New Steve Jobs biopic is shaping up to be Apple’s worst nightmare

Venture Beats ^ | July 2, 2015 | by Chris O'Brien

[bkepley]

What is Apple a cult or something?

[Talisker]

Apple executives began trashing that book as too focused on Jobs’ flaws and temper.

Not possible.

[Swordmaker]

The new Steve Jobs movie is taking a very negative view of Jobs, painting Jobs as the only the evil Jerk Jobs, according to the previews, and Steve Wozniak is saying the words and some scenes attributed to him are entirely fictional and never happened. Should be interesting to see if the entire film is a Sorkin hit piece like "The Social Network." — PING!

Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs. Ping!

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[discostu]

Probably not. Nobody really cares what the biopics say. Pirates of Silicon Valley didn’t hurt them. Jobs didn’t hurt them. Social Network didn’t hurt Facebook. Even if people bother to watch it (which Jobs seriously calls into question) things tend fall out of people’s heads when they leave the theater.

[Chgogal]

Sorry to hear that. Luckily for me, I don't watch the crap coming out of Hollywood anymore. : {

[mrmeyer]

Michael Fassbender looks like Kent from Real Genius (1985.)

[freedumb2003]

>>Sorry to hear that. Luckily for me, I don’t watch the crap coming out of Hollywood anymore. : {<<

I plan on seeing the new Minions movie. Other than that, I don’t see anything on the horizon I want to watch, especially a hit piece on a dead guy who forever changed the technological landscape.

[tacticalogic]

It’s the only way they know to portray a straight white guy any more.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Considering the ego’s in Silicon Valley and Steve’s success in getting fully tested products into the logistics chain and out the door it may be more of a lesson in discipline.

My only gripe with Jobs was sticking with Objective-C and Xcode. They fell way behind the curve on that. That was 1990’s stuff.

Apple has so many fingers in the pie now, no wonder their new stuff is half baked. And that stupid watch...Jobs would never have gone for that.

[pabianice]

The simple truth is that most people who rise from nothing to, in a few years become billionaires, is that they are huge *ssholes who are all ego and have no love for anyone else. Watched “Genius: Edison vs. Tesla,” last night. Watched “Wright Brothers vs. Curtis” and “Colt vs. Wesson.” Great series.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Swordmaker. Looks like I'm not "in before the Microsloth cultists", ah well.

The Isaacson book (I have the unabridged audio version) is probably the basis for this movie?

[pepsi_junkie]

If you make enough biopics of Steve Jobs (this is what, the 4th?) eventually you will get one that’s not worshipful.

[RayChuang88]

Let's face it folks. Every business magnate from Cornelius Vanderbilt to Mark Zuckerberg have to be ruthless at times in order to wildly succeed in a business venture. Jobs' mercurial attitude is nothing compared to what John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and others of the Robber Baron age did to amass their fortunes.

[Stentor]

What is Apple a cult or something?

You'll find out, mister. Keep your cat indoors.

[MoochPooch]

It’s the only way they know to portray a straight white guy any more.

Part of the reason I am largely avoiding Hollywood at this point. (I'm a woman.) I no longer trust them to present me with anything even neutral. Everything is a left-wing slant.

[longfellow]

Will they show him washing his feet in the toilet, fn whack job.

[Rummyfan]

Starring Michael Fassbender as Jobs and Seth Rogen as Wozniak, every frame of the two-minute trailer shows us an arrogant, smug Jobs. The portrayal shouldn’t be surprising given that the script was written by Aaron Sorkin ...

Seth Rogen and Aaron Sorkin? That's two strikes right there!

[Swordmaker]

I plan on seeing the new Minions movie. Other than that, I don’t see anything on the horizon I want to watch, especially a hit piece on a dead guy who forever changed the technological landscape.

HEY! Something we agree on. . . Minions are the funniest thing to come along in a long time. . .

[Swordmaker]

It’s the only way they know to portray a straight white guy any more.

Actually, it's the only way they know how to portray any business person anymore. . . evil. Business people and capitalists are always portrayed as evil, greedy, rapacious, and self-centered, land raping reprobates.