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Strike Ends!!

Zion!! The war is over!!! by Dreadlock Holmes	Feb 12th, 2008 09:28:54 PM
THE WAR IS OVER!!!
Great - now no big brother 10 in two months by ThornBalls	Feb 12th, 2008 09:29:04 PM

2nd by joet88	Feb 12th, 2008 09:29:10 PM
2nd
damn by joet88	Feb 12th, 2008 09:29:38 PM
so close- congratulations writers
Neo! He did it! He saved us! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 12th, 2008 09:30:30 PM
All right Neo!
SHIT! AMAZING by Frank The Rabbit	Feb 12th, 2008 09:31:32 PM
Booyah!
Woo for bigger font... by PirateEmery	Feb 12th, 2008 09:31:34 PM
As far as I know, the Strike's been over for several days.
holy awesome balls! by bibble 3000	Feb 12th, 2008 09:32:43 PM
Maybe now we'll get that sixth season of Quantum Leap!
Those 283 writers that voted against are by skywalkerfamily	Feb 12th, 2008 09:33:22 PM
Reality show writers.
LARGER FONT! by future help	Feb 12th, 2008 09:33:35 PM
i demand it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lost writers... by Banky the Hack	Feb 12th, 2008 09:35:05 PM
GET BACK TO WORK! Thanks!
Conan and Leno to find relief! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 12th, 2008 09:35:36 PM
No more animals on Leno please.
Good news, Bill by ballyhoo	Feb 12th, 2008 09:36:09 PM
They ratified ya!
Writers run out of money! Hissy fit ends! by JackIsLost	Feb 12th, 2008 09:38:51 PM
That's all.
Congrats by bibble 3000	Feb 12th, 2008 09:40:04 PM
now get the fuck back to work
Great! I can finally post something interesting by seppukudkurosawa	Feb 12th, 2008 09:40:21 PM
now that I'm allowed to write it. ...So how about them giants?
So who's next? by Vigilant	Feb 12th, 2008 09:42:30 PM
Directors seem ok. What about the actors?
conan's ring spinning ends! writers back to their lairs! by Bob C. Cock	Feb 12th, 2008 09:42:36 PM
finally
Hope the new contract was worth all this shit. by SkinJob69	Feb 12th, 2008 09:44:14 PM

Hissy Fit by Funketeer	Feb 12th, 2008 09:44:34 PM
The only hissy fit I've seen is the talkbackers here who can't understand why a group of people would want to band together to improve their situation.
Yay! by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 12th, 2008 09:44:46 PM
I don't care!
New TV? by Bearfunkle	Feb 12th, 2008 09:45:12 PM
When are we gonna see it? Because I swear to god, if I have to watch another episode of American Gladiators I'm just going to politely accept it and buy the products advertised in the breaks
Congrats to the writers. by TattooedBillionaire	Feb 12th, 2008 09:45:22 PM
I'm happy to see them back to work. Let's hope all these months off have insprired them in some way.
Awesome news! by Aethyrr	Feb 12th, 2008 09:45:32 PM
Wait.. I don't really care about this :/
Dude! We need more Sex in the City by skywalkerfamily	Feb 12th, 2008 09:45:54 PM
rip off pilots! Eli Stone saved!
"This article does not exist." by Pennsy	Feb 12th, 2008 09:46:04 PM
Wha?
YES! by bibble 3000	Feb 12th, 2008 09:46:22 PM
A-Team!! Bring it back! Yes!
New LOST episodes is all I care about.... by JackIsLost	Feb 12th, 2008 09:47:04 PM
I don't care if the writers of every other show on TV have to apply for welfare. Just give me more LOST...stat!
Alright... by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 12th, 2008 09:47:09 PM
So I care. But only because of Lost.
Bring back Jericho! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 12th, 2008 09:47:21 PM
What? It came back? Damn.
So did the WGA get hosed or not? by Pennsy	Feb 12th, 2008 09:47:23 PM
bacci40, I know you believe they did, but the rest of you; was the end result worth striking about?
Herc, here's an updated Variety link... by Pennsy	Feb 12th, 2008 09:48:52 PM
http://tinyurl.com/3cq7nk
EARTH you just made me come... by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 12th, 2008 09:49:41 PM
...close to tears. With laughter.
We should all make it our committment... by JackIsLost	Feb 12th, 2008 09:50:28 PM
to weaken unions. Because there are successful people who have to go along to get along and go on strike in support of highly unsuccessful people who must hitch their wagon to that of the collective to get by in this world. Individualists of the world, disperse!
SO SAY WE ALL!!! by Mr. Nice Gaius	Feb 12th, 2008 09:50:57 PM
Now, get back to work on BSG you motherfrackers!
So Say We All... by bibble 3000	Feb 12th, 2008 09:52:49 PM

MORE DON DRAPER! by Mr. Nice Gaius	Feb 12th, 2008 09:53:04 PM
Bring on Season 2 of MAD MEN! Get to typing, bitches.
Didn't they already have a second season of MAD MEN? by JackIsLost	Feb 12th, 2008 09:55:27 PM
Or am I crazier than normal?
MNG! by Pennsy	Feb 12th, 2008 09:56:32 PM
We so missed the Chthulu Dance; can we have a Strike Ends Dance?
HUZZAH! by eggbeater	Feb 12th, 2008 10:01:20 PM
I welcome more episodes of Lost with open arms.
DAILY! by BrandLoyalist	Feb 12th, 2008 10:02:05 PM
Can I watch this one?
Does this mean more Lost mobisodes? by skywalkerfamily	Feb 12th, 2008 10:02:59 PM
Or more BSG mobisodes?
GREAT....LET THE "24" MOLE-A-THON BEGIN! by uss cygnus	Feb 12th, 2008 10:03:32 PM
ALL MOLES, ALL THE TIME!
Pennsy by Mr. Nice Gaius	Feb 12th, 2008 10:04:02 PM
Hmmm...a "Strike Ends Dance", eh? Well, I suppose I might be able to draw something up in the studio...
Shantaram can now get back on track by Bobo_Vision	Feb 12th, 2008 10:05:22 PM
Obama 2008.
Bring back 24 for summer. by skywalkerfamily	Feb 12th, 2008 10:07:53 PM
You could call it like 8 and 8.
JackIsLost by Mr. Nice Gaius	Feb 12th, 2008 10:08:35 PM
I know they've already received the go-ahead for a second season of MAD MEN. I just don't know if they had any of it written.
Any hope for FNL to return? by Kusoyaro	Feb 12th, 2008 10:10:25 PM
With The Wire already wrapped and Lost locked back in, that's all I care about at this point...
Now can we get Kristen Bell to host the April 19 SNL by Pennsy	Feb 12th, 2008 10:11:04 PM
She'd be an absolute, stone-cold mortal lock NATURAL (and a major-league upgrade) as a host. C'mon, NBC, if you're gonna have Ellen Page headline the 3/1 SNL, then make room for one of your own. It would be perfect, since Forgetting Sarah Marshall comes out 24 hours earlier. Make it happen!
Woo Hoo! The end of Reality T.V.? by Stereotypical Evil Archer	Feb 12th, 2008 10:11:24 PM
I hope so, lets get back to fiction.
So like what happened? by evil master foo	Feb 12th, 2008 10:12:32 PM
Who was on strike?
Quick! Where's a hot nurse so I can tongue her! by Orionsangels	Feb 12th, 2008 10:13:57 PM

I thought they had already started airing episodes... by JackIsLost	Feb 12th, 2008 10:14:44 PM
for season 2. But I don't watch the show regularly so maybe I'm wrong. I'll catch up on DVD.
Avoiding snark and cleverness for once by gotilk	Feb 12th, 2008 10:14:51 PM
.. and just saying YAY! Good news.
I DONT GIVE A FUCK!! by vini77	Feb 12th, 2008 10:15:22 PM

I SUPPORTED THE WRITERS ON THIS ONE ! by Pound Sand	Feb 12th, 2008 10:16:01 PM
Best news I've heard all week.
Excellent. I'm starving for BSG and 24. by LoneGun	Feb 12th, 2008 10:16:30 PM
Though it appears unlikely we'll get 24 back this year. BTW, I was unable to access the Variety article, but came across a headline page. One headline declared that Joel Surnow, creator & producer of 24, is departing the series. Herc, do you know the details regarding this? Just curious about it.
hizzah! by malakori	Feb 12th, 2008 10:17:04 PM
nuff said
There was a writers strike? by Pipple	Feb 12th, 2008 10:20:23 PM
Didn't notice...
woo! by freydis	Feb 12th, 2008 10:23:11 PM
finally
SCRUBS! by Zeke25:17	Feb 12th, 2008 10:24:25 PM
Giant Doctor! Dr. Acula! Find the Saltine! Hooch is crazy! Look, BarbieEleanorBritneyBeyonceAre YouThereGodit'sMeMargaret, I'm re-huh-he-huh-he-huh-HEALLY glad we can finish off the season properly now! And the writers don't have to apologize to us--but they best get their stories straight when they meet Jesus!
I JUST FUCKING FARTED AND IT SMELLS LIKE SEA LION BREATH! by BonerDonor	Feb 12th, 2008 10:25:05 PM
LOVE THAT CHICKEN FROM POPEYES!
They can all still be fired though right? by CherryValance	Feb 12th, 2008 10:26:58 PM
And then not hired on any new shows? 'Cause I'm sure the studios will get their revenge somehow.
I'm the immortal words of "Clarence Boddicker..." by Uncapie	Feb 12th, 2008 10:27:31 PM
"BITCHES LEAVE!"
Hey Moriarty... by Reynard Muldrake	Feb 12th, 2008 10:28:23 PM
before you go back to your "real" job - remember to give us the "20 Hours You Want Back"!!! I always love that - and you and Capone are the only ones who have given your best of 2007 lists to boot (wtf Harry/Quint/Massa??)...thanks!
Yay! The overpaid hacks are back in business! by SpyGuy	Feb 12th, 2008 10:28:52 PM
Just a bit of friendly advice, watch your backs around those production staffers that were laid off because you wanted more money for doing the same amount of work instead of selling more scripts.
Wow, Jon Stewart REALLY needs his writers back... by JackIsLost	Feb 12th, 2008 10:29:14 PM
He just had Bill Kristol on the show and generally Stewart's liberal audience applauds everything he says but Kristol handed Stewart's ass to him and you could feel the audience turn on Stewart like they turned on M. Night Shyamalan halfway through THE VILLAGE. It was pretty cool.
Dwigt by lucky slevin	Feb 12th, 2008 10:30:09 PM
any news on the office ? it was so abruptly robbed from my Thursday evenings.
Great news, now go make more Lost episodes. by judge dredds fresh undies	Feb 12th, 2008 10:30:19 PM
Or Walt dies!
EXCELLENT! NOW QUICKLY... GO MAKE THAT LONG AWAITED BILL & TED 3 by vaudeville villain	Feb 12th, 2008 10:36:06 PM

Awesome!!! by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:36:41 PM
Now, tell that Bastard Tim Kring to make eleven episodes that introduce new Villians and have some action and build up until Sylar is done being Spock and then let hum run rampant gaining the trust of other villians in order to take their powers. I mean the show doesn't need the cheerleader or even Sylar for it to be good. It could run from April through June and be an awesome make up for the eleven piss poor episodes of season two.
BILL & TED'S GNARLY CONSTITUTIONAL by vaudeville villain	Feb 12th, 2008 10:40:02 PM

Are they really going to make more HEROES? by JackIsLost	Feb 12th, 2008 10:41:37 PM
The show started out vaguely promising, before becoming middling and then completely unwatchable. And no one is watching it. Can't we just let it die?
Spyguy you douchebag... by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:42:13 PM
It wasn't about just getting more money. It was about actually getting paid when their work was broadcast using other media. How would you like it if you got paid commission for your job but your boss decided to take your work and make more money off of it without giving you your cut of the profits. That's basically what this was about. If some jackhole gets laid off and thinks it's because writers wanted more money then he or she should probably look at their own performance and maybe there they'll see where they got fired.
I DON'T CARE I'M A REALITY SHOW FIEND ANYWAY!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Feb 12th, 2008 10:43:05 PM
But glad Mori can get back to work. Good for ya.
Yes on more Heroes... but by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:43:21 PM
as for now, nothing new until September. Because the cheerleader and the villian are on other projects.
Yo BSB!! by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:44:45 PM
Long time no see... Not that the strike had any effect on TF2: Baymageddon.
Thank Goodness!! by MGTHEDJ	Feb 12th, 2008 10:46:23 PM
It's notable that this fight was mostly on the TV side, but when the JLA movie fell apart, the award show season became duller than dirt, the Oscars were in jeopardy, and the "MOVIE STARS" were all being embarrassed by TMZ and the rest of that gang, the MOVIE executives stepped in and told the rest of the media executives to settle this strike. Oh, then with all the free time, there were how many actors going to re-hab? 4-5 that we know of, no telling how many more will be there in s few weeks,not to mention those who now are beginning to have severe problems because of these 3 months off. Just proves that the big-screen executives still have the final say in Hollywood.-----later-----m
What Strike? by Series7	Feb 12th, 2008 10:46:31 PM

Awesome... by Tourist	Feb 12th, 2008 10:46:34 PM
...I hope we get more great TV movie scripts comparing the great labour struggle of 07 to similar incidents like Matewan or the Bolshevik uprising of 1917. I'm glad that the billions of lost dollars and thousands of adversely affected lives have allowed a couple of overpaid douchebags to afford a new coffee table in the years to come.
FUCK YEAH! by RaveX	Feb 12th, 2008 10:47:14 PM
fuck yeah!
Haven't really missed it... by Green Arrow	Feb 12th, 2008 10:47:41 PM
Between work, school, kids and wife, I just really haven't missed it that much. I did watch the first couple of episodes of Lost, and DVRd Jericho tonight, but I really can't think of anything I missed seeing.
HEY NONSENSICAL by BringingSexyBack	Feb 12th, 2008 10:47:48 PM
Wassah .. yeah now they can get back to work on TF2 and cement LeMadCow's ascension to Hollywood royalty. Did you know he won the Rising Star of the Year BAFTA? What the serious fuck is up with this guy?
JACKISLOST - WHY YOU SUCH A BIMBO? by BringingSexyBack	Feb 12th, 2008 10:48:59 PM
Answer me motherfucker. Why?
I dunno... by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:49:19 PM
but the kid in that new Jackie Chan / Jet Li movie looks just like him.
Finally I can Stop Watching British Television by ctrlbuild	Feb 12th, 2008 10:50:21 PM
I've been living off of Doctor Who and Torchwood. Its been torture. No not really.
hold on... by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:50:29 PM
LeMadCow? I think I'm thinking of someone else.
no... I was thinking of... by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:51:35 PM
Shat LeDouche...
Bad ass!!! by JLo III	Feb 12th, 2008 10:52:19 PM
Now I can get back to the Office. I was so desperate I had to go to office depot for my paper supplies.
I KINDA LAUGH AT SOME BRITISH SCIFI SHOWS ... by BringingSexyBack	Feb 12th, 2008 10:53:12 PM
No offense, but when aliens land on Earth why would they go to England?
Breakdown of show schedules by MGTHEDJ	Feb 12th, 2008 10:53:56 PM
According to the Variety story, "Heroes" is done for the year. No "24" until January. "Bionic Woman" is cancelled. "Lost" will get there shows on for May sweeps. That gives them 13 for the year. "Pushing Daisies" and some of the other ABC shows may be able to do a May sweeps set as well. No word on schedules for NBC and CBS. House may get a few more eps in for May. All the other Fox shows are done filming for the year.-----later-----m
Yes! I need my 24 fix. by otm shank	Feb 12th, 2008 10:54:01 PM
Tightens rubber hose with teeth and clinches fist.
This is the status of Lost by Dapper Swindler	Feb 12th, 2008 10:54:40 PM
They will film 5 more episodes, bringing the season total to 13 (instead of 16) It's unclear whether the missing 3 seasons will cease to exist or if they will be tacked on to next season. Either way, some minor reworking will be done to end on the same cliffhanger in episode 13.
So if the writers were on strike this WHOLE TIME? by Series7	Feb 12th, 2008 10:54:50 PM
Then WHO! was writing that awesome dialog for American Gladiators? Whatever scab they got to write for that show probably got a shit ton of money due to its success. Now I am gonna go Wolfvenize the toilet!
So if the writers were on strike this WHOLE TIME? by Series7	Feb 12th, 2008 10:54:53 PM
Then WHO! was writing that awesome dialog for American Gladiators? Whatever scab they got to write for that show probably got a shit ton of money due to its success. Now I am gonna go Wolfvenize the toilet!
Oh that's easy... aliens.. by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:55:04 PM
see that the British still have a Monarchy and think that a Queen or King might rule the world or have the power like their own unified supreme leader of some sort.
NONSENSICAL - I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHAN/LI MONKEY KING MOV by BringingSexyBack	Feb 12th, 2008 10:55:21 PM
Chan and Li onscreen together is a momentous occasion.
Back to your cages, writers!! by jimmay	Feb 12th, 2008 10:55:57 PM
And pound me out some House scripts!
oh hell yeah... by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 10:56:57 PM
me too...
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Means JLA back on Track by messi	Feb 12th, 2008 10:57:20 PM
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Worst part of writers going back to work... by JackIsLost	Feb 12th, 2008 11:00:26 PM
Means more episodes of THE HILLS. You know they can't work without their writers...
Unfortunately... by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 11:00:33 PM
yes, messi it does mean that. But it also means that Avengers is on track to.
BringingSexyBack by messi	Feb 12th, 2008 11:02:51 PM
yell well. those brits might have weird sci fi shows but they have damn good comedy shows which own anything from the US. All i have to do is name the office, but then I can name coupling and Little Britain.
BITCHES LEAVE! by messi	Feb 12th, 2008 11:03:28 PM
Fuck yeah.
There was commentary about this on CNBC this morning by Orbots Commander	Feb 12th, 2008 11:04:26 PM
One of the speakers on the CNBC morning roundtable show, Michael Wolf, the media journalist, said that the screenwriters made a bad deal agreeing to accept a 2 percent cut of a producer's fee or profits, which is essentially nothing. Two percent of nothing is nothing. He also said that the real money to be made online is from advertising revenue (see the attempted Microsoft Yahoo merger and the Google and Youtube business model). The other guest was the head or a high ranking member of the writer's guild, who protested that the deal was the best that the writer's could get. The summary seemed to be that it was a good deal of sturm and drang for not much.
nonsensical WHO CARES! by messi	Feb 12th, 2008 11:08:31 PM
Avengers wasn't going to happen anyway. All I wanted was at least 3 more months which means TDK would of finished off JLA. AHHHHHHHH
Just in time for KNIGHT RIDER!!! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 12th, 2008 11:11:24 PM
Man, NBC really churns out those remakes.
MESSI by BringingSexyBack	Feb 12th, 2008 11:11:49 PM
I like the reality shows coming out of the UK. My fav, Dancing With The Stars, got its start there. And then there's Gordon Ramsay ... and I listen to BBC News on NPR. So I really do like British content ... just the aliens in England thing is far-fetched. Everyone knows aliens come to America.
ORBOTS by BringingSexyBack	Feb 12th, 2008 11:14:23 PM
I heard the WGA got a raw deal too, but you know, that's negotiations ... sometimes you just don't get what you are after in the first place and you just gotta try. There's no clear victory to be won - at least the effort was made, which is better than capitulating without a fight.
Sad reality... by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 11:14:41 PM
Unions really don't have the power that they one had. In America especially, if a strike goes on too long then a company could simply say fuck the union and hire scabs. At some point the people stopped giving a damn about the plight of the worker as it didn't directly effect them if they weren't directly involved. Since TV was involved the WGA should have fought harder, but as I've said before. The deal is a good one, but it's not a great one. I've always felt that a union should fight harder and plan much further in advance for a strike to last. If you advised your members that there would be a strike a year in advance and that the negotiations would be hostile from the start so they should prepare for a six month to year long strike, it might hold more power over the companies.
Sigh by Gungan Slayer	Feb 12th, 2008 11:15:06 PM
Now they'll make that dumbass JLA movie. sigh
DEXTER by timmer33	Feb 12th, 2008 11:15:14 PM
Please make season 3 of Dexter better than season 2.
WRITERS GOTTA EAT! by BeeDub	Feb 12th, 2008 11:16:57 PM
Word.
Uh,,, by nonsensical	Feb 12th, 2008 11:18:22 PM
Avengers is still on as far as I've heard. If you look at the new Marvel/Movie Studio blueprint. Several characters starting with Iron Man will appear in other films... like Hulk, Thor, and Capt. America. The idea is to then unite them in Avengers.
The damage is done - 24 not back till 2009 by Riley Martin	Feb 12th, 2008 11:18:23 PM
And most other shows have shortened seasons. Those writer fucks. Now they'll have even more money to blow on hookers, crack and courting hot young studio interns.
NOBODY CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by J-Dizzle	Feb 12th, 2008 11:19:43 PM
To tell you the truth I've hardly noticed that there was a strike going on...
DEXTER WAS A BITCH IN SEASON 2 by vaudeville villain	Feb 12th, 2008 11:20:14 PM
i'm sorry, he was. RIP James Doakes, master of tight polos and f-bombs.
Theres no reason to strike for six months... by Tourist	Feb 12th, 2008 11:30:58 PM
...Since they weren't hard done by to begin with. They already had a fucking sweet deal, labour wise. Why drag it out longer when your getting paid well to sit around and make shit up?
Because... by Tourist	Feb 12th, 2008 11:36:18 PM
...Its the studios money. They are going out of their way to finance shows that, ultimately, they don't need to. They can bring the sheep and advertisers in with reality broadcasting or foreign produced shows if they needed to. I don't really hate on the writers, because I don't really care if there is TV shows or not. We aren't talking about a group of labourers who are being used to mine or harvest or transport or produce resources that shouldn't really belong to one individual or group of individuals anyway, like oil, coal or even food. We are talking about writers. Plus I don't like bitches. Which is what the writers are. They could take their ability elsewhere, but they WANT to work for the TV stations. If you don't like their contracts, go sell yourself elsewhere. Thats something people involved in serious labour disputes cant do, because the resources they work on or with are not to be found elsewhere.
This strike didn't by comedian_x	Feb 12th, 2008 11:37:30 PM
accomplish one thing except show the AMPTP that the writers can be worn down and will capitulate to anything. First the writers agree to a waiting period to get money on Streaming and then they agree to 2 percent of the NET of producers' money. Haven't they learned anything from all the net point debacles that have existed since, um, ever.
"Ho Cakes!" "Ho's got to eat too!" by Uncapie	Feb 12th, 2008 11:46:20 PM
"Winky....Dinky...Dawwwwwwg!"
The Pen IS Truly Mightier Than the Sword! by NoHubris	Feb 12th, 2008 11:46:48 PM
Congrats to the writers. Job well done. Now that the niceties are out of the way, allow me to echo Mr. Nice Gaius RE: BSG -- Go get us some scripts!
I will only be happy... by Sick Fixx	Feb 12th, 2008 11:46:51 PM
when someone uses a time machine to travel back into the past to prevent there ever having been a strike. Fucking short seasons of Prison Break and Lost have me apathetic to their disadvantaged-yet-still-cushy financial plights, not that I wasn't apathetic already.
NO THEY ARE NOT A WORKING STIFF LIKE ME by Sick Fixx	Feb 12th, 2008 11:50:28 PM
I once worked eleven hours and dehydrated myself. I've done eight and nine hour shifts with my flat feet scraping over concrete with only a thirty minute break. I take fistfuls of painkillers just to make it through an average day of work. My dad has herniated discs in his back from a factory job. One of his coworkers had an accident where her hand was smashed in one of the machines. They had to cut the glove off with her flattened hand still inside, do you understand? THESE ARE WORKING STIFFS, NOT PAID STORYTELLERS!!!
If only they stayed on strike until 24 was cancelled by Pops Freshemeyer	Feb 12th, 2008 11:57:57 PM
Fucking writers.
Has anyone noticed how many Star Trek actors are now on "Boston by Droogie Alex	Feb 13th, 2008 12:08:03 AM
I'm just sayin'.
Tourist: by colematthews	Feb 13th, 2008 12:15:30 AM
Have you seen Idiocracy? Because with your views on writers and their supposed "Contributions" to society, that's where you're headed, my friend. Your summation of the writers strike ("I don't like bitches, which is what the writers are.") was searing and insightful. You say that the writers want to work for the big Stations, and those who don't like their contracts should go elsewhere. Where exactly should they go? By your own logic ("because the resources they work on or with are not to be found elsewhere"), the writers were fully within their rights to strike.
Did the Oscars do this? by red ezra	Feb 13th, 2008 12:17:29 AM
It seems there was a sense of urgency before the Oscars
Yay! Now maybe Quint can annoounce the by Fish Tank	Feb 13th, 2008 12:18:01 AM
Vince Vaughan contest winners.
Neil Gaiman GET TO WORK! by DOGSOUP	Feb 13th, 2008 12:28:40 AM
I want 'Death and Me' fucking Yesterday!Stephanie Leonidas as Death. DO IT! DO IT NOW!
Who Cares!? Is THIS gonna stop Lucas???? by conspiracy	Feb 13th, 2008 12:29:40 AM
Won't someone in Hollywood, perhaps a pissed off writer stop the evil villain Lucas from dropping yet more loads of Star Wars shit upon its already raped and psychologically abused fans?
WRITERS GOTTA EAT by sleepyvillain	Feb 13th, 2008 12:55:39 AM

good by slkboxrman	Feb 13th, 2008 01:01:36 AM
the writers deserve every cent......... and if u havent noticed there was a strike u must be spending too much time on ur nintendo wii or xbox360 or watchin too much porn, other than that u must be fucking blind...
Yeah Herc, stop being a COMMIE! by IndustryKiller!	Feb 13th, 2008 01:30:20 AM
Cause somehow in our friend tallboy's twisted mongoloid brain, taking a stand against getting ripped off by major corporations somehow makes one a communist. now if he had any concept of what a communist actually is, he would know that working mindlessly for meager pay under oppressive conditions is, in fact, a communist principle.
So Phart by DOGSOUP	Feb 13th, 2008 01:34:55 AM
Since you know AICN is going to have live Oscar coverage..which writer is what? List, now.
IndustryKiller! strikes again by WillowFan2001	Feb 13th, 2008 02:00:43 AM
If you think the writers have actually taken a stand against getting ripped off by the studios, take another look. They struck for three months, and in the end, by their standards, they still got hosed. Seventeen-day window until they can profit from online showings of their media? As if most of the money won't be made in the first seventeen days--the studios managed to secure the biggest profit window, and the writers will get chump change! Two years of fixed payments before the writers get a percentage of the gross? Again, that's a pat on the head and a kick to the corner, as is most of the rest of the deal. And I notice one thing the WGA didn't get was an increase in share of profit from DVD sales. This is the sort of stand Custer took at Little Big Horn. Then again, I don't care. I hate the studios for screwing over the moviegoing public, but they're corporations and so I expect it of them. The writers, by contrast, have positioned themselves as the champions of the working man, when really they're nothing of the kind. Insofar as they control almost all the writing talent in Hollywood, they are PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. Now they've returned to a privileged position over their craft, where they can basically set the terms you have to live by if you want to be a Hollywood writer. They don't have a problem with making deals with the studios, who buy up the movie theatre and video rental chains, and then make sure only the stuff THEY own gets sold...it doesn't matter if the studios are screwing over everyone who works outside the system, plus everyone who buys products made by the system. Just as long as the WGA is inside the system, they're not getting screwed (at the moment) and they can make sure that writers who want the big projects work for them or not at all, they're happy. I hope the writers enjoy their thirty pieces of silver...especially when they find out that because of the way their contract is now written, they really get two pieces of silver buried inside a steaming pile of dogshit. Fuck the studios for using their corporate power to shut down the competition...and fuck the guilds for enabling the studios.
Great... more mediocre crap from overpaid writers. by TheGhostWhoLurks	Feb 13th, 2008 02:16:03 AM
Let the mediocrity BEGIN! yawn... {O
How many new shows have failed already? by skywalkerfamily	Feb 13th, 2008 02:17:46 AM
And NBC still has it's No One See's Thursday.
Yes. Now bring back JOURNEYMAN by theycallmemrglass	Feb 13th, 2008 04:03:18 AM
And dont tell me rubbish that it was cancelled due to low ratings. Of course it would have low ratings if shown at 10pm. Give us back Journeyman. at 9pm. Scrap Heroes if you must
Hallajeulah! Pity the whole thing will start over come July by Yeti	Feb 13th, 2008 05:08:20 AM
You don't really think SAG members will settle for anything less or rqwual to writers do you?
Speaking of incredibly lame awards shows... by Pops Freshemeyer	Feb 13th, 2008 05:09:27 AM
Why was Tom Hanks at the Grammy Awards? I'm assuming that celebs had to be there to get Grammy gift bags to make up for the stuff they lost by the Golden Globes being cancelled. Truly a tragedy....
Whoever won... David E Kelley lost by spud mcspud	Feb 13th, 2008 06:14:10 AM
I heard BOSTON LEGAL got cancelled. BOSTON fucking LEGAL. The ONLY lawyer drama I can even bring myself to think about. The wittiest thing on the box. The show that gave William Shatner a BETTER character than James T Kirk. Yeah, I said it. Denny Crane IS BETTER than Captain James T Kirk!!! So long, BOSTON LEGAL. We hardly knew ye. Now can someone get GLOBAL FREQUENCY back up off the fucking ground and give it 13 eps already?!?!?
WillowFan2001 by spud mcspud	Feb 13th, 2008 06:17:34 AM
Well said, all of it. As much as I respect the fact that writers are the creative spark that kicks off anything we watch or read, the fact that the WGA is conspicuously silent on how studios buy up media chains (including rental stores etc) and then freeze out truly independent talent shows a load of moral courage on some issues, and less than expected on others. The WGA should at least be consistent on these issues. On the other hand... LOST IS BACK! BSG WILL BE BACK! FUCKING BOSTON LEGAL WON'T BE BACK! BACK TO WORK, BITCHEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!!!
Movie scriptwriters, release your creative juices all over anoth by CreasyBear	Feb 13th, 2008 06:30:54 AM
remake, or story based on a comic book (or, uh, "graphic novel" if you think thicker comic books are less childish), or movie based on a TV show. Don't overdo it by coming up with something original. {Disclaimer: my username is based on one of my favorite movies, which happens to be a remake of a movie, which was adapted from a book. I appreciate the irony of the situation.}
CreasyBear by messi	Feb 13th, 2008 07:03:44 AM
that favorite movie has some of the most annoying editing ever.
about fuckin' time by Kloipy	Feb 13th, 2008 07:04:55 AM

theycallmemrglass by just pillow talk	Feb 13th, 2008 07:24:36 AM
I wish they would put it back on too. C'mon you NBC whores, you've got nothing in the can now so just throw Journeyman back on.
Except for news coverage... by maddox	Feb 13th, 2008 07:42:48 AM
...I wouldn't have even noticed. There was crap on TV before the strike, and there was crap on TV during the strike. Guess I should watch something else besides Fraiser and M.A.S.H. re-runs?
'bout fucking time by ATARI	Feb 13th, 2008 07:42:53 AM
Now get back to work like the rest of us. (which I will do as soon as I'm done surfing the tubes)
Great! Now bring back Bionic Woman... by Abin Sur	Feb 13th, 2008 07:56:08 AM
...without the annoying Brit, the annoying sister, the annoying Berkut group, and just have it be Katee Sackhoff kicking ass, Terminator style!
Um... by Tourist	Feb 13th, 2008 08:27:27 AM
...Giant Corporate Network TV is not the only place writers can work. Its possibly the only place useless untalented writers can work.
BSB by half vader	Feb 13th, 2008 08:38:28 AM
I think DancingWTS started in OZ. Not that I care really.
BringingSexyBack by Stalkeye	Feb 13th, 2008 10:08:53 AM
It's funny that when you mentioned why would Aliens land in England, the classic Brit SCFI series UFO immediatley came to mind. Great series and i much prefer this over Space 1999 and even Star Trek, mostly due to story/character development and that SHIELD meets The Invaders concept. As for the strike ending, who cares as long as the final eps of The Shield is set to air this April.
Pop sociologist Bill Kristol, JackIsLost? by BrandLoyalist	Feb 13th, 2008 10:53:11 AM
Yes, it went exactly as you describe. Kristol didn't look at all cowed or humbled by the end of the interview - there was "almost no evidence of that at all" (pop sociology quiz: who once said that about Shia-Sunni animosity in Iraq?). I liked the part where he said he was ambivalent about torture. What a burn! That was the exact moment that Stewart lost the audience.
Creasy Bear... by Uncapie	Feb 13th, 2008 10:53:15 AM
I see you are about to paint your masterpiece.
JackIsLost, Mad Men season one aired... by Lenny Nero	Feb 13th, 2008 11:24:01 AM
...on AMC from July 19 to October 18. It'd be amazing if a second season was already aired, seeing as how they pretty much wouldn't have had to take a break between the seasons. But you don't watch regular TV, which is fine, but you do come to this site, so it's a little strange you would think that.
JackIsLost, Heroes has never... by Lenny Nero	Feb 13th, 2008 11:26:45 AM
...placed lower than #30 in the ratings. Yep, sounds like a bomb to me and nobody's watching. In fact, season one averaged out at #21 and season two averaged out at #22 in the ratings. Big f-ing drop.
Now we can get back to more remakes! by Spandau Belly	Feb 13th, 2008 11:35:26 AM
Thank god they've put an end to the block on original writing!
JOUrneyman must have it back on our screens asap by Mr_X	Feb 13th, 2008 11:38:12 AM
and ditto for global frequency
heroes by BrightEyes	Feb 13th, 2008 11:46:28 AM
sucks. TEAM JACK!
About fucking time by moviemaniac-7	Feb 13th, 2008 12:02:02 PM
But it's too late for 24... Perhaps if they finish the season right now and start shooting, they'll have time and money for fall this year to work on the movie. Broadcast the show early 2009, followed by the movie in the summer! Yay, everybody wins.
Boo! Hiss! Quiters! by Diagnostic	Feb 13th, 2008 12:24:38 PM
No one likes a quitter. Boo! Hiss!
Dammit, I want a FULL Lost season! by performingmonkey	Feb 13th, 2008 01:02:40 PM
Pulling season 4 back to 13 episodes is NOT good. I would rather have the 8 now then wait til they have 8 more ready to show later this year. Instead we're gonna get a disjointed cutdown season. What about the characters that were gonna get their flashbacks in those episodes? Those actors must be really pissed off.
One more thing by moviemaniac-7	Feb 13th, 2008 01:18:35 PM
I saw these writers and all they could come up with was "On Strike" or "Striking" on their cardboards? I would have expected something more creative. Show us you are worth the extra money.
The Studios Could Have Avoided All This by kevinwillis.net	Feb 13th, 2008 02:02:31 PM
Years ago, if they had banged out a global deal for a percentage of all media. They probably could have gotten a smaller percentage on future media but the writers would not have been nearly as motivated to strike over a small percentage of new media sales as they were over no percentage of media sales (and the crappy deal they got on DVDs helped paved the way for the strike, too). Free market wise, it would be best for writers to negotiate their deals individually, but given the nature of the business: the union is there. That's the only way the writers are going to get their due. And if they write for a sit-com that takes off and is enduring in part because of their writing, they ought to get a cut (as should the producers, who front the money, directors who assemble it, and the actors, who can showcase good writing, or destroy it). The caterers and prop guys are just hired help, sorry.
Thought experiment . . . by systemsbroom	Feb 13th, 2008 03:53:16 PM
. . . for all those who question whether unions help or hinder their members. Is the business more like a factory (in which the end-product is sold and controlled by a fairly unified entity or set of entities, with the marketplace receiving little information about which workers did what in the production of the product), or is it more like novel-publication (in which the worker's identity and reputation are an integral part of the product known to consumers, and the marketing/producing entities are diffuse and fairly competitive)? If the business is like the former, collective bargaining power offsets the comparative weakness of the individual workers, and corrects the institutional imbalance between the controlling entities and the employees. If it's like the latter, collective bargaining and action will retard the development of the "name brand" of the individual worker, thus weakening the workers' bargaining power, and impeding competition. I don't actually watch TV (because it's generally too terrible and ad-ridden to be worth it), but I'd say that television (and probably movie) writing is much more like a factory situation. I'm betting that generally, writers (for TV at least) are more filling in an essential "part" of the episode production, and are doing so within confines set by the producers et al., and certainly, almost nobody in the tv/movie-going public picks what media they will consume based on the writers' names. Thus, without a union, writers are likely not going to get a very big piece of the revenue from media production. Of course, even with a union, they don't seem to, either.
So 3 Months? That's A Teacher Vacation by spidermanfreak20	Feb 13th, 2008 05:04:26 PM
Teachers don't work for 3 months either. Plus this was just ridiculous to not wait till SAG went on strike in June. Anything they write will need "actors" to act in. Once the actors strike in June WGA and SAG combined coulda been more leverage.
Kick by ewokstew	Feb 13th, 2008 08:25:41 PM
it!

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