#world events productions

[they-have-the-same-va]

Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater shares a voice actor with Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane from Voltron: Legendary Defender. 

Voiced by Josh Keaton

#same voice actor #voice acting #submission #metal gear solid 3 #metal gear #voltron legendary defender #voltron #konami #kojima productions #dreamworks animation television #world events productions #netflix #🇺🇸

[dynared]

Granted, if you mention this to Bob Koplar or the people at WEP, this will likely be their reply.

I have never seen a company so desperate to erase a show from their history. With the news that the show will be leaving Netflix in late 2024 (due to contracts expiring, no conspiracy theories), and Koplar pushing everything including a big budget Amazon Studios movie directed by the guy who directed Red Notice and Dodgeball, which he has publicly said will resemble the 80s show in aesthetics, along with an official Voltron beer that uses the classic Voltron imagery, it’s clear they want to forget this trainwreck.

#Voltron #voltron legendary defender #mecha #barely #wep #world events productions #bob koplar #Keith #Allura #Shiro #VLD

[violethowler]

Wait. What happened with Bob Koplar and Voltron? There were reasons as to why it was so bad?!

There absolutely are. 

And before I go any further, I have no clue if you already know who Bob Koplar is, but if you do, then this little explanation will just be for anyone reading this who doesn’t: Bob Koplar is the current head of WEP (World Events Productions), the company that made the original show in the 80s and owns the Voltron brand. Dreamworks at the time of the Netflix Voltron series’ production only had the rights to adapt the existing Voltron material and did not own the brand outright. All scripts/episodes for VLD had to go through Bob for approval (by his own admission, although the video where he acknowledges this has sadly been deleted from Youtube). 

So with that explanation out of the way, the reason the final season of Voltron is so bad was because the showrunners and writers at Dreamworks had a very specific story they were trying to tell, while based on comments made by cast, crew, and Koplar himself over the years, Bob wanted 1) a glorified toy commercial to sell toys to 6 year old boys, and 2) a successor to the previous Voltron series, Voltron Force. 

Based on all the evidence found in and around Seasons 7 and 8, the crew’s plans for the final seasons would have involved revealing that Lotor was still alive in the Rift, that he was innocent of the crimes he had been condemned for, and that he would reconcile with Allura and Team Voltron before joining them in the final battle against Honerva. 

Bob found out about this while the crew was making Season 7 and ordered them to change it. Based on interview comments and the history of the Voltron brand, the most likely reason was because he wanted Lotor to remain a villain so he could be reused as the antagonist of a sequel series. The crew complied and removed much of the content surrounding this plotline from Season 7, but then reworked it into Season 8 and tried to push for their planned ending anyway, banking on the fact that by the time Bob found out they’d defied him it would be too late for him to do anything. Instead, the showrunners were forced to cut out multiple episodes’ worth of footage and then rearrange what was left in order to have the number of episodes their contract with Netflix obligated them to release. (A summary of the most notable evidence of changes within the season itself, along with a rough outline of what the final season should’ve looked like based on what was removed, can be found here)

And this all happened after production was already completed, as even the animators and most of the voice actors were surprised by the version of the final season we got. 

Bob has also been implicated by multiple interviews with cast and crew as pushing back against the crew’s desire to include queer characters and relationships in the show, and prevented them from including any same-gender romance between the paladins. 

If you’re interested, the group of fans behind much of the research into the Bob-mandated editing of Voltron Season 8 has put together a few reconstruction videos depicting an approximation of what the unedited versions of certain episodes would have looked like. 

#voltron meta #freevlds8 #voltron legendary defender #team purple lion #world events productions

[workersolidarity]

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SIX DRUMS FILLED WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS DEPOSITED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN FOUND BURIED IN CANCER-PLAGUED LONG ISLAND TOWN

📹 Six 55-gallon drums filled with toxic chemicals, and encased in concrete coffins, some broken, were found buried under Bethpage Community Park in cancer-plagued Bethpage, a town on Long Island in New York State, which was deposited by U.S. military contractor Northrop Grumman.

Previously, the town of Bethpage had to contend with a 6-square mile toxic plume of hazardous waste resulting from Northrop Grumman's dumping of chemicals underground in the area.

At least one of the 55-gallon drums was found punctured, and some contained flammable chemicals.

The drums were found buried just 4-feet underground, underneath the Park's baseball field which was previously abandoned more than 20 years ago due to concerns over soil contamination.

According to a report in New York Post, a layer of clay was found under the drums, where authorities believe chemicals could have seeped into the ground.

Oyster Bay Supervisor, Joseph Saladino, called on authorities with New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to clean up the park by collecting all the contaminated soil and removing it from Long Island. The community's tax payers previously paid $20 million to clean up the site to allow local residents to use the Park's skating rink.

Saladino also filed a lawsuit against Northrup Grumman 10 years ago to reimburse the community's costs for the cleanup, while a new lawsuit was filed in December to order the further cleanup and removal of the toxic soil.

Local residents have been complaining of higher cancer rates in their community for years, arguing that surrounding communities have far lower rates to their own, while the DEC claimed the discovery posed "no immediate threat to public health."

Still, local residents say they're fed-up, continueing to call for the immediate removal of toxic substances, along with demands for a full soil excavation in the park.

“I’ve had it. I’ve had it. I’ve been working on this for over 20 years as a New York state Assembly member and now as the supervisor of the fourth-largest town in America and I’m not going to sit by idly,” Saladino is quoted as saying.

Northrop Grumman, for its part, said it continues to work with the DEC to address the situation.

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

#bethpage #bethpage community park #long island #new york #united states #us news #new york news #us politics #northrop grumman #us military contractors #us military #politics #news #geopolitics #world news #global news #international news #breaking news #current events #ny news #polution #toxic dumping #military production #military contractors #illegal dumping #cancer #corporate criminality #corporate crime #crime

[soldier-poet-king]

"I hope this doesn't awaken anything in me" except tracing patterns between my recurring favourite character types has ended with me being pepe silvia as I slowly come to the realization that all the awful weak parts of me are apparently interconnected in ways I havent fully grasped yet

It is. Occurring to me. That I have an extremely fucked up relationship with the notion of consent??? Like not just in a sexy way but also in an everyday normal general way. And this is related to dissociation as a coping mechanism but also dissociation as something I often find comforting, in a way. Which is linked to my desperate need for control and my obsessive freak behaviours (à la ocd and need for certainty) but also how desperately tired I am of being in control and how I want nothing more than to just let go entirely and let someone else be in charge. Which ofc doesn't work because there's no scenario in which I can be forced to give up control entirely, nor is there anyone I actually would fully wholly trust in that level of complete and utter control. Which ofc I guess also links to my god as lover thing, in a way, BC this is all probably applicable in a divine way and in an everyday way and in a sexy way, what do I know. But also my deep awful need to be cared for instead of caretaking, which again circles back to trust, and also issues of obedience and people pleasing and submission to duty. And how the servitude of people pleasing can be both comforting and full of ecstasy because I still have a 'use' and that use is the purpose (y'know like. The Clarified in Baru Cormorant. I'm not looking at it, I refuse to acknowledge it), but it's also a defense mechanism and a habit born out of self preservation and fear and something I hate doing and hate about myself. And how can it be both those things, which brings us back to consent. Personhood????

I'm. Hm.

Normally this is smthn I would say hey we should journal and keep ur thoughts to urself but also we never ever acknowledge or talk about this stuff ever and I feel like an unwell little freak who is fundamentally shattered in ways I am only beginning to understand and I'm just!!! Oh!! Oh i am realizing things and I don't know if that's good or not. And why don't we talk about these things in non therapy ways I am going insane in my own head

#the duality of fran #therapists want to study me like a bug 😘 #<-is literally an insane little freak #maybe sometimes u gotta step outside urself to analyze ur behaviour like ur a blorbo #gotta be a little mentally unwell to be mentally well etc etc etc #i SHOULD be focusing on good productive thinfs #get back into the bells of nagasaki. cleaning. duty and tasks. the greater good of the world #not my obsessive navel gazing self analysis. #its not important because i dont think its fixable #but yknow. obsessive need for control in all situations including my own mind ans feelings #idek why im like this #its not one of those things that can point to one defining event or trauma #but neither do i think it's just genetics #it is a culmination of life maybe. the long years of nurture. in the nature vs nurture sense #or maybe it is nature and im just fundamentally. unwell. #im just. thinking. and its uncomfortable and im not sure i like this

[branmer]

not that i haven't engaged in this myself in the past and all, but it is increasingly super weird to me when people base their assumptions of a person's knowledge and engagement with political events on what they post on tumblr or social media generally. like. i read the news daily and try to stay as up to date as i can on world events, but i don't post about it much on my tumblr because frankly it just doesn't feel like an appropriate venue for it most of the time

#tumblr in general is not i think a good platform for discussing serious world events or sharing them #it's the most unserious platform filled with the most unserious people #with a culture that invariably ends with these things turning into a holier than thou pissing match #'oh i see X isn't posting about Y event clearly they DON'T CARE' #'oh you're only posting about Z NOW when it's in the news well clearly that means you never knew about it before!' #idk it just feels like demanding people prove to you how virtuous they are #and i don't see what that really contributes productively to the discourse

[yellowloid]

trying to write after like. i don't even know how long? and it feels like getting tore to pieces by a torture machine in some circle of hell but yes :) writing is my favourite hobby :) i love writing so much :)

#zero motivation zero will to keep writing but many insidious thoughts :)))))))))) #can you believe real life shitty events have the power to take a toll on your creative motivation too? the more you know! #:)))))))) #i've been wanting to do nothing but sleep since the beginning of the month i'm so fucking tired and i hate having to make decisions #feeling that weight in my stomach from the moment i wake up to the moment i go to bed #and then repeat! #feeling guilty bc you're not being productive productive but also feeling guilty if you do or don't do smth hobby-related like writing #so you just want to sleep because guess what! it's the only time you feel at peace with yourself and the world! #and real-life decisions make you nauseous and paralysed with fear so you can't bring yourself to do anything! and the guilt increases! #this was supposed to be a silly post about writing being hard but i guess this is officially a rant #but also like. yeah. not really going far with my writing in this mental state! :) #to delete

[worstloki]

if you can gush constantly about enjoying a piece of media but diss the idea of people disliking the same thing unless/even though they provide detailed reasoning or proof with citations... idk I feel like you need to reassess something

#''how can you hate on--'' it is a movie! and even worse - a marvel movie! and yet more even it's biggest crime yet - it is a terrible one ! #it makes no pretense of consistency with the rest of the 'cinematic' universe it alleges to come from ! #the character acts like nothing of itself in the previous movie appeared in ! #there is no character arc nor development of any character save for in the villain's final breaths ! the flimsy morality of such regret ! #the humour is subpar in that it is reliant on gags - a cheap and desperate tactic to make weak comedy appear stronger ! #for all that it speaks of love and grief the writing is poor and smart decent lines do not fit the context they are spoken in ! #nor the characters speaking them thematically ! #there is either too much unexplained occurring or nothing taking up too much time. this pacing and convenient exposition is bland ! #final denouement carries little to no weight ! #fight scenes are badly choreographed despite the genre + there is dubious camerawork in play on top of it which further breaks immersion ! #it seems unable to decide on the rules of the world it has itself established ! #ending cliffhangers can be good but in this instance feels as though done constantly solely to encourage watching the next product ! #character interactions leave much to be desired and motivation to move the story forward tend to be convoluted at best ! #what was once original characterization built on relevant events to flesh the character feels generic by both writing and presentation ! #outfits make no attempt to look like they're authentic materials (plastic? :/ ?) and the CGI is problematically attained AND poor quality ! #the 'inspiration' drawn from comic religious and myth source material is either offensive meaningless easter eggs or both ! #maybe the move was generic and formulaic and difficult to follow along without other pieces of media and boring to top it off ! #someone out there seems to believe sexualizing the men is a solution ! #characters I have interest in were sidelined or mistreated by the narrative ! #racist casting/roles have been given and the product did not reflect how it was advertised ! #maybe............. someone simply did not have fun watching it .......................... has that been.........considered................? #L + based + ratio + Ctrl+Z + must I say more? #no one owes anyone an explanation to their enjoyment or lack thereof of a piece of media and shouldn't be insulted for it smh #now if someone gives reasons and THOSE are dodge... but no this isn't about that. another time then

[trashcanflagic]

I hate how my brain will suddenly give me motivation when I have a big event coming up that will prevent me from creating content for a while. Like, why must you hurt me in this way? Anyway, I’m currently attempting to make a Yandere high school animatic??? Even tho I don’t have an animation program, just medibang and CapCut. Wish me luck😭

#why do i do this to myself #i hate my brain #hyperfixation #motivation #yandere high school #my brain: have event coming up #lower productivity so I can focus #also my brain: new hyperfixation #create all the content in the world

[bitchfitch]

I joke about how much playing OFF as my first Proper video game permanently screwed up how I viewed the player & player character relationship, but sometimes i forget that right up until i habitually refer to the player as the puppeteer.

#idk #i think it also primed me to see the game world and story events as whole and separate from player interaction #no more influenced by the player than a chose your own adventure novel #Then spending an actual decade deeply invested in learning about the mechanics and art of game making #the software and knowhow and logistics and people doing things #not the end product #kinda also primed me to see the underlying mechanics of the work before the actual work #less seeing the tree and missing the forest and more intense examination of soil bacterial colonies before noticing the tree #ANYWAYS IM NOT DOING THE FUCKING LUFT BALLOON RANT. #Its lived in me ever since that fucking video. #God 'oh (redacted) is such a good documentarian and hes sooo insighful!' #the mans a dumbass who spent like 40 minutes confused why a game from a now bankrupt studio came out weird. #its because they ran out of money and making games is expensive and Hard and what aounds good on paper might not be good #when the eviction notice for your studio gets posted

[werewolf-cuddles]

You know what, I know it's been almost four years at this point, but I still see people get mad about this so I'm gonna fucking say it.

Shiro's relationship with Adam in Voltron was not queerbaiting. You wanna blame someone for how messy that turned out, blame the executives that kept flip-flopping on whether or not they were allowed to make Shiro gay.

It wasn't handled the best, but it was an actual sincere attempt at LGBT+ representation that ended up being heavily compromised by executive meddling. (Even Adam dying was a result of this just FYI)

Plus the character actually was gay.

#vld discourse #queerbaiting discourse #nobody blamed dreamworks for this #nobody blamed world events productions #all the blame was given to the showrunners

[diaospuppy]

Two Worlds has begun filming!

#really looking forward to this despite the violence level from the pilot being a little higher than i like #i'm interested in seeing how it turns out since this is a different production company from mandee #in terms of subs/release method/events #i am questioning whoever thought it was a good idea to put a white logo on the left picture though #and disappointed they didn't have any poster from q1 with phupakram (they did have other photos with gun) #i really want them to commit to the love triangle despite it being pretty obvious what the end pairing will be #two worlds #two worlds the series #taikram #maxnat

[gl1tchxr]

me: please just let me think of a plot for my story. please it's been so long

my braincell: sure sure in a minute. first let's consider how the architecture, trade exports, and culture of a city would be affected by the fact that it was built around an eternally burning flame

#ghost post #the exports are glass and metal products (which need fire to make) #the culture has a superstition that the world will end when the flame goes out #and the architecture has the flame on a raised platform so in the event of a flood the water is unlikely to reach the flame

[unproduciblesmackdown]

didn't know there was a new frictional games / amnesia release....until now (that i do)

#which isn't unexpected b/c i do not keep up w/fuckall. know nothing abt it so that's fun #would say like ''is it in the amnesia cinematic universe or just [in media res amnesia having moments]'' #but i think soma is pretty parallel to [amnesia in media res] but is not called amnesia: soma #frictional releases pretty focused on Narratives ft. Themes and shit #wait i only just now remembered that amnesia a machine for pigs exists lol. wasn't that technically another studio's production though #it did also have Themes even if....it was pretty puzzle based wasn't it. idk. anyways #also bit of an f like aw cmon when frictional's first [this protagonist is a woman]'s story focuses a lot on like ''the 'birth' in 'rebirth #is literal thanks'' like great praganacy and having a baby now and the climactic events all about motherhood....alright #but it did have Story and the connections to that original amnesia lore(tm) is fun. was musing on it just the other week.... #like do you think daniel's ''good ending''(?) (i think he can also just Walk Out He Can Leave. and that's an okay ending. maybe the best) #being like ''let's go to that other dimensional homeworld'' actually is shit b/c it's trash hell world. maybe they just go somewhere else #idek what tags i may have in use lol #amnesia #atdd

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#me this morning: wtf am i gonna do today? might as well set up samples and be productive i guess #bc i couldnt possibly try to enjoy my day or try to clean up my apartment or do any of thr million non school related things i should do #sigh... nope im here in the lab setting up samples. blurring the time away #i just wanna draw. thats all i really wanna do. draw poor bby narut0. and like its weird. i dont understand other ppl #like all i wanna do all the time is draw and learn. and even when im doing other things that usually what i want to do #so ill be in the middle of some event. feeling nothing and thinking abt those things #like idk thats why its so hard when ppl r like: what do u like to do? bc its only 2 things obsessively so i likd to do them but i also have #to so its also stressful. and when i do other things im like glad for the experience but i also dont feel anything abt it #idk it just feels like im not processing things right. but idk u dont have to like things that u feel ur supposed to #but if i just dont engage with the things i feel nothing abt my world becomes even smaller. so im stuck driving myself nuts doing the same #things over and over but i don't even kno what i want to do differently bc i dont like anything. v annoying and frustrating if u have to #engage with me bc there r all these rules #but anyway thats y im so excited to start a phd bc then school will occupy my time and ill b more interested in my day job #im just so ready to leave this place. i wanna go back to the mountains #unrelated

[healingheartdogs]

If your focus in dog world drama discussions regarding someone hitting and choking their dog for displaying stress at a large livestreamed dog event is on debating whether or not the use of the word “abuse” in this discussion is valid... You are derailing and that is a VERY suspicious thing to be focusing on instead.

#dog world discourse #there is so much else to be focused on here that is actually productive #what happened #why did it happen #why does someone feel comfortable behaving that way at an AKC event? because clearly she was not worried about being called out for it #and yet a lot of y'all are stuck on 'oh come on it was rough handling sure but that is NOT abuse' #if this is your main focus in the discussions revolving around this incident I am now suspicious that you hit and choke your dog(s)... #not sorry #also if any of you in unleashed see this I promise it's not about our convo in there lol that was a good convo #it's about social media posts elsewhere