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Watching Bionic Woman Supports WGA Strike

by Ryan

 WGA union members protest at studios on October 4, 2007 in Burbank, California

WatchingBionicWoman.com is a written blog about a remake of a 1970s television show.  Without Martin Caidin writing his novel, Cyborg, there would not have been a Six Million Dollar Man, the eventual spin off The Bionic Woman starring Lindsay Wagner nor the re-imagined Bionic Woman staring Michelle Ryan.

Without writers, there would not be a bionic universe.  Period.  Zilch. Nadda.  This is why when bloggers and journalists treat fellow writers with disdain and disrespect, I can’t help but wonder what a sad Hobbesian world we find ourselves.

Margie summed up nicely why all writers must support the WGA strike:

Fair pay for good work is an issue that effects everyone, not just Hollywood writers: if you do work that allows someone else to make profits, you should be paid. It is the basic foundation of our capitalist economy, the concept that created a booming economy for the past two centuries. But there will always be companies that want to boom while their workers go bust, and as workers we should support them today because tomorrow it could be our pay that they are trying to erode. So I support the writers’ attempts to earn eight cents of every $20 DVD that is sold, even if it means I may not see Michelle Ryan and Katee Sackhoff beat each other up again.

Roco at Bionic-Blog asked his readers where they stand on the strike.  For every writer, regardless where their words are published, I hope they start supporting the WGA and refuse to write any more articles that are completely biased against the decent, hardworking writers of the WGA.

Feeling confused why the WGA strike is happening?  Check out this video.  It is short, sweet and highlights the ridiculous greed of the studios.

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2 Responses to “Watching Bionic Woman Supports WGA Strike”

  1. Roco Says:

    Some very good points there Ryan. It’s important that those who create a product get ‘fair’ payment. The studios will seek to take advantage of “New media” so it’s understandable that the writers are attempting to pre-empt them.

  2. Bionic Woman » Blog Archive » Bionic Woman Supports the WGA Strike: Part II Says:

    [...] themselves writers and unionized.  Like most things published lately in the New York Times, the WGA strike has been slanted against the writers and framed as an affront to the studios.  Whedon has taken the opportunity to respond to the NYT and offer his thoughts: Reporters are [...]

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