Supergirl (TV Series)

Event Horizon (2019)

Julie Gonzalo: Andrea Rojas, Acrata

Quotes 

• Kara Danvers : Can I help you?

  Andrea Rojas : Not unless you brought a light meter. This office is in dire need of solar window treatments.

  Kara Danvers : I'm sorry, who are you?

  Andrea Rojas : Oh, my god, I am so rude.

  [shaking hands] 

  Andrea Rojas : Andrea Rojas. And you?

  Kara Danvers : Kara Danvers.

  Andrea Rojas : Kara? Such a pleasure. I'm a big fan.

  Kara Danvers : Oh, that's very kind of you. Uh... and did you say Rojas, as in Obsidian North?

  Andrea Rojas : The one and only.

  Kara Danvers : Right. Uh, well, I'm sorry, Ms. Rojas, I think the elevator dropped you off on the wrong floor. Obsidian's one down.

  Andrea Rojas : Oh, my goodness. Lena didn't tell you, did she?

  James Olsen : [entering]  Didn't tell her what?

  Andrea Rojas : James Olsen. I am glad you're here. I'm a big admirer of yours. So don't think for one moment that I won't find a place for you here.

  James Olsen : [confused]  Find a place for me here?

  Andrea Rojas : I bought CatCo. Actually, I bought the whole building, but CatCo is the major acquisition. And I'm taking over as editor-in-chief.

• Andrea Rojas : My father runs Obsidian headquarters in Buenos Aires. He's consumed with the space colonization rivalry with Uncle Elon.

  Kelly Olsen : Musk?

  Andrea Rojas : Mm-hmm. Which works in my favor, because dad turned the entire virtual and augmented reality business over to me. This is our VR gym, where our VIP customers can scale El Capitan from the safety of our office. Or if they're like me, they can do a couple of half-baked crunches on the Sao Paulo beach while scrolling through Instagram on their phones. Here's our new medical wing.

  Kelly Olsen : I am so excited for this opportunity, Ms. Rojas.

  Andrea Rojas : As you should be. This is a special moment in time. I'm determined to have Obsidian tech in every household within the year.

• Lena Luthor : We had a deal.

  Andrea Rojas : That's right. CatCo Worldwide Media for $1.3 billion. A little more than my board thought it was worth, but I'm a softie for an old friend in need.

  Lena Luthor : I'm talking about the deal to keep the CatCo sale secret until tomorrow. Instead, you were upstairs measuring the drapes.

  Andrea Rojas : Well, I'm sorry I ruffled your feathers. I didn't think a few hours would make a difference.

  Lena Luthor : Look... I want us to start off on the right foot here. CatCo isn't the end-all of what we can offer each other.

  Andrea Rojas : I agree.

  Lena Luthor : If we're to have a relationship again, and I ask you not to disclose something for 24 hours, I expect you to take me at my word. Everything I do has a purpose.

  Andrea Rojas : Understood.

  Lena Luthor : Just no more surprises.

  Andrea Rojas : And that big story you promised me, the one that would draw every eyeball in the world to CatCo's website? So long your hands were kept clean of it.

  Lena Luthor : You'll get it tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. as promised. I keep my word.

• Andrea Rojas : This room, look at this room. It's practically overflowing with talent. Journalism's best and brightest. And tomorrow, we'll be joined by the renowned William Day.

  Kara Danvers : From the Times of London?

  Andrea Rojas : Yes. Because as stacked as we are already, we can always be bigger. We can always be stronger. We can always be better. And together, we're gonna create a world-class news organization that drives consumer cross-platform engagement.

  Nia Nal : I-I'm sorry, uh... consumer cross-platform...

  Andrea Rojas : Engagement. Eyeballs, revenue. We're gonna take your already-brilliant work and we are gonna sharpen it until it's deadly, and we're gonna monetize it.

  James Olsen : With all due respect, Ms. Rojas, we don't allow revenue to drive editorial decisions here.

  Andrea Rojas : And it shows. You've been running the ship, James. How's subscribership?

  James Olsen : It's down.

• Andrea Rojas : When Ms. Danvers won the Pulitzer, readership tanked. It gives a certain kind of impression that the paper is pedantic; it's heavy, it's dull, like homework.

  Kara Danvers : That's insane.

  Andrea Rojas : No, Kara, what's insane is branding a company in a way that causes people to click away from the site.

  Kara Danvers : The news is not about clicks.

  Andrea Rojas : Everything is about clicks. From Fortune 500 companies selling their wares to a new mom posting her child's birthday, today the measure of worth is on a click. To survive, CatCo needs to pivot. Attention spans have plummeted along with revenues. Readers want watercooler news that's just fun to read and just as easy to digest.

  James Olsen : That, um... I'm pretty sure I can speak for everybody in the room when I say that if that is the kind of content that you wanna create here, we will walk. This is not what we signed up for.

  Andrea Rojas : But it literally is. You're all on a brand-new, three-year contract. If you're not interested in helping me drive CatCo into the future, you are more than welcome to side roll out of the car, just as I am welcome to exercise your non-compete clauses. I'd hate to see such talent be driven permanently from the business. If your heart isn't in it, let me know. Well, that's it.

  [raising her drink] 

  Andrea Rojas : Cheers to the future.

• Andrea Rojas : I believe you're familiar with William Day.

  Kara Danvers : Yes. Yes. Uh, by reputation. I'm a big fan of your work. Your exposé on eminent domain in Hart-El-Pool, it was... it was brilliant.

  William Day : It's Hartlepool.

• Andrea Rojas : Kara, I asked William to take a look at the few articles James said we're ready to post. Your piece on the governor's proposed water tax is very thoroughly researched. I asked William to re-write it.

  William Day : You buried the lede in the fourth paragraph, obscured emotion with unneeded facts and backstory. Overloaded it with unnecessary detail.

  Kara Danvers : That story laid out everything going on with the issue. But cutting out facts, not disclosing every side, that... that puts inherent bias in the piece.

  William Day : Every story has inherent bias to some extent.

  Kara Danvers : I would think you of all people would agree with me. You... your reporting is comprehensive and in-depth.

  William Day : When I wrote for the Times, I wrote stories the way the Times wanted them. Did the same for Le Monde, in French, no less. Daily Mail, however, I wrote tabloid stock.

  Andrea Rojas : Kara, if you're having trouble with the style I'm looking for, William can always re-write you.

  William Day : I don't mind, as long as I get a shared byline.

  Andrea Rojas : Of course.

• Kara Danvers : You can't just take over a storied news outlet and turn it into a... a pandering clickbait tabloid.

  Andrea Rojas : Actually, I can.

  Kara Danvers : And here's where you threaten me if I quit, you'll block me from the whole profession.

  Andrea Rojas : Correct.

  Kara Danvers : Mm-hmm.

  Andrea Rojas : And I'm not gonna fire you.

  Kara Danvers : Well, I'm not leaving journalism, so if I stay here, you should get used to the fact that I will be reporting what I want and writing it the way I want to. I will try to be shorter, because I am flexible. But I will fight you every time on every story to make sure it is told the way it deserves to be told. I will not tolerate being re-written by him, and I will not allow my voice to be silenced.

  Andrea Rojas : I never had any intention of silencing you, Kara. I'm glad we worked that out.

• Andrea Rojas : You were at the party when that big, weird hole opened, no? Where are the photos?

  James Olsen : I believe Dardine at extension 506 has what you need. I got nothing. Now, I can go into a whole diatribe about why that is, but I know you like to keep things short and sweet, so... I quit.

  Andrea Rojas : Are you sure about that?

  James Olsen : Mm-hmm.

  Andrea Rojas : You'll never work as a journalist again.

  James Olsen : [turning to leave]  That's part of the adventure.