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Pedro Pascal Calls For Boycott of HBO's Upcoming $2 Billion ‘Harry Potter' Series — World of Reel
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I support this man, and his ideas.
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What are they gonna do? Kill him off?
!I he shows up throught the second game in flashbacks, I think he will be done after this season, unless they keep bringing him back....but after this? He is 100% gone lol!<
FYI your spoiler tag didn't work on this comment. Also I heard they're adapting Last of Us Part II into 2 seasons of the show, since it's so much longer plot-wise.
Odd, I see it blacked out on my side. Apologies to all.
I don't see Pedro even working for HBO going forward. He is attacking another HBO show, and you know it's all about bottom line. Could be wrong.
Regardless, Pedro is the man.
I just read that... You should edit to either remove or correct the tags. Anyway, I will remember that so no worries.. But for others.
Meh, I don't think character shows up in flashbacks after their death is something that's spoiler tag worthy imo.
There is the whole episode of season 1 with Otterman that's a flashback
Last of us season 2 spoiler
I'd be more bummed about "after his death" then "flashbacks"
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i have no clue who this guy is, but he seems pretty poggies :3
i have no clue who this guy is,
Well essentially, he's one of the most qualified guys to turn straight males gay. I know that because I'm a straight dude and it's basically him and Henry Cavill that I have a mancrush on. That's the complete list.
Anyway, things you may have seen, or heard of, where he's played a role, ordered from least important character to most: Game of Thrones, Narcos, The Last of Us, The Mandalorian and he's set to play Mister Fantastic in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie.
Most importantly, he's just a very charming actor who seems like a great down to earth guy. Might be because it took him about a decade and a half to score his first moderately big role, rather than reaching peak fame at the age of 20. Bits I just found out while fact-checking myself: He also has a queer best friend (Sarah Paulson) and his little sister is a trans rights activist who says he's been hugely supportive.
Polygraphs are bullshit, but this is a fun watch.
TL;DR: One of the coolest/nicest people in Hollywood
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Done. I havent watched any of the other one either. lmao
Yeah, I wish there was a way I could meaningfully boycott something which I had no interest in to begin with. But oh well.
I want to see it... But imagine if pirates made it so accessible it was easier to view without buying it. Saturated to the point YouTube recommends the full episodes.
Watching/playing/acquiring media without paying for it only sends the message that the demand is there; it's just that the anti-piracy enforcement schemes haven't been perfected yet.
If 100 million people watch this show on day one, but only 1 million paid to do so, the question is going to be "How can we force those other 99 million people to pay for this?" But if zero people watch this show, the immediate red flag will be "People used to love Harry Potter? Why aren't they watching it now?"
You want to show that Joanne Rowling's bigotry isn't to be tolerated? You don't show her that her content is still wanted; you shut her out completely.
How would they know that 99 million people pirated it?
They track torrent file downloads so they can send threatening DMCA takedown letters to people that don't use VPNs to obfuscate their IPs. Even if you do use a VPN, they may not know who you are, but they can count the download.
The company doesn't care about popularity lmfao. They only care about money
Lots of media are popular that didn't make money, but there's no media that made lots of money that wasn't also popular.
Money directly correlates with popularity when talking about films/books/television. Why do you think, for example, that there was only one Eragon movie despite there being four books? And yet Twilight also had four books, but had five movies made?
You seriously think the suits spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars making movies or tv shows don't care about what's popular? Then why the hell are they remaking Harry Potter?
Counter point. If there's a drop in subscriptions and a spike on piracy after they release, they can conclude that the best approach is to drop the show and J. Terf Rowling.
That, and have all the discourse of the show be around her bigotry.
I have to interest on the show
Counter point. If there’s a drop in subscriptions and a spike on piracy after they release, they can conclude that the best approach is to drop the show and J. Terf Rowling.
Media execs don't see piracy as an economics or social issue. They believe it's a technological issue and they just need to find the right silver bullet to force you to watch the content that they know you want to watch (why would you be pirating it otherwise?) while paying them for it.
No corporation has seen an increase of piracy of their content and thought anything other than "We need stricter anti-piracy measures."
I wasn't going to watch it anyway, because I'm not a child.