The wonderful thing about Eisner...

Wow. I really need a second line to that, but given the esteemed Eisner's career, there's just not a whole lot I can say about the man other than the fact that he's not Pervez Musharraf...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xlix-eisner-tells-striking-writers-to/

Thanks to Engadget for pointing this one out. Fake Steve is going to have a helluva time with this one. Real Steve, too, probably.

As a guy who went to college for writing (as is so clearly evident in my brilliant prose, here), and who later realized that you have to give your heart, soul, and, more importantly, your creative rights over to these hacks who run the "business of writing," I do just have to say, "FUCK YOU, MICHAEL!"

Now, I also have to say, slightly softer, "fuck you, WGA." You are a union that rides on the back of your writers' good work. Once, you were useful, but like most unions, you have used your dues and your power for your own aggrandizement instead of furthering the needs of your members. You ought to relocate to Cleveland, where this kind of thing is commonplace. You ask your members to strike, and still pay their dues. That seems like asking Mikey to eat something just to see how it tastes before you try. Put up or shut up. Preferrably shut up. Don't believe me? Ok. That's fine. Go read this then shut up.

After tooling around on the WGA site, I was able to find the current complaints that the WGA alleges. My personal favorite is the phrase "makes a mockery of any residuals."

Jesus, guys. Grow up. Writers write. Studios produce. They hire, fire, make the show, broadcast the show, own the equipment, have the tech and artistic knowhow. Writers write.

That said, strike, don't strike, whatever. But, for Michael Eisner to come out of left field and blame Steve friggin' Jobs for this? PLEASE. Dude. I'm sorry your new venture isn't making any money, and you're "begging advertisers to give [you] enough money to break even," but that's not Steve Jobs' fault. I'm sorry that he made you leave Disney. I'm sorry you hate the old Shiite Muslim, but, really. You think this is Apple's fault?

If maybe your old hackish industry "take everyone to the cleaners and keep the profits for ourselves" attitude had changed a decade ago, maybe, just maybe you'd have some goodwill with the craftsmen who make your shows.