Writers’ Strike

[Mayhem]

That fourth point, I presume if the studio or creative heads ask for rewrites. Which is only fair, you're doing more work based on their (oft ill thought) suggestions, which if they are anything like other creative industries (graphic design especially, don't get my brother started on that one!), they only provide to justify their continued existence.

Originally Posted by IMJ

And you know - the peasant thinker who argues for more money at peasant jobs like McDonalds (truth in description whether we like it as a pejorative or otherwise) isn't equipped in most ways to even begin to compute why the CEO makes 10,000 times more money than the burger flipper does.

I don't know about the US, probably different, but a lot of "waiting staff" and "burger flippers" here are kids at university or college doing jobs to help pay to be there while studying. Not every burger flipper is only capable of flipping burgers the rest of their life. So yes, many of them are in a position to understand the CEO will earn a lot more for a lot more responsibility, but quite often it seems staggering what the ratio is.

Also it's a nice sideline, a slowly increasing one, for pensioners to earn some side money too.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

* Minimum of 6 writers for any series, unless a solo writer act is agreed upon at the beginning. Eh. OK, fine, I guess. I'm not keen at all that MORE writers are mandated on just about anything.

Why?

Its not like one or two writers can not write story. Why six? Is it like Soviet system - two works, four in the background just exist and then receive money for their presence? I don't get it.

From what I've seen - more writers - more cluster**** the final work is.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

* AI can be used, but only in conjunction with a writer and it has to be transparent to all, and in hindsight.

A.I. is great for creating a solid article framework quickly to go in and massage into a true written piece. But on the other hand, if you need the A.I. to really kick out something worth working on, you still need to feed it a metric f-ton of information that you probably could've just translated into your first draft to begin with.

A.I. is great for those quick hit top ten or top 5 style articles. I would guess that people are reading a lot more A.I. articles in their newsfeed than they would have guessed they were consuming. Top 10 style articles are clickbait craziness.

[ZariusTwo]

Late shows are all back next week.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Late shows are all back next week.

God help humanity....

[Andrew NDB]

"Look at all these indictments! Trump Organization fraud! Ho-ahhh!!!" Etc.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Late shows are all back next week.

[member_removed]

I was really hoping the strike would drag out for a while longer, I need time to catch up on other stuff.

Hopefully, we Star Trek: Legacy sooner than later.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by member_removed

Hopefully, we Star Trek: Legacy sooner than later.

That's probably the only thing I care about coming out of the strike.

[Mayhem]

Originally Posted by Sumac

Its not like one or two writers can not write story. Why six? Is it like Soviet system - two works, four in the background just exist and then receive money for their presence? I don't get it.

If it's a series of 24 episodes for example, it usually means each one will take the lead on writing a handful of episodes and then everyone edits, suggests and moulds the first draft into the final piece.

Do I agree with it? Partially, it generally makes things more consistent for huge projects. Do I think it should be a minimum of six? Probably not.

We tend to get away with it here in the UK with having singular or partner writing teams because series only tend to be 6-8 episodes tops.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by Mayhem

If it's a series of 24 episodes for example, it usually means each one will take the lead on writing a handful of episodes and then everyone edits, suggests and moulds the first draft into the final piece.

Do I agree with it? Partially, it generally makes things more consistent for huge projects. Do I think it should be a minimum of six? Probably not.

We tend to get away with it here in the UK with having singular or partner writing teams because series only tend to be 6-8 episodes tops.

Yeah, I thought about something like that.
For example, StarGate SG1, had 3-5 main writers per seasons + some "guest writers" for one-two episodes.

But I thought this condition applied to the "core story", not each episode. But it seems this is what they've meant, so I guess, I don't really care. As long as everyone get paid and a work is delivered.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Late night shows are back. Which means we’ll get more of this:

[Andrew NDB]

The actors strike broke down. Both sides are way too far apart still, apparently.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sa...EIYh-1bMHa5-bw

I'm still not sold on why actors should get money for streaming. Like, in the 80s-2000s was anyone clamoring for actors to get a cut from home video rentals?

[Vivi]

Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

Maybe now real writers will take their place and make movies good again.

If only...

[Cowabung-Gal]

So this is what Hollywood is planning to replace actors with. It’s worse animation than the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The actors strike broke down. Both sides are way too far apart still, apparently.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sa...EIYh-1bMHa5-bw

I'm still not sold on why actors should get money for streaming. Like, in the 80s-2000s was anyone clamoring for actors to get a cut from home video rentals?

Just gets stupider by the day

[TheCanadiandrome]

F@ckin strike! Wish they’d piss-off with this bull and settle already. There was no reason to strike imo, much less for it to go on as long as it has

[ZariusTwo]

SAG-AFTRA forbidding talent from dressing up for Halloween as it promotes the studios

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67168074

[Sumac]

And if they want to dress up as a generic skeleton it will promote...what exactly?

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Sumac

And if they want to dress up as a generic skeleton it will promote...what exactly?

Everyone dress as La Parker!