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Jakes Progress

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10. That is why they should be in solidarity with the writers.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #7)

Sun May 14, 2023, 05:43 PM

May 2023

The cinematographers, the gaffers, the lighting people, make-up artists, caterers, CGI techs.

If one strikes, the others strike. It is the only way to make a strike work quickly. Solidarity.

Otherwise the owners just play one group against another. reagan's gutting of the air controllers union wouldn't have worked if the pilots, ground crews, and flight attendants had shown solidarity.

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Justine Bateman. actress, SAG/WGA/DGA and coder on the misuse of AI in Hollywood [View all] Dennis Donovan May 2023 OP

Changing movies based on test audience reactions was a horrible idea; this is worse Grokenstein May 2023 #1

Then ChatGPT read Dionnet and Bilal's "Exterminator 17"... Kid Berwyn May 2023 #2

Every actor should be supporting the writer's strike by refusing work. Jakes Progress May 2023 #3

They have their own negotiations coming up soon: highplainsdem May 2023 #7

That is why they should be in solidarity with the writers. Jakes Progress May 2023 #10

They are Roy Rolling May 2023 #13

No. They are not. SAG officially advises actors to continue to work. Jakes Progress May 2023 #21

You can already replace someone's face in popular movies tinrobot May 2023 #4

That's disgusting. Not amusing. highplainsdem May 2023 #8

Where did I say it was amusing? tinrobot May 2023 #14

Sorry. I thought you'd meant it that way, since most people who highplainsdem May 2023 #15

Time for a Butlerian Jihad possibly. paleotn May 2023 #5

Thank you for posting this thread! I saw the first highplainsdem May 2023 #6

Some of the things she mentions though I suspect are not going to happen anytime soon cstanleytech May 2023 #9

Live theater chowmama May 2023 #11

That's what I'm doing now - Ms. Toad May 2023 #20

I've been fooling around with AI imaging to see what it's all about and I believe she's correct. Kablooie May 2023 #12

There's plenty of precedent for this. (actors protecting themselves) JHB May 2023 #16

None of that sounds appealing to me in any way JI7 May 2023 #17

finally a version of tolkien i would watch. pansypoo53219 May 2023 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author GuppyGal May 2023 #19

the AI created people always do that weird little head movement. BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 #22

KTLA news story and interview, video and text: highplainsdem May 2023 #23