19 November 2007
WGA Strike Information
The reason for the strike is because the writers are
unfairly compensated for their efforts and sometimes not even
compensated at all.
here is some of the latest news:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0a39ff8c-04ad-40e3-a5f8-5383896886fd&k=6049shows
mentioned to be shutting down in the article above are Bionic Woman,
Battlestar Galactica, Aliens in America, Reaper, Smallville,
Supernatural, Psyche, The 4400,and Kyle XY.
Here is what Ron Moore, executive producer of BSG had to say about why he is striking:
http://tv.ign.com/articles/833/833633p1.htmlHere is the most updated news about the status of BSG:
http://www.rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2007/11/17_Galactica_wraps.htmlthis
link is a list of most of the shows being affected in some way due to
the strike, it's a huge list with lots of popular shows and a few good
ones. BSG got half of season 4 done before they shut down, that's a
good thing at least. Look here for your favorite show and be
disappointed:
http://hollywoodstrike.blogspot.com/2007/11/wga-strike-updated-strike-affected-show.htmlhere
is a link to what Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, Firefly and THE best
television writer ever, in my opinion) had to say about the strike:
http://whedonesque.com/comments/14650Here
is a plot synopsis for a new show being written by Joss Whedon called
"Goners". Universal didn't like his original draft so he re wrote it
and re submitted it. They still didn't approve, so he's rewriting it
again. All this WGA strike news got me to thinking: Why isn't
television like the internet or radio? Why are a select few
corporations controlling what we can watch and who can write what on
television?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481738/synopsisThis strike is bigger than it looks friends.