#writers strike

[yesterdays-xkcd]

He's just jealous because everyone's up in the attic listening to Stephen Colbert.

Writers Strike [Explained]

Transcript

[Cueball sits in front of a desk with a computer. Black Hat stands behind him.] Cueball: This writer's strike sucks. Black Hat: Why? You don't watch sitcoms. Cueball: Yeah, but it sucks having political campaigns without Jon Stewart's commentary.

[Cueball is off-panel.] Black Hat: True. I finally got sick of it a couple weeks ago. Cueball: And you quit following the campaigns?

[Black Hat points at a door. Cueball is still off-panel.] Black Hat: No. I kidnapped Jon Stewart to do analysis for me. Cueball: You what? Black Hat: He's locked in the basement.

[Black Hat is shouting at the door. Black Hat: Jon! Obama's leading in Iowa! Gimme a wry, witty comment on the situation! Jon Stewart [Voice coming from door]: Please let me go. I have a family.

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[monsterhospital]

[thatrandomblogsays]

I’m so happy for them

[Image Description: Castiel from Supernatural is saying I love you, underneath is an image of Dean Winchester with the caption: “After four months of striking the WGA has a reached a tentative agreement & finalizing the contract. If all goes well writers will get to return to work with better pay and protections. They did it. Go unions”]

(Source)

[amtrak-official]

Big Labor News, the WGA won on nearly all fronts.

Alt text created by @a-captions-blog

[monsteronthehill]

exactly!

[memingursa]

Wait hold on Tumblr girlies have been carrying that show on netflix for well over 10 years now and even the guy responsible for it hasn’t gotten a GOD DAMN DIME?????

[dyscomancer]

lest we forget

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

Pirate all your favorite shows, movies, and games while you still have the chance.

[animentality]

[the-diabolic-acid]

the way these strikes get framed is always so funny to me

"the strike could stretch on until the end of summer" or the execs could pay their workers

"there won't be ANY new shows because of this strike" or the execs could pay their workers

"no more content for us because the mean old writers and actors are-" OR THE EXECS COULD PAY THEIR WORKERS

[dynared]

Strike is on. Actors will be joining the writers on the picket lines. This is the first strike in 60 years for SAG, and essentially shuts down the entire US film and television industry.

[hashtagloveloses]

NEW UNION JUST DROPPED

LET'S GOOOOOOO

[sentientfloatingeyeball]

Possibly the greatest NPR exchange ever recorded

[deadsprout]

At first Netflix said, come write for us. We’ll save your cancelled shows and write about whatever niche story you want. Our algorithm says people will watch it!

Then a few years later they said, regardless of our promises or contract obligations we are cancelling shows after two seasons without telling anyone. Turns out no matter how loved a show is, we get less subscriptions after the second season.

How many subscriptions did we bring you? Netflix won’t say.

So writers started writing two season shows. Just give us two seasons, Netflix. Like you promised.

Then Netflix said, oops sorry! Turns out your show didn’t premiere at #1 and the views in the first day weren’t what we wanted so we’re cancelling your second season.

What were the numbers? How many people watched our show? Netflix doesn’t say.

Then, they did something extra special. They started taking shows and splitting their first season into two halves. Inside Job was not two seasons. It was one season split in half.

Oops! Sorry! The second half of your first season didn’t do as well as the first half, so now your show is cancelled!

Why? How many people? How much money? These companies are making cash hand over fist and they refuse to tell people the truth: people loved your show. Loved it. But some corpo exec wanted an infinite money making machine. Do you know how long shows are in production for before you watch them? Years. Like, 5+, even 10+ years. And Netflix gives it less than a week before they decide whether you’re getting cancelled.

Support #WGA Support #SAGAFTRA

[kingsonne-zedecks]

Does anyone have an update on where things are at with the writers strike? It's disappeared from my various feeds and algorithms.