The previous head of WB (or current, not sure what the state of things is) buried the movie as a tax write-off. Apparently, a number of projects got made and dumped under his tenure. A smaller distribution house picked it up and are releasing it. In fact, they kind of lean into that with the trailer.
This looks enjoyable, but even if it looked like garbage, I’d want to go see it in hopes it smashed all sorts of box office records and forced these corporations to reconsider burying something for the tax write off.
Barring that, if we can’t remove the law that allows the practice, it should be rewritten forcing them to release the product into the public domain when taking the write-off.
I’ve long since given up on playing the corporation’s games to try to get them to be reasonable, but I love the idea that in a fair and just society, getting a tax break because you gave up on something you worked on meant it would go to the public.
Kind of pumped for this. Wile E Coyote has always been one of my favorite Looney Tunes. I frequently use his image as an avatar at work (Super…genius).
I don’t know the backstory you mentioned, but I just heard of it today. This looks entertaining.
The previous head of WB (or current, not sure what the state of things is) buried the movie as a tax write-off. Apparently, a number of projects got made and dumped under his tenure. A smaller distribution house picked it up and are releasing it. In fact, they kind of lean into that with the trailer.
The same schmuck who buried Batgirl, yes.
This looks enjoyable, but even if it looked like garbage, I’d want to go see it in hopes it smashed all sorts of box office records and forced these corporations to reconsider burying something for the tax write off.
Barring that, if we can’t remove the law that allows the practice, it should be rewritten forcing them to release the product into the public domain when taking the write-off.
I’ve long since given up on playing the corporation’s games to try to get them to be reasonable, but I love the idea that in a fair and just society, getting a tax break because you gave up on something you worked on meant it would go to the public.
That makes sense since we, the taxpayers, are eating the cost of their fk-up. If they’re not going to release it, then we get it for free.
Kind of pumped for this. Wile E Coyote has always been one of my favorite Looney Tunes. I frequently use his image as an avatar at work (Super…genius).