Dear heavens, that video! I've got tears in my eyes, and I'm not sure if it's from laughing so hard, or because I've been scarred for life.
Also, if I'm earwormed for the rest of the day, I'm not sure what I'll do.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
WindSparrow - Nov 20, 2007 8:38:55 am PST #8392 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Theodosia - Nov 20, 2007 9:17:19 am PST #8393 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Awesome vid!
I'm glad to hear the writers are getting so much support, as I think this is an important issue that's going to have big repercussions further down the line.
Sean K - Nov 20, 2007 9:29:32 am PST #8394 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Actually, I'm beginning to wonder just how relevant the issues of this strike really are. I mean, sure, they're very relevant, but there's a lot of ways in which this strike feels like mammals striking against the dinosaurs for not getting with the program and going extinct already, so the mammals can occupy their niche.
Okay, that metaphor isn't really working, and maybe the future isn't all that imminent, but a future is coming (or at least looking more and more likely) where these studios just aren't relevant any more. I think maybe the writers and other creative types should start thinking about cutting out the middle man, and it seems like some of them are already talking about it.
I just keep thinking about United Artists, and wondering if it isn't time for something similar.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 9:29:57 am PST #8395 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm excited that I finally know what the singer isn't talking about in that song -- he's not talking about moving in! Not, he's not talking about the linen. He still doesn't want to change your life, though. Holy 70s, Batman!
Kevin - Nov 20, 2007 9:32:41 am PST #8396 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I can't see studios not being relevant in 10 years.. At the minute, they hold all the cards.
Tom Scola - Nov 20, 2007 9:34:27 am PST #8397 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
At the minute, they hold all the cards.
What cards are those?
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2007 9:38:14 am PST #8398 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just keep thinking about United Artists, and wondering if it isn't time for something similar.
Explain. I mostly know United Artists as, well, a chain of movie theatres. And a studio, too. So I don't know what you mean by studios not being relevant.
I'm excited that I finally know what the singer isn't talking about in that song -- he's not talking about moving in!
Ha, yeah, it took me half the song to figure that part out.
Tom Scola - Nov 20, 2007 9:40:55 am PST #8399 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
United Artists was a movie studio founded by actors Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplain, Mary Pickford and director D. W. Griffith, to give themselves creative control of their own work.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2007 9:42:50 am PST #8400 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Did it work?
Sean K - Nov 20, 2007 9:43:16 am PST #8401 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
There's been a couple of articles in the LA Times recently making a pretty persuasive case that, no, in fact, the studios are not, in fact holding all the cards, Kevin. They just think they are.
Or, they're holding all the cards, but that the future is in video games.
Okay, I'm very tired, stuck in an airport, and trying to type all these thoughts out on an iPhone, so I need to stop with the crappy metaphors.
I guess I'm just trying to say that The Way It Always Has Been is not even remotely close to the same thing as The Way It Always Will Be, and continuing to behave as if it is only plays into the studios' hands. History says again and again that no monopoly on power or control ever lasts. I refer you again to the story of Unites Artists. Or just ask the major record labels how Business As Usual is going.