Comments on: Hollywood Writer’s Strike http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/ || Love One || Serve All || Drink Coffee || Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tony http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-55614 tony Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:41:16 +0000 http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-55614 Bill, you're right, it is cheap entertainment. The problem that I have is that nearly every show that I watch I can get for free online. I don't watch all 75 channels or whatever we get. My wife doesn't either. Truth be told, she would be just fine if all we had was PBS. Jeff and Bill, I guess that I should have mentioned that I have a cellular laptop card for internet that I am already paying for and don't use. I am actually thinking about canceling that as well. I have internet access at work, so I'm really not that concerned about it. I can bring my laptop when I go to the gym, log on to the network and go to town. I can print to file all the stuff that I need to print and then print it all out when I get home. If I do cancel all of that it would be a savings per month of nearly 200 bucks. Amy, I hope that I didn't come across as being against the writers. I'm just fascinated that there is a multi-billion dollar industry that thrives on people pretending to be other people for the sake of our enjoyment. Of course, play acting has been around forever, but I'm certain that Bill Shakespeare didn't get a million per play. Maybe I'm just jealous that I get paid a few hundred per 12 hour episode? And don't get me wrong, I absolutely love movies and some T.V. But the industry seems to have gotten pretty out of control. On a side note, I'm all for capitalism. These writers do have a 'product' that they are selling and they should be able to get top dollar for that product in this free market. However, this may be a sign of our weakening dollar, bad economy, and billions of dollars spent on a land war in the desert. Truth-be-told, I was pro-war at the beginning because of the 'facts'. I do think that insane people should be taken out of power if at all possible. They are lunatics running governments all over the place, elected or unelected. And don't tell me that the war is about oil. We get most of our oil from Canada and Mexico. And ethanol as we know it is not the answer either. Ethanol is the cause of a huge rise in the price in the grocery store. It is great for farmers, though. I heard a report from one farmer that sold 40 percent of his crop to the plant. That is more than he got paid for it at the elevator, I'm sure. The problem is, is that no one is using ethanol. The government is pushing ethanol. We could probably import sugar based ethanol from Brazil and come out way ahead on this deal. Wow! <./tangent> Bill, you’re right, it is cheap entertainment. The problem that I have is that nearly every show that I watch I can get for free online. I don’t watch all 75 channels or whatever we get. My wife doesn’t either. Truth be told, she would be just fine if all we had was PBS.

Jeff and Bill, I guess that I should have mentioned that I have a cellular laptop card for internet that I am already paying for and don’t use. I am actually thinking about canceling that as well. I have internet access at work, so I’m really not that concerned about it. I can bring my laptop when I go to the gym, log on to the network and go to town. I can print to file all the stuff that I need to print and then print it all out when I get home. If I do cancel all of that it would be a savings per month of nearly 200 bucks.

Amy, I hope that I didn’t come across as being against the writers. I’m just fascinated that there is a multi-billion dollar industry that thrives on people pretending to be other people for the sake of our enjoyment. Of course, play acting has been around forever, but I’m certain that Bill Shakespeare didn’t get a million per play. Maybe I’m just jealous that I get paid a few hundred per 12 hour episode? And don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love movies and some T.V. But the industry seems to have gotten pretty out of control.

On a side note, I’m all for capitalism. These writers do have a ‘product’ that they are selling and they should be able to get top dollar for that product in this free market. However, this may be a sign of our weakening dollar, bad economy, and billions of dollars spent on a land war in the desert. Truth-be-told, I was pro-war at the beginning because of the ‘facts’. I do think that insane people should be taken out of power if at all possible. They are lunatics running governments all over the place, elected or unelected. And don’t tell me that the war is about oil. We get most of our oil from Canada and Mexico. And ethanol as we know it is not the answer either. Ethanol is the cause of a huge rise in the price in the grocery store. It is great for farmers, though. I heard a report from one farmer that sold 40 percent of his crop to the plant. That is more than he got paid for it at the elevator, I’m sure. The problem is, is that no one is using ethanol. The government is pushing ethanol. We could probably import sugar based ethanol from Brazil and come out way ahead on this deal. Wow! < ./tangent>

]]> By: Amy http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-55613 Amy Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:08:22 +0000 http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-55613 Well. If there has to be an entertainment industry...I think everyone should be treated fairly which it sounds like the writers are not getting their fair share. So really I don't think the writers are to blame it is the production studios/networks that are being stingy. I Well. If there has to be an entertainment industry…I think everyone should be treated fairly which it sounds like the writers are not getting their fair share. So really I don’t think the writers are to blame it is the production studios/networks that are being stingy.

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]]> By: Bill B http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-55605 Bill B Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:59:53 +0000 http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-55605 Hi Jeff! My guess to your question is that Tony will be spending his $50.00 a month at the coffee shops and using their 'free' wireless. *smile* Hi Jeff! My guess to your question is that Tony will be spending his $50.00 a month at the coffee shops and using their ‘free’ wireless. *smile*

]]> By: Jeff http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-55602 Jeff Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:23:49 +0000 http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-55602 Glad to hear your saving some cash by giving the Cable company the can. But what are you going to do without the internet? Glad to hear your saving some cash by giving the Cable company the can.

But what are you going to do without the internet?

]]> By: Bill B http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-55592 Bill B Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:00:49 +0000 http://www.tonywheeler.net/2007/11/12/hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-55592 Hi Tony! It's about time you get back to blogging. Ha Ha. Cable is still cheap entertainment when you think about it. $1.50 a day. What can you do for 24 hours at that cost? Hi Tony! It’s about time you get back to blogging. Ha Ha.

Cable is still cheap entertainment when you think about it. $1.50 a day. What can you do for 24 hours at that cost?

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