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[Colon capital V]

I can't believe Blutch is still alive, how old is he? Thought for sure he hit the grave years ago

 

[Basic Blond Boy]

I am pretty sure, sometime during this they will say vote for Biden since there are rumors that Taylor Swift now supports him, just a hunch.

She does. Republican grifters like FOX try to make a big deal out of it as she will apparently move votes away from Republicans, as if Swifties would vote Red or even vote at all previously. There has been a theory that her career randomly taking off now 10 years past her prime is probably a result of claiming the right politics. For years she said nothing, leaving /pol/ to try to claim her as one of them, then all this sudden she shows a little support and suddenly she is the biggest musician in entertainment. While music is terrible enough to have an irrelevant star from 2013 become massive again, it is still surprising how out of the blue her career trajectory has been in 2023.

 

[TVB]

We're Back

That's not a Don Bluth film, it was made by Simon Wells, who also co-directed Prince of Egypt, but also directed shit like Mars Needs Moms and that forgettable Time Machine remake

 

[Trilby]

That's not a Don Bluth film, it was made by Simon Wells, who also co-directed Prince of Egypt, but also directed shit like Mars Needs Moms and that forgettable Time Machine remake

Yep, all because his great-grandfather was the author of the original book.
Simon Wells

 

[Kari Kamiya]

I can't believe Blutch is still alive, how old is he? Thought for sure he hit the grave years ago

He's 86 and looks graceful for his age.

 

[Trilby]

He's 86 and looks graceful for his age.
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Kept himself from going insane, but I guess that's Mormon strength.

 

[Life is Hell...]

Kept himself from going insane, but I guess that's Mormon strength.

I never knew he was Mormon.

 

[Romeo]

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Christian Potenza (V.A. of Chris McLean of the Total Drama Island series) recently came on an interview with Corcoran Entertainment that addresses the sexual harassment allegations that were made against him back in 2018-2020 as well as why he "left production" of Total Drama Island.

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Interview​

Part 1	Part 2

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Summary​

TL;DW​

Reason 1 (Sexual Harassment Allegations)

• Potenza opened a voice acting studio of which he hired an actress named Sonya Jezebel Côté (Jezebel ofc) to teach acting at his studio, but Côté wanted to teach an erotic writing course, of which Potenza reluctantly accepted. Nobody signed up for that course, and Potenza denied Côté another course due to Côté's erotica not being appropriate for his studio. Angered, Côté began spreading sexual harassment allegations against him in a campaign to cancel him from life.
• Potenza was unaware that these allegations were happening as he hasn't spoken to Côté for over a year. These allegations are not provided with evidence. Potenza's staff within the studio denied these allegations and pushed Potenza to fight back with the police and a legal team. In addition, Potenza stated that his life has been threatened in which he had police called on him, private investigators following him, his stuff was getting stolen, and videos uploaded by Côté to get him fired from a college he was teaching at, of which he did get fired.
• In 2020-2021, Fresh TV, the animation studio behind Total Drama, announced a rebooted season of Total Drama Island and according to Potenza, production went well. However, Côté continued with her cancellation campaign against Potenza and Potenza's closest people started distancing themselves from him. Due to the drama and the cancellation campaign, Fresh TV let Potenza go.

Reason 2 (Disillusionment with Chris McLane)

• During production, Potenza was dissatisfied with how Chris McLane was being developed and kept as a sociopathic and sadistic character and wanted to move onto different roles in Total Drama. Potenza was also not appreciative that his role in voice-acting felt more of a job than a passion.

As of 2024, there are no solid evidence of the allegations that were made, as the only allegations were a Facebook post or articles talking about the post. There are no accounts confirming these allegations. The interviews cover more of the stuff that was said in the summary.

And the people who stood by me, you have my unwavering gratitude, and you know who you are. I am very grateful, and I am honored, to not call you a friend, but to learn what to be a friend is through you. For the people who decided to hop on not even knowing me because there's a bunch of people that don't even know me that hopped on this for their popularity, for their own clout, clout chasers, you know, whatever reasons whatever agenda they had, to you that came on and get on the cancel Christian bandwagon without knowing me or checking out facts, I hoped you learn your lesson; that's all I got to say. And for the certain people that started this whole thing, I would like to have a talk, I would like to have a talk (says it again), and yes, my lawyers will be present.

Give them hell Potenza; just don't hire Ty Beard or Rekieta.

 

[TVB]

I'm hoping Potenza does win, or else it will end up being in the same boat as the Vic case

 

[Colon capital V]

Potenza was a faggot for siding with Fresh TV in their decision to copyright striking fanwork like that future TDI continuation project on YouTube, but I can't say being falsely accused of Sexual Misconduct costing him shit is good either. Probably a prime example of Karma biting him back in the ass real hard here, but hopefully he at least sets the record straight and fight back the allegations.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

If Potenza does win against them does this hinder future plans for TD?

 

[TVB]

Potenza was a faggot for siding with Fresh TV in their decision to copyright striking fanwork like that future TDI continuation project on YouTube, but I can't say being falsely accused of Sexual Misconduct costing him shit is good either. Probably a prime example of Karma biting him back in the ass real hard here, but hopefully he at least sets the record straight and fight back the allegations.

He does strike as someone that acts similar to CoachRedPill, but the sexual allegations are still unconfirmed, so I too hope he'll set the record straight

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

forgettable Time Machine remake

That movie would have been great if only they had the balls to end it with guy returning to his own time when Morlock explained shit to him.

 

[Trilby]

I never knew he was Mormon.

Yep!
https://www.ldsliving.com/don-bluth...aving-disney-and-the-art-of-animation/s/93785

 

[Starscream's Loyalty]

Kept himself from going insane, but I guess that's Mormon strength.

Got a letter from the guy when I sent him a drawing of me,my dog and Charile Barkin. Sweet man, he sent back the picture with his autograph and the text 'great job!' On it.

I call him the honorary 10th man of the 9 old men.

 

[Lone Star]

The fact Potenza got in trouble when literal child groomer and basically the new head of the show Terry McGurrin is still free to constantly talk to children on Twitter all day is depressing.

 

[Trilby]

Got a letter from the guy when I sent him a drawing of me,my dog and Charile Barkin. Sweet man, he sent back the picture with his autograph and the text 'great job!' On it.

I call him the honorary 10th man of the 9 old men.

Should be. He was quite close to those guys but a shame he walked out in '79.

 

[ShiftyBoi]

Should be. He was quite close to those guys but a shame he walked out in '79.

He's incredible at consistency and movement, but, I think a problem with a lot of his movies is that nothing ever rests. The characters and the props never stay still unless they're painted in. And on top of that the colors of his movies were always way too muddy and desaturated, it makes them nauseating to watch sometimes. Like we can't just have a character answer the phone, it has to be balancing on four books and they have to get their neck caught in the wire and then everything falls over.

He fixed this in his later stuff but by then it was too little too late. Also did anything ever become of that Dragon's Lair thing or is that just stuck in limbo forever? I don't even blame him he's pushing 90 but I never heard anything about it after a while.

 

[Life is Hell...]

So WB spent millions of dollars to make a Wile E. Coyote movie, only to make a heel turn and have it Memory Hole'd from existence... If this isn't an epic facepalm moment, i don't know what is...

 

[starborn427614]

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So WB spent millions of dollars to make a Wile E. Coyote movie, only to make a heel turn and have it Memory Hole'd from existence... If this isn't an epic facepalm moment, i don't know what is...

The head of WB hasn't even watched it, either. I can't really think of any other reason for the constant cockblocking of this film than spite. It's bizarre for such an established property to be treated like this.