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Anonymous
They did request every single text message, location. and phone call irrespective of recipient. Pp is just hypothesizing how someone might narrow it since Blake’s lawyers did not. That isn’t how discovery works. |
Anonymous
It’s a video of Ryan and his mom and Atlas promoting IEWU and is relevant to show that RR and his wife did in fact try to take over the movie. |
Anonymous
Yeah, this entire thread is living in a bubble. Most people don't read DCUM, or follow reddit entertainment threads. My 16 year old has never heard of Blake Lively or Justin (/Jason) Baldoni. Deadpool, yes. If Lively's having trouble getting work, that's another thing, but she has a project coming out, while Baldoni's projects seems to be on hold. She can always stay at home for a while and work on collaborating on projects if she wants I guess. |
Anonymous
It is though. You don't want to be going back to the court for every new little thing you want. You don't want to ask for phone records for June 14th and then find out a month later you also need them for June 10th and 11th. If you do the this way, discovery takes forever and you are very likely to miss things because of time constraints. Initial discovery requests are always broad, with the understanding they will be scaled back because the other side will argue to narrow the timeline, declare certain things privileged, request to have other things reviewed for privilege and relevancy, etc. You start broad and vague and then narrow because that gets you the maximum amount. Whereas starting narrow makes it very likely you'll miss something important. This request was broader than most, but I can see them making the argument that because Baldoni's side has introduced a ton of communications from throughout this period, they needed to be more maximal. Again, it will be pulled back no matter what so there's not a ton of harm in going very broad with your first stab. The main irregularity here is that they filed this subpoena prior to even filing their amended complaint or before any responses are filed. Might have to do with the MTDs coming up, I don't know. The timing was a little odd to me. The request itself is very broad but doesn't strike me as that weird given how discovery in a case is likely to work. |
Anonymous
I can’t wait to see if A Simple Favor 2 bombs. I do feel sorry for Anna Kendrick. I read she wants nothing to do with BL. |
Anonymous
Exactly. Lively’s defenders here are stupid or dishohest - pick a struggle, those are the options, and it’s a fair observation. I described how it was relevant to BL and RR’s grabbing the marketing reins when I posted. I’ve read some speculation about another element of the production - that Lively malingered to control the rhythm of production. She is a mom of 4, but she was hired to do a job on a specific schedule. She has her crackhead MIL available along with a husband and effectively limitless money for nannies and caregivers and private nursing. Did SHE have, can SHE produce documentation of 4 bouts of strep and one of flu during this relatively short period of time? Because she is in the rare position of having a wealth of options to care for sick kids. Or was she fqn with the production in that way, too, to destabilize everything, and grease the slide to taking over more of IEWU? |
Anonymous
That was promotion though. The movie was already done at that point. And honestly, at that stage, using Ryan (and his mom) and Hugh Jackman to help bring attention to the movie can only be viewed positively as a way to drive box office. There's no cause of action for bringing a movie additional press. Regardless of conflict over the movie itself, that can only benefit everyone involved. |
Anonymous
Yeah. This is the bubble. Not whoever is telling BL/RR they’ve got this. |
Anonymous
It's a streaming movie so it can't really "bomb". It could get bad reviews but the standards will be lower for a streamer. You are competing against a lot of crap. It will probably do fine given a strong cast and the fact that they shot on location in Italy -- streaming audience will eat up the scenery, costumes, and pretty people. |
Anonymous
Absolutely fantastic point. I wouldn’t put it past her. I truly believe RR and BL wanted to take over this franchise just like he did with Deadpool. |
Anonymous
Was it always supposed to go direct to streaming? |
Anonymous
Not being interested in RR's mom doesn't make someone a Blake supporter. I literally just don't care and don't want to read a bunch of insults about some old woman who isn't an actor. It's distasteful. |
Anonymous
I am not really interested in trying to convince someone who is clearly not a lawyer why their crackpot theories make no sense. This will be yet another motion that Lively will be on the losing side of, and the judge will be once again be angry with her side. Multiple posters have already explained this. At some point, perhaps you will learn repeating the same thing multiple times doesn’t make it more persuasive. Another tell that you aren’t a litigator. |
Anonymous
+1, the comments about her were way over the line. I personally think the comments about Lively's appearance and sexual history are also really inappropriate -- it's not relevant and just makes you sound like you hate women. You can be skeptical of Lively's claims or concerned about how Lively and Reynolds conducted themselves without saying hateful, misogynist things. |
Anonymous
Yup it's definitely more of a chronically internet thing right now. My younger kids don't care and daughter (18) still like Blake and gossip girl. Blake can and should fight as much as she can until next year. I don't really understand the she needs to settle comments |