Bring back the funny and I might care.
Or do you think they will embrace Solidarity?
Writers going on strike makes about as much sense to me as pro baseball players going on strike.
The Older I get the less the world makes sense to me...
But, but, how are we supposed to know who is the latest Michael Moore or Albert Gore if they don’t have the Golden Globes?
Or suppose we never hear about the latest version of “Brokeback Mountain”!
Where do we go to get our instructions?
3 Words....
NON REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT.
Looks like viewers will have to go to the zoo to see the freaks of nature.
I support the writer’s demands. The producers are making huge amounts of money on internet and DVD sales of TV shows, and the writers aren’t getting the royalties from those “broadcasts” that they do from the regularly-scheduled TV shows.
I hope they win this strike...
Ed
Hollywood “survived” “having” to cancel the MTV presidential innauguration balls in 2001 and 2005 because of “not knowing” who the victor of those elections would be.
They are free to celebrate at home. And no one will know if they bought annecdotes and “off the cuff” jokes from a paid writer in some back alley.
Why wont they just share internet profits with writers? Just bizarre.
Surely they can think up reasons to still have their parties. How about throwing a party for veterans or something like that?!
When unions run the show, there is no show.
BFH
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NBC Offers Marketers Cash Back for Canceled Globes (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)
No, the writer’s strike is just another part of the changing market. Residuals and DVDs make up a huge percentage of the profits from which the writers are excluded. I don’t know what kind of contracts that writers have now, but considering the vacuuous stars that resight the lines (equally vacuuous) that the writers write, maybe the writers deserve a larger share of the profits or blame.
I’ve been thinking about this since yesterday, when they announced that the blue-ray format had won the dvd wars. Of course it won, it can’t be copied, it costs more and can only be fully appreciated on FULL high definition sets. If you bought one of the cheaper, non-full definition sets, you’re out of luck.
I’ve always thought what these people felt was “best” was usually crap. I think the world will be fine without some Ivory Tower types telling us what’s good.
Such smart men and women creative artists are probably learning that belonging to a union is slavery and stifling. I'm glad William Shakespeare didn't belong to a union in his prime.
Leni
LOL! You and me both!
Carolyn