Comments on: WGA strike update http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/ about the craft and business of fiction Wed, 23 May 2012 03:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47496 Kathleen Bolton Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:19:38 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47496 I've got Battlestar Galactica up in my Netflix queue, along with the final season of Alias. I'm also contemplating Arrested Development. So I think you're right, Eric. DVD sales will jump. I’ve got Battlestar Galactica up in my Netflix queue, along with the final season of Alias. I’m also contemplating Arrested Development. So I think you’re right, Eric. DVD sales will jump.

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]]> By: Eric http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47334 Eric Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:28:50 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47334 I bet TV on DVD sales increase. There are enough shows I haven't watched that I can catch up on. I'm glad there's nothing new. Started watching The Shield, and I'm only about to start season two of 24. I've been getting some strong recommends for The Wire. And I could finally start up Lost. I've only been following Heroes and Journeyman this year, so... There's more than enough old stuff to go around for most people, I'd bet. I hear shows like Weeds and Dexter are pretty good too. There's always something! I bet TV on DVD sales increase. There are enough shows I haven’t watched that I can catch up on. I’m glad there’s nothing new.

Started watching The Shield, and I’m only about to start season two of 24. I’ve been getting some strong recommends for The Wire. And I could finally start up Lost.

I’ve only been following Heroes and Journeyman this year, so…

There’s more than enough old stuff to go around for most people, I’d bet. I hear shows like Weeds and Dexter are pretty good too.

There’s always something!

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]]> By: theamcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47321 theamcginnis Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:00:23 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47321 tv, in and of itself, is not evil. my point is, if this stike goes on long enough, people will realize how easy it is to live without the overblown egos of dave, jay, craig, conan etc. they won't be watching reruns over and over cause there's nothing else to watch. they are going to move on - to books, radio, dvd's, music, relating to people, etc. yeah, a major shift like that could destroy one of the largest industries in the world. tv, hollywood - they've been deciding what they think we want for a long time. they've created this dependency. they are all biting the hand that feeds them. nothing is all bad or all good, but something else is going to come along to replace tv if it no longer fills a need or desire. when its not there to plan your life around from 7pm to midnight, something else will fill that space. tv, in and of itself, is not evil. my point is, if this stike goes on long enough, people will realize how easy it is to live without the overblown egos of dave, jay, craig, conan etc. they won’t be watching reruns over and over cause there’s nothing else to watch. they are going to move on – to books, radio, dvd’s, music, relating to people, etc. yeah, a major shift like that could destroy one of the largest industries in the world. tv, hollywood – they’ve been deciding what they think we want for a long time. they’ve created this dependency. they are all biting the hand that feeds them. nothing is all bad or all good, but something else is going to come along to replace tv if it no longer fills a need or desire. when its not there to plan your life around from 7pm to midnight, something else will fill that space.

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]]> By: astrothsknot http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47278 astrothsknot Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:59:09 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47278 But why is life more productive without TV? I'm sick of seeing TV denigrated. It's a brilliant medium for getting information to the world at large, uniting people around the water cooler at work or just sparking discussion. No other medium allows writers to develop intricate plots and characters, allows viewers to get drawn into a world for weeks on on end and for years on end. Not even books. I can multi-task watching the TV. I can't do that with a book. In a time-starved world, that's of increasing importance. I dispute that TV must be "good for you" or "educational". At best that's patronising - if I can chose my government, I chose what I want to watch on TV - and at worst, it's hypocritical. Is every book out there "Good For Me"? Of course not. And how dare someone else presume to tell me what I should and shouldn't like? No one would think of doing it in any other form of entertainment, so why do it for TV? I don't always want to think, sometimes I want to watch crap. Sometimes I want to watch who'll be the next Pussycat Doll, just like sometimes I want to watch something about the evolution of pyramids. And if I want to sit and watch wall to wall reality, <i>that's my right</i>. You don't have to agree, you can even tell me you don't agree, but you are <i>not</i> allowed to belittle my choices because you don't agree. That works both ways. But the people who don't spend time with their families or doing things as alternatives to TV, are not going to be amazingly cured of these faults by lack of TV. They'll just find other ways to avoid what really matters. TV is not the problem and I wish people woould stop blaming it for societies' ills. But why is life more productive without TV?

I’m sick of seeing TV denigrated. It’s a brilliant medium for getting information to the world at large, uniting people around the water cooler at work or just sparking discussion.

No other medium allows writers to develop intricate plots and characters, allows viewers to get drawn into a world for weeks on on end and for years on end.

Not even books.

I can multi-task watching the TV. I can’t do that with a book. In a time-starved world, that’s of increasing importance.

I dispute that TV must be “good for you” or “educational”. At best that’s patronising – if I can chose my government, I chose what I want to watch on TV – and at worst, it’s hypocritical. Is every book out there “Good For Me”?

Of course not.

And how dare someone else presume to tell me what I should and shouldn’t like? No one would think of doing it in any other form of entertainment, so why do it for TV?

I don’t always want to think, sometimes I want to watch crap. Sometimes I want to watch who’ll be the next Pussycat Doll, just like sometimes I want to watch something about the evolution of pyramids.

And if I want to sit and watch wall to wall reality, that’s my right. You don’t have to agree, you can even tell me you don’t agree, but you are not allowed to belittle my choices because you don’t agree.

That works both ways.

But the people who don’t spend time with their families or doing things as alternatives to TV, are not going to be amazingly cured of these faults by lack of TV. They’ll just find other ways to avoid what really matters.

TV is not the problem and I wish people woould stop blaming it for societies’ ills.

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47258 Kathleen Bolton Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:33:21 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47258 No kidding, Thea! Maybe around May, everyone would realize their lives were more productive without t.v., and they'd never go back. That really would be something. No kidding, Thea! Maybe around May, everyone would realize their lives were more productive without t.v., and they’d never go back. That really would be something.

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]]> By: theamcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47250 theamcginnis Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:52:01 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/12/17/wga-strike-update/#comment-47250 what if the whole world realized that when there wasn't anything to watch anymore, tv would cease to be the indispensible form of entertainment? imagine all those people filling up their time spending it with their families, reading books, talking more, exercising or just enjoying the sound of silence? imagine all the unintended consequences to this strike????? what if the whole world realized that when there wasn’t anything to watch anymore, tv would cease to be the indispensible form of entertainment? imagine all those people filling up their time spending it with their families, reading books, talking more, exercising or just enjoying the sound of silence? imagine all the unintended consequences to this strike?????

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