You're making my brain hurt.
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kiba Rika - Jun 29, 2005 4:33:40 am PDT #292 of 10001
I may have to seize the cat.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 29, 2005 4:35:02 am PDT #293 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You're making my brain hurt.
Zombies could help you with that... by EATING it!!!!!
Tom Scola - Jun 29, 2005 4:38:29 am PDT #294 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
This is why Peter Jackson is suing Warner over LoTR. He's arguing that since Warner sold ancillary rights to LoTR to themselves instead of on the open market, the profits of which he gets a share of is much smaller than it would have been.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 29, 2005 5:37:16 am PDT #295 of 10001
What is even happening?
This gets into the old FOX vs. 20th C. question.
Right, but they're not going to get angry over the family getting a little time. It's not like Tim put "Joan of Arcadia" on the marquee.
lisah - Jun 29, 2005 5:59:18 am PDT #296 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
At this point, I kinda doubt they can be domesticated. Mike's going to have a tough time finding anyone willing to put up with them.
He should contact a rescue organization. They probably can be rehabilitated but they will need a professional to do it.
About the Inside...my housemate saw the 1st and 3rd eps and after each she shuddered and said she thought it was too creepy for her to watch. And today she's all THE INSIDE TONIGHT!! THE INSIDE!!!! WOOO!
Scrappy - Jun 29, 2005 7:45:53 am PDT #297 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We caption a lot of NBC shows and for each episode we have to split bill--half to NBC Universal in LA and half to NBC-NY. Same company, but for some weird bookkeeping reason, that's how they do it.
Tamara - Jun 29, 2005 7:56:47 am PDT #298 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
We caption a lot of NBC shows and for each episode we have to split bill--half to NBC Universal in LA and half to NBC-NY. Same company, but for some weird bookkeeping reason, that's how they do it.
It makes it easier for management accounting, forecasting and reporting within the separate units. Not that I would know anything about that.
-t - Jun 29, 2005 7:57:18 am PDT #299 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's important to allocate your costs between your subsidiaries correctly so you can tell which ones are giving you a good return and which ones are costing you more than outsourcing and so forth. Shell messed that up pretty bad back when they were all vertically integrated - the refineries bought crude at a fair market price but sold it to (wholly owned subsidiary) retailers at an artificially low price. Mgmt looked at the numbers and thought that refining wasn't making anymoney, so didn't build more plants. Which is one reason gas prices are high today - regardless of the suppky of oil, the refining process is a bottleneck reducing the supply of gasoline to consumers.
I'm sure there are similar decision making processes at work in film/tv production.
And that's the most I've used my MBA in a year. Sad, really.
(Heh, an all-Tamara x-post)
joe boucher - Jun 29, 2005 8:07:56 am PDT #300 of 10001
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Who's got financial control?
Uncle Rupe
bon bon - Jun 29, 2005 8:18:14 am PDT #301 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'm all for divisional accounting, but making your vendors split the bill seems kind of shitty. Why do you have to pick up the cost for their structure? I hope you charge them for that.
I also know that GE's weird accounting is why it took forever for NBC to merge with another entertainment company, unlike ABC/Cap Cities/Disney, etc.