Comments on: "Why We Don't Write": The AMPTP http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Striking_Dave http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21451 Striking_Dave Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:33:19 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21451 Hysterical! I practically spit my coffee when I read it. Loved the guy who stabbed himself with a pencil. Funny stuff. Hysterical! I practically spit my coffee when I read it. Loved the guy who stabbed himself with a pencil. Funny stuff.

]]> By: Anon http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21253 Anon Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:55:02 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21253 Do tell Anonymous, what are the other reasons the AMPTP is abrogating its legally mandated responsibility to negotiate with us? And is the "omg they wrote a parody, meanies!" defense enshrined in the US Code or is it filed next to the Twinkie Defense? Do tell Anonymous, what are the other reasons the AMPTP is abrogating its legally mandated responsibility to negotiate with us? And is the “omg they wrote a parody, meanies!” defense enshrined in the US Code or is it filed next to the Twinkie Defense?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21068 Anonymous Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:36:14 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21068 Excuse me WGA, but you all missed a turn back at the beginning. It's called the HIGH ROAD. That's the road you should be on to reach your destination. This is one of the reasons the AMPTP won't talk to you. All of you are very clever,but, are you showing any class? Excuse me WGA, but you all missed a turn back at the beginning. It’s called the HIGH ROAD. That’s the road you should be on to reach your destination. This is one of the reasons the AMPTP won’t talk to you. All of you are very clever,but, are you showing any class?

]]> By: justanotherwriter http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21062 justanotherwriter Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:06:52 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21062 “I can’t read.” -- Mark C. That made me laugh. The first development meeting I went to at a studio, I was the only one in the room who had read the script. “I can’t read.” — Mark C.

That made me laugh. The first development meeting I went to at a studio, I was the only one in the room who had read the script.

]]> By: ten demerits http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21046 ten demerits Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:57:57 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21046 Kid Danger, not to be all schoolmarm on you, but parodies and satire have been written by our best writers for millennia and it's really popular in postmodernism, the literary movement du jour. Not saying this parody is a particularly effective one, but yeah, no. Kid Danger, not to be all schoolmarm on you, but parodies and satire have been written by our best writers for millennia and it’s really popular in postmodernism, the literary movement du jour.

Not saying this parody is a particularly effective one, but yeah, no.

]]> By: Kid Danger http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21016 Kid Danger Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:15:14 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-21016 What is it with these writers doing parodies of everything lately? Doing a parody of something means you aren't able to come up with something original on your own. It's why no one over 15 years of age likes the spoofing Scary/Date/Epic movies. If writers want to show their creativity, do something original. Show people you are worth the extra percentage you are asking for. What is it with these writers doing parodies of everything lately? Doing a parody of something means you aren’t able to come up with something original on your own. It’s why no one over 15 years of age likes the spoofing Scary/Date/Epic movies. If writers want to show their creativity, do something original. Show people you are worth the extra percentage you are asking for.

]]> By: bekow the liner http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20998 bekow the liner Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:40:03 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20998 If this is the best WGA members can come up with, it's no wonder the AMPTP doesn't want to talk to them. There's no negotiating with children. If this is the best WGA members can come up with, it’s no wonder the AMPTP doesn’t want to talk to them. There’s no negotiating with children.

]]> By: Ben P. http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20994 Ben P. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:40:07 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20994 Come on lighten up...it was a joke, and some of it was funny and had a point to it. It helps to laugh a little about all this. Come on lighten up…it was a joke, and some of it was funny and had a point to it. It helps to laugh a little about all this.

]]> By: Mark S. http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20991 Mark S. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:13:54 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20991 Ms. Finke: You don't bother posting my criticisms of the "Why we Write" campaigns but you post this -- a bunch of "look how witty" I am cheapshots? I'm very disappointed in the direction this (formerly good) website is taking. I know this is a difficult time for everyone but stay on the rails if you can. (I won't even mention my thoughts on that crass Christmas Eve post.) Ms. Finke: You don’t bother posting my criticisms of the “Why we Write” campaigns but you post this — a bunch of “look how witty” I am cheapshots?

I’m very disappointed in the direction this (formerly good) website is taking. I know this is a difficult time for everyone but stay on the rails if you can. (I won’t even mention my thoughts on that crass Christmas Eve post.)

]]> By: Carol Schneider http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20980 Carol Schneider Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:28:37 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20980 Hilarious and clever. Loved it! LOL... Comment by Cap'n Carol Hilarious and clever. Loved it! LOL…

Comment by Cap’n Carol

]]> By: No http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20979 No Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:26:25 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20979 Boo. Sorry to be cruel to fellow writers, but that is terrible (not "terrible" as in "that's so mean, yet cleverly sardonic", but "terrible" as in "great job on your draft" followed immediately by "page one re-write" terrible). Please, Nikki... remove it. Boo. Sorry to be cruel to fellow writers, but that is terrible (not “terrible” as in “that’s so mean, yet cleverly sardonic”, but “terrible” as in “great job on your draft” followed immediately by “page one re-write” terrible). Please, Nikki… remove it.

]]> By: Writeonsista http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20976 Writeonsista Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:05:15 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20976 Why We Don't Write is right on. Those AMPTP pr...cks don't write, can't write, can't do anything except wear expensive suits, hoard money and begrudge decent people a decent living. Apparently, only "they" should be able to afford to send their kids to decent schools, have health insurance and pensions -- the rest of us should live like Tiny Tim. Or better yet, like Nick Nolte in Down and Out in Beverly Hills. We can stop by their palatial manse, eat out of their trash cans and sleep with their kids, but -- by god -- don't pay the writers for their work! That's un-American I tell you!! What's truly un-American is Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone, Les Moonves and the other rich white guys, flying around on their private jets on Xmas, while the entire economy in LA goes belly up. Six Scrooges, and 10,500 Tiny Tims. Hmmm....it's Multiplicity meets Xmas Carol!! It'll be huge. Ahh, nobody would believe it. Why We Don’t Write is right on. Those AMPTP pr…cks don’t write, can’t write, can’t do anything except wear expensive suits, hoard money and begrudge decent people a decent living. Apparently, only “they” should be able to afford to send their kids to decent schools, have health insurance and pensions — the rest of us should live like Tiny Tim. Or better yet, like Nick Nolte in Down and Out in Beverly Hills. We can stop by their palatial manse, eat out of their trash cans and sleep with their kids, but — by god — don’t pay the writers for their work! That’s un-American I tell you!!

What’s truly un-American is Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone, Les Moonves and the other rich white guys, flying around on their private jets on Xmas, while the entire economy in LA goes belly up.

Six Scrooges, and 10,500 Tiny Tims. Hmmm….it’s Multiplicity meets Xmas Carol!! It’ll be huge. Ahh, nobody would believe it.

]]> By: TV Watcher http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20963 TV Watcher Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:05:54 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20963 First thing I've seen that's actually me laugh! Anonymous must be "Mark C" and B must be "Nick C." Either way, keep this one up--screw the humorless, anal-retentive pukes who want to dis it. Face it guys, the AMPTP won't give you back pay, no matter how much you suck their asses. If the AMPTP refuses to say anything to the WGA or Nikki, then what's the harm in putting words in their wouths? Certainly more entertaining than anything THEY'VE said thus far. First thing I’ve seen that’s actually me laugh! Anonymous must be “Mark C” and B must be “Nick C.”

Either way, keep this one up–screw the humorless, anal-retentive pukes who want to dis it. Face it guys, the AMPTP won’t give you back pay, no matter how much you suck their asses.
If the AMPTP refuses to say anything to the WGA or Nikki, then what’s the harm in putting words in their wouths? Certainly more entertaining than anything THEY’VE said thus far.

]]> By: mla28 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20938 mla28 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:33:31 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20938 Jeeze, when I first started reading this I missed the "it's a parody" part. After that, I thought it was cute. Jeeze, when I first started reading this I missed the “it’s a parody” part. After that, I thought it was cute.

]]> By: Czech model http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20927 Czech model Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:07:42 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hold-5/#comment-20927 Hilarious. So clever, in fact, that two AMPTP PR trollers felt the need to post negative comments. Nice try guys, we see right through you. Hilarious. So clever, in fact, that two AMPTP PR trollers felt the need to post negative comments. Nice try guys, we see right through you.

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