Cup of Jones - June 1, 2020 - Audio

I hope everyone stayed safe this past weekend, whether you were affected by the various protests in person, on television, or over social media. It will definitely be hard to rev up our anticipation-engines to get ready for the big announcements due this week in video games. I’m grateful to have the Community Showcase today, which seems to be full of positive energy despite all that seems to be going wrong with the world. I was preparing to talk about the opportunity presented to Easy Allies during moments like this, and shed some light on why we choose to speak up publicly about certain issues but not others. We’ll never have all the answers, or always act the way we should, but there’s a lot we can do with our platform and the way we use it continues to evolve. We appreciate your feedback as always and I look forward to tackling some of your difficult questions.

00:13:08 - Business Questions
00:55:37 - Editorial: Talking About Tough Issues

Brandon


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PERSONAL QUESTIONS

WESLEY DE WAART - So the Zack Snyder version of Justice League is being released on HBOMax next year. Knowing that you are a big fan of Batman and DC Comics in general, I was wondering how you feel about that. I guess it's safe to say that most of us were pretty disappointed with the theatrical cut of the movie, especially because of the out-of-place reshoots done by a different director, but I think this has a chance of being the better version of the movie (They even confirmed we'll get to see Darkseid!) I know that Zack Snyder movies are usually pretty divisive in terms of critical reception, but I personally think Man of Steel and Batman v Superman are flawed but enjoyable movies, so the announcement made me pretty excited. I'm trying to stay cautiously optimistic. Are you excited for the re-release? Will you be watching? JONES - I’m certainly curious. I enjoyed Justice League more than Man of Steel or Batman vs Superman, but I have a lot of problems with all 3 of those movies. I think if any special version of a film was re-released, and I had at least a passing interest in it, I’d want to check it out. This has been talked up so much, and the cut is so much longer than the original, that I’ll probably want to check it out when it’s released. I had no plans to get HBO Max otherwise. Hopefully there’s a free trial.