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 Feb 18 2008, 09:54 PM
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 Death is a promise given to us at birth  Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459  |
After three months, it finally ended. Now I can't wait for all my shows to come back with new episodes.
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Feb 18 2008, 10:08 PM
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 The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
They should all be fired for what they did imho.
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Feb 18 2008, 10:18 PM
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 Free the Caged Bird. Let it Sing. Group: Member Posts: 168 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 622,056 |
What exactly happened? All I keep hearing is "the writers went on strike!" and then all the causes of that happening...but what was the REAL cause of them going on strike?
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Feb 18 2008, 11:13 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Money, money, money.
I'm happy, too. We need something better than these crappy/cheesey reality shows. |
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Feb 18 2008, 11:55 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
Well, that was fast.
 As long as I get to have the rest of my season finales and summer movies, I'm content.
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Feb 19 2008, 09:17 AM
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Death is a promise given to us at birth Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459 |
^i know right.
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Feb 19 2008, 09:53 AM
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 An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
YES I an so happy I will finally be able toa watch more Heroes episodes soon! I AM SO HAPPY!!!
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Feb 19 2008, 12:35 PM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
QUOTE(DoubleJ @ Feb 18 2008, 09:08 PM)  They should all be fired for what they did imho. Who? The writers? If so, why on earth should *they* be fired? They fought for what they deserved, in my opinion. I'm glad this happened and I'm glad that they are finally getting a fair share. I think a few months without new episodes isn't much of a big deal. Sure, I missed my shows too but there are ways of otherwise killing time. |
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Feb 19 2008, 11:31 PM
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 vivacity Group: Official Member Posts: 3,183 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 495,247 |
^ I agree. It's finally good to see some negotiation.
But this has been causing a lot of television torture, anyway. Glad to have the shows coming back soon. |
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Feb 19 2008, 11:40 PM
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 Quincy Group: Member Posts: 872 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 23,613 |
It's more than just us missing new eps.
The industry lost millions upon millions just from those 3 months. Granted, I do believe that they deserve the revenues from internet based viewing, but there are better ways of going about doing it. |
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Feb 20 2008, 10:58 AM
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Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
I completely agree that there were serious consequences. I do not, however, believe that there was another way to get this done. I highly doubt that if the guild went into network executives' offices and said, "hey, we'd like a cut of internet revenue" they would be met with a "oh sure, no problem!". I think this particular strike has made a long lasting impression that sets the precedence for ongoing and future contractual negotiations.
My stance on "missing a few eps" is merely a reaction to fan behavior. |
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