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Streaming Disservice Transcript

The following is a transcript of the December 27th, 2022, RGBots comic.

Panel One

Green and Red are in mid-discussion. Green leans in.

Green: Oh yeah, they are even taking down Westworld. Can you believe that?

Red: Oh, it’s won’t stop there, Green.

Panel Two

Red glances downward, thinking about the future.

Red: They’ve already started removing older, legacy content because of licensing fees. Up next? The Sopranos? Gone.

Green (off-screen): No!

Panel Three

Red continues to share the future of HBO Max.

Red: I am pretty sure they’ll soon remove Curb Your Enthusiasm because “Gen Z doesn’t know who Larry David is.”

Green (off-screen): Stop it.

Red: Batman the Animated Series? Removed. They want to make sure it doesn’t compete with their new Batman cartoon.

Panel Four

Green draws a gun.

Green: I said “STOP.”

Christopher Nolan can eat my green robot ass, too.

Mad at the Movies Transcript

This is the transcript for the Sept 2, 2021 RGBots

Panel One

Green sits at the desk with his hands folder, delivering a statement.

Green: So, Patty Jenkins said some shit about streaming releases looking fake and I am getting so fucking over theatrical experience diehards. Her quote was: “Aren’t you seeing it? All of the films that streaming services are putting out, I’m sorry, they look like fake movies to me. I don’t hear about them, I don’t read about them. it’s not working as a model for establishing legendary greatness.”*

Panel Two

Green raises a finger in emphasis. He braces himself against his desk.

Green: it all smacks of elitist horseshit to me. Trying to devalue one platform in favor of one that has been losing relevance. But it also implies that people that turn to streaming to make and view things are also inherently lesser.

Panel Three

Green raises his arm in anger as he hunches over his desk.

Green: Sorry I don’t have a fucking billion dollars to make a mediocre Wonder Woman sequel and some of us would rather be able to watch movies from the controlled environment of our homes.

Panel Four

Green raises in his arm, frantic with rage.

Green: Lock me up for murdering cinema.

Source: screenrant.com/patty-jenkins-streaming-service-original-movies-response/