It was a little bit more complicated than that, IIRC.
It was, of course - I should have worded that better.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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 08, 2007 7:19:04 am PST #7643 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2007 7:32:35 am PST #7644 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What's interesting about the WGA video explaining the strike is that I had thought the AMPTP wasn't offering anything for new media, but it looks like they are offering the DVD rate of four cents, but the WGA isn't taking it. And understandably so, because the AMPTP gets to reap a higher percentage of profit than they do on DVDs while not giving the writers any more. Fair share, guys! Fair share!
Also, can someone explain the four cents to me? I bought Season Three of The Office for whatever it was, thirtysomething dollars. Now, how does the four cents work? Is it four cents per purchase that gets distributed equally to all writers whose work is featured? Four cents that gets distributed to individual writers based on number of episodes they wrote? Four cents for each episode's writer (so that Aaron Sorkin would make, like, a whole dollar from a Sports Night set)?
sumi - Nov 08, 2007 7:34:57 am PST #7645 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, plus, dvds are probably going to be phased out - so it's easy for them to let them have dvds. And easy to see why the writers don't want to be screwed over for rights on internet and on demand plays.
§ ita § - Nov 08, 2007 7:37:52 am PST #7646 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
dvds are probably going to be phased out
In what time period? I'd think (assuming Blu-Ray and its ilk are covered) they'll be around for at least the lifetime of videos...and it seems silly to have to renegotiate for each technology breakthrough, I just realised.
Slow.
sumi - Nov 08, 2007 7:41:41 am PST #7647 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I know. They need to figure out a formula or language that could be adapted to new media as it happens.
Kevin - Nov 08, 2007 8:03:11 am PST #7648 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
The excellent Televisionary has an update on many show's production status, here: [link]
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2007 8:11:17 am PST #7649 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I wish someone would take that information and put it into a format where we could see when the last new episode of each series would air, so it becomes apparent how exactly the television schedule becomes fucked.
Ailleann - Nov 08, 2007 8:13:33 am PST #7650 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Info on some other shows would be nice too. One can assume, based on the schedule of similar shows, but a lot of the shows I watch aren't on that list.
Kevin - Nov 08, 2007 8:23:56 am PST #7651 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Yeah. Part of the problem is how hard it is to establish the status of some of the shows. I definitely think one big list of everything would be both useful and show everybody how messed up this is gonna get.
le nubian - Nov 08, 2007 8:31:37 am PST #7652 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita, incoming.