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Aaron Sorkin Blasts Tim Cook for Calling Steve Jobs Films 'Opportunistic'
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way to divert the discussion from the valid point that has been made. Why do people feel the need to defend a company that gives zero ***** about them?
What do other companies have to do with the point Sorkin made? He was attacked by Cook and addressed this with a valid point. What about his point was childish? He answered with a fact - the fact that Apple exploits cheap labor (probably child labor as well in the past) for their own profits.
People can't even point out the facts without being attacked by Apple fanboys...
Yeah I did, not do, since he isn't around anymore. Acquaintance would be a stretch, more like another employee at a small relatively quaint place back then where you sat amongst other co-workers for lunch, bump into and chat with them in the common areas, and hear them when they get loud rooms away. I also know, and have known, friends and acquaintances who had to work with him on a regular basis. Heard their stories over and over. Same thing different day most of the time.
The denial of paternity for so long with regard to his daughter and the way he treated her for the better part of his life is an indication of some of his "less than sparkling" behavior. His relationship with his father, or lack thereof, is also an excellent indication of this behavior that often doesn't make it into the description of what type of human he was. How about how he basically told doctors he knew better when they told him what he course of treatment should be. At the time he was initially diagnosed his condition was early, treatable, and he would have almost absolutely lived through it had he taken the advice of his medical team. Unfortunately these were examples of how obstinate he could be, amongst other things, both personally and professionally and, again, examples of some of his shortcomings that he honed to use as great tools in life, both positive in his successes but also extremely negative when it came to his failures in some of life's most important areas.
From my own personal experience I'm surprised he didn't pass sooner, not bc of the disease that ultimately took his life, bc of the way he at times did things like when he wouldn't look when he ran across the street into the office most days. Many employees nearly turned him into a splat from Frogger the way he never looked where he went as he darted across the parking lot after parking his car in a handicap spot.
http://www.cultofmac.com/2613/steve-jobs-still-parking-in-handicapped-spaces-the-pictures/
But what do I know....... my .025 cents
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You really need to back your arguments up with some evidence. Anyone can go to Apple's website and see supplier responsibility reports dating back to 2007. I'd love for you to describe what triggered the first one, and provide some examples of other companies publishing reports of similar level of detail over the same time frame.
PS: The iPod was launched 14 years ago, try to keep your arguments in the most recent decade...
The only difference is that Aaron hasn't suckered you into thinking that he does, unlike the other party in this discussion.
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He never said he did. And apple doesn't give a sh*t about you, so why blindly defend everything apple does?
Sorkin called out tim for being the hypocrit he is. The end. I'm sure tim is crying into his million dollar pillow right now and doesn't need the comfort of fanboys.
I like Tim Cook, but in this case he was talking out of his ass - criticizing a movie he hasn't even seen - and one that's received unanimously stellar reviews at that.
And on the other hand, I had to swim through all the drool from the people who praised Sorkin for that same "throw away comment" in order to make this post.
lol.. ya right
well. there are fourth Lord of the rings firm, where the last one the story is takin out of context..... There was never a fourth book, so technically its all just something to cling to now... Having said that, that's probably no excuse for not this Steve jobs movie anyway.
I've seen the last Jobs movie and thought it was a piece of crap. But that's just my view,,, not everyone's.
well. there are fourth Lord of the rings firm, where the last one the story is takin out of context..... There was never a fourth book, so technically its all just something to cling to now... Having said that, that's probably no excuse for not this Steve jobs movie anyway.
I've seen the last Jobs movie and thought it was a piece of crap. But that's just my view,,, not everyone's.
Like Aaron Sorkin isn't being opportunistic by cashing-in on Job's popularity? Sounds like Tim Cook struck a nerve. Sorkin sounds a little bitter.
Looks like Aaron Sorkin stands to make $2 million off the top, with another $3 million deferred:
And is anyone really surprised to see The Woz in-the-money on this film? I guess that puts his "glowing" review in a different light...
Tip of the the hat to GTR over on AI for finding and posting this.
How many Mexicans got their heads cut off so that Sorkin could snort coke off a hooker's belly?
yeah.. i thought t.cook was referring to this new movie/doc :
(btw.. tim cook is in that and he's made out to seem pretty lame)
Tim cook sounds cranked. Whats he shoving up his *** These days?
See i just made the argument personal as well. Ain't that fun? Not really people make personal choices.
Not sure why the fan boys need to defend apple to the point they need to make stuff personal. Let me guess all these fan boys are not going to boycott the film or give it bad reviews lol
I have to agree. Where was Mr. Civil Rights when they released Selma during the media storm surrounding Ferguson and NYC. Or was that not opportunistic?
