View Poll Results: How long will the WGA strike last from 11/12/07.
less than two weeks
1
0.74%
more than two weeks
2
1.48%
a month
6
4.44%
Christmas '07
7
5.19%
First month of '08
27
20.00%
Three months or longer.
92
68.15%
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How long do you the the WGA strike will last?
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Thanksgiving. Uhh, 2007 that is.
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I think that it will either be settled within the next two weeks (pretty unlikely but possible), or else it will go for three months or longer (possibly much longer). For every ray of reasonable hope that emerges, there seems to be twice as much bombastic vitriol that fires up the troops to even greater levels of anger (and we all know what Master Yoda said about anger... ).
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Three months or longer. Neither side is even close to budging.
Netflix and BBO should do well.
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I believe if the Writers Guild gives in during this strike, then they will never be fairly compensated in the future.
They might as well make a stand now because 5 years from now DVDz may not be the dominant way for consumers to buy movies, television shows, etc. And they should wrap up fair compensation for all other types of media now before it becomes more difficult after their future contract expires.
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They might as well make a stand now because 5 years from now DVDz may not be the dominant way for consumers to buy movies, television shows, etc. And they should wrap up fair compensation for all other types of media now before it becomes more difficult after their future contract expires.
Chris
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I do not think they will have to give in, if the actors continue to join in with the writes they will have to give into them. Next summer I think it is time for the actors to strike, so they better get this done quick.
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i was thinking Youtube should be doing really well right now. Now if someone wanted to capitolize and create a Youtube Talk Show it would make a killing because all those actors with movies coming out and bands with new albums need a place to promote them now.
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Originally Posted by kvrdave
Most strikes are either settled quickly, or take a hell of a long time.
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I don't think the studios will budge until they know what the DGA and SAG want in their new contract. If it's as unreasonable as they appear to think the WGA's demands are, I can see this strike going on until the end of next year. If they appear amenable to the DGA and SAG demands, you'll see pressure on the WGA to settle.
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From a blog I occasionally read..
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Nov 1, 2007 in Work with 9 Comments
Well, it’s official. The writers are going to strike.
Since today’s work was on a stage with internet access, everyone who had a computer kept checking every 90 seconds to see what was going on, and we got the word via the LA Times website around 8 pm.
This show will finish it’s current episode (which runs through Friday), and after that who knows what will happen? It depends on if they have a script that they can shoot without re-writing it (which is absurd - stuff gets rewritten on the fly all the time).
By 8:05, a couple of people were starting to really freak out, but I’m just going to try to scrounge enough work to get me through the next couple of weeks and then hope for the best.
I suppose the next few weeks would be a great time for me to get the bunion surgery that I need (and the accompanying 10 - 12 weeks of disability), or I could go get a regular construction job, or go pull cable on one of the event crews.
I guess that’s where those of us that are below the line have an advantage (and it’s probably the only advantage we have) is that the skills we have translate into being able to go and get a job somewhere else if we absolutely have to.
Who am I kidding? Although I like to think I’d be able to march up to a construction site and get a decent paying job that uses a similar set of skills to mine, the reality is that I’ll probably end up back on the low budget non-union movies.
Who, when you think about it, are going to be the clear winner in this mess. They’re going to get the crews (and the writers) they normally can’t afford, and none of us can leave and go work a ‘real’ show because there won’t be any.
Gods, I hope this gets settled quickly, although the pessimist in me is pretty certain it won’t.
I have to work tomorrow night, and the best boy’s already warned me that the location is full of poison oak.
Awesome.
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Nov 1, 2007 in Work with 9 Comments
Well, it’s official. The writers are going to strike.
Since today’s work was on a stage with internet access, everyone who had a computer kept checking every 90 seconds to see what was going on, and we got the word via the LA Times website around 8 pm.
This show will finish it’s current episode (which runs through Friday), and after that who knows what will happen? It depends on if they have a script that they can shoot without re-writing it (which is absurd - stuff gets rewritten on the fly all the time).
By 8:05, a couple of people were starting to really freak out, but I’m just going to try to scrounge enough work to get me through the next couple of weeks and then hope for the best.
I suppose the next few weeks would be a great time for me to get the bunion surgery that I need (and the accompanying 10 - 12 weeks of disability), or I could go get a regular construction job, or go pull cable on one of the event crews.
I guess that’s where those of us that are below the line have an advantage (and it’s probably the only advantage we have) is that the skills we have translate into being able to go and get a job somewhere else if we absolutely have to.
Who am I kidding? Although I like to think I’d be able to march up to a construction site and get a decent paying job that uses a similar set of skills to mine, the reality is that I’ll probably end up back on the low budget non-union movies.
Who, when you think about it, are going to be the clear winner in this mess. They’re going to get the crews (and the writers) they normally can’t afford, and none of us can leave and go work a ‘real’ show because there won’t be any.
Gods, I hope this gets settled quickly, although the pessimist in me is pretty certain it won’t.
I have to work tomorrow night, and the best boy’s already warned me that the location is full of poison oak.
Awesome.
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Originally Posted by sjrab16
I do not think they will have to give in, if the actors continue to join in with the writes they will have to give into them. Next summer I think it is time for the actors to strike, so they better get this done quick.
Originally Posted by Groucho
True. The remaining third fall somewhere in between.
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If this doesn't get resolved by the new year, the 2008-09 TV season will be in serious jeaporady....as well as every movie in development for 2009.
I predict 2-3 months.
I predict 2-3 months.
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Originally Posted by mrpayroll
I believe if the Writers Guild gives in during this strike, then they will never be fairly compensated in the future.