corridor crew: "lets not make this feel like a parody" 60 seconds later: *makes fun of warner brothers*

@hellomate2672

Жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ loves y’all! God bless y’all!

@bluefletcherfish

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they said they wanted us to help trick people - but if they wanted it to seem real they wouldn't have had Sam do the opening narration!

@OnyDeus

Жыл бұрын

@@bluefletcherfish I think that's more for the millions of people who haven't seen Corridor stuff. Us subbed folks who know who Sam is are already in the know.

@kolupsy

Жыл бұрын

@@bluefletcherfish true lmao

@nayetcuba

Жыл бұрын

literally the logo said CD not DC. if its not a parody then WB will take it down.

“We’re the Warner Brothers and you’re a write off” 🤣🤣🤣

@Sujad

Жыл бұрын

Is this a legit leak or a joke? With the ending I literally cannot tell if it's a parody.

@NotBuddy0

Жыл бұрын

@@Sujad It's a parody, it looks legit though. Corridor are really good with their videos

@heroicfandom3995

Жыл бұрын

I thought they were riddler and penguin

@illapuproductions

Жыл бұрын

I died lol

@Pravuss

Жыл бұрын

I laughed like a fool at this part!

I want to see it for Keaton & Fraser only. The least they could do is let it go to streaming

@Adino1

Жыл бұрын

What I heard was Keaton's Batman was killed off early in the movie and that didn't go over well with test screeners.

@keeperofthefate

Жыл бұрын

It's better for this abomination to stay buried. Even trailer, that supposed to have the best scenes looks like a budget CW show. And Keaton&Fraser already got payed. So win win.

@WEYYYY874

Жыл бұрын

@@Adino1 what. (yeah I’m going to go drop kick the writers brb)

@J-Kim24

Жыл бұрын

They couldn't legally release it. When they chose to have a tax write off, they gave them a choice of receiving $3 billion dollars back, and never getting to release the movies that were under that deal. Or releasing a $90 million movie that probably wouldn't even have made that much.

@SuparTuber

Жыл бұрын

Same for me but + JK Simmons.

The part where the Warner Brothers said "We're the Warner brothers and you're our sister Dot" sent chills down my spine.

@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259

Жыл бұрын

wildermidnight lmaooo

@catarinacattasaki6865

Жыл бұрын

"and Your our Write-Off" [Tax Deduction]. Manson must be so proud. Marylin must be as absolutely Giddy as a Schoolgirl on Prom Night.

@ebbhead20

Жыл бұрын

​@@catarinacattasaki6865a write off. As in, you dont exist anymore. Why cant you hear that.?

@MrGlenbw

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a very dark sequel to the Animaniacs cartoon show that I'd LOVE TO WATCH...

@MyRegardsToTheDodo

11 ай бұрын

@@MrGlenbw Well, I'd definitely like to see the Hello Nurse of THAT show.

“We’re the Warner Brothers and you’re a write off” I always knew WB was the biggest villain in the DC universe, it’s just nice to seen it in context.

@jackpotsdoxieslots7702

Жыл бұрын

Plot twist she joins them at the end as the Warner sister to lead into the live action Animaniacs movie.

@VanSanProductions

Жыл бұрын

The WB own CW which produced Batwoman. I actually watched the first season of that, it was bad but kinda watchable in the way most network shows have that sort of structure that is easy to watch. I kinda want to see this batgirl movie, i don't even care if it's bad.

@bretts8070

Жыл бұрын

They saved the Batgirl IP from this abomination of a production. Villain? More like, savior.

@pathologicaldoubt

Жыл бұрын

Well they’re making absolutely garbage content like the new HQ series…

@paulyguitary7651

Жыл бұрын

@@pathologicaldoubt which why I always knew they were the biggest villains

I went through this entire thing and I still have a little voice in the back of my head asking me if it’s really fake.

@HoodedSpidey

Жыл бұрын

“We’re the Warner brothers.”.. seriously?

@Fernando_616

Жыл бұрын

Lol its hella fake... About 20 seconds in and you can see shots from Batman returns and Birdman. Well done none the less lol

@marcane6122

Жыл бұрын

It is

@Batman76963

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@dasboom7133

Жыл бұрын

The voiceovers were so terribly delivered i wondered if it was real

Brendan Fraser delivered that line with such feeling that I actually got chills. I'd watch this as a full length film just to see him as Firefly.

@timfool

Жыл бұрын

Grow up dude with "chills"

@bonelesswater1064

Жыл бұрын

Grow up with that edgy username

@axekickstudios2886

Жыл бұрын

@@timfool What? I can't appreciate good acting? Whatever man.

@ifyouonlyknew811

Жыл бұрын

That's from a cheezy Indian movie he made in 2015. It wound up on Indian TV. One of his 7 gay roles.

@axekickstudios2886

Жыл бұрын

@@ifyouonlyknew811 That doesn't detract from the delivery of the line though? I don't understand the point you're trying to make here.

Whoa, dude... When Yakko and Wakko play the old Bugs Bunny gag and drop Batgirl down a never ending abyss. Classic.

VFX so good was wondering if you'll actually used some leak footage, then the Warner Brothers came up and I definitely knew it was legit

@yoavallon

Жыл бұрын

They did use footage from other shows/movies though

@gijosh93

Жыл бұрын

It was just subpar enough to come across as a real DC movie

@hellomate2672

Жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ loves y’all! God bless y’all!

@michaelwesten4624

Жыл бұрын

dude, do you even have eyes or are you watching on your 480p iphone 3

@Jacob-qr8pl

Жыл бұрын

If the VFX was good, there's no way it could be a DC project.

That line from Brenden Frasier was incredible... I wanted this to be real just to see him in that role.

@Braindeaddefault

Жыл бұрын

It would have been nice to see him play a bad guy.

@Catherine.Dorian.

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@shanivanneck

Жыл бұрын

Fraser

@LyndanTylor

Жыл бұрын

@@shanivanneck Brendan

@MAX-xd4uz

Жыл бұрын

that's brendan fraser?!

Nice to have this back 😊

"Bob we need to talk" "DAD ITS BARB NOW i swear you're the commissioner and you can't even figure out my identity! It's not a phase!"

1:05 i really like that scream transition to the car schreeching, it was a really good touch

@cescimes

Жыл бұрын

agreed, loved that part

Жыл бұрын

Omg I hadn’t even noticed! Mind blowing 🤯

@atch300

Жыл бұрын

Car.

@madiqismal4186

Жыл бұрын

Bruh that was a bycicle

@atch300

Жыл бұрын

@@madiqismal4186 IT WAS A MOTORCYCLE

Fenner must have done the compositng, this guy never fails to amaze me 🔥

@dbamv4374

Жыл бұрын

Oo bete mauj kar di

@n.i.c.k.f.l.e.t.c.h.e.r

Жыл бұрын

Jordan’s crazy talented too tbf

@th3R04R

Жыл бұрын

@@n.i.c.k.f.l.e.t.c.h.e.r Which one?

@DTredecim

Жыл бұрын

@@th3R04R Yes

@Sebbir

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you can definitely feel Fenners style in the compositing

She is believable as Batgirl and that's what makes her awesome!!

This entire video is just a really well made fan trailer just to set up the last punchline. Bravo.

@keir0830

Жыл бұрын

I was told Warner Bros cancelled the film and it cost $90 million USD to make. Is that true?

@shyamviramgama7403

Жыл бұрын

@@keir0830 yes

If I watched this after a few shots of vodka, I would honestly think this was 100% real. That's a compliment btw.

@TCO_404

Жыл бұрын

I had zero Vodka and it still took me a second.

Hollywood: *"write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!!"*

The cd universe really has grown

RIP to the people who automatically fell for this 😂

@mariobadia4553

Жыл бұрын

I fell for it. The sad thing is is that this trailer is probably better than what the actual thing would have looked like

@Ireallylovemoonknight

Жыл бұрын

I’m your 69th like

@guts-141

Жыл бұрын

Didn't fall for it but still clicked it due to curiosity

@bigboi7794

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@sixty-four

Жыл бұрын

And congrats to those who manually fell for it

When the Warner brothers came out and said "It's Warner Time!" I knew this would be one of the movies of all time!

@ZFRguy

Жыл бұрын

"It's Warnering Time! "

@billveusay9423

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and then when they warnered all over the place... Mwah !

@lordmaximusfarquad449

Жыл бұрын

A flaming bag of shit. Thank you for shelving this

@AbigailHonestly

Жыл бұрын

You're wrong... IT"S THE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!!

@AbigailHonestly

Жыл бұрын

@@ZFRguy It's Time To WARNER

I actually thought this was a genuine trailer before WB showed up

“There’s good ant then there’s evil, and evil must be punished,” Sensei Wu

Jordan did such a great job in this, she really got me hyped up for a movie that's never coming out💀

Jordan is always great on camera. She’s so talented.

@SebastianGrama

Жыл бұрын

She's a long way off. Jordan needs a lot more practice, but she does have a lot of potential.

@Dargonhuman

Жыл бұрын

@@SebastianGrama Talent and skill are two different things. She definitely has raw talent, it just needs to be tempered with some skill training.

Just found out this movie was out there and totally crushed they cancelled it. I loved purple suited Batgirl as a kid. I was mentally buying my ticket then I saw it was just going into the vault. NO!!!!!!!! Seems spirited. Even if it is junk I want to see it.

@dcmastermindfirst9418

Жыл бұрын

Lol come on. It looked like cheap CW shit.

@fuzzywzhe

Жыл бұрын

It is the fault of people like you that guarantees junk is made. No matter how low quality, inferior the PRODUCT is, you'll buy it, so everybody is stuck with crap products. This stuff is all yours now.

@BAYBAY_316

Жыл бұрын

I heard they deleted it completely. That was required for the tax write off

I wish Corridor made an original cb series like this🔥

They make it so good you can't even tell if it's actual footage or a parody 😂😭

@BKing007

Жыл бұрын

@koiun dwrru last time Catwoman didn't really make it so it's to be expected 😂

@John_Hoover

Жыл бұрын

Nice copy and paste. Anything original to say?

@BKing007

Жыл бұрын

@@John_Hoover come back 2 weeks later

@bu11seyeboy28

Жыл бұрын

@@John_Hoover he just has a popular opinion, what’s wrong with that?

@superartstudio

Жыл бұрын

It’s too good to be a real footage.

Honestly, I can see there being a pair of brothers as Batman villains with a mafia/mob feel. Love it. Hopefully a future or current DC writer will steal those characters.

@bibbyboxx2219

Жыл бұрын

There’s the Trigger Twins, but they’re more like cowboys.

@a_cube_but_2d

Жыл бұрын

Some of the older batman cartoons really liked using mafia it mixed well with the style of dc, but I feel like it would fit even better now.

@greateststeve25

Жыл бұрын

They were the “Warner Brothers” it was a jab at WB lol

@BroadFieldGaming

Жыл бұрын

@@greateststeve25 I realize that, and I'm now hoping a writer involved in a Batrun will use them to continue to jab at them.

@Vinny792

Жыл бұрын

@@bibbyboxx2219 There’s also the Dee Dee Twins from Batman Beyond. They’re Harley Quinn’s granddaughters.

KLUANGMAN should make cameo in this film

0:19 walter white but less old

That was so well made and hilarious, Jordan is a perfect batgirl

@Evanator404

Жыл бұрын

But we all know this role was made for Jordan Allen.

@Corridor

Жыл бұрын

@@Evanator404 He's the real Batgirl in our hearts

@LayerZlayer2000

Жыл бұрын

Rosario was the best for that movie

@RobertAlvarezThePsychicWitch

Жыл бұрын

@@Corridor Who is Jordan Allen? I did a quick Internet search, but there were a few, and one as young as 12 years-of-age, not to mention THE Jordan Allen, the actor who, I think, was featured, from time to time, on "Karen & Jack." I now call the series by the title it was supposed to have, but I digress.

@krievv

Жыл бұрын

​@@RobertAlvarezThePsychicWitch He's a part of the corridor crew lol.

0:58 Love how you got the entire movie budget they wasted, all $90 Million, just ablaze in the background. That's exactly what happened.

This is as real as Macaulay Culkin being a dad in Home Alone 7

Am I the only one expecting one of the guys in drag as Batgirl?

YOU GUYS ARE THE GOLD MINE OF KZread CONTENT!!! KEEP IT COMING!

Nicely done! Lovely, punchy ending. I give it about 5 hours before clips get shared as legit.

@thejoshbosh

Жыл бұрын

I give it 1

@Fernando_616

Жыл бұрын

Yeah... Its already being suggested this real lol

@bigmoviefreak

Жыл бұрын

5 hours? More like 5 seconds. You give the Internet too little credit. 😂😂😂

@Dargonhuman

Жыл бұрын

GIFs from Bosstown Dynamics are still being shared as legit, so you're probably vastly overestimating the turnover for this one.

At least they used the Michael Keaton version.

“There’s good and there’s evil. And evil must be punished”. Chills!

Holy sh*t, I didn’t realize this wasn’t real until the Warner bros line . That’s awesome

God it really did look like a CW show

@multiverse_media2023

Жыл бұрын

Except so much better writing than The Flash.

@maliquematthews903

Жыл бұрын

Shut up

@fanger54

Жыл бұрын

you do know this is a fake fan trailer. nothing will ever be shown from the actual film

@jackc882

Жыл бұрын

What's funny, is that the CW did try making Batgirl, and they canned it too. I guess Warner Bros didn't learn from them .. XD

@wonfo2510

Жыл бұрын

@@multiverse_media2023 have you even watched season 8? It has way better writing than the seasons before, I believe season 9 will be next as good

I was so confused at the beginning I was thinking there is no way this is the trailer.

Pity Warner Brothers decided to Scrap this the whole movie or however much of it they shot looks alright, they shot it in Glasgow Scotland i used to watch it being filmed

Jordan's Halloween costume = sorted.

This would feel so genuine if the voiceover was done by a professional voice actor (Sorry Sam). It looks incredible!

@DJRD555

Жыл бұрын

I agree.. Not everything needs to be goofy, please.

@aggrogahu

Жыл бұрын

lol yeah, when I heard the narration, I couldn't unhear Sam as DM

@ClintByrne

Жыл бұрын

I actually completely agree that voice over was rough. It really let's you see or hear how important voice talent is.

That's cool. Where is our Lord Batfleck?

Batgirls voice is definitely Santa Monica high school.

I kept going back and forth on whether this was real. I mean, I knew it couldn't be, but part of my brain kept insisting. The second time through I was able to identify most of the sources of the clips used. Excellent work. Love the Warner Bothers' "write-off" line. And Batgirl herself is hilariously on point.

@Sharklops

Жыл бұрын

Same here, but then I noticed the "Corridor underpass" in a few shots

@Yallahxcuzzy

Жыл бұрын

The CD intro at the start didn’t give it away?

@Stevenwave-

Жыл бұрын

@@Yallahxcuzzy Or Sam speaking in the first 15 seconds lol.

@RikFTK

Жыл бұрын

Come on man, everybody knew this wasn't real the second Jordan opened her mouth. She acts better in those aweful Vessi sponsored segments she does.

@rando_user0078

Жыл бұрын

If "Warner Bothers" was intentional, that is a great joke. If not, dont fix it.

"We're the Warner Brothers!" I was waiting for "And I'm the Warner sister!"

@thetimebinder

Жыл бұрын

Same

@schooltechnology

Жыл бұрын

Barbara Gordon adopted as an infant when her older siblings convinced her parents to abandon her. Birth name: Angelina Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Beau Besca Warner

@supernunb3128

Жыл бұрын

@@schooltechnology Angelina Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Beau Besca THE THIRD (Warner) But yes. That's great

"We're the WARNER BROTHERS... and you're a WRITE OFF!" Brilliant!

Dude we need to sign a petition for the warner brothers to actaully be canon batman villains lol

OMG I would totally watch a Batgirl movie portrayed by Jordan!!!!!! She has those killer legs and arms....

Wow congrats on the big role Jordan! ^^ the Brendan Fraser deepfake looks so good, I really wonder if you just managed to get him involved

@blurook

Жыл бұрын

That’s actually an edited clip from the 2019 film ‘Line of Descent’ featuring Brendan Fraser.

@EricChoiniere

Жыл бұрын

@@blurook thanks for the info!

@QuesoCucuy

Жыл бұрын

pretty sure they added the damage to his eye and forehead too and it came out good

@Dargonhuman

Жыл бұрын

@@blurook Nice. Though, given some of the other high profile guests they've had in the studio and Brendan's "good guy" reputation, I wouldn't have been terribly surprised if they'd managed to get him to record a few lines for them.

@ifyouonlyknew811

Жыл бұрын

@@Dargonhuman That 'good guy' reputation is strictly PR.

This was confirmed to be real, like 18 different times, by everybody from actors to directors.

Are we making a full circle back around to the Clooney and Kilmer days? Next thing you know Jim Cary is riddler again

“No time for jokes Batgirl!” - Batman

@multiverse_media2023

Жыл бұрын

"It’s always time for a joke, Bats." - Batgirl

Finally! I've been waiting to see the trailer after the movie was cancelled. So glad you guys found the footage. Thanks for sharing!

@wi42

Жыл бұрын

You are aware this is not a real trailer?

@NickMach007

Жыл бұрын

@@wi42 100% real. All the Truetons know what's up!

@NikoGoKrazy

Жыл бұрын

@@NickMach007 did the cd in the beginning not paint the picture that’s it’s fake

@Barely_Edited

Жыл бұрын

@@NikoGoKrazy this is some of the most obvious sarcasm I’ve ever seen and you’re missing it entirely

@NikoGoKrazy

Жыл бұрын

@@Barely_Edited wow man good for you. I’m glad you caught the sarcasm. It can be hard to tell sometimes when people on the internet are actually fucking stupid these days. Wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t sarcasm

* everything burning * "if not the firefly, then who??" "the warner brothers" 🤣 absolutely perfect

Joker: "Batgirl is a-near, Batgirl is a-near!"

If this was the actual movie trailer I would watch it immediately

@cagneybillingsley2165

Жыл бұрын

this looks terrible, i believe that's the intent

@thepillowvers4274

Жыл бұрын

@@cagneybillingsley2165 it looks great alright

@MrMagnaniman

Жыл бұрын

I usually don't post spoilers, but, since this movie was never released, it turns out that the Warner Brothers are actually the good guys and saved consumers maybe six or seven million dollars, collectively, on buying tickets to a really bad movie.

"We're the Warner Bros, and you're a write off..." Wow. Great job guys!

When Warner Brothers killed Fire fly and said "It is brothers time " I cried

Jordan is always great on screen. Has she done any TV, feature films, etc?

@Unikv

Жыл бұрын

She's apparently making an actual movie in Atlanta

@38siddhiwinayaks58

Жыл бұрын

Jordan who?

@Unikv

Жыл бұрын

@@38siddhiwinayaks58 Very good timmy, keep it up!

@38siddhiwinayaks58

Жыл бұрын

@@Unikv bruh, i don't know this Jordan and this is how you reply? Tf

@Unikv

Жыл бұрын

@@38siddhiwinayaks58 Oh i'm sorry, i thought you were being edgy like "heh, Jordan who? Never heard of her!" It's the person doing Batgirl in this video. Watch the Corridor Crew videos, there's a video in there about how this video was made

Oh god. For a moment I did not realize which channel I was on -and thought this was actually real. The anxiety was intense.

We are the warner brothers and you the write....... that line of dialogue sentenced batgirl

How did you create this?

"There's good and there's evil, and evil needs to be punished." Yup, this is DC alright.

@zeke2095

Жыл бұрын

rorschach

This is probably way better than what the movie would’ve been

@TacoLex

Жыл бұрын

True that.

@mr_indie_fan

Жыл бұрын

Yep.

@shadowanderson2004

Жыл бұрын

Honestly yeah

@di_amon

Жыл бұрын

Shit this looks better than 99% of superhero movies made in the last 20 years.

@diosnelfrica590

Жыл бұрын

@@di_amon 20 years ago Super hero movies looked like porn parodies.

This cast will be consider for future projects specially Leslie Grace and Brendan Fraser

@ifyouonlyknew811

Жыл бұрын

Not Brendan. Warner Bros. cancelled this and Doom Patrol. He's done there, just like Universal.

What a damn shame we may never see this movie released. Brendan Fraser is in the middle of a career renaissance, and it would’ve been so cool to see him play such a dark Batman villain like Firefly😢

@TherealSam561

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure WB did him a favor by not releasing it... Judging by the movies industry state and what type of movie quality that came out the past few years. I feel pretty confident that what we got from Corridor Crew with this trailer is for sure at the verry least 10x better if not more 😉

@lexihunnel2089

Жыл бұрын

@@TherealSam561 very

Dang, that look awesome. I knew it wasn't really leaked footage, but I also kept thinking it might be.

Damn if the voice actors were good and stuff this would be insane

Brendan Fraser with those villain eyes looking fine.

Frasier looked like he was the only one really doing his job.

@ifyouonlyknew811

Жыл бұрын

If you like Indian movies so bad that they sit on the shelf for 5 years before playing on TV. He kisses a guy in that one. One of his under the radar gay movies. Line of Descent.

Hold up, was that Brandon Fraser as firefly? I want this movie to be real.

@fanger54

Жыл бұрын

he actually was firefly in the real batgirl film. he had filmed most of his scenes before it got cancelled

@VanSanProductions

Жыл бұрын

How did the get the batgirl suit and actor

@Engineer_Who

Жыл бұрын

@@VanSanProductions Go to the Corridor Crew channel to find out!

@funtechu

Жыл бұрын

@@VanSanProductions They made the suit from scratch based on the production photos, and the actor is Jordan Coleman.

@SFNmooby

Жыл бұрын

@@funtechu spoilers! :)

leaking the movie into exitence

@multiverse_media2023

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Corridor.

@jelof21

Жыл бұрын

that's called MANIFESTING my dude

I clicked without looking at the channel. This twist was for the better

This was really fun to watch. Thank you for all the work you put into this.

This looks crazy

@justsometrashstrollingthro1869

Жыл бұрын

The video just got uploaded I know damn well you didn't see it yet

@kevonicus

Жыл бұрын

You know it’s not real right?

@dcalmighty2094

Жыл бұрын

Nigga ain’t even watch the video

@Proxernater

Жыл бұрын

@@kevonicus yea

@pandorial3727

Жыл бұрын

@@justsometrashstrollingthro1869 actually if they clicked on the video before 30 seconds then they could of watched it

What movie was that from where brendan frasier's face was bleeding?

They should at least give her; her own mini-series or add her in some of the future dc movies, like The Batman 2 and she can be Jeffrey Wright’s Com. Gordon’s daughter

*"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"*

Id be willing to show up to a movie theater wearing a suit just to watch this.

Why do I actually what this to be a movie?

I can’t tell if this is fake or not. She looks exactly like Leslie Grace in the Batgirl costume

Honestly. A general thing. It would be SO badass to see a dceu take on firefly

Watch it now before WB copyright claims it

She actually tells Keaton, an old dude in a Bat suit, that the universe needs him, the universe, lol…

If Nimona can survive cancellation, we must brink back the Batgirl movie too!

Okay, this actually had me fooled until the end. Well done.

The great idea was making the suit at 90's style, so she perfectly fit with Batman.

@timfool

Жыл бұрын

You had no style in the 90's

The only part that could have been easily fixed was the dude spitting our blood. It looked way too forced. But overall amazing job!!

The "CD" is literally perfect

It’s a shame, this actually looks so promising. The Warner Bros. are so in-character giving their signature warning before attacking!

@bhedrick101

Жыл бұрын

Don't you mean, "warnering?"

Oh my gosh that write off joke I’m dead 😂

They should just put the movie out and let us be the judges.

Let's hope they CREMATE the film reel/hard drives of the ACTUAL film~ Publicly!!!🤣😂

You had me for a few seconds. . _.LOL!_ 🤣 _Well done _*_Corridor!_* 🤭

WarnerBrothers: "I took that personally." DC comic fans: "we took it personally when you canceled an entire film." WarnerBrothers: " >:( "

@MrPammkj

Жыл бұрын

Truth hurts, and a HIT 🎯 DOG... will holler!💯🎤 You're so wrong WB!😑

Kramer knows everything about a write-off, I should ask him why this movie was shelved.

@timetowakeup6302

5 ай бұрын

😂… “You didn’t even know what a write off is do you Kramer”? “No, but they do, and THEY’RE the ones writing it off”