Bionic Woman Set Has Shut Down Production
by Margie
According to newspaper reports from Vancouver, Bionic Woman has shut down production due to the writer’s strike that is in progress as we speak. Some television shows had enough scripts to continue filming, but apparently Bionic Woman is not in that category.
One small bright side to this news is we may be seeing more of the Bionic Woman stars at various events, since they will not be tied up filming in Vancouver.
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November 6th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
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November 6th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Man this is absolutely awful and why I hate unions. Everyone is supporting the writers, but it’s just propaganda. Some of the writers are paid well aren’t they? Which is why Eric Kripke and Joss Whedon probably are only supporting the strike because they have to. We lose 6 or seven episodes of Supernatural and Smallville because they want more money. Don’t writers have contracts with shows and get paid for each episode they write? Does anyone know how much they make an episode? Why should they get DVD residuals honestly? Can anyone shed some light on this?
From what I read, it’s because the producers get money from DVDs so they want some too, but last time I checked writers don’t have anything to do with the production of a DVD unless they’re on it you know? Once they hand in their scripts, they can move on. If anything, they should be paid more upfront. I’m sorry if I come off as heartless but I’m just pissed off. I never understood strikes…everyone loses money and then you have to spend time just getting out of the hole you’ve dug yourself into. And nobody can deny that going on strike during November sweeps is underhanded, yes that’s the point I know, but thinking of people striking reminds me of children who won’t do something unless their parents give them what they want. It’s sort of pathetic.
Oh and the crew people are underpaid. They should be the ones striking. The writers don’t even care that they are putting people out of work and costing everyone money. Also, they are costing the devoted fans episodes of their favourite programs. The producers are selfish probably but don’t say you would just agree to the writers’ demands, once you make one million a year you’re not going to give it away unless absolutely necessary. Sometimes producers lose money too if a show or film fails don’t they? I think the writers are being selfish as well though, it takes two people to argue after all.
November 11th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
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