Careful. They're listening. And they have thumb screws. And Carlton Cuse.
Kaylee: Can I? Zoe: Sure. He's out, though. Kaylee: He did this for me, once.
'Safe'
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.
Allyson - Nov 27, 2007 12:37:13 pm PST #8510 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
Kristen - Nov 27, 2007 12:44:00 pm PST #8511 of 10001
I think even Carlton Cuse would understand my uneasiness.
Though that could be the allergy meds talking.
Polter-Cow - Nov 27, 2007 12:55:00 pm PST #8512 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think I saw that Lindelof crossed along with Cuse to do post-production.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 27, 2007 1:21:24 pm PST #8513 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Is the last that much of a threat if he doesn't have use of the people-eating black smoke away from the fictional island?
Though I suppose he does still have a cadre of potential drunken drivers to send after people...
Jesse - Nov 27, 2007 1:25:17 pm PST #8514 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I get the impression that Carson Daly would still be a douche whether or not there were a writers' strike.
Seriously.
I think Nilly was the tourist I was with in Rockefeller Center when someone from his show staff came over trying to get us to be audience members.
Anyway, I feel semi-conflicted about watching Ellen, but she is doing stuff like showing old recorded bits and having a zillion little-kid guests.
msbelle - Nov 27, 2007 1:29:16 pm PST #8515 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
She is also mentioning the strike and saying she wants the writers to get what they want. I know people are still not happy with her, but I think it is good to get the word out even briefly to thousands and thousands of people who are not that aware.
CaBil - Nov 27, 2007 3:16:12 pm PST #8516 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Well, if he delivers an opening monologue to his show, I think the question becomes who wrote that monologue? It is my (limited) understanding that Leno and Letterman et. al have writer teams that put together opening monologues, skits and so on.
Kristen, I thought for signatory companies, if you are not a WGA member, you can only do X amount of work before being required to become a member. X being dependent on what kind of show you are working on, I think for one hour dramas you have to become a member after your second full hour script.
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2007 3:23:36 pm PST #8517 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think they should all improvise until the strike is over.
Jesse - Nov 27, 2007 3:25:07 pm PST #8518 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ellen is definitely making it up as she goes along -- and she has extra time to kill at the end of almost every show.
Wolfram - Nov 27, 2007 3:26:25 pm PST #8519 of 10001
Visilurking
Kristen, I thought for signatory companies, if you are not a WGA member, you can only do X amount of work before being required to become a member. X being dependent on what kind of show you are working on, I think for one hour dramas you have to become a member after your second full hour script.
Not Kristen, but I think she means going fi-core. Which is something the studios were trying to tell writers was okay to do.