Dr. Dre to Star in Apple's First Original Television Series

[MacLC]

Rolling Stone: He [Dre] picked her up by her hair and "began slamming her head and the right side of her body repeatedly against a brick wall near the stairway" as his bodyguard held off the crowd with a gun. After Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women’s rest room. Dre followed her and "grabbed her from behind by the hair again and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head."

As Dr. Dre explained the incident: "People talk all this ****, but you know, somebody **** with me, I’m gonna **** with them. I just did it, you know. Ain’t nothing you can do now by talking about it. Besides, it ain’t no big thing—I just threw her through a door." Mr Cook knows how to pick them.

Back in the day I was not totally comfortable with Steve focusing both on Pixar and Apple except Pixar and Apple both released smashing products. Steve had his anti-porn crusade with iTunes and Pixar was family friendly. Both focused on producing THE BEST PRODUCT POSSIBLE REGARDLESS of trends.

Tim Cook by contrast seems like a reed swayed by the wind trying to paint whatever lipstick is popular on the AAPL pig to try to get sales. The focus is not on making something "Insanely Great" but on pimping something insanely trendy. Instead of creating a work of art that functions in a technological way Apple is trying to be edgy and salacious.
They achieved their goal but at the cost of credibility.

Dre has got to go and while he's at it, he can take Carl Icahn with him. Each are hurting Apple in a different way but both are parasitic.

 

[thasan]

Sounds like a real winner. Yea Eddy.

Real winner for DRE. No doubt about that

 

[Mavelous]

Following rumors Apple is planning to create original television content like Netflix and Amazon, news has leaked about the company's first prospective TV show courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter. The series, called Vital Signs, is described as a dark semi-autobiographical drama that stars Beats co-founder and Apple executive Dr. Dre.

Sources who have seen scripts and descriptions of the show have described it as being very dark, reflecting at least in part on the life of Dr. Dre. Each episode is said to focus on a "different emotion" and the way Dre's character handles it.

News that Apple was exploring the possibility of original television programming first surfaced last summer, ahead of when it shelved its streaming television plans. At the time, it was speculated the content could be provided through a rumored streaming service, but with Apple having ended development on that project at the current time, distribution will come through more traditional means.

The Hollywood Reporter believes the series is likely to be distributed through Apple Music, which was born out of the Beats Music service created by Dre. It may also be available through iTunes or distributed through other channels, but the details on that are not yet clear. As with Netflix shows, all episodes of the series will be released at once.

Dr. Dre is the executive producer on the series, and it's being funded by Apple. The series will also star Sam Rockwell, known for movies like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Galaxy Quest, and Moon, along with Mo McRae, known for his role in Sons of Anarchy. It will be directed by Paul Hunter.

Article Link: Dr. Dre to Star in Apple's First Original Television Series

[doublepost=1455351653][/doublepost] Eddy Cue needs to stop working on projects for a while and start working on his belly fat.
Dude,you don't look healthy

 

[Nuvi]

Seriously, this sounds crap beyond belief. I can tell you with close to 100% certainty that this show would never be greenlighted with any major studio/production company. This sounds like promo made to look like drama series. What I find very worrying about this is the fact that this sounds like Dre trying to full fill his dream of being major player in moving image industry and not about creating good content.

 

[Robstevo]

Cars, headphones, tv shows etc

I understand companies need diversity but Apple are starting to commit the same mistakes Steve cleaned up when he came back. They are losing focus.

Leave headphones, cars , TV shows to the people who are experts in making these things.

Don't just churn out garbage and slap an apple logo on it and claim it an automatic success because of the said logo.

 

[0098386]

Rolling Stone: He [Dre] picked her up by her hair and "began slamming her head and the right side of her body repeatedly against a brick wall near the stairway" as his bodyguard held off the crowd with a gun. After Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women’s rest room. Dre followed her and "grabbed her from behind by the hair again and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head."

As Dr. Dre explained the incident: "People talk all this ****, but you know, somebody **** with me, I’m gonna **** with them. I just did it, you know. Ain’t nothing you can do now by talking about it. Besides, it ain’t no big thing—I just threw her through a door." Mr Cook knows how to pick them.

I heard he assaulted someone but I didn't know how bad, or the follow up "reasoning". Good lord. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll keep this in mind.

 

[Nuvi]

Back in the day I was not totally comfortable with Steve focusing both on Pixar and Apple except Pixar and Apple both released smashing products. Steve had his anti-porn crusade with iTunes and Pixar was family friendly. Both focused on producing THE BEST PRODUCT POSSIBLE REGARDLESS of trends.

Tim Cook by contrast seems like a reed swayed by the wind trying to paint whatever lipstick is popular on the AAPL pig to try to get sales. The focus is not on making something "Insanely Great" but on pimping something insanely trendy. Instead of creating a work of art that functions in a technological way Apple is trying to be edgy and salacious.
They achieved their goal but at the cost of credibility.

Dre has got to go and while he's at it, he can take Carl Icahn with him. Each are hurting Apple in a different way but both are parasitic.

Fully agreed. Apple of today is more about following trends than creating them with their "insanely great products". Beats and what they brought with them sounds more and more like a curse than a blessing. SJ might have been an ass hole but at least he was ass hole with a vision. Story about Dre.... violence against women, everything else was already told in "Straight outta Compton". Next stop, promo film for North-Korea.

 

[diipii]

Following rumors Apple is planning to create original television content like Netflix and Amazon, news has leaked about the company's first prospective TV show courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter. The series, called Vital Signs, is described as a dark semi-autobiographical drama that stars Beats co-founder and Apple executive Dr. Dre.

Sources who have seen scripts and descriptions of the show have described it as being very dark, reflecting at least in part on the life of Dr. Dre. Each episode is said to focus on a "different emotion" and the way Dre's character handles it.

News that Apple was exploring the possibility of original television programming first surfaced last summer, ahead of when it shelved its streaming television plans. At the time, it was speculated the content could be provided through a rumored streaming service, but with Apple having ended development on that project at the current time, distribution will come through more traditional means.

The Hollywood Reporter believes the series is likely to be distributed through Apple Music, which was born out of the Beats Music service created by Dre. It may also be available through iTunes or distributed through other channels, but the details on that are not yet clear. As with Netflix shows, all episodes of the series will be released at once.

Dr. Dre is the executive producer on the series, and it's being funded by Apple. The series will also star Sam Rockwell, known for movies like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Galaxy Quest, and Moon, along with Mo McRae, known for his role in Sons of Anarchy. It will be directed by Paul Hunter.

Article Link: Dr. Dre to Star in Apple's First Original Television Series

Stop ! Enough ! I don't want to know about Dre whatever that is. I want good adult documentaries, engaging dramas and most of all great ground-breaking humour. Apple has enough cash stashed around the globe to finance all this and more. The BBC runs on a total budget of £5.1 billion so Apple could well afford a percentage of that on much better programmes.

 

[nando87]

Here it comes the...

...attack.

 

[wakinghour]

I'm sorry what? Apple has not been a neutral company for a while, if ever. Your reality distortion field needs to be checked.

Wozinak and Jobs were very counter-culture so that's not neutral that's essentially hitching the wagon to a dogma of some type.

Love the sass. It must be what people like you do when you can't debate yourself out of a corner.

Please do tell us all. If Apple shows bias towards a specific demographic, then who is not in Apple's target market? Apple products are found in every country on earth. They are the most valuable company in the world, and you don't get there by appealing to a niche demographic.

 

[Gasu E.]

Apple is diversifying itself in to waaayyyy to many categories. They are good at them all, but not great at even 1. There hardware is not on par (XPS is killing it), and there software is lacking.

This is not an example of over-diversifcation. Apple just has to supply money, in which they are swimming.
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Apple should just buy HBO. Then they have great shows and an experienced staff running the joint. Looks like they intend to use the sex and violence angle witch is good by me. Show's we watch like Homeland, Ray Donovan, Game of Thrones... they aren't any different.

HBO is part of Time Warner. Time Warner's market cap is $50B. This show may cost less than $20M. $50B plus an acquisition premium is a lot, even for Apple. There's no "just buy HBO" option.

 

[SteveJobs2.0]

Saw this comment on 9to5Mac and thought that it was great.

"After paying billions for Beats it’s clear Apple is struggling to find things for “Dr. Dre” to do at their company. Firing him would be a PR disaster, might even lead to a lawsuit. So it appears they’ll just play the role of an expensive daycare and let him play all day, making worthless content that no one wants."

 

[kyleh22]

On the other side of that coin, I couldn't be happier considering Sam Rockwell is involved and he doesn't participate in crap projects...something must've made him come on board.

So I don't think Apple is losing touch...I just think they are excited about their new demographic that they have completely come in touch with. But then, maybe you see the demographic that would enjoy this show as beneath you. I don't know.

If you are referring to men that physically abuse women then yes, that is beneath me.

I really don't appreciate your passive aggressive approach to questioning my associations with different demographics. My original post was in reference to a hardware/software company sticking to their roots of producing great hardware and software. Apple has basically failed at every venture outside of hardware and software.

 

[thefourthpope]

TBH, that little snippet from shooting sounds a lot like what someone might say about a show like True Detective, taken out of context.
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On the other side of that coin, I couldn't be happier considering Sam Rockwell is involved and he doesn't participate in crap projects...something must've made him come on board.

So I don't think Apple is losing touch...I just think they are excited about their new demographic that they have completely come in touch with. But then, maybe you see the demographic that would enjoy this show as beneath you. I don't know.

I agree: It's sometimes difficult to parse out what people are actually complaining about on here.

 

[Paul Birgensen]

Following rumors Apple is planning to create original television content like Netflix and Amazon, news has leaked about the company's first prospective TV show courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter. The series, called Vital Signs, is described as a dark semi-autobiographical drama that stars Beats co-founder and Apple executive Dr. Dre.

Sources who have seen scripts and descriptions of the show have described it as being very dark, reflecting at least in part on the life of Dr. Dre. Each episode is said to focus on a "different emotion" and the way Dre's character handles it.

News that Apple was exploring the possibility of original television programming first surfaced last summer, ahead of when it shelved its streaming television plans. At the time, it was speculated the content could be provided through a rumored streaming service, but with Apple having ended development on that project at the current time, distribution will come through more traditional means.

The Hollywood Reporter believes the series is likely to be distributed through Apple Music, which was born out of the Beats Music service created by Dre. It may also be available through iTunes or distributed through other channels, but the details on that are not yet clear. As with Netflix shows, all episodes of the series will be released at once.

Dr. Dre is the executive producer on the series, and it's being funded by Apple. The series will also star Sam Rockwell, known for movies like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Galaxy Quest, and Moon, along with Mo McRae, known for his role in Sons of Anarchy. It will be directed by Paul Hunter.

Article Link: Dr. Dre to Star in Apple's First Original Television Series

 

[NY Guitarist]

Seriously? Gimme a break...

 

[Deuce on the Clock]

Here’s A List Of All The Women Dr. Dre Beat Up
http://thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-ha...t-up-just-in-time-for-straight-outta-compton/
#Apple#Shame#WomanBeater

 

[Bubba Satori]

Here’s A List Of All The Women Dr. Dre Beat Up
http://thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-ha...t-up-just-in-time-for-straight-outta-compton/
#Apple#Shame#WomanBeater

Dre needs an elevator in his house.

 

[JobsGang]

Saw this comment on 9to5Mac and thought that it was great.

"After paying billions for Beats it’s clear Apple is struggling to find things for “Dr. Dre” to do at their company. Firing him would be a PR disaster, might even lead to a lawsuit. So it appears they’ll just play the role of an expensive daycare and let him play all day, making worthless content that no one wants."

No it's not great. You or that lame that made that comment have no idea what Dre or any other Apple exec day to day activities consist of. So this narrative that they don't know what to do with him is horse ****. And why would they fire him?

 

[Deuce on the Clock]

Dre needs an elevator in his house.

LMFAO!

 

[jonnysods]

Yikes. A bold new foray into making TV shows eh? I thought Apple was 'family friendly'?

 

[attila]

Well, the elevator pitch doesn't grab me, and I certainly wouldn't pay to see it, but I'm used to not being in the target demographic.

I'm trying to figure out what the target demographic is!

 

[DarthMoops]

I can see the board meeting in 6 months.
"OK guys, short straw tells 'Dre' his show has been cancelled."

If the show works like the product placement scene in the first Wayne's World movie it could be worth a chuckle.

 

[fredfnord]

Well this is going to go down well on MR

That was my exact thought, to the letter.

 

[VMMan]

Get rid of Tim Cook already.

Apple will announce that Dr Dre will be the next CEO.
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Apple is like the guy who just turned 35 and is desperately trying to stay "cool".

Tim Cook, Cue, et al look very awkward with their shirts untucked at their product presentations.

Steve was just being Steve. The others are just being pretenders.
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Doesn't Dre. look like Jean Claude Van-damme

I'd rather Apple make a Blood Sport remake.
[doublepost=1455480760][/doublepost]Articles like this make me miss the old thumbs down option.
[doublepost=1455481419][/doublepost]Apple will probably hire Martin Shkrelli next.
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Bahahahahaha

This sums it up nicely.