Initial reporting is that the writers got most of what they wanted, but we shall see. The final agreement and subsequent contracts will tell the tale.....
Initial reporting is that the writers got most of what they wanted, but we shall see. The final agreement and subsequent contracts will tell the tale.....
It is critical - not only because the streaming totals for a show determine compensation for the writer, but also because much streamed content will never appear on DVD, so there won't be any royalties from those in the future. I am cheesed because Apple is VERY unlikely to offer the upcoming "Masters of the Air" series on DVD, so I will have to record it and burn my own copies for future reference. It's a first world problem.....
Let me know if it's any good. I have the feeling - from seeing who did the writing and who directed - that there's a distinct possibility of another "The Pacific" - one of the most fucked-up projects ever attempted, and proof (the entire team were the people who did everything right on "Band of Brothers") that you can do everything right and still be very wrong.
Horses for courses..... I quite liked 'The Pacific', but perhaps more from a technical standpoint - I thought the combat sequences were some of the best I've ever seen, and the technical details of uniforms, weapons (even replica Japanese tanks) were very well done. I'd be curious to hear your comments - always willing to learn from the cognoscenti..... :-)
MOTA will be interesting, in that they did not use a single real B-17 for the series. They had two full size replicas made. They look decent enough, but the whole series will be CGI for virtually all the action sequences, except individual planes taxying - the replicas have motors so they can taxy. I am waiting for this, but have my doubts - depending on post-production for most of the series has helped delay it for a long time. GOOD CGI can be as good as the real thing, but there's the rub. My two favorite takeoff sequences in the movies are "Memphis Belle" (1990) which combined five real B-17s with scale models and the absolutely insane takeoff scene in "Catch 22" - probably my all-time favorite.....15-20 real B-25J Mitchells.
Yes, that's all true. It's the writing that sucked. They used two different books by two different guys who never knew each other, and they flubbed each adaptation, missing the obvious important points (when the author says "this is the most meaningful thing that ever happened to me" you adapt that, and do it the way the author wrote it). They should have done one or the other. My vote would have been for "Helmet for my Pillow" for the whole show, stick to Guadalcanal.
Initial reporting is that the writers got most of what they wanted, but we shall see. The final agreement and subsequent contracts will tell the tale.....
Indeed. That thing about "transparency" on viewership is big.
It is critical - not only because the streaming totals for a show determine compensation for the writer, but also because much streamed content will never appear on DVD, so there won't be any royalties from those in the future. I am cheesed because Apple is VERY unlikely to offer the upcoming "Masters of the Air" series on DVD, so I will have to record it and burn my own copies for future reference. It's a first world problem.....
Let me know if it's any good. I have the feeling - from seeing who did the writing and who directed - that there's a distinct possibility of another "The Pacific" - one of the most fucked-up projects ever attempted, and proof (the entire team were the people who did everything right on "Band of Brothers") that you can do everything right and still be very wrong.
Horses for courses..... I quite liked 'The Pacific', but perhaps more from a technical standpoint - I thought the combat sequences were some of the best I've ever seen, and the technical details of uniforms, weapons (even replica Japanese tanks) were very well done. I'd be curious to hear your comments - always willing to learn from the cognoscenti..... :-)
MOTA will be interesting, in that they did not use a single real B-17 for the series. They had two full size replicas made. They look decent enough, but the whole series will be CGI for virtually all the action sequences, except individual planes taxying - the replicas have motors so they can taxy. I am waiting for this, but have my doubts - depending on post-production for most of the series has helped delay it for a long time. GOOD CGI can be as good as the real thing, but there's the rub. My two favorite takeoff sequences in the movies are "Memphis Belle" (1990) which combined five real B-17s with scale models and the absolutely insane takeoff scene in "Catch 22" - probably my all-time favorite.....15-20 real B-25J Mitchells.
Yes, that's all true. It's the writing that sucked. They used two different books by two different guys who never knew each other, and they flubbed each adaptation, missing the obvious important points (when the author says "this is the most meaningful thing that ever happened to me" you adapt that, and do it the way the author wrote it). They should have done one or the other. My vote would have been for "Helmet for my Pillow" for the whole show, stick to Guadalcanal.