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[dewinged]

*throws up his hand*

Oh, it fucking figures. We get the writer's strike. You know, the ones that we had articles all over the new for months beforehand with writers saying "Oh, we're going to strike" and little to no information about what they were doing to, you know, stop it from happening. No one came out and said "Holy crap, remember last time this happened? We need to fix this soon!" but were all pretty much saying "La la la I can haz pick3t linz plz?"

So, as someone who was around for and remembers the last writers strike...and the fact that there's actually shows on I'm watching on TV this season, I'm pretty much screwed over. But of course, all I see are things in support of the writer's strike. And, naturally, nothing about what they're doing to stop it.

I've even seen 'I support the strike!' icons.

And I've been in enough situations in the last week that the whole 'Be patient, Kyle' and 'Accept what others are doing no matter how fucked-over you feel, Kyle' stance Does. Not. Wash. I've had enough of being the one to cave, to give in, to accept, when so little of the same is ever given to me.

Naturally, I don't support the strike. I want it over and done with, so we can get back to normal. The last time, it was really annoying. It still is.

Comments

[gamerguy.livejournal.com]

Go read the links I had in my blog entry about the Writer's Strike. The upshot of this is that producers are denying writers royalties on DVD sales so, yes, even though I'm watching a record five shows on TV now, I support it. These people work their ass off creating these shows - indeed are the primary creators of the shows - but they get no money at all from future DVD sales. The writers on Heroes - they don't get jack shit right now from the Season One DVDs. The producers do, though. The actors do. The directors do. The writers - already the least paid tier of those mentioned - get shit.

DVD sales have gone through the roof to a degree that no-one really predicted. I have seen people in the industry say that theater releases are really now just big splashy advertisements for the DVD release, which is where the big, big money is at. Right now, writers's get a pittance from that, if anything.

[fobok.livejournal.com]

They get 4 cents per DVD, flat rate. If they're charging $28, or $14, it's still 4 cents. I'm hoping they put the raise for that back on the table, but they took it off in last-minute negotiations. The *big* issue is the net.