 Thanks for checking out this video. So this is one of my I was gonna say weekly But I don't know if I'm gonna actually be doing these weekly, but basically one of my opinion videos that I've started to do and Sometimes like this one. It's not gonna be so much as in a strongly worded opinion one side or the other Something I like to do a lot of times is when I see a topic that I choose a side on I have a tendency to Make my initial reaction and think okay, that's what I think that's what I would go with But then also try and think from the other side and see what other arguments are out there and kind of consider things from that side So I want to present both sides of things because I can see validity to both of them So if you clicked on this one, you already know that this has to do with the whole Richard Stanley situation recently that blew up Now if you're not a hundred percent familiar with that, I'm not gonna get into a lot of details on it You can read about it plenty online, but Richard Stanley who had originally done The island of Dr. Morrow and then and had done hardware and dust devil had Spent time not doing film for quite a while because of how horrible things went with the island of Dr. Morrow And there's a whole documentary about that called like lost soul the doomed The doomed journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Morrow. It's a very long title But I think it might still be on shutter. You can check for that good documentary So based off that and based off the fact that you know, I know that his I've seen dust devil before as a good film I haven't seen hardware yet though. I do need to see that I Had felt bad for Richard Stanley And so when he came back and worked with specter vision for his, you know, big triumphant Return to film and he did color out of space with Nicholas Cage in it, which is a really good film I was very excited. So I gave that high praise because it was a good film I gave high praise to the documentary. So those reviews are on my channel currently now that said What ended up happening is it came to light that there have been accusations against Richard Stanley about domestic abuse and bad like physical abuse So, you know, I am not the person to say that it's true or not true That would have to be within the courts or whatever But what did end up happening from it is that specter vision has actually cut ties with Richard Stanley now I've seen Arguments on two sides online about this saying I'm done with Richard Stanley stuff. I will never watch anything Richard Stanley I will not support this guy and then people on the other side saying, you know His personal life doesn't have anything to do with my enjoyment of film And I'll still watch his films and I would still watch films that he would put out So I'm gonna look at this from both sides Now first I'm gonna look at it from the side that I would go with which is and that's not to say that I Condemn the other side because I don't because I'm gonna look at it from that other side in a minute But the side that I would go with is I'm not interested in really supporting Richard Stanley anymore Because I it makes me it doesn't make me feel good to be involved with that honestly, it makes me feel a little bit icky a little bit, you know kind of Wrong in a sense, but that's just me well There are other people but but this is my personal opinion on it So my thought is if there's a new Richard Stanley film that does eventually come out Which if there if it doesn't won't be with spectra vision I'm not interested in seeing it I won't and part of the reason being there's so many films out there that are on my list have been on my list to Watch that it's not gonna bother me that I can't see another Richard Stanley film Honestly, and it'll make me feel fine that I'm not, you know financially in some way supporting him And that is one of the arguments that you can throw out there about not watching anymore Richard Stanley is that You don't want to give him money, you know Whether that's watching one of his films on a streaming service or purchasing it on blu-ray or DVD You know, he does get residuals from that he does get money from that So if you don't want to do that then that makes sense Don't do that and I get that because you feel like if you're giving your money to that person if you're supporting that person In any way, you're kind of saying that what he did is okay And there should be consequences Obviously there already have been because specter vision cut ties with him now. Maybe someone else will work with him I don't know so that's kind of my feeling on that side of the argument, which is what I said I would go with but People's arguments about you know, what he does and who he is as a person doesn't really concern the art that he makes and me Consuming it and when I look from that look at it from that perspective. I can understand that I see that for sure You know, should we have to be concerned when we're going for something for entertainment? should we have to be concerned about who that person is who created that and You know what they do in their personal life No, we shouldn't necessarily have to do that because we don't know them We can't necessarily make decisions on if they have a job or not Although if enough people do get you know vocal about it like I think people did towards specter vision They'll be dropped But that isn't to say the specter vision wouldn't have dropped Richard Stanley anyway Just because you know, you have to look at it from the standpoint of the actual employer If they have someone doing something like that and they're a business that deals in public image a lot of the times Especially when it comes to pushing films out there You don't want someone with a bad reputation like that tied to your company necessarily so that makes sense that they got rid of I probably would have gotten rid of them if I was specter vision as well You kind of don't have a choice in that situation in a way But anyway, the the whole perspective of you know still enjoying the films Yeah, I mean entertainment is entertainment You didn't know you know if you already own color out of space or you already bought it digitally or whatever You didn't know at the time necessarily what had happened who he was as a person and that's not your fault So feel free to continually, you know watch that film The other thing is these films weren't just done by Richard Stanley. Yes He wrote and directed but there were people who acted in it There were there was another person who he collaborated with and writing it who actually was one of the person One of the people alleging the Demet the domestic abuse There are people who worked on the you know cast and crew, you know There are a lot of people who are involved in the creation of the film So then it raises the question of because one person involved with the film even though it's someone very You know in a very big way involved with the film because one person's a bad person Does that mean that everyone involved with the film should should suffer in a sense? And I think no not necessarily for that reason. So that's why I'm saying I see it from that standpoint So I wouldn't judge someone for basically having that opinion now How when I would judge someone is if someone says he can beat his wife Or girlfriend or whoever all he wants and that doesn't matter to me. I don't care That's different because then you're saying your value your values are messed up that you're saying that you don't care that someone is Beating someone and you would be fine with it basically at that point. You're promoting it saying hey I'm fine with people beating their their significant others But I haven't seen anyone say anything that way, you know I'm sure there's someone out there is probably just an internet troll saying things like that But that's when it becomes a problem, but the people you know who are saying, you know, I own color out of space I own hardware. I own dust devil. I own, you know, I owned a dr. Morrow even even though his name is not on it He did part of it And I'm still gonna watch it. Sure. Go ahead and do that, you know It isn't necessarily on you to make Richard Stanley act like a good person It is on his employer tech potentially though to you know, give him some sort of ramifications first terrible actions So anyway, that's just my feeling on it I would love to hear your opinion on where you fall on this go ahead and put your Opinions and comments down in the comments keep it civil though nothing, you know opinionated to a point like name calling or anything like that You know, just tell me how you feel and is there an aspect of this that I missed You know, is there something else to consider you on in any direction because I'm always open to listening to other Perspectives on these things so go ahead and put it in the comments But do me a quick favor though hit that subscribe button if you can and you can because it literally takes you a second and it That's your way to repay me for doing any video. 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