Live coverage from the Mutant Enemy day picket line.
Fans4Writers has a handy Twitter feed if you want to follow what's going on. And click here to find out how you can win a bag signed by the writers and the actors at the picket line. ETA: Go here for pics.
And if anyone has links to pics etc, please do post them in the comments section here.
December 07 2007
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Harmalicious | December 07, 21:03 CET
Zannadoo | December 07, 21:20 CET
Forwarded receipt to fans4writers -- done
Grumble about being stuck 400 miles away from all the fun -- done
Watching twitter feed -- ongoing
Waiting for the moguls get the message -- ongoing
kvmc | December 07, 21:49 CET
Anonymous1 | December 07, 22:00 CET
Tonya J | December 07, 22:14 CET
I dreamt about it this morning - at the strike/ picket we were having a kickass Irish music session in support of the writers - but in my dream my mandolin strap got twisted and I couldn't play fast enough. I don't think I want to know what all that means except that I know I am there with you all in spirit.
GO WGA!!!!! And GO ME picnic goers. Soggy sandwiches are not always a bad thing.
Now I am off to buy food for our local foodbank.
ruthless1 | December 07, 22:30 CET
"So far, the promised rainfall seems less than torrential. We'll still likely get wet, but maybe we won't drown. Yay!"
And from C.A. Bridges:
"Funny that I avoided hurricanes all summer in FL, then came to Ca. in time for torrential rainstorm. Yay, irony."
Sunfire | December 07, 22:40 CET
IrrationaliTV | December 07, 22:48 CET
kerfuffle | December 07, 23:01 CET
;)
kerfuffle | December 07, 23:17 CET
I'm listening to my Buffy soundtrack just for you mutants. Stay strong and keep dry.
[ edited by kerfuffle on 2007-12-07 20:51 ]
kerfuffle | December 07, 23:17 CET
tehabwa | December 07, 23:36 CET
gossi | December 07, 23:39 CET
samatwitch | December 07, 23:41 CET
I think so, yes. Or what gossi said.
Sunfire | December 07, 23:46 CET
Complete the following:
If it wasn't for Joss shows, I wouldn't have.........
Simon | December 07, 23:51 CET
kerfuffle | December 07, 23:53 CET
gossi | December 07, 23:56 CET
samatwitch | December 08, 00:01 CET
vera | December 08, 00:05 CET
OK, so here's another thing to try. At exactly 12:15 Pacific time, we each administer one collective kick to the collective backsides of the few, the lucky, the picketters.
I'm working on Simon's task, but I haven't come up with anything beyond sorta participating in this (lovely) community, and spending a lot of money on DVDs. Oh, and wouldn't have gotten hooked on Reaper, Pushing Daisies, or Bones, or become a regular watcher of How I Met Your Mother and Desperate Housewives.
Prepare to admisister psychic kick....
tehabwa | December 08, 00:07 CET
JudyKay7 | December 08, 00:09 CET
BTW, the friend I turned on to the 'verse bought and lent me Angel. During last night's marathon, he finally rejoined his peeps, as employee (having fired them many eps ago), and Cacophony paid a visit to the City of. Mercedes is one BRAVE chick to do that singing!
Not yet 10 viewings of Buffster, nearly that many of Serenifly, on third of Angel. Add the commentaries and featurettes, and that a lot of hours.
I see they felt out kick through a wormhole so we'd better really administer it, or the space-time continuum will be all messed up.
NOW!
tehabwa | December 08, 00:16 CET
madmolly | December 08, 00:18 CET
JudyKay7 and tehabwa, I can add those things to my list as well, including being on Whedonesque, Goners and twitter alternatively/simultaneously while I really should be doing stuff around the house. I guess it's a good thing I'm not at work today! ;-)
samatwitch | December 08, 00:19 CET
...love Nerf Herder
...use the phrase Grrr...arrg when I'm ticked
...think it's cute to end words with 'y' (patterny, fonty, whedony)
...own comics (as an adult)
kerfuffle | December 08, 00:19 CET
hacksaway | December 08, 00:19 CET
We'll have to administer a second kick, just to get txt's brain right, as we are now overly-informed "Over 300" and "more arriving"!
This be fun!
tehabwa | December 08, 00:20 CET
Sunfire | December 08, 00:22 CET
madmolly | December 08, 00:26 CET
Caroline | December 08, 00:29 CET
[click, read, refresh; click, read, refresh; ....]
tehabwa | December 08, 00:30 CET
Kessie | December 08, 00:35 CET
kerfuffle | December 08, 00:41 CET
hope to see many pics from tge people who are there.
Numfar PTB | December 08, 00:43 CET
;-)
tehabwa | December 08, 00:44 CET
- Of course Nick is super cool. ;)
"nathan fillion is here. he is really tall."
- Ha!
kerfuffle | December 08, 00:45 CET
:P
Also, just read that the twittering may soon stop due to cell phone battery outage. Boo. Someone do something!
kerfuffle | December 08, 00:48 CET
Can I say that this is almost as fun as crashing fandango during the Serenity secret screenings!
Zannadoo | December 08, 00:48 CET
...something to occupy my "non-Mommy" hours at home.
Sherrie | December 08, 00:56 CET
grrrrrr arrrrrrrgh
TPTB wanted 4 days to work on a proposal. Had none, but tomorrow. Had none, but we have questions.
It'll be here any second ... NOT.
Children, can you say "jacking folks around"?
They may again cut off negotiations, charging the WGA hasn't been prepared to negotiate.
uh, can we cuss on this forum?
tehabwa | December 08, 00:56 CET
DavidB | December 08, 01:01 CET
DaddyCatALSO | December 08, 01:02 CET
Probably NOT a good time, but I've been meaning to ask: 'squee'? I see that on here. Is it from the comic books?
tehabwa | December 08, 01:06 CET
Zannadoo | December 08, 01:06 CET
...a
dollaction figure collection.ladygrey | December 08, 01:07 CET
deird | December 08, 01:10 CET
"Squee! can be an exclamation, or interjection, of excited happiness or surprise. This can be used as either a noun or a verb."
[ edited by DavidB on 2007-12-07 22:14 ]
DavidB | December 08, 01:13 CET
kerfuffle | December 08, 01:15 CET
Sherrie | December 08, 01:16 CET
Can someone call there and ask Eliza to administer another kick, please? Or pop him on the ganoggin with a piece of anchovy pizza?
deird, thanks. I got the intent from context, but was wondering about the origin. I've only seen it here, and didn't know it was, uh, generic geekeranto.
tehabwa | December 08, 01:16 CET
kerfuffle | December 08, 01:16 CET
Hell, yeah. Let's hope he and Joss and Fillion get into a fistfight and there are pictures. What? Like it couldn't happen.
[ edited by kerfuffle on 2007-12-07 22:21 ]
kerfuffle | December 08, 01:20 CET
deird | December 08, 01:21 CET
DavidB | December 08, 01:27 CET
Numfar PTB | December 08, 01:27 CET
hacksaway | December 08, 01:29 CET
Sherrie | December 08, 01:29 CET
That is to say, what web site are you on?
I guess I've been missing much of the action, as usual. I've been monitoring this very page, and the twitter link.
tehabwa | December 08, 01:32 CET
[ edited by tehabwa on 2007-12-07 22:34 ]
tehabwa | December 08, 01:32 CET
igj | December 08, 01:36 CET
kerfuffle | December 08, 01:36 CET
tehabwa | December 08, 01:39 CET
"J & Nathan LOOOOOVE me! J & Nathan LOOOOve me!"
tehabwa | December 08, 01:42 CET
http://www.nowlive.com/show/unitedhollywood
I can't see anything and it crashed my browser.
Caroline | December 08, 01:48 CET
finishing the sentence: ...have a deep love for men in tacky Hawaiian shirts!
Oh, listened (and watched) United Hollywood Live again today and just missed Joss, but got to hear Nathan! Yeah! And someone from Britain named Huward or Hubert??? Is he a Whedonesquer?
[ edited by fey_girl on 2007-12-07 22:53 ]
[ edited by fey_girl on 2007-12-07 22:53 ]
fey_girl | December 08, 01:51 CET
Sunfire | December 08, 01:52 CET
[ edited by kurya on 2007-12-07 22:55 ]
kurya | December 08, 01:52 CET
It didn't rain in So. Cal. as hard as expected. Positive proof that the PTB are on our side. Maybe.
If it weren't for Joss's shows, I wouldn't have...
spent hundreds of hours in front of the TV over the last few years.
started buying comic books.
gotten in the habit of interrupting my work every few hours to see what the folks on Whedonesque are up to.
jcs | December 08, 01:54 CET
fey_girl | December 08, 01:55 CET
[ edited by Sunfire on 2007-12-07 23:25 ]
Sunfire | December 08, 01:57 CET
kerfuffle | December 08, 02:16 CET
Simon | December 08, 02:17 CET
Apparently, to get anything other than the text updates being posted on fans4writers, you have to join Twitter. I tried to do this, but they want a Web email address, i.e. Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc.
I actually have a Yahoo email but I've never used it, I prefer to keep it simple by sticking with my Outlook Express. So I would have to log on to "My Yahoo" and find the damned thing. So I didn't join.
Then I realized that I needed a mobile phone anyhow, (the warning about my lack of basic techno-literacy was real) and right now I don't have an activated cell. I know, everyone on the planet now has a cell, in theory. But I am exceedingly poor at the moment and haven't kept my prepaid wireless minutes up to date, which is the only cell service I have.
Hope this has been helpful, if there are actually posters who are even less computer literate than me. I am ancient, I didn't grow up with all this stuff ;-)
I'm considering trying the United Hollywood Live link, even thought it crashed Caroline's browser.
Shey | December 08, 02:19 CET
"You're going to find out pretty soon, I have a face that was made for radio."
"We got a huge crowd. And it's really lovely and really lively, a lot of old friends seeing each other, and a lot of fans, and a lot of extraordinary energy. (then, jokingly) I believe the strike will be resolved tonight, because of this."
(when told about the PR firm that AMPTP just hired)
"Yeah, well, $100,000 a month doesn't buy you what these fans are giving us right now, I tell you that. They are extraordinary."
Shey, try the widget on their blog instead. The audio is available there. I'm still listening-- they say they check in with the ME group again.
Sunfire | December 08, 02:27 CET
Caroline | December 08, 02:36 CET
Going now to try "the widget on their blog", for audio.
Shey | December 08, 02:38 CET
Hands up those who want a 'ME Day- World Tour'?
Anyone? Anyone??!
missb | December 08, 02:49 CET
...realized that television can produce great art.
...known all you fun people.
barboo | December 08, 03:13 CET
They comment in the audio that their video feed had some glitches during the first live report (it was stuck on a still image), and they comment that they'd lost it entirely when they reported live a second time. So I think those of us who missed this live only missed out on a little video footage.
They mention the bag that's being signed. They talk briefly to:
--a fan from LA, Molly, on why she's there.
--RavenU about how she's flown out from Cincinnati for the event, the ME bag in more detail, the pencil campaign, and the term "the Whedonverse" as what identifies fans (double woot!).
RavenU said: "Without you there's no us, and without us there's no you."
--Jeff Bell (Angel).
And then they talk to Nathan for a bit. People here will appreciate that he is introduced as "star of Serenity, now on Desperate Housewives."
He starts with:
"Here I am, I'm sittin' on the line, and I'm lookin' around, and I'm wondering where you guys [the interviewers] are."
They joke back and forth about how they're pasty writers who are usually indoors getting some exercise on the line and all strike shirts being in size XXL. Nathan gets right to the point when asked why he's there:
"We're all in the same boat here, you guys. Whatever happens to you guys is going to happen to us down the line. The producers aren't just in this to screw writers, the producers are in this to screw us all."
He also says "We're having a great time down here" and says there there are lots of signs and lots of red shirts out there.
They talk to a Whedon fan from London, whose name I can't make out, who flew in for the week to support the strike. So you UK fans have some representation! He points out that great tv shows come from great writers.
And now I am off to buy Buffy #9.
[ edited by Sunfire on 2007-12-08 00:23 ]
Sunfire | December 08, 03:16 CET
jcs | December 08, 03:21 CET
Me, me!!
The London fan who flew in for the week would be zz9 I would think.
[ edited by samatwitch on 2007-12-08 00:25 ]
samatwitch | December 08, 03:22 CET
But I did purchase more pencils, for the "win a bag" contest. ;-)
Shey | December 08, 03:28 CET
Shey | December 08, 03:31 CET
If it weren't for Joss's shows I wouldn't...
...have bought my first comic
...need to buy another bookshelf
...have friends that I do
...be as geektastically cool as I am
evolutiongirl | December 08, 03:31 CET
...started dating my wife.
Well, at least not as easily. But when you're a shy guy with a theater background and you're crushing on a girl who loves Spike, the fact that you can do the accent and sing "Rest in Peace" makes great ammunition for flirting. Thanks, Joss!
kishi | December 08, 03:34 CET
If it wasn't for Joss shows, I wouldn't have..."
...seen Tru Calling, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, How I Met Your Mother, My Name Is Earl, Heroes, Life On Mars, The X-Files, or Supernatural.
...heard Aimee Mann, Michelle Branch, Kim Richey, Bif Naked, Four Star Mary, James Marsters, Dresden Dolls, or Sarah McLaughlin.
...read Runaways, other assorted comic books, or Alyson Beatrice's treatise on Vampire People.
(edit to stop italics from running off the edge of the page)
[ edited by deird on 2007-12-08 00:46 ]
deird | December 08, 03:45 CET
...realized that television can produce great art.
thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou.
I left that one out. That's exactly right, though. Thank you for giving me my words. (Gee, just like great writers do!)
tehabwa | December 08, 03:55 CET
Me, myself and I.
[ edited by MySerenity on 2007-12-08 01:02 ]
MySerenity | December 08, 04:01 CET
If it wasn't for Joss shows, I wouldn't have ........
.... survived the very nasty aftermath of a divorce. Sounds strange but trust me, it's true.
.... become part of a fandom starting with joining MarstersOfOz. Which led me to discovering whedonesque, as well as to connecting with a fellow astrologer in Canada, with whom I enjoy an ongoing two year email correspondence.
.... written and posted a FanFic. Only one, I'm not known for follow-up. But I was determined to have my totally Spuffy ending, and none of the fanfics I found got it exactly the way I wanted it. So I wrote my own ;)
.... acquired the level of computer literacy I posses, inadequate as it may be (in order to better keep up with the fandom)
I could crash this site with how Joss related stuff has changed my life.
Thank you Joss, and thanks Simon for this thread and for this cool little "activity".
Shey | December 08, 04:02 CET
Thanks for the recap, Sunfire.
Zannadoo | December 08, 04:04 CET
Literally as soon as I signed in I ran into an old friend I haven't seen in at least five years. Must say other than that it was what you would expect from Whedon fans-we do nothing half way. Saw peeps with signs from Canada, Arizona, Chicago, Minnesota. I'm sure everywhere was represented.
I was a little disappointed there wasn't a chant going. At least there wasn't while I was there. I had one already too...
Tell big media they're in for a loss
When they mess with the fans of the man they call Joss.
IMMORTAL | December 08, 04:07 CET
.... discovered Aimee Mann, Biff Naked and Heather Nova
and,
.... discovered (through Slayage) that a TV show could inspire scholarly essays on "the deeper meaning of it all" and so purchased the little masterpiece "Why Buffy Matters". As well as some other stuff to read, including "Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby", which I've yet to get around to.
Shey | December 08, 04:14 CET
[ edited by ala on 2007-12-08 01:19 ]
ala | December 08, 04:16 CET
No Ballad of Serenity? It strikes me that it could be a great picket song.
Simon | December 08, 04:16 CET
There was a singing contingent - fronted by one of the Bedlam Bards, I believe - and they did use the tune for the Ballad of Serenity for some song...
igj | December 08, 04:35 CET
And while the 4:00 PM newscast primarily focused on the rally in Burbank with Tenacious D, the segment included footage from the Fox, with Joss and Adam from Fans 4 Writers being interviewed for sound bites. Fans 4 Writers was also mentioned specifically by name, as well as the fact that people flew in from as far away from Australia for it. Definitely worth recording if you can do it!
Krispy Kreme donuts at the tent area were provided by Sarah Michelle (identified via a handwritten note from her).
There was also a traffic accident at the intersection of the rally involving a Mercedes SUV and a sedan, as well as (the most unfortunate) tossing of at least two water balloons from a Ryder truck at the crowd as well as the nearby tent.
Photos to come, including some great ones of Joss on the bullhorn and Eliza, as well as several others.
[ edited by Oddjob on 2007-12-08 01:55 ]
Oddjob | December 08, 04:47 CET
RavenU | December 08, 04:52 CET
... considered unplugging my phone to watch TV as the work of a sane mind.
... realised buying pencils can change the world.
... as many DVDs.
... become super crime fighter "Houmous Man!" (my lawyers will be in touch).
UK in the hizzouse ! Represent ! OK, felt weird even typing that. Think I may have sprained my hip and/or singed my cool/jumped my groove/stilled my vibe.
Sounds like a great day, backs should be patted, hands shook, knees touched. Bang up job.
*sends a huge mental "good job" to all the ME peeps that showed up. Then types this in case they don't have mental mail in America*
Saje | December 08, 04:54 CET
I knew it would be a great day, I was just enjoying the pod cast from United Hollywood (I was in class most of the day).
embers | December 08, 05:00 CET
Re: songs/chants, there were. There was the ME Day Theme song to the tune of Ballad of Serenity, and a song written by me, cabridges, and Cedric to the tune of Hero of Canton.
And there was, for a time, chants of "Grr! Argh!" -- most amusingly when we got the line going one way to Grr and the line going the other way to answer with the Argh.
@theonetruebix | December 08, 05:04 CET
. . . started paying attention to TV and film writing credits.
. . . ever bought a comic.
. . . to leave voice mail for my 75-year-old mother who won't answer the phone when she's watching the Buffy DVDs I bought her for an early Christmas gift.
. . . twittered.
. . . been grateful for the creative genius that is Joss.
. . . found all you brilliant and beautiful people to hang with.
beck | December 08, 05:06 CET
If it wasn't for Joss shows.....I wouldn't have met some amazing people online who I consider very good friends.
also.....I wouldn't have ever had the opportunity to organize a Can't Stop the Serenity screening.
fandom is amazing and I love you guys...even though I'm incredibly jealous of many of you!
Harmalicious | December 08, 05:11 CET
"Please, let art be an equitable venture. Work with the WGA so that we the audience may have the shows we love and the writers have the respectful acknowledgement that their contribution to entertainment is valued and respected.
Thank you,
Tonya _________"
If it wasn't for Joss shows, I wouldn't have ........
* Experienced marvelous lessons about the power of love, forgiveness, strength or courage
* Acknowledged that moments of weakness are only human and can make you stronger
* Embraced the notion that I can be a warrior in my own way
* Truly appreciated the transformative power of collaborative art
[ edited by Tonya J on 2007-12-08 02:22 ]
Tonya J | December 08, 05:20 CET
Oddjob | December 08, 05:24 CET
But I'm glad no one drowned in flooding rains, and they shared a good time, and even shared that with us distant folk who couldn't be there.
Apparently collected food for the hungry, and inspired more pencils.
Big kissey-poos all around.
If anyone manages to YouTube any of it, please share!
tehabwa | December 08, 05:36 CET
purplehazel | December 08, 05:45 CET
(Hi Jen and Ray!)
Samantha | December 08, 05:45 CET
@theonetruebix | December 08, 05:50 CET
No contract, but there was a picnic, too. Joss came and spent almost two hours talking to fans. Camden Toy hung out for quite a while, and Tim Minear was there briefly.
dreamlogic | December 08, 05:57 CET
OzLady | December 08, 06:00 CET
daylight | December 08, 06:13 CET
yellowcrayon | December 08, 06:29 CET
There's a story to this hat. But I have to go shower before heading to La Cantina at 8.
@theonetruebix | December 08, 06:43 CET
Julesong | December 08, 06:47 CET
dreamlogic | December 08, 06:51 CET
More stories!
jcs | December 08, 07:00 CET
zz9 | December 08, 07:18 CET
tehabwa | December 08, 07:23 CET
To have so much fun doing something positive for for the strike - man, ain't nothing better. (Well, I got to have a cigarette break with Tim Minear, and if I wasn't so close to quitting the evil weed on chantix, I'd be almost tempted to jump in with both feet again, it was so... you know, hot. I mentioned that to Joss (see how I dropped that in?) and he said, "Well, Tim's really hot when he smokes."
You know, it's true - although Joss is just kinda awesome when he stands there breathing clean air. I'm kinda half in love with all of the Mutant Enemy folks right now, and I've met my future second spouse, too. I ain't saying, but he knows who he is...
Tired - Lioness and I are total wusses and opted out of going for drinks at Cantina and seeing Serenity at the midnight showing. In fact, if dreamlogic hadn't given us a ride home, we would still probably be wandering around the bus system, half asleep and dragging around a half-used box of nametags. I'm gonna soak my feet and my partner is bringing us soup to revive us...
However, we are downloading her photos as we speak and will get them up on flickr ASAP, and mine (considerably less expert than anyone else's, from my cell phone) will go on flickr later tonight and tomorrow. And I'll post a juicy long review of the day over on Goners and come back here and link it.
Everybody - all of the fan, writer and actor marchers and all of the organizers and the WGA strike folks and United Hollywood peeps - were wonderful, helpful, and well behaved. I was so impressed with us all, I can't tell you.
More later - I'm kinda blissed out. I realize there's more hard work to be done with the strike and organizing, but tonight I'm gonna be all Zen and floaty.
QuoterGal | December 08, 07:26 CET
I bet he'd kick 87 year-old cats that have been left in his care.
(Obscure reference to his interview on Ellen.)
So, does he REALLY smell of turnips?
tehabwa | December 08, 07:28 CET
I thought txt was b!x, am I wrong?Thank you cymerin for a GREAT job texting, and hitting so many high-lights of the fun today. I wish I could have been there, but I was able to enjoy vicariously through you![ edited by embers on 2007-12-08 04:45 ]
[ edited by embers on 2007-12-08 05:46 ]
embers | December 08, 07:40 CET
dreamlogic | December 08, 07:41 CET
dreamlogic | December 08, 07:54 CET
dreamlogic | December 08, 08:34 CET
http://www.janeespenson.com/archives/00000483.php
ETA: cymerin, thank you so much for the wonderful updates. I *almost* felt like I was there with you guys, experiencing all the squeeing together. Thanks so much, cymerin!
[ edited by Harmalicious on 2007-12-08 06:18 ]
Harmalicious | December 08, 09:16 CET
zz9 | December 08, 10:08 CET
Anonymous1 | December 08, 10:30 CET
There's also more in the Fans4Writers.com Flickr pool.
I'm flying back to Australia tomorrow, and after much sleep, I might be able to manage a recap of events. :)
JenskiJen | December 08, 11:04 CET
...a son named Xander (Alexander Riley)
missingbuffy | December 08, 11:42 CET
JudyKay7 | December 08, 11:47 CET
I took a few pics but can't add them to the pool until I fly back home (to Dallas) on Sunday.
Cheers.
death is my gift | December 08, 12:20 CET
http://www.flickr.com/groups/whedonesque/
Caroline | December 08, 13:10 CET
Midnight Serenity was great. I never get over seeing it on the big screen. And it was packed! They had "Once More With Feeling originally booked -- which would have been great - but after that got pulled months ago they scheduled Serenity instead, not knowing how appropriate it would be tonight.
C. A. Bridges | December 08, 15:30 CET
... discovered my true self, my friends and the infinite world of fanfiction and writing (though for long months I've been having a writer's block the size of dwarf planet Pluto)
Enjoying all the pics! Thanks for them everyone. I can't wait for the reports. *is still ogling the pic of Nicky and Juliet* They look good together ;)
Mirage | December 08, 15:47 CET
Do I detect an ME fan at ABC?
Maeve | December 08, 17:18 CET
a goodly portion of my friends.
redeem147 | December 08, 17:38 CET
Love's Bitch | December 08, 17:52 CET
--met such wonderful people in this online community;
--met some of these same wonderful people at a Slayage conference;
--met a local fan in April, from whom I got a ticket for and with whom I traveled to see one of the early showings of Serenity, and who remains a friend to talk with about the shows and comics;
--learned of Aimee Mann's and Kim Richey's music, among others;
--bought a comic book;
--learned about Equality Now and their work;
--acquired Joss's and Tim's DVDs on how episodes are put together;
--volunteered as an extra for Recount;
--bought Newsies (which I don't remember ever hearing about before the strike movie thread) to watch on ME Strike Day;
and the list goes on and on.
I'm delighted the march went off well -- that there were no downpours -- and that all are sharing their stories so the rest of us can be there vicariously after the fact. Thanks to those members of the community who organized this, and thanks for fans4writers.
palehorse | December 08, 18:08 CET
Did I miss much in the movie? How does it end? Everyone survives okay?
zz9 | December 08, 21:08 CET
*sigh*
If it were not for Joss' shows I wouldn't have...
loved and lost.
embers | December 08, 21:28 CET
Thank you so much to everyone who showed up to Mutant Enemy day. Despite the cold, the weather cooperated! If you recall, we were estimating that somewhere around 150 people would show up. We had more than 400! Unfortunately, I didn't keep a list of all the ME folks that showed up (there were a TON), so if someone did, and could post it, that would be great!
Also, I have to share something that Joss said to me. I was telling him how we were careful to make sure we treated the event as a strike, and not a convention, and to remember that WE were here for THEM, rather than the other way around. Joss told me that he came to the picket line with four Sharpies in his pocket, and never had to pull them out once! I am so proud of everyone for their passion and their restraint. There were so many famous people around whom we've all admired for so long, and everyone was on their absolute best behavior! Joss said his people noticed this, and felt very comfortable and enjoyed themselves immensely.
So, thanks again, and please feel free to share your thoughts on the day. And remember, as great as Mutant Enemy day was, this whole thing is far from over. So let's bask in the memories, but let's also get back to work and continue showing the studios where we stand!
lexigeek | December 08, 21:37 CET
WhoIsOmega? | December 08, 22:15 CET
Tonya J | December 08, 22:44 CET
Simon | December 08, 23:28 CET
egaudier's set
jenskijen's set
honeycoomb's set
As far as I can tell, none of them are included in either the Mutant Enemy Day photosets or Fans4Writer's photosets, but they are public.
BrewBunny | December 09, 01:40 CET
BrewBunny | December 09, 01:49 CET
Writers/Producers/Directors:
Joss Whedon
Jeff Bell
Steve DeKnight
Jane Espenson
David Fury
Drew Goddard
James Gunn (writer/director of "Slither" -- Mutant Enemy by association)
Tim Minear
Marti Noxon
Actors:
Amy Acker
Morena Baccarin
Nicholas Brendon
Felicia Day
Eliza Dushku
Michael Fairman
Raphael Feldman
Yan Feldman
Nathan Fillion
Ron Glass
Summer Glau
Harry Groener
Tom Lenk
William Mapother (of "Lost" -- friend of Mutant Enemy)
J. August Richards
Camden Toy
Alan Tudyk
Mere Smith may have been there -- not certain.
Shapenew | December 09, 01:52 CET
dreamlogic | December 09, 02:06 CET
The Do That Girl | December 09, 02:39 CET
[ edited by Sirk on 2017-08-22 19:05 ]
Sirk | December 09, 04:04 CET
The big thing that stood out in my head today was someone, (lexi?) who posted that Joss brought 4 sharpies to the protest, and never had to pop the cap on a single one. He said the casual atmo was really nice for everyone there, and all folks were really respectful of the cause.
Nice, people. Way to REPRESENT!
Willowy | December 09, 04:10 CET
embers | December 09, 04:17 CET
I'd add Sam Humphery, CSI NY writer and Erich Hoeber, writer of Whiteout (starring Kate Beckinsale) both of whom were great.
zz9 | December 09, 04:23 CET
palehorse | December 09, 04:58 CET
Mutant Enemy Day Folk
Joss Whedon
Amy Acker
Morena Baccarin
The Bedlam Bards
Jeffrey Bell
Nicholas Brendon
Felicia Day
Steve DeKnight
Eliza Dushku
Ben Edlund
Jane Espenson
Sarah Fain
Michael Fairman
Raphael Feldman
Yan Feldman
(they were both pretty, in case you wondered)
Nathan Fillion - standing there being tall
David Fury
Drew Goddard
Ron Glass
Summer Glau
Harry Groener
James Gunn (writer/director of Slither)
Erich Hoeber
Samantha Humphery (with UH)
Juliet Landeau
Robert Lee
Tom Lenk
William Mapother (of "Lost")
Brett Matthews
Tim Minear
Marti Noxon
Rick Parks (with UH)
Doug Petrie
Loni Peristere
J. August Richards
Douglas Romayne
Mere Smith
Keith Szarabajka
Camden Toy
Alan Tudyk
Brian K. Vaughn
and, of course, with a special cameo appearance by the Krispy Kremes provided by Sarah Michelle Gellar
I'll come back and post my link to photos when I finish correcting & upload 'em... they are cell phone photos, though, so not stellar.
QuoterGal | December 09, 06:04 CET
(remove "WGA" from signs and substitute "Paedophiles for Osama" ... check.
Photoshop in subliminal watermark of American Flag burning ... check.
Add WMD in background ... check)
Saje | December 09, 12:04 CET
Shey | December 09, 15:57 CET