TP came to my sister's school regularly to recruit, and she had nothing nice to say about them either :/ In fact, I don't know of anyone who's dealt with them in a business capacity who recommends them.
And whoa, Bryan Lee O'Malley. Good on him for getting offered movie rights for Scott Pilgrim; I can't recall if he took em. My sis used to chat with him online pretty regularly and his music he produced and performed himself was pretty cool.
HAR, good on him. I should really get a copy of one of his cds from my sister, now that I think about it. Actually, I wonder if he still sells them o_o
I don't really know if the movie will be any good, or fun. Personally, I think it'd be hard to condense Scott Pilgrim down to 2 hours, and include both girlfriends, without him not being sympathetic enough. He's an everyman, but not a champion. Even the books kind of peter off to a bare fizzle. All the same, I hope they include most of that confrontation with the first ex-boyfriend in there, dance sequence and all. That was hilarious.
I hate the informal and downright disrespectful tone so much, it's ridiculous. This is their idea of how a legally binding document should sound, let alone the terms contained? It's terrifyingly insulting.
PS. I met Aaron-person at my local comic shop's Free Comic Book Day, and bought one of his comics which I recognised the art on otherwise I wouldn't have realised it was one of those "hey, friend of a friend" moments. The world: surprisingly tiny.
That's not remotely the only problem with it. Yes, if you don't read it properly before signing it, then you're probably dumb - or desperate, inexperienced, naive, etc. The problems, however, also include the tone it's written in - no legally binding document should be written like that, it's appalling. There's also a problem if a supposedly respected, large company actually thinks it should be able to write contracts like that, offer them up, and not get called on how terrible they are; which, by the way, saying "oh well anyone who signs it without reading it first deserves what they get" is a tad too supportive of. So it doesn't affect you, just the "poor idiots" who actually sign it, uh... does that make it any less wrong?
And thanks for the grammatically flawed summation of what was already explained in the link, I'm sure no-one reading could grasp it on their own :D
The 'friendly' style doesn't belong in legally binding documents, sorry to say, even if the intent is to make it seem less threatening (and not just to give the impression that the company is treating their target artist/writer/whatever as if they can barely read). And it shouldn't be a common practise, especially not with the "we can get you to do as many edits as we want for free, too, before maybe accepting it" clause Tokyopop has there. This isn't the same as bringing a portfolio or a small demo for them to look at, it's exploitative crap. And then even if you do get the job, which isn't anything close to guaranteed as you said, they could take your name out of the credits "if need be" i.e. if they bloody well feel like it. Your name, as the author and artist, could just... not be there, meaning that you have very little chance of being recognised for your work. That's bullshit, too - or is that standard operating procedure now, in your opinion?
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And whoa, Bryan Lee O'Malley. Good on him for getting offered movie rights for Scott Pilgrim; I can't recall if he took em. My sis used to chat with him online pretty regularly and his music he produced and performed himself was pretty cool.
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I don't really know if the movie will be any good, or fun. Personally, I think it'd be hard to condense Scott Pilgrim down to 2 hours, and include both girlfriends, without him not being sympathetic enough. He's an everyman, but not a champion. Even the books kind of peter off to a bare fizzle. All the same, I hope they include most of that confrontation with the first ex-boyfriend in there, dance sequence and all. That was hilarious.
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PS. I met Aaron-person at my local comic shop's Free Comic Book Day, and bought one of his comics which I recognised the art on otherwise I wouldn't have realised it was one of those "hey, friend of a friend" moments. The world: surprisingly tiny.
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And thanks for the grammatically flawed summation of what was already explained in the link, I'm sure no-one reading could grasp it on their own :D
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