Comments on: Oldboy Poster Designer Gets Ripped Off, Asks Spike Lee for Help

By: Jonny Ashley

Jonny Ashley — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:01:00 +0000

Garcia’s not in the wrong for seeking what he deserves, but I’m also saying it’s not Spike Lee’s responsibility to begin with. I disagree that the director is necessarily the CEO on every movie, Lee certainly was not in regards to the marketing of the movie. If Oldboy was a success, Spike Lee could have been in a generous position to help this guy out, but it wasn’t and so it’s especially not surprising that he didn’t. To imply that any of this is within Spike Lee’s reach to make right is incorrect.

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:54:00 +0000

Spike Lee thinks the poster designer should pay him

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/11/28/why-dont-you-pay-me-for-your-stupid-text-on-thanksgiving-day-spike-lee-digs-deep/

In other news, Spike Lee is a douche

By: John Abides

John Abides — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 06:42:00 +0000

Do a bunch of down-votes hide a post with discus? If so, downvote it! Why spoil a movie because you hate the director of the remake?? Makes no sense.

By: John Abides

John Abides — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 06:41:00 +0000

Wait, obligation to be a decent person depends on success? Sure, the artist is after a payday of sorts, but it’s something he should have been paid before the movie bombed, not after. Not like he is getting a percentage of profits or anything.

Hard to know who is in the right here, but CEO’s of huge companies get tagged when a division of their company messes up. In the same vein, there is absolutely no way they have direct control over all aspects of their company. But they are in the head honcho position, so they have to accept the criticism and try to fix it. The way we think of movies, the director is the CEO and, whether they have direct control or not, we expect them to have at least some power.

Besides, who else is he gonna message? I’m assuming he messaged the production company and hasn’t gotten a response.

By: Jonny Ashley

Jonny Ashley — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:51:00 +0000

I was siding with the poster artist at first, but after seeing that Oldboy was a complete and utter bomb, I don’t see how it’s Spike Lee’s responsibility. If this had turned out to be a huge Spielbergian success, it would have been the nice guy thing for him to do as a person who was profiting off of a successful film. I think Spike knew ahead of time when he made that Twitter response that Oldboy was going to be a huge shit sandwich for everyone involved. Sad that people get ripped off, however I don’t see anything else Spike could have said for the guy.

By: Bas

Bas — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:39:00 +0000

Yeah man, why should you care about people who havent seen the movie yet and might enjoy it. Fuck em, right?

By: Lucas_3D

Lucas_3D — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:33:00 +0000

I read a simplified ‘for’ and ‘against’ regarding this situation:
“If I hire you to mow my neighbours lawn, and refuse to pay you, you don’t have beef with my neighbour, you have beef with me”.
But:
“If you buy a car, and that car turns out to be stolen, you don’t still get to keep it”.
That guy is gonna get paid quite well, if he can prove his intellectual property is being used without his permission. Always work with a contract.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:50:00 +0000

How the hell can there be spoilers about a movie that was made over 10 years ago? THERE CAN’T. that’s how.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:16:00 +0000

But it wasn’t his “team” that had the breach of conduct, it was the ad agency they were dealing with. I agree, the nice thing to do would be to look into it, but is the director really supposed to keep track of every little thing going on in a movie production? Many directors aren’t involved in the marketing at all.

By: amazed

amazed — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:00:00 +0000

come on, film junk, are you seriously asking this question? If someone brings your attention to a serious breach of conduct in your team in a well articulated, respectful and polite manner, then the least you can do is look into it! Sad.

By: Flipper Purify

Flipper Purify — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:17:00 +0000

Spike has been hiring Art Sims/ 11:24 Design for all his one-sheets for years. Art Sims has been ripping off young, naive designers for years. I should know because I was one of them, and I’ve met 2 others over the years who told me the same thing.

Art, you’re too old to still be doing this kind of crap and treating people the way you do. I was hoping you’d mature. SMH…

By: patrik

patrik — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:12:00 +0000

haha yes, was about the say the same thing.