Comments on: “Bones” Scripter Gets The Strike Right, Wrong http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/13/bones-scripter-gets-the-strike-right-wrong/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Skot http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/13/bones-scripter-gets-the-strike-right-wrong/#comment-141363 Skot Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:20:19 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/13/bones-scripter-gets-the-strike-right-wrong/#comment-141363 Nick: I read the link. I can't tell if he's kidding either. I will say that the movie he pitches sounds terrible. The writer you cite is looking at the strike from a outsider's perspective. When the strike is considered from almost any other angle-- labor action, creative rights, even as an anti-corporate stand-- It looks noble and principled. From any aspiring writer who has been mangled by the WGA's catch-22 requirements they look like a bunch of elite artisans, defending their craft as some sort of divine right. They make the Guild seem as medieval as... Well, a guild. I went off on the WGA a few weeks ago (look up "Schmucks With Underwoods") but with the goal to stimulate some of the discussion you're talking about. Nick:
I read the link. I can’t tell if he’s kidding either. I will say that the movie he pitches sounds terrible.

The writer you cite is looking at the strike from a outsider’s perspective. When the strike is considered from almost any other angle– labor action, creative rights, even as an anti-corporate stand– It looks noble and principled. From any aspiring writer who has been mangled by the WGA’s catch-22 requirements they look like a bunch of elite artisans, defending their craft as some sort of divine right. They make the Guild seem as medieval as… Well, a guild.

I went off on the WGA a few weeks ago (look up “Schmucks With Underwoods”) but with the goal to stimulate some of the discussion you’re talking about.

]]> By: Nick Jenkins http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/13/bones-scripter-gets-the-strike-right-wrong/#comment-141260 Nick Jenkins Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:05:11 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/13/bones-scripter-gets-the-strike-right-wrong/#comment-141260 I've heard some people suggest that the studios are hoping this strike will ultimately lead to the demise of the writer's guild. The studios just don't want to mess with unions anymore in this internet age and they think if they hold on long enough, the union will splinter itself into non-existence. But I haven't found any major bloggers or journalists talking about this. The only thing I could find was this blog entry by a writer who wishes the guild would disappear: http://www.ideaprovince.com/2007/12/guilty-by-suspi.html I can't tell if he's joking or not. I’ve heard some people suggest that the studios are hoping this strike will ultimately lead to the demise of the writer’s guild. The studios just don’t want to mess with unions anymore in this internet age and they think if they hold on long enough, the union will splinter itself into non-existence. But I haven’t found any major bloggers or journalists talking about this. The only thing I could find was this blog entry by a writer who wishes the guild would disappear:

http://www.ideaprovince.com/2007/12/guilty-by-suspi.html

I can’t tell if he’s joking or not.

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