I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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.
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2007 8:34:32 pm PST #7589 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Laga - Nov 06, 2007 8:47:13 pm PST #7590 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've done my part to ensure that the strike ends in fewer than 7-9 business days.
Tim Minear - Nov 06, 2007 9:09:41 pm PST #7591 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
Working WGA members make a lot of dosh. I think trying to make it sound like we're paid like teachers is a wrongheaded notion. It's nothing like being a teacher. When I'm doing a show, I stand in a room with a big board and a marker and try to get a roomful of profane wiseasses to focus and do their work. I assign them projects, then when they turn in their work I go over it with a red pen.
That came out wrong.
In seriousness, since I will have some time on my hands, I and my friends are thinking of ways to communicate what it is we ARE fighting for and why it's of the good and right.
Burrell - Nov 06, 2007 9:15:49 pm PST #7592 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
sigh.
Tim just made me cry.
I mean I get why WGA members get paid more than I do, it's not the comparison that bugs me. It's the pay that I find demoralizing.
Kristen - Nov 06, 2007 9:49:54 pm PST #7593 of 10001
I want to hear about jury duty. Jury duty sounds like FUN.
How many pounds did you lose today?
Only half a pound today.
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2007 10:03:05 pm PST #7594 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I want to hear about jury duty. Jury duty sounds like FUN.
They should make a movie all about it!
Laga - Nov 06, 2007 10:39:05 pm PST #7595 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
with Pauly Shore!
le nubian - Nov 07, 2007 1:20:58 am PST #7596 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
[record scratch]
CaBil - Nov 07, 2007 4:30:37 am PST #7597 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Re: Kristen
Writers are often overlooked. Back in the 90s comic boom, many articles/people who started collecting didn't even think comics had writers, or simply were the ones who filled out the word balloons.
Then again, some people also thought all the art was done by computers, with the artists just clicking some buttons. Back in the early 90s...
CaBil - Nov 07, 2007 4:57:50 am PST #7598 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
In seriousness, since I will have some time on my hands, I and my friends are thinking of ways to communicate what it is we ARE fighting for and why it's of the good and right.
Some random ideas...
Talk about middle class values. No one ever really realizes that is what any union is ultimately about. The right for people in the union to earn a living wage.
"What if you had to live on one paycheck a year?"
For every writer, there is X (include the numbers of over and under line employees) number of people making tv and films from a writer's work.
Shouldn't a writer be paid at least as well as everyone else?
Every time a publisher sells a book, the writer gets rewarded.
Why shouldn't every time Hollywood company makes money from the writer's work, the writer also gets rewarded?
What the Hollywood companies made last year. $XX (probably billions)
What the Hollywood writers want. 4 more cents
When a writer's work is on the TV, he get paid.
When a writer's work is on the computer, he gets nothing.
Is that fair?
Work on a show about make believe people, get health insurance.
Work on a show about real people, get nothing.
Why should Hollywood companies make its writers rely on government assistance? (this one needs to be tweaked, but the idea behind it is valid. When you are unemployed, you do qualify for government assistance, and why should the gov. (and your tax dollars) go to help someone when the companies are making so much money?)