kind of brings up a point. How do you get residuals from a streaming only show? I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I’m just curious. Like is it a metric based on viewers for a show? Subs? A lot of these creators do this because they love (loved?) the work, but man. I’d be hard pressed to get excited about a gig if…

I definitely understand why you didn’t put it in the article but the creator of canceled (but formerly on Max) Cartoon Network show Uncle Grandpa put up single-handedly the darkest reaction image to all this (imo it’s hilarious but it is VERY dark so content warning I guess) (I’d have put it in a hyperlink but this…

No, that doesn’t normally happen in the fields of print or visual media. You’re upfront pay is paltry compared to residuals. That’s how these creators actually survive month to month. Zazlov saying, fuck ya’ll, is hugely different than the norm, hence the blowback, from creators, from shareholders, and the resultant…

I don’t see how removing unlicensed stuff will really balance the spreadsheets. But I guess a million here, a million there, and you start talking real money.

I should note that the entire concept of the lesbian vampire, if not gay vampires in general does more or less come from the mentioned Sheridan Le Farnu book Carmilla.  What's worth pointing out is the books clear inspiration for the title character is Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who is believed to have been either…

the love of queerness is so beautifully executed in this show. it’s not played for mean gags, it’s just given a lot of affectionate humour. and I fucking love that the vamps don’t have the language for something they have been practicing for centuries.

And how is his family? To shreds, you say?

Seems fitting you have Busey pictured in full in full Monster movie make-up... wait, real face, you say? To shreds, you say?

There’s absolutely never a reason for pigs to ever break into a residence with guns drawn having ZERO confirmed intelligence on the situation. This is absolutely on modern day police behavior.

That requires cops to do their jobs and look at those forms before going into “rah-rah” mode, gearing up with military weaponry and pulling out in their 40-ton armored SWAT-mobile.

Obviouisly this woman shouldn’t be required to go offline. However if she was in hiding from violent harassment, it’s a little baffling that she risked endangering herself further to post a cat picture. I’m glad all she got was pizza this time.

It might amaze some to know that there was life before the Internet. Going offline is not a death sentence, but it might seem in this case staying on the Internet might be one.

100% Funny how things get weird when an oddball, bullshit religion essentially runs an entire state.

Can we abolish sports in public schools? Leave it to private clubs to organize and fight over. How in the hell does a parent have ANY right to access the private records of another child?!