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#1

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by HVC - Today at 05:53:48 AM

I doubt he knows they're even there.

#2

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by Syt - Today at 05:46:25 AM

"NATO NATIONS HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP WITH THE LUNATIC NATION, NOW MILITARILY DECIMATED, OF IRAN. THE U.S.A. NEEDS NOTHING FROM NATO, BUT 'NEVER FORGET' THIS VERY IMPORTANT POINT IN TIME!"

I guess they don't need their bases in NATO countries anymore?

#3

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by HVC - Today at 03:42:39 AM

The tendrils of twilight run deep

#4

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by garbon - Today at 03:41:24 AM

Yeah, I don't see how being a fan is good enough replacement for demonstrable skills.

I think both is best, but yeah you need skill in any regard. Being a nerd with no skill leads you no where but to the depths of weird fan fiction

Or in the modern era...

#5

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by HVC - Today at 03:34:57 AM

My friends over at LA tell me often that the new guys on the block (i.e. Amazon, Netflix) are pretty adamant about killing the traditional way TV was made in the US, where writers held a lot of power (showrunners in particular). Picking novice writers is a way to do it since they are less likely to push back.

Of course my friends are all WGA members so you may think they are biased, but it does make a lot of sense.

I can vouch that many producers (not all!) see us writers as essentially a commodity, where it doesn't really matter whom you hire, what really matters is the "package" (IP, concept, talent), and we are just people assembling the parts.

That's the old sitcom model, isn't it? A head writer or two and then a bunch of people that last a year or two before being replaced. Plus a few spec scripts.

#6

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by HVC - Today at 03:31:02 AM

Yeah, I don't see how being a fan is good enough replacement for demonstrable skills.

I think both is best, but yeah you need skill in any regard. Being a nerd with no skill leads you no where but to the depths of weird fan fiction

#7

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by garbon - Today at 03:28:04 AM

Yeah, I don't see how being a fan is good enough replacement for demonstrable skills.

#8

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by celedhring - Today at 03:05:56 AM

Also, "being a fan" is such a nonsense requisite imho. Tony Gilroy famously didn't care much for Star Wars, but took it seriously and approached it as any professional writer should, saw the potential stories that could be told within that world, and gave us Andor.

#9

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 03:04:53 AM

Interesting article on Iran's supply lines with China and Russia: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/from-drones-to-rocket-fuel-china-and-russia-are-helping-iran-through-supply-chains/

But that's okay, Putin is Trump's 'friend'.

#10

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Jacob - Today at 02:56:37 AM

My friends over at LA tell me often that the new guys on the block (i.e. Amazon, Netflix) are pretty adamant about killing the traditional way TV was made in the US, where writers held a lot of power (showrunners in particular). Picking novice writers is a way to do it since they are less likely to push back.

Of course my friends are all WGA members so you may think they are biased, but it does make a lot of sense.

I can vouch that many producers (not all!) see us writers as essentially a commodity, where it doesn't really matter whom you hire, what really matters is the "package" (IP, concept, talent), and we are just people assembling the parts.

Ah yeah, that makes sense.

Also explains why I don't find most of the new commodities particularly appealing.