My understanding is that they can get replacement writers, just not anyone who is or ever wants to be WGA.
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'
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.
DebetEsse - Nov 10, 2007 9:55:56 am PST #7784 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Kevin - Nov 10, 2007 9:58:24 am PST #7785 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Well, if they get random writers in, they still wouldn't have a head writer, showrunner yadada. I don't think anybody would even try it.
That said, I'll totally ghost write Lost if they let me! I'll roll a dice to get all the plot elements. 1 = Some kind of bear. 2 = Something kind of ghost. 3 = Something involving a turtle. 4 = Cast member dies. 5 = Dead cast member returns. 6 = Thunderbirds rocket launches from island core.
Theresa - Nov 10, 2007 10:01:40 am PST #7786 of 10001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
What DebetEsse said, Kevin. Any strike has the opportunity for non union members to be the replacements. Isn't that the contention with Ellen right now? That she isn't shutting down.
I was reading this about replacement writing. I was just thinking, does it do any good to keep track of the episodes that were written before the strike? OTOH, "Days" might get better.
Trudy Booth - Nov 10, 2007 10:16:27 am PST #7787 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think Ellen is operating without writers.
She's a stand up comic who does interviews. Carson managed (not that she's Carson, but its the same gig)
quester - Nov 10, 2007 10:24:24 am PST #7788 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Bags bags bags! What else could I be spending my money on, anyway? Support the writers!
Just tell me where to send the money.
Polter-Cow - Nov 10, 2007 10:25:09 am PST #7789 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
How do people feel about the huge Ellen controversy? I don't exactly understand why she, specifically, is being singled out when a number of other WGA members have crossed picket lines to fulfill other parts of their contracts. Tina Fey is still acting in 30 Rock, and Eric Kripke was still helping produce Supernatural, and I'm sure there are more examples.
DebetEsse - Nov 10, 2007 10:31:27 am PST #7790 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But she is basically doing the work of writing, even if it's in the moment. If Fey or Kripke were making script changes, there would be similar reaction, I bet.
Polter-Cow - Nov 10, 2007 10:43:08 am PST #7791 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I heard she dropped the opening monologue, though. Surely, the writers don't write every single word she says. Or maybe they do. I don't know how talk shows work.
Trudy Booth - Nov 10, 2007 10:48:27 am PST #7792 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
This time, as I understand it, all the talk shows have opted to shut down except for Ellen.
Last time at least Carson stayed on, don't know who else.
And last time at least some soaps had scabs (I think, but I could be thinking of an actors strike)
Allyson - Nov 10, 2007 10:50:05 am PST #7793 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I was downtown last night visiting a friend, and there was some sort of production going on. Trailers, caterers, tons of equipment.
My friend said there was a clash between people protesting the production and the production, and cops were called.
I have no idea what it was.