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dyadic_raccoonI kept saying that it would be the most amazing feeling of my life if and when the WGA and AMPTP finally made a deal. But this deal sucks. I assumed the writers would stay on strike until they got what they were asking for, or at least something close to it. The contract deals with new media, but they're still getting screwed over. I'm really disappointed. For 17 days following the initial airing of a new episode, they won't get paid when anyone watches a show online. Attempts to include animation writers and reality TV writers were apparently completely unsuccessful, and as far as I know they haven't even gotten anything done with DVDs yet, which they were hoping would be an increase from 4% to 8%. I'm sure they'll settle that soon, but they'll probably vote to call off the strike before then, so they won't have nearly as much leverage.
And let's just take a second to mourn the fact that Patty Griffin tragically did not win a Grammy last night. I'm not gonna get into depth because I have no knowledge of the album that won; and who knows, maybe it's awesome. But still, sad times.
Also a mourning topic--how much homework I have tonight, which must be a violation of the Bill of Rights in some way. I won't get into too much detail lest it cut into my joyous homework time, but nevertheless, it sucks. I have a current events talk in APUS tomorrow, so naturally I have to spend my entire life preparing for it (a process which includes finding out where China is).
I was thinking about Awake--we have to write something for my screenwriting class on an underdeveloped character, and that movie was the first thing that came to mind. (Burn.) Anyway, it just makes me sad. That movie was so ridiculously flawed, and yet...Lena Olin was awesome. In the best possible way. Like, as far as a role/her performance, I would rate it really highly, because she was totally excellent. Which I think is something she expressed about the movie too. But aside from that it's just like this epic mistake. I mean, what do you expect from a movie that doesn't even give her obvious billing, when she so clearly should have been #3? I'm not even being an elitist loser right now. She really deserved that. Or at the very least the "and" credit, which I'm almost positive she didn't get. I mean, her character was so completely badass in the end. Apparently what she did wasn't possible, but I don't even care. She OWNED the end of that movie.
I should go. Good times with homework await.
And let's just take a second to mourn the fact that Patty Griffin tragically did not win a Grammy last night. I'm not gonna get into depth because I have no knowledge of the album that won; and who knows, maybe it's awesome. But still, sad times.
Also a mourning topic--how much homework I have tonight, which must be a violation of the Bill of Rights in some way. I won't get into too much detail lest it cut into my joyous homework time, but nevertheless, it sucks. I have a current events talk in APUS tomorrow, so naturally I have to spend my entire life preparing for it (a process which includes finding out where China is).
I was thinking about Awake--we have to write something for my screenwriting class on an underdeveloped character, and that movie was the first thing that came to mind. (Burn.) Anyway, it just makes me sad. That movie was so ridiculously flawed, and yet...Lena Olin was awesome. In the best possible way. Like, as far as a role/her performance, I would rate it really highly, because she was totally excellent. Which I think is something she expressed about the movie too. But aside from that it's just like this epic mistake. I mean, what do you expect from a movie that doesn't even give her obvious billing, when she so clearly should have been #3? I'm not even being an elitist loser right now. She really deserved that. Or at the very least the "and" credit, which I'm almost positive she didn't get. I mean, her character was so completely badass in the end. Apparently what she did wasn't possible, but I don't even care. She OWNED the end of that movie.
I should go. Good times with homework await.
