The Writer's Strike coming to an end?
Say it isn't so. There are rumors that the writer's strike is coming to an end. How unfortunate! I have rather grown to like the writer's strike. We are no longer tortured with sub-standard writing and pathetic shows by actors who are paid well for poor work. Hollywood will eventually dry up with horrible stories and an endless series of re-makes of prior movies, as well as tv shows that are re-made for the big screen.
Please! Support the writer's strike! Don't allow the writers to come back on the job, their time is better well spent on the picket line! Hollywood is better off losing millions for stories that are bland and non-entertaining, plus just cheap rip offs of stories previously told. Perhaps, Hollywood will eventually figure out that they actually have to have something of substance to offer people who are paying good money for the crap they put out. However, given that most people who go to see movies apparently have little intellectual capacity for demanding something of substance, maybe Hollywood doesn't feel the need to have anything good, or of substance to offer. No need for a truly in depth story, that might make people think when the poeple who attend these movies to begin with, don't have much capacity for thought.
So, while we're sitting out, and Hollywood is sweating, and the writers are demanding more money for their sub-standard work, let's do a little demanding of our own. Here's a list of demands I'd like to have answered:
*Let's actually have some quality writing for a change!
*Sub-standard writing, you're out of a job.
*No more tv shows into movies!
*No more remakes of movies that are 20 years old or older!
*Have some content to what you write, we're tired of the sex, "no point" violence for violence sake.
*Stop putting out dozens and dozens of films a year just to make a profit Hollywood. We actually want something good, if that means less movies and less profit for you, so be it!
*Stop ruining books made into movies by making a happy ending to everything, or changing the ending dramatically enough that it ruins the book!
Please support the writers strike, let's keep both writers, and Hollywood, out of the business of boring us to death for a while longer. Hollywood and the writers need to sweat it out a bit longer. Maybe they should do some reading and expand their minds to what's possible a bit more.
Now, having said all of this, some writers are actually quite good at what they do. They actually have talent, they actually make you think with what they produce for the screen. But by far, this is more the exception than the rule. Two examples I can think of right off the top of the bat are the new Battlestar Galactica and E.R. Battlestar Galactica has had excellent writers since the beginning of the show. They actually take issues and weave it into a compelling story that makes you think. They actually make it interesting and bring real world content into the story as well. If you've been following the story since its beginning, you'll see mirror images of the War on Terror in the story line. As for E.R., that show has always had good writers, examining social issues, political issues and real human drama that many, if not all, can identify with. It is not all about sex or violence, it is not all meaningless. These are the types of writers that should, in fact, be supported. However, it appears that Americans have been "dumbed down" to the point that they are accepting of almost anything. Doubt me? Go to a Hollywood Video or Blockbuster Video and just see how many movies are "direct to DVD" on the shelves in the New Releases section. There's a whole lot of crap there. I think we actually need to start insisting on some standards, and, until then, please both Hollywood and writers, for the love of humanity, STAY ON STRIKE!
Please! Support the writer's strike! Don't allow the writers to come back on the job, their time is better well spent on the picket line! Hollywood is better off losing millions for stories that are bland and non-entertaining, plus just cheap rip offs of stories previously told. Perhaps, Hollywood will eventually figure out that they actually have to have something of substance to offer people who are paying good money for the crap they put out. However, given that most people who go to see movies apparently have little intellectual capacity for demanding something of substance, maybe Hollywood doesn't feel the need to have anything good, or of substance to offer. No need for a truly in depth story, that might make people think when the poeple who attend these movies to begin with, don't have much capacity for thought.
So, while we're sitting out, and Hollywood is sweating, and the writers are demanding more money for their sub-standard work, let's do a little demanding of our own. Here's a list of demands I'd like to have answered:
*Let's actually have some quality writing for a change!
*Sub-standard writing, you're out of a job.
*No more tv shows into movies!
*No more remakes of movies that are 20 years old or older!
*Have some content to what you write, we're tired of the sex, "no point" violence for violence sake.
*Stop putting out dozens and dozens of films a year just to make a profit Hollywood. We actually want something good, if that means less movies and less profit for you, so be it!
*Stop ruining books made into movies by making a happy ending to everything, or changing the ending dramatically enough that it ruins the book!
Please support the writers strike, let's keep both writers, and Hollywood, out of the business of boring us to death for a while longer. Hollywood and the writers need to sweat it out a bit longer. Maybe they should do some reading and expand their minds to what's possible a bit more.
Now, having said all of this, some writers are actually quite good at what they do. They actually have talent, they actually make you think with what they produce for the screen. But by far, this is more the exception than the rule. Two examples I can think of right off the top of the bat are the new Battlestar Galactica and E.R. Battlestar Galactica has had excellent writers since the beginning of the show. They actually take issues and weave it into a compelling story that makes you think. They actually make it interesting and bring real world content into the story as well. If you've been following the story since its beginning, you'll see mirror images of the War on Terror in the story line. As for E.R., that show has always had good writers, examining social issues, political issues and real human drama that many, if not all, can identify with. It is not all about sex or violence, it is not all meaningless. These are the types of writers that should, in fact, be supported. However, it appears that Americans have been "dumbed down" to the point that they are accepting of almost anything. Doubt me? Go to a Hollywood Video or Blockbuster Video and just see how many movies are "direct to DVD" on the shelves in the New Releases section. There's a whole lot of crap there. I think we actually need to start insisting on some standards, and, until then, please both Hollywood and writers, for the love of humanity, STAY ON STRIKE!
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