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post 1690246763 09-18-2023, 03:27 AM
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What’s this Hollywood writer’s strike all about?

Seems like nobody gives a sh!t lol.

What is it that they’re asking for? They want royalties? Or some sh!t about the extras don’t wanna sign themselves away in perpetuity for AI to re-use their faces in other movies, idk.

Are they all gonna be unemployed?
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They feel they are not paid enough and are also concerned about A/I taking their jobs away.


Hollywood writers strike: Writers Guild of America fails to reach deal with studios

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...l-with-studios
post 1690247763 09-18-2023, 04:38 AM
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They arent getting residuals from streaming episodes.
post 1690247833 09-18-2023, 04:41 AM
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Does this mean there are no film productions happening right now outside of indie films?
post 1690248213 09-18-2023, 05:03 AM
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I think fans should strike over lack of good movies/shows over the last ten years, I actually think the only actor that should be allowed to make movies right now is Tom Cruise, I think he should star in every movie.
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post 1690249983 09-18-2023, 06:18 AM
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I could not give a flying Phuck about their demands or what they want since 99% of the content they put out is propagandist ****e.

Hopefully this strike will go on long enough to wipe out a few of the worst offending shows that should have been off air years ago.

In the meantime we have decades of classic movies and shows, live sport, youtube, foreign stuff like Japanese and k drama and vidya games and books.

Nobody with a brain is missing 2023 Hollywood productions, in fact I hope this strike goes on for YEARS.
post 1690250283 09-18-2023, 06:26 AM
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I really don't have it in me to care whatsoever. 95% of what Hollywood/the entertainment industry in general has churned out over the past 20+ years has been such utter trash that it might as well be robots writing the concepts/scripts behind it all.
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You should be happy about the hollywood writers strike.

These people are the ones responsible for most of Clown World. Notice how Clown World seems to have mostly gone away since this strike started?
post 1690250413 09-18-2023, 06:32 AM
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Fuk those commie groomers. AI will replace their useless asses and nobody gives a chit about their strike. Remember when actors went on strike over a decade ago and hollywood just pushed reality tv into the faces of the stupid masses?

Pawn Stars remembers.
post 1690250933 09-18-2023, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted By andrew28
Seems like nobody gives a sh!t lol.

What is it that they’re asking for? They want royalties? Or some sh!t about the extras don’t wanna sign themselves away in perpetuity for AI to re-use their faces in other movies, idk.

Are they all gonna be unemployed?
long and short of it is, because streaming services like netflix and even networks that have created their own streaming services (like HBO Max and Peacock) does not have commercials the actors and writers are getting paid chit wages. These aren't once per day or once per week checks these are monthly checks.

and you can mock them all you want because they're just actors, but they're still doing a "job" Its the equivalent of a restaurant offering a $3/hr minimum wage, but they don't get to keep the money from tips.





Originally Posted By nikeoneplatinum
I think fans should strike over lack of good movies/shows over the last ten years, I actually think the only actor that should be allowed to make movies right now is Tom Cruise, I think he should star in every movie.
The studios WANT them to make movies, its the actors that have stopped. The only reason why we're getting a sequel to the newest Mission Impossible is because the movie is already in post-production. If it was still in the shooting stages it would probably be shelved for the forseeable future because Cruz would refuse to work as he is also on the side of the Actors.

We've got until about February or March of next year when hollywood starts running out of new series and movies to release.
post 1690251103 09-18-2023, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted By Maestro
long and short of it is, because streaming services like netflix and even networks that have created their own streaming services (like HBO Max and Peacock) does not have commercials the actors and writers are getting paid chit wages. These aren't once per day or once per week checks these are monthly checks. It doesn't matter what the industry is they're still doing a "job"

I mean I think people should get paid from the streaming services but that girl in the video got a $100 for something she did over a decade ago. How many people get to say that?
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Originally Posted By PumkinPie
I mean I think people should get paid from the streaming services but that girl in the video got a $100 for something she did over a decade ago. How many people get to say that?
I don't get paid every time someone walks into a building I built or uses a road I built etc, these people can get ****ed.
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Originally Posted By PumkinPie
I mean I think people should get paid from the streaming services but that girl in the video got a $100 for something she did over a decade ago. How many people get to say that?
Originally Posted By stupid000
I don't get paid every time someone walks into a building I built or uses a road I built etc, these people can get ****ed.
Thats how being an actor/musician works. You do a job once and receive royalties every time the song or movie is played.

an engineer doesn't make money everytime someone walks into a building because their face or their performance of making the building isn't what is being sold unlike an actor.
post 1690251973 09-18-2023, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted By Maestro
Thats how being an actor/musician works. You do a job once and receive royalties every time the song or movie is played.

an engineer doesn't make money everytime someone walks into a building because their face or their performance of making the building isn't what is being sold unlike an actor.
They get paid well for doing their job. They signed the contract and did what they were paid for. A residual is a bonus that almost no one else in the world gets. They should quit crying if they don't like it and get another job.
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It works supposedly like software. You write the program once, but get paid everytime someone buys it.


You write or act in a film once, but every time it is shown or streamed, someone is paying for it, so you get a small percentage of that.
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Originally Posted By stupid000
They should quit crying if they don't like it and get another job.
They do.

In one of the videos I posted it said that some of them were working as bartenders on the side.
Originally Posted By BigTimeOperator
It works supposedly like software. You write the program once, but get paid everytime someone buys it.


You write or act in a film once, but every time it is shown or streamed, someone is paying for it, so you get a small percentage of that.
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Did it take Stephen Colbert off air?

If it did then it is a good thing.
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Wait till AI take all their jobs lol
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unfunny highly-paid writers not getting paid to write propaganda.

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Originally Posted By Maestro
They do.

In one of the videos I posted it said that some of them were working as bartenders on the side.



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And? That's what any other person would do should they find themselves out of a job (even if it's self induced). They could really learn to code and make a decent living that way.
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Originally Posted By ArnoldLibCuck
I really don't have it in me to care whatsoever. 95% of what Hollywood/the entertainment industry in general has churned out over the past 20+ years has been such utter trash that it might as well be robots writing the concepts/scripts behind it all.
Nah, 20 years is too far back. Pre 2010 was the last Golden Age but 2010-2015 had some gold nuggets. Now 2015-now blew.
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Originally Posted By Maestro
We've got to wait until about February or March of next year when Hollywood starts running out of new series and movies to release.
Good. Maybe obesity might drop a little.
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Basically, a bunch of entitled people think they're entitled to earn lots of money for working in the entertainment industry, regardless of the quality of their work, and they think having to go and work a regular job like most people to make money is beneath them.

Personally, i don't think much is lost if they stop making 'entertainment' for a while, majority of it plays a large part in the current degradation of our culture anyway, and old stuff is nearly always better.
Originally Posted By PumkinPie
I mean I think people should get paid from the streaming services but that girl in the video got a $100 for something she did over a decade ago. How many people get to say that?
For something she did a decade ago, and had an extremely minor part in, and was already paid for, and we're sposed to feel sorry for her like she's hard done by lol. She has a net worth of 6 million and we're sposed to feel bad about it, while majority of the population have to think about whether they can afford meat or not this month lol.
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