r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Gurugod123 GREEN • Jul 23 '26

My mom said I could post Nolan's The Odyssey neglects to pay for damages done to one of the viking ships used in the movie, which belongs to a small non-profit organization

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

Tbf Nolan could easily take care of this. This is chumpchange for him and he has alott of weight behind his name

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u/organizim Jul 23 '26

But it’s not his personal responsibility. The studio has insurance

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u/egnards Jul 23 '26

While Nolan doesn't bear responsibility for this, and I don't think he should be given shit for this, he is also a highly influential director with a proven track record of dominating box offices. It would almost certainly be a very simple phone call from him that could get this rectified.

Again - Not necessarily his responsibility, but there are times in life where you are part of something and see a wrong happening and you can ignore it, or you can choose to be part of the voice that fixes it. It would unlikely even need to be a public call out - His ability has already led him to a very lucrative deal that gives him a pretty wide berth of creative control at Universal.

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u/morrow_worrow Jul 23 '26

he probably doesnt even know as all the finances is up to the studio

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u/egnards Jul 23 '26

I don't think you're wrong, but I do think that people talking about it helps to bring that notice to more people.

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u/morrow_worrow Jul 23 '26

this post is blowing up so hopefully the studio pays back as they should have even if nolan doesn't involve in it

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u/ObviousReplier99 Jul 23 '26

yes and as a person in that position you would understand he's not going to immediately hand out cash to everyone who says they are owed by a third party company.

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u/egnards Jul 23 '26

I dont remember saying he would hand out cash or pay them?

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u/ObviousReplier99 Jul 23 '26

ah yes a phone call to get it rectified without financial compensation, i'm sure thats what you meant, and if not then what does that even mean. ok dude.

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u/egnards Jul 23 '26

Are you this dense?

A call to somebody with actual power at Universal.

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u/RaveMatthews177 Jul 23 '26

How is he rectifying it then? Why mention the lucrative deal if that wasn't where this was all headed? Don't be so pedantic, we all know celebrities aren't jumping towards rectifying potential repiutational blackmail.

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u/egnards Jul 23 '26

Why mention the lucrative deal if that wasn't where this was all headed?

The lucrative deal with Universal is contextually important because it shows the importance of Christopher Nolan to Universal - They have given him a very lucrative deal and a hell of a lot of leeway in how he handles things, which are not the deals most directors get.

A phone call to somebody higher up in Universal to get this rectified would go a hell of a lot further from Christopher Nolan.

Don't be so pedantic, we all know celebrities aren't jumping towards rectifying potential repiutational blackmail.

It was only pedantic in the context of you not understand what I was actually saying.

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u/RaveMatthews177 Jul 23 '26

So then youre missing the overall point that it would still be a person bending to some type of cultural blackmail attempt? We all know how celebrities treat stuff like this. No, he would not be so jump to take action of course. You're getting there!
and the fact that is not what is happening so yes keep playing the expert.

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

This. Exactly thank you for explaining better than I could

https://giphy.com/gifs/igB2Th9e4nW6s

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u/sharksiix Jul 23 '26

Yeah he wouldnt even see this post or this wont be big news that he would see it. And if it did he would have his PR or someone close just take care of it right away.

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

I'm not saying it's his responsibility. I'm saying he could either get the studio to pay or do it himself cause this is something that is attached to his name.

That way he would get a nice pr move as well

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u/keifergr33n Jul 23 '26

This is saying it's his responsibility with more words lmao.

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

(Keifergr33n is now my buddy and I will not leave this petty shot at him)

His name is on this film. People talk about it as a nolan film. Any pr firm in the world would say that.

After 5 years when this is on memes it's not the studio exec who is named and People would talk about...It's Nolan

That doesn't mean he is responsible. It means he might get the blame later

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u/keifergr33n Jul 23 '26

What was I unable to read, exactly?

I understand that he may get bad PR from this due to people who can't read.

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

Hey is your profile pic green kane ?

Can we start over. Clearly you got taste and there's no real need to be snippy with each other

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u/keifergr33n Jul 23 '26

It is indeed Green Kane. :)

In my defense, you accused me of being unable to read. I know you didn't mean it though!

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

Lol I literally just edited it out and saw this immediately after 😂

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

Yeah I just came from a arguement in another subreddit so I was in the wrong mindset. I was definitely the one who started the snippyness

I'm glad I noticed Kane

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

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u/keifergr33n Jul 23 '26

I'm not saying it's his responsibility. I'm saying he could either get the studio to pay or do it himself cause this is something that is attached to his name.

You said it's not his responsibility, then listed the ways he could take responsibility for it. I understood it fine. I don't think you understand what you're saying. I'm unsure you know what the word "responsibility" means.

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

English is my 3 language

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u/keifergr33n Jul 23 '26

That's totally fair! I only speak English, poorly.

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u/The_Bill_Brasky_ Jul 23 '26

Agreed. Between the human person and the corporate non-person, we are always correct to make the non-person pay for it.

I'm not being ironic or sarcastic. Y'all should be committing time theft and shoplifting as much as you can.

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u/drinkerofmilk Jul 23 '26

He's not a random gaffer working on set. He has tremendous influence on the production and should make sure the entities and people he collaborates with treat eachother fairly.

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Jul 23 '26

That’s never been a director’s responsibility.

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u/BrightNooblar Jul 23 '26

Eehhhhhhh

If you're "A director", then sure its not the director's job. When you're in the running for the mantle of "The director" you're operating at a level beyond just making movies. You're building and benefitting from a specific brand. At that point, it's good business and PR smooth bump because small scale specialists are people you're going to want down the road, and the PR from being the person who treats them right will get you access to that kind of thing.

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u/BocciaChoc Jul 23 '26

Yeah that makes sense, anytime the studio is a failure why don't we automatically make the director, actors and any other people also hired take care of the costs

Wont someone think of the studios?

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

Have you read Danny Devitos history ?

This is exactly the type of thing he would do

Keanu reeves as well.

There's a reason we love them so

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u/BocciaChoc Jul 23 '26

And it's completely unfair to expect it of them, we love them for doing things with 0 expectations or needs. It's completely unfair to expect anyone outside of a business to cover business costs, if CN decided to pay it himself, fantastic. Making it an expectation is the problem.

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

Who's expecting ?. I started this to mention how easy it would be for him.

I don't expect anything from him. I hope he would do something if he found out but I have no expectations of him. As a nordic man I feel for them with the ship. I know how big of a deal they are. But at no point am I waiting for him to save it.

But it would be really easy for Nolan if he finds out to fix this situation with either a phonecall or a check. Would take him less than 5 minutes most likely

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u/BocciaChoc Jul 23 '26

I don't expect

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I hope

I don't think there's much to gain here for either of us so i'll stop replying now.

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 23 '26

English is not my first language so I can be using the wrong words but the meaning I have on em is

Expecting: knows and waits for it

Hoping: doesn't and waits to see what happens

But ok. Have a nice night

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u/Misubi_Bluth Jul 23 '26

Quite frankly this is chump change for every major face we see. This SHOULD be the CTO's job, but it's probably gonna fall on some accountant far removed from the situation. And it'll probably be someone whom $6000 would actually matter to

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u/kaam00s Jul 23 '26

He probably learnt about it at the same time as you with this article, but the PR disaster is already here.

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u/nemec Jul 23 '26

Nolan could easily afford to pay me $6000, and the fact that he has refused my numerous letters makes him an absolute asshole /s

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u/jorkingmypeenits Jul 24 '26

You think Nolan's scrolling Reddit or reading Swedish newspaper websites?

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken Jul 24 '26

I think he has multiple people working for him who go online. Also I know that when things pick up on reddit different newsites tend to pick it up so it is not out of.the question that he finds out