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Re: The Leaggue of Nations: Wait, Watch, and See
Get A Klugh, the scenario you wrote won't happen. Lost is not a show that is in danger of being cancelled. There is a contract for the next 48 episodes, so they'll be completed no matter what. If there is a show on the bubble, like say Viva Laughlin if it hadn't already been cancelled, then the strike could have made that decision an easy one to simply cancel it. It's going to be a case-by-case basis.
What are the ratings for The Bionic Woman? Have they been going down or has it been doing well? I admit it lost me after the fourth episode and I haven't been paying attention to how it's performing.
Lost has eight scripts completed, so the shooting will continue through #408. It's what happens next that will affect the show. There are many ways it could go, but the two extremes are the new contract is worked out over the weekend and the strike is averted. That means production continues as usual everywhere and the TV/film schedule won't be affected at all. Or the strike could last for months, and in our case episode #408 becomes the sort of season four finale. But there'll be forty more episodes after that no matter what, so it'll all work out.
I think for a someone who wants to be a future WGA writer, the biggest mistake you could make is doing any scabbing during the strike. It seems to me that the bigger studios are smart enough not to approach anyone and ask them to do any writing. But there may be some not-so-ethical companies/people out there who have no problems asking that, and anyone put in that position should say no. I know I'm not going to cross any picket lines, physical or metaphorical.
I've tried to keep my own personal beliefs out of any discussion here, and some of you may disagree with me, but I support this action 100%. It's going to be bad in the short-term, but this is an important moment for the future. Content distribution as we know it is going to change in the next three to five years, so this next contract is going to protect the future for all writers, even ones who haven't joined the WGA yet.
So we'll see how it goes. I'm not leaving the show, it's just an additional hiatus. I may have to get a temp job somewhere, but when the strike is over I'll be back. And I'll check in from time to time. But talk about extending radio silence -- are you guys going to go crazy? Season three is coming out soon on DVD, so that'll have to hold you over for a bit.
And if you were excited about what Jorge said regarding the ending of #407, wait until you see the ending of #408. Oh. My. God...
(I know, I'm so evil. Hee hee hee...)
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