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My 30 for 30 List: 1. Schindler's List 2. Jurassic Park 3. Philadelphia 4. Carlito's Way 5. The Age of Innocence 6. In the Name of the Father 7. Army of Darkness 8. The Firm 9. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 10. The Fugitive 11. Falling Down 12. In the Line of Fire 13. Tombstone 14. Demolition Man 15. Dazed and Confused 16. The Nightmare Before Christmas 17. A Bronx Tale 18. Dave 19. Cliffhanger 20. Fearless 21. This Boy's Life 22. Wayne's World 2 23. Mrs. Doubtfire 24. Six Degress of Separation 25. Homeward Bound 26. Free Willy 27. Rudy 28. Addams Family Values 29. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story 30. Menace II Society

A shame there was no way to not prolong the issue or avoid it entirely...

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1701977155247190315?t=lGLcEibddMQeLvElGS3b-g&s=19

All of this. These studios will eventually start feeling the consequences of these strikes and will have to come to terms with the fact that they can't wait it out.

These did not age well...

I mean, I'm fine with them pretending that Secret Invasion never happened. So...

I doubt that. Apple probably won't want to get involved in the Cruise and Theme Park business.

I don't think Elio or Inside Out 2 will be moving, either.

I wonder what new release dates we'll have announced at D23 this Sunday?

I expect this one to surpass 200 days when all is said and done.

That is a good point. Especially considering how mitigating their losses means making more unpopular decisions. WBD was already in no position to wait out bad press last year. And now they have less wiggle room now.

Still, though. It really says a lot. This isn't about being logical. The AMPTP just don't want it to look like they lost or were wrong because it'll open the floodgates.

If only there was an obvious solution that would mitigate their losses, salvage their reputations, AND get projects back in production....

Not just greed, also ego. They know they can't win this strike, but making a deal would basically be them surrendering.

It's funny how the studios planned on dividing the guilds and letting them fight amongst themselves... yet that's exactly what the studios are doing now.

For sure. This is still a business, after all.

I don't know why the AMPTP thought the 2008 playbook would work in the age of social media, but they've already lost the PR battle. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-08-31/wga-sag-aftra-strike-studios-amptp-surrender

The big surprise for me is how David Zaslav of all people is now concerned about how he's being vilified. He didn't seem to care a year ago when he made all those cuts to WBD, canceled Batgirl, and removed shows from HBO Max. What changed? https://deadline.com/2023/08/hollywood-ceo-meeting-writers-strike-1235529614/

Cracks are beginning to form...

*sighs* This is going to be a LONG strike....

It all mainly comes down to how long it takes for cracks to form in the AMPTP.

Looks promising. Hope it delivers.