The circumstances of Heard and Miller’s situations are quite different. However, in both cases, Warner Bros. is facing down an impossible dilemma without much precedent, even in the #MeToo era: How to promote their escapist superhero franchises when their stars are embroiled in toxic scandals that overwhelm all other conversation about them.
So let us start with a game everyone loves: Super Monaco GP. I have actually never played or even heard of this game. All I know is that it is a racing game and that it has a controversy surrounding it.
—The Super Jack Friends, Top Nine Most Annoying Video Game Controversies
"Only Konami, only Konami could have arguably the biggest release of the year, certainly among the hardcore crowd, and still manage to make the conversation be about how fucking shit they are. The talk of the Hideo Kojima fallout. The fucking microtransactions. The review boot camps, and now this."
Social media is a great way to market and certainly not a massive time sink. Authors should always share their controversial political views on their marketing social media profiles, as well as become embroiled into constant arguments over trivial personal affairs. That won't alienate large potential audiences! [Shows title card of Environmentalism episode] After all, important opinions on things unrelated to the author's artistic work and field of expertise must be heard! (Caption pops up saying "Just like the jerk who made this video!")
... when you start responding to negative reviews, the trolls always follow. Once you show everyone you have thin-skin, it makes you a target and people love drama. Regardless of how well written your story is, people will always care more about author drama than whatever drama they have written about. Just look at all of the tabloids.
The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist
— Pixelated Boat on Twitter
on TwitterAlso, if you were looking for a non-controversial holiday, why the hell would your go to example be Columbus Day!?
On the minus side, there was the dropping of Solid Gold, controversies over Against The Odds and Taxi Driver, the axing of Gempa Saja, earlier closing times on weekdays, dearth of non-American shows and crummy movie fare. The first "controversy" of the year erupted in April, when TV3 unseemingly apologised for showing a documentary on late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in an episode of Against The Odds. However, Taxi Driver ran into problems with its coarse language and was taken off the air after the first two (of 10) episodes was shown and complaints came in from some viewers.
— Daniel Chan, on Some Hits And Misses For TV3
The Cradle Will Rock is one musical that is larger than its score, because of the historical importance of The Night It Didn't Open.
— Ethan Mordden, Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s
For years now, former Archie Sonic writer Ken Penders has been most well known for his legal battles with Archie and Sega in which he acquired the rights to his characters and stories. Among dedicated Sonic fans, he’s also known for his bad tweets and strange art style.
You know what doesn’t come up as often? The actual content of his stories.
You know what doesn’t come up as often? The actual content of his stories.
Delsyn: As far as I'm concerned, John Romero is living proof of the old adage, "Be nice to the people you meet on the way up, because you'll be meeting the same people on the way down."
Fragmaster: And today [circa 2003] John Romero is fairly down there, as his new company Monkeystone is currently toiling away on thankless projects like a port of Red Faction to Nokia N-Gage, a system that in my personal opinion is the next big colossal failure. That's what you get for making a bug and frog murdering simulator featuring a guy named "Superfly Johnson", I guess.
John Romero is a talented guy who has contributed to and designed some really cool games, but Daikatana is such a colossal Mount Everest of failure that it tends to overshadow just about everything else.
Fragmaster: And today [circa 2003] John Romero is fairly down there, as his new company Monkeystone is currently toiling away on thankless projects like a port of Red Faction to Nokia N-Gage, a system that in my personal opinion is the next big colossal failure. That's what you get for making a bug and frog murdering simulator featuring a guy named "Superfly Johnson", I guess.
John Romero is a talented guy who has contributed to and designed some really cool games, but Daikatana is such a colossal Mount Everest of failure that it tends to overshadow just about everything else.
— GameSpy's 25 Dumbest Moments in Video Game History
Has anyone here ever seen Rampart? I know more about this AMA than I do the movie itself...
—A YouTube Commentor on the Tales From the Internet video about Woody Harrelson's disastrous Reddit post meant to promote Rampart
That town needs to change its name. "Enumclaw" will forever mean "that place where the guy got fucked to death by a horse."
—A Reddit Commentor on the city of Enumclaw in King County, Washington
"So if you randomly stumbled upon this YouTube channel, you might know me as the guy who makes Animated Atrocities, a series where I take a look at bad or mediocre cartoons and review selected episodes. But in all likelihood, you know me as the guy who complained that the film Turning Red — which I have been informed takes place in Canada — doesn't have references to 9/11 in it. Can I end the segment here? No, I— I actually gotta... elaborate? Okay."
The name is infamous in the world of film. His movies are terrible for a number of reasons, but as time has gone on, Derek Savage himself has become the subject of ridicule, rather than just his work. From sleazy business practices to flat-out awful treatment of those around him, Derek has carved out a more infamous reputation for himself as a person than Cool Cat Saves the Kids or any bad movie ever could, even to the point where those who love his work refuse to support him when creating new films because of his actions over the years.
— Turkey Tom, "The World's Worst Children's Movie Director"
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