Yay, glad to see it made Sars' list.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Liese S. - Oct 11, 2007 5:01:52 pm PDT #7159 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
DCJensen - Oct 15, 2007 7:29:56 pm PDT #7160 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Tom Scola - Oct 18, 2007 7:52:41 am PDT #7161 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Can I hijack this thread to talk about the WGA strike?
Kevin - Oct 18, 2007 8:08:07 am PDT #7162 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Go for it, Tom, I say. I'm wondering how it'll effect a lot of stuff.
Sean K - Oct 18, 2007 8:13:13 am PDT #7163 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I know a lot of shows started production very early, and were desperately trying to get a full order out before the strike deadline. I'm not sure how successful they've been, but the studios have definitely been stocking up for a siege.
Kevin - Oct 18, 2007 8:14:58 am PDT #7164 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
It does make me wonder, why bother striking if studios have already got production covered for the period?
Tom Scola - Oct 18, 2007 8:16:10 am PDT #7165 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This NYT article talks about the conflicted role that show-runners are in.
During the last Hollywood writers’ strike, which lasted for five months in 1988, it was the show runners who played a major role in ending the walkout, in part through their threat to secede from the writers’ union, according to news reports at the time.
Those show runners — also known as “hyphenates” because of their dual roles — often own production companies that are under contract with television studios, which are themselves often owned by the networks. Some writer-producers have privately expressed nervousness that if they do not come to work in any capacity, they could be in violation of their broader contracts and risk losing their production deals, which are essentially retainers that typically pay hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
Polgara - Oct 18, 2007 8:18:20 am PDT #7166 of 10001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
The studios were stockpiling scripts, but originally the strike (if there was one) was planned for spring, to coincide with another guild's ending contract (directors, I think?). The WGA switched gears recently and, if they strike (have they voted affirmatively yet?), will now do so on Nov 1, which will screw with the current season, and theoretically improve their chances of success.
Ailleann - Oct 18, 2007 8:20:51 am PDT #7167 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
So... what do they want?
signed, I really should get some kind of news sometimes, huh?
Polgara - Oct 18, 2007 8:22:52 am PDT #7168 of 10001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
So... what do they want?
Actually, not a clue. It never really came up in the discussions I've had with members. Huh.