I guess I see their point in striking while they still can.
Within a few years, they will become as obsolete as the Telegraph.

My thoughts are soon A.I. will replace most actors and screenwriters.

At least with A.I. actors, we won't have to listen to their personal Political views anymore.
There are some actors I like, but can't get myself to watch because of the insane things they try to push on me just because they are "famous".

I have always respected some actors for their ability to make me believe in the part they were portraying.
It was like I was watching something as it happened and I would forget it was a "play"
(Bogart/Bacall in "Key Largo", "To Have and Have Not" or "The Big Sleep" as examples)

I don't care nor want to know what their political views are.

But then again, that's probably just me... what do I know?

If you keep up with forum(or do a search) you will remember several threads about long lines of wait times to get into the movies. There are also threads about people trying to reopen the barnstorm theater. So yes a lot of people williss them.

Amen!

For the life of me, I cannot understand how anyone can give credence to such statements, when made by people whose ONLY demonstrated talent is pretending to be someone they're not.

Elaborate please…. Which actors and what are the insane things they try to push on you? I’ve never had an actor try to push insane things on me so I’m legit curious.

Probably something they have said on Oprah or other shows.

Some actors and actresses have raised awareness of certain issues. I thank them for their courage. Tippi Hedren - Rotten Tomatoes Her work on protections for exotic animal, for instance.

1.Tom Cruise- Scientology
2. Donald Trump and others getting voted into office
3. Oprah on just about EVERYTHING
4. Beyonce- Black Lives Matter
5. Kid Rock- ban Bud Light for going woke
6. Plastic Surgery Nonsense of actors/actresses who OBVIOUSLY had something done
7. Jennie McCarthy- Innoculations of children that prevent diseases causes autism. So, beware! Don't have your children injected.
8. Angelina Jolie- adopt third world children instead of having your own
9. Pamela Anderson- moved to France because Trump was elected

The list goes on and on..... BTW: Don't hate the messenger. You were the one who asked for examples

I do not hear that much about Travolta and Cruise on Scientology. Just once in a while.

And for every one actor/actress that pushes some interest of their own there are probably one hundred who do not.

And of course, Jane Fonda

The overpaid actors can afford fo be on strike the rest of their lives and still die filthy rich. As for the writers, really, they stink. Todays writers wouldn’t know a plot from a hole in the ground. In fact that’s exactly all they think that it is.

No not at all! i don’t hate the messenger :wave:
But when I think of pushing their agenda on others……
1. Scientologist actually never discuss being a Scientologist or Scientology with others. (they’re still creepy though)
2. Yes I agree but still not really pushing an agenda, other than all political agendas. Though I guess you could consider that weird Goya beans thing pushing agendas?
3. I admittedly don’t watch Oprah but people seem to love her opinions on her favorite things. :a040:
4. I mean, she’s black and again, it’s not pushing her agenda. Lots of black and non black celebs support BLM
5. Kid who? He’s just trying to say relevant. he’s also easily triggered by beer apparently.
6. Well they aren’t telling people to go out and get plastic surgery as a matter of fact, they might be helping women decide against it after seeing bad results?
7. I’ll give you this one for sure. Good example.
8. She’s had 3 of her own kids and also adopted. She first adopted when she was single. She started dating Billy Bob Thornton around the same time and he was a father figure to her eldest son for a while. She’s been a fantastic hands on mother. I admire her a great deal for that. She has the money to help so let her.
9. Actually, she moved there to live with her French boyfriend. Also, she’s Canadian and currently lives in her home country of Canada.

Another good one would be Leo DeCaprio and Climate Change. Or of course Jane Fonda.

Honestly I don’t care what they say on their own time but the shows are brain numbing. They seem to be more focused on pushing a social agenda than actually having a plot and the acting is a farce. The characters are unlikeable and unbelievable.

One of the concerns that the background actors have is having their image digitized and used in future productions without payment. They get paid for the one day/week that they are on the set and the studio would own their image forever. These folks, unlike the megastars, aren’t making millions. How many of you would be happy with that situation?

I think this is a bit of the telephone game. They’ve been scanning actors and background for a long time. Similar idea is… VFX… say you need a bug crawling on a person. You pay big bucks for them to create that bug BUT you can now use that bug for much much less in other scenes. You certainly can’t use that bug in other films or projects. Even if it’s the same studio they’d have to buy another bug. I’m guessing the offer was to pay the BG more money to scan them for that project only. AMPT aren’t stupid…..Wouldn’t it be great if we could all see what the real offers were? I should’ve have mentioned I’m currently in 2 unions. The DGA and IATSE. I feel bad for the thousands of IATSE crew members unemployed now because of these strikes.

Question for those that are supporting the strike - does going to a movie or watching steaming services constitute “crossing the picket line”?

Yesterday, Barry Diller suggested that, to end the strike, the executives and the highest paid actors take a 25 percent pay cut.

Anyone see that happening??