HBO alters Paterno Statue
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Simple explanation: They are trying to make the statue look like Al Pacino.
Fake movie based on a fake story now introduces a fake statue. I've already decided I'm not watching the movie. Disgusting.
What are the odds there will be a fake story line about some red headed guy who tried to go to the police but was told not to? Facts? I'm guessing this movie will be loaded with spin and innuendo but short on real facts.
I still can't get over how bad that original statue was. I just saw a feature on the guy who is making a bust for Terrell Davis for his NFL Hall of Fame induction. Let's just say that the NFL Hall of Fame artist really knows what he is doing. I'd like to have that guy do a likeness of Joe someday.
From the looks of the statue, it looks like the story line will be an old, confused and feeble Joe that totally lost control of the program and only concern was his legacy.
You're right...what a shame that they could be so far off on everything. Just an utter piece of garbage.
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That article is horsesheeet. And..... Fuuuuuuck sarah ganim. Fuuucking liar.
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Hang her and the rest.
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Hang her and the rest.
As long as they don't put names on the uniforms everything will be fine.
Exactly my thought as well. Maybe at the beginning it should say "based on a false story"
I would love to have a statue of these guys guarding the player entrance at Beaver Stadium. Imagine the players walking right past these guys and into the stadium every game:
I would love to have a statue of these guys guarding the player entrance at Beaver Stadium. Imagine the players walking right past these guys and into the stadium every game:
Some should turn a wide angle version of this into a poster.
I like that statue better. I could see it somewhere quiet, on campus.
From the article....
HBO describes the untitled project as a look at Paterno's life after the scandal broke, "challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure on behalf of the victims."
Oh yeah...this is a hatchet job in the making. No thanks.
HBO describes the untitled project as a look at Paterno's life after the scandal broke, "challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure on behalf of the victims."
Oh yeah...this is a hatchet job in the making. No thanks.
Actually, its an jealous old man bitter that his bizarre economic theorems do not have the fame, glory, or impact that a mere football coach did.
Sounds like this HBO movie is going to be a completely unoriginal parroting of the fictional story that the mass news media already wrote six year ago. There's no way I'm watching it if that's what they're going for.
Article explaining the HBO version of the statue........
The two cousins behind original Joe Paterno statue react to HBO's version
The original Joe Paterno statue (left) has been altered for HBO's coming film about the former long-time head football coach.
Hollywood’s version of the Joe Paterno statue caused quite a stir among Penn State fans last weekend.
The two cousins behind the original statue told The Collegian they weren’t approached by HBO before the studio constructed their own version of the statue -- with a couple twists -- for its upcoming film about the former longtime head football coach.
“They can do whatever they want,” Yesid Gomez said over the phone.
Gomez, along with cousin Wilfer Buitrago, put together the original statue in 2001 based off a sculpture by Angelo Di Maria. It was taken down in 2012 during the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case.
“They could have contacted us to maybe make the same sculpture,” Gomez said.
Many fans took to social media to show their displeasure with the changes made to Hollywood’s version of the statue for the untitled HBO Film.
Instead of Paterno raising his hand, triumphantly pointing his index finger and leading his players, HBO’s version version depicts the coach with his shoulders slumped and his hands in his pockets.
Some questioned whether there was a copyright issue preventing HBO from using the exact same design for its film.
However, Gomez and Buitrago, said that wasn’t the case.
“They don’t probably don’t want to create any controversy so that’s why they just create their own,” Gomez said. “All they had to do was make the same sculpture we did many years and that would be better, but theirs doesn’t represent the one we did.”
Gomez suggested the studio could have reached out to him and Buitrago and contracted them to use the recreation of the statue they started working on last year.
The pair said their Kickstarter campaign, which was reported by The Daily Collegian last August, finished with $5,000 to cast a new statue of Paterno.
However, Gomez said that is $50,000 short.
Gomez said the goal is have their clay model cast in bronze and take it to Beaver Stadium for a game.
He estimated that he and Buitrago have put $25,000 of their own money into the project in addition to the $5,000 they raised last year.
The current location of the original statue is still unknown
The two cousins behind original Joe Paterno statue react to HBO's version
The original Joe Paterno statue (left) has been altered for HBO's coming film about the former long-time head football coach.
Hollywood’s version of the Joe Paterno statue caused quite a stir among Penn State fans last weekend.
The two cousins behind the original statue told The Collegian they weren’t approached by HBO before the studio constructed their own version of the statue -- with a couple twists -- for its upcoming film about the former longtime head football coach.
“They can do whatever they want,” Yesid Gomez said over the phone.
Gomez, along with cousin Wilfer Buitrago, put together the original statue in 2001 based off a sculpture by Angelo Di Maria. It was taken down in 2012 during the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case.
“They could have contacted us to maybe make the same sculpture,” Gomez said.
Many fans took to social media to show their displeasure with the changes made to Hollywood’s version of the statue for the untitled HBO Film.
Instead of Paterno raising his hand, triumphantly pointing his index finger and leading his players, HBO’s version version depicts the coach with his shoulders slumped and his hands in his pockets.
Some questioned whether there was a copyright issue preventing HBO from using the exact same design for its film.
However, Gomez and Buitrago, said that wasn’t the case.
“They don’t probably don’t want to create any controversy so that’s why they just create their own,” Gomez said. “All they had to do was make the same sculpture we did many years and that would be better, but theirs doesn’t represent the one we did.”
Gomez suggested the studio could have reached out to him and Buitrago and contracted them to use the recreation of the statue they started working on last year.
The pair said their Kickstarter campaign, which was reported by The Daily Collegian last August, finished with $5,000 to cast a new statue of Paterno.
However, Gomez said that is $50,000 short.
Gomez said the goal is have their clay model cast in bronze and take it to Beaver Stadium for a game.
He estimated that he and Buitrago have put $25,000 of their own money into the project in addition to the $5,000 they raised last year.
The current location of the original statue is still unknown
