WGA authorizes strike with 96% vote | tentative agreement reached at 1am PDT

[aabattery]

 

Hopefully it all works out!

Edited May 2, 2017 by aabattery

[aabattery]

@ChipMunky, should probably go check your kid now.

[Plain Old Tele]

http://deadline.com/2017/05/wga-strike-averted-tentative-deal-film-tv-contract-amptp-1202081121/

[NoobSaibot]

My feeling:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJc5EPAyesU#t=00m25s

[That One Girl]

*PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM*

[YM!]

@Arlborn you X Men movie wish may come true.

[filmlover]

[Blaze Heatnix]

Great news! Our X-Men movies and others won't be affected.

 

So, we won't get another Origins:Wolverine or Quantum of Solace. Phew....

[GiantCALBears]

So this ended up being a nothing burger. OK to unpin this, nice job writers realizing you had zero public/media support lol. 

[Plain Old Tele]

1 minute ago, GiantCALBears said:

So this ended up being a nothing burger. OK to unpin this, nice job writers realizing you had zero public/media support lol. 

 

What? This doesn't make any sense. The writers negotiated a new contract -- their negotiations (including authorizing a strike) were a success. And they had significant public support, as far as I could tell.

[ChipDerby]

3 minutes ago, GiantCALBears said:

So this ended up being a nothing burger. OK to unpin this, nice job writers realizing you had zero public/media support lol. 

 

This is incorrect.

[GiantCALBears]

Just now, Tele Came Back said:

 

What? This doesn't make any sense. The writers negotiated a new contract -- their negotiations (including authorizing a strike) were a success. And they had significant public support, as far as I could tell.

Agree to disagree. Very few knew/cared about this story unlike the previous strike. Not sure what support you are referring to lol. 

[RandomCat]

5 minutes ago, GiantCALBears said:

Agree to disagree. Very few knew/cared about this story unlike the previous strike. Not sure what support you are referring to lol. 

 

I'm not sure many cared/knew about the previous strike before the actual strike.

[narniadis]

2 minutes ago, GiantCALBears said:

Agree to disagree. Very few knew/cared about this story unlike the previous strike. Not sure what support you are referring to lol. 

 

Yeah, in GCBs defense the threat of a strike didn't make much more than footprint news here in the Midwest, unlike the last time. I think part of that had more to do with time of year than anything else. 

 

Huge presence on social media but not nearly so much in traditional media not tied specifically to the industry. 

[GiantCALBears]

Just now, RandomJC said:

 

I'm not sure many cared/knew about the previous strike before the actual strike.

You forget how much that story was in the news even before the strike. It was literally all you could hear about for months. My point is that the writers just played a simple game where they were never actually going to strike. Used the threat of it as leverage which is why we now have a deal before the deadline. 

[ChipDerby]

lol ok

[GiantCALBears]

From day 1 of this story, many insiders said an actual strike was unlikely despite the initial WGA vote given the backlash from the big one. Glad to see those feelings were correct. 

[GiantCALBears]

Just now, ChipMunky said:

lol ok

Anything else? 

[ChipDerby]

Nah, you're up on your hill. I'm good.

[GiantCALBears]

Hollywood is viewed as out of touch with reality by many across the country, it's really not hard to understand why both sides had to reach a deal. Too much negative press potential...