You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

I am sadly delinquent in movie-watching, for me, as can be seen in my Movies Watched in 2008 list. This is mostly because I seem to be watching more of MSNBC (and occasionally CNN) than anything else lately. Darn election, sucking my brain. :P

But I did manage to see Persepolis today, which was excellent. I'm still rooting for Ratatouille for Best Animated Film, but I'm now sad that Persepolis is not up for Foreign Film, because I think that would have been an interesting choice. It cracks me up to see people complaining about its simplistic style, as if to say that they too could draw as well as that. Perhaps so, but they probably wouldn't have such a personal and timely story to go with their artwork.



In other news, I think I'm starting to understand why so many writers have lives full of pain and alcohol. I always seem to get writing ideas when I've had some sort of emotional upheaval, and I got another one of those today. We'll see if this one goes anywhere. :)

I'd also like to take this opportunity to apologize if I got anyone's hopes up prematurely the other day by declaring the writer's strike to be OMG OVER. It is not over yet, but it's closer to being over than it has been since the start. An agreement has been reached by those negotiating, but it is being presented, even as I type, to the body of writers in the WGA East, and in a few hours will be presented to the writers of the WGA West. This is intended to be a discussion, and all WGA members have been strongly encouraged to attend, to think very carefully about what is being proposed, and to speak their opinions, whatever they be. IF the mood of these two meetings seems overwhelmingly positive regarding the proposed deal, THEN the strike will be called off, and the writers could be back to work as soon as Monday. This is what is widely expected to happen, but it is by no means guaranteed. And even if the strike is called off and the writers go back to work, there is still a chance that the new contract will not be ratified by the membership at large and the strike will resume. This is not considered to be a likely eventuality, but if it happens the strike would then probably extend until at least June, because the WGA is not expected to go back to the negotiating table until the Screen Actors Guild does their contract haggling in June.

I hope that's more informative. :)

I am sadly delinquent in movie-watching, for me, as can be seen in my Movies Watched in 2008 list. This is mostly because I seem to be watching more of MSNBC (and occasionally CNN) than anything else lately. Darn election, sucking my brain. :P

But I did manage to see Persepolis today, which was excellent. I'm still rooting for Ratatouille for Best Animated Film, but I'm now sad that Persepolis is not up for Foreign Film, because I think that would have been an interesting choice. It cracks me up to see people complaining about its simplistic style, as if to say that they too could draw as well as that. Perhaps so, but they probably wouldn't have such a personal and timely story to go with their artwork.



In other news, I think I'm starting to understand why so many writers have lives full of pain and alcohol. I always seem to get writing ideas when I've had some sort of emotional upheaval, and I got another one of those today. We'll see if this one goes anywhere. :)

I'd also like to take this opportunity to apologize if I got anyone's hopes up prematurely the other day by declaring the writer's strike to be OMG OVER. It is not over yet, but it's closer to being over than it has been since the start. An agreement has been reached by those negotiating, but it is being presented, even as I type, to the body of writers in the WGA East, and in a few hours will be presented to the writers of the WGA West. This is intended to be a discussion, and all WGA members have been strongly encouraged to attend, to think very carefully about what is being proposed, and to speak their opinions, whatever they be. IF the mood of these two meetings seems overwhelmingly positive regarding the proposed deal, THEN the strike will be called off, and the writers could be back to work as soon as Monday. This is what is widely expected to happen, but it is by no means guaranteed. And even if the strike is called off and the writers go back to work, there is still a chance that the new contract will not be ratified by the membership at large and the strike will resume. This is not considered to be a likely eventuality, but if it happens the strike would then probably extend until at least June, because the WGA is not expected to go back to the negotiating table until the Screen Actors Guild does their contract haggling in June.

I hope that's more informative. :)