Comments on: Writers Strike Could End in Two Weeks as Key Players Show Clout

By: name

name — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:08:39 +0000

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By: name

name — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:04:56 +0000

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By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:44:09 +0000

In the past weeks, a rather large contingency of people known as BTL’s has been seething and plotting to get the writers back to work. The feelings is that the writers are trying to portray themselves as “blue collar” people. BTL’s are blue collar. It’s physical & backbreaking work. What’s the worse injury a writer can substain? Blisters on the tips of their fingers from pounding their keyboards. GO FI-CORE!!!

By: Jack Clay

Jack Clay — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:03:09 +0000

Somebody already made the “Juno” correction – man, that is sad and pathetic. The other major problem is the phrase, “John Wells, the respected showruner…” Uhm, not by writers he isn’t.

By: chad

chad — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:36:58 +0000

yo, out the scabs.

By: B.M.G.

B.M.G. — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:49:36 +0000

Ahhh, the voice of reason. Let’s go back to work!

By: john

john — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:58:14 +0000

How long will the writers be going on a strike for???….when will this end and why is it that they are not making any sort of media anymore?

By: Scriptstar

Scriptstar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:49:16 +0000

The DGA members make money in substantial, directorial project fees and in many cases a percentage of the film’s gross revenues (including movie tie-ins). The directors don’t have to rely on residuals for income as much as WGA members.

The DGA/AMPTP deal is a bad deal for writers, because WGA members need and deserve higher percentages in new media residuals.

By: skeptical

skeptical — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:43:37 +0000

Unionbreaking 101

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:51:51 +0000

Hmm….this article is a fascinating insight into how people who know basically nothing about the WGA strike, indeed the movie business , somehow still feel qualified to spout unchecked facts and make meaningless predictions, even in print. Alex, I reccommend that in the future, you at least check into things like whether or not Paul Haggis did actually have anything to do with ‘Juno’ or whether that was a joke in keeping with the tone of his article. Anyone with a shred of knowledge about the movie business wouldn’t even have had to check that one, but for future reference I suggest you go to imdb (that’s the Internet Movie Database).