Writers Strike

It seems like the WGA is officially on strike and its going to have a impact on a number of things. In case you didn’t know the WGA is on strike for the following things.

An increase from 4 cents for every DVD sold to 8 cents
Digital distribution revenues (ads and downloads )- Writers want 2.5% and the Studios are offering .3%; one of the sticking points is producers want to call some stuff “promotional material” which would be exempt. The writers are countering that if you have ad revenue associated with its then its fair game.

Seems like they would just meet in the middle and be done with it, but its not my money to give away. Now to the important stuff how does it affect me.

After the first of the year Current prime-time shows will likely run out of new episodes, so have about 3 months before it hits the fan .
More crappy reality shows to avoid
Movie studios will be OK for the short term, if it goes on longer than 4 months it may push back some stuff Im looking forward too.
Maybe all the part-time comic writers will finally have some time to get some movement on a new “Young Avengers” series (Allan Heinberg) and the completion of “Ultimate Wolverine/Hulk” (Damon Lindelof)
More time to read all the Graphic Novels I have back logged
I can finally re-watch all those Batman Beyond DVDs
~~Spend time with my spouse~~ College football
~~Catch up on house work~~ I can start to organize all my comics.

Hopefully this won’t be and extended strike and we can all get back to bitching about the Sci-fi Channel.