Post by Lord Death Man on Nov 21, 2017 2:06:41 GMT
'Justice League' Box Office Failure, DOJ Lawsuit Are Major Trouble For DCEU
This thread is NOT a box office thread. It's a critical assessment of how the DOJ lawsuit against the ATT / Time Warner merger could spell doom for the DCEU.
This thread is NOT a box office thread. It's a critical assessment of how the DOJ lawsuit against the ATT / Time Warner merger could spell doom for the DCEU.
So let's sit down and face a bitter but inevitable truth, DC fans: the future of the DCEU is up in the air at this point. How much so, and how soon, is of course up for debate, but as the dust settles from this weekend I fear things might turn out much worse than any of us expected in the long run. This is about to be a solemn and sorrowful assessment of hard realities, but there's also some obvious better options to consider, so while we wade through a lot of bad possible scenarios, keep in mind that eventually there's bound to be some light at the end of the tunnel one way or another.
A major factor we cannot ignore is this: the AT&T merger with Time-Warner is going to be challenged in court by a (highly politicized, in my opinion) Department of Justice lawsuit, and stock prices for the companies are going to take a big hit. That inevitable lawsuit and the at least temporary delay/collapse of the merger, combined with the catastrophic box office outcome for Justice League, is going to send a loud message to the Warner board of directors and stockholders who are going to look at this and make choices based on business and financial considerations in the face of probable deep drops in their stock value this week and as the situation plays out over a longer period. There's no way they won't want to clean house at the top and stop the bleed, in my opinion. They'll want to reassure investors, take risks off the table, and send a message that they're taking action to protect IP and investments.
A major factor we cannot ignore is this: the AT&T merger with Time-Warner is going to be challenged in court by a (highly politicized, in my opinion) Department of Justice lawsuit, and stock prices for the companies are going to take a big hit. That inevitable lawsuit and the at least temporary delay/collapse of the merger, combined with the catastrophic box office outcome for Justice League, is going to send a loud message to the Warner board of directors and stockholders who are going to look at this and make choices based on business and financial considerations in the face of probable deep drops in their stock value this week and as the situation plays out over a longer period. There's no way they won't want to clean house at the top and stop the bleed, in my opinion. They'll want to reassure investors, take risks off the table, and send a message that they're taking action to protect IP and investments.
