The Writer's Strike EXPLAINED
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
- The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is on strike again, and that means there are going to be a lot of hiatuses and delays in production. Some of your favorite Late-Night shows, Rings of Power, and Andor are just some of the beloved titles that will be delayed until WGA can get Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) back to the negotiation table. Time to talk about everything impacted by the writers' strike.
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If you could say something to the writers who are currently on strike, what would you tell them?
Please lets get this squared away!!! Because there yet so many to which I am a part off that does not belong to a union. And we have no way now to support out households!! We are desperate and stretched to the limits!! With no relief in sight. Who is helping us!!???
Quit with the politics and get back to telling stories and more people would support you.
I'm from over the pond, but I generally support any form of strike. Will it eventually have an effect on my life? For sure. But that's what a strike is supposed to do.
@@tobiasbenedictdrager965 Ok. But I actually work in Hollywood make those movies. I understand the union thing though a lot of the people behind the camera are not! I can not pay my bills on right thing for them. And hope that is trickles down. Mostly it does not. We need this work to come back!! That is what I care about! They get what they want. Great!!! But something needs to be done to get this town moving forward again!!
@Morpheusninetwo I can absolutely understand your point and I hope a deal will be found soon. In general, it's bluntly said a mess over there with certain jobs behind the camera unionised, others not. Not all of them in the same union, etc.
My main reason for why I wrote the comment, is to counter the "quit the politics" comment.
“So you have a movie for me?”
“No sir, I don’t. I’m on strike.”
“Oh really?”
“In fact, I shouldn’t even be here at all.”
“Fair enough.”
I would love to see Ryan do a skit like that.
"It's going to be pretty hard to make a movie without an experienced writer!"
"...actually..."
"Super easy, barely an inconvenience, just let the A.I. do it"
This would be a hilarious sketch. I hope he does this. 😂
"I'm on strike"
"Oh, I hadn't noticed. What is it you do again?"
"We have to stand by them, because they shape our culture as we see it."
I don't think I could craft a sentence that should make people less inclined to support the writers.
100% with you on that
@@brandonlee2628 my issue is... The person is telling a half truth. I get it, lots of people just hate business. But, open the financials... Stop assuming they're making money. All of these steaming companies are LOSING money. I mean... How did you think you could go from $100 cable to $10 a month with no changes.... Netflix screwed everyone over into a money losing game of who could burn money longest. Except.... Now... The free money train is over. Interest rates and inflation is up. This is financials....
Or, everyone can accept 30% price hike. Then, streaming is profitable. Right now though. I'm watching these stocks spiral into abyss. I blame the writers, because I actually do believe that we could push a 30 to 50% price hike easily if the content was good but these businesses cannot hike prices with terrible content. It's just a terrible position to be in because if the TV people cut their cable subscription than these businesses do die. The only reason that they are hanging on right now is that people still have cable and those users subsidize everyone else. This is why Netflix is stopping multi accounts. Everyone is scrapping dollars. Netflix should never have started streaming at below cost, causing everyone to lose money. But doesn't matter, content still is bad and I just don't think these companies can hike prices with bad content or they'll push people to TH-cam.
@@brandonlee2628 Every one of the should be tarred and feathered.
After watching a whole episode of She hulk and seeing pronouns used on Transformers (the kid's show) i think WE need to be on strike against writers
Cheles mamones es lo que hay. Igual hay que pagarles.
Writers going on strike. Wow we may never get another remake or another rehash, they are writers? Great come up with someone original then.
Of course the theory falls apart when you and your friends produce 50,000 cans of Dr pepper and people only want to consume 10,000 cans of Dr pepper. I think you should expect a lot more pay in Dr pepper
Thanks for clearing that up. Really appreciate it 🙏 👍
I'm all for standing with the little guy against the big corporation, even in this situation, but I am given pause. Can we really pretend that a lot of the most popular shows over the last decade or so have been blatant, soulless cash grabs?
I’m hoping the strike will inspire the others jobs not paid enough to strike as well and be a good sign for all the cancelled shows and movies from HBO Max (especially the animated ones such as Mao Mao and Final Space)
You want Warner to pay for the canceled shows with what money? They are losing money every year. It's so frustrating with people like you, you assume every business just has billions in profits. You could literally Google and see they lost 3.5B June 22, 2.3B sep 2022, 2.1B Dec 2022. 1.0B march 23. What do you expect? The company barely operates cash positive. And you want them to bring back canceled shows when they can't even afford the current stuff.
People like you should be forced to buy the stocks and suffer the losses. If you really think a company is making broken profits, you'd buy the stock and be rich.... There's a reason why Warner is doing this, and it's because if they don't figure out how to run a cash positive business soon, they're dead. And this isn't a Warner problem. It's a streaming problem. Even Disney is losing money.... I don't get how you guys can't just use Google..... It takes one second to Google a company, and see if they can afford to pay.... You'd learn a lot more about why businesses do things if you look at how much money they have rather than assume every business makes money.
Fat chance.
@@Tential1I hear ya.. don’t disagree. But don’t a lot of companies “operate at a loss” but they’re simply doing some book cooking for tax purposes?
Thank You for this very In-Depth Video 😀
TBH I don't care about the writers of marvel and starwars(movies) will not support their strike But if it means bringing back their old writers I am all for it.
Whose Line is awesome!!!
When you've been told for DECADES, that an English major or a humanities degree is worthless and everyone should "learn to code," yeah, we're gonna end up with a society that thinks what writers do is easy and shouldn't be valued and AI is the solution. It's all connected!
We're gonna end up with a society that's very comfortable looking at writers and artists as fools who picked a foolish career who deserve whatever pennies they get.
People are STUNNED that writers don't want AI to replace them and that we'd strike over it. That we should somehow be grateful that tech and the free market smiled upon us.
Machines can't do what people do. The key to art isn't an algorithm. It's people, creativity, and stability.
I don't think anyone is stunned that writers and artists don't want to be replaced by AI. In fact, most people in any profession don't want to be replaced by computers
If a computer does a job as well as a human than i think we should just give the human a pension and send him home.
But so far 'fancy autocorrect' is nowhere near good enough to replace writers.
Damn it, of all shows Rings of Power keeps going 😭
No more late night comedy shows is a positive!
Can't the "comedians" just come up with their own material in real time? Hahahahahahahahahhahaha.
Honestly for me, writing is a passion something I enjoy if I lived in new york or LA i'd be in the lines with them picketing aswell, writers are the unsung heroes of the foundation of a lot of shows its a shame to see them get stomped on by hollywood and other major productions... Best wishes from me for something to get resolved reasonably
The main problem is that those within the system who have the power ALWAYS profit off of those beneath them. Nobody is self made and this has to stop.
No, the problem is you're too lazy to open the financials. If you did, you'd know, every single one of these companies stopped making money when we started streaming. Disney net profit is plummeted to single digits. They aren't making money. Paramount and Warner both lose money quite often. Disney movie/TV division is a massive anchor and loses money. Netflix barely breaks even, and a lot of that is accounting trickery. Dude... Look around... Interest rates are up.... The free money train is over man. Investors can't afford to fund money losing businesses anymore. The writers guild can't win this because there's no more money left.
its not a strike. its a purge.
When the unions are mandating that studios hire more writers than a given show needs then they lost me. Negotiating for higher pay...sure. Negotiating to force studios to hire people they dont need is something else entirely.
I’m not entire sure that was the point they were making. It’s more them being overworked and understaffed like what happened to nurses after Covid. Mass demand and lack of qualified nurse after large amount of them burning out and quitting cause of Covid
I remember the writers strike of 2007-2008. Heroes was one of the best shows. By season 3 it was at its highest. Then the strike came and season 4 came and we was like wtf is this, then the show was cancelled
*The writers strike affects us all* - I highly doubt that chief, I haven't turned on my TV in years. I don't even watch the News.
Emm Movies ?
@@Chiayiklin bud the only movie I watched this year was John Wick Ch 4, I don't watch those men in tights
I appreciate how unbiased this explaination is.
an average TV screenwriter in the WGA can make anywhere between $6,363 to $56,078 per episode for a show, or between $3,964 to $5,059 per week, all depending on specific circumstances. I can see why the are starving.. doesn't mean the shouldn't get what the are worth, but with all the shitty and woke writing Hollywood is producing. I don't mind a strike that last the rest of the year....
I support the idea of a strike because it does help people, it just gets annoying when the bigwigs refuse to cave. Looking at the Life Is Strange prequel which wasn't a bad game, and the actress was good, but the SAG strike meant you had to play as Chloe that wasn't Chloe.
Streaming isn't profitable. TV was profitable because of cable. Streaming was a vc, lose money thing. Except, high interest rates, so no one wants to burn money anymore. So now... They have to make streaming profitable. Disney loses money on streaming, paramount does, Warner does, they all started doing this to compete with Netflix. If you want to blame someone, blame Netflix for the low cost streaming model. There's no money. If you think these companies are doing so well, buy their stocks. Burn your money twice over. Why do you think you get to stream content for $7 a month and think that's going to fund everything.... They all know they need to double the current price to pay anyone and no one can do it because Netflix can undercut everyone as they are the only company with enough users to do this, thanks to the vc money burn pit they used.
You can pay the writers though. Just, don't expect theses companies to survive 5 years losing money. Or, you can pay 50%+ more in your subscription. Then... They'll live. Otherwise, no way Disney can have a content division that loses money, and depend on parks... I mean, if you think that's smart, you take your savings, and buy Disney stock and enjoy losing your money like that. Not me... Not any investor... Hence... Investors are demanding changes.... No more free money to make content that loses money..... Why do you feel entitled to lose money?
A people is a culture, a collection of cultures. A culture is made by people, it is not content made by machines.
Isn't there also a possiblity of a SAG-AFTRA strike as well?
They are striking alongside them, but I'm not sure that SAG-AFTRA is officially striking
SAG-AFTRA must be settled before the writers strike is settled.
Asking for more money during an economic collapse is never really a good idea....That is the main reason I cancelled Hulu, Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount and Apple TV....They all wanted more $$ from their loyal customers during a really, really bad economy for the past 2 years....People are paying double for Groceries, gas and rent so I assume those are more important than paying for streaming services and going out to the movies......
Everything is more money for them also.
@@mrhumble2937 The writing has never been worse, however. Which is the main reason *I* cancelled most of those services before the recent troubles.
Books are always online.
Ooo ur cool
Bottom line is greed.
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Thank For The Video 🙊🤯🥰💕😍👍
I sure hope writers get the support they need and get everything worked out, because there is no way that I want another show written by an AI like Velma (might credit writers in the credits, but there is no way that it isn't written by a terrible AI). Obviously there are more problems with Velma than that, but I still think it is one of its many.
No, the writers are actually that bad.... Dude, streaming loses money. Go actually read company financials. This isn't a greed thing. You feel inflation, etc. Businesses are experiencing inflation, high interest rates, etc. The party is over.... This is survival lol.... They have to stop losing money. Paramount and Warner bros especially. Disney has the parks saving them. Netflix is the only one who made it, and barely. $5 B a year for Netflix. These companies don't use ai yet. They'd have to disclose to investors. But they will. Writers were given their shot. They failed... We're going into a recession. No more free money to burn anymore. Gtfo. They were lucky investors were willing to fund losses this long. I don't understand why normal people feel entitled to companies losing money. If you feel that way, you go own the stock and watch the company you invested in burn money til it goes bankrupt.
What they're afraid of is, you'll train the ai on your best shows... So you can reproduce great content. You could train the ai on universally accepted 8/10+ movies. The AI that the writers will be using For TV shows is going to be a lot different than the basic chat gpt that you are seeing because it's going to be a much more targeted purpose ai. Two good 300k salary writers with an ai copilot is better than 6 normal skilled 100m writers. The problem is, the lower talent extras won't be able to grift anymore.
“Rings of power will continue filming, just without writers present “
So…. NoThing has changed.
Kids in school be like
Strike strike strike
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The writers strike in 2008 is responsible for the horror that is reality tv. Please don't let non scripted shows gain more popularity.
Id be interested to know how much they actually get paid too as that has a bearing on it.
WGA Staff writer minimum, the lowest paid writers, make $4,546 per week, about $90,000 for 20 weeks.
@@spryh6742 Jesus. Why are they striking then?
@@Bassquake76
They spend months or even years trying to land one of those nice gigs. And after those 20 weeks have to do it all over again.
@@sd-ch2cqthen they should pick another line of work
@@Bassquake76because they’re petulant entitled brats that are stuck in their Hollywood/New York bubble and are completely disassociated from the realities of the world
It’s only a matter of time before Artificial Intelligence is writing ✍️ movies
Yep. The writers better be careful they'll soon not be needed. Directors will be able to edit those AI scripts.
@@jezzidre3000 exactly
With the awful content we've been receiving these last few years, I'm ready to give AI a chance.
Moneybags at the top and middle must share their loot, plain and simple. Share or die.
The writers have never had less leverage, one way or another gig work here they come!
Modern writers aren't been good enough to earn a strike.
Wait, this isn't the whole truth. The writers want 8 to 10 writers on every show for up to 6 months or the pay for up to 6 months, whether the show needs them or not. That and the A.I portion of this is not really being addressed. There is no way that the "writers are going to regulate A.I." The U.S. government can't even regulate A.I..how are studios going to know if the writers are using A.I.Mean while all the other workers, the " labor," are out of work, and the majority of shows can be canceled in July. This means that due to new media contracts, all new shows would start at $30 to $35 an hour, not a full rate of $44.00. Until the second season 😢 !! The writers are just giving studios more leverage to lower rates across the industry. Asking for residuals is ridiculous when you should be asking for stock options. 1:04
On strike, just when IA is going soon to get the job done...
Just fire them and hire new writers.
Support creators, not corporations.
What about when creators can't make anything good?
@@lactate This is the Internet, not broadcast TV or the local theater. No one reasonable should care about what "Hollywood" is putting out.
Excluding Netflix, where is the money coming from. Only one company profits from streaming. The issue is too much Dr. Pepper is being produced vs. demand.
Where is the money coming from?
I hope this ends soon everything is getting delayed
If there is no product without them...that proves a point. It will be interesting if they quit and find other careers.
Good riddance. They could replace them with talented people.
@@funkydiscogod "them" ?
"talented people" ?
Are you one of those people that knows everybody in person?
A bunch of unimportant people having a sad.
AND THE WORLD KEEPS SPINNING.
It's all supply and demand.
I hope it all burns down. Im tired of Woke Hollywood that destroyed the MCU, Lord of the rings, Star Wars and a lot more.
Always strike. Companies want to make billions and dont approecte anyone.
230 companies went bankrupt in 48 hours this week or last week. Paramount loses money. Warner bros loses money. Not every company makes billions. That assumption is why you couldn't understand the most basic reason why the companies aren't paying the writers. No money.... If you think paramount and Warner make billions, go buy their stocks... Enjoy watching your investment die. Disney is only making money because of parks. This idea companies always make money is hilarious.... If that was the case, investing would be easy....
There's a reason he just randomly throws numbers on the screen without quoting any companies actual financials lol. If cable TV didn't exist, you couldn't watch TV. The only reason we still have TV right now is cable TV users subsidize streaming losses. That's it. But again, if you think it's free money... Go buy the stock lol. "they make billions!" lol... Investing isn't that easy... People lose money, companies die. We're about to see some deaths. These writers wrote these companies graves. Then, refused to accept it was their own fault, and demanded more money, when their content is under performing... Hence why there isn't the money to pay them....
Trim the fat. Only the quality writters should remain.
What if the first writers shrike never happened
Different scenario. First writers strike, the companies were profitable, and the writers could take credit for it. The television and movie divisions are not profitable.... Like, you can't ask for money that's not there. Go away.
During the previous writers strike, the division was profitable. Disney, is losing money, Netflix is BARELY making money, paramount and Warner are going to die at this rate.... You guys aren't being remotely realistic because you REFUSE to look at numbers. You think "corporation, big, must have money." no. These companies all screwed the math on streaming, and there's only two ways to fix this. Double the price consumers pay for streaming, or, cut content cost. And writer's, you're taking a cut. You wrote trash content that caused this. If you wrote good content, we could up prices. We can't. I have zero sympathy for the people who caused these divisions to be unprofitable. It doesn't even matter if you go along. They CAN'T AFFORD YOU. the money isn't there. Banks won't lend money. Investors aren't putting more money in. You can't keep losing money anymore dude. The free money train is over. Make money now.
AI is definitely not good at writing
Get ready for even more reality TV. Meanwhile it cost almost 400 bucks for two people to get into one of the four parks at Universal, and over two grand to stay at a hotel at Disney.
Those writers have ruin everything franchise. So let them suffer more.
They should get payment based on the success of what they write…write a successful series? You should get payed accordingly..you write a flop you get paid accordingly..kinda like a boxers salary.
100% this
Replace executives with AI!!!!!!
hey
Fire all these woke writers!
What about the good writers like the writer who the wrote the script for John Wick ? Fire them as well?
Maybe if these Hollywood writers hadn't been writing nothing but crap for the past decade or so I would care...Maybe one or two good movies a year come out, the rest is garbage or barely tolerable
Out with the old.
Elitist snobs pushing cankerous ideologies.
In with the genuine talent.
Fire & blacklist the lot of em.
Replace the whole studios.
Start ur own.
Where my good billionaires at?
Corporate film/show making 101: Find a TV show that was a popular 15 or 50 year ago. Update it with a 'fresh, diverse, young cast'. Get one of the original cast to do a cameo as the older relative of one of the new cast members or better yet, pay for use of the digital likeness of the one who died! Put the rest of the budget into digital effects and advertising and boom, that's $100 million opening weekend right there. Rinse. Repeat. Story?! "Why we gotta pay for that?!" Hire the cheapest writer for a few days or ask ChatGPT to come up with a script...no one cares about the story!
Also Screen Rant, don't forget you have David Zaslav's payload, it is time that Zaslav to face the facts.
You totally scrapped a bunch of WB movies and TV Shows for tax things.
You hired James Gunn to lead DC Studios which he has made a massive expense on rebooting the Already Existing DCEU and firing Henry Cavil for his agenda, kinda sounds like he knows nothing about Business.
Friendly reminder west world season 5 was ready to be filmed. Fingers crossed!!!!
Hopefully theyre striking for creative freedom, because it seems like everythings written by a hivemind.
Whey all have the same experiences, living in the same place. Doing the same that happens. I swear they even expand their horizons the same way too. Is nice to have a predictable and controlled space but it robs a little of the casuality that fuels creativity. They may be suckers but they have to suck on something don't forget.
Can't wait for AI scripted series.
They write the same trash, so AI can easily replace them anyway.
Writers - a dime a dozen.
First? w
No
This is so aggravating. I wish they would just pay whatever the writers are asking for or do whatever they want. TV is the only escape from reality i have. Between crohn's disease and cancer there's not much I can do and tv helps me keep my mind off of the shitty situation that is my life.
I wish they would treat workers better so there's no strike too. That said, there are more shows and movies created than anyone can watch in a lifetime. You have plenty of existing content to watch and your well-being shouldn't be in the balance over a writers strike.
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OK, I'm writing this before I watch the video. OK? OK. The writers strike is a very good thing. Why? It's a self inflicted wound. They're culling themselves. Trimming the fat. Bad writers, undeserving writers, those donuts who've been losing money writing garbage. They all need to go away and the fact that they're doing it to themselves is nothing short of beautiful poetry. Ideally we'll return to a time when scripts, shows, films and plays are written by a single person or possibly 2. That assures two major things. Thing one; assigning blame and accountability. Thing two; clearly defining merit and credit. No more "writers rooms". Let merit and credibility determine access. Simple.
"Here's what was impacted by the 2023 writer's strike."
Nothing screenrant, nothing of value was impacted.
I don't get it. Why they don't hire new writers and fire everyone who is on strike. It's super easy barely an inconvenience.
See what you did there. 😂
Laws, I am not a legal expert but I believe that there are laws against firing a union when they go on strike.
@@CSAlso2 Not every writer in a union.
@@vertik7 if not all then most. It’s unlikely you’re a writer in Hollywood who isn’t a member of the union
So far I haven't noticed any differences. The WGA might want to rethink this course of action. I fully believe this strike will fail.
Forst
Ya... That terrible Warner bros. They lost money the last 4 quarters, but, businesses should just lose money forever.
Just weird.... Weird you assume a company should lose money, and while losing money, try to lose more by paying for shows no one watches.... K.... Does screen rant hire writers and staff it doesn't need? Produce content no one watches?
Learn to code 😂
No need to learn that anymore. ChatGPT will do that for us.
Everything that's come out of Hollywood the last few years have been garbage. Just fire them.
Thank you
Came here to say this.
The argument is that the corporations are forcing the quality down but cutting writers hours and pay. Half the time to write a movie? It's gonna suck. Don't want to pay for an original idea? You get Fast and Furious 15.
They would then have to pay the writers unemployment while trying to hire other writers who aren’t willing to write for low wages. Be smarter.
I hope they get nothing.
Every one of the should be tarred and feathered.
Greed
The End
Writers want more pay, for horrible woke crap. The stories have gone to crap. I say cut their salaries by half or fire them
Right, because the execs have nothing to do with that…
They should get paid based on the success of what there writing…so you write a good series or what have you you should get a more top level income…write a flop maybe work at the gas station as a “side job” to make ends meets..very similar to boxing.
We should all be reading books. Not watching movies and shows. Get a Brain People.
These writers are so greedy and selfish. They don’t care about the fans or the quality of the show. They just want more money and power. AI will just replace them in 5 years anyway. AI can write better stories than these hacks. Good riddance to them!
Personally I wouldnt just be 100% ok with them all being fired....I would be ecstatic. With ther amount of ideology they put in tv and films these days that they focus more on than telling the actual story....they all NEED to be fired. The deffinitely dont deserve any kind of raise...they dont even deserve what they are making.
I’m sorry but if some of the writers picketing 🪧 are the same writers that made Velma .I hope they starve
First, the writers don't decide what shows get made and second, of course the writing is garbage, some writer was payed half of what he made 5 years ago to turn in a first draft that they greenlit and made into a script without any revision. It's all gonna be garbage from now on because no one is payed enough to care as long as the corporation that hired them is making money. An original idea?! Forget about it.