I love Tom and Mike, but a funny comment I saw kind of summed it up - "Cameo is where you pay actors to say what you want". I still see it as more of a 'we are available for work, and we're aware Smallville fans are the most invested in getting us jobs' kind of thing. :P DC literally have a new animated series coming up... plus, has Tom forgotten he literally gave us a shiny new ending for Smallville? *grumble*
He started his production company before Supernatural ended iirc, so I guess he was ready to make that move. I can't understand why he would even want to produce a Supernatural spin-off anyway... Surely the well has run dry?! I saw a comment that said Jensen was obviously having a hard time letting go of the show and I agree. I can't imagine causing all this ruckus over a teen drama that nobody is interested in.
I think the reconciliation was pure PR, tbh. Once the major news outlets picked it up, they had to do damage control. Plus, they're both working under the same production company (WB), so I wonder if they got a nudge from above.
IMO, Jensen knew exactly what was he was doing. If he was going on trips with Jared and couldn't find five minutes to say, 'Hey so, we're going ahead with that Supernatural spin-off', it was because he didn't want him involved. It does seem like we're missing a piece of the puzzle here. I'm not sure I fully buy Jared's claim he had no idea AT ALL. I just think he had no idea he wouldn't be involved and that things had progressed to that level.
For whatever reason Jensen just doesn't want to work with Jared. They own a beer company together, I think, so it's not even like they haven't done business together. I think the obvious answer is often the right one, and I can see why the fans don't want to accept it, but IMO, the friendship is not as airtight as people thought it was, and with the show being over, the lockdown, quarantining, and Jensen moving away from Austin and not seeing each other every other weekend at cons, things are just different. It happens.
Still, I think Jared got a very ruuuuude awakening, lol. I can't say it wasn't well deserved either. He's a walking nightmare. Yes about his tweet, btw. He likes to do that whole passive aggressive PLEASE DON'T SEND THREATS five hours after his fans have already sent threats. He replied to someone on Facebook once, after he doxxed someone, and his fans went after them. She [the poster] said she had thousands of angry replies to her (reasonable) comment before she deleted it. I think the next day, he finally told his brain dead fans to stop (like he hadn't sicced them on two unsuspecting people at that point?) I emailed with her briefly and luckily, she seemed like she was fine. Still, with all the 'charity' work he's done and the anti-bullying campaigns, it's shocking he hasn't been cancelled yet. He's just disgusting, honestly. And the people who defend him are gross too.
I can't say I'm emotionally invested, but when it comes to Jared, I'll be the first one to passionately chime in and agree that he sucks. For a while, I was the only one, so if I seem a little OTT, it's because he's been doing this stuff for years and people always enable him.
My teenage self is still very disappointed that he turned out to be such a douche, lol.
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Date: 2021-06-29 03:10 am (UTC)He started his production company before Supernatural ended iirc, so I guess he was ready to make that move. I can't understand why he would even want to produce a Supernatural spin-off anyway... Surely the well has run dry?! I saw a comment that said Jensen was obviously having a hard time letting go of the show and I agree. I can't imagine causing all this ruckus over a teen drama that nobody is interested in.
I think the reconciliation was pure PR, tbh. Once the major news outlets picked it up, they had to do damage control. Plus, they're both working under the same production company (WB), so I wonder if they got a nudge from above.
IMO, Jensen knew exactly what was he was doing. If he was going on trips with Jared and couldn't find five minutes to say, 'Hey so, we're going ahead with that Supernatural spin-off', it was because he didn't want him involved. It does seem like we're missing a piece of the puzzle here. I'm not sure I fully buy Jared's claim he had no idea AT ALL. I just think he had no idea he wouldn't be involved and that things had progressed to that level.
For whatever reason Jensen just doesn't want to work with Jared. They own a beer company together, I think, so it's not even like they haven't done business together. I think the obvious answer is often the right one, and I can see why the fans don't want to accept it, but IMO, the friendship is not as airtight as people thought it was, and with the show being over, the lockdown, quarantining, and Jensen moving away from Austin and not seeing each other every other weekend at cons, things are just different. It happens.
Still, I think Jared got a very ruuuuude awakening, lol. I can't say it wasn't well deserved either. He's a walking nightmare. Yes about his tweet, btw. He likes to do that whole passive aggressive PLEASE DON'T SEND THREATS five hours after his fans have already sent threats. He replied to someone on Facebook once, after he doxxed someone, and his fans went after them. She [the poster] said she had thousands of angry replies to her (reasonable) comment before she deleted it. I think the next day, he finally told his brain dead fans to stop (like he hadn't sicced them on two unsuspecting people at that point?) I emailed with her briefly and luckily, she seemed like she was fine. Still, with all the 'charity' work he's done and the anti-bullying campaigns, it's shocking he hasn't been cancelled yet. He's just disgusting, honestly. And the people who defend him are gross too.
I can't say I'm emotionally invested, but when it comes to Jared, I'll be the first one to passionately chime in and agree that he sucks. For a while, I was the only one, so if I seem a little OTT, it's because he's been doing this stuff for years and people always enable him.
My teenage self is still very disappointed that he turned out to be such a douche, lol.