Do you think that Warner Brothers should donate a percentage of receipts to the victims?

[thelordofhell]

Last edited Mon Jul 23, 2012, 09:32 PM - Edit history (1)

I think it would be a grand gesture by the studio to do so...........


updated info: They are doing it
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dark-knight-rises-shooting-warner-bros-donation-353175

Warner Bros., the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises, is making a donation to charities supporting victims of the Aurora, Colo., shooting rampage. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the studio has been in contact with Colorodo governor John Hickenlooper's office and will contribute to a fund identified by the governor on the website givingfirst.org, which is a program of Colorado's Community First Foundation. The fund distributes monies across several charities that will support victims of the July 20 killing spree that left at least 12 dead and dozens injured.

[Bluenorthwest]

1. Why?

Warner Bros does not own the theater. Makes zero sense.

[permatex]

2. Why?

What did Warner Bros. have to do with this.

[Kahuna]

3. No. nt

[OhioChick]

4. No

They had nothing to do with this.

[arcane1]

5. If we're going to go that route, it would make more sense for the gun makers to donate n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. Exactly.

Them, or the chain stores which sold him the guns, donating to the victims families would at least have a direct connection to the tragedy.

[Booster]

7. No. They are not to blame.

[lunatica]

8. Throwing money at victims of a tragedy doesn't fix it

[Warren Stupidity]

9. No the NRA should.

[TrogL]

10. The movie had nothing to do with the attack

Any loud movie like Spiderman would have done the trick. I would suspect a publicity stunt. A scholarship in a relevant field might be nice

[Lizzie Poppet]

11. Not really.

I mean, it woudl be a wonderful gesture, and probably much appreciated...but I don't think they're under any sort of moral obligation to do so. This isn't in any way their fault.

[liberalhistorian]

12. And why would that be?

It certainly is in no way their fault that this happened. Sheesh.

[GarroHorus]

13. Why?

I really don't understand why.

[johnnie]

14. Do I think they should? No

But if they did it would be a great humanitarian gesture. It may not be the movie's fault, but the Batman industry is huge and it was going to be one of the bigger premieres this summer and the theaters would be filled. There is no doubt that the shooter knew the theaters would be packed and he would get the most number of victims.

[thelordofhell]

15. Thank you johnnie

Yours is the best response. I can understand why they wouldn't do it.........but then again, I also can understand why they would do it.

[ananda]

16. Absolutely, along with all the donations to the NRA.

nt

[AnotherMcIntosh]

17. It "would be a grand gesture by" those who oppose gun ownership to do so.

Do it. That will show compassion which Warner Brothers has not yet shown.

[Marrah_G]

18. They and their movie had nothing to do with it

[DainBramaged]

19. (sigh)

of course not. Why are they responsible. And 'the right thing to do' doesn't apply this century.