Writers' Strike, Cont: Studios Back Out of Negotiations

[Dynalisia]

If you can discuss the finer points of this entire subject for god how many pages in total now, chances are you're too smart to be netted by TV advertisement. You guys aren't really their target audience.

[Nazbuk]

Here's what'll happen. They'll settle and give the writers the extra money they want. In exchange they will then make cuts from the lower ring to make up for the money they have lost.

Giving one group what they want will hurt another group. Instead of just doing the right thing for the right reasons the big companies will turn it around make the writers look like greedy SOBs.

I really hate big media....

[GaliemVaelant]

Couldn't help but post a link to this: "Video Game Industry Capitalizing on Writer's Strike" - CNN

[Jovec]

Originally Posted by GaliemVaelant

Couldn't help but post a link to this: "Video Game Industry Capitalizing on Writer's Strike" - CNN

I don't think the game developer / publisher relationship is as rosy at the article makes it, but it does illustrate a point I don't understand about the strike.

It's winter 2007. We have pro-football, pro-basketball, and hockey in full swing. College football has its bowl games and college basketball is starting. Reality shows are as big as ever. So is the Internet and video games. There is legal and illegal downloading of movies, tv, and music, along with Netflix and Tivo and cable company PVRs. It's the holiday season so many of us spend a lot of time visiting and partying rather than sitting at home with the TV. The networks can show reruns, and with their russian roulette system of showing new episodes many of these reruns are new to us. We've got digital and satellite cable with 500 channels

Factor in the financial advantage studios have over the writers, and I'm just not sure how much leverage the WGA can put on the studios. And I'm not sure how much the average person cares about the writers either - on one hand I want them to be paid fairly, but on the other, it's hard to get worked up if the average writer is making $75k-$100k with, I assume, good benefits and some royalties when the majority of Americans make less, don't have union benefits and protections, and don't retain any ownership of the work we do.

[Astrocreep]

When the holidays are done and people are tuning back in only to see gayfests like american gladiators they will be screaming bloody murder. It probably wont be directed at the owners since its called the writer's strike.

[kcxiv]

I dont mind American Gladiators at least its got some good ole physical competition, but the other shit out there is horrible. I am just not going to watch tv unless its sports. I am a huge sports guy anyways, so that doesnt bother me to much.

[Zeste]

My family and I are over TV. It's weird, we haven't turned it on in weeks now, hardly notice.

GG writers! Now that we're not addicted, not sure if we'll start watch again when shows do pick up. I like the idea of raising a kid without TV.

[Jabberwhacky]

You know you have a quote from a TV show in your sig?

You should also raise your kid without books, magazines, the internet, and any other sort of human interaction. Also, don't tell them anything of their past, simply provide them with a roof and the occasional meal.

[Sulrn]

Originally Posted by Jabberwhacky

You know you have a quote from a TV show in your sig?

You should also raise your kid without books, magazines, the internet, and any other sort of human interaction. Also, don't tell them anything of their past, simply provide them with a roof and the occasional meal.

Kids get raised without tv all the time and with proper parenting don't turn out any less social/athletic/creative/informed then kids with tv. Fuck it all if my kids miss out on LOST or E! True HollyWood Stories, seriously... tV isn't a required part of life.

[Zeste]

Originally Posted by Jabberwhacky

You know you have a quote from a TV show in your sig?

You should also raise your kid without books, magazines, the internet, and any other sort of human interaction. Also, don't tell them anything of their past, simply provide them with a roof and the occasional meal.

I didn't say I'm banning media. I was saying I won't have a subscription to cable or satellite.

Downloading dexter once a week is a lot different to me than spending 5 hours a night watching Deal or No Deal and the Bachelor.

[Proctor72521]

I had a girlfriend who practically didn't have T.V. growing up. It's hard connecting with someone who's never seen Tommy Boy.

[Azrayne]

Meh I watch under 30 minutes of TV a week at this point. It doesn't provide anything I can't get much more conveniantly from the internet. Quite honestly wouldn't notice if TV just ceased to exist for a week or two, except for the incessent bitching that would flood the internet.

[Arbitrary]

Television is just extremely inconvenient.

"That's right sonny, back in my day you had to sit in front of the television at a specific time once a week and if you missed your show, you had to wait months for it to be rerun."

[Astrocreep]

well grampa they had vcrs in abundance over 20 years ago so you really had no excuse to miss your favorite shows. before that they didnt make serialized programs cuz they knew people might miss one or 2. so each episode was its own animal. encapsulated so it ends right where it begins. ever notice ralph kramden always gets a big idea to get rich and by the end of the show he gets fucked over and is back right where he was?

[Arbitrary]

Yeah, if I could figure out how to make my VCR stop flashing 12:00 I could buy expensive and barely reusable spools of magnetic tape to record my shows.

And there was programming with an ongoing story.