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Which is more Important: Warner Bros. or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?

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  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
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    This is a tough one. Before US v. Paramount, I'd say they were both pretty important, MGM being big on spectacle and glamour and WB big on crowd-pleasers. Things get murkier after the 1950s, though.
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    To the history of film? MGM, probably.

    To me, personally? No fucks given, folks.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
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    Warner Bros seems more relevant today, though M-G-M was more important historically, I think.
  • TitleNameTitleName
    edited 2017-02-12 23:30:03
    The correct answer is Tommy Wiseau. :v
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
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    templates like this are forbidden
  • CrystalCrystal
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    Sredni Vashtar said:

    To the history of film? MGM, probably.

    To me, personally? No fucks given, folks.

  • AnonusAnonus
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    TitleName said:

    The correct answer is Tommy Wiseau. :v

    and would Tommy Wiseau be relevant if not for M-G-M begetting Hanna-Barbera begetting Cartoon Network?

    Nope
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
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    Tommy Wiseau is relevant?
  • AlirozAliroz
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    (2015 self)
    Historically, MGM, as far as current success, Warner Brothers.

    As for me, personally, It's a hard decision, because I grew up with The Wizard of Oz and the first two Harry Potter movies occupying nearly the same place in my affections.
  • TitleNameTitleName
    Tommy Wiseau is the most relevant. He made the greatest film of all time.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
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    Tommy Wiseau made Beyond the Valley of the Dolls?
  • TreTre
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    See, I think MGM is probably the more historically relevant of the two, but the modern movie industry is, for better and worse, indebted to Warners for its current state.

    Personally, I feel WB as a brand holds more personal significance. I think of James Bond and The Wizard of Oz when I think MGM, but I don't really hold much nostalgia for either; WB, meanwhile, has the Looney Tunes and The Iron Giant, both of which I consider formative parts of my childhood.

    Cartoon Network's adjacency to Warners is also a big factor, though they aren't always considered two parts of a whole and it's frustrating (case in point: WB Games not having much, if any, relationship to CN's presence in the gaming industry).
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Cartoon Network is part of Turner, and Time Warner is hideously dysfunctional so WB and CN hate each other

    Also, Hanna-Barbera is why CN exists, but when Turner merged with Time Warner, H-B was detached from Turner and handed to Warner Bros., where it remains to this day
  • TreTre
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    Something that will always be confusing: WB hating CN and both hating HBO to the point where they feel like completely separate things despite not really being unrelated in the slightest
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I almost feel like HBO isn't even part of Time Warner
  • CalicaCalica
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    HBO is part of Time Warner?
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Calica said:

    HBO is part of Time Warner?

    Yes, and it has been since the company was founded (it came from the Time side)
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