I feel like the Charlie Brown of fandom.
And yet you keep trying to kick that football...
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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.
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"
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.
Tamara - Dec 13, 2007 7:47:36 am PST #8986 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Can't let the other VPs know that I will miss my budget target!
This is so much more important than most people realize. It's kind of embarrassing to see it up close.
Tom Scola - Dec 13, 2007 9:10:53 am PST #8987 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
In a move that could realign Hollywood’s troubled labor front, movie and television directors said Thursday that they were prepared to begin bargaining toward a new master contract with production companies after the New Year’s Day holiday.
The new talks are likely to jolt striking screenwriters, who walked out almost six weeks ago after failing to reach a deal of their own with the producers’ alliance. Members of the Writers Guild of America West and the Writers Guild of America East had lobbied the directors to stay away from the bargaining table until the writers came to terms with the companies.
Kevin - Dec 13, 2007 11:57:44 am PST #8988 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Kristen, obviously, nothing is hilarious in the context of actual job losses.
I didn't know the site went out in an official email. That's a bit wacky.
In other news, Nikki's blog seems to suggest Joss interrupted the filming of Carson Daly's show the other day with a bunch of other people.