Saberspark model H. wrote:This movie is gonna be released way past 2009 Micheal Bay is too busy screwin' around with us I wish I could kick his ass right now. What has Hasbro been doing? Why haven't they steeped in our did they just get high on cocaine and forget all about the transformers their roots and what a big blockbuster it was along with the awesomeness of the Tv show. By letting some kindergardener draw the charecters. Not to metinon some whack job behind the camera. They should have just let Steven Speilberg do the whole thing. Even if they did that I still think we wouldn't get it before 2009. All because of the stupid writers strike. Personally It just shows how the writers are so stuck up. I would enjoy the fact that people viewed my creation on the internet, I mean if it is that good to be on the internet wouldn't you be proud. Uhh this is just bullcrap.
You have no idea what the "stupid" writer's strike is about do you? They're on strike because they want to get properly compensated for their work. They only recieve 4% from DVD sales and absolutely no money from new media, such as downloads from places like itunes or when a show is available to be seen on a broadcaster's website.
Look at a show like The Office for example. If you watch it online, it is broken down into about 4 or 5 segments. Before each segment runs, 2 commercials are aired and one of the sponser's logos are seen onscreen during the entire segment, even if you are watching the show in "full screen" mode. Obviously NBC is selling ad time and making money from those episodes, but the writers don't see any money from that, although the producers do. The way they get around paying the writers is that they consider it a promotional viewing and lump it in to the same category as a commercial. NBC also asked the writers to create a webisode exclusive for the NBC website which starred several cast members. NBC sold air time for it and they even won a daytime Emmy, but they still have yet to compensate the writers for that work. That's just one example out of many different shows that don't compensate the writers for their contributions.
Producers on the other hand, recieve a larger cut of DVD sales, and are paid for digital content. They are arguing with the writer's guild that there isn't enough of a profit to share with them and if they did, it would set a precedence for the Directors and Actors guild to ask for a cut as well.
How would you feel if you came up with a way for the company you work for to increase profits? Let's say they earned an aditional 35 million dollars, but they didn't compensate you for your idea and didn't even give you a small portion of that 35 million. If it weren't for you, they wouldn't have made that extra 35 million. Now let's say they did give the executives a portion of that money. Would it be stupid to go on strike for that?
I think all the writers are asking for is 8 cents for every DVD sale and 2.5% for digital downloads and online content. That doesn't seem like a lot, especially since these are the people creating the stories these movies and shows are based on.
In the end, the writer's strike isn't going to delay TF2 any more than the CGI will. Honestly, it isn't unreasonable to expect a 2009 release just due to all the CGI work alone.
The design was pretty freaking awesome. Frenzy was by far my favorite character, besides Optimus, of course. And I bet that Barricade was Prowl in disguise.
