The studio ALMOST stole his idea 😳

[@Mr.Saucy_Lobster]

Just remember, if you think you met terrible people, there are probably worse

[@alan.mcswank]

Damn, thank you ❤ My intuition was ALWAYS right

[@alan.mcswank]

Had some g4y misandrist as my manager and he would give me hell when I was the hardest worker in the fkcn facility.

[@simple7708]

There is always a bigger fish

[@an0rmalp3rson70]

*worse

[@alan.mcswank]

@@an0rmalp3rson70 think of worse as "worser" and worst as "worsest" // hope this helps

[@Lucky_9705]

It’s also a shame that Warner Bros. refused to properly market The Iron Giant despite how much praise Brad Bird got from the executives. It’s like they wanted to intentionally sabotage his movie so it would be forgotten about just so they could steal his idea. Looks like that backfired.

[@user-kg5de3ln8v]

I still remember the kid on the bathroom scene with the giant hand xdxdxd

[@ryanlee9542]

If CEO's poured as much energy into HELPING their studios instead of trying to screw them over we'd have alot more entertainment

[@g.b.1532]

Unfortunately backfiring into being an iconic film that made them money is not a bad thing. Even having their name tarnished does almost nothing. 😔

[@renwarrenp5097]

I still love that movie!😤

[@ttp513]

​@@renwarrenp5097I'm a grown a$$ man, and when I tell you I became as giddy as a tween girl seeing Taylor Swift, seeing the Iron Giant in Ready Player One! Oh boy 😮😂😂😂

[@theratking1034]

And that is why in business you trust no one. Its about money, and they'll use your hopes and dreams to line their wallet, so instead, use them to line your own.

[@yobelegend]

Hollywood is overrated

[@annien.1727]

That's not entirely true. There are some people in business you can trust. You just have to know who you can trust. There are good people in businesses who could help you fulfill your hopes and dreams. It's not always about money. Not all of them are bad.

[@annien.1727]

@@yobelegend 🙄Doubt that it is.

[@Vor567tez]

I feel bad bcs of some bad people whole industry gets defamed.

[@Thalesium]

​@@annien.1727 You right, not all of them are bad, but unfortunately most of them are.

[@wartygourd]

LET'S GO WRITER'S GUILD

[@raintalon6138]

Also good to get a copyright

[@HoomieArtz]

@@CalmTrickster03 im wondering the same thing lol

[@dionis6602]

​@@CalmTrickster03 Just a guild of writers, lol

[@zellrang]

writers GUILD!!! with a D!!! thanks, now I understood what he's saying...

[@wartygourd]

@@zellrang yes lol, the caption spelled it wrong

[@JC-uq5ki]

So that's why this movie didn't do so good in the box office but is considered a cult classic today

[@OM19_MO79]

It‘s amazing how powerful is the guilt of writers. They gave him full credit out of remorse.

[@thedoglovinggamer5825]

Guild. He said the writers Guild.

[@matthewmarchetti5395]

😂

[@matthewmarchetti5395]

"Guilt of writers" is the most ominous sounding thing I've ever heard

[@thedoglovinggamer5825]

@@matthewmarchetti5395 He said Guild.

[@matthewmarchetti5395]

@@thedoglovinggamer5825 Yeah.... and your point is?

[@NotDaJayC]

The Iron Giant was so underrated. Very wholesome, yet both hilarious and action-packed at the same time. They also nailed the historical accuracy of the movie being set in the cold war.

[@MilkyWayMarsBar]

Sad. If he let them get away with it, everybody wouldn't even know that Brad Bird made Iron Giant, a classic masterpiece. Thank goodness he caught them and stopped them in the nick of time.

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

And we'd never get Mrs Incredible thiccness

[@FuuzBeeen]

@@brianmoyachiuz905 An individual of culture I see, may your hand be slippy and have pleasure upon thy willy.

[@matthewbecker7389]

Thievery exists in almost every element of the movie process. Was asked to supply some concept sketches for a production... Didn't hear back from them. Few years later, late one night I saw a film on TV. Rushed to my room, dug out the old script, sure enough it was the same film. And sure enough, the monster looked eerily familiar... Like it jumped from my sketchpad "somehow". Big or small budget, there are sneaky bastards everywhere.

[@wartygourd]

what was the movie?

[@beeburn0]

@@wartygourd I'm curious too..

[@dantegallardo1974]

Gotta know if you got credited

[@MatthewTeachout-xj4yy]

@@wartygourd Are you trying to get this person taken away in the night? The higher ups won’t just take your work, they’ll take your life.

[@TheBlackSpartan103]

​@@MatthewTeachout-xj4yy Boeing moment

[@powergamerex844]

Talk about selling out to someone. The note takers were willing to plagiarize someone’s work and pass it to the main person and say that it was their idea and no one else’s. Thank you Writers Guilt for saying Bird.

[@dplj4428]

Warning: creatives going to meetups, hold your dearest from the eyes and ears of stranger danger. Vampires and succubus come to siphon and recycle your concepts, your years of work. It’s okay to commune, to learn from each other. I learned the difference the hard way when i saw my exact title about people whose life stories coincide along a bus route. Dude even used my same title and character concepts. I was naive, felt powerless. Even after i stood in front of his table, reading, i didnt have the courage to confront. He was seated and still managed to look like he was leaning back waiting to be slapped. Yep it’s best to do some sort of registration before going public. Only share learning at these meetups. People don’t do verification of identity with the group. No way there to know who’s legit or thief. Sad, so sad. I rode crosstown to a convention to see i’d given away my work to one of those bloodsuckers.

[@biscotti2]

Which was?

[@dplj4428]

If you ask for title, I think Judge Judy advised coming with documentation. All I have is my original art and concept. No money to lawyer up to protect me from accusations of libel. it would be rare for him to see my comments here. If he does, the clues for him are in the wording of my first comment. Yep He won't care.

[@yashbhatnagar1478]

That is why I fear to pitch my ideas in front of executives

[@jovianmelendez]

just make sure to register it first like he did

[@yashbhatnagar1478]

@@jovianmelendez but sometimes we don't even get a chance to do it Only God can save us

[@yashbhatnagar1478]

​@@jovianmelendez and I didn't understand what he actually did

[@saeki_san]

​@@jovianmelendezhow tho?

[@windws7137]

@@yashbhatnagar1478 he mumbled about some writer's guilt, didn't understand either. Bad channel

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

Guild is powerful, never let them tell you otherwise.

[@kendallewis1753]

Take notes people! This could happen to you if you’re not as careful!!!

[@shane783]

Hehe I get it… Wasn’t related nor relevant? I’ll go-

[@quantemwensday]

they aren't talking notes because they like your idea they're taking notes because they like their idea

[@audreyharris7643]

Yeah always gotta be careful

[@theotherjared9824]

Brad Bird wanted to make this film for a very particular reason. His sister was previously shot and killed by her estranged husband in a murder-suicide. That event put the idea in his head of the gun coming to life and not wanting to be a gun anymore, which is the theme of the film. Executive meddling would absolutely destroy that message.

[@filmfocusmind]

I have some works registered with the guild, but I have been told that getting a copyright is better as they are like less than $100 (at least when I bought mine)

[@BoredArtoast]

Omg I LOVE the iron giant, this is news to me. Interesting.

[@ShaggyMaddie]

WOW OMG PEOPLE SUCK O-O Like imagine how hard he must've worked to get in that position and then someone just wants to take all the credit?!?

[@dadatheartist-pt4th]

Jokes on you he already saved his game before he decided to fight the true final boss

[@enomisv9830]

Welcome to life

[@Eternus_transmogrifus49]

Smart man. Never trust corporate America.

[@AdamOwens135]

Imagine if studios actually worked together to help talented people instead of rip off talented people Money ruins everything

[@bondvabond]

It’s horrific how common place these things are in the industry. Absolutely scumbaggery. If he hadn’t been smart enough to do so beforehand, he’d have lost his whole career. And I’m gonna take a wild guess and say they got off scot-free?

[@rhysgrealish5227]

Doesn’t surprise me that Warner Bros was trying to screw over a legend.

[@JohnAnderson-ev3lp]

The same thing happened with kneon from clownfish TV and treasure planet

[@WxIxLxLxIxAxMxS]

Really?

[@UltimateGattai]

Did he write for Treasure Planet? I love that movie personally, even if it did flop. Wish they still made Disney movies like that.

[@raphaeldagamer]

"That's the thing about smart guys; we always cover our ass" - a smart guy

[@tonyjacob8467]

I'm planning to study IP Law to help protect Indie creators, and this will be good to look over for other cases.

[@howlingwolffang2221]

Nice, sad you gotta back your dreams up, but it is what it is😊

[@epicgamerawesomechannelnow2990]

Some people smh

[@Ironpants57]

Every company has tried this tactic at some point or attempting to.

[@thebandthesummitts]

That’s why I always copyright my material before I release it

[@Vor567tez]

how do you do it?

[@alexanderchippel]

I have no idea how I'd be able to work with a company that flagrantly tried to steal from me.

[@XenoPhanes2-zy6wd]

Brad Bird is seriously a savage for having that backfire 😂

[@a.a.1566]

Imagine starting your career by directing one of the most iconic animation movies of time 🤯.

[@spinky_sponki]

Amazing!

[@BONNSoldier]

why do you always put notification sounds in it actually doesn't makes a lot of sense for me because I lose focus from the short to look up if it was an actual notification. It is just annoying. Or is it to gain time and hope people watch it multiple times while they look up the notification?

[@nadiarey4196]

And this is why you should *always* unionize. No, I won't stop, sir. I'm not instigating.

[@chrissyhill7890]

One of the saddest movies I've seen 😢

[@greendude0420]

This is probably the reason why I loved the Incredibles so much growing up

[@SnuggieMaple]

He made a masterpiece with the Iron Giant and the story behind it is just sad

[@saeki_san]

this here is my fear when making art and to my surprise, only a few help the original artist if it happens

[@efrenmorenoa]

So that's why the attitude to him giving almost no publicity to the movie, pure revenge

[@rob98000]

And this is why unions are important. If he didn't have the writer's guild union, he most likely would have lost it all.

[@iinsomniick]

this movie makes me feel old i still have the vhs somewhere

[@ryancasey919]

Imagine if they succeeded. I bet those thieves wouldn’t even feel like frauds. Disgusting.

[@j.r.3945]

Man how could you do that kind of thing to someone. I genuinely don’t understand why people could be so evil so easily

[@RobinTheMetaGod]

You must never trust Hollywood.

[@user-kb7jb3lr9p]

Damn🔥

[@justpeachy1857]

these discord noises, mid video is making me go insane

[@JoaoSchoen]

thanks for the discord notification at 0:22

[@RufioTheThird]

You stay, I go. Superman

[@SantsLime]

Thank you for sharing it!!!

[@thegudstuff2378]

Hahaha good for him!! Iron giant was sooo good

[@ajoe.8461]

DAAAAMN YOUUUU, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTYYY

[@victoriathorne8252]

I grew up, loving old fashion, movies like the iron giant

[@thegrob8892]

Wow I didn’t know a writer’s guild actually exist

[@simoneolivero5322]

This movie is still amazing ❤

[@fancyspoon718]

His pitch was “what if a gun had feelings, and didn’t want to be a gun?” I believe this pitch occurred in light of his daughter’s death due to gun violence. Monsters

[@user-iz6om9xd1m]

W director, an amazing director directed some of the best ones and is never woke, absolute legend

[@return_h3669]

Im pretty sure she is just gonna stay at home the whole month until internet forgets about his stupid challenge.

[@OGNotSoFun]

I'm sorry, his FIRST?!

[@JIMANGRYFOOTCOMICS]

Benincio del torro gave him an approval on the making of iron giant

[@thatqueen2441]

When your in Hollywood you really have to cover your ass around anything you do.

[@Slayertsunami]

I don’t think people understand how much this guy had to create for this movie. Growing up I was dyslexic. So my dad wanted me to read more books. The Iron Giant was one of my favorite movies. So we got the book. All I have to say is the book is nothing like the movie. The only thing that’s the same is there is a giant robot and a boy who finds him that’s it. This guy made every character every scene and made up the villains and hero’s himself.

[@DefendYoungstown]

This is a classic story... the "note takers", I mean. There's a ton of stories about folks from "witers rooms" of sitcoms and sketch shows sitting in at comedy sets of lesser known comedians and taking premises or straight up whole jokes from setup to punchline back to use on said show with zero credit on where it came from.

[@kimitohanahala8674]

The reason 2D animation isn't utilized as much as 3D is because the executives keeps on sabotaging it.

[@maniacalfool5885]

All this just for him to get removed from Multiversus and if he does return he'll be nerfed to oblivion

[@dustybeam1559]

Damn you putting the Discord ping sound in the video 😔

[@leiajiang7877]

Allegedly same thing with zootopia, disney had to settle

[@moriwoodruff6976]

The iron giant is one of my and my older brothers favorite i could never foerget a movie like that lol

[@Polyoctopus1]

This is why unions are important. We are stronger together.

[@paulpauleon1285]

That's why I will work in independant studio insted of Hollywood.

[@Riley-ub2tf]

I love how Viktor is trying to keep Ivy innocent by telling her white lies so she doesn’t get out in harms way

[@highdefinition450]

that movie is so good lol

[@TheEerieMaster]

So Warner Bros have always been this evil... Gotcha 👌

[@getonWexford]

“What if a gun had a soul and didn’t want to be a gun”

[@davidmccarroll2280]

Apparently they selected for smaller humps in the afrikaner which if true is a real shane i like the zebu hump in Sanga cattle its unique. By any chance their horns were the result of imporved draft quality they seem perfet for that role

[@ArkayeCh]

UNIONIZEEEEEEE

[@VerdeMorte]

This is what makes the writer's guild being infiltrated by incompetent morons with their own self interests so heartbreaking because I know when the floor gives out, there will be no one there for real writers. Srsly, fck this past decade, nothing but manipulation & suffering all around.

[@stevesmith-zf8dp]

I wonder if an NDA is a common practice while pitching movies...im guessing thats why movies will come out roughly the same time with the same plot...such as white house down and olympus has fallen.

[@MaxWeb2599]

Smart idea. first make a patent before pitching the product.

[@KillerX75_packmaker]

y is there a discord notification sound? i thought i got ghost pinged. XD

[@theautisticartist9370]

the answer? *Union*

[@jahaitian94]

Same thing happened with Kim Possible unfortunately

[@JessePinkman27892]

Thank god

[@arabhero10]

Never let anyone convince you that unions aren’t a near universal good for everyone who doesn’t make 10M a year

[@ToPlease]

2:10:54 not sure if the spirits would help humanities nowadays.😓

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Unionize y'all

[@Henry-jv4bb]

imagine how many movies and films were actually stolen also whats writers guild

[@tytyger626]

You misspelled a two-letter word.

[@quiroga65]

So a thief almost got stoled. Mmmmmh

[@Xalzia]

Why keep the discord notification beep?

[@cloudshifter]

Always register your ideas and designs before showing then with the world. Your shitty idea might jsut be the next billion dollar making machine

[@CrossReport]

Thank you for this message! God bless you in Jesus name, amen!

[@Mia-od6bs]

I’m confused how did he do it?

[@blinky840]

why the random discord notification in the middle of the video?

[@joaoguilhermeassim]

I coundnt understand what the guy said on the last part

[@ChuckyMcNubbin72]

The book was good. The animated movie was not.

[@Flame-rp6yq]

What is wrong with Warner Bros?

[@kelpdelt1070]

What’s writers guilt?

[@Sakkaz]

Guild, writer's guild

[@bruvlodski317]

I'm confused what did he do?

[@lavendermarshmallowplant3229]

Confused me a bit too, but he registered his script with the Writer's Guild, apparently. Basically established the validity of him claiming ownership/copyright to the idea, is what I understand.

[@marksasoldier]

None of these people can spell guild.