#acme product

[acmeoop]

Behind the scenes “Coyote VS Acme” (2023/24/??)

#20s #warner bros pictures #hybrid film #live action #animation #coyote vs acme #production art #logo #acme #production design #finished #unreleased

[breakingthethinblueline]

Behind the scenes editing!

Here's a little behind the scenes look of Breaking The Thin Blue Line, with countless hours of not just capturing everything on video and audio, but editing it all as well.

This has been an extremely fun project to do, and I'm excited to share it with you all very soon!

#uhwo acm #law enforcement #youtube #cinema #police #film production #capstone #short film #academic film #film #Youtube

[3-hits]

The Warner Bros. Decision cancels Coyote vs. Acme Movie

February 9th 2024    Entertainment / Streaming / Film

KOSAMA

| Writer and Recovering Anime

The movie was originally going to be cancelled on November 9th, 2023. In response to the uproar, Warner Bros. decided to backtrack on its initial decision. Rather than axing the movie altogether, the studio opted to give the filmmakers an opportunity to pitch it to other studios. If another studio expressed interest in picking it up, they were welcome to do so.

But now several months, and Warner Bros. had reached a breaking point.

Now according to TheWrap, industry giants like Amazon, Netflix, and Paramount eagerly viewed for the opportunity to snatch up the rights to premiere Coyote vs. Acme, following Warner Bros.' reversal of stance. The studio graciously allowed the creators of the live-action/CGI hybrid project to explore other avenues, sparking a bidding war among the titans of entertainment.

Despite each studio reportedly presenting enticing offers, including Paramount's ambitious plans for a theatrical release, none managed to meet Warner Bros.' lofty expectations of the $75–$80 million range.

No one's 100% sure what lead to the decision though the likely explanation seems straightforward: there was a potential tax write-off of $75 million or more if the project were scrapped. Therefore, for Warner Bros. to forgo this tax advantage and allow a competitor to reap the benefits, the sale price would need to match or exceed that figure. Decision-makers likely crunched the numbers without even needing to watch the movie.

While it's evident that accounting laws should be revisited to discourage the abandonment of completed projects, it's understandable that executives would utilize the tools available within the current legal framework to maximize profits for their shareholders.

#warner bros #coyote vs acme #movie industry #film production #hollywood #movies #theater #netflix #paramount+ #amazon prime video #prime video #amazon #looney tunes

[vitruvianmanbara]

I wish rohan was real so he could be the tom to my jerry...the wile e. coyote to my road runner...

#i want to paint a mural of a tunnel in the side of the cliff and watch him run into it #i want us to try to kill each other with hyperspecific acme products

[evakant]

sometimes i’ll post something thinking ‘even i wouldn’t reblog this’

#and then someone reblogs it and says nice things about it #and i explode like wile e. coyote mishandling acme products #fra.txt

[choicefineart]

Tiny Toons Original Production Cel: Plucky Duck

MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Tiny Toon Adventures, The Acme Acres Zone SKU: IFA6389

#tiny toons #tiny toon #plucky duck #tiny toon adventures #original production cel #original production art #production cel #production art #the acme acres zone

[fayereaganomics]

As everyones fave tboy i do think its interesting that i saw tgirl boobs in a bra w the community label and then 5 consecutive posts of blatant untagged porn lmao wonder what thats about matty boy

#eli.txt #ik tmasc is probably next on your list #ban me like a real man pussy boy gonna go buy some acme products real quick

[precious-collectibles]

Just in; Wile E. Coyote & Road Renner ‘’Explosive Chase’’. Designed by Jim Shore. This magnificent Looney Tunes collectible was created im 2015. Now in store.

Visit the product page

#wile e coyote #road runner #looney tunes #looneytoons #looneytunes #warner bros #jim shore #traditions #looney tunes traditions #looney tunes jim shore #acme #enesco #product #for sale #store #sh #vintage #collectible #collectibles #collectable #collectables

[mostlysignssomeportents]

They're handing out patents for "inventions" that don't exist

Today (Oct 16) I'm in Minneapolis, keynoting the 26th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Thursday (Oct 19), I'm in Charleston, WV to give the 41st annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities. And on Friday (Oct 20), I'm at Charleston's Taylor Books from 12h-14h.

Patent trolls produce nothing except lawsuits. Unlike real capitalist enterprises, a patent troll does not “practice” the art in its patent portfolio — it seeks out productive enterprises that are making things that real people use, and then uses legal threats to extract rents from them.

One of the most prolific patent trolls of the twenty-first century is Landmark Technology, whose U.S. Patent №7,010,508 nominally covers virtually anything you might do in the course of operating an online business: having a homepage, letting a customer login to your site, or having pages where customers can view and order products.

Landmark shook down more than a thousand productive businesses for $65,000 license-fees it demanded on threat of a patent lawsuit.

But that reign of terror is almost certainly over. When Landmark tried to get $65,000 out of Binders.com, the victim’s owner, NAPCO, went to court to invalidate Landmark’s patent, which never should have issued.

A North Carolina court agreed, and killed Landmark’s patent. Landmark faces further punishments in Washington State, where the attorney general has sued the company for violating state consumer protection laws in a case that has been removed to federal court.

Landmark’s patent contains “means-plus-function” claims. These a rentier’s superweapon, in which a patent can lay a claim over an invention without inventing or describing it. These claims are almost entirely used in software patents, something that has been blessed by the Federal Circuit, America’s most authoritative patent court.

A means-plus-function patent lets an “inventor” patent something they don’t know how to do. If these patents applied to pharma, a company could get a patent on “an arrangement of atoms that cure cancer,” without specifying that arrangement of atoms. Anyone who actually did cure cancer would have to pay rent to the patent-holder.

-A Major Defeat For Technofeudalism: We euthanized some rentiers.

My next novel is The Lost Cause, a hopeful novel of the climate emergency. Amazon won't sell the audiobook, so I made my own and I'm pre-selling it on Kickstarter!

#technofeudalism #rentiers #class struggle #capitalists hate capitalism #unity #patent trolls #means-plus-function

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

so part of me wants to blame this entirely on wbd, right? bloys said he was cool with the show getting shopped around, so assuming he was telling the truth (not that im abt to start blindly trusting anything a CEO says lol), that means it’s not an hbo problem. and we already know wbd has an awful track record with refusing to sell their properties—altho unlike coyote v acme, s3 of ofmd isn’t a completed work and therefore there isn’t the same tax writeoff incentive to bury the thing. i just can’t see any reason to hold on to ofmd except for worrying about image, bc it would be embarrassing if they let this show go with such a devoted fanbase and recognizable celebrities and it went somewhere else and did really well (which it would undoubtedly do really well, we’ve long since proven that). it feels kinda tinfoil hat of me to making assumptions abt what’s going on in wbd behind the scenes, but i also feel like there are hints that i’m onto something w my suspicions: suddenly cracking down on fan merch on etsy doesn’t seem like something a studio looking to sell their property would bother with, and we know someone was paying to track the viewing stats on ofmd’s bbc airing, which isn’t finished yet, so i’d expect whoever is monitoring that to not make a decision abt buying ofmd until the s2 finale dropped.

but also i think part of me just wants there to be a clear villain in the situation. it’s kinda comforting to have a face to blame, a clear target to shake my fist at. but the truth is that the entire streaming industry is in the shitter. streaming is not pulling in the kind of profit that investors were promised, and we’re seeing the bubble that was propped up w investor money finally start to pop. studios aren’t leaving much room in their budgets for acquiring new properties, and they’re whittling down what they already have. especially w the strikes last year, they’re all penny pinching like hell. and that’s much a much harder thing to rage against than just one studio or one CEO being shitty. that’s disheartening in a way that’s much bigger and more frightening than if there was just one guy to blame.

my guess is that the truth of the situation is probably somewhere in the middle. wbd is following the same shitty pattern they’ve been following since the merger, and it’s just a hard time for anyone trying to get their story picked up by any studio. ofmd is just one of many shows that are unlucky enough to exist at this very unstable time for the tv/streaming industry.

when i think abt it that way, tho, i’m struck by how lucky we are that ofmd even got to exist at all. if the wbd merger had happened a year earlier, or if djenks and tw tried to pitch this show a year later, there’s no way this show would’ve been made. s1 was given the runtime and the creative freedom needed to tell the story the way the showrunners wanted to, and the final product benefited from it so much that it became a huge hit from sheer gay word of mouth. and for all the imperfections with s2—the shorter episode order, the hard 30 minute per episode limit, the last-minute script changes, the finale a butchered mess of the intended creative vision—the team behind ofmd managed to tell a beautiful story despite the uphill battle they undoubtedly were up against. they ended the season with the main characters in a happy place. ed and stede are together, and our last shot of ed isn’t of him sobbing uncontrollably (like i rlly can’t stress enough how much i would have never been able to acknowledge the existence of this show again if s1 was all we got)

like. y’all. we were this close to a world where ofmd never got to exist. for me, at least, the pain of an undue cancellation is worth getting to have this story at all. so rather than taking my comfort in the form of righteous anger at david zaslav or at wbd or at the entire streaming industry as a whole, i’m trying to focus on how lucky i am to get to have the show in the first place.

bc really, even as i’m reeling in grief to know this is the end of the road for ofmd, a part of me still can’t quite wrap my head around that this show is real. a queer romcom about middle-aged men, a rejection of washboard abs and facetuned beauty standards, a masterful deconstruction and criticism of toxic masculinity, well-written female characters who get to shine despite being in a show that is primarily about manhood and masculinity, diverse characters whose stories never center around oppression and bigotry, a casually nonbinary character, violent revenge fantasies against oppressors that are cathartic but at the same time are not what brings the characters healing and joy, a queer found family, a strong theme of anti colonialism throughout the entire show. a diverse writers room that got to use their perspectives and experiences to inform the story. the fact that above all else, this show is about the love story between ed and stede, which means the character arcs, the thoughts, the feelings, the motivations, the backstories, and everything else that make up the characters of ed and stede are given the most focus and the most care.

bc there rlly aren’t a lot of shows where a character like stede—a flamboyant and overtly gay middle-aged man who abandoned his family to live his life authentically—gets to be the main character of a romcom, gets to be the hero who the show is rooting for.

and god, there definitely aren’t a lot of shows where a character like ed—a queer indigenous man who is famous, successful, hyper-competent, who feels trapped by rigid standards of toxic hypermasculinity, who yearns for softness and gentleness and genuine interpersonal connection and vulnerability, whose mental health struggles and suicidal intentions are given such a huge degree of attention and delicate care in their depiction, who messes up and hurts people when he’s in pain but who the show is still endlessly sympathetic towards—gets to exist at all, much less as the romantic lead and the second protagonist of the show.

so fuck the studios, fuck capitalism, fuck everything that brought the show to an end before the story was told all the way through. because the forces that are keeping s3 from being made are the same forces that would’ve seen the entire show canceled before it even began. s3 is canceled, and s2 suffered from studio meddling, but we still won. we got to have this show. we got to have these characters. there’s been so much working against this show from the very beginning but here we are, two years later, lives changed bc despite all odds, ofmd exists. they can’t take that away from us. they can’t make us stop talking abt or stop caring abt this show. i’m gonna be a fan of this show til the day i die, and the studios hate that. they hate that we care about things that don’t fit into their business strategy, they hate that not everyone will blindly consume endless IP reboots and spin-offs and cheap reality tv.

anyway i dont rlly have a neat way to end this post. sorta just rambling abt my feelings. idk, i know this sucks but im not rlly feeling like wallowing in it. i think my gratitude for the show is outweighing my grief and anger, at least for right now. most important thing tho is im not going anywhere. and my love for this show is certainly not fucking going anywhere.

#ofmd #our flag means death #save ofmd #s3 renewal hell #txt #mine #og #studio crit #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard

[darkfrog24]

It just occurred to me. The movie is called Coyote vs Acme. So... Wile E. finally gets fed up with the years of defective products and inadequate safety documentation and finally sues Acme Co? If this were a chase cartoon, it would be called Coyote vs Roadrunner, but no, this is a legal thriller on the order of Rainmaker or Erin Brockovich. Wile E. says Acme products nearly killed him on several occasions. Acme argues that of course their products are dangerous; they're anvils and rockets and they claim the coyote didn't use them exactly as intended and therefore brought all those injuries on himself. Roadrunner's only in the movie because both sides call him as their key witness. And for all that the coyote spent years trying to kill him, he gets it, you know, he gets it. After all, roadrunners catch snakes to eat, and you know how hungry you have to get before live rattler looks good? And the judge demands an answer: Mr. Roadrunner, do you believe Acme delivered products that were if not safe than at least effective and no more dangerous than advertised, and Roadie has to do it. He's under oath. As the courtroom holds its breath, there's nothing he can say but "Meep meep."

#coyote vs acme #warner brothers #classic fandom #this is where my brain went #original posts

[acmeoop]

Behind-The-Scenes “Coyote VS ACME” (2024-??)

#20s #warner bros pictures #hybrid film #animation #live action #coyote vs acme #vid #behind the scenes #making of #practical effects #props #acme #acme products #courtrooms #Coachella carrot festival #wile e. coyote #looney tunes #warner bros #hbo max

[breakingthethinblueline]

Thoughts of how a sworn officer thinks about the public, and knowing that depending where you're at in the nation, you can have a lot of people thank you for what you do. Very rare cases, but there are some that truly appreciate our law enforcement and keeping us all safe.

#short film #academic film #capstone #police #uhwo acm #law enforcement #cinema #youtube #film production #film #Youtube

[theminecraftbee]

if i had a nickel for every time a major minecraft smp made among us (in minecraft) i would have two nickels... totally unrelated. Tango and Foolish feel like the same level of unhinged. does that make any sense. similar energy. would love to lock those two in a room together and see what ginormous project they'd decide to undertake.

I FORGOT ABOUT FOOLISH'S AMONG US BUNKER. i remember waiting with baited breath for when quackity had to use that for lore and whether or not he'd realize and acknowledge it was among us. if i remember right in the end he just ignored it and that is TRAGIC i wanted him to double take and go "AMONG US?????" so badly. see, foolish's among us copied the map, while tango's used redstone to copy the mechanics, but both of them brought Some Kind Of Energy to their server by doing so.

also you're RIGHT they do have... weirdly similar energy. wildly different content--tango the redstoner and foolish the builder--but they both have the energy of being cartoon characters that you would squash with a mallet, or perhaps any number of acme products. now i'm trying to imagine what would happen if they were in the same room and i am not certain but there would be Noises i think.

#answered

[karlamon]

The destruction of any form of innocent art should be illegal. But under David Zaslav's incompetent mismanagement of Warner Bros. Discovery, no production is safe. Coyote vs. Acme was a Looney Tunes project with a lot of promise. It had a clever premise, highly-respected names attached, scored very highly with test audiences, and streamers were very interested in buying the distribution rights. Zaslav, on the other hand, has a mindset so corrupt, that he thinks erasing years of work will afford him his fifteenth mansion or something. He did this to Batgirl, Scoob! Holliday Haunt, and now this. Why he didn't do the same with The Flash is beyond my comprehension. This heinous act is not just an insult to both our culture and WB's legacy, but also to every crew member of the production. So much time, passion, and effort down the drain. No royalties to be gained, no proof to put onto their resume, nothing. All destroyed in the worst form of capitalism made to benefit one horrible CEO and some of his shareholders. Who on earth is going to want to work for this studio if nothing there is guaranteed to be released? As long as Zaslav is still in charge, I certainly wouldn't.

#coyote vs acme #warner bros #david zaslav #looney tunes

[therobotmonster]

No one has a right to destroy art.

Not even the people that "own" it. Because we don't own the art we make. We own a temporary patent on that work. Culture belongs to everyone, and the only reason IP exists is to encourage the production of cultural artifacts by making it a viable income stream.

So when it comes to things like the Batgirl movie, or Coyote Vs ACME, or the Micronauts cartoon, or the Capcom Alien Vs Predator beat-em-up, or any other piece of media that is destroyed or made unavailable due to rights issues or because it's being sacrificed for a tax break, there should be protections for that work.

Either a national database must be maintained to hold those works until their public domain dates are reached (a project that would at this point span a century) or, a much simpler correction should be applied.

If the law says it can't be made available for profit, it becomes public domain.

You write off your movie as a tax break? Fine, that movie is available for anyone to enjoy, remix or alter for free.

You can't work out a deal between the film company and the game company to keep the classic video game available? You're both willing to chop the baby in half rather than let the other one have it? King Solomon says the baby belongs to everyone.

And to close the loophole for companies employing more than X number of people, if you can't buy it, or stream it, then you can't enforce copyright on it. There's no excuse for any major media company not to have its entire catalog available to the public at least as a burned-DVD-on-request system.

These companies want to sit on piles of culture like dragons and reap the rewards. In the case of the oldest and largest, in many cases they claim ownership over what can only be called our modern folklore. The idea that a company can own Batman should be as insane as the idea of a company owning Hercules, Paul Bunyan or the Archangel Michael.

But if that isn't going to be insane, if we're going to give that kind of power to corporations, that power should come with responsibilities.

#my druthers #intellectual property #copyleft #a reasonable proposal #ranting