November 8, 2007
Writers' Strike, 11/8. And dessert.
Still haven't had time to read up on why the writers are striking? John Rogers has a 4-minute online viewing tip and adds, "Nicely done, promo boys."
Once you've heard them out, and only then, you may proceed to...
Tipping Point, "the most expensive Guiness ad ever made... Shot up an Argentinian mountain, the ad shows a community coming together to create the mother of all domino-toppling spectacles." At Creative Review.
Posted by dwhudson at November 8, 2007 3:34 PM
Tomorrow, the entirety of the WGA is expected to picket 20th Century Fox. Fox is known in a number of circles as the company that issues me a check for screwing around on the internet. And they wander around with their signs right underneath my office. Today there were about 30 people, and they were all apathetic. And the honks annoyed the hell out of me. Tomorrow we're supposed to get in the neighborhood of 4000. I'm going to take pictures, and me and my buddy Trotter might sell cotton candy.
Today we saw Mindy Kaling from The Office walking back and forth at Fox. (I really can't call it "striking" or "protesting" because it's completely lame. Half of them are on cell phones, and the rest are just chatting amongst themselves. Mind you- this is less than a week into the strike. Also, they're supposed to be there from 9 to 5, but they show up about 9:30 (I don't know a writer who wakes up early), and they leave 15 minutes earlier every day. On Monday it was 4:45, Tues= 4:30, Wed= 4:15, Today was 4PM. This is not an exaggeration. Dead serious. Let me know if you want more dispatches.
Posted by: Hallux Valgus at November 8, 2007 7:39 PMoh- but I totally support the WGA. It's absurd that they shouldn't receive residuals from the internet, and DVD sales have changed enough that they deserve an extra piece of that as well. I really don't understand the logic of not giving it up. Other than that the producers are assholes
Posted by: Hallux Valgus at November 8, 2007 7:41 PM







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