SOMEBODY always controlls a bunch of the money and commerce. Once upon a time it was royalty, now its multinational conglomerates. As long as entertainment is profitable whomever is next will want a piece of it.
Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.
'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.
Trudy Booth - Nov 20, 2007 10:40:24 am PST #8420 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
Tamara - Nov 20, 2007 10:40:36 am PST #8421 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Strega, I was going to link that. Great minds and all.
I think that Rogers has a real good (and level-headed) view on what is and what isn't possible. He also seems to be less delusional about when things like this could happen and who might be the driving force. I like that he points out that not all writers want to be the kind of multi-hyphenate that could drive an ambitious project like this. Some folk just want to write and not become a one person studio.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 20, 2007 10:41:51 am PST #8422 of 10001
What is even happening?
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.
In the meantime though, I think it is relevant, because the conglomerates have already stopped re-running some shows on the airwaves, which means that even now, the writers are getting less in residuals than they used to. For example, just look at Lost. That sucker is never re-run on TV. It's re-run all the time, online -- ad supported, too. The writers get nothing. Five years ago, it would have re-run over the summer on TV, and during the winter hiatus, too.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 10:48:45 am PST #8423 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The roaches won't survive without us in many climates where we're all that's keeping it warm enough for them.
I have no real use for that extension of the metaphor, but I'm sure someone can work with it.
JenP - Nov 20, 2007 5:04:30 pm PST #8424 of 10001
he's not talking about moving in! Not, he's not talking about the linen.
I used to think he was not talking about the limit. I figured it out before this video, though. I was very proud.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 5:07:05 pm PST #8425 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I had to google.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 5:10:20 pm PST #8426 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I do think I thought it was the limit, pre-google. I just love the linen!
JenP - Nov 20, 2007 5:15:28 pm PST #8427 of 10001
I love the linen, too. I wish I had thought he was not talking about the linen.
Lee - Nov 20, 2007 5:48:22 pm PST #8428 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That is an awesome vid.
To me, he is talking about the linen, and always will be.
BigDuluth - Nov 20, 2007 6:24:09 pm PST #8429 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Hee! That video is great. Only hopefully it will happen the other way around.