Writer's strike: Who do you want to win?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Thursday, March 7, 2024 03:54
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The news from Variety:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976360.html?categoryid=18&cs=1
So, who do you sympathize with here, the writers who want to be paid for new media uses of their work, or the companies that need to make a profit to keep employing said writers?
Curious Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
The news from Variety:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976360.html?categoryid=18&cs=1
So, who do you sympathize with here, the writers who want to be paid for new media uses of their work, or the companies that need to make a profit to keep employing said writers?
Writers. Fairly obviously. And when SAG and DGA strike over the same issues in a few months time I'll be with them too. They really do deserve to make money from their work and as alternate media becomes more and more attractive to consumers their sales should be part of the pay structure.
David
'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg
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The writers of course.
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I'm a capitalist. So I support the producers.
Frankly, the writers are really the ones being selfish. Right now, they are putting a lot of production crew members out of work. That's what's dumb about strikes in general; financially, they hurt many people that have nothing to do with the issue.
Although, I do like that a lot of idiotic, obnoxious, narcissistic, spoiled and overpaid actors are being put out of work.
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Quote:I'm with YOU!*
Originally posted by CrevanReaver:
I'm a capitalist. So I support the producers.
Screw the writers! They get paid a LOT for sitting on their asses and doing basically not much! They should all just be fired and replaced with new ones who are unafraid of the feast-or-famine lifestyle! The producers and executives know best- just like when they cancel unsuccessful dumb TV shows mid-season or refuse to pump dollars into marketing a movie based on that show!
Who needs freakin' writers or actors? Computers can write and animate stuff for us now anyway.
*not really Chrisisall
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Quote:Wouldn't the logical course of action be to give the writers jobs as CEO's and executive producers? I mean, if they're on their arse all the time, seems that they're eminatly qualified.
Originally posted by chrisisall:
They get paid a LOT for sitting on their asses and doing basically not much! They should all just be fired...
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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Originally posted by CrevanReaver:
I'm a capitalist. So I support the producers.
Why? How are the producers' economic interests more important in a capitalist framework than the writer's?
David
'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg
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Writers because ultimately they make what we watch, producers just figure out how to pay for it.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
So, who do you sympathize with here, the writers who want to be paid for new media uses of their work, or the companies that need to make a profit to keep employing said writers?
I think we should draft all the writers since this nation is at war and TV is a vital national interest. So we draft them like we did the coal miners in WW2. They've got no right to interfere with Battlestar Galactica production schedules or other projects vital to the war effort or national security (like The Unit...a show that is about American soldiers kicking ass and drinking beer). Truth is I was all for them getting a fair shake till they screwed up BSG Season 4.
Sure, everything is ok right now, we've got new episodes of other shows, NFL football, and TV movies. What happens in January when its re-runs of shows most of which were crappy the first time around.
I like the idea of NBC showing Firefly as a mid-season replacement.
H
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