• ZeroOne
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        27 days ago

        Ratan Tata, I guess

        • @[email protected]
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          16 days ago

          Hell yeah that rat could cook, followed his dreams, and successful demonstrated superior culinary skills, 5 stars great movie.

        • @[email protected]
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          06 days ago

          But seriously go ahead and pump this into Google Search it works with all of the names mentioned “Ratan Tata misdeeds”

          • ZeroOne
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            16 days ago

            Yeah not in this case, I tried different search engines The guy truly cared about the working class, EVERY Indian can attest to this (Oh & guy passed away recently)

              • ZeroOne
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                16 days ago

                I rather believe the lived-in experiences of the workers than an article post

      • Call me Lenny/Leni
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        17 days ago

        George Lucas comes to mind as an example this week. Am amazed he’s going out of his way to buy back a franchise that almost did him in, all for the fans.

        • @theparadox
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          37 days ago

          So instead of more evenly distributing the profit from the franchise to everyone who contributed, he’s going to hand the wealth to an already obscenely wealthy corporation so that he can have control over it again?

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              26 days ago

              Where do you think he got his billions?

              He owned the IP. He ensured that he’d retain merchandise rights and sequel rights via his contract for the original Star Wars film. He made his billions off of that. Mostly merchandise. Then he sold his company LucasFilm (along with those rights) to Disney in 2012 for a few billion in cash and a few billion in Disney stock (making him one of the largest shareholders).

              So yeah, he did own the franchise first.

              • Call me Lenny/Leni
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                16 days ago

                I wasn’t saying he didn’t, in fact that’s a part of the point. If doing all that and selling to Disney was advantageous, buying it back would not be. As it stands right now, he’s going against the billionaire director playbook here.

                • @theparadox
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                  26 days ago

                  Or he could have distributed the billions he made, as he was making them, to more equitably pay everyone who’s work generated that wealth.

                  That’s my point.

          • Call me Lenny/Leni
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            27 days ago

            Disney messed up so bad with Star Wars, especially with The Acolyte, that he’s talking about buying back the franchise, something that seems to run counter to his wealth (since he sold it to Disney in the first place) and his patience (considering, say, the reaction to the prequels at the time he had the full helm). It comes off as an entirely popular demand move.

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          07 days ago

          What a great guy he ruined e.t. and Star wars with remakes… Made the movie Howard the Duck. These are all basically war crimes.

          • Call me Lenny/Leni
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            27 days ago

            He didn’t direct E.T. or remade it and didn’t remake any of the Star Wars movies. And people are really going to hold Howard the Duck as a personally defining misdeed, aren’t they (ignoring that his first associated movie was American Graffiti)? The Star Wars prequels didn’t really ruin anything, they just added to it in a way that wasn’t as interesting as hoped.

            Disney, who bought it all, was the one who made the Star Wars sequels (episodes 7, 8, and 9), that and the various TV series, all of which milked opportunities that did not technically exist, which might be indicated in the fact that the sequels looked almost identical to the original trilogy plot-wise. The thing to remember here is George Lucas is willing to go against his better judgment and his own indulgence so-to-speak to prevent further collapse.

            And this is coming from someone who didn’t care for any of the movies.

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              26 days ago

              My bad E.T. was Steven Spielberg. They worked so closely I get confused, for example the abomination Indiana Jones “The crystal skull” was directed by S.S. but based on a story by G.L. I didn’t care for the remasters of the original Star wars trilogy. Is it because it changed my nostalgia? Highly possible, but han shot first lol. I thought the sequels were cheesy kids movies, but I understand they weren’t made for me so I’m not gonna judge.

              • Call me Lenny/Leni
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                16 days ago

                By that logic, why judge any of them? They weren’t made for the people who didn’t like them, right?

                • @[email protected]
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                  26 days ago

                  That’s called being a good and tolerant person, letting kids like kids movies. Just like Lemmy, do I block communities absolutely, do I down vote them, no let people like what they like.

                  • Call me Lenny/Leni
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                    15 days ago

                    That’s different from judging someone or their present decision-making based on them or saying interest in them has objectively negative implications.

      • @LovableSidekick
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        17 days ago

        I don’t know him personally but Warren Buffet drives a car he’s had for like 15 years, has been married to the same woman for 52 years until she died, and AFAIK still lives in the neighborhood house they bought in the 1950s in Omaha. He’s known for philanthropy and outwardly seems decent.

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          He got a bargain with that publicist for sure. Let’s have a look at the berkshire hathaway stocks history. You know what I don’t care if you seriously think someone can make a billion dollars on kindness and fair business deals I’m not gonna waste my time.

          • @LovableSidekick
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            37 days ago

            “He got a bargain with that publicist for sure.” What does that even mean? “Let’s have a look at the berkshire hathaway stocks history.” But then you don’t. And finally “I’m not gonna waste my time.” LOL too late dude, you’ve wasted both our time. I won’t waste any more of mine reading anything more from you.