Writer's Guild Strike of 2023 - Fuck these people

[Super-Chevy454]

Wasn't that what United Artists was an attempt to be back in the day? I know they didn't make films, only distributed them, don't really know much about them beyond that.

They did but looks like the current crop of writers and actors forgot that detail.

 

[Sexy Potoo]

So here is a story about how Disney intends to handle the writer strike:

TL;DW for the writer's strike discussion:
The rumor is Bob Iger will use the strikes as an excuse to clean put Kathleen Kennedy's diversity hires from Disney.

 

[Gar For Archer]

The only things I can think of in terms of retaliation is some sort of legal injection to stop a release like what Bam Margera did for Jackass Forever, or theaters refusing to screen the work of certain studios in some sort of solidarity with the strikers.

Lol, even before the plandemic theaters were on death’s door, they do NOT have the capability to virtue-signal here.

So here is a story about how Disney intends to handle the writer strike:

TL;DW for the writer's strike discussion:
The rumor is Bob Iger will use the strikes as an excuse to clean put Kathleen Kennedy's diversity hires from Disney.

Surely, this time, Kathleen Kennedy will be fired! Holy fuck Doomcuck is such a moron.

 

[Random Internet Person]

Surely, this time, Kathleen Kennedy will be fired! Holy fuck Doomcuck is such a moron.

Here’s the thing: Kathleen Kennedy makes money. How much? Enough that most would say “a lot of it”. As long as that happens, she’s still going to have a job because studios stopped caring about fans a long time ago.

 

[Male Idiot]

Every time Doomcock says KK is getting fired Disney extends her contract by a year lol. I like the guy, he is funny, but damn he has the worst predictions.

 

[innocent jogger]

Is the strike I didn't hear about until recently really still going on? Good thing I stopped watching their propaganda trash years ago and haven't looked back. Burn, Hollywood, Burn.

 

[Yamma Damma]

And so the vfx department at Marvel is voting to unionize. This is only the Marvel's vfx artists, not the whole profession across the industry though. Anything could happen but I prefer the outcome that includes projects getting canned to reflect the vfx's working demands and the "writers" still not getting what they want.

 

[Random Internet Person]

Every time Doomcock says KK is getting fired Disney extends her contract by a year lol. I like the guy, he is funny, but damn he has the worst predictions.

Hatred really does things to a man.

And so the vfx department at Marvel is voting to unionize. This is only the Marvel's vfx artists, not the whole profession across the industry though. Anything could happen but I prefer the outcome that includes projects getting canned to reflect the vfx's working demands and the "writers" still not getting what they want.

Hasn't the VFX department been known to really be treated like crap for years now?

 

[Anonitolia]

And so the vfx department at Marvel is voting to unionize. This is only the Marvel's vfx artists, not the whole profession across the industry though. Anything could happen but I prefer the outcome that includes projects getting canned to reflect the vfx's working demands and the "writers" still not getting what they want.

I honestly don't know how this didn't happen sooner. From what I know those fuckers are treated terribly and in an industry like film and television unionization probably starts being considered the moment someone starts thinking about asking anyone to work the tiniest bit of overtime.

 

[Yamma Damma]

Hasn't the VFX department been known to really be treated like crap for years now?

Yes. Sweatshop-level workloads and inhumanity. If anybody deserves a union for being worth their fucking salt these days, it's them. And if anybody deserves to throw down the first domino for all vfx artists, it's Marvel's vfx department. They have put diamonds on the dung of their mediocre media for the past decade.

 

[Random Internet Person]

Yes. Sweatshop-level workloads and inhumanity. If anybody deserves a union for being worth their fucking salt these days, it's them. And if anybody deserves to throw down the first domino for all vfx artists, it's Marvel's vfx department. They have put diamonds on the dung of their mediocre media for the past decade.

And so the vfx department at Marvel is voting to unionize. This is only the Marvel's vfx artists, not the whole profession across the industry though. Anything could happen but I prefer the outcome that includes projects getting canned to reflect the vfx's working demands and the "writers" still not getting what they want.

You think this’ll expand to other studios if it gains enough steam?

 

[Yamma Damma]

You think this’ll expand to other studios if it gains enough steam?

Probably. Because they'll have no choice. Far too many live action movies have vfx in them that the only times they don't is if it was a low-budget passion project for a film festival or something (though often times using makeup, puppets, and stop motion is way better than most cgi/vfx lightshows if i'm being honest).

But that's IF they pull this off. Marvel is part of Disney which means they have access to the same jew lawyers that have fucked over countless others countless times over. They'll put in the finest of fine print that the only thing that will change in the vfx department is the color of the wallpaper. Wish them luck. They'll need it.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

Hasn't the VFX department been known to really be treated like crap for years now?

Absolutely. They've been pissed at the fact that Marvel has been giving them little time to work on the VFX for their Marvel properties because of their release schedules, nevermind being overworked and underpaid.

 

[Keystone]

https://archive.vn/6naDK

Please, by all means, take as many years as you need to resolve it. Or never; never works just fine, too.

 

[Ralph Barnhardt]

Andrew Yang showed up to the strike for a photo op and was disgusted by a troon.

https://twitter.com/kyliesparks/status/1688754951663783936

Why would Andrew Yang be so disgusted with this Kelly Osbourne cosplayer that he wouldn't look her in the eye?

Spoiler: Which is the real Kelly Osbourne?

The answer may surprise you!

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...Yeah that'll do it.

I skimmed through the video and there doesn't seem to be any interaction between the two that I can find. In fact there doesn't seem to be much of anything. I saw two other people under the tent.

And a handful of people walking with signs and sitting down.

If I were to count everyone on the sidewalk as part of the strike there's a total of 7 plus 2 sitting Stacys. There's a few more from some of Andy's pans so let's bump that up to 15. There's also people across the street who are striking according to Andy. Here's group one.

Here's groups two.

I can't count how many are milling about in group one but there are four people walking in a circle in group two. Twelve thousand writers, 12,000 people, 12k bodies went on strike on May 2nd and they can only get, at best, 30 people to stand around the WB offices or where ever the hell this is? And that's just counting the writers. Observant farmers will notice that this is not WAG. This is SAG. This means the number of people striking went up and still they can only get around 30 people to actually picket? Maybe I'm being to hard on these faggots. Maybe it was really hot the day this was filmed? Maybe it was just too nice of a day to waste walking in a circle? Maybe they're all watching Barbie? Surely it's something other than they're all horrible pieces of shit who are all talk!

This makes me realize that I'm seeing barely any footage of picketing anymore. All I see is selfies of people going "I'm doing my part!" or pictures going "I met famous person X at the strike!" but none actually showing a show of force.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

This makes me realize that I'm seeing barely any footage of picketing anymore. All I see is selfies of people going "I'm doing my part!" or pictures going "I met famous person X at the strike!" but none actually showing a show of force.

This is what happens when slacktivists and keyboard warriors join a union while still expecting to put in the same minimum effort they've always put in.

And they get Surprised Pikachu Face when studios don't take them seriously.

 

[Random Internet Person]

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/08/09/hollywood-strike-matches-100-day-mark-last-writers-strike-2007-2008/

https://archive.is/jgVoY

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Andrew Yang showed up to the strike for a photo op and was disgusted by a troon.
https://twitter.com/kyliesparks/status/1688754951663783936
Why would Andrew Yang be so disgusted with this Kelly Osbourne cosplayer that he wouldn't look her in the eye?

Okay my respect for Andrew Yang grew a considerable lot from that.

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https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/08/09/hollywood-strike-matches-100-day-mark-last-writers-strike-2007-2008/

https://archive.is/jgVoY

Keep it going keep it going.

 

[Absurdist Laughter]

Andrew Yang showed up to the strike for a photo op and was disgusted by a troon.
https://twitter.com/kyliesparks/status/1688754951663783936

This should be an additional indication that this writer strike is an absolute failure. I mean good for the studios, gives a little wiggle room to cut out some of the fat; in some cases literally. If you got leftists screeching to draw attention to a cause or purpose, that is how you know you've won. That Twitter X post is a pathetic war cry that will get nowhere past a quick shot of digital dopamine for the creature.

Also, I'm generally apposed to unions, however, if the VFX department plays it carefully might be a good thing. However, I can't help that they get the short end of the stick because of competing unions like Actors and Writers siphon most of the budget away from the workers that aren't unionized. I mean seriously, look at this graph:



In the trading and investing world, I think it would be fair to say that that graph has gone parabolic. That isn't even including the recent budgets. I wish I could find the graph that broke it down via specific years because I'd wager we'd see an increase that correlates with unionization of Hollywood.

Meh, I'm just glad to see Hollywood hurting, 100 million saved is barely a third of the combined losses on just one of the useless dribble put out by legacy studios.

 

[BikeLock]

Wow, its been 100 days already?
I haven't even noticed.
GG Writers and Actors, you stopped working for a whole financial quarter with absolutely no negative impact to society whatsoever, showing everyone exactly how useless you all really are.