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I have seen a tidbit here and there but not a lot.

I think most of us are watching stuff and the strike will affect it.

Seems streaming companies are making bank and the actors are making shit.
I have no clue if any others are getting paid for reruns. Directors, writers etc.
I assume not.

Here is a story from NPR on making shit. :laughing

Sure does not seem right so I can see why they are on strike.
 
Well, I don't know. I have mixed feelings about this. The primary problem they are moaning about seems to be residuals, which I feel like need a downward adjuster in the streaming model anyway.

If you were paid well up front for the Project, which is owned by someone else, I don't see a huge entitlement to being paid after production being a moral obligation.

The AI thing is a whole other ball of wax.
 
Get ready for a flood of reality shows. They’re mostly unscripted, so no writers needed. The “cast” are not actors (though I’m sure some of them wouldn’t mind getting offered a real gig). So it’s just producers, editors, and camera operators….nobody who is on strike at the moment.

There’s a super trashy one on Peacock at the moment. Love Island USA. It airs SIX nights a week. It’s one of those deals like American Idol where the public votes people off the island or whatever. So it has a very short lead time from shoot to air and looks fairly cheap to produce. I see a helluva lot more shows like this sprouting up in the next couple months across all platforms.
 
 
Maybe they can do it. With actors joining in it will be harder.

The whole Union debate will come up at some point for sure.
 
Won't anyone think of those poor execs. Not a single one of them can afford to shoot a phallic rocket into space, that's basically executive poverty level stuff right there.
 
N4teTheGreat said:
Won't anyone think of those poor execs. Not a single one of them can afford to shoot a phallic rocket into space, that's basically executive poverty level stuff right there.
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LOL, I don't think executive compensation is part of the problem. It's not really in the conversation.

HappyHighwayman said:
Not like they've been pumping out winners lately
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Oh, I don't know, Super Hero fatigue seems to have tanked some expected winners, but Barbenheimer weekend seems have things going gangbusters in a different direction.
 
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berth said:
As long as it doesn't delay "The Masked Singer".
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I am pretty sure all of the Judge/Announcers for that show are SAG, so they would need to get new peopel to fill those seats, possibly musicians or athletes willing to take the heat for crossing that line.

Costume Designers are not on strike as I understand it, so potentially the show could happen, but I would expect reruns rather than replacing most of the Face Members of the panel.
 
Eldritch said:
LOL, I don't think executive compensation is part of the problem. It's not really in the conversation.



Oh, I don't know, Super Hero fatigue seems to have tanked some expected winners, but Barbenheimer weekend seems have things going gangbusters in a different direction.
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That's 2 movies more than half way into the year.

I agree with Superhero fatigue, but their cartoons are bombing too, Indiana Jones, etc. They keep making movies longer and longer and inflated budgets
 
Just from hearing friends talk about this, it seems to me there's too much a bit of... not a bunch of support from the average citizen because of what I think is too much focus on the uber rich that will still be fine either way when this is really about everyone else in the industry that's not living in a Beverly Hills mansion.

TheRobSJ said:
Get ready for a flood of reality shows. They’re mostly unscripted, so no writers needed. The “cast” are not actors (though I’m sure some of them wouldn’t mind getting offered a real gig). So it’s just producers, editors, and camera operators….nobody who is on strike at the moment.

There’s a super trashy one on Peacock at the moment. Love Island USA. It airs SIX nights a week. It’s one of those deals like American Idol where the public votes people off the island or whatever. So it has a very short lead time from shoot to air and looks fairly cheap to produce. I see a helluva lot more shows like this sprouting up in the next couple months across all platforms.
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You sure about that? :laughing Can I interest you in buying some beachfront property on the Moon? :party

HappyHighwayman said:
Not like they've been pumping out winners lately
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Eldritch said:
Oh, I don't know, Super Hero fatigue seems to have tanked some expected winners, but Barbenheimer weekend seems have things going gangbusters in a different direction.
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Yeah movies are fine. Just speaking about my local theater, I haven't seen the parking lot as full as it has been for some big releases over this summer since before it shut down during covid.
 
Eldritch said:
I will be casually excited about anything Kimiko Glen says, does, posts, or tweets.
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Thought she was great in Orange.:thumbup

As far as Kristina Wong from the article goes, after receiving a $550,000 grant in Feb she's hitting the free food line after being on strike for just a week?

I'm of the opine that her entitlement is twatwafflery to say the least and she should be eaten by a group of zombie homeless people.
 
Ant said:
Thought she was great in Orange.:thumbup
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