The Writers Strike!

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the new writers strike is affecting my favorite TV shows :eek: Lost, Heroes, Smallville, Prison Break and Supernatural! Thankfully it isn't affecting many movies yet except the sequel to 2005's "Da Vinci Code" titled "Angels and Demons". I hope it ends soon! Here is a recent update from Yahoo http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20071117/119528801600.html

[Curubethion]

Good for the writers, I say. It's about time they started getting recognized.

(BTW, Angels and Demons isn't technically a sequel to DaVinci...it just has a common character)

[HOBBIT]

It isn't about them getting recognized at all. They get plenty of recognition. They just want more money. They studios don't want to give it to them - and they don't want it to look like their hand was forced either.

The writers want 4 cents per DVD sale instead of the 2 cents they currently get. Also, they get little to nothing on online viewings and sales -whereas studios make lots of money off of that - they even sell advertising for it!

Still REALLY ANNOYING .

Oh and Angels and Demons is prequel to DaVinci. Adventure with Robert Langdon that happens BEFORE DaVinci. I think that they referenced some stuff from Angels and Demons very briefly in DaVinci book.

Angels and Demons was actually written first though I think? Still a prequel :P

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Oh and Angels and Demons is prequel to DaVinci. Adventure with Robert Langdon that happens BEFORE DaVinci. I think that they referenced some stuff from Angels and Demons very briefly in DaVinci book.

Angels and Demons was actually written first though I think? Still a prequel :P

oh sorry my bad :D

[Earniel]

I've read somewhere that studios have been stocking scenarios in the hope they can weather the strike. I reckon that will prove handy, didn't the last writer-strike lasted more than 200 days?

[sisterandcousinandaunt]

I've read somewhere that studios have been stocking scenarios in the hope they can weather the strike. I reckon that will prove handy, didn't the last writer-strike lasted more than 200 days?
Maybe they have, but it won't help. Scripts need on-site doctoring during a shoot...they need writers. And the writers aren't asking for anything unfair. The media companies want the whole pot from online sales, and that would cut the writers out of the future of their business.

I support them, but I hope they get it resolved, soon.

[brownjenkins]

I don't really watch TV... at least not the kind that is "written". :D

[rohirrim TR]

I don't really watch TV... at least not the kind that is "written". :D

LOL Come on, its all "written" . Behind it all theres some kind of orchestrating author.

[brownjenkins]

LOL Come on, its all "written" . Behind it all theres some kind of orchestrating author.

I watch Discovery, Science, HGTV, sports, news, etc. My impression is that they are more or less "directed" (or just covered in the case of sports and news).

I imagine that eventually those channels would be impacted, though they could probably work around it, since most are ad lib or interviews with people.

I don't watch any serial-type programs, so I really have not noticed any change yet.

[Nautipus]

Some advice for the writers from the ninja (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qabTVV2wqLU).

[faerie_child]

Some advice for the writers from the ninja (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qabTVV2wqLU).

That was hillarious- I heard it on the radio earlier this week.

[Curubethion]

Some advice for the writers from the ninja (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qabTVV2wqLU).
Nice.