Even if they sign a writer to a multi-project thing or a first look or whatever, that's still going from gig to gig- it's all about payment based on a project. I believe back in the days of the old studio system they were salaried, but back then talent was in house and the studio had a lot more control over what…

"They were mean girls. Mean pooping girls."

It's good money but it's intermittent- these people don't have salaries, and can go LONG periods without work, longer than unemployment benefits can cover. They're already at a disadvantage compared to writers in some other industries in that they're surrendering the copyright to their work 99% of the time. This is…

I don't see how those things conflict. It is a riff on Vietnam by way of a monster film.

Honestly the flaws it has largely have nothing to do with the writing. The editing is choppy and bad in action scenes (in the opening car chase it's because they actually cut out one of the cars, for… reasons I'm not clear on), but while some people complain about the plot's low stakes, it has a nice "banality of…

Why? Do you hate organized labor?

It's not strictly economically rational all the time- bullheadedness drives many business decisions, and the fundamental setup of our economy places business owners in an adversarial relationship with their employees so reason sometimes falls to the wayside.

This weekend was Planet Comicon in KC. Got to meet the legendary Ric Flair, the ever-lovely Emma Caulfield, and the super friendly Catherine Tate, plus pick up a lot of comics, Big Finish audios, the Firefly RPG, I was exhausted and poorer at the end but it was lots of fun.

Actually the major thing I've been hearing about this strike is it's about medical benefits and coverage, because the studios were offering LESS for that this time around.

Some do, and did last time (the Weinstein Corp. made a deal early IIRC.) It's just rare because it's to the studios' advantage to hold fast.

The UK abolished slavery in 1833 so it was still around at the time this is set (though I haven't read up on how common it actually was, especially on the British Isles themselves and not the colonies.)

Rest assured if I ever make Ghost Orca it will NOT be bad… on purpose anyway.

Very solid story.

Chris Christie had to get into office somehow.

I have never gotten "first concert" as a password recovery question.

I really like the Idea Book in Super Mario Maker. Lots of illustrations (including what look like authentic graph-paper maps for a few SMB levels), plus lots of codes you can enter into a page on the virtual manual to watch little video demonstrations.

The scene where Clarice and Kasi Lemmons' character are discussing the case, and it slowly moves from a conventional set-up to both of them looking at the camera as they realize "We covet what we see… every day…"

Bad things are gonna happen, but I gotta be zen about this. No point stressing myself over things I cannot control.

It's an interesting story but I'm not sure how cinematic it is. Much of it was writing things into radio scripts.

To be fair, nobody knows how magnets work.