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Victim
Member Sat Jul 21 06:59:32
One more victory!

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Disney fires Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director after offensive tweets

James Gunn, who directed the first two Marvel hits, has been taken off the third film after old tweets covering 9/11 and rape were resurfaced

Sat 21 Jul 2018

James Gunn has been fired as director of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise after a series of offensive tweets have resurfaced.

The 51-year-old film-maker had been behind the first two Marvel hits and was working on the script for the third. Tweets of his from 2008 and 2009 were discovered by the conservative site the Daily Caller that made light of rape, pedophilia, 9/11 and the Holocaust. Gunn has been vocal in his criticism of Donald Trump, tweeting last year that the US is in “a national crisis with an incompetent president”.

In one of the resurfaced tweets, Gunn wrote: “The best thing about being raped is when you’re done being raped and it’s like ‘whew this feels great, not being raped!’”

Alan Horn, the Walt Disney studios chairman, said in a statement: “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him.”

As the story brewed, Gunn initially tweeted an apology for “outrageous and taboo” jokes. He later released a longer statement, taking “full responsibility” for his actions.

“My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” his statement read. “I have regretted them for many years since – not just because they were stupid, not at all funny, wildly insensitive, and certainly not provocative like I had hoped, but also because they don’t reflect the person I am today or have been for some time.”

In 2011, Gunn had apologized in a statement to Glaad for a number of blogposts that contained crude jokes about gay comic-book characters.

Gunn’s credits also include the 2006 horror Slither and he was set to reboot a new series of Starsky & Hutch. The Guardians franchise has made over $1.6bn worldwide to date and the third was expected to be released in 2020.

tumbleweed
the wanderer Sat Jul 21 11:36:32
i think he stole that rape joke, it sounds familiar

here's hoping BIDBP becomes famous or infamous & his posts are found & put in the news

Cthulhu
Tentacle Rapist Sat Jul 21 15:40:43
The first 2 movies were good enough that he should get a free pass on the tweets

Aeros
Member Sat Jul 21 15:55:52
Social media was a mistake

Cherub Cow
Member Sun Jul 22 00:44:29
That’ll teach him not to make mildly-offensive jokes 10 years ago

Rugian
Member Sun Jul 22 08:12:38
http://twitter.com/hackmovies/status/1020418618998382592

Whoops.

But yeah this is a very weak reason to fire a guy. People who obtain any level of prominence really need to start regularly purging their social media history to prevent BS like this from happening.

The Children
Member Sun Jul 22 09:25:59
"The first 2 movies were good enough that he should get a free pass on the tweets "

>> ROFLMAO!!!

this is why u r irrelevant. ur opinion is vape ware.
first 2 movies good? yea...and the shitbox is dominatin with triple A games...

oh wait.

obaminated
Member Sun Jul 22 10:39:08
The guy directed Super where a character gets raped and it is played comically.

Outrage is always specific and personally applied these days. He got in trouble cause he made fun of tweets shapiro made a decade ago. Before then no one cared.

Pillz
Member Sun Jul 22 10:59:40
So, internet Trolls are out-trolling the left with their own bullshit.

As usual.

Seb
Member Sun Jul 22 11:39:41
Hmm, firing someone when the information was in the public domain and prominent before you hired them is weak.

Dukhat
Member Sun Jul 22 14:45:38
#metoo was always retarded. It's only the severeness of the crimes of the first few people accused that hid the typical vapidness of most accusations.

Social media internet mob is fucking retarded.

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Victim Member	Sat Jul 21 06:59:32 One more victory! http://www...of-the-galaxy-james-gunn-fired Disney fires Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director after offensive tweets James Gunn, who directed the first two Marvel hits, has been taken off the third film after old tweets covering 9/11 and rape were resurfaced Sat 21 Jul 2018 James Gunn has been fired as director of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise after a series of offensive tweets have resurfaced. The 51-year-old film-maker had been behind the first two Marvel hits and was working on the script for the third. Tweets of his from 2008 and 2009 were discovered by the conservative site the Daily Caller that made light of rape, pedophilia, 9/11 and the Holocaust. Gunn has been vocal in his criticism of Donald Trump, tweeting last year that the US is in “a national crisis with an incompetent president”. In one of the resurfaced tweets, Gunn wrote: “The best thing about being raped is when you’re done being raped and it’s like ‘whew this feels great, not being raped!’” Alan Horn, the Walt Disney studios chairman, said in a statement: “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him.” As the story brewed, Gunn initially tweeted an apology for “outrageous and taboo” jokes. He later released a longer statement, taking “full responsibility” for his actions. “My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” his statement read. “I have regretted them for many years since – not just because they were stupid, not at all funny, wildly insensitive, and certainly not provocative like I had hoped, but also because they don’t reflect the person I am today or have been for some time.” In 2011, Gunn had apologized in a statement to Glaad for a number of blogposts that contained crude jokes about gay comic-book characters. Gunn’s credits also include the 2006 horror Slither and he was set to reboot a new series of Starsky & Hutch. The Guardians franchise has made over $1.6bn worldwide to date and the third was expected to be released in 2020.
tumbleweed the wanderer	Sat Jul 21 11:36:32 i think he stole that rape joke, it sounds familiar here's hoping BIDBP becomes famous or infamous & his posts are found & put in the news
Cthulhu Tentacle Rapist	Sat Jul 21 15:40:43 The first 2 movies were good enough that he should get a free pass on the tweets
Aeros Member	Sat Jul 21 15:55:52 Social media was a mistake
Cherub Cow Member	Sun Jul 22 00:44:29 That’ll teach him not to make mildly-offensive jokes 10 years ago
Rugian Member	Sun Jul 22 08:12:38 http://twitter.com/hackmovies/status/1020418618998382592 Whoops. But yeah this is a very weak reason to fire a guy. People who obtain any level of prominence really need to start regularly purging their social media history to prevent BS like this from happening.
The Children Member	Sun Jul 22 09:25:59 "The first 2 movies were good enough that he should get a free pass on the tweets " >> ROFLMAO!!! this is why u r irrelevant. ur opinion is vape ware. first 2 movies good? yea...and the shitbox is dominatin with triple A games... oh wait.
obaminated Member	Sun Jul 22 10:39:08 The guy directed Super where a character gets raped and it is played comically. Outrage is always specific and personally applied these days. He got in trouble cause he made fun of tweets shapiro made a decade ago. Before then no one cared.
Pillz Member	Sun Jul 22 10:59:40 So, internet Trolls are out-trolling the left with their own bullshit. As usual.
Seb Member	Sun Jul 22 11:39:41 Hmm, firing someone when the information was in the public domain and prominent before you hired them is weak.
Dukhat Member	Sun Jul 22 14:45:38 #metoo was always retarded. It's only the severeness of the crimes of the first few people accused that hid the typical vapidness of most accusations. Social media internet mob is fucking retarded.
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