Added my photos to the ME pool: [link]
'Serenity'
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.
In a completely shocking turn of events (not), talks have broken down again.
That load of crap makes me want to seriously hurt someone.
Total codswallup.
Wow.
Wow wow wow.
Good goddamn.
I was explaining the strike to my boss's wife at dinner tonight, and I said it looked like the AMPTP was going to walk away today, but I had no idea they would go out so shittily.
a streaming proposal that would require us to give them more money than we make ourselves
Someone please explain to me how asking for a percentage of profits (that is less than 100) could possibly result in a calculation that exceeds the profit in question?
Oh, thank you, AMPTP:
Lastly, we cannot agree to any new residual formula based upon the concept of “Distributor’s Gross.” That is, any residual formula that requires payment to be made based upon the receipts of an entity other than the signatory Company is unacceptable to us. Our agreement to share revenues with you must be limited to those revenues actually received by the signatory Company.
So...I don't understand what the WGA is asking for here because if I'm understanding this correctly, it would technically be possible for the writers to get a percentage of money the studios don't have. Although I don't know how that would happen when they're only asking for 2.5 frickin' percent.
CHANT: "A-M-P-T-P, COP A PLEA!"
I'm trying to figure out how that scans. Two silent beats before "cop a plea"?
Me too, Jon, and it's driving me crazy. I didn't think of the silent beat option. I'm with the writers, but chants shouldn't make me doubt their abilities. Maybe they need some cheerleaders to help them.
The Grr Argh Guy picture is my favorite, so far. That must have been a fun day for ME fans, who have been itching to picket FOX for something, for years now.
Maybe they need some cheerleaders to help them.
Maybe two hand claps instead of two silent beats?
A-M-P-T-P
t clap
t clap
COP A PLEA!
In my head, P-T share a beat (8th notes, if you will), and then there's a beat rest at the end to take a breath before you start again.
If P-T-P were said like playing musical third notes, it would work.