tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post7754061469034129584..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: SLIFR FORUM: THE WRITER'S STRIKEDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-10882389568848408752007-11-19T14:36:00.000-08:002007-11-19T14:36:00.000-08:00Good gosh, that's my old neighborhood! I used to ...Good gosh, that's my old neighborhood! I used to live a few blocks down about a block north of Beverly on Oakwood and Sierra Bonita, and CBS Television City was part of my everyday life. (Lived there when the Pan Pacific Auditorium -- home of the notorious "Xanadu" (but also a place Elvis actually played) -- burned down.<BR/><BR/>I think everyone needs to go to the Gumbo Pot behind this building in the Farmer's Market. That will solve everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-47788956743845778232007-11-18T20:53:00.000-08:002007-11-18T20:53:00.000-08:00Word is, unfortunately, that the post-T-giving tal...Word is, unfortunately, that the post-T-giving talks are a PR move on the producers' part, and they completely intend to Not Accomplish Jack Squat, in full force.Chris Stanglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300723935864517305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-3360248175879922022007-11-18T16:08:00.000-08:002007-11-18T16:08:00.000-08:00Dennis, I've been on the picket lines, and we've r...Dennis, I've been on the picket lines, and we've reached a point where everyone, including those in the media, have lost perspective. Believe me when I tell you that this issue has nothing whatsoever to do with the writers and the tiny percentages they're asking for when it comes to residuals. It's so inconsequential on the business as a whole that it's stunning the AMPTP would even debate the subject.<BR/><BR/>The problem with rising costs in Hollywood has to do with this antiquated film distribution system, which should have been demolished years ago. In this age of next day DVD arrivals from Netflix, it is absurd that Hollywood should still live in the past and spend billions and billions shipping those heavy canisters of film reels to tens of thousands of theaters around the globe only to have it all shipped back to them when it's over. That's the reason risk is sky-high and everyone's losing money. This massive antiquated distribution system should be completely demolished, and they should be shipping piracy proof DVDs into theaters for next to nothing. In this day and age, it ought to be dirt cheap to get films into theaters. (I wrote about it <A HREF="http://mysterymanonfilm.blogspot.com/2007/11/writers-strike-great-big-elephant-in.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.) Believe me, THAT is the real problem here and that alone would chop about ten billion off the overhead.<BR/><BR/>Essentially, Hollywood would rather lose billions because they failed to embrace the digital revolution and bicker with writers over fractional percentages than to go to the trouble of overhauling this old, low-quality, expensive system involving film.<BR/><BR/>-MMMystery Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486331815227364944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-60647710587829707532007-11-18T09:30:00.000-08:002007-11-18T09:30:00.000-08:00'I Love Writers' T-Shirts, Hats, Stickers, Mugs, B...<B><I>'I Love Writers'</I> <BR/>T-Shirts, Hats, Stickers, Mugs, Buttons, Magnets, and more are now available at: </B><BR/><BR/><B><I><A HREF="http://www.cafepress.com/ilovethisshirt/4072055" REL="nofollow">******* ILoveThisShirt.net *******</A></I></B><BR/><BR/><B>Show your Support for the Writers Strike!!!</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com