Hollywood's Writers' Strike - Page 10

blueerica · 11-07-2007, 01:24 PM

Before I read Page 2 of this thread....

You guys liiiiiked the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie???!?!?

Mediocre at best, it prevented me from watching the first season of Buffy until I taped it for a friend toward the end of the season. And even then I didn't want to like it. It was okay - but.. bleh! I can't believe I hang out with you guys!

Buffy did go on to become one of my all-time favorite shows.

I'm pretty much on the LSPE bandwagon, and it makes sense since we have a similar sense of television and movie tastes.

I don't know if anyone else has been watching it, but I've become a pretty big fan of Chuck on NBC. I pretty much can't miss an episode any more. Deadwood was one of my faves, as well as a number of other shows I'm feeling too lazy to list out.

Regarding the OP, I tend to be anti-union, though as Alex said, it's how things are run down here. I'd like to see them get a few drops off the new media teet. I don't know if anyone else here has gone online to watch episodes that have been missed, but it's good stuff and it's got advertising that can't be zipped and zapped through. They making major moolah off it. Same goes for all the shows available for purchase online, etc - there's gotta be something they can do for the writers. Sure, it's easy to say you "don't know what will happen with the future" with these new formats, but it seems as though if it fails, they have nothing to lose by throwing it into the contract, and if it's wildly successful everyone will be pretty happy. Heck, they'd have been better off keeping them happy and keeping the pundits out of it, because they would probably end up better off in the end (the producers, distributors) and they'd save a lot of face on it.

OK, back to reading the rest of the thread.... And you guys liked the original Buffy movie? I gotta sit on that one for a while..

blueerica · 11-07-2007, 01:28 PM

OOoh! So glad someone else likes Chuck! Go MP!

Regarding 24, I'm with NM on that one - he's on the money. I have Season 1, and I should have Season 2, though it may be in a box in my closet... Not sure on that one. Halfway through Season 3, I stopped watching out of annoyance.

Morrigoon · 11-07-2007, 02:02 PM

I didn't know that, iSm! Thanks for the new tidbit.

(I only ever think of Century City as that place where the Schubert USED to be)

Chernabog · 11-07-2007, 02:57 PM

Dammit when Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives stop showing new episodes in December due to no new scripts, I'll only have video games, the Internet, netflix, disneyland, the movies, live theatre, a Bjork concert, holiday shopping and my friends with benefits to turn to for entertainment. Oh the humanity!

Kevy Baby · 11-07-2007, 02:58 PM

My condolences Cherny

Gn2Dlnd · 11-07-2007, 05:16 PM

I need these occasional breaks in production to catch up on old episodes.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-07-2007, 05:21 PM

I think the writers' guild is going to get creamed. TV and moovie execs have plenty of options, even if they have to put some shows out to pasture. There's no telling what the cattle drag in as cheap, unscripted replacement mooterial. I don't expect the union will be able to milk them for much of anything.

Wait, what thread is this?

Gn2Dlnd · 11-07-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I think the writers' guild is going to get creamed. TV and moovie execs have plenty of options, even if they have to put some shows out to pasture. There's no telling what the cattle drag in as cheap, unscripted replacement mooterial. I don't expect the union will be able to milk them for much of anything.

I concurd.

Chernabog · 11-07-2007, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

I concurd.

Oh GD and Cheesestick, you guys crack me up.

Kevy Baby · 11-07-2007, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

Oh GD and Cheesestick, you guys crack me up.

Yeah, it's pretty Gouda stuff

11-07-2007, 01:24 PM	#1
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Before I read Page 2 of this thread.... You guys liiiiiked the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie???!?!? Mediocre at best, it prevented me from watching the first season of Buffy until I taped it for a friend toward the end of the season. And even then I didn't want to like it. It was okay - but.. bleh! I can't believe I hang out with you guys! Buffy did go on to become one of my all-time favorite shows. I'm pretty much on the LSPE bandwagon, and it makes sense since we have a similar sense of television and movie tastes. I don't know if anyone else has been watching it, but I've become a pretty big fan of Chuck on NBC. I pretty much can't miss an episode any more. Deadwood was one of my faves, as well as a number of other shows I'm feeling too lazy to list out. Regarding the OP, I tend to be anti-union, though as Alex said, it's how things are run down here. I'd like to see them get a few drops off the new media teet. I don't know if anyone else here has gone online to watch episodes that have been missed, but it's good stuff and it's got advertising that can't be zipped and zapped through. They making major moolah off it. Same goes for all the shows available for purchase online, etc - there's gotta be something they can do for the writers. Sure, it's easy to say you "don't know what will happen with the future" with these new formats, but it seems as though if it fails, they have nothing to lose by throwing it into the contract, and if it's wildly successful everyone will be pretty happy. Heck, they'd have been better off keeping them happy and keeping the pundits out of it, because they would probably end up better off in the end (the producers, distributors) and they'd save a lot of face on it. OK, back to reading the rest of the thread.... And you guys liked the original Buffy movie? I gotta sit on that one for a while.. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	OOoh! So glad someone else likes Chuck! Go MP! Regarding 24, I'm with NM on that one - he's on the money. I have Season 1, and I should have Season 2, though it may be in a box in my closet... Not sure on that one. Halfway through Season 3, I stopped watching out of annoyance. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I didn't know that, iSm! Thanks for the new tidbit. (I only ever think of Century City as that place where the Schubert USED to be) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Dammit when Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives stop showing new episodes in December due to no new scripts, I'll only have video games, the Internet, netflix, disneyland, the movies, live theatre, a Bjork concert, holiday shopping and my friends with benefits to turn to for entertainment. Oh the humanity! __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	My condolences Cherny __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	I need these occasional breaks in production to catch up on old episodes. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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11-07-2007, 05:21 PM	#7
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I think the writers' guild is going to get creamed. TV and moovie execs have plenty of options, even if they have to put some shows out to pasture. There's no telling what the cattle drag in as cheap, unscripted replacement mooterial. I don't expect the union will be able to milk them for much of anything. Wait, what thread is this? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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