movies/tv Tom Rothman's Crimes against Movies

[Buck Testa 5,505]

 

Tom Rothman is a menace to entertainment, lets just get that out of the way. If you were to google his name you would find many articles and posts about the string of sins he has committed behind the scenes. His pure lack of concern for the source material and quality control is the stuff of infamy, and his "creative decisions" have nearly killed off a number of franchises. 

 

You ever wonder why the original Daredevil sucked so bad? Believe it or not it was originally supposed to be a gritty R rated action flick in the vein of the current series on Netflix. Rothman decided "hey why don't we make this more like spider-man and throw some moody music from evanescence." The movie was as campy and hokey as it was because of this mans meddling.

 

You ever wonder why they can't seem to get Fantastic Four right? Ever wonder why Galactus was a giant Cloud instead of his intimidating giant self? ever wonder why the actors seemed so bad even though the guy who played the Human Torch is now killing with his performance as Captain America? Well its all Tom Rothmans doing. See Tom here thought that the general public didn't want to see Giant robots or beings like Galactus. He said it wouldn't sell.

 

Tell that to the Transformers franchise.   

 

We didn't get an onscreen Sentinels until Days of Future Past for the exact same reason. He's the reason X-men 3 was so reviled. He's the reason Deadpools mouth was sewn shut. In fact he hated X-men from the very beginning, cutting the budget of the first movie and upping the release date to sabotage and kill it off too cut his losses. He had his mits on the Electra movie as well, which bombed even harder than Daredevil did. 

 

His reach extended even beyond this. He's had a hand in the slaughter of the Alien and Predator franchises, and believed movies like Titanic and Avatar would not sell with the public. 

 

 

 

While Fox cut the cord with him and his ludicrously awful business sense when it comes to movies I'm afraid he hasn't been forcibly evacuated from every segment of geek culture just yet. 

 

Do you want to know what he's "helping" with right now? 

 

That's right! He's working with Ghostbusters! Suddenly its sucktastic quality is starting to make a whole lot of sense. 

 

"Everybody says we're making the female Ghostbusters, but I say, 'No, we're making the funny Ghostbusters.' Yes, it happens to be four women," 

 

This is an actual thing Rothman said. Not only saying this no doubt awful movie is funny, but saying that its THE Funny one, meaning he thinks the original WASN'T funny. 

 

So yeah, if you ever wondered where all these horrible business and movie decisions happen to come from, chances are it's Tom Rothman's fault.

Edited May 11, 2016 by Buck Testa

[PiratePony 8,475]

I just vomited after reading that quote..."the funny ghostbusters.". Thanks Buck.

 

Seriously, that's quite a list of errors for one man to have his mitts in. Too bad there isn't "movie court."

[Buck Testa 5,505]

I just vomited after reading that quote..."the funny ghostbusters.". Thanks Buck.

 

Seriously, that's quite a list of errors for one man to have his mitts in. Too bad there isn't "movie court."

You know the guy who directed League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? This guy brow beat him till he quit all together. It wasn't a bad movie (wasn't a great movie either but still) and I'm sure with is particular vision he could of made some great movies, instead he was chased off by Rothman. Same thing almost happened to the guy who directed i-Robot with Will Smith. Yeah.