Vic Mignogna

[gokaiblue]

Now, none of us know what Funimation's investigation entailed. It's not my business, frankly - Funimation made a decision they have every right to, and other participants have said they covered their bases, so... I guess we'll all see if that does come out.

They claim to already know what the investigation entailed and talked about 1 out of the 3 stories the other night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJuFJ3cGnUE

Yeah, I'm not clicking that. As I've said before, I'm not giving those people a red cent of monetization money, and nobody else should either.

Curiosity got the better of me, so I clicked. To save you a click, he talked about two stories supposedly from the investigation. One of the stories involved Vic courting a co-worker via text messages that culminated in a consensual kiss. The other story involved Vic, a jelly bean signed by a voice actress (identified in the video as "Monica Rial"), and Vic eating the jelly bean stating "Now I can say I ate Monica Rial." There's a third story that Nick couldn't share, but he claims it's not even close to sexual harassment and it had no connection to Funimation.

[SMKirbyZX]

So the "Vic Answers Your Questions" extra in the blu ray release of Super Broly has been taken off. In my humble opinion, despite everything that happened, this is pretty disrespectful and petty. He's already been removed from Funimation, why take off the extra? What about the people who would want to see that?

Spoiler:

Before you say anything, the IStandWithVic people aren't the only ones who would be upset over this.

[mute_proxy]

So the "Vic Answers Your Questions" extra in the blu ray release of Super Broly has been taken off. In my humble opinion, despite everything that happened, this is pretty disrespectful and petty. He's already been removed from Funimation, why take off the extra? What about the people who would want to see that?

Spoiler:

Before you say anything, the IStandWithVic people aren't the only ones who would be upset over this.

Was it ever mentioned to be there in the first place?

[gokaiblue]

So the "Vic Answers Your Questions" extra in the blu ray release of Super Broly has been taken off. In my humble opinion, despite everything that happened, this is pretty disrespectful and petty. He's already been removed from Funimation, why take off the extra? What about the people who would want to see that?

Spoiler:

Before you say anything, the IStandWithVic people aren't the only ones who would be upset over this.

Was it ever mentioned to be there in the first place?

The Amazon description stated it was on there

[SMKirbyZX]

Was it ever mentioned to be there in the first place?

Kanzenshuu's news talks about it too.

[VegettoEX]

A little concerned that you can say "disrespectful" and "petty" with a presumably straight face regarding the "removal" of this special feature considering the allegations that brought us here.

(From all appearances far later than perhaps originally intended and feeling pressured into an accelerated timeline), FUNimation is cutting all ties with the dude. There was no way they were going to re-cast and re-voice that entire performance between that cutting-ties announcement and the film's home video distribution, so they left that as-is and started scraping away extraneous, non-essential material (i.e., this one extra feature).

That's... like... totally logical? See again: screamy voice dude's performance commentary not really as essential and important and actual real-life repercussions from actions taken and not needing a special defense force.

It also kinda takes me back to one of my main points when I talk about making that leap from "casual fan" to "invested fan": the people who produce the dub didn't make the movie, didn't write the movie, and had no input on the creation of the movie. There's absolutely nothing they can tell you that will enrich your understanding of its production.

[SMKirbyZX]

A little concerned that you can say "disrespectful" and "petty" with a presumably straight face regarding the "removal" of this special feature considering the allegations that brought us here.

(From all appearances far later than perhaps originally intended and feeling pressured into an accelerated timeline), FUNimation is cutting all ties with the dude. There was no way they were going to re-cast and re-voice that entire performance between that cutting-ties announcement and the film's home video distribution, so they left that as-is and started scraping away extraneous, non-essential material (i.e., this one extra feature).

That's... like... totally logical? See again: screamy voice dude's performance commentary not really as essential and important and actual real-life repercussions from actions taken and not needing a special defense force.

It also kinda takes me back to one of my main points when I talk about making that leap from "casual fan" to "invested fan": the people who produce the dub didn't make the movie, didn't write the movie, and had no input on the creation of the movie. There's absolutely nothing they can tell you that will enrich your understanding of its production.

I said in my post that putting the allegations aside, it's disrespectful and petty to the people who would want to see that. Seeing as how Broly is an incredibly important character with short, but great, actual speaking lines (that aren't screams), I'd like to think that his commentary is incredibly essential. What's the point in removing it if, considering the scenario where it's still there, people can just skip it and go to the next extra? People who don't like Vic don't even have to watch it if it was on there. I understand that people are uncomfortable about Vic, but even if the allegations are 100% true, trying to remove him and his work in the film alone is not the best decision. I think people should separate the art from the artist.

In any case, agree to disagree I suppose.

[Bryesque]

And once again, this as biased as a source of information gets, and shouldn't be presented as necessarily truthful or accurate. If anything, even if they do have actual information, they'd be motivated to misrepresent or cherry-pick from the investigation in order to portray their opponent in a bad light. The only valid source of information is what would come out in court, so watching, believing, and sharing videos like this only helps Mignogna & Co's propaganda campaign.

To each his own. Listening to one side and not the other is biased in my opinion, even if the other side is propaganda.

That doesn't make any sense, though. "Both sides" don't have to be taken as equally legitimate in every situation. If one side is telling you the moon exists, and the other is saying the moon doesn't exist and all claims that it does exist are part of a conspiracy to delegitimize Doug Moon-Denier, nobody has to pretend they're both valid arguments.

Curiosity got the better of me, so I clicked. To save you a click, he talked about two stories supposedly from the investigation. One of the stories involved Vic courting a co-worker via text messages that culminated in a consensual kiss. The other story involved Vic, a jelly bean signed by a voice actress (identified in the video as "Monica Rial"), and Vic eating the jelly bean stating "Now I can say I ate Monica Rial." There's a third story that Nick couldn't share, but he claims it's not even close to sexual harassment and it had no connection to Funimation.

Well, the second example alone could be a reason for dismissal - making sexually-suggestive comments about a co-worker would absolutely be considered harassment, and lots of people have been fired for similar comments.

Again, this seems a lot like cherry-picking. Is YouTube Lawyer claiming this represents the full investigation or not? Is he being vague about that? I believe I heard that Rial commented that this doesn't represent the full investigation and he wasn't fired over the incident described, for what it's worth.

The rest would depend on Funimation's specific policies and the definitions of their employees' roles, I'd figure. And these could all just be supportive behavioural examples and not specific reasons for dismissal, too - without the full context it's impossible to make an educated call. But if you're just looking to rile up angry fans online...

So the "Vic Answers Your Questions" extra in the blu ray release of Super Broly has been taken off. In my humble opinion, despite everything that happened, this is pretty disrespectful and petty. He's already been removed from Funimation, why take off the extra? What about the people who would want to see that?

Spoiler:

Before you say anything, the IStandWithVic people aren't the only ones who would be upset over this.

Like it or not, this is common practice in many industries. If the company cuts ties with an employee (or talent, or whatever) under acrimonious circumstances, it's super common for whatever projects they had in the works to be altered, shelved, or cancelled outright. It comes with the territory - if you're cutting ties with someone, that means you're not going to release material that directly associates you with them past that point unless it's absolutely necessary. This kind of thing happens all the time.

[SMKirbyZX]

Like it or not, this is common practice in many industries. If the company cuts ties with an employee (or talent, or whatever) under acrimonious circumstances, it's super common for whatever projects they had in the works to be altered, shelved, or cancelled outright. It comes with the territory - if you're cutting ties with someone, that means you're not going to release material that directly associates you with them past that point unless it's absolutely necessary. This kind of thing happens all the time.

Off the top of your head, do you have any examples of this happening in the Entertainment industry? I'm trying, but I can't really think of any examples. Either way, I don't doubt that this is something the entertainment industry would do, given its nature. I still think it's disingenuous though.

[TVfan721]

It's been a long time since I've checked this thread and I honestly can't go through 80 + pages so I have a few questions.

1. What's the latest on Vic being blacklisted from conventions? I see he was just at a DBZ convention. So is he still being allowed at the occasional event? I'm curious what the turnout was for Vic at this convention.

2. Is it true he's suing for alleged slander? And if so, who is he going after?

[kemuri07]

Like it or not, this is common practice in many industries. If the company cuts ties with an employee (or talent, or whatever) under acrimonious circumstances, it's super common for whatever projects they had in the works to be altered, shelved, or cancelled outright. It comes with the territory - if you're cutting ties with someone, that means you're not going to release material that directly associates you with them past that point unless it's absolutely necessary. This kind of thing happens all the time.

Off the top of your head, do you have any examples of this happening in the Entertainment industry? I'm trying, but I can't really think of any examples. Either way, I don't doubt that this is something the entertainment industry would do, given its nature. I still think it's disingenuous though.

Japanese game developer removed the likeness of a prominant actor in their game because he was arrested for having cocaine.

[Gyt Kaliba]

While I 100% understand and agree with why Vic's moments in the extras where removed (though I also understand the umbridge people have with it's removal as well, especially since his performance is still in place as expected), I do have to disagree with one point -

It also kinda takes me back to one of my main points when I talk about making that leap from "casual fan" to "invested fan": the people who produce the dub didn't make the movie, didn't write the movie, and had no input on the creation of the movie. There's absolutely nothing they can tell you that will enrich your understanding of its production.

I do agree that the dub voice actors (though in this instance, wouldn't the same apply to the original Japanese voice actors to an extent?) can't tell us anything about the actual creation and production of the movie, but that still doesn't take away from the potential enjoyment factor they can bring in, if one is also a fan of dubs or the process of acting in general. There is value to these types of extras, even if they're not for everyone - though I do wish they could have gotten some kind of Japanese extras on here too, though I wasn't expecting them to either sadly.

[Fionordequester]

Well, the second example alone could be a reason for dismissal - making sexually-suggestive comments about a co-worker would absolutely be considered harassment, and lots of people have been fired for similar comments.

That wasn't why he was fired. I mean, it absolutely happened, but that's not why he was fired.

[OmegaRockman]

Like it or not, this is common practice in many industries. If the company cuts ties with an employee (or talent, or whatever) under acrimonious circumstances, it's super common for whatever projects they had in the works to be altered, shelved, or cancelled outright. It comes with the territory - if you're cutting ties with someone, that means you're not going to release material that directly associates you with them past that point unless it's absolutely necessary. This kind of thing happens all the time.

Off the top of your head, do you have any examples of this happening in the Entertainment industry? I'm trying, but I can't really think of any examples. Either way, I don't doubt that this is something the entertainment industry would do, given its nature. I still think it's disingenuous though.

After allegations of sexual misconduct, Kevin Spacey was cut from All the Money in the World and recast with Christopher Plummer mid-production. If I remember right, Spacey's scenes were pretty much done and they had to do extensive reshoots.

Full disclosure, I haven't seen the film so I don't know how key that character was to the film, but I definitely remember lots of headlines about it at the time.

[Gyt Kaliba]

You know, I did just have a thought though - if they did indeed record extras with Vic that were then cut out, didn't FUNi unfortunately end up tossing money down the drain (so to speak) on those parts? I know he wouldn't have gotten residuals from it's inclusion, but I'd imagine he would have already been paid for recording to appear in the extras prior to the release. That's somewhat unfortunate on their part, though I'd imagine it's pretty much a drop in the bucket.

[VegettoEX]

I mean, yeah...? But we're talking a drop in the bucket here, especially if they recorded a bunch of them all in one fell swoop in one videography session.

[Mooreish]

I mean, yeah...? But we're talking a drop in the bucket here, especially if they recorded a bunch of them all in one fell swoop in one videography session.

Vic is a big drop in the bucket. He’s fucking Broly. People would be interested in the voice actor for Broly. And people were really looking forward to seeing Vic Mignogna handsome angelic beautiful ageless face in the special features.

[kemuri07]

I mean, yeah...? But we're talking a drop in the bucket here, especially if they recorded a bunch of them all in one fell swoop in one videography session.

Vic is a big drop in the bucket. He’s fucking Broly. People would be interested in the voice actor for Broly. And people were really looking forward to seeing Vic Mignogna handsome angelic beautiful ageless face in the special features.

Yup. All that screaming and grunting. Truly voice acting for the ages.

You know, I did just have a thought though - if they did indeed record extras with Vic that were then cut out, didn't FUNi unfortunately end up tossing money down the drain (so to speak) on those parts? I know he wouldn't have gotten residuals from it's inclusion, but I'd imagine he would have already been paid for recording to appear in the extras prior to the release. That's somewhat unfortunate on their part, though I'd imagine it's pretty much a drop in the bucket.

I imagine the conversation went like this:

Funimation exec1: Hey, bruh. Is it worth potential outrage and possible money loss from people who don't want anything to with that guy who does the Broly thing.

Funimation exec 2: Fuck no!

Funimation exec1: Shit, that was easy.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

Let's take a step back and read the allegations from years ago not the ones that just popped up and yes I do have a hard time believing the new allegations especially when they said they made it up..

But there are counts that go back to the mid 2000s and his actions might be well... hmm, why did he do this? I don't think it was intentional but the dude does need to learn some constraints.

That's my 2c.

[Neo-Makaiōshin]

Vic is a big drop in the bucket. He’s fucking Broly. People would be interested in the voice actor for Broly. And people were really looking forward to seeing Vic Mignogna handsome angelic beautiful ageless face in the special features.

Vic is just the american voice of a single character that only has only at most 4 hours of material in the whole anime and manga franchise, hardly anyone notable like Nozawa or her peers.