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Elf Lord
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The Writers Strike!
the new writers strike is affecting my favorite TV shows
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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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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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"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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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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I support them, but I hope they get it resolved, soon.
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I don't really watch TV... at least not the kind that is "written".
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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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Some advice for the writers from the ninja.
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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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