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Did McFarlane ever reply or put out a statement? Not only did he choose an AI winner, that was not supposed to be allowed, but the AI winner is a complete Jag representing himself and the brand he's supposedly representing in the worst way possible
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When You See a Piece For Sale From Someone You Won't Buy From...
comix4fun replied to Dr. Balls's topic in Original Comic Art
I think you win the No Prize for being the first person to go Godwin's Law in the thread. -
When You See a Piece For Sale From Someone You Won't Buy From...
comix4fun replied to Dr. Balls's topic in Original Comic Art
I had a good friend who was selling a piece...collector to collector....and a dealer/collector who knew the buyer decided to tell the buyer to NOT do the deal because the money might go to support some organization the dealer/collector didn't approve of. Just a wee tad of overreach there. -
When You See a Piece For Sale From Someone You Won't Buy From...
comix4fun replied to Dr. Balls's topic in Original Comic Art
Customer service issues, personality difference, etc. are one level....maybe you prefer not to give that person/operation the benefit of your business. Maybe they can improve. Maybe they eventually mature. I can see maybe that's not the end of the story. Dishonesty, shady descriptions, entirely unethical or immoral practices (like seeing the dealer rip off an out of touch or older collector by lying about valuation, or intentionally misattribute a piece to defraud a collector) are more what puts pieces in the "lost in a fire" category. There's nothing about acquiring a piece of art that's curing cancer, saving the starving children, or bringing us closer to world peace....so it's never been worth it to me to start compromising myself and rewarding a scumbag with my cash/business. I'd think of it every time I looked at the art. In the end it's just art, and never worth trading integrity for it. -
When You See a Piece For Sale From Someone You Won't Buy From...
comix4fun replied to Dr. Balls's topic in Original Comic Art
Always an easy call for me. A lot of comic dealers, art dealers, hobby dealers treat their customers like trash, treat ethics like they are for other people, and assume the addicts will keep buying no matter what they do..... No piece is important enough to deal with folks on my personal black list. When I see a piece like that, I lament that it was lost in a fire.... -
Fantastic Four Cast Announced - Did They Get It Right?
comix4fun replied to SeniorSurfer's topic in The Movie Forum
Well, they certainly aren't buying physical copies of comics. Maybe digitally on a subscription, but they are killing print of all kinds. They don't seem to attend films in person, but consume it on a digital basis like mad. Maybe they'll cater to us in the future if they get economic projections telling them to value us more highly. I doubt it. They'll likely do what all advertisers do and cater to the biggest spending demo. -
Fantastic Four Cast Announced - Did They Get It Right?
comix4fun replied to SeniorSurfer's topic in The Movie Forum
Forgot why I posted that....it was because I just want quality. The original material was meant for a certain time, place, audience, set of consumers. So, I don't mind changes. As long they are quality changes and I get more content to watch, I am thrilled. We've suffered through such garbage that I'll take just about any change or alteration if it's for the better. -
Fantastic Four Cast Announced - Did They Get It Right?
comix4fun replied to SeniorSurfer's topic in The Movie Forum
Broadening appeal to get more consumers is as old as capitalism...and would fit perfectly into the "mad men" era....Don Draper would be the first person to do it if it meant more eyes on the product, more sales, and a bigger commission. And no one would ever use those terms to define him. Our generation of sweaty mom's basement dwellers only spend a fraction of the licensing and IP dollars needed to keep quarterly reports up to expectations. Can't grow if you're catering exclusively to a rapidly aging, dying and inevitably shrinking demo. Nothing breaks an empire faster than catering to people who are now spending their money on scooters and retirement community dues and ignoring young people with disposable incomes to waste. -
Fantastic Four Cast Announced - Did They Get It Right?
comix4fun replied to SeniorSurfer's topic in The Movie Forum
Yeah, that would be great. Change the look and tone, even the color palette.....set it in the "Mad Men" era, and they give themselves freedom and distance from everything that's come before it and maybe a chance for something fresh. -
Fantastic Four Cast Announced - Did They Get It Right?
comix4fun replied to SeniorSurfer's topic in The Movie Forum
Yeah, I remembered him from Shameless. Man, he's matured as an actor too. Really great. Really everyone in the cast gets time, gets layers and depth. Everyone sucks, but everyone is also awesome, everyone gets attention and more than one note. There are episodes in season 2 that I watched 4-5 times. -
Fantastic Four Cast Announced - Did They Get It Right?
comix4fun replied to SeniorSurfer's topic in The Movie Forum
Gotta get past the first two episodes, they are mega-stress...but I think that's to set to base for the show. It shifts a bit after that. It's really one of the best character studies, everyone gets multiple layers, I've seen in a long time. And I think you'll be shocked at what Ebon does with Richie. -
Fantastic Four Cast Announced - Did They Get It Right?
comix4fun replied to SeniorSurfer's topic in The Movie Forum
No one's even mentioned Ebon Moss-Bachrach. He's pretty much perfect for Ben Grimm. If you haven't seen "The Bear" you're missing one of the best written, best acted, characters in the last couple decades of television. Ebon.... "COUSIN!" really gave layers and depth to a character that could have been one note or a stereotype to the point that I think he could probably nail almost any role. As Ben Grimm, intelligent but gruff, acerbic, bitter, angry but sensitive I think he might have been born to play that role. -
That's a creature of efficiency and piggybacking. If criminal action is happening, and in motion, civil plaintiffs will normally wait and let the case work its way out. If they are suing civilly for the same set of facts and actions on the defendant's part they may want to wait to see if there's a conviction for 1) a finding by the court that part of the penalty is restitution to the plaintiffs and other injured parties if named and 2) a "beyond a reasonable doubt" finding in a criminal case is harder to obtain than "preponderance" in the civil actions and thus make the potential for an end result in plaintiff's favor (or a settlement in the face of certain defeat for the plaintiffs) a certainty and only amount of damages and penalties the only real question. If CGC weren't concerned about immediately stopping the businesses and the books and any ongoing actions of the defendants, and they knew there was a criminal case pending that wouldn't cause them to watch the clock for statutes of limitations, they could save some money and doubt as to outcome letting government authorities do the heavy lifting. Also, CGC has zero control over a criminal investigation beyond making the complaint. Law enforcement has control over basically all of the steps taken to investigate, prosecute or decline to prosecute these types of cases. This would be, at its heart, an FBI matter (or perhaps US Postal Inspectors in conjunction with the FBI or DOJ), given that it crosses state lines, uses the postal service, and telecommunications and the internet to effectuate the crimes. In reality, given the above, waiting isn't a real option like it would be in a more simple state or county case.
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That posting by Mike said there were 20 reports FROM him in a 48 hour period...a pattern of "Bait, Foment, Incite, Report" it seems.
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That exculpates him from all responsibility for his own words and actions. It seems it’s his own postings that hold the biggest grudge against him, because that’s where the suspensions come from.
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Not rehashing. Just not letting things go unsaid. But I take your point and if the stuff in his thread didn’t get it locked already…I think we’re gonna make it.
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Was there some earth shattering, otherwise unobtainable, epiphany to be found in “treat customers right”? That’s the clue to whether you’ve got to speak up in defense of it. It’s not a good point, it’s a vehicle, in the context of past words and actions and in conjunction with attempts to reenter this community and reliance on people who don’t even know that a Hall of Shame exists, to seem rational, reasonable and to have the “great reputation” line be given weight it would not otherwise be given. That’s why it’s not ad hominem. Who is speaking, and their record, is entirely relevant to how the words are taken and to avoid being manipulated into accepting something so banal as his “be nice to customers” as a gateway to accepting the rest of his comment in face value…especially if you have no knowledge of who they are. Check out those probation and hall of shame lists. Lots of context to be had. I’ll add this, wherever Chip has found customers to trust him, I wish him well, and I wish them luck. They are free as you are to use or ignore anything in the context of dealing with him. That doesn’t change a thing about this place, and doesn’t mean anyone owes him a Second, Third, Fifth chance.
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You’re defending the post of a multi decade serial scam artist who’s returned to rehab his name despite being placed on the worst list we have here. Does anyone need to learn anything from him other than to avoid him? We can learn our actual lessons from almost literally anyone else. Especially the obvious “be good to people” which was, what should have been, an obvious shroud to press his rehabilitation tour. That might be advice worth taking too. Along with digging into the context of who is posting.
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You mean him saying he’s got an excellent reputation didn’t mean he was saying he has an excellent reputation? Shoehorning misplaced self aggrandizement (by a hall of shame member no less) into this discussion doesn’t get a pass because a patronizing cliche about customer service is tacked on the end.