I am on the side of the writers too up to a point. But the writers have to be business men too and make a deal. It's all about making a deal and what contract you sign. If you are not happy with the contract, don't sign it and ask for amendments. If they won't amend it, either sign it or don't sign it. But don't start bleating about how hard the World is. Everybody knows! 
NB I have to put these wink smileys in, it's part of my contract!
Quote: Frankie Rage @ November 19, 2007, 2:48 PMFor myself, I don't see why scripts written by her would be any worse than the ones she's reading from!
You're talking out of your elbow, Desperate Housewives is a great show with a great script.
Rosco says that this is Eva's response:
Quote: chipolata @ November 21, 2007, 9:52 AMYou're talking out of your elbow, Desperate Housewives is a great show with a great script.
Well I don't share your opinion.
Which makes more sense, my elbow are your arse?
Anyway, no matter how good/average the scripts are, the issues about the writers and their contractual problems remain the same. I have some sympathy with them, but not much.
And maybe Eva Longoria could write scripts just as good as the ones she's reading from - are you saying that you know that she can't? She said she could and that she has some great ideas of her own. I've heard writers on BSG saying exactly the same thing regarding their own (unproven) ability to write for TV.
Why not let her have a go? 
Quote: Jason Kindred @ November 22, 2007, 11:11 AMI doubt very much whether any actor would be stupid enough to criticise the writers. They do, after all, have the power to do anything with them on screen.
Well, within reason. They can't kill her off or demote her to a sub-character if the producers don't want them to.
Quote: Jason Kindred @ November 22, 2007, 11:11 AMI doubt very much whether any actor would be stupid enough to criticise the writers. And I suspect anything she said was ironic, not least because Marc Cherry, the executive producer and chief writer on the show, made her a star.
Maybe you're right. The reported statement was more or less:
When asked what she thought about the writers strike she said, "We could write the show ourselves, I have some great ideas!"
I may look back through Yahoo News and dig it out. Of course, perhaps she was being ironic (or caught on the hop and just being unguardedly honest?) or she may well have been misreported. Who knows?
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Edit: It was in fact in the London free paper "The Metro" where I read it and it's mentioned here below too.
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Is the stars’ support for the writers on Hollywood’s picket lines as unstinting as it seems? Legends of stage and screen lending their face to protests have included: Ben Stiller, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow and Katherine Heigl. Jay Leno is said to be bringing donuts to the strikers despite their actions forcing him into reruns.
But a seedy underside to this sympathy could be emerging. One writer has been making a guerrilla version of the suspended Daily Show from the kerbside, which we suspect might smart a little – and Desperate Housewives’ Eva Longoria, despite bringing the writers’ pizzas and appearing to support their cause, is quoted in this morning’s Metro ruminating on her own screenwriting skills:
‘The girls and I could start to write our own scripts. I have some great ideas.’
A statement likely to send shivers up the spines of producers, especially when you consider the reported backstage rows that the show is famous for.
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I'm more worried that the broadcasters seem to think that the public will be happy with just reality tv shows and they can wait the strike out. And there is plenty of free content on the internet. Although I fully support the strike and think it's the only thing they can do, they could be making things worse for themselves.
They'll end up with TV as bad as ours.
If it's a contractual matter then they should negotiate like businessmen do, and not strike. By striking they are probably in breach of contract. If so, then they are being unprofessional. The network will not capitulate to a strike IMO but will surely negotiate a return to work as it's in everybodys interests (at the moment..)
I've just posted about the UK support demo in the other thread about the Writers Strike but I thought it worth linking to this interesting article again here...
Why We're On Strike from NewsWeek.com
There's some interesting things in there that I didn't know. For example, the writers are looking to increase their DVD royalties from just 4 cents to 8 cents - hardly bank breaking stuff.
Negotiations re-open today. Lets hope something is sorted out.
Quote: Mark @ November 26, 2007, 10:39 AMThere's some interesting things in there that I didn't know. For example, the writers are looking to increase their DVD royalties from just 4 cents to 8 cents - hardly bank breaking stuff.
Yeah but its a 100% pay rise. Try asking your bosses for that 
At last something funny has come out of the Writers Strike. thank God for Seth MacFarlane
I was hoping to see the woman do that 4 cents thing though.
God damn it I want my BLEEP-ING Desperate housewives. I BlEEP-ING miss them soooooooooooo much. I need to BLEEP-ING know what happens next. I cant concentrate. Without them my life is BLEEP-ED.