“Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few . . . or the one.”
– Spock.
When I was a little kid, I loved this show you may have heard of called Star Trek. When I was a teenager, I worked on a show called Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was like Star Trek, but with jumpsuits and snazzier special effects.
They were both popular programs, inspiring and bringing joy to generations of viewers, while putting loads of cash into the pockets of Paramount and its shareholders.
Today, the WGA is having a Star Trek picket at Paramount to honor the people — like Harlan Ellison, John D. F. Black and Ron Moore — whose stories over the years made Star Trek such an important part of our culture, and inspired writers, actors, engineers, and others to reach out for the stars.
The picket is scheduled from 11-3 at Paramount’s Windsor gate. I’ll be there, and I hope you’ll all join me, at least in spirit, as we thank the people who made Star Trek possible, and fight for the rights of the next generation of writers.
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A virtual picket then for the Canadians to attend!
Aaron
Watching the way the “talks” in this dispute have been unfolding is disturbing. Because I just went through the same thing and saw the same tactics used by the employers in my own little 19-day-long strike that the AMPTP are using now. We’ll watch the negotiations (or lack thereof) play out in slow motion, and unfortunately it is the smaller companies and employees in associated trades who will suffer, along with the strikers. The Sumner Redstones of this world don’t suffer a bit. Or care. But this fight is ultimately the writers’. They have to stand strong, for as long as it takes, to get what’s due to them. They have my support. For as long as it takes.
I will keep that in my thoughts, Wil. It looks like a very worthy cause, and I would be there if I lived anywhere near the vicinity LOL. Have fun!
Don’t the studio execs who are still clinging to their precious moneybags remind you of the damn Ferengi? 😀