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All of the unions have different contracts, of course, but they usually try to aim for parity when possible. Here's the relevant portion of the 2004 Minimum Basic Agreement (the current contract) for the Writers Guild of America (West) Remember that writers have the least clout of pretty much...

The uniform changes during the first production shut-down (along with the set changes and new paint) were a result of TNT's inexperience with filmed series production. The suits in Atlanta viewed the first five episodes as AVID video editing files. The AVID files are lo-res and tend to be dark...

I have been known to point out that it is MINbari, not MIMbari, but even I don't go after people for using the wrong plural form of alien species, much less jump up and down while doing so. ;) And knowing how many "Es" are in "Wookiee" is just wrong. :) No one should have that information...

Wookieepedia The name says it all. :) Regards, Joe

Yeah, so were the Mansons. ;) Joe

Pre-order information will doubtless be posted in the acutal news thread. :) OK, it will be cross-posted here (and on the Mod and at JMSNews and the ISN site and Pat's Galactic Gateway and about 1,000 other places on the 'net. Don't worry. As soon as I know, several million other people will...

Thank you, Master Yoda. :) Joe

Just posting a note to make sure the new title appears on the main page. Please note it and cut and paste it into your replies until it becomes the default. Thanks, Joe

Not that there's anything wrong with that... :) Joe

Rome is actually a pretty interesting show, although lamentably ahistorical. (They have Marc Antony banging Octavian's mother, for Jupiter's sake, not to mention Servillia seducing Octavia) And while there is a fair amount of unmotivated swearing it isn't remotely as bad as Deadwood. I've...

I have known such people. They're the kind for whom the phrase "dumber than a bag full of door knobs" was invented. :)

"it was like a kid that had learnt its first swear words" My reading of this comment is that the "it" that learned "its" first swear wors was the show, not a particular character. So it was the habitual swearing of all the characters that Antony found off-putting. Assuming I've read his post...

I think the key words there may be "in a TV envrionment" - which it really wasn't except in the narrowest sense. Premium cable simply doesn't operate under the same rules as broadcast, basic cable or other "this stuff basically gets dumped into your home when you turn the set on, you don't have...

I thought it was a terrific show. I started watching it in reruns on HDNet, one of the hi-def cable channels I picked up when I added HD service. (And which I've since lost because my old cable company was bought out by another which just changed out channel line-up to match what they offer in...

I agree that there is no need for several of these threads, and none at all in this forum. This instance is now closed.

Let me guess - a snapshot of RW's butt? :D Joe

Nope. Lousy writing. Learn to express yourself more clearly and you'll be understood better. But let's be clear that the problem is on your side of the keyboard. And as long as you simply have no idea what you're talking about, it doesn't matter how well you express youself because you still...

OK, former employee of a small, independent bookstore, here to tell some of you that you're nuts. :) You know what determines which books go spine out and which face out on a display in an indy bookstore? How many books I have to fill "x" feet of space in a given section and which covers look...

Damn! Is it the Hour of Scampering already? My watch must be slow. Joe

It is equally possible, indeed probable, that all six Centauri appendages are required for fertilization. That certainly makes more sense in terms of evolutionary biology than assuming that the organism developed five redundant organs in the male and corresponding orifices in the female for no...