The Warner Discovery Debacle

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    So, first I would like to apologize if I am a little late to the subject. However, I would like to also chime in that the Warned Bros. and Discovery merger has been an awful mess of shattering dreams, and a demonstration of incompetence. In case you haven't heard, recently the two companies have merged, and are now making some questionable decisions. Namely, cancelling movies like Batgirl, the Scoob! holiday special, etc. While they did that, they're also pulling a lot of animated content from HBO Max, TV channels. and just not offering physical copies.

       Now, from what I've seen, these cancellations are the result of two reasons. A debt that they're paying off with tax write-offs, and the new president just 'not getting it.' In other words, the wrong people have been put in charge, and just don't care enough to make money on these properties. I mean, if I don't have any reason to get HBO Max now, because a lot of the shows I want to watch are gone, why would I get a subscription,  or think of keeping one?

      This has been a bad time for enthusiasts of these properties. Not to mention for animation, as it already gets too much flack as is. I want to say I hope things get better, but that's not enough. Keep your support up for the right people in this industry guys! A small amount can go a long way!

Apologies for interrupting the flow of my blogs. The continuation to the last will be out soon.

Author's note: So, it's at least a few days after I initially finished this, and just a quick update. The work that was done for the Batgirl movie was deleted right before it could be salvaged. I don't know what to say at this point, this is downright infuriating. Even if the movie didn't wind up being good, deleting what was left shows this CEO is just being a total control freak.

Preservation

 

    As we move further and further into the years, preservation becomes more and more important. Preservation of ourselves, of the earth, and the topic of this blog, media. Continuing off of the Warner Discovery debacle, I insist that we take a look at the issue of disappearing media in all forms. This may range from small to large, but it's all to important that this is discussed.

     So, a question to start us off. Have you ever worked on a project for quite awhile, only to lose the files in two seconds? It's awful...... You might have to miss a deadline, or lose something you needed to keep for reference, or just flat out lose something you're proud of. Now imagine that happening not only to you, but your co-workers, your mentors, your employer, etc. What I'm trying to show here is that the media we create and consume, needs to be kept safe.

      I say this because after everything that happened with HBO Max, a lot of those shows have become lost media. How we retrieve it now, might need us losing an arm and a leg, or will be downright impossible. I know these scenarios are very extreme, but they've certainly happened in the past. Even before current events, this issue has persisted with lost games, movies, episodes, even catalogued history. That's right, I'm including the destruction of the Library of Alexandria!

      There is the argument that some media deserves to be lost, and that not everything deserves to be kept. However, I counter by saying that what we keep preserved, doesn't always need to be shared. I just ask that it becomes more apparent to everybody that they find ways to lock media down, as it might never happen again. Until next time, stay tuned.