Closet Sci-Fi Geek

Well, the Writers Guild of America has gone on strike. This means that a lot of productions are going to be shelved, tabled, or condensed. Already, a six-episode Heroes prequel has been dropped, and Lost’s 16-episode season may be halved.

While there’s plenty of TV cheese out there that is barely worth watching (Flash Gordon!), we do need to remember that it is the writers that create the shows. Without them, we would be stuck with reality TV and game shows.

So I support the writer’s strike – and I hope they don’t cave on this one. This is an important time for television writers. As it stands, writers are getting crap for DVD residuals, and nothing at all if a network streams a television show on the Internet! Well, someday all television shows will be streamed over the Internet. So what are these cheap-ass networks trying to do here? Set themselves up to get content for free? Gimme a break.

It’s a shame that greedy corporations are in charge of our televisions and actively work to take advantage of our creative minds. Writers are always getting the short end of the stick. We’re the ones who are constantly getting paid nothing for the very content that is the backbone of all media. Where would we be without writers? No books, no magazines, no news, no TV, no movies.

So support the Writers Guild of America – and tell the networks they need to pay their writers their fair share!

November 5th, 2007 | Category: News | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL