Hey there… John yet again.
I just got off the phone with Paramount Senior Vice President Amy Powell. She was kind enough to call me from an Island (she is on vacation right now). She called to discuss the situation of Paramount taking down The Movie Blog yesterday .
Amy was an excellent person to talk with, and calling me from some beach while on vacation showed me a lot of class and that they are taking this issue seriously.
I’m not going to go into the details of the conversation, but I will say this:
1) I am now satisfied that The Movie Blog being taken down was a legitimate accident on Paramount’s part
2) That Paramount is going to take steps to make sure something like this never happens again, to either The Movie Blog or any other film site
3) That Paramount is legitimately sorry for the incident
4) And that Paramount is going to provide me with more Jessica Alba sex slave clones (well… we’re still negotiating on that one).
Amy and I will dialog more when she gets back, but I can tell you that I now consider this issue closed.
This whole ordeal has taught me a couple of things. The biggest of which is the pure power of the online community. When enough people speak, even the highest will listen. Taking a stand, no matter how small you are, can indeed produce results (I feel like Frodo Baggins for some reason). And the biggest lesson for all of us… Don’t fuck with Campea! (KIDDING!)
Seriously, thank you to everyone who has shown support through this, a big Italian middle finger to every one who said Paramount would never pay attention to this, and a special thanks to Amy of Paramount for taking this issue by the horns and making things happen.
I almost wish she hadn’t called me until tomorrow. I was pretty excited about setting Doug loose tonight on The Audio Edition with both barrels. Maybe I just won’t tell him about this. :)
I now consider this issue closed and we can all go with our regular scheduled programming.
Cheers!
~John
