I saw somebody from the WGA saying the $200k thing is absolutely well off the mark. Apparently -- I have no idea if this is true -- the average script for a show sells for $3k or so. I really can't see HOW that is true, as you'd have to write a lot of stuff to survive.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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 1:37:33 pm PST #7503 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2007 1:38:54 pm PST #7504 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
It's not as if they're taking from the "little guy" or whatever anyway. They're just asking for their fair share of profit*
*I tend to think they're asking for less than their fair share, but that's because I am the writers' bitch.
le nubian - Nov 05, 2007 1:41:06 pm PST #7505 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I remember the last writer's strike. I think I might have been in high school or college for some of it. I just remember the terrible General Hospital storylines during that time. Oh how they sucked. Something about a villain having a weather machine and Luke & Laura on a yacht?
tiggy - Nov 05, 2007 1:41:26 pm PST #7506 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
thanks, Daisy! this thread is a fount of knowledge today.
bon bon - Nov 05, 2007 1:41:42 pm PST #7507 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It's a lucrative industry, and the union is perfectly justified in taking measures to get their share-- just like pro players. But there's no need to start playing like this is Harlan County, USA. Come on.
Pix - Nov 05, 2007 1:42:44 pm PST #7508 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yes and yes and yes. I agree with all of you. I especially think that it's ridiculous to imply that all writers are "rolling in dough" given the fact that the vast majority are very much not.
One of the men I work with at school is really having a tough time with this whole issue. Apparently his father was one of the founding members of WGA, and my coworker has been writing WGA begging them not to give in since he watched his dad fight and starve to get the initial contracts.
Kevin - Nov 05, 2007 1:42:46 pm PST #7509 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Something about a villain having a weather machine
Oh my!
Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2007 1:43:32 pm PST #7510 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
It was a Cassidine I'm sure.
Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2007 1:46:35 pm PST #7511 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just remember the terrible General Hospital storylines during that time. Oh how they sucked. Something about a villain having a weather machine and Luke & Laura on a yacht?
So were those written by scabs?
tiggy - Nov 05, 2007 1:47:35 pm PST #7512 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
It was a Cassidine I'm sure.
it was! Stavros Cassadine. they actually brought him back not too long ago too. he had been "frozen" since the weather machine accident. Helena had blamed Luke and Laura for her son's death and all that time he was just frozen. Walt Disney style.