NEWS: Why The Writers Are On Strike

Do you even realize what a pathetic reach you are attempting to make?

And what the fuck happened to the edit button, BTW??? Somebody better have an explanation for this...

Fingers crossed. You've got my support, for all that's worth.

Ah, the old 'free market can and should be applied to anything and everything' argument. And it's oh so easy to explain how to can be applied using the simplest of comparisons, influencing only the stupid. It's too bad that reality is so much more harsh.

Studios will be making money off of these shows and movies for years to come. And with the Internet becoming faster, studios are going to be able to sell more advertising space online resulting in increased revenue as you point and click to view whatever you want, whenever you want. So you can argue that the system is 'antiquated', but it's a double standard when it you apply it to writers and not the media conglomerates who will make money off of a show made in 1988 and will generate advertising revenue in 2008.

And that's ignoring the fact that writers aren't fucking short order cooks. You can't just hire writers off the street and expect a quality product. Most of the writers that work in the entertainment industry are bright, highly educated yet receive middle-class income, and many work project to project. Without residuals, many would have to pick up second jobs in between projects, and that doesn't leave a lot of time for the creative process to work. They're are not rich, most are working class people like most Americans, yet responsible for the higher quality of entertainment we see out of the industry.

It's the Y2K.

As a writer I sympathize. I hope they get what they want at least a new DENTAL PLAN!!!!!

Good luck with your movement, even though you kind of ruined my expectations to see how craptastic The Big Bang Theory was with that comment, at least I can still get my disappointment from Chuck...

You will be very disappointed in Chuck, so you have that to look forward to.

I do feel authors and musicians are in a different field, as it is their work, and their work alone, that is being sold to the consumer.

Film and tv is a very different beast.


As for your bonus, did you go on strike if your bonus was less than what you thought it should be?

So the corporate executives who run publishing houses and record labels should pay royalties and/or residuals to the authors and musicians they make a huge profit off of, but the corporate executives who run movie and television studios should treat the writers they make a huge profit off of like day laborers?

I like Life too. Wouldn't have ever seen it if that cheesy Bionic woman (which I am also following, lame, lame) didn't come on before it. I'm fairly impressed with the character study slant it has.

All the best to you and the other writers in your efforts. I hate fucking dishonest cheating assholes, and have very little tolerance for them. I really don't care if they're corporations or sole proprietor's, it is important that they they are fair in their business practices, if not then let loose the dogs of war.

I might be one of the few people who honestly would not care if all writers were multimillionaires and were still arguing about this. Getting a fair rate for services is what matters here, and it is obvious that is not happening. I'm glad that you are taking a stand against the greed driven, snaggle toothed, fuckwit behavior that has been raping people living in this country for years.

Good luck!

That is a ridiculous analogy and is nothing like the labor dispute in question.

Look who made the front page of the Hollywood Reporter

Your very own FearTheReaper.

Hope it all works out for you writer's in the end. Creative types get fucked over way too often in the corporate world, so I'm glad you're standing up for yourselves and what you need. Best wishes.

There are a lot more people, skills and resources that go into any film or tv project than just writers.

she brought up her yearly bonus, not me.

Not your best angle.

So then actors and directors should never be entitled to any residuals or profit sharing, because they're not the sole creative force involved?

Why not pay authors and musicians one lump sum for their creative works and never pay them royalties?

I think I look like a bit of an asshole.

Fixer apparently doesn't realize that crew unions health and pension is also based on royalties. So, if we caved he'd lose out when his union's turn came. But it is obvious he does not use his brain all that much.

You look like someone with principles.
How people could make you folks out to be the bad guy in all this I'll never know...

Good luck and I hope the strike is a short one... for all the writer's sake.

Are being deliberately obtuse or do you not really get it?

Fixed.

It amazes me how little credit writers get. Every time I see "A Ridley Scott Film" or whoever, it pisses me off. You can have the best director and actors in the world, but there is no movie without a writer. Practically any other role in the production can be interchanged without essentially impacting the final piece, except the writer.

So yeah, 4 cents of the $20 I pay for a DVD goes to the person who is most responsible for the genesis of the movie? How is that fair?

Here's hoping it works out for you guys.