Strike Question

[Mark Somers]

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[Mark Somers]

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[Mark Somers]

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[Mark Somers]

I think the studios may have shot themselves squarely in the foot, especially when it comes to writers. I've been checking out AI in general and even played around with google's ai, bard, and ai isn't even close to being able to write a screenplay. AI of some kind can recreate voices and images but that is not really going to be all that cheap and I would guess the studios will save only because A list actors fetch a big chunk of a films budget which explains why, like, Keanu Reeves won't give up the rights to his likeness. But also ai generated A list actors will hardly be able to promote a film, accept of course if the promotion is about ai in film or something. That might be a cool marketing gimmick. Or not.

As it stands right now the whole ai thing is a marketing scam promoted to sell IT stock. And the dumbshit studio execs bought into it.

AI is an Hallucination

[Satriales]

Anyone know how SAG actors are viewing the waiver process? We were supposed to shoot this fall and we were waiting for one more attachment before it's a go and the packaging agency is on board with the process but I'm seeing our lead out on the picket line and are they really going to be like "oh yeah hey, solidarity but I'm off to train and then shoot how eighty days see you guys later." It doesn't outwardly feel as contentious internally with as many gray areas as the WGA but I'm wondering about the optics on this.

[Mark Somers]

Actor/Activist James Cromwell Joins TYT To Break Down Actors' Strike - YouTube

[beejay]

Thanks. Got it.

[Northbank]

It is absolutely fine to write, just not for a studio. Every WGA writer is writing their spec and looking to be ready for their reps to take it to the town the moment the strike is over. Why would non-WGA writers not write a spec? That's not solidarity. Solidarity is not scabbing for the studios.

There is no good time to submit queries, only bad times, and this is certainly not the worst time. Engaging with reps has nothing to do with the strike. They can sign you, they just can't send the script out. Reps do actually still have work to do, just not as much of it. They won't respond to a query they don't like no matter when it is sent, even if they literally have nothing to read.

[beejay]

Some opinions I've heard recently from a couple of non-WGA writer friends.

• For non-WGA writers, now is a good time to be writing.
• Nope, now we show solidarity by NOT writing.

• Now is a good time to submit queries. Agents and managers have nothing to read.
• Nope, now is the WORST time to submit queries.

Is there any consensus on this?

I'm non-WGA and I'm going to continue to write but submitting queries doesn't feel right.

[Mark Somers]

Gotta love Ron Perlman.

Hear in LA on Twitter: "****'s getting real in the WGA + SAG strike. "There's a lot of ways to lose your house." https://t.co/XqiSZF2lbr" / Twitter

To expand on my earlier story about my involvement in a strike at a copper mine I worked at. The picket line was lined with state troopers. There was a heavily armored (not armed but armored) state trooper for every picketer. And some of the picketers were Teamsters. There were about four different unions at the mine.

Perlman is an actor so of course he sounds sincere but people got killed in the union strikes at the copper mines years ago. And of course management wants to strangle the unions, literally, but back then management was way away from the mines in huge offices in New York. The executives didn't give a fuck who died at an obscure mine site thousands of miles away.

[lostfootage]

I recently read that the producers want to wait until the writers lose their homes and become desperate before even considering discussions. I think that is such a terrible thing to do to fellow human beings.

https://startefacts.com/news/wga-str...ical-plan_a133

This is the goal with most strikes, not just this one.

[Darthclaw13]

I recently read that the producers want to wait until the writers lose their homes and become desperate before even considering discussions. I think that is such a terrible thing to do to fellow human beings.

https://startefacts.com/news/wga-str...ical-plan_a133

[Bono]

I hope SAG strikes at this point or I don't see them giving the writers a deal anytime before 2024.

[JoeBanks]

SAG has entered the chat with a 98% approval for their strike authorization (same as WGA)

https://deadline.com/2023/06/sag-aft...te-1235408671/

Still time for DAG to not look like the biggest suckers at the table if they reject the first deal offered tomorrow

[JeffLowell]

Because the contracts are staggered.