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ac3raven — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:28:00 GMT

Upon the eminent start of my 2nd quarter of ITT, I've been thinking quite a bit about my chosen career, that is video game design. I've been thinking about the place of video games in society, and where they will be in the future. I firmly believe that...(read more)

WGA Strike Information

ac3raven — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:32:00 GMT

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=6049
shows 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.html

Here is the most updated news about the status of BSG:
http://www.rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2007/11/17_Galactica_wraps.html

this 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.html

here 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/14650

Here 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/synopsis

This strike is bigger than it looks friends.

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WGA Strike Information