SAG Politics

How long has it been since the contract for Film & Television has been up? Almost a year now. I agree that we need to get back to work, and get the hollywood economy back again. Lots of my friends aren't working right now because of how slow it is. What I do not like, is people like Alec Baldwin going against the main advocates for a new contract. This is old news, but I am just remembering it since I am now voting on the contract. He said that the Producer's last and best offer was good enough. New media is the big pull of the new contract, and the now SAG minority is complaining that we will get screwed over like we did when VHS tapes first came out. And after looking at the specs for new media, it does seem like very little income for actors, when advertisers are making LOADS. I watch HULU all the time, and guess who the spokesperson is? ALec Baldwin. Right after I heard that report on him supporting this final contract agreement, I saw his commercial for HULU. Wow of course you support that crappy contract, you are getting paid millions probably for the promotion of HULU. I feel like new media is going to effect NEW actors more than it is older ones. People trying to get ahead by doing webisodes and the like will get screwed over when it comes to revenues generated by said webisodes. For one episode of Always Sunny, you have to see 4 commercials, or one 2 minute commercial, which by television standards is nothing. But someone is paying for those ads to be on HULU, and I would wager many many more people are watching the same episode on hulu as they would on FX where Always Sunny plays. I feel something is just not right with this contract, they are using the economy as an excuse to settle for crap. I wish I knew what was really going on, I feel like we are just getting second hand knowledge from all ends. But hey I guess thats hollywood anyway.

Be better informed, Animal Rights people...

I am watching Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days on hulu. This episode deals with Animal Rights. They had a Hunter from S.C. come down to South California and stay with a Vegan family. Pretty good episode besides a couple of problems. This lady who runs a farm animal rescue shelter, continually compares animal cruelty to the nazi's and the jews in WWII. And then, with all their knowledge and good arguments, you start rooting for them. But then this guy in charge of animal rescue goes and says something like "Oh he is a boy cow, you still want to call him sugar?" There is no such thing as a boy cow. Thats called a bull. I would think these people would have a little more knowledge of terminology such as this. I am not saying their argument is wrong, I am just saying if they start up something by saying "boy cows" this or "boy cows" that, they are going to lose credibility with anyone that has ever known anything about farms. Thats all I am saying. Also the dairy farms they always show are the massive ones that put the smaller dairy farms out of business. Ironically, those smaller dairy farms are usually the ones who DON'T use rBST, and have plenty of green, green acres for the dairy cows to roam on. So blame big industry, albeit big dairy industry, for most of the suffering these cows have to undergo.