Navigator of Ignorance

Als TV-Serien early adopter muss ich mir schön langsam Gedanken machen wie es weiter gehen soll. Der Streik der Drehbuchschreiber geht weiter und auch wenn die TV-Sender weitere Staffeln in Auftrag geben (aktuell zb 2 neue Staffeln Damages, eine weitere Dirt, Nip/Tuck) ist im Moment niemand da der sie schreibt.

Neben anderen wird auch Heroes ein anderes Season Finale haben als ursprünglich geplant.

Heroes creator Tim Kring has revealed that the show will cap volume two on December 3 with an “out of the blue cliffhanger”.
Confirming that volume two will end on December 3, Kring said that fans can expect a complete turnaround in the pace of the show over the next month. “[The episodes] are among the absolute best we have ever done.”
Cast member Milo Ventimiglia added that “we’d gotten away a little from what the show is” and that “we’re getting back on track”.
Kring, who is refusing to cross WGA picket lines to work on the show, said that the series’ segmented approach permitted an early end to volume two. “In an oddly kismet kind of way, we have a real finale that could act, God forbid, as the end of season two,” he explained.

Abgesehen davon hat hat so ein Streik in integrierten Wertschöpfungsketten in einer hire-and-fire Welt auch Auswirkungen die man euphemistisch als Kollateralschaden bezeichnet um nicht auf das individuelle Unglück schauen zu müssen:

Die LA Times zitiert aus einem Mail eines key grip (Kamerabühnenchef laut leo.org) von The Office:

“Our show was shut down and we were all laid off this week. I’ve been watching the news since the WGA strike was announced and I have yet to see any coverage dedicated to the effect that this strike will have on the below the line employees.

“I respect the WGA’s position. They probably do deserve a larger percentage of profit participation, but a lengthy strike will affect more than just the writers and studios. On my show we had 14 writers. There were also 2 cameramen, 2 camera assistants, 4 hair stylists, 4 makeup artists, 7 wardrobe people, 4 grips, 4 electricians, 2 craft service, 4 props people, 6 construction, 1 medic, 3 art department, 5 set dressers, 3 sound men, 3 stand-ins, 2 set PAs, 4 assistant directors, 1 DGA trainee, 1 unit manager, 6 production office personnel, 3 casting people, 4 writers assistants, 1 script supervisor, 2 editors, 2 editors assistants, 3 post production personnel, 1 facilities manager, 8 drivers, 2 location managers, 3 accountants, 4 caterers and a producer who’s not a writer. All 102 of us are now out of work.

“I have been in the motion picture business for 33 years and have survived three major strikes. None of which have been by any of the below the line unions. During the 1988 WGA strike many of my friends lost their homes, cars and even spouses. Many actors are publicly backing the writers, some have even said that they would find a way to help pay bills for the striking writers. When the networks run out of new shows and they air repeats the writers will be paid residuals. The lowest paid writer in television makes roughly twice the salary than the below the line crewmember makes. Everyone should be paid their fair share, but does it have to be at the expense of the other 90% of the crewmembers. Nobody ever recoups from a strike, lost wages are just that, lost.

“We all know that the strike will be resolved. Eventually both sides will return to the bargaining table and make a deal. The only uncertainty is how many of our houses, livelihoods, college educations and retirement funds will pay for it.”