Writer's Guild Strike of 2023 - Fuck these people

What is worse?

  • A consoomer, who produces nothing, devours everything, and will threaten you if you dare disturb the

    Votes: 87 15.3%
  • The one who's work is to forever feed the consoomer?

    Votes: 25 4.4%
  • Feed them all to feral pigs

    Votes: 456 80.3%

  • Total voters
    568
It would all depend on the subject because podcasts about certain topics are a dime a dozen. To some extent, it also would depend on how well they could distinguish themselves from other podcasters in a genre. Nobody is going to listen to a new podcaster long-term if they don't ever some sort of new take or interpretation on material. Given their lack of creativity as writers, I'm not optimistic they can be more creative speaking into a microphone presenting their own content.
They are also all fishing from the same small pond of lefty lunatics and that money pond is fucking shallow as hell.

For those who fish outside of that Pond it will be easy to find listeners.
MArk Groubert is a writer and journalist but based as hell and his weekly live streams about JFK are pretty good.
 
ME remakes sounded good on paper but did nothing new; an easy money maker though. And so goes the story, when a studio needs a quick positive blip on their sales, they release another re-release.
I disagree, the slight modernizations ME1 got in LE, although not necessary, helped a lot to make the game less clunky and more enjoyable, and not having to fuck around with DLC activation on PC is also a massive bonus. As it is, MELE is probably the best thing BioWare released since ME3; funny how that works out.
Even Disney is on strike, the company is bleeding money as is, flop after flop and movies get delayed.
Even before the strike, the monthly MCU slop was tiring out their most dedicated fans and people were getting sick of "needing" to be up to date via countless Disney+ series. In all honestly, Disney should count their blessings that they can rethink their strategies thanks to the strike, but phase 6 through 45 was already story boarded probably...
 
I disagree, the slight modernizations ME1 got in LE, although not necessary, helped a lot to make the game less clunky and more enjoyable, and not having to fuck around with DLC activation on PC is also a massive bonus. As it is, MELE is probably the best thing BioWare released since ME3; funny how that works out.
Each to their own but it wasn't a faithful re-release or remaster and they did litlle beside slight quality changes and removing the ability to punch a reporter in the face (I read it on the internet and haven't played MELE truth be told. I enjoyed it first time, I don't need to revisit it and tarnish the memory). ME3 was terrible, as was Me1. Bio ware haven't been great in 15 years. The last good game they released was DA:I. while unpopular, it did have a lot of passion in there, often times ruined by executive decision.

OT: let the devs starve
 
I disagree, the slight modernizations ME1 got in LE, although not necessary, helped a lot to make the game less clunky and more enjoyable, and not having to fuck around with DLC activation on PC is also a massive bonus. As it is, MELE is probably the best thing BioWare released since ME3; funny how that works out.

Even before the strike, the monthly MCU slop was tiring out their most dedicated fans and people were getting sick of "needing" to be up to date via countless Disney+ series. In all honestly, Disney should count their blessings that they can rethink their strategies thanks to the strike, but phase 6 through 45 was already story boarded probably...
Censored Miranda's butt, Samara's cleavage gets covered up. Knowing it was done out of woke reasons makes me disagree completely.
 
If 20 A-list actors or directors who claim to support this crap decided to donate 1% of their net worth and a couple spare rooms in their 10+ room mansions for the starving writers that they claim to love and support, they could ensure this strike goes on forever.
Rated optimistic only because these A-listers are little more than slacktivists. However, the larger point remains that the A-listers could certainly have done more to help out the Z-level voice actors, adjuncts, and extras who make considerably less and have been feeling the effects of the strike so much so recently they're either working part time or deciding which bills will and won't get paid.

As the strike drags out, however, I feel as if any contract they settle on won't be a victory by any stretch of the imagination. The last two pro sports strikes that I recall were such that the respective players unions ultimately settled for much less than they wanted and less than what the last pre-strike offer was. Eventually, an extended strike drags out so much to the point both sides often decide "screw it, let's agree to something to get this over with and do our thing again." As others have posted throughout the thread, though, it's hard to see Hollywood as a good entity with all its sleaze, corruption, and general seediness.

This is definitely one strike where saying, "Fuck both sides," is entirely reasonable because little of value is being lost.
 
Last edited:
Vincent Van Gogh.
Vincent Van Gogh was whingy faggot who would have trooned out if he was alive today. He was an autistic attention seeking weirdo who alienated most people he met and could not keep a friend for the life of him. He most likely exaggerated his illness to make people (ie. prostitutes) feel sorry for him because that’s the only way he knew how to keep people in his life. Troon depression is nothing like real depression.
 
Vincent Van Gogh was whingy faggot who would have trooned out if he was alive today. He was an autistic attention seeking weirdo who alienated most people he met and could not keep a friend for the life of him. He most likely exaggerated his illness to make people (ie. prostitutes) feel sorry for him because that’s the only way he knew how to keep people in his life. Troon depression is nothing like real depression.

What an edgy faggot you are
 
It certainly raised eyebrows among those unfamiliar with the game and became a meme, but I wouldn't say it tanked the reputation... if anything the wackiness attracted more people, it's the hottest game of the moment. Of course, the writers do seem to care about the material and fans, unlike the writers for The Witcher adaptation on Netflix who straight up say over and over again that they hate the fans AND the source material.
The dumbasses at larian somehow remembered a vague plotpoint about how mind flayers were made in 2E dnd and centered their whole thing around it.

The faggots at the witcher cast got buttmad when the resident nerd yelled at them for being dumbasses,
 
Do you think it would be feasible to take advantage of the situation by writing a non pozzed script and sending it to producers? Being a hollywood writer sounds pretty comfy and if these dumb cunts dont want it I sure would.
To make to Pedowood you have to have connections, suck dick, have a hell of a pedigree or multimillion franchise

Hollywood hasn't cared about innovation, creative and scripts without pandering for what 4 decades now?

Even as a artist, screenwriter or script writer you have to tip-toe around directors and higher-ups that got their position though nepotism like Kaitlyn Kennedy who was thrown out of LucasFilms. She booted anyone and everyone who she had "creative differences"

Pedowood is incestuous nepotistic shithole, mini Weimar Republic if you will. Drugs, Child prostitutes, homeless, crime and WGA bitching about something every Tuesday.
 
To make to Pedowood you have to have connections, suck dick, have a hell of a pedigree or multimillion franchise

Hollywood hasn't cared about innovation, creative and scripts without pandering for what 4 decades now?

Even as a artist, screenwriter or script writer you have to tip-toe around directors and higher-ups that got their position though nepotism like Kaitlyn Kennedy who was thrown out of LucasFilms. She booted anyone and everyone who she had "creative differences"

Pedowood is incestuous nepotistic shithole, mini Weimar Republic if you will. Drugs, Child prostitutes, homeless, crime and WGA bitching about something every Tuesday.
I guess so but the old guard is getting, well old, or cancelled, woke movies are flopping, actors are getting really uppity and now the writers are "striking". Seems to me like the golden holowood times are over, so it may be the best time to get a foot in the door if you have any such ambitions.
It doesnt have to be a "innovative" or "creative" script, just something good, something people would like to watch that isnt part of a media franchise already.
 
I guess so but the old guard is getting, well old, or cancelled, woke movies are flopping, actors are getting really uppity and now the writers are "striking". Seems to me like the golden holowood times are over, so it may be the best time to get a foot in the door if you have any such ambitions.
It doesnt have to be a "innovative" or "creative" script, just something good, something people would like to watch that isnt part of a media franchise already.
Your mistake was thinking pedowood is about talent. No it's nepotism.
If the ugly ones are in journalism it's the pretty ones that ar ein hollywood.
 
Vincent Van Gogh was whingy faggot who would have trooned out if he was alive today. He was an autistic attention seeking weirdo who alienated most people he met and could not keep a friend for the life of him. He most likely exaggerated his illness to make people (ie. prostitutes) feel sorry for him because that’s the only way he knew how to keep people in his life. Troon depression is nothing like real depression.
Look up Lovecraft what-if tryhard. He lost both of his parents when he was very young, he was paranoid, crippled with depression and nightmares and he watched his world go to shit and watch people die from black lungs, since he lived peak of coal mining industry. His writings didn't catch. He created entire Mythos based on his dreamscapes.

Finnish composer Sibelius, known in churches and orchestras around the world. He casually threw his works into fireplace, to serve as kindling.

Nikola Tesla, engineer, inventor of Tesla coils, filament lamps and created foundation for wireless technology and other inventions that world yet has see. He had crippling depression and gold digging women.

Carl Jung man who wrote and illustrated with paint red book and innovated field of psychology by bringing up introspection. Jung dove into his very subconscious, faced his fears, got over his angst of aging and death.

Friedrich Nietzsche philosopher and writer, too many books to name, he kept writing when even syphilis was made his life hell, even in this pain ridden and dementia ridden state he kept writing


Five creators whose work were driven by depression, insecurity and outright madness. They left a lasting legacy to be remembered and outmatched. Since you're so trad and educated, you should know those two.

What's your excuse for not lifting weights and studying? Depression is a great motivator when channeled correctly.
 
Last edited:
KnowledgeHub did a video a while ago on the strike looking at the A.I. arguments and such, and now he has done one looking more directly at the writers and actors complaints itself. It's pretty good.


I feel like such a retard not having realized this before. The whole issue and reason Hollywood is refusing to even start to negotiate with the writing faggots is because the entire thing is a complete and total market bubble. No one watches this garbage, no one is actually tuning in to the shows. The writers want residuals that don't exist.

Except the executives can't admit that the writers are getting paid fairly and the residuals are correct, because it would mean admitting that streaming viewership numbers are total bullshit!

I really feel like one stupid motherfucker for not having realized this sooner. It's explains everything. And it makes it so much more amusing and hilarious to watch the shit heap of L.A. attack each other. The executives all brought this onto themselves, and they cannot negotiate and end the strike because doing so would mean admitting they are wrong. And the writers won't call it out themselves because as far as they care it doesn't matter, they just wanna get paid for writing the slop.
 
Do you think it would be feasible to take advantage of the situation by writing a non pozzed script and sending it to producers? Being a hollywood writer sounds pretty comfy and if these dumb cunts dont want it I sure would.
From my understanding, Hollywood scabs are dissuaded by the long game. Everyone believes that there will come a point in which the strike comes to an end and Hollywood studios get back to hiring exclusively from unions as the contracts decree. In turn, the unions will remember who scabbed during the strike and punish them by denying union membership, which therefore means barring the scabs from work in that field of Hollywood altogether. While it is theoretically possible for someone to scab with both the adequate skill and no intention to continue work post-strike, it's extremely unlikely that such a person exists. I suspect there might also be pressure on the studio end to not hire scabs because they'd be required to dump them and throw out the work as soon as the strike ends. The media is also on the side of the unions and will feverously attack anyone who scabs on major projects.

This time around, the unions are attempting to expand their sphere of influence by threatening internet "influencers" with future denied membership for merely promoting studio projects during the strike. This dissuades many such "influencers" since they're generally young and want to keep their future career opportunities open:
There is another thread about this strike, so I don't know where to post, so I'll just do it here, & probably repost there.

Apparently, as per a Forbes article [A], SAG-AFTRA is keeping tabs on any "influencers" who might be supporting the studios during the strike, & are threatening to blacklist you, should you ever decide to join. Also, if you think it's impossible for them to keep track of every single YouTuber & TikTokker, you're 100% correct, cause they're relying on your peers to snitch on you. All this for a crumb of Hollywood.

Tweet & Video by Clownfish TV on the matter:

This might be even worse than the cosplaying copyrighting they're trying to pull.
 
Vincent Van Gogh.
To be fair, his best works were painted when he was getting help at a mental institution. But even his worst works made during some of the lowest points in his life are absolute masterpieces compared to what most people could make.

Van Gogh is an interesting point for both sides of the "tortured artist" debate- depressed people tend to create beautiful things, yes, but those who've plunged into the abyss and then staggered out the other side tend to make things of even greater beauty because they've done the deep introspection that depression tends to bring while also having the energy/hope/determination of someone mentally well.
 
Last edited:
To be fair, his best works were painted when he was getting help at a mental institution. But even his worst works made during some of the lowest points in his life are absolute masterpieces compared to what most people could make.

Van Gogh is an interesting point for both sides of the "tortured artist" debate- depressed people tend to create beautiful things, yes, but those who've plunged into the abyss and then staggered out the other side tend to make things of even greater beauty because they've done the deep introspection that depression tends to bring but also the energy/hope/determination of someone mentally well.
It's like the only way to know Good is to know Evil. People who know how evil people think can value Good virtues like honesty, integrity, and kindness. When you've never known how damaging lying, cowardice, and cruelty are, being Good is trite and irritating.
 
Its been now 131 days since the strike started. And, nothing of note has been accomplished. Wow..........what a successful strike surely they wont be old and have grey hairs by the time it ends if ever.
I'm waiting for the reports of relationships/marriages failing due to lack of income, and more of these assholes losing their housing/cars and doing flips off bridges.
 
Back