These Hollywood people really know how to commit self destruction. Those people still interested in the poor product produced by TV and Movie companies can just get rear ended again by these self concerned idiots. Doesn’t matter to me since I stopped going to new movies and watching network tv a long time ago. I still watch movies & tv, but not the junk produced these days.
Isn’t this considered a moral hazard? Providing insurance to cover something you know or are pretty certain is going to happen? Unless Fireman’s Fund knows something the movie industry doesn’t, why would they insure a foreseen event?
These people are over-compensated already and do less real work than most. It’s all about greed not need. Let them strike. Maybe people will wake up and realize there are more enjoyable things to do in life besides watch the tube or pay $6.00 for a bag of popcorn at the theatre.
You’d think the industry would have woken up after the strike in the 90s. Viewership never recovered. They’ve forever lost some viewers. And the rest of us are watching less and will probably continue watching less. They’re killing their goose to keep an egg.
Actors going on strike? We have public school teachers trying to make ends meet and actors wanna go on strike?!
They need to get real & look at the big picture. Absolutely no sympathy from me on these fools.
Let them all strike. Overpaid, dumb, self absorbed group of people for the most part anyway. Remember its only a form entertainment, there are other things we can all do to occupy are lives (read a book, hiking, excercise, play with your kids, talk to you significant other etc). Perhaps if $$s didn’t come in the way they did these people would come down off there high and mighty perches.
Once they reach a certain level of compensation, they should get only cost of living increases. Every job has a “maximum”. People can’t expect to keep getting compensated for doing the same thing the same way and never increasing the value they bring to the job. Look at what uncontrolled raises did to the Big 3 in the now deserted and destitute former city of Detroit.
Unions have out-lived their usefulness and have done nothing but artificially inflate the earnings of their members and making American products non-competitive. Look at all the UAW has done for the auto industry. Two generations of unskilled, un-motivated, and un-inspired high school grads made big bucks with lifetime benefits none of us will ever see. Now their “golden goose” is on life support.
Unions are supposed to “negotiate”, not set strike deadlines. It’s only when they fail they have to strike. They think by putting the public (their customer) in the middle they’ll gain leverage to force the employers to give them what they want. Screw ’em all. I can only hope the studios don’t cave in and let these idiots start to lose money. I’d also like to see some non-union talent (and there’s plenty of it) brought in to take the jobs the strikers don’t want.
And while we’re on the subject, the public and media have stop the frenzy over the “Academy Awards”. It merely feeds the egoes of these ingrates and allows them to become intoxicated on their own flatulence.
The greed is all around. This reminds me of all those over paid professional athletes. Mark my words, as people forgot about the baseball strike and flood back to the stadiums, people will forget about any actors strike and continue to watch movies and TV. Sad. Isn’t it?
Ah, but baseball still hasn’t recovered to pre-strike numbers. And neither has broadcast television, nor the standard shows that were on before the last writers strike. The last time writers were on strike FOX brought us COPS and America’s Most Wanted. We can blame reality t.v. on writers striking in the 90s.
I agree with whoever it was (can remember who, sorry) that said that unions have outlived their purpose. What unions fought for is now covered by law. The only purpose they have is to make money for themselves by coming between workers and employers in what should be a market-driven process. I think citing the UAW truly shows it best.
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These Hollywood people really know how to commit self destruction. Those people still interested in the poor product produced by TV and Movie companies can just get rear ended again by these self concerned idiots. Doesn’t matter to me since I stopped going to new movies and watching network tv a long time ago. I still watch movies & tv, but not the junk produced these days.
Isn’t this considered a moral hazard? Providing insurance to cover something you know or are pretty certain is going to happen? Unless Fireman’s Fund knows something the movie industry doesn’t, why would they insure a foreseen event?
These people are over-compensated already and do less real work than most. It’s all about greed not need. Let them strike. Maybe people will wake up and realize there are more enjoyable things to do in life besides watch the tube or pay $6.00 for a bag of popcorn at the theatre.
You’d think the industry would have woken up after the strike in the 90s. Viewership never recovered. They’ve forever lost some viewers. And the rest of us are watching less and will probably continue watching less. They’re killing their goose to keep an egg.
Actors going on strike? We have public school teachers trying to make ends meet and actors wanna go on strike?!
They need to get real & look at the big picture. Absolutely no sympathy from me on these fools.
Let them all strike. Overpaid, dumb, self absorbed group of people for the most part anyway. Remember its only a form entertainment, there are other things we can all do to occupy are lives (read a book, hiking, excercise, play with your kids, talk to you significant other etc). Perhaps if $$s didn’t come in the way they did these people would come down off there high and mighty perches.
Once they reach a certain level of compensation, they should get only cost of living increases. Every job has a “maximum”. People can’t expect to keep getting compensated for doing the same thing the same way and never increasing the value they bring to the job. Look at what uncontrolled raises did to the Big 3 in the now deserted and destitute former city of Detroit.
Unions have out-lived their usefulness and have done nothing but artificially inflate the earnings of their members and making American products non-competitive. Look at all the UAW has done for the auto industry. Two generations of unskilled, un-motivated, and un-inspired high school grads made big bucks with lifetime benefits none of us will ever see. Now their “golden goose” is on life support.
Unions are supposed to “negotiate”, not set strike deadlines. It’s only when they fail they have to strike. They think by putting the public (their customer) in the middle they’ll gain leverage to force the employers to give them what they want. Screw ’em all. I can only hope the studios don’t cave in and let these idiots start to lose money. I’d also like to see some non-union talent (and there’s plenty of it) brought in to take the jobs the strikers don’t want.
And while we’re on the subject, the public and media have stop the frenzy over the “Academy Awards”. It merely feeds the egoes of these ingrates and allows them to become intoxicated on their own flatulence.
Thanks to all. I feel much better now.
The greed is all around. This reminds me of all those over paid professional athletes. Mark my words, as people forgot about the baseball strike and flood back to the stadiums, people will forget about any actors strike and continue to watch movies and TV. Sad. Isn’t it?
Ah, but baseball still hasn’t recovered to pre-strike numbers. And neither has broadcast television, nor the standard shows that were on before the last writers strike. The last time writers were on strike FOX brought us COPS and America’s Most Wanted. We can blame reality t.v. on writers striking in the 90s.
I agree with whoever it was (can remember who, sorry) that said that unions have outlived their purpose. What unions fought for is now covered by law. The only purpose they have is to make money for themselves by coming between workers and employers in what should be a market-driven process. I think citing the UAW truly shows it best.