# The Final Days of ‘Coyote vs. Acme': Offers, Rejections and a Roadrunner Race **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 10, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-days-of-coyote-vs-acme-offers-rejections-and-a-roadrunner-race/997389 "2024-02-10T12:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-days-of-coyote-vs-acme-offers-rejections-and-a-roadrunner-race/997389/41 "2024-04-11T00:26:31Z")
Next Sunday’s New York Times Magazine has an article on Coyote vs Acme. Gifted article: > **[Want to See This Film? Movie Studios Won’t Let You.](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/magazine/why-coyote-vs-acme-was-not-released.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jk0.OQeF.salPkYgKuVgF&smid=url-share)** > > As in the case of ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ sometimes an entertainment company sees more value in not selling you its products. Financial explanations contained therein aren’t wholly persuasive IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-days-of-coyote-vs-acme-offers-rejections-and-a-roadrunner-race/997389/42 "2024-04-11T01:32:17Z")
I saw someone compare Warner’s craven attempts to Make Line Go Up compared to torching a restaurant for the insurance money - they’re sacrificing the future of the company to pump the quarterly earnings statement now. This is what happens when you put tech bros and finance bros in charge of media. No sense of conservatorship or respect for the company or its legacy - just do whatever will make the stock valuation LOOK good right now because that’s the only thing that matters and appearances are more important than results. To these people, the ideal company is one that produces nothing, provides no services, and has no employees outside the C-suite, but raises its prices 50% every year and won’t let you cancel. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-days-of-coyote-vs-acme-offers-rejections-and-a-roadrunner-race/997389/43 "2024-04-12T00:36:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This is what happens when you put tech bros and finance bros in charge of media. Please allow me to tweak this fine bit of wisdom for you: > This is what happens when you put tech bros and finance bros in charge of ~~media~~ any company in any industry. C.f. Boeing, HP, etc. And Warner. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-days-of-coyote-vs-acme-offers-rejections-and-a-roadrunner-race/997389/44 "2025-04-01T06:05:49Z")
The greatest and most important hot dog topping comes to the rescue: > **[Thanks, Ketchup! 'Coyote vs. Acme' is SAVED! | The Mary Sue](https://www.themarysue.com/thanks-ketchup-coyote-vs-acme-is-saved/)** > > Warner Bros. finally has let Coyote vs. Acme go and GOOD! We're going to be able to actually see it and that's all we wanted! (Okay, Ketchup is a media company, not the most baffilingly controversial condiment choice.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-days-of-coyote-vs-acme-offers-rejections-and-a-roadrunner-race/997389.md?page=2)