Much as I support the writers, I agree with Kristen. I was really surprised when I heard that the AMPTP.com site was passed on in an official e-mail.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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.
Polter-Cow - Dec 12, 2007 8:10:28 pm PST #8976 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Dec 12, 2007 8:16:18 pm PST #8977 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
me too. I thought it was really funny, but I was surprised it came with official endorsement.
Polter-Cow - Dec 12, 2007 8:32:09 pm PST #8978 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think I wouldn't have minded if it had been tacked onto something else ("Here's where we're striking, and, by the way, this is pretty funny."), but apparently it got its very own e-mail.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 13, 2007 4:14:11 am PST #8979 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I feel like the Charlie Brown of fandom.
And yet you keep trying to kick that football...
UTTAD - Dec 13, 2007 4:41:54 am PST #8980 of 10001
Strawberry disappointment.
The studios can play reality tv till the cows come home, but presumably they'll miss out on DVD sales, itune sales, advertising money from streaming shows and ultimately syndication that only come from scripted shows. So whereas the wave of reality tv might keep their viewing figures up initially, they'll be losing loads on the very things the strike's about.
Allyson - Dec 13, 2007 5:36:52 am PST #8981 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 talking to ND yesterday about how this is grinding down our local economy in a lot of ways. My neighborhood is a hotspot for lunches and dinners and coffee meetings, and my coffee bean is usually jam packed with people working on laptops. It's a ghost town.
Yay parking?
I've also been watching the apartment listings like a vulture. A VULTURE. Though I'm still trying to convince Tim to let me move in to the pool house in exchange for baked goods and dog walking.
Sue - Dec 13, 2007 5:48:16 am PST #8982 of 10001
hip deep in pie
You know, being slightly panicked about getting a cat sitter for Xmas, I think the dogwalking alone would be worth the price of rent.
Allyson - Dec 13, 2007 5:51:05 am PST #8983 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
This is what I'm saying!
Strega - Dec 13, 2007 6:52:22 am PST #8984 of 10001
presumably they'll miss out on DVD sales, itune sales, advertising money from streaming shows and ultimately syndication that only come from scripted shows.
Well, they'll miss out on a season's worth of that revenue. But there's still plenty of product available. Remember NBC's "If you haven't seen it, it's new to you" slogan from a few years back? Ten bucks says that we start seeing stories in EW and such about how catch up on current shows that you stopped watching last season, cult shows from the past 5 years to check out, what to watch on BBCA...
Trudy Booth - Dec 13, 2007 7:02:06 am PST #8985 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
And even if they lose quite a bit of money, its only their entertainment division -- as long as the rest or the corporation has a good year they'll weather the storm nicely.