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 Post subject: Writers and Actors on Strike
PostPosted: Fri July 14, 2023 1:25 am 
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Alright, now the actors are on strike, so this is serious. Should we have a place to discuss this stuff?


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 Post subject: Re: Writers and Actors on Strike
PostPosted: Fri July 14, 2023 1:26 am 
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I suppose Visual Effects workers aren't unionized. We can just make them make movies with whatever scripts ChatGPT happens to write.

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PostPosted: Fri July 14, 2023 1:32 am 
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B wrote:
I suppose Visual Effects workers aren't unionized. We can just make them make movies with whatever scripts ChatGPT happens to write.


I guess that means Marvel will be fine.

I worry what this means for the next Mission Impossible.

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PostPosted: Fri July 14, 2023 2:41 am 
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JuanHamm wrote:
B wrote:
I suppose Visual Effects workers aren't unionized. We can just make them make movies with whatever scripts ChatGPT happens to write.


I guess that means Marvel will be fine.

I worry what this means for the next Mission Impossible.

Isn’t the current one out like a Part 1? Did they shoot them at the same time?

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 Post subject: Re: Writers and Actors on Strike
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Simple Torture wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
B wrote:
I suppose Visual Effects workers aren't unionized. We can just make them make movies with whatever scripts ChatGPT happens to write.


I guess that means Marvel will be fine.

I worry what this means for the next Mission Impossible.

Isn’t the current one out like a Part 1? Did they shoot them at the same time?

I looked it up, looks like they were still in the middle of filming—that ain’t good!

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Maybe they'll think twice about this rash of half movies.

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I wonder if things are different this time since the corporations are a lot more powerful than they were in the 80s. They can afford to starve them out.

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PostPosted: Fri July 14, 2023 5:27 pm 
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At the end of the day, I don't care about this.
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PostPosted: Fri July 14, 2023 5:29 pm 
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Coach wrote:
At the end of the day, I don't care about this.

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I think I either need to drink less to become more alert, or more so as not to care.

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Coach wrote:
At the end of the day, I don't care about this.


Samesies.

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 Post subject: Re: Writers and Actors on Strike
PostPosted: Fri July 14, 2023 5:34 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Writers and Actors on Strike
PostPosted: Fri July 14, 2023 5:36 pm 
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Maybe they can rediscover their sense of childlike wonder and come together to make movie magic again.

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What if this is the end of entertainment?
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 Post subject: Re: Writers and Actors on Strike
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BurtReynolds wrote:
Maybe they can rediscover their sense of childlike wonder and come together to make movie magic again.

Oh great, now we're going to get ET2.

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WAIT, IS E.T. ALSO ON STRIKE OR IS IT JUST HUMANS?
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Yes, even ET.

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This might give me a chance to catch up on the backlog of all the stuff I've been meaning to watch.
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This might give me a chance to catch up on the backlog of all the stuff I've been meaning to watch.


Yep
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Ditto. I need Max

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actors matter

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