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11-17-2007, 08:07 PM
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Elf Lord
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The Writers Strike!
the new writers strike is affecting my favorite TV shows
 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/2...528801600.html
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11-17-2007, 08:26 PM
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Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation
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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)
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11-18-2007, 12:44 AM
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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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11-18-2007, 04:56 PM
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"We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her cross-wise or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."-Mat Cauthon from Wheel of Time "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...."-Dr. Bruce Banner HULK BATMAN THE FLASH |
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11-19-2007, 07:47 AM
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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?
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12-04-2007, 12:16 PM
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I support them, but I hope they get it resolved, soon.
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12-04-2007, 04:25 PM
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I don't really watch TV... at least not the kind that is "written".
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12-05-2007, 03:06 PM
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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.
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12-09-2007, 02:52 PM
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Some advice for the writers from the ninja.
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12-10-2007, 12:36 AM
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Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation
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Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan) |
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