I think they're, ultimately, querying how much money is owed to content creators.
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.
Connor ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Kevin - Nov 05, 2007 7:52:16 am PST #7433 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2007 7:55:39 am PST #7434 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Right, but why not pick a non-zero number now to satisfy the writers' demands? They can always renegotiate later, can't they?
Kevin - Nov 05, 2007 7:57:14 am PST #7435 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
0.001%?
I can't speak from any WGA experience (uh, obviously), but from what I've seen with unions and corporations before, they'll make a non-zero number offer at some point soon, and it'll be absolutely shite.
Tom Scola - Nov 05, 2007 8:16:42 am PST #7436 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
NYT article on the picket line in NY: [link]
Kevin - Nov 05, 2007 8:17:49 am PST #7437 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Tina Fey FTW.
Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2007 8:23:57 am PST #7438 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee. Someone on my flist was perusing the TV Tropes wiki for How to Kill a Character:
7. Hire Tim Minear.
And, hee:
Quote from the The New York Times:
"To fans of the WB's recently canceled Angel, the writer Tim Minear is known affectionately as the Tim Reaper: the master of the fatal plot twist."
Jesse - Nov 05, 2007 8:25:07 am PST #7439 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They have a big rat out! I love the big rat. Do they have that other places?
Tom Scola - Nov 05, 2007 8:27:15 am PST #7440 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The rat was borrowed from Local 79, an AFL-CIO laborers’ union, and commuted in from Queens.
I think it's a NY thing.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2007 8:29:36 am PST #7441 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How do rats commute, anyway?
Jesse - Nov 05, 2007 8:29:54 am PST #7442 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, that specific one is, but I was wondering if local unions other places have something similar.
And actually, I think Local 79 is across the street from where I live! We could have commuted together, me and the rat.