The writers' strike which began Monday is taking an immediate toll on television viewers' favorite programs, setting back shows that are written day-to-day as well as scripted programming already underway or about to go into production:
The Los Angeles Times has come up with a complete list of how the strike effects basically ever major show and the results are surprising.
Night talk shows like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, etc. are in repeats until the strike is over. Same with "Saturday Night Live" and potentially "Ellen".
Most prime time network shows have between 9-12 episodes able to air which will take them through til the standard mid-season break in late November/early December. Shows like "Lost" and "24" which premiere mid-season have 8-9 episodes completed.
Most new shows which premiered this fall have a similar number of episodes in the can, and thus many could be cancelled despite missing their original 13-episode production orders by a few episodes.
complete list to find a specific show and it's current status.
Soaps
ABC
Says its soaps are written "well into the new year," however, and that they will "continue to produce original programming with no repeats and without interruption."
CBS Expected to continue through February.
NBC
("Days of Our Lives") Expected to continue through January.
Syndicated Shows
"Ellen"
Decided not to tape her show Monday in support of the striking writers. Some writers on her show are guild members. Monday's and Tuesday's shows were taped last week, a spokesman said. DeGeneres has yet to decide whether to go ahead with further shows this week.
Late Night
"Colbert Report,"
"The Daily Show" and
"Saturday Night Live" Will go into repeats immediately.
"The Tonight Show" and
"The Conan O'Brien Show" Will go into repeats immediately.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live"
Staffed with WGA writers, so it would probably go to repeats. But Kimmel could also decide to wing it and do the show himself.
"Nightline"
Will remain live and in originals.
ABC
"Desperate Housewives"
Has nine episodes written, which should last through the first week of December.
"Grey's Anatomy"
13 episodes of 23 episodes written, 11 of which have been shot and six have aired. This means there are five more episodes in the can.
"Boston Legal"
Will have 14 or 15 of 22 episodes completed.
"Lost"
Expected to have eight out of 16 episodes ready.
Midseason, none have aired yet
"Cavemen"
Expected to have 12 out of 13 episodes completed; has not received an order for a full season.
"Men in Trees"
Has five episodes left over from last season, 10 new episodes shot, four more scripts to shoot; adds up to 19 out of 27 for the season.
"Cashmere Mafia"
The premiere has been delayed because of the strike.
"The View"
Will continue uninterrupted, according to a spokesman.
"Dirty Sexy Money"
Expected have between 11 and 13 episodes completed.
"Brothers & Sisters"
Expected to have either 11 or 12 episodes completed.
"Eli Stone"
Will have 13 of 13 ordered. Midseason premiere date is undetermined.
CBS
"CSI: Miami" Will have 13 out of 24 episodes completed.
"Criminal Minds" Will have 12 of 22 episodes completed.
"Moonlight"
Expected to have 11 out of 12 episodes completed; has not received an order for a full season.
"Cane"
Expected to complete all 13 episodes; has not yet received an order for a full season.
"Jericho"
Will have seven of seven episodes.
NBC
"My Name is Earl"
Has 13 out of 13 episodes completed.
"Medium"
Will have nine of 22 episodes completed.
"30 Rock"
Has nine out of 22 episodes completed, with several days of shooting for the 10th episode scheduled for this week.
"Friday Night Lights"
Expected to complete 15 of 22 episodes.
"Scrubs"
Expected to complete 12 of 18 episodes.
"Journeyman"
Expected to complete 13 of 13 episodes; has not yet received an order for a full season.
CW
"Everybody Hates Chris" Expected to complete 22 of 22 episodes.
"Gossip Girl" Expected to complete 13 of 22 episodes.
"Supernatural" Has 10-12 episodes completed;
Those shows also have roughly five scripts that are ready to shoot.
"America's Next Top Model,"
"Beauty and the Geek"
and new shows such as "Crowned" (the mother-daughter beauty contest)
Three of a number of reality shows that have already been ordered up, meaning they are covered for the rest of the season
Fox
"24" Will have eight or nine out of 24 episodes completed. Midseason, none have aired yet.
"K-Ville"
Will have 10 of 13 episodes completed.
USA
"In Plain Sight"
New show, episodes are nearly wrapped
"Psych" and "Monk"
Enough scripts in hand to guarantee a full second half of each season
"Law and Order: Criminal Intent"
Enough for first half of the season (10); the second half (12) will be affected (meaning not enough scripts to guarantee production start as scheduled.)
"Burn Notice"
Scheduled to start production of Season 2 in January
"Starter Wife"
Scheduled to start production in March
Sci-Fi
"Stargate Atlantis"
Expected to go on as scheduled.
"Battlestar Galactica"
Has 10 hours of episodes, plus a two hour movie to air this Fall.
"Eureka"
Will be affected.
FX
"Thirty Days"
Completed, not expected to be affected.
"Nip/Tuck"
5th season, the 22 episodes were planned for two cycles: 14 to run from now to February and eight next year. All 14 in the first cycle have been written. So, only the second cycle could be affected.
"The Shield"
The final season is written, no date set for airing.
"The Riches" Seven of 13 are written, reportedly good through Dec. 10
"Dirt" Production is underway, and it could be affected.
"Rescue Me"
fifth season, just announced, would be affected since production is expected to start in early '08.
"Damages"
No word yet on whether it would be picked up
HBO
"Entourage" and
"Big Love" Are currently in the writing stages and were scheduled to air in the summer of 2008.
"True Blood" and
"12 Miles of Bad Road" Have begun production.
"The Wire" Completed and will air as scheduled.
"In Treatment" New series will air as scheduled.
Showtime
"Dexter," "Weeds,"
"Californication" and
"Brotherhood" Have ended or will be ending their season runs.
"The Tudors" Second season returns in late March, completed production Nov. 1 on 12 episodes.
A new Tracey Ullman series Five-episode series is shot.
Ne spominju Heroes nigde, koliko vidim.
Zajebana je to stvar. Koliko dugo li ce da traje?
Pokusali su da nateraju Tim Kringa da 11 epizodu druge sezone pretvori u finale sezone, ali je to on odbio, i koliko sam procitao, skinut je sa serije. E sada, verovatno ce ga vratiti cim se ovo zavrsi, ali je zanimljivo koliko su svi ujedinjeni, i koliko nema nijednog jedinog strajkbrehera. Heroes: Origins je otkazan.
Evo šta piše današnji Kurir:
Sindikat američkih scenarista je stupio u štrajk. To je naravno najviše pogodilo televizije koje se sada nalaze u situaciji da su im sve igrane serija napisane jedva do prve trećine ili polovine a o krizi večernjih šou programa najviše govori podatak da su svi odmah počeli sa reprizama. Sada je jasno da sjajne dosetke Džeja Lenoa ili Džona Stjuarta u stvari smišljaju armije scenarista, i američka televizijska publika će sada konačno upoznati naličje svojih omiljenih zabavljača.
,,Mi nismo sedeli skrštenih ruku", kaže Dragan Bjelogrlić. ,,Pratili smo situaciju u pregovorima između Sindikata scenarista i holivudskih studija i započeli smo kontakte sa nekim od najzanimljivijih američkih scenarista. Najzad su Srbi bili korak ispred svih."
Po kuloarima se priča da je juče na beogradski aerodrom ,,Nikola Tesla" sleteo Džos Vedon, kreator serije ,,Bafi-ubica vampira" i da će on za vreme trajanja štrajka raditi školski program za Javni servis. Direktor Javnog servisa Aleksandar Tijanić se na naše pitanje da nam potvrdi ovu informaciju samo enigmatično nasmejao i dodao, ,,Videćete ko od februara preuzima rad na ,,Beloj lađi"". Dobro obavešteni izvori sa Javnog servisa kažu da bi to mogao biti niko drugi do Džej Džej Abrams, čovek koji je izmislio ,,Lost" i koji upravo priprema ,,Zvezdane staze". On će navodno montirati film u Beogradu i uporedo raditi na ,,Beloj lađi".
,,Setili smo se slučaja kada je iz sličnih razloga, zbog lokauta, Vlade Divac zaigrao za zvezdu", kažu sa Pinka. Pink najavljuje da od pedesete epizode ,,Kafanicu pored SISa" pruzima Den Mejzer koji je radio čuvenog ,,Borata". ,,Smatramo da je SIS brend koji je jako blizak Boratu i želimo da ga afirmišemo u internacionalnim okvirima kao prepoznatljivu sliku srpskog mentaliteta." ,,Premijera" će od proleća, prema nepotvrđenim najavama pisati Aron Sorkin, autor poznate serije ,,Zapadno krilo", pošto Pink ne žali da uloži sredstva kako bi doveo najboljeg scenaristu za ovu vrstu politizovanog materijala. ,,Ljubav i mržnju" će najverovatnije preuzeti Dejvid Keli, inače muž Mišel Fajfer, poznat po serijama ,,Ali Mekbil" i ,,Zakon u Los Anđelesu". ,,Seljaci" međutim neće dobiti svog američkog ,,šouranera" pošto Pink smatra da bi uvođenje novih kadrova poremetilo prepoznatljivu poetiku našeg čoveka.
Američki scenaristi će tokom štrajka raditi i na srpskim filmovima. Treći deo trilogije ,,Jesen stiže dunjo moja" Ljubiša Samardžića, u saradnji sa Đorđem Milosavljevićem već piše Ehren Kruger, scenarista američkog ,,Ringa" i jedan od najpoznatijih doktora za scenarije. Dragan Bjelogrić je doveo čuvenog ,,oskarovca" Vilijema Goldmana da radi na njegovoj adaptaciji ,,Vremena smrti" Dobrice Ćosića, a u ,,Kobri" najavljuju da će na još neimenovanom projektu angažovati i čuvenog Šejna Bleka koji je pisao ,,Smrtonosno oružje" i ,,Poslednjeg skauta". ,,Stalno su mi spočitavali da ne volim žanr i sad hoću da im pokažem da nije tako i da snimim jedan žanrovski film za svoju dušu", kaže Dragan Bjelogrlić.
Naši producenti sa ponosom konstatuju kako su prvi odreagovali na štrajk scenarista i već se hvale kako su ostvarili kontakte i sa poznatim američkim glumcima čiji sindikat stupa u štrajk tokom leta. ,,Zamislite Sašu Barona Koena kako zajedno sa Muljom i Sotirom radi u Agenciji za SIS", kažu nam na Televiziji Pink i zadovoljno trljaju ruke što će možda za koji mesec Bata Đoša sparingovati sa Boratom.
Quote from: "crippled_avenger"Evo šta piše današnji Kurir:
Strava vest ako je bar pola tachno :)
Cripple, ovo ti je sjajno! :!:
Kriple, zašto ne sedneš u avion i počneš tamo da radiš kao scab-screenwriter?
Ne želim da posle kad budem dobijao oskara, članovi WGA neće da mi tapšu...
Šalu na stranu, WGA je jako striktan.
Quote from: "John Reynolds"Kriple, zašto ne sedneš u avion i počneš tamo da radiš kao scat-screenwriter?
hej, sjajna ideja!!! :!:
Uobičajeno dobar Kripletov skem tekst. Nego, možda ovaj štrajk znači da će Marvel da iskoristi trenutak i nastavi Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk?
Quote from: "Ghoul"Quote from: "John Reynolds"Kriple, zašto ne sedneš u avion i počneš tamo da radiš kao scat-screenwriter?
hej, sjajna ideja!!! :!:
Ah, ti nevaljače...
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Navodno je David Milch trebalo da radi SELJAKE...
Quote from: "crippled_avenger"Navodno je David Milch trebalo da radi SELJAKE...
I ja sam to cuo... Medjutim, nije mogao da se slozi oko koncepcije sa Dragoslavom Lazicem. Juce je Milch skajpovao sa Veranom Maticem, tako da je ekskuzivna vest da priprema seriju za B92 - Jova iz Begaljice.
U petak, HBO reditelj ima seriju na B92 u srpskoj produkciji... :D
Quote from: "milan"ekskuzivna vest da priprema seriju za B92 - Jova iz Begaljice.
ali su pregovori sa advokatima Jove Radovanovica propali (on je navodno trazio boob job, suprotna strana je mislila da ga nije dobro razumela: Valjda nose job? na šta se on uvredio), pa je serija preimenovana u Minja iz Begaljice. Minja Subota je tražio samo da Begaljica bude under-aged boy.
Quote from: "Kastor"Minja Subota je tražio samo da Begaljica bude under-aged boy.
svašta!
is there any other kind? :shock:
Quote from: "Ghoul"Quote from: "Kastor"Minja Subota je tražio samo da Begaljica bude under-aged boy.
svašta!
is there any other kind? :shock:
uh, ispravka>
under-teenaged :?
Quote from: "Kastor"uh, ispravka> under-teenaged :?
izem ti ispravku: ako ćeš već da se praviš englez, to se zove pre-teen (twink za fanove) :roll: :evil:
Oh, pardon my frenching :lol:
A ja se naivcina jos i napalio na ovu informaciju. Ono, kao ne vjerujem, ali mi zvuci kulj pa za trenutak i povjerujem...
Otkud ja znam sta pise "Kurir" i koga zajebava Kripl. :cry:
Los Angeles Journal
Writers' Strike Opens New Window on Hollywood
Monica Almeida/The New York Times
Members of the Writers Guild of America West outside Paramount Pictures on Nov. 5, the first day of the strike.
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By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Published: November 16, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 — David D'Orsa, who last week passed his days among the stars, says he may soon be serving up lattes. Leonard Dick told his children they need to get better at turning out the lights. Meredith Buyrucu will go to San Diego this weekend to eat in her mother's kitchen, "which is kind of embarrassing," she said, "since I'm 40 years old."
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Union members outside Paramount Pictures on Tuesday. The writers' strike has affected thousands of other industry workers.
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Meredith Buyrucu, a "Grey's Anatomy" costumer, says, "I am unemployed thanks to both sides not wanting to lose face."
When the Hollywood writers' strike pulled back the curtain on the world of television, what Americans saw was not a cashmere-wrapped actress alighting from her Escalade, but rather a bunch of middle-aged writers in ill-fitting red T-shirts standing on a picket line on Pico Boulevard.
With the strike deep into Week 2, thousands of union writers are unemployed until further notice, and dozens of assistants, food stylists, electricians, makeup artists, landscapers and thousands of other "below the line" workers in the industry are finding that their work is drying up, too, punching a psychic wound through large swaths of Los Angeles.
"It is a major topic around town," said Beth Holley, the office administrator at Global Effects Inc., a prop shop in North Hollywood. "I don't think there are very many people who have not been affected directly or know someone affected."
The city's most defining industry, representing roughly 7 percent of its economy, has always operated with ample doses of smoke and mirrors. Elaborate marketing campaigns promote shows everyone knows will be canceled after a few episodes; unaffordable BMWs are leased by junior agents to save face at the Grill; actresses with eating disorders are given malteds to carry around on sets for waiting paparazzi. Much of what is said and done in Hollywood is meant to give the impression of solidity.
But in reality, one tug on a card can make an entire production implode, rendering scores of people instantly unemployed. Many are middle-class laborers who populate the San Fernando Valley and other neighborhoods outside the glamorous canyons that most Americans associate with show business.
Mr. Dick, a writer on "House" on Fox, said that wherever he goes in his red strike shirt — his daughter's basketball game, for example — another writer approaches to commiserate. "You realize this really is a company town," Mr. Dick said.
Producers who are usually absentee parents for the bulk of the fall season are now padding around the house, when they are not on a strike line. Writers with newly minted union cards wonder if they will ever get beyond their first jobs. Low level assistants have found themselves instantly out of work and desperate.
The Writers Guild of America West has a $13 million fund that will provide loans to "members who face financial hardship because their income is demonstrably affected" by the strike.
"I've got big N.Y.U. loans and health insurance that I have to pay for," said Kimberly Mercado, who recently got her first writing job on the Fox show "New Amsterdam" and leased an Audi A4 to celebrate. "That was my big excitement," Ms. Mercado said, adding that she hoped she would not have to give up the car.
The strike, which has been the talk of coffee shops and playgrounds, is something of a metaphor for the broader labor force of Los Angeles, a place of enormous geographical and class division. It has pit studio executives against writers — the bulk of whom are paid far less than high-profile strikers like Larry David — and writers against some trade professionals, whose feelings about the strike are ambivalent at best.
"Our people are middle-class workers," said Ed Brown, a business agent at the local trade union that represents 6,000 crafts people. "These are not the people that people see at Hollywood insider parties. We are the collateral damage."
Mr. D'Orsa, an assistant to the executive producers of the FX show "The Riches," said he would soon be headed to Starbucks, résumé in hand.
Getbackinthatroom.blogspot .com is keeping a running tally of industry workers who have been laid off — almost 250 as of Thursday afternoon.
"I am unemployed thanks to both sides not wanting to lose face," said Ms. Buyrucu, a costumer on "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC. "Yes, they have families, too, but they're making the choice. We don't have a choice."
And yet for as dominant a role as the entertainment industry may play in the minds of Americans, and as prevalent as the red shirts of strikers are on the Westside of Los Angeles, the ebb and flow of the broader life of the city is undisturbed.
"It is tough to energize people to come up for middle-class and upper-middle-class people," said Fernando J. Guerra, director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. "Hollywood has always considered itself in L.A. but not part of L.A. They consider themselves a national industry."
Moj otac je bio u LA za vreme čuvenog štrajka 1988. i kaže da je WGA iznajmljivao Cholose da stoje u redu...
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WGA STRIKE: BKV talks Lost, comics, film adaptations, etc.
***Why is the WGA striking?
Because writers believe we deserve a fair share of the revenue generated by the stuff we helped to create, crazy as that sounds.
There's an excellent summary of what I consider to be our very reasonable demands at this blog, which has been a consistently dependable source of good information about the strike: http://www.unitedhollywood.com/
But basically, writers are looking to negotiate modest residuals and protections for use of our TV shows and movies on the internet, where most of us will likely be getting the majority of our entertainment from in the not-too-distant future.
We're are also asking for a share of about 8 cents--that's eight stinkin' pennies--for every DVD of our work sold, as opposed to the criminally insane 4 cents we receive today.
I read that Warren Ellis was concerned about possibly being barred from writing for animation (which is largely outside the jurisdiction of the WGA) during the strike, and while I think his concerns were absolutely valid (the strike rules have since been amended), I believe those initial guidelines were born out of the fact that this negotiation is also about fighting to extend the same health benefits, pension, and other protections that writers like me enjoy to our equally important colleagues in animation (as well as those in "reality" television, which employs more writers than you can imagine).
I got to hear firsthand how hard the Writers Guild worked to negotiate a fair deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, but after more than three months of talks, the AMPTP still hasn't come close to even meeting the WGA halfway on its most important proposals.
It sucks.
***Do you support the strike?
Yeah, a hundred percent.
A few months ago, I was thrilled to start my second season as a writer and now a co-producer over at LOST, and have been unbelievably fortunate enough to help write a few scripts for what I think could end up being the show's best season.
And much as it breaks my heart for my colleagues and me to have to walk away from a job we love, we all think it's vitally important to the future of our industry.
At least in the short term, my friends and I stand to lose a great deal both creatively and financially in this strike, but every working writer I've ever met feels a responsibility to help protect those writers less fortunate than we are, as well as the next generation of creators to follow in our footsteps.
These last few weeks have been a real crash-course in unionization for me, and I've come away a bigger supporter than ever.
When we first started talking about a strike, I figured the Teamsters (our faithful truck drivers, location managers, etc.) would hate us "spoiled, overpaid typists" if we threatened their livelihoods with a work stoppage. But instead, they've been incredibly supportive of us at every turn, with many vowing not to cross our picket lines.
I know I sound like a second-rate Norma Rae (or Chief Tyrol from Battlestar for you young hipsters out there), but seeing all kinds of laborers, regardless of our different crafts, treat each other like brothers and sisters during the negotiations with the powerful corporations that employ so many of us has been one of the best experiences of my selling-out time here in Los Angeles.
***What does this mean for your comics work?
Comics are not covered by the WGA.
I'm lucky that my phone started ringing from editors at Marvel and DC as soon as the threat of the strike materialized, and while I've gotten some cool offers to work on existing books, I think I'm going to take however long the strike lasts (which could be anywhere between a day and forever) to concentrate on making Ex Machina kick as much ass as possible as we start to head into that series' final year, and to continue to develop my next big creator-owned projects now that I've finished all my scripts for Y: The Last Man, Runaways, Buffy, The Escapists, Doctor Strange, and the upcoming Logan mini with Eduardo Risso. (Sorry, gratuitous plugging isn't prohibited by the WGA during the strike.)
But this isn't a vacation. I'll be walking the picket line every single day, so if you're visiting sunny Burbank, drive past and honk your support for the pasty bald kid, won't you?
***Does this mean there's going to be a flood of Hollywood writers coming into comics?
Maybe? I know a few creators--and a lot of readers--are sometimes annoyed by carpet-bagging movie/television writers swooping into comics to steal "their" jobs, but film/TV writers have been enormously generous about letting me into their world, and I think we should return the favor. Art is not a competition, and there's always room for talented creators.
That said, no one wants these screenwriters to just try to shoehorn their unsold pitches and scripts into comic form. But trust me, the many writers out here who truly love comics already know that it's a totally unique medium, one that deserves unique stories.
I guess I'd be a hypocrite to completely frown on translating existing movies/shows into comics (I had an awesome time doing that with Buffy) or translating existing comics into movies/shows (happily done it with Y and Ex Machina), but I think what each medium really needs is NEW ideas specifically created to play to the strengths of that particular artform.
***What does this mean for your comic-book movies?
Like I said, I've written adaptations of both Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina for New Line, and while they could conceivably move either or both of those drafts of mine into production during the strike (without any rewrites or other contributions from me), that seems pretty unlikely for lots of different reasons. As with most comic-to-screen adaptations currently "in development," I imagine they'll stay in limbo as long as the strike lasts.
I was also about to begin work on a particularly exciting new comic-to-screen adaptation that I can't really talk about, and while I'm hopeful the gig will still be waiting for me if/when the strike ends, who knows? That's one of the many risks that comes with this very necessary strike.
***Will comic writers ever unionize?
I certainly hope so, though I'm sure that makes many of my beloved employers cringe.
I talked about this when Whedon interviewed me over at CBR a few months back, but I think it's worth repeating here...
When I used the great Cloak and Dagger in Runaways, Bill Mantlo, the man who helped create them, didn't get anything, to the best of my knowledge. Not even a credit. And I'm not blaming my friends at Marvel (or DC, for that matter), all of whom are good people who've always been beyond fair with me. It's just indicative of the broken system, one that I'm very much a part of.
For the record, Bill Mantlo was struck by a hit-and-run driver a few years ago, and now requires expensive daily care that's way beyond what modest means he was left with after dedicating much of his life to our industry. And while things like The Hero Initiative, an absolutely worthwhile cause that I totally support, exist to help comic creators in financial need, THOSE CREATORS SHOULD NOT BE IN FINANCIAL NEED.
I know the Writers Guild of America isn't a perfect union, but I was afforded more benefits and protections in my first few months with the WGA as a work-for-hire screenwriter than I was ever given in a decade of working in comics. And again, I've been treated pretty honorably throughout my career, and have made more money than I ever deserved doing this "job," but that doesn't mean that I can't still be concerned about the generations of writers and artists before and after me.
Anyway, I know that smarter people than I have tried and failed to unionize in the past, so for now, we'll have to help creators like Bill Mantlo by donating directly to organizations like The Mantlo Project, or to the aforementioned The Hero Initiative. But it would be nice to see the day when they weren't necessary:
***I'm not in the WGA, but I support the cause. What can I do to help?
Thanks for asking! At this stage, I suppose the best thing you can do is to think critically about everything you're going to hear regarding the strike, especially because so many of the news outlets we all rely on are owned and controlled by the very people against whom we writers are striking.
None of us wanted this strike, and we all hope it'll be over before any of you loyal viewers even notice we were gone... but in the very likely scenario that this is going to be a long, tough slog, I'll try to check back in with more thoughts.
For now, wish us luck!
Dušmane, nekako ne mogu više da pročitam ni jedan BKVov ili Whedonov strip a da ne pomislim na tebe... Homoseksualnost je stvarno zarazna :lol: :lol:
Bye-bye Bionic, Battlestar
By Tim Surette - TV.com
November 16, 2007 at 11:51:00 AM | more stories by this author
Canadian television productions, including Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica, shut down as strike hits Canada.
The dominoes continue to fall as a result of the current Writers Guild of America strike. Although some shows, such as The Office and 30 Rock, shut down almost immediately, other programs keep on trucking because they still have a few scripts in the tank.
Katee Sackhoff will now have twice as much free time!
The ripples of the Hollywood rift have reached far beyond Southern California. Previous reports about endangered Canadian productions have now been confirmed by the Canadian affiliate of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Among the shows presently shuttered are NBC's Bionic Woman and Sci-Fi's Battlestar Galactica, according to The Vancouver Sun.
The two shows, which shut down last Friday and yesterday, respectively, employed approximately 200 people. More employees of the industry working in Canada are expected to be without work as other shows inevitably halt production while the strike continues.
According to vice president of the Canadian branch of the AMPTP Don Cott, the end is in sight for several shows. He estimates that Aliens in America and Reaper will stop production later this month, Supernatural will stop filming in early December, Men in Trees will shoot through mid-January, and Smallville will continue production through January 23. Psych, The 4400, and Kyle XY have all already gone dark.
The rise of the Canadian dollar and simultaneous plummeting of the American dollar are also causing complications. The Canadian dollar was valued evenly with the US dollar in mid-September and has continued to rise, reversing the idea of US studios opting for cheaper filming north of the border.
In response, several companies, such as hotels and equipment renters, are offering a one-for-one exchange rate to studios to keep the cameras rolling.
Quote from: "Meho Krljic"Dušmane, nekako ne mogu više da pročitam ni jedan BKVov ili Whedonov strip a da ne pomislim na tebe... Homoseksualnost je stvarno zarazna :lol: :lol:
Zaista ne znam kako da reagujem na ovo...
HINT: Ako te zena ikad izbaci iz kuce, kod mene ce se naci mesta za tebe.
Ma ako bre,cepaju ljudi!
Nece 4 centa po dvdiju nego 8!!!
MAJSTORIIII!!!!!
Kod nas opet inflacija jede malu decu,evro pada,cene skacu,plate iste,
niko ne sme da zucne nista!
NAPRED BRACO AMERIII!!!!!
Kad sredite tamo vase probleme,dodjite molim vas pa osvojite ovu moju malu zemlju,ja vas jedva cekam!
Potpis:
Domaci izdajnik!
(...al nazalost ne i strani placenik,smrc...)
Sta kaze John August:
Day 10
This morning's trip to the picket line started at 4:30 a.m., an hour that's equally bleak no matter which way you approach it. On day nine, a crew started picketing early at 5 a.m. in order to reach more Teamsters, so I volunteered to do it today.
Unfortunately, my zeal was misplaced, because it turned out that the 5 a.m. call time was a one-time experiment, a detail which didn't trickle through to my inbox or the few other picketers who showed up early. We got to unload the studio van and help set up, so it wasn't all for naught. I also learned details about the "Neutral Gates," which are deemed picket-free. Only certain vendors are allowed to use them. I don't pretend to really understand it, but I'm happy to find new layers of subtlety in a process that mostly involves holding a sign while walking.
I've taken to introducing myself by my full name, because I've realized that several people I've been walking next to have written great movies that I want to discuss with them. For instance, "Michael" is actually Michael Tolkin, whose film The Player almost convinced me I wasn't cut out for the film industry, while "Barbara" is in fact Barbara Turner, writer of Georgia. I was also joined by a blog reader, whose name got lost in the fog of under-caffeination. Sorry.
Two guys walking with us today didn't need many introductions: Damon Lindelof and J.J. Abrams.
I first met Damon on the Paramount lot, years ago when he and a friend were both assistants at a small production company. We ate many lunches at Koo Koo Roo — yes, the infamous one — talking about our hopes and ambitions for writing careers. We both did well. He and J.J. Abrams created Lost, which Damon's run with Carlton Cuse to great success.3
Damon is producing the new Star Trek movie, which J.J. is directing. Which is shooting on the Paramount lot. Which we are currently picketing.
This combination of facts led me to email Damon yesterday, which led to a phone call, which led to us walking in circles at the Van Ness gate along with J.J., talking about the strike, its absurdities and impossible choices. Star Trek is the biggest movie shooting at Paramount. It's directed and produced by WGA members, who are following the spirit and letter of the Guild's rules. They're walking the line while being forced to cross it.
"Forced" isn't quite right, because there's an alternative: J.J., Damon, and the other WGA producers could refuse to cross the picket line. They'd get fired, sued, and replaced by a less-conflicted director and producing team — all probably within a week's time. What's tougher to figure out is whether it would make a damn bit of difference.
Believe me, there are writers who would encourage (nay, demand) that they walk away, much the way the television showrunners walked away from their series. There's the belief that the best way to end the strike is through big gestures — and that would be a very big gesture. (Basically, anything short of lighting oneself on fire is a betrayal of the cause.)
So when it got around the picket lines that Star Trek would be coming to the lot on Wednesday, I could foresee a situation that got awkward or worse. If you've been reading my daily updates, you'll know that I'm the guy who is always concerned about avoiding stupid car accidents. This felt like a stupid car accident waiting to happen, so I suggested that Damon and J.J. spend some time walking, talking, and engaging with the picket line.
What I couldn't have anticipated is that it would be so, well, engaging.
There are a few basic things that should get cleared up first.
Neither J.J. nor Damon are writers on the movie. But they are writers, and WGA members. During a WGA strike, you're not allowed to write on movies or television shows, period. So they can't change a word of the script, nor can anyone else. The script they had at 11:59 p.m. November 5th is the script they have to shoot.
To a screenwriter, that might seem kind of awesome. For once, the director can't change things. But when its your own movie, it's maddening. J.J. was describing a scene he was shooting the day before. Midway through it, he got a great idea for a new line. Which he couldn't write. Couldn't shoot. Couldn't be in his movie.
Damon described it like having one of your superpowers taken away.
You can absolutely make a movie without changing the script. Big Fish and Charlie were shot just like they were written. But to not even have the option of changing something is a bizarre restriction, like making a Dogme 95 film with a $100 million budget. As feature writers, we're constantly asking to be included in production, on the call sheet, on the set. Suddenly, we're completely removing ourselves from the process.
Damon's been outspoken in his support for the strike, with an editorial in the New York Times and many hours logged on the picket lines at ABC/Disney. He's one of the showrunners who not only put down his pen, but took off his producer's hat. So I wasn't surprised that he had a lot of insights and opinions about the strike, the industry and the endgame, all of which I'll let him decide whether he wants to share.
I didn't know J.J. at all, except as a geeky fan. He has a terrific reputation from those who've worked with him. In meeting him, I found he was smart, friendly and conflicted about what he should do.
I have the luxury of being fairly "clean" in terms of the strike — my producing deal at Fox is for a spec that I'm not writing until the mess is over. Yet J.J., Damon and I have the same basic encumbrances: contracts that put us in partnerships with the corporations we're fighting. I suggested J.J. use his neglected superpower to write about the situation. As a high-profile player, his ink can underline the costly choices the studios are making by not coming back to the bargaining table.
Also, he can embed subliminal messages in studio dailies. (I just thought of that now.)
Joss Whedon se javlja:
Hi it's me Joss me. A few things.
First of all, I did not do any of those terrible things to Josh's house or family. I DID give him that rash -- and it's time he admitted how! Josh, I won't live a lie any more! All right. Li'l bit more.
Second, we're a week away from Mutant Enemy Picket day! Since the AMPTP have generously offered us a thimble of sputum in exchange for everything written ever, I think it's fair to say it won't be a picnic.
And in two weeks, I'll be in Boston, speechifying (look for some long, fancy words, yo) and rallying shoulder to shoulder with, among other people, my dad, who somehow lived through both the '88 strike and my adolescence. Word. (Long fancy.)
And after that? Well, we might take this to the streets of some other cities. Get the word out, remind everyone that corporate greed (it's nothing but) is hurting everyone in this country. Not just because they're robbing people of entertainment (and, on occasion, art) and strangling an entire (non-writing) community, but because they're sending a message to every union in the country: you're next. The actors know that in their case, it's literally true, but it's also true for the concept of a unionized workforce. We get a lot of flack for being well-fed, glamorous, rich and powerful. We've worked hard to dispel that stereotype but in fact, a select few of us are wealthy and influential. And we have the support of some of the most famous and beloved (and wealthy and influential) people in the country: TV and movie stars! So the fact that the studios feel perfectly comfortable SPITTING IN OUR FACES in front of the whole world cannot bode well for any other union that works under them -- or under anyone who sees how easy it is to deny the basic rights of workers even so public as we. This is bad for writers, bad for actors, teamsters, teachers, nurses, dockworkers... the shape of this country is changing. The middle class is being squeezed out. We're trundling back to the middle ages, people, and all we can do is lie there and take it.
But of course, that's not what's going to happen. The studios mean to starve us out. They can't. We know what's at stake. We take care of our own, and those around us who aren't our own. We dig in. And eventually, if after months of deadlock we still can't make an equitable deal, you will start to see real change. Change in the way we entertain you, change in the essential structure of America's most popular export. (Unless it's corn. Is it corn?) The fact is, the studios have been robbing us for twenty years. (Actually, it's been much longer, but the statute of limitations says I should let 'em off easy.) This grotesque insult of a negotiation is the end of an era. It will be remembered as the stupidest move the conglomotainment empires ever made. WE ASKED FOR PRACTICALLY NOTHING. And they...
Something snaps. Something changes. Chaos, meet opportunity. Let them try to starve us out. We won't just survive. We will THRIVE. We're known as a creative community, and those numb f#$%ing frost-giants are about to find out we're a lot more of both than they knew.
If they come back to the table this very Tuesday next with the deal we need (and they won't), the change will still have come. The snap. The thing that broke, that can't be fixed. The eye, still wincing from the light, but finally wide open.
Good going, guys! Way to think it through.
A long while ago, I remember logging on with the intention of making jokes and spreading joy. Apparently, the thing that's broken is me. Apologies. I even forgot to complain about my cold.
Thanks for being here. See you soon.
-j.
Pogledao sam prvu sezonu Rima i ovo je naprosto sjajno. Na početku je malo komplikovano, treba vremena da se pohvataju likovi, ali onda sa svakom epizodom postaje sve bolje i bolje. Ferministkinje će vjerovatno zamjeriti seriji na nedostatku kvalitetnog, jakog, ženskog lika. Naime, žene su ovde ili
a) kao sredstvo motivacije za postupke glavnih muških likova
b) da bi im se prikazale grudi
c) gadure.
Pod c spadaju npr. Acija i Servilija, koja na početku djeluje relativno normalno, ali kad joj Cezar da korpu, pokaže svoje pravo lice i postaje autentični evil bastard warlord mastermind koji svojim letalnim planovima uspijeva da upropasti živote mnogih likova. Ostali ženski likovi, osim Acije, tu su u principu isključivo da bi patile.
Što se tiče muških, stvari stoje znatno bolje. Stvari prosto pršte od harizme, što zahvaljujući odličnim dijalozima, što odličnim glumcima. Naprosto se ne zna ko je jači - da li Cezar, da li Marko Antonije, ili možda nezaobilazni dvojac Titus Pulo - Lucijus Vorenus (dva ubjedljivo najsimpatičnija lika u seriji), sve su to likovi za čistu desetku. Jedino je tip koji glumi Bruta za nijansu slabiji (naročito pred kraj), pošto ima nekako pozorišnu glumu, sa prenaglašenim emocijama. Naravno, ovo nije velika kritika, tj. ako bismo ocjenjivali glumu na skali od 1 do 10, on bi dobio možda 9.5, ostali čiste desetke. Lijepo je što likovi nisu crno-bijeli, tj. svako od njih je pomalo đubre (osim Lucijusa Vorenusa) ali niko nije đubre eto čisto onako već svaki postupak ima neki svoj uzrok i povod. Čak jednostavno ne možete da ne volite Titusa Pula bez obzira na razne gadosti koje je učinio (jerbo je većina njih bila u nekoj vrsti afekta). I onda, kad iskombinujemo već pomenute sjajno urađene likove sa već datom izvanredno zanimljivom istorijskom pozadinom, stvari ne mogu da omanu. Srećom, seriju je radio HBO, tako da nisu štedjeli ni na golotinji ni na krvi. Doduše, kako serija odmiče, golih žena je sve manje (stiče se utisak da su ih strpali nekoliko na početak čisto forme radi, ono tipa "Ej, mi smo HBO, moramo da imamo golotinju!", da skinu s vrata i onda da su se poslije posvetili drugim stvarima), ali su zato krv i nasilje konstantno prisutni. Otvaranje glave Titusa Pula je scena koja bez problema konkuriše bilo čemu iz serijala Saw, a njegova borba u areni u pretposljednjoj epizodi čini da se Rasel Krou sa svojim Gladijatorom posramljen povuče u ćošak. Luckily, iako je Džon Milijus potpisan kao jedan od kreatora serije, držali su ga dalje od pisanja scenarija (većinu epizoda je napisao Bruno Heler), tako da se tek pred sami kraj sezone pojavljuje sitan gubitak na uvjerljivosti i tragovi patetike. Srećom, ovo je toliko sitna zamjerka u odnosu na ostale dobre osobine da skoro da pomena nije vrijedna. Naravno, bitan je i fakat da bukvalno kod kraja svake epizode žalosno konstatujete "Demit, kad prije!". Dok ne stigne druga sezona, vjerovatno ću da pogledam Deadwood, u nadi da će da bude jednako dobar.
Conan paying staff out of pocket
By Tim Surette - TV.com
November 30, 2007 at 03:38:00 PM | more stories by this author
Late-night talk-show host Conan O'Brien compensating production staff during strike-induced production halt.
Since the Writers Guild of America strike hit Hollywood earlier this month, late-night talk shows have been hit the hardest. All of the major nocturnal chitchat-fests immediately stopped production as their writers walked the picket line and reruns have taken over.
The work stoppage is major blow to the non-writing production staff on those shows because paychecks have been frozen. However, the staff of one show will continue to get checks, but they'll be signed by a pale, lanky redhead.
Late-night personality Conan O'Brien is paying the salaries of the non-writing employees of his show, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, "for the foreseeable future," according to Variety. Citing a representative from NBC Universal, the trade says that O'Brien will be paying nearly 80 employees out of his own pocket.
O'Brien himself, who allegedly has an eight-figure salary, is also not being paid during the strike.
David Letterman is also paying his staff during the strike, though he is going through his production company, Worldwide Pants. The company is also paying the staff of its other show, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson. NBC said it would pay the staff of its late-nighters through the month, but may start layoffs as soon as next week.
Another late-night talk-show host is doing something else to see that his staff gets paid. Carson Daly, of Last Call With Carson Daly, is the only late-night host to go back to work and cross the picket line.
According to Variety, Daly said, "As a non-WGA member, I feel I have supported my four guild writers and their strike by suspending production for a month. While I continue to support their cause, I can't, in all good conscience, stand by and let that happen to the vast majority of my loyal staff and crew."
Alal vera...
CBS is turning to unproduced feature film scripts in a bid to find potential material for new television series reports Variety.
These projects are already fully written but have either been put into turnaround or simply never got off the ground.
Producers are being asked to identify key scenes or passages from these two-hour scripts that could be filmed and cobbled together into a pilot or shorter pilot presentation.
The move is far from unprecedented. A 10-year-old unproduced feature script entitled "EW" by Michael Crichton became the basis for NBC's long running medical drama "ER".
Pogledao nedavno obe sezone Dead Like Me i sad mi je krivo što nema više, a taman se sve fino uhodalo (jedna od onih serija koja klikne tek na neku 5 epizodu i od tada je sve bolja i bolja...). Doduše, sad se posle male pauze planira nekakav film, pa ako to prođe okej, možda nastave i seriju...
Ovih dana uživam u seriji LOVE MONKEY i besramno je evanđelizujem u iščekivanju pete sezone ENTOURAGEa. To je neka mešavina JERRY MAGUIREa i HIGH FIDELITY, vrlo lepa serija. Ukinuta je posle osme epizode.
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/121207/TheBlackList2007.pdf
Next time USA Network gives you a lump of coal for Christmas, be thankful — very thankful — because this year, my moles tell me, what you're getting is the cancellation of both Dead Zone and The 4400.
Yep, per multiple sources, the much-discussed Armageddon came early to Dead Zone — so early, in fact, that the show's last episode aired... gee, back in September. What turned out to be the 4400's series finale aired the same night.
In a statement posted on the official 4400 message boards, series creator Scott Peters said, "We've had a great time bringing you this story and submersing you in the lives of all these incredible characters. Let me raise my metaphorical glass to you all and thank you for being so loyal and so dedicated. I wish we could go on forever, but the party has come to an end."
Already, petitions were circulating to get The 4400 renewed, but is the effort too little, too late? Can anything bring The Dead Zone back to life? Or should the shows be allowed to rest in peace? Discuss, debate and, if you have to weep, do it quietly, huh?
Report From Today's WGA Strike Support Rally
Many fans and striking writers turned out for the Writers Guild Rally at the First Parish Church meeting house at Harvard Square at noon today. As his mom Wendy looked on, Max Schapiro, of Needham, toted a sign that said, "My Mom let me skip school to support the WGA!" Other people sported orange-and-yellow wool caps made popular on Joss Whedon's brief television series "Firefly."
After the fans and several striking writers filled the pews, Whedon, one of the scheduled speakers for the rally, emerged briefly from the back of the church to set down his stuff, and fans couldn't restrain themselves. After they gave him a whoop, he waved his hands and joked, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"
But that's exactly what he and fellow writers Jamie Paglia (co-creator of "Eureka") and Rob Kutner (writer for the "Daily Show") wanted. They wanted fans, members of fellow unions, and the heads of media conglomerates to take a good look at the "man behind the curtain"--the writer without whom no television or movie script would exist.
Paglia, who spoke first, cracked jokes about how many (or how few) fans "Eureka" had. When one fan gave him a shout, he responded, "My one fan in New England! Yes, she came! You're gonna get a hug!"
But he was dead serious when discussing the fact that writers are not getting their fair share of the profits from their creations, and he said that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (the AMPTP) "walked out" on the fans and that writers were not the "spoiled brats" that the AMPTP's PR people made them seem.
Then Joss Whedon, the brains of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly" stepped up and kept the wit coming. After setting up the joke that writers are, by necessity, a little crazy, but he added, "We are actually people. We have families. We pay rent and mortgages. We need health care."
All photos taken by Caroline Roberts. More photos and details on Joss Whedon and Rob Kutner's speeches after the jump!
He also convincingly framed the strike as a David vs. Goliath matter. Thanks to the constant merging of companies into massive media conglomerates, Whedon said, "There are now six people in charge of everything. They have all the resources. We don't care. We have crazy eyes. [much laughter here] We have stories. They don't."
Rob Kutner came to the stage and showed the crowd just what it was missing--a "Daily Show" joke that will never have the chance to air. He set it up by explaining that Alberto Gonzalez was just named Lawyer of the Year, but "It's just sad for me that he won't be able to recall any of it."
Kutner's comedy emphasized that the writers aren't asking for anything unreasonable: "Our demands are 2.5 percent. Shocking! Shocking!" Apparently 2.5 percent is too much for the heads of the studios.
During the Q&A, fans expressed their appreciation, and the writers discussed the next steps they are taking should the strike continue. Paglia wants to kick off a nationwide set of rallies to get people organized. A theme throughout the talk was solidarity, and members of other unions showed up to give their support. The writers pointed out that other contracts, including one with the actors' union, are also up for renewal.
Whedon also dropped a tantalizing possibility that cuts the studios out altogether. He suggested that the strike might be liberating. Why do shows have to be made without studios? It would be a crazed, insane process--but it's worth considering if the AMPTP won't bend.
After the rally, the fans and writers headed down to the Harvard Lampoon and marched around the castle, drawing plenty of confused stares and more than a few honks from supporters.
What is Pencils2MediaMoguls?
We're asking people to use our site to buy pencils to send to the six media moguls who run the six corporate conglomerates.
Why pencils?
A lot of different fan sites were suggesting that people send pencils to networks and studios. United Hollywood and Strike Points met with some of the television showrunners, and together we decided to follow the fans' lead.
Pencils have become the symbol of our cause: We are putting them down until we get a fair deal.
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Joss Whedon, Friends & Fans on the Picket Line
We talk to the Buffy/Angel creator, Summer Glau and Eliza Dushku about the strike.
by Eric Goldman
This past Friday was "Mutant Enemy Day" on the picket lines during the ongoing Writers Guild strike, named in honor of Joss Whedon's production company. Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, was joined by writers from all of those aforementioned shows -- including Tim Minear, Marti Noxon, Jane Espenson, David Fury, Doug Petrie, Ben Edlund, Brett Matthews,
Drew Goddard and more -- not to mention a large collection of fans (some of whom had flown from around the world to show support) and many notable actors from Whedon's work, including Nathan Fillion, Nicholas Brendon, Summer Glau, Eliza Dushku, J. August Richards, Juliet Landau, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, and more. According to fan reports, Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, began the day by bringing 1000 donuts to those in attendance.
The group, all-told about 400 people, walked the picket line in front of the 20th Century Fox Lot, the studio who have produced all of Whedon's TV series. Summer Glau told me her presence there that day began with an email from Whedon, which she said "Was a very funny email, like it always is. He writes great emails... he's an amazing writer! Even his emails are brilliant." Glau added "I didn't know quite what to picture. I just knew that he was going to be here. So I was surprised the huge, huge crowd that showed up today."
Glau said that stopping production on her new series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has "been heartbreaking. No one wants to stop working. We love what we do. This is just a necessary step for us. We'll support the writers as long as they are striking." Glau noted she had been glad to see fans showing such understanding about the strike, saying "I think everyone's been really positive and hopeful and it's wonderful to see how many people showed up to support us."
- IGN
Joss Whedon - Click on the picture to see more images
from the Mutant Enemy Day picket line
Eliza Dushku also told me she was glad to see so many fans joining the writers and actors on the picket line, remarking "I think it's impressive and it's strong and it's really showing what these people are made of. Their support is deep that they'll walk the walk. We all will." Duskhu said that for her the strike was about the writers "Being taken care of properly in the fairest way, so we'll stand here and support that as long as it takes."
As for TV fans upset about the strike and their shows not being on the air, Dushku said she hoped they would understand that "You don't have shows without writers and writers can't live without their respect and the compensation and their rights. So we gotta join together and remember that if it were actors we would hope that there would be a show of support and hopefully everyone will understand."
I also spoke to Whedon himself, to get his thoughts on the strike, the studios, the fans, and even a few comments about Dollhouse, the new series Whedon will be writing for Eliza Dushku whenever the strike ends. It should be noted that this interview was conducted a few hours before word came down that negotiations between the writers (the WGA) and the studios (the AMPTP) had completely collapsed once more.
IGN TV: You know you have a lot of loyal fans, but I assume it feels particularly good to see them out in support of something like this.
Joss Whedon: It doesn't hurt!
- IGN
Summer Glau - Click on the picture to see more images
from the Mutant Enemy Day picket line
IGN TV: After perhaps some initial confusion over what the strike was about, do you feel like the fans understand the crux of the issues going on now?
Whedon: The fans from day one have understood what this is about. There's never been any "Where's our shows? Why are you guys doing this?" They understand that we're reacting to an impossible situation. They also understand that making a show or a film is collaboration between the artists and the fans. They come out and support not just with us but with each other and the whole concept of an artistic community.
IGN TV: We've obviously heard a lot of back and forth the past week or so as negotiations resumed - "things are going good"; things are going bad." What's the overall vibe you're getting?
Whedon: Things are going bad. I kind of thought it was going to be bad. I had this conspiracy theory that the studios were just going back to the table as a show of good faith but then they offer us nothing and then say "Look, they didn't even try", as they break off talks with us and send everybody into the holidays in fear for their jobs and their homes and their livelihoods. And that's exactly what they're turning out to do.
IGN TV: What do you think it will take to get things to change and to come to an agreement?
Whedon: We have to break them. These are multi-billionaires who could give a rat's ass about any of the issues they're actually talking about except for one – If they can break this union, then they can break them all. If they can do that, then they can control everything. They already, thanks to the [repeal of] Fin-syn laws and all of the sort of vertical integration, control almost everything. They're very close. They have basically one last thing to figure out how to own and rule in and we're it. And it's simply not going to happen. The only way we can break them is just by stopping. By being out here instead of in there. And we'll do it. We'll do it for a year. We'll do it forever. We'll do it until somebody else steps up and says "Hey, we'll run a business a different way." We'll work for those people instead. What you're going to find in Hollywood is maybe a lot fewer millionaires, but a lot more working people with steady jobs, because these guys can not crush us. It will not happen.
IGN TV: If you did encounter someone saying "I just want my shows back!", what would you say to them?
Whedon: No fan is saying that. The people who sit in front of the TV because they can't figure out what else to do might be saying that. Fans are not saying that. Fans are getting on the internet and showing support and coming to this rally and organizing in a way that I wish I could ever. Fans are the people who really, absolutely get it. And so not one of them has ever said to me "I'm upset that I'm not going to get to see your shows because of the strike." They say "Get what you need. Do what you have to. Make it right. And then we'll get the show."
- IGN
Eliza Dushku - Click on the picture to see more images
from the Mutant Enemy Day picket line
IGN TV: Your new show was announced about a week before this strike started. I assume you'd be working on it right now if things were different?
Whedon: Yes, actually we'd be close to filming the first episode. But that's not gonna happen. Nor am I secretly working on it, as many people talk about. First of all, there's too much strike work to be done. And second of all, it doesn't feel right. So I'm very happy to pick it up once the strike is resolved, whenever that is, but in the meantime I don't go near it.
IGN TV: When this is all over, what can you say about Dollhouse and what it will deliver?
Whedon: What can I say about the show? Well, first of all, have you seen Eliza?! It's basically going to deliver as many different genres and as many different identities and as many different rhythms and feelings with Eliza. And that was the idea of it, was a show that would keep both of us on our toes and that would really challenge us, both in terms of storytelling and in terms of the morality of the show. It's very dark and very weird. Eliza is a good, smart, liberal, dedicated person, who wants to make a show of substance. When we had lunch and I came up with this idea, she got it instantly. She got the humanity of it. She's perfect for it. It's really about showing America how much Eliza can do that she hasn't had a chance to do yet.
IGN TV: In terms of tone, will it be similar to any of your previous work?
Whedon: Not really. It's different. It's new ground, which is the only ground I should be watching, except for this ground in front of Fox, which for me right now is pretty old.
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Leno i O'Brien se vraćaju, ali bez scenarista
Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart i David Letterman žele da se vrate na posao, iako štrajk američkih scenarista još uvek traje, javlja Associated Press.
Pošto i sami pripadaju Sindikatu scenarista, od njih se očekuje ne samo da šale smišljaju sami, nego i da poštuju pravila štrajka.
Pravila, između ostalog, nalažu da članovi ne smeju ni da napišu, ni da izvedu segmente koje bi inače za njih napisali drugi.
To, na primer, znači da Jay Leno ne bi smeo da u emisiju uvrsti svoj monolog.
Voditelji će verovatno pribeći improvizacijama, i u emisije uključiti više muzike i duže razgovore sa gostima.
"Ne znam šta će da urade", kaže za AP Mike Sweeney, glavni scenarista emisije Conana O'Briena.
"Očigledan izbor bi bio da imaju više gostiju, i možda da pričaju sporije."
Emisije Davida Lettermana iz vremena prethodnog štrajka scenarista (1998) pamte se kao zabavne i vrlo neobične.
Svake večeri, pomoćnik reditelja svirao je istu pesmu na harmonici; na početku jedne emisije, Letterman je rekao:
"55 minuta, dame i gospodo, još 55 minuta! To je sve što želimo da postignemo, da utrošimo vredno televizijsko vreme."
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javio: Popboks
Lepo je to, samo sto se ja ne secam tog strajka iz '98e. :lol:
Conan je urnebesan kao i obicno, i zaista mi je zabavno gledati ove strajkacke emisije. U znak podrske strajkachima, pustio je bradu! Takodje, kako sad sam sprema celu emisiju, uvodi nove segmente kao sto je merenje na koliko dugo moze da zavrti svoju burmu i snimci njega u kojima narod moze da vidi sta je radio za vreme shtrajka.
Jay i David su prilicno slabiji, ipak su ljudi u godinama.
8 January 2008
Golden Globes Ceremony, Parties Canceled
Attempts to save the Golden Globes ceremonies devolved quickly Monday evening as the famed broadcast was reduced from a three-hour gala to a one-hour press conference -- most likely with no stars, no parties and WGA pickets.
A complicated story continued to unfold late into the evening yesterday as NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions desperately tried to keep the 65th Annual Golden Globes broadcast afloat in the wake of the two-and-a-half-month strike by the Writers Guild of America. After extensive negotiations, NBC came up with a plan to shorten Sunday's ceremony to a one-hour news special (circumventing the WGA strike, which does not affect NBC News), in hopes that it could utilize red carpet and after-party footage to supplement the evening's coverage both before and after the announcement of the awards. Thus, the network and the Globes could save millions of dollars in advertising revenue and lure numerous celebrities and nominees, especially in light of a recent statement released by the Screen Actors Guild that none of the 70+ acting nominees would attend the ceremony if it went forward as originally planned.
Though the WGA initially agreed not to picket the press conference format, negotiations quickly broke down over NBC's suggestions for additional news coverage of the awards that would include nominee interviews, clips from nominated films, and coverage of the Golden Globes studio-sponsored parties. While the news conference is expected to go on as planned, airing Sunday night at 9pm ET, NBC's other programming was still in question, and more crucially, many of the large-scale parties were canceled as news broke throughout Hollywood. NBC Universal, Warner Bros. and HBO officially canceled their parties, and according to Variety it was expected that Fox Searchlight and the Weinstein Company would follow suit -- thus insuring few if any celebrities would be in attendance of any kind for the Golden Globes. Adding insult to injury, the Writers Guild may still picket the Globes news conference, with the Screen Actors Guild expected to show support by encouraging members not to attend. An official statement from the WGA was not available at press time.
Nema zajebancije.
Džej će da najebe zbog monologa... meni je više muka od štrajka, ali lepo je videti kako im ruše sve redom... Golden Globes... san snova će biti ako otkažu Oskare :lol:
Quote from: "Jake Chambers"Džej će da najebe zbog monologa...
Sto, fino se snalazi?
Izgleda ne pratiš...
QuoteThe WGA is contemplating disciplinary action against "The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno over allegations that he writes some of his material for the show.
"It's premature to speculate what action will be taken in this case," WGA West assistant executive director Jeff Hermanson said Friday.
"We have a constitutionally mandated procedure for dealing with allegations of violation of strike rules, and we don't comment on allegations that have been made but not yet proven."
Hermanson declined comment if Leno is currently being investigated, citing WGA's policy.
In response, NBC issued a statement late Friday: "It is unfortunate that the WGA is contemplating plans to 'investigate' Jay's authorship of his 'Tonight Show' monologue. The WGA agreement clearly permits Jay to create and perform his own monologue. The enforcement of strike rules against Jay in these circumstances would violate the federal labor laws."
The WGA's accusations were ignited by Leno's monologue on his first night back Wednesday, which he admitted on the show he had written.
Reps for WGA West on Thursday met with Leno "to clarify to him that writing for 'The Tonight Show' constitutes a violation of the guild's strike rules."
NBC jumped to Leno's defense, claiming that the host is legally allowed to write his monologue.
The conflict took another turn when word leaked out Thursday about a Dec. 31 meeting between Leno and WGAW president and former "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" writer Patric Verrone and other WGA members, where Leno reportedly informed them that he would perform a monologue and didn't face objections.
Sources close to the talk show host had said that at the meeting, "the WGA said they were going to give him a pass because of his support for the strike."
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Quote from: "Harvester"Naravno, bitan je i fakat da bukvalno kod kraja svake epizode žalosno konstatujete "Demit, kad prije!". Dok ne stigne druga sezona, vjerovatno ću da pogledam Deadwood, u nadi da će da bude jednako dobar.
Malko si se ovde iskupio ovim mini-rivjuom Rima (slutim da će ti se druga sezona mnogo više dopasti.... :twisted: ) al' svejedno, da se smesta razumemo: čovek koji uživa u hororćićima u kojima ti uživaš a ujedno ne skapira i ne divi se grejt muviju kao što je skeleton ki – ne bi smeo da prčka po nečem tako harkor kao što je dedvud. Tačka.
(da mogu, ja bi te zakonski sprečila, ali kad već ne mogu, ima da te ovako maltretiram.)
Dakle,
negledaj dedvud. Ps. ako možeš, overi weeds... opičeno je, al samo slajtli...
Pa, jebiga, i Konan ima neke fore i sam pise monologe i zajebava se. Doduse, Dzej pokusava malo vise da odrzi show kakav bi i bio, sa svojim vicevima i komentarima na aktuelne dogadjaje, dok je kod Konana evidentno vanredno stanje.
Mislim da imaju neke smernice šta podrazumeva "pravo" pisanje, a šta ne...
Nego, preksinoć Ajs Kjub kod Konana... postao Srbin, a?
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:lol:
Mada sam ja čuo da je i Pavelić pokazivao tri prsta... baš ovako... hm...
QuoteMada sam ja čuo da je i Pavelić pokazivao tri prsta... baš ovako... hm...
Jeste, to sam i ja čuo.
Paveliću, Srbine!
Quote from: "Harvester"QuoteMada sam ja čuo da je i Pavelić pokazivao tri prsta... baš ovako... hm...
Jeste, to sam i ja čuo.
Paveliću, Srbine!
Ajd se jednom potrudi da ne ispadneš ko iz vica. Tri prsta su navodno znak koji su ustaše koristile.
Očigledno se nismo razumjeli. Znam da su tri prsta koristile ustaše, te je stoga prva moja rečenica potvrda onoga što si ti rekao, bez dodatne ironije ili nečeg sličnog.
Druga je naravno šaljivi dodatak da ne bi čitav post bio sasvim ozbiljan :lol:
4400 fans plant seeds of renewal at USA
By Tim Surette - TV.com
February 1, 2008 at 05:04:00 PM | more stories by this author
Jericho-like campaign to save sci-fi show sees fans sending in sunflower seeds to network.
Note to television studios: If you want an almost endless supply of nuts and grains, simply cancel one of your shows that enjoys a cult status.
The 4400 hopes you love sunflower seeds, USA.
The near-death experience of CBS' Jericho provided the networks' employees with more peanuts than they could handle, as irate fans sent in truckloads of the legume to protest the show's cancellation. The decision to send nuts was a play on one of the more spirited parts of dialogue from the Jericho season finale.
And in a world where corporations generally look at their customers with contempt, CBS did something rather strange: it listened, and gave the show a second chance at life (season two premieres February 12).
With precedent sent, it seems that every fan of every cancelled show thinks that a few tons of foodstuffs can change studio executives' minds.
The latest fans to rally support through the inundation of snacks are doing so in support of The 4400, which was unceremoniously cancelled by the USA Network in December, alongside The Dead Zone.
This time, sunflower seeds are the "gift" of choice, as they were the favorite snack of the character Dr. Kevin Burkhoff (played by Jeffery Combs), according to the Associated Press.
A Minnesota-based company named Giant Seeds has been the beneficiary of the campaign, and had sent off more than 1,700 bags of sunflower seeds as of Thursday.
After Jericho was successfully revived, fans of other recently cancelled shows have attempted similar campaigns, with no success. Veronica Mars fans shipped off Mars Bars to the CW, and Journeyman fans are currently trying to convince NBC to change their minds with boxes of Rice-a-Roni.
The 4400 debuted in 2004 and follows a group of abductees who have mysteriously returned to the Pacific Northwest with unexplained new abilities. For more on The 4400, check out TV.com's previous coverage.
Academy Awards President Sid Ganis is positive the 80th Annual Academy Awards will go ahead despite the threat from the current Hollywood writers strike.
Ganis has fueled speculation the Writers Guild of America (WGA) walkouts could be nearing an end by declaring that "things are looking very, very good now" for the February 24 ceremony to go ahead. Members of the WGA walked out in November in a protest over royalties and so far negotiations to break the deadlock have proved unsuccessful. However, talks have been stepped up ahead of this month's Oscars ceremony, which many fear will be cancelled if the union refuses to grant organizers a waiver. Last month's Golden Globes, which usually takes the form of a glittering star-studded ceremony, was reduced to a televised press conference after the union announced plans to protest at the event, forcing the majority of attendees to vow not to cross the picket line. Speaking at a luncheon to celebrate this year's nominees, Ganis insists if the Academy Awards are cancelled, it will be a major blow to the movie industry. He says, "The Oscars exists to shine the brightest possible light on you and your work, and it would be such a terrible shame, through no fault of yours and no fault of ours, if the current conditions prevented us from shining that brightest possible light."
It was reported at the weekend that WGA officials and film bosses have sketched the outline of an agreement on how much writers will be paid for Internet broadcasting of their work. If a deal is reached, it will have to be approved by the Guild's board and then ratified by the union's 10,500 members
Juče odgledah 11-tu (trenutno poslednje prikazanu) epizodu, već ispraznog, Prison Break-a.
Iskreno, najbolja epizoda treće sezone. Suspense (6/10 - što je odlično u odnosu na dosadašnji tok sezone...) je, kao, pristuan. :P
I tako, tugujem, u isčekivanju sedme sezone "24"-ke... :arrow:
A šta ako štrajk pogodi i film:
http://www.cracked.com/article_15851_next-years-oscar-nominees-if-strike-doesnt-end.html
Primer:
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Deluje da su ovo poslednji štrajkački dani: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080210/ap_on_bi_ge/hollywood_labor
NEW YORK - With Hollywood about to rev up again following a three-month writers strike, ABC announced Monday that it had ordered a season's worth of episodes for nine series next fall, including four freshman series. ADVERTISEMENT
The prime-time soap "Dirty Sexy Money," fantasy forensics series "Pushing Daisies," the "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff "Private Practice" and Christina Applegate comedy "Samantha Who?" will all be back for a second season.
The other pick-ups aren't a surprise: "Desperate Housewives," "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy," "Brothers & Sisters" and "Ugly Betty."
The rest of ABC's fall schedule will be unveiled in the next few months.
Television writers could be back at work as early as Wednesday if members of their union vote to end their walkout because of a tentative contract deal. It's still unclear how much of this current season can be salvaged for favorite shows.
Evo šta večito nadrkani ali uvek zabavni Harlan Ellison ima da kaže u vezi štrajka... :lol:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35629
HARLAN ELLISON ON THE WRITERS STRIKE SETTLEMENT
YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO RE-POST THIS ANYWHERE:
Creds: got here in 1962, written for just about everybody, won the Writers Guild Award four times for solo work, sat on the WGAw Board twice, worked on negotiating committees, and was out on the picket lines with my NICK COUNTER SLEEPS WITH THE FISHE$$$ sign. You may have heard my name. I am a Union guy, I am a Guild guy, I am loyal. I fuckin' LOVE the Guild.
And I voted NO on accepting this deal.
My reasons are good, and they are plentiful; Patric Verrone will be saddened by what I am about to say; long-time friends will shake their heads; but this I say without equivocation...
THEY BEAT US LIKE A YELLOW DOG. IT IS A SHIT DEAL. We finally got a timorous generation that has never had to strike, to get their asses out there, and we had to put up with the usual cowardly spineless babbling horse's asses who kept mumbling "lessgo bac'ta work" over and over, as if it would make them one iota a better writer. But after months on the line, and them finally bouncing that pus-sucking dipthong Nick Counter, we rushed headlong into a shabby, scabrous, underfed shovelfulla shit clutched to the affections of toss-in-the-towel summer soldiers trembling before the Awe of the Alliance.
My Guild did what it did in 1988. It trembled and sold us out. It gave away the EXACT co-terminus expiration date with SAG for some bullshit short-line substitute; it got us no more control of our words; it sneak-abandoned the animator and reality beanfield hands before anyone even forced it on them; it made nice so no one would think we were meanies; it let the Alliance play us like the village idiot. The WGAw folded like a Texaco Road Map from back in the day.
And I am ashamed of this Guild, as I was when Shavelson was the prexy, and we wasted our efforts and lost out on technology that we had to strike for THIS time. 17 days of streaming tv!!!????? Geezus, you bleating wimps, why not just turn over your old granny for gang-rape?
You deserve all the opprobrium you get. While this nutty festschrift of demented pleasure at being allowed to go back to work in the rice paddy is filling your cowardly hearts with joy and relief that the grips and the staff at the Ivy and street sweepers won't be saying nasty shit behind your back, remember this:
You are their bitches. They outslugged you, outthought you, outmaneuvered you; and in the end you ripped off your pants, painted yer asses blue, and said yes sir, may I have another.
Please excuse my temerity. I'm just a sad old man who has fallen among Quislings, Turncoats, Hacks and Cowards.
I must go now to whoops. My gorge has become buoyant.
Respectfully, Yr. Pal, Harlan Ellison
i, jel u pravu? nisam pratio...
Rich kids are back: CW plots '90210' spinoff
By Nellie Andreeva
March 13, 2008
"Beverly Hills, 90210"
Complete pilot season coverage
The most popular ZIP code on television is coming back.
The CW is developing a contemporary spinoff of Aaron Spelling's seminal 1990s teen soap "Beverly Hills, 90210."
"Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas is in talks to pen the project, which has been put on the fast track by the network.
Details about the spinoff -- including which if any of the characters on the original series will make the transition to the new show -- remain sketchy. CW is expected to make a decision whether to order a pilot by the end of the month.
The spinoff is being produced by CBS Paramount Network TV, which absorbed original series producer Spelling TV two years ago.
Sources said "90210" creator Darren Star is not involved.
CAA, which packaged the original "90210," is said to have been the mastermind behind the idea of spinning off the hit series. The spinoff would bring Thomas back to CW, where his acclaimed series "Veronica Mars" ended its three-year run last spring.
A year ago, Endeavor-repped Thomas developed a spinoff of sorts from "Veronica" -- an alternative fourth season that would have found the title character studying at the FBI Academy. Despite a warm reception for his trailer at CW, the network ultimately canceled "Veronica," but CW chief Dawn Ostroff said at the time that she was looking to do another project with Thomas.
This would be the second spinoff from "90210," which aired on Fox from 1990-2000. The Star-created "Melrose Place" had a successful seven-year run on Fox. It didn't feature any major characters from "90210."
A teen soap about privileged youths living in Beverly Hills would be a perfect companion to CW's buzzworthy freshman drama "Gossip Girl," which revolves around rich teens living in Manhattan.
Spinoffs are hot this development season. Fox is developing two: "Cleveland," centered on the Cleveland Brown character from the hit animated comedy "Family Guy," and a "Prison Break" offshoot set at a female prison.
Last year, ABC spun off its medical juggernaut "Grey's Anatomy" into "Private Practice."
The CW also has a spinoff on its schedule, the "Girlfriends" offshoot "The Game."
Konačno dobra vest i za mene.
Damages (Season 1) - prijatno se iznenadih kad odgledah prvu epizodu. Trenutno dogurah do 5 epizode i sad sam stvarno Hooked up! Malo su preterali sa zapetljavanjem radnje koja je ponekad i vrlo predvidljiva. Serija je, u sustini, sva u flashback-ovima koji povremeno budu preseceni sadasnjicom. Advokati, veliki spor, intrige, ubistva...i... Glenn Close, malo li je? :)
Quote from: "Alec"Damages (Season 1) - prijatno se iznenadih kad odgledah prvu epizodu. Trenutno dogurah do 5 epizode i sad sam stvarno Hooked up! Malo su preterali sa zapetljavanjem radnje koja je ponekad i vrlo predvidljiva. Serija je, u sustini, sva u flashback-ovima koji povremeno budu preseceni sadasnjicom. Advokati, veliki spor, intrige, ubistva...i... Glenn Close, malo li je? :)
Odgledah! I vise nego prijatno iznenadjenje posle smorova u sta se pretvorise Prison break i sl. Preporuka!
Pojavio se Dead Like Me - The Movie!
Quote from: "Milosh"Pojavio se Dead Like Me - The Movie!
Šta je to?
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Quote from: "Harvester"Quote from: "Milosh"Pojavio se Dead Like Me - The Movie!
Šta je to?
serija: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348913/
film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079444/
Mislim da sam već pominjao tu seriju na ovom topiku... Elem, ukinuli su je posle svega dve sezone, a u pitanju je odlična crna komedija o sveže poginuloj devojci koji nije baš znala šta će sa životom, ali zato u smrti dobija posao da bude SMRT tj. ima ih više koji rade kao smrt (i to se baš tretira kao posao, imaju i svoju kancelariju takoreći tj. mesto gde se sastaju) i svaki dan dobijaju zaduženja po koga sledećeg bi trebalo da dođu... Za divno čudo ima u seriji i dosta melodrame koja fino funkcioniše, malo cinizma, melanholije i dosta crnog humora. A film je sniman direkt za DVD i mislim da je bilo reč o tome da autori pokušaju da ponovo pokrenu seriju ako film dobro prođe. Da li su odustali od toga i odlučili se da film iskoriste kao svojevrsno zaključenje priče, to ću da vidim kad ga pogledam, a jedino što me brine je što se u filmu ne pojavljuje odlični Mandy Patinkin već su mu našli zamenu...
Dead Like Me – The Movie je ukratko: bezveze
Trenutno gledam: The UnUsuals. Taze je, tek je šesta epizoda emitovana, character driven cop show, genijalno nenormalno.
The Unusuals su i meni zakon, ali mislim da nece potrajati.
Amri se zale da je previse " quirky".....Budale!
Jel neko gledao MEADOWLANDS a.k.a. CAPE WRATH. Čitao sam nešto o toj seriji i deluje mi genijalno ako imamo u vidu generalni edginess Channel Foura i sjajnu glumačku podelu?
ABC has cancelled "The Unusuals," which premiered this spring and has been unable to find an audience.
Show creator Noah Hawley announced on his twitter that ABC would not be bringing the show back for a second season.
:x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x
Pogledao sam MEADOWLANDS.
Evo utisaka
http://www.novikadrovi.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=590&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
s najvećim uživanjem podsetio sam se nedavno možda i najdraže mi serije iz detinjstva, prelepe češke ARABELE.
evo rivjua i slika:
http://ljudska_splacina.com/2009/05/arabela-1979.html