I will say this again, to you.. again. You have used that generalization before and I clarified it before. John and I agree on a great many things, but we also disagree (get us talking about Blade Runner.. oh my) I am my own person. Do you have opinions of your own or do you blindly just disagree with anything we say?

I was unaware of W’s ardent WGA support.

LaRouche ‘08

@Rusty James – You sound like a George Bush lacky. I’ve read tons of stuff on tmb that is very pro wga, but disagree on a couple of key issues, so like a Bush lacky you you come out and start calling them anti-wga ? Exact same as bush calling anyone who doesn’t support the Iraq war anti-freedom.

that is their sole purpose. thats it.

and they still get the biggest slice of the pie and deservedly so but the writers are not asking for equal or more money than the studios but they want their fair share.
when you have the head of disney claiming pre-strike that they will make 1.5 billion from digital this year and now during strike all of sudden its the great unknown…its to new to say how much is being made…

well basically when they have to start lying they deserve to get fucked.
your argument that the day a writer gives back money when a film bombs is as ridiculous now as it was when john suggested a similar thing that brings me to my next point..

do you have an opinion of your own or do you just blindly follow john every time??

Yes, I know you agree. That’s why I said “they’re standing up for a fair wage. Which even the anti-writers guild Movie Blog admits they’re not getting right now.”

see.

“it is the writers that are holding the entire industry hostage by failing to compromise even a little.”
I hate to break this to you Rodney but a “compromise” is by
definition the coming together of two opposing sides through MUTUAL CONCESSIONS.

So to say the writers aren’t compromising is ridiculous. One side can’t comprising, that would be called surrender.

“The day a writer gives money BACK for a failed movie, I will side with them.”
That would be a good point if anyone was suggesting writers deserve as much as the studio. But the controversy is about a fair wage which you agree they’re not getting.

You didn’t mention your ad hominem attack. I will take your silence as an apology which I accept.

I agree that the writers deserve a fair wage. I have never denied that. EVERYTHING in Hollywood starts with the writer. But it is the writers that are holding the entire industry hostage by failing to compromise even a little. Some of their claims are unfair (asking for a cut of unproven internet sales etc) but most of what they ask for is just their due.

The studios take the risk and the writers still get paid. The day a writer gives money BACK for a failed movie, I will side with them.

And this allegation that the online support for the writers is an effort to “stick it to the man” is just childish and stupid.

Katrina, I share your frustration.