Also, I do kind of feel sorry for Lloyd. If he really was trying to make the movie for this long and finally when it was to be released it got held up it would kind of suck. Not that it doesn’t need to be held up to get a deal done between Fox and WB. I really hope that this gets done soon. Also, is there any word yet on what will happen to the producer that sold WB the rights to the Watchmen?

A movie company using a copyrighted book to make a 100 million dollar movie and have “You werent using it” as the primary excuse??” To keep the other movie company that owns it from suing??

Whoever the judge is for this case must be laughing his ass off at home right now.

“If he knew that Fox owned the rights to the property then why would he or WB proceed to make the movie. They can’t be that stupid can they?”

This Llyoid person is completely 100% BLIND. How can he write such a letter and think fans wouldnt laugh at him? He basically goes on and basically says:

“Well, FOX wasnt using it and wasnt letting anyone use it, and we spend so much time and money and we labored so much that it is now rightfully ours”

WHAT!?

What this gentlemans implying is that if John has a LEGO set but doesnt use it, but doesnt want to give it away either, its automatically mine if i make a huge castle out of the LEGO set;

“But John, I spent so much time makign this, and you werent using it, It took me so much time, money and effort, its mine now John cant you see?”

“What are you doing in my garage?”

Hes making no sence. FOX is NOT (i repeat NOT) to blame for this. They didnt want to make a movie because it was THEIR opinion that it wouldnt make money, so be it. But that doesnt mean YOU can steal it and make a movie out of it.

Ill make another “LEGO” like example for 3 year olds to comprehend;

If i paid 10 bucks for a car and i dont like it, so i never use it. Fine, Im crazy and i make no sence, but that doesnt mean someone can come in and take it just because im being an idiot, the papers SAY its mine and i can do whatever the hell i want with it. FOX owns watchmen, if they werent using it it means they thought theyd lose more money then they thought theyd lose more money then it would take to make it so obviously, they passed on the idea. But they cant just let their #1 competition grab it and say “well we have a 150 page script and the 300 director and were abotu to make the best superhero movie ever, just stand there while we do it under your nose”

If FOX didnt do this theyd be LITTERALY taking it up the ass

I 300% agree with FOX
But i wish WB wins because i hate FOX and love WATCHMEN

I think most reasonable people will agree that giving Fox 100% of the films gain is out of the window, and give Fox nothing is also not correct. So how much should Fox get? 50%? 25% They have done nothing in making and promoting this film, so is 50% too much?

I assure you that the lawyers from Fox will try to get as much as possible, and WB’s blood suckers will give least possible. This is where the film is being held up. I think I speak for at least some of us when i suspect the the lawyers are not asking for “reasonable” amounts.

just my two cents

And what do you base that on? Oh right… nothing.

Fox launched the lawsuit a YEAR ago. All your speculation is just that… baseless, factless, imaginary speculation.

The facts are, Fox owns the rights. The court upheld that. Fox communicated with WB for a LONG time trying to resolve the issue. WB brushed them off. Fox launched a lawsuit a year ago to enforce their rights.

So in light of all the FACTS… would you like to change your statement?

Dude, I totally respect your right to have an opinion… but your comment was just making up fiction.

1. LEGAL and RIGHT are 2 distinct concepts, and:

2. WB was stupid here, but Fox was devious, manipulative and maybe even evil. I’ll take ‘stupid’ over ‘evil’ any day.

PS – David’s analogy is about the best I have heard on this scenario.

99% of the stuff that goes on in and between studios never becomes public knowledge.

Prove it? I can’t. All I can do is tell you I know for a fact that there was communication and that emails were shown to me. I can’t say anything else beyond that.

It’s totally your choice to believe or not believe me. Although I’m not sure why I’d lie to defend a company I hate to much.