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While we’re on this topic of studio vs creator(s), if I was ever going to listen to someone it would never be a studio! I mean, why would I? You think I would listen to 20th Century Fox after their interference and ultimate screw up with Alien 3 rather than David Fincher—one of the best directors and filmmakers in the entire business?! Nuh-uh! I’d listen to Josh Trank over them as well. Same thing with Columbia after their interference (and of course subsequent screw up) with both Spider-Man 3 AND The Amazing Spider-Man 2!! New Line Cinema destroyed any chance of success for The Golden Compass while also pretty much destroying Chris Weitz’s career. The list goes on!

These guys aren’t filmmakers, show runners, writers, artists, etc. They’re businessmen! There’s no way I’d listen to them! I’ve had my disagreements with Nieli throughout the run of the show, but I’d still listen to him over any studio he’d work for-remember, he did get screwed out of a final season for the Hyperforce which even I’m still not happy about.

That being said, whatever any studio head, show runner, filmmaker, or artist says is not a sentence handed down by a judge, it’s not the word of God Himself, it’s just production notes. I mean, I don’t need to listen to any of them! Whether it’d be a documentary (ex. Chaos on the Bridge) or something on the internet, while it may be fun to get an inside scoop on the making of something you either like or something that’s controversial, it shouldn’t mess with your opinions or how you come to them. And I ultimately don’t let it.