Hollywood SHUTDOWN: actors go on strike 

They are in Korea though.

​@@119beakeryeah there's a lot of outsourcing, but there are still a decent number of animators here in America. I think with animators joining the strike we could put intense pressure on companies, who, without enough pressure, will ALWAYS choose to mistreat their workers.

I only hope so, in Japan and usa

​@@lightningqueen1145yeah, and that decent number is gonna go down to 0 when Disney decides they can just go to Asia to outsource their work 😆

Lets create a international union

They arent a monopoly But They are WAY too large

@@jidk6565it is Monopoly money. What are you saying?

Do you know what a monopoly means?

​​@@axlr8deathpls294hey are talking about the board game

I love how it’s only hundreds and five hundreds that he’s counting lol

I thought they were

VFX too

​@@onespeed3134VFX artists dont have a union, they basically all do gig work and get underpaid as hell

@@ratofthecity6351 best reasons to unionize I’ve heard

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Most actors dont earn anywhere near as much

@@Spiderfisch yes, and most businesses fail in first year. Your point being?

⁠@@max7971I think his point was that most actors aren’t millionaires

​@@max7971 Point is, the actors are striking because of how background actors would be being treated under a proposed contract. Studios want to be able to scan them to create AI puppets, pay them for a single day, and then own their likeness for the rest of time. Everyone should be supporting the strike no matter where they work, because any effort to replace workers with AI should be resisted. Otherwise, no job in America is safe.

I’m guessing your a republican?

Disney is nowhere near debt, they are richer than you can imagine. They had some recent flops like strange world and encanto but that’s mainly because of the fact they were mainly on streaming, and don’t forget Disney isn’t just animation.

@@rfurthegamer3412 Lightyear, Indiana 5, she Hulk, the little mermaid, black Panther 2, Encanto, elemental, ant-man, would you like me to continue? And what do you mean no where near debt? The entire streaming business lost hundreds of billions. Park attendance is way down. Movies are flopping, toy sales are in the toilet. And Disney has this thing called fixed expenses that regardless of what comes in, still needs to be paid. The literal fight and preferred status lost in the state of Florida. .......wtf are you smoking?

@@rfurthegamer3412 in well aware Disney is more than animation. I live 20 minutes from the Disney interactive studio in Kelowna, BC where club penguin and a lot of Disney's online content Comes from. I know company insiders and people being laid off. Can you say the same?

​@@rfurthegamer3412they bought fox for 70 billion using loans. You bet they have debts.

And that’s a good thing

Exept they have been paid garbage for decades, not just the last ten years. Even good writers get paid badly and a lot of them don't have much control over their work

Mostly the idea of Ai replacing writers is the biggest problem. In 5 or less years businesses will switch to AI writing and then all these people will almost permanently be out of a job.

Hollywood has mostly been losing hundreds of millions on stuff they put out with only a few being profitable because so much of their stuff is crap now.

Democrats aren't the left

That's where side hustle(s) come into play.

​@@GGray.If you need a side hustle to pay rent, your economy has failed

​@@GGray.if you need ANYTHING other than a single job to have basic necessities then the economy and every governmental body in charge of you has failed several times over

​@@thelazarousnot the point tho. Strikers need income to keep the strike going indefinitely to put real pressure on corporations worth billions of dollars

@@hanavolta9785 I think the point trying to be conveyed is that the sole idea that it is people vs corporations not government (on behalf of the people) vs corporations is wild to most of the rest of the modern world

Thats so so greedy, they deserve way more for something that would net them so much profit

It's disgusting.

And yet there are still people out there defending them

Yeah something tells me Salma Hayek is not going to agree to potentially find her cgi self having explosive diarrhea in a church again

If it's unreasonably greedy, then the extras don't need to take the work. If the price is reasonably greedy (all markets are based on greed after all) then extras can take the work. Extras *do* take the work, so maybe the contracted prices are sensible

This line hits hard

It's the lower paid striking I believe so it won't affect much

​@@Bubblegum-pk3ynEveryone is the "lower paid" in this country unless you're at the top taking the money from everyone else. Of course it matters.

@@synthraofficial5366 Fully agree, many people are higher earners working hard for that money but that is a different discussion. The writers which make the movies which make millions/billions are likely not the ones striking as they would be compensated accordingly.

oh i love this line--

You’re being fed the narrative big media wants you to believe is the truth and only truth. 😂

I enjoy watching them too, but take them with a grain of salt. One minute max from a very biased source is often not enough to get an accurate picture, especially on law related stuff

kinda ironic knowing abt the topic of this one 💀

If you don’t actually care to get a full story. You want someone else to form your thoughts. Yes, this is perfect and they love your obedience.

It’s just liberal propoganda

But then they wouldn't have billions of dollars and that would be sad

​@@jefferyjones4727a reorganize of the salary would be a good starting point I've been thinking about how a pie chart would look for that the heads of the studios reduction in salary wouldn't need to be much but i say let this continue maybe we will get better story telling out of it

Problem is that... it's mostly monopoly money in the form of "stock". Also most of the movies Hollywood's been pumping out recently have been shit.

What, billions? No, no, most of their funds are stuck in the Stockmarket so as to prevent it from being taxed

They should enter a less competitive job market. E: I know longer endorse this statement.

You had me until you said “living wage”.

@@dylanberg1188you don’t like living wages?

​@@NamelessProducts Yeah, no biggie, they'll just take all that skill and experience and go into a less competitve and difficult industry, like being an author or a journalist! Come on dude.

@@incognitoburrito6020bro just reset the skill tree like come on duhh

Hollywood loses, we win

Well, we still want MOASS.

Until they're about to get evicted

They could, in fact they could live comfortably for 6 months after the paychecks stopped. Turns out the "writers" may have done some creative writing to make their plight seem legitimate rather than the bourgeois complaining that they're no longer getting paid to make "quality" entertainment like Paramount's Halo.

@@crazyinsane50095% of writers are not making enough money to just be writers. They have second jobs and side hustles. Most wouldn’t even be considered middle class on a good day. They deserve to be paid more than just a pittance for their work that generates billions for Hollywood every year and line the pockets of bigwigs who provide no value to the world.

@@CameraHam And how much are the writers earning per year from writing alone? Come on, don't hide that. How much are these "95%" earning annually?

@@crazyinsane500 WAG reported that only 24% of writers are getting payed contract minimums which is between 40-50k a year. Factor in that they live in LA and that’s not enough to afford to live in the slums.

But... And, here me out here... We like money, and if we give them our money, then we will have... Less money.

@@OranIsGone wow wow wow wow wow. I like money.

@@OranIsGone Mr craps on youtube, wtf

​@@OldManShoutsAtCloudsLiking money is super easy, barely an inconvenience

As someone who sees the writing that comes out of Hollywood the writers should get pay cuts across the board.

people working on CGI and VFX are the ones who should be payed decent money, the rest of the crew are mules

​@@democratictotalitariansoci1462that's bullshit. All of them need to be paid better. End of story.

@@dirtycrimeboi6178of course but animators won’t give a damn, they are already paid well. And even if they join, all that means is those jobs will be outsourced to someone willing to do it for cheap.

​@@democratictotalitariansoci1462Marvel forces them to put CGI in everything that moves and everything that doesn't, they're already getting better pay

@@yibithehispanic 99% of most popular hollywood movies would be worth an absolute $zero$ without CGI & VFX masters. like Superman Spiderman Ironman ...............

​@@beerlimelady9041that's not a good analogy, indicating that in order to lift people out of poverty someone has to go into poverty. That's not true.

​@@beerlimelady9041you know if you don't count billionaires in the equation. America is equivalent to most of europe? It's just that Reagan cut taxes for the rich and since the 80s we haven't kept up on raising the minimum wage you'd literally make more money doing most jobs in like half of the EU

@@benledet5193 Wrong. Having lived in the EU for years and then America. America is by far magnitudes better on every level. Turn off whatever propaganda your watching and go live reality. Everything you wrote is the opposite of livable reality. As for 'Reagan" tax cuts, you should o some actual research there as well beyond googling a site telling you what you want to believe. Tax cuts for small and mid level companies issued specially for increasing worker size and pay in the addendums is not a cut for rich people. You might look at what Obama, Biden, Clinton, and carter did. They all specially and directly helped Wall Street, big banking, and their Hollywood studio friends. Want a Republican to go after? Look into the Cheney deals. At least try to be accurate next time. My god, the raw ignroance birthed of mass propaganda is the worse thing in America just as it is in the EU. People think they are educated when they are diseducated. - Cheers

Ngl I love how none of the other comments are talking about how awesome that is

That’s amazing, never mess with the French, as we’ve seen in history, they’ve done lots and will do lots

It's actually insane how evil corporate can be till a fact that 99% of the times, it's always better to side with the worker even if they're assholes

in their defense, a lot of writing has been messed w by higher-ups (to fit with algorithms and such. the strike could totally improve the scripts in movies and shows because this will be less acceptable)

@@tramsroyTHANK YOU!!!! I don’t see enough people talking about this. Most writers don’t WANT to write shlock, they have to because that’s what they’re paid to do. Either they write shit or they get fired. Or they just don’t get paid. Don’t blame the writers, blame the showrunners and execs. We’ve had childrens shows explain this shit to people for gods sakes.

​@@tramsroy thisthisthisthisthisthisthis ‼️‼️

It's not the writers fault. It's producers and other eggheaded layabouts meddling for best profits rather than best art.

It takes entire teams of professional writers to deal with the time constraints, continuity and production limitations that are part of a set, expect the bottom of the barrel in terms of quality for any director or producer that tries to circumvent this strike

They tried the same thing with teachers. Instead of giving them raises, they hired a bunch of people with no teaching background and little education. Now most kids can’t read.

@@whazat360 as so too did they do with the Nurses

@@whazat360source on most kids not being able to read?

RU-vidrs are doing significantly more with significantly less and doing it better. Good riddance to writers and actors shoving their ideological and political opinions in to everything they touched while insulting anyone that refused to pay to be indoctrinated and insulted. Good riddance to such people.

Washington post is owned by bezos

We did, just the US that didn't...

@@TainDK this.

Ever wonder why Communist countries only have lines of people trying to get out not into them. Because they suck. Pleae move to one

Or you know, let the Chinese do it for cheaper.

The teamsters are striking too, are they white collar workers? Also, since when do white collar workers not deserve fair working conditions?

It’s less about independent and more about international, this will only further boost foreign art like anime and shows like squid game

Indie companies like A24 are also making agreements with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA to continue production - because those companies are already meeting the union's requirements, thus proving the big studios have no excuse. We're going to still get fully professional studio productions. It's just going to come from people who aren't trying to wring blood from a stone.

​@@tiffanyroberts6460Yeah, time for International talent to shine!

Love CP Capitalism and the private market such a beautiful thing

now independent will get a chance

its the best, if you work hard you get the most money

Yep… capitalism makes it so you actually have the right to strike if you aren’t being paid fairly!!!

​@Shaun-hp2yz If you work hard you're expected to work that hard for the same exact pay unless you're a manager or ceo, who don't really work much at all. I'm not sure I get your point.

Working class folks don’t give a damn about pompous bastards fighting each other to earn more millions. Nor should they.

It's a big country, your reasoning for saying this?

@@KazzoKiller3890 because movies and the comic book industry (which I don't care about because I'm not into comics) are going down the drain. Movies now days suck.

@Jayonase425 maybe because the writers have been "quiet quitting" these last few years, and now are on collective strike to change the industry.

@@KazzoKiller3890 there's no such thing as quiet quitting. They're not writers anymore, they're activists and trying to insert an agenda rather than write a good story.

If it implodes, who will tell me how to think and who to vote for??????

Do the strikers understand these big companies can just buy over sea content or even studios. Like Netflix has bought a lot of Japanese anima companies

@@ABanRocks sure, and? do you think they are capable of replacing them?

@@catrielmarignaclionti4518 let's be honest Hollywood can be replaced. There are so much free entertainment out there like youtube that I don't think the people will care. In terms of the company this is a great way to reduce costs.

@@ABanRocks yes, hollywood can. Not its writers and actors.

@catrielmarignaclionti4518 they can be replaced easily. The main reasons for this strike is that AI can replace them lol.

For A List celebrities, maybe. You also have to account for smaller actors.

There are thousands of actors, they don't get paid that much, and you don't know the name of most of them because they are SMALL; but still make a job in the movie. Why to take being an actor, from difficult to impossible?

Which is hilarious considering this is happening under their nose

He is also part of the guild the writers are negotiating with. Remember he also owns Amazon Studios.

The actors are striking for a different reason. AMPTP's proposed contract to SAG-AFTRA would allow studios to own the AI likeness of background actors for eternity after only paying them for a day's work

Actors couldn't strike until their contract was up. Contracts prevent union strikes by members for a set number of years. The contracts for WGA, SAG-AFTRA, & DGA all end within a few months of each other (intentionally, for historical moments like this). DGA sold out; SAG-AFTRA held the line and struck as soon as they legally could. Oppenheimer actors literally got permission *during* the premiere, and immediately turned and walked out.

@@Loki_K thank you for the explanation! I'm used to Union strikes where aligned unions will join the strike to generate more Awareness as well as pressure to resolve the issues faster.

How to support so that the entire industry collapses?

@@NickThiller stop engaging with it entirely? i don’t think there’s really a feasible way to do that, the major studios have unfathomable amounts of money, they’re not going broke unless there’s serious bad business happening or something causes them to loose all of it but even then, another studio or billionaires would probably just buy them up. hollywood is a well oiled machine that’s not going to collapse anytime soon unless things go wrong for everyone at the same time. the writer’s and actor‘s strikes are happening to secure their jobs in the future so that they don’t get replaced by ai and can earn more money.

The only good communist is an ambient temperature communist.

​@duckynado8781When has any nationalist ever stood for something other than the current status quo

Isn’t the Post just the PR arm of the White House? Maybe the big guy can pay them?

The writers are paid millions and have turned out such crap product that the studios have lost billions. This isn't 1890. Do better research.

Nurses absolutely need a union backing them, honestly you should definitely look into that! :D

@@rabbitsarerabbid Nursing unions only exist in certain states otherwise you have the right to work. I live in a nonunion state with a compact license.

It's not a sentiment. The wrtiting quality across all entertainment sectors is objectively worse. I hope they all get replaced by AI.

I was gonna say name a popular show at this point also the popular shows do pay their writers well cause they write good work, this is the people who write crap like she hulk. I don’t sympathise full stop with people who get payed thousands by the day to do such an easy job, same reason I don’t sympathise with artists and athletes in general, if you don’t like it go get a real job.

I haven’t watched anything out of Hollywood since the summer of love. They have all lost the plot.

@@DarkMatterX1 "the quality has gone worse, I want it bottom of the barrel please. And soon too!"

​@@tiffanyroberts6460Just a few are payed that much, most of them have more than one job to live.

Except nobodyu caresa about hollywood and 90% of America wont even notice

​​@@stevenp25100if nobody cared about it, it wouldn't be a multi billion dollar industry

@@MrMurica ahh ok. I'm sure that's how that works

@@stevenp25100 Steven how do you think industries make money The only reason Hollywood makes billions of dollars is because millions of people care enough to buy merchandise, buy movie tickets, and pay for subscription services. Did you think Hollywood got it's billions, by hacking the bank accounts of the disinterested masses or something?

​@@stevenp25100it is

Yeah, except independent writers aren't stupid enough to take those jobs. They see how union writers are treated, and realize that they have far less clout.

Crossing picketlines is for bootlickers

The ideal outcome

You'll grow up.

​​​​@@nattythepanda4692 hollywood is an industry entirely made for entertainment value. If the entertainment is shit you dont support it. It's not a necessity to prop up failing entertainment industries. Im not paying for these services out of "guilt" for the "poor underpaid" hollywood elite, I'm paying for a good quality product to entertain myself with