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4 minutes ago, Scream of the Butterfly said:

I take it this means that Axl did know what was going on or at least Kat had tried to tell him.

"any principal Lebeis was the proxy and agent for" = Axl?

I'm not sure if you can make that assumption.  We don't know what kind of access Kat had to the band once her camera was down.  I'm not sure how much time Axl spends with those on the periphery of his organization.  

3 minutes ago, AxlRQ93 said:

All they had to say was to separate the copyright allegations from the others and say like:

 

”as far as Ms. Bendoza’s claims of sexual harassment are concerned, Guns N’ Roses takes matters pertaining to the treatment of women seriously as many of our members and crew have daughters. We will be investigating this matter internally and seriously and we hope we can come to an amicable settlement with Ms. Bendoza, who provided us many great years of service as an amazing photographer.”

Agreed.

Though with this band, I'm surprised they didn't blame it on "locker room talk."

Just now, Italian girl said:

it could have been  written by TB  

GNR has a publicist so I doubt it was written directly by them.  It would have been reviewed and signed off by TB and almost certainly Axl.  

Just now, ZoSoRose said:

Yeah but it is still bad

Agreed.  Wasn't defending their response. 

But it's a standard boilerplate response usually authored by someone who is paid to do their jobs.  

9 minutes ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

 I love how they say they take these allegations seriously just to say in the next sentence that everything isn't true.

This was written by a PR person who likely has no knowledge of what actually happened.  

17 minutes ago, DoMw94 said:

I'm just baffled this has been allowed to go on while you've got Duff in the band (with the way he is now and his daughters), Melissa in the band, and most the male band members' wives present.

That's a good question.

I don't know the man at all, nor have I had any personal encounters with him, but I find it very difficult to believe that at present time Duff would tolerate any of this stuff had he known.  Maybe many didn't. 

Fernando was the gatekeeper for a lot of them.  For all we know Kat never informed any of the primary individuals in the band out of fear of being fired and/or having her reputation in the industry killed.  Lots of wild stuff happens with rock bands; she might have thought who would want to hire a female photographer like her that can't let some of it roll off her back.  

So who knows. 

But for Duff, a guy who just released a solo album that touches on mental health and who is always championing his wife and daughters, it's difficult to believe he'd accept this behaviour from someone like Fernando (or anyone).  I'm sure he loved playing with Axl and Slash again and making a ton of money, but he certainly doesn't need the cash to afford his lifestyle.  

13 minutes ago, Rindmelon said:

I agree that's the smartest thing to do, but if he views these people as family then will he?

Family members have falling outs all the time.  It could happen.  We'll have to see.  

Just now, Rindmelon said:

If TB ceases to exist as an entity/company then are any NDA's signed by people still enforced? 

TB will likely still exist.  But it will depend on the terms.  And usually NDAs make provisions for these types of situations. 

6 minutes ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

Jesus Christ!

It's as if the #metoo movement never happened.  

42 minutes ago, Manfisman said:

all the contract and copyright handling looks very amateur-ish.

This...

If we are to believe the summary laid out in Kat's legal filing, it basically boils down to not dotting your i's and crossing your t's.

Why you wouldn't ensure contracts were in place for any person, let alone your official band/tour photographer, on one of the biggest reunion tours in the last 20-30 years is beyond me.

I think a lot of the incriminations and issues around Marvel and superhero films in general are overthought.   

I don't see it as all that complicated.

When you release 25+ films in a 15-20 year span that's essentially telling the same story, using relatively the same tone, and you've already used up your biggest chess pieces, audiences are going to lose interest once you get to narrative bookend (i.e. Endgame).

People like to think that the first couple of Iron Man or Thor films were great or are any better than the films they've been putting out the last couple of years.  But really, they were just new.  They used some of Marvel's biggest IPs.  And more importantly, they were in the building phase, always alluding to something bigger coming down the pipe that kept audiences coming back for more. 

I'd argue that Marvel was always going to lose audience share regardless of what they put out (or not put out).  Add in the tv shows and you get too a saturation point where people have had enough.  The incels of the world would have you believe it's because Marvel went woke.  Come on.  Outside of Spiderman or Guardians, nothing in Marvel post Endgame is going to compete with the characters they had prior.  There was no "right path" to keeping people's attention once you've burned through Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther. 

Marvel would have been better off had they taken a four or five year break and restarted the next phase with X-Men and/or the Fantastic Four.  Endgame was enough for most people.  It's not a matter of execution, but knowing your audience and when they have had enough (which is kind of what Disney is now doing with Star Wars with respect to the films). 

I think had the last Ant-Man or The Marvels been released prior to Endgame they would have done significantly better.  Outside of Guardians (and I guess the last Spiderman film - which had less to do with its Marvel connection and more to do with tying in all prior Spiderman films), there was nothing going to sustain Marvel's momentum following Endgame.

I don't think Marvel lost its way.  It just tried to keep the party going with the less popular kids long past the sun had come up.  

3 hours ago, Cosmo said:

Really? All I heard is people saying it's too rushed, like they cut down the movie so much to make it dynamic that it feels like some important things were left out.

The movie is still an hour and forty five minutes.  I haven't seen it yet (plan to over the next few days as I really liked the first film), so maybe the sequence is rushed and I'll withhold judgement until I see it.  Maybe it tries to do too much.  But over 60 percent of film critics still endorse the film, and it's getting a positive view from the majority of theatre-goers (85 percent on rotten tomatoes).

I'm someone who stopped caring about these films a long time ago.  At the same time, I haven't found any Marvel film difficult to watch or unenjoyable (though the second Thor film was a bit of a drag at times). 

On 11/8/2023 at 3:07 PM, Cosmo said:

Man, people are saying the worst things about The Marvels. Its gonna flop so much. And worse - it seems like a very bad movie, according to reviews.

Really?  Most of the reviews I've read recommend it as enjoyable entry into the series.

Looks good, especially with returning the franchise back to NYC. 

I enjoyed it.  Is it "A Day In the Life?"  No.  But better to have it than not. 

It is a bit bittersweet though.  The song represents the final bookend of one of the greatest cultural outputs of the 20th century.  The Beatles will be held in the same regard as Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Mozart, Picasso and other seminal artists who revolutionized their art, affecting contemporaries and those who came after them.

Guns might be my favourite band, but for me, The Beatles are the greatest band of all time.  They will withstand the test of time like few other musicians will.  

2 hours ago, Amaya said:

I think it is would best if the Palestinian Arabs surrender and move to Jordan, Eygt, Lebanon,Saudia Arabia, etc.

 

The problem is that the other Arab nations don't want them.

Israel offered Gaza to Egypt awhile back and Egypt said no thanks.

Final warning on asking for leaks. 

At this point we'll start banning anyone who asks for them.  

Thanks!

9 minutes ago, oneway23 said:

You've forgotten about 2015! (which...well, they lost LOL)

 

You’re right!  Completely forgot the Mets lost in 2015. 

Either way, your defence of the Mets feels familiar as a Guns fan 🤪

2 minutes ago, oneway23 said:

Mets have at least made it to the world series a couple of times in the past two decades.

Mets last won the world series in ‘86, with one appearance since then in 2000 (which they lost). 

3 minutes ago, oneway23 said:

GnR's season is metaphorically over by June every year

Google Stewie Griffin Mets Fan. 

Guns fans are to rock music as New York Mets fans are to baseball.