#pay your fucking writers

[just-some-random-blogger]

this is why you dont film through a writer's strike folks

[elkian]

On one hand, I know this is going require like,.,.. official accountability to really become true. I know. I know. The goddamn Having Resources I KNOW.

BUT, I think this "Hiring a PR team to discredit the strikers" thing is ultimately a catch-22, because the plausible outcomes are:

Pay the PR team, thus proving they have the resources to give the striking creative staff a living wage, or

Fail to pay the PR team, thus pissing off a PR team and adding another voice to the backlash.

I know the Actual Consequences depend on a lot more than this, but it really doesn't look good regardless of outcome

[cowgurrrl]

Checking in on the Miller family during the SAG-AFTRA strike

[aficionadoenthusiast]

tv companies asking for public support against the strike as if I don't have dvds going back to the 1970s and enough fanfiction to last me into the 2070s

[cringengl]

To look on the brightside of the whole tundum ordeal, at least the fact that they literally told us NOTHING may allude to there being a big plot twist that they don't want to spoil (it's byler endgame).

[imperiousphasmid]

AMAZON YOU HAVE ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I COMMIT AN ACTUAL MURDER

[sothisisablog]

[flash-bastardd]

At this point, fuck Amazon lets produce it ourselves.

We'll fucking pay the writers and Actors and everyone out of our own pockets. I don't trust the corporations to come to a fair agreement.

[intexda]

Executives: *holding a gun to their TV shows" We'll do it! We'll cancel them all!

Me: *having watched the actions of netflix and discovery for several years* That threat might have worked if you weren't doing that anyway and writing them off for taxes so they can't be revived.

[nothingwithmilk]

so glad the writers and actors and hopefully everyone else is going on strike but also what a banger of a time for it to start.... the bear succession barbenheimer all ended recently/are coming out soon and they are all so so so good. Pay writers!!!!!!!

[totally0random]

Netflix shareholders reject proposed compensation package for execs

https://www.avclub.com/tonight-in-schadenfreude-netflix-bosses-get-their-pay-1850498554

“Tonight in ‘unexpected comeuppance’ news: The guys running Netflix got their knuckles rapped pretty hard this evening, as THR reports that shareholders for the company have taken a rare step and rejected a proposed compensation package for the streamer’s top dogs. Although the shareholder vote, which happened earlier tonight, isn’t binding, it is a pretty potent 'Hold the fuck up' to Ted Sarandos, Reed Hastings, and recently installed co-CEO Greg Peters, presumably over the trio’s handling of the WGA’s ongoing writers strike.”

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[delicious-horror]

Saw X thoughts

John is over here making some unwinnable games. How are you going to let someone die when they completed the task, just not quickly enough?

Was Taskmaster inspired by Saw? Do I love that show so much because it's an extension of my favorite brand of horror?

I'm glad they didn't recast Amanda. Older actors deserve love too.

John is a Republican who doesn't understand drug addiction, confirmed again.

Scammy European lady is the most intelligent contestant yet.

If the tray of medical supplies fell over, they would have to go over and bend down to pick everything up. Nobody looks intimidating like that.

More proof of unwinnable games: how the hell was John going to heal a dude whose cranium was open?

I don't appreciate that I like the blonde scam lady but also, she's the best written character in the whole series. Fight me.

Does John think this poor woman in Mexico can afford skin grafts? Or that she won't die of an infection first?

Poor Gabbie. So proud of her.

I'm a private investigator. There's no way an American cop could find this many people in Mexico quickly enough for this. He wouldn't have the resources, doesn't speak the language, and is working with a place lacking in all the databases he's used to.

"I've been wanting to do that since the moment I met you" loses weight when you met someone a few hours ago while they kidnapped you. Bad writing.

Oh, blonde, you can't actually kill somebody that way, but you can commit character assassination. Is that character suicide?

Hashtag stop making neck snapping look so easy.

"Jig fucking saw" kills the impact there. Waste of a sting.

How the fuck does everyone psychically know what that sound is? It could've been anyone out there.

.... AI was used in the making of this film. "In a terrible unforseen consequence." Fuck you, movie, I'm mad now. No human wrote that line.

Well fuck. AI has ruined my perception of this.

"and I don't have a silly moral code like you. trust me." Okay, ChatGPT, you silly bitch.

This kid's mental well-being is fucked. I guess that's what you get for playing soccer at 6 AM like a freak.

How'd you get so much blood, John? How is it not running out? I need a montage of him going to all the butchers in the land for all the blood they have.

The secret is teamwork.

Yes, a giant bag of cash won't get anybody murdered in the streets.

Imagine having that conversation with his parents.

What the fuck is this optimistic and inspirational ending shot??

I'm amending my unwinnable assessment, but I still argue that John operated in bad faith here. Say you buy his code and find it admirable. I don't, but there are weirdos who do. If that's the case, seeing nearly enough bone marrow with only a couple seconds to spare and not stopping the game? Or brain matter but it hasn't melted enough yet? John, they showed the will to live. They played your game. Let them out, motherfucker!!

[vivalaems]

HELLO WHAT?????

PAY YOUR FUCKING WRITERS FOR GODSAKE (please)

[montanabohemian]

if i see a single one of you pissed that your faves canceled an event or a con appearance because they're striking for fair wages then imma come for you in your sleep 🔪🔪🔪

(direct that fury where it belongs: AMPTP and the execs)

[talesfromthebandgeekmafia]

broooooooooooooo motherfucker I cannot believe we just got out of the COVID tv slump where everything was either on hold or not 100% there for like two years and then the sons of bitches decide to fuck over their writers and actors and sit there like fucking toddlers refusing to budge for MONTHS now fucking everything up and grinding it all to a halt FUCKING AGAIN we’re gonna end up spending half a decade dealing with unnecessarily long hiatuses and cancellations because they can’t just fucking provide what’s fair for the people who actually create the art that people love that makes life worth living and that they make their unholy mountains of money off of. Greedy!!! Myopic!!!!!! Fucking!!!! Bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[niageri22]

Since you guys are SO worried about what to do if your favorite shows get delayed or canceled, I made a list of stuff to do:

-There's a thing called "re-watching". Ever heard of that?

-Read a book or go read fanficton if you prefer that instead (they make better stories anyways)

-Try out a new hobby, it might help

-Play some video games. Zelda comes out soon and you know that it will be better than anything they release.

-Try and go outside. Even if you're depressed like me, it might be more fun.

-Learn some new recipes to try. You guys learned a lot during covid learn some more

-If you live near LA or near a pickett, go join the strike. If you want your shows back so bad, go and convince big steaming services to pay their fucking writers.