Gaz-L posted:*shudders* Respecting Walt Disney, disgusting...
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# ? May 25, 2024 00:43 |
Edward Mass posted:I'll say this about Eisner - he appeared in the intros for the Wonderful World of Disney when he ran the company, and I'm sure Iger would never do that. This is why I liked Eisner so much as a kid. This right here. He was the (kinda lame) nice man welcoming me to whatever cool movie I was about to watch. AND HE TALKED TO MICKEY! Then I got a bit older and had friends who worked in the parks and I got over that.
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https://twitter.com/realgdt/status/1684670527145926656?s=46&t=8qKeRz1MPwpnqaU9WYBJgg
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I'm not in the industry, but it's kind of insane that animation writers weren't already part of the Writer's Guild of America, right?
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I don't see an actual "promise" in that article.
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:I'm not in the industry, but it's kind of insane that animation writers weren't already part of the Writer's Guild of America, right?
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There's all sorts of weird limitations like that in the Guild system, roles that should have been covered but leadership didn't want to fight for them or were considered not 'true craftsmen'. Like SAG not incorporating mo cap actors, which is biting them on the rear end with more and more actors doing their own mo cap and finding out since it's a SAG role it doesn't get SAG protection or benefits.
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:I'm not in the industry, but it's kind of insane that animation writers weren't already part of the Writer's Guild of America, right? I had the same thought. So the writers room for the Simpsons was never WGA? Crazy
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From the link above:quote:WGA is the dominant writers’ union and its contracts cover many high-profile (usually adult) animated shows like The Simpsons, Rick and Morty, and Family Guy.
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Drunkboxer posted:I had the same thought. So the writers room for the Simpsons was never WGA? Crazy LividLiquid posted:There's literally no good reason why they shouldn't have been from the start. GUESS WHO STOPPED IT FROM HAPPENING LOLOLOL If you guessed Walt Disney, you won!
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didn’t disney sic the House of Un-American Activities Committee on his employees when they tried to unionize
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The Defunctland on the post-Snow White wrap party is genuinely fascinating
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Oxxidation posted:didn’t disney sic the House of Un-American Activities Committee on his employees when they tried to unionize
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Gaz-L posted:The Defunctland on the post-Snow White wrap party is genuinely fascinating "Hey boss where's that bonus you promised us? It went to this resort weekend in loving Norco? Well at least it's open bar" Hotel staff three hours later: ![]()
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DarklyDreaming posted:"Hey boss where's that bonus you promised us? It went to this resort weekend in loving Norco? Well at least it's open bar" It has one of my favourite jokes Perjurer's put into one of his videos: "Had the animators been accustomed to working in tandem with women, in theory there would've been less harassment. This theory was soon disproven... every day for the past 80 years."
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That man is so good at his job.
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Timby posted:If anyone wants to know about how Eisner just gradually became more and more unhinged, mercurial, sexist and insane as his Disney tenure went (he really ripped the mask off after Disney president Frank Wells died in 1994), then the book DisneyWar, by James B. Stewart, is essential reading. Just finished reading my current book today so gonna grab this and start it this weekend. Thanks for the rec!
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Drunkboxer posted:I had the same thought. So the writers room for the Simpsons was never WGA? Crazy Simpsons writers were Animation Guild until 1998, so a lot of the “golden era” writers got poo poo residuals and (relatively) low pay. IIRC, the other Fox animated shows of that era (Family Guy, The PJ’s, King of the Hill) all banded together to get WGA membership on the heels of the Simpsons. Not a wildcat strike or anything but Fox was faced with the prospect of losing its animated shows right at the time they were trying to turn themselves into an adult animation powerhouse. It’s insane that the studios get to decide if their animated shows are WGA or not. I worked with a writer who was on F is for Family and apparently they were Animation Guild for their first season or two. Under animation guild, this writer was only getting paid like $1200 a week as a staff writer. WGA minimums are like $4k. Meanwhile, Big Mouth was WGA from the start. It’s absolutely crazy that people doing the same work for the same type of show on the same streamer can be sorted into different unions — with drastically different pay scales — and it’s 100% at the discretion of their employer.
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https://twitter.com/maceahwindu/status/1685277949757431808?s=46&t=_t3R3O4inwGCyXxW88QslQ It’s true, their headlines have been great. edit: I mean, hell: https://twitter.com/aflcio/status/1684203052671160322?s=46&t=_t3R3O4inwGCyXxW88QslQ thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Jul 30, 2023 |
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thrawn527 posted:https://twitter.com/aflcio/status/1684203052671160322?s=46&t=_t3R3O4inwGCyXxW88QslQ AMC intervening to help increase profit margins on streaming services seems uh... Counterproductive to their economic self-interest. Yeah I know, capital always unites against organized labor but movie studios and movie theaters have spent the past century in a "Mortal enemies inexplicably handcuffed to each other" kinda dynamic
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Theater chains are probably looking to get bought out by a studio since the laws against that are no more.
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Because vertical integration worked so loving well the last time. God dammit, I'm tired of this planet moving backwards.
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gently caress this guy. https://twitter.com/sagesurge/status/1686137453394993152?s=20 https://twitter.com/OneTakeNews/status/1686156785294426113 https://twitter.com/kfortrends/status/1686169613472530432?s=20
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Amell has a long history of being an absolute shitbag on social media so I'm more surprised he had a moment of clarity and tried to delete the posts
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Oh seriously gently caress that guy
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xerxus posted:gently caress this guy. ![]()
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What is a reductive negotiating tactic? AHHHHA AHAH AHA
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How! posted:What is a reductive negotiating tactic? Stephen Amell finds striking "shallow and pedantic"
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What a huge loving rear end in a top hat ![]()
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The season 2 promotional campaign for Hells is really weird.
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Ninurta posted:The season 2 promotional campaign for Hells is really weird. Even if it was he's still not supposed to be doing it.
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The man never learned he should lifting up struggling actors, not salmon laddering off their backs.
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You can't be in a show about professional wrestling and advocate for unions.
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Ear my entire dick you giant piece of poo poo that wants my career to tank. Captain gently caress Stick.
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dude's about to show what happens to a struck work's pr campaign if people actually continue promoting it, i'll give him that
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DarklyDreaming posted:Amell has a long history of being an absolute shitbag on social media so I'm more surprised he had a moment of clarity and tried to delete the posts Wait, what? can anyone provide a summary?
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I like Stephen Amell, he's just not very bright sometimes. But between this and Katie Cassidy coming out in support of RFK Jr., yeesh. edit: I wonder if he is just mad because his show is on the bubble and thought he'd get to advertise it?
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Mooseontheloose posted:
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Stick to salmon ladders, Amell.
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# ? May 25, 2024 00:43 |
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I'm sure Amell is pissed he can't promote Heels, since it's definitely a passion project of his. It's also on loving Starz so I have to imagine it could be cancelled at any moment and he's doing everything he can to try and increase viewership and the strike is 100% going to gently caress with that. But what a loving moron, he's just tanked a ton of good will and probably doomed the show anyway.
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