How you know we need the screenwriters back to work
alatheaseeker and I were catching up on episodes of House, when I starting laughing at some of the swill they are promoting during commercial breaks. I'm not going to beat any dead horses, but here are 2 examples why we need the screenwriters back to give us more Chuck and less....
Unhitched -- The trailer has our main character being asked to act out the gorilla mating they are watching on TV. Then, during the act, an hmmm, orangatan(?), jumps out and what we can only assume goes for it in his ass. Right. The best program brought to you since Cavemen.
and...
Step Up 2 -- Wow, seriously, the first one was good enough to necessitate making a second one? I will say that this gives me great hope that perhaps my dream of seeing a You Got Served 2 hit the straight-to-video market!
What I'm generally afraid of is the networks deciding not to negotiate since they make so much money off of reality television like Dance Wars *shudders*. Why negotiate and pay more money, when people are so willing to swallow this garbage? I believe the consumers are screwing the writers more now than the networks. Not deliberately, but us television watchers are stupid.
I can't wait for a new reality show where players write new television programs and they will all be produced and acted out to be broadcasted on Fox for their fall lineup. It's called, "How the networks screwed the writers and got away with it" which will be paired down to something clever like Writer's Block "a new reality show from Fox where budding new (ununionized) talent gets a shot at writing television." Making money...hand over fist.