Will TF2 escape the Strike?!

[MitP]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

"Not on the pre-strike list is "Transformers 2," a sequel that is still being written. Labor talks will determine whether the visual effects-heavy film makes its projected June 26, 2009, release date."

[KTMortimer7]

Damn. All of a sudden, I really hate strikes. I disliked this one coming up but now I hate almost all. What's the point of them anyway? To get more money? Yeesh...

[Mech_1000]

Ohwell. I just hope they dont rush TF2 and make a crappy script; waiting an extra year for a solid/descent TF2 is better than waiting 4 years for the third (If they made one after the second).

[devonnewberry]

Time will tell. Nelson or Michael will update us I'm sure.

[autobot2007]

Dont these people get paid millions already?

If I was them I can understand a strike if they get less money then actors and so fourth, they are a blueprint ingredient for a film, but what exactly is the strike about its the writers isn't it?

I don't want to talk myself up but given the time away from work, I could write a story and script equal to whatever these guys come up with if not better, and I'm sure alot of others could aswell, no bullshit either . Its getting the opportunity, and knowing the contacts.

[siwel]

The strike is about "new media" residuals, meaning, these guys currently get paid for writing a show/movie, plus a tiny trickle for reruns and DVDs and other things, but currently they aren't getting paid at all for online broadcasts, so, for instance, when ABC puts "Grey's Anatomy" on their website to generate online ad revenue, they make a profit but don't pay the writers for that extra profit. Remember, this isn't just millionaire movie writers, it's also fulltime writers struggling to make a career and tv writers making a regular salary like anyone else.

Someone correct me if I didn't say that right.

[xXRavenXx]

The strike is about "new media" residuals, meaning, these guys currently get paid for writing a show/movie, plus a tiny trickle for reruns and DVDs and other things, but currently they aren't getting paid at all for online broadcasts, so, for instance, when ABC puts "Grey's Anatomy" on their website to generate online ad revenue, they make a profit but don't pay the writers for that extra profit. Remember, this isn't just millionaire movie writers, it's also fulltime writers struggling to make a career and tv writers making a regular salary like anyone else.

Someone correct me if I didn't say that right.

Yup! You also have the stock piled scripts that networks get ahead of time and can opt to show to advertisers. Where they can show that one season is even better than the previous and get an even larger response from the sponsors. The writers still get paid their little scale and small kickbacks, but the scripts were there for shooting prior in the next season and not necessarily there to be used as ad leverage. That's what a friend of mine mentioned has gotten many of the writers upset, and also writers for "reality tv" (*CoughMTVCough*) a little perturbed that their ideas are used as more of a jumping off point and directors/producers getting re-write credit when the reality scriptings are used just as jumping off points.

I'm sure theres even stuff we have no clue about.

@Nelson: Anything you can tell us about the situation with scripting without divulging anything that might upset the delicate balance?

[MitP]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34688

Pardon my French, but...fuck.

[KTMortimer7]

Damn. Well, there goes my plans for LOST and 24.

KT

[xAgonyxScenex]

Damn. All of a sudden, I really hate strikes. I disliked this one coming up but now I hate almost all. What's the point of them anyway? To get more money? Yeesh...

writers have the right to residuals through other means.....i mean shit, they arent getting paid anywhere close to the studios...and they are the ones making the studios money. Shit if it wasnt for a writer, there'd be nothing.

[moe]

Damn. All of a sudden, I really hate strikes. I disliked this one coming up but now I hate almost all. What's the point of them anyway? To get more money? Yeesh...

Let the fans write the movies and TV shows, they can post them on the internet and then someone can pick the best ones to use. I don't know?

[MitP]

I half-expect Michael to say, "The HELL with this! I'll write the rest of the script myself! I've already got a rough draft to work with! If Steven Spielberg pulled it off, then so can I!"

(Actually, that might be cool in a "Whoa, he's doing what?" kind of way...it would definitely take everybody by surprise, including his critics...)

[KTMortimer7]

Well, the thing making me mad is not the ones who "started" the strike (DGA, SAG, and WGA) but the ones who are keeping the strike going (the producers). I mean they could end the strike whenever they wanted to but they don't want to give the residuals away.

Maybe because they want the money?

I'm definitely taking the side of the DGA, SAG, and WGA. Especially with the writers being paid so little.

KT