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lmao. Every time RJ goes on a tangent talking about amble bosoms, the AI's going to go hallucinate and the people in charge will have to keep re-rendering the scene and tweaking the prompts so it doesn't just blast the screen with T&A every time RJ mentions some physical feature in their POV.

You realize that RJ himself sold the rights to Red Eagle Entertainment in 2004 (now known as iWoT), which through some deals, Sony and ultimately Amazon became the companies involved with making the show... Right? There was even this huge kerfuffle with Red Eagle over them pushing out Winter Dragon in order to keep the Rights... just days before they were set to expire... But... You ya know... that just doesn't fit the narrative people like to tell themselves to make them sleep easier at night.

Well you see... when a banana and a pepper fall in love...

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-new-contract-strike-ai-writers-room-staffs-residuals-1235736648/ https://www.thewrap.com/writers-rooms-wga-strike/

You're neglecting that these are Streaming Networks. Yes these are "Series", but they've changed the game and how the deals were made between writers/directors. What you're describing is how Writing Rooms USED to work for standard broadcast television... Back when Seinfeld or Lost was popular. The reason I mentioned show runners used to have "skin in the game", is because... Skin in the game = $$. Back in the the day, show Runners were often producers of their own shows because they often had to put their own money into their show to get a network to buy it. This information shouldn't be news to anyone. However, like I said, Netflix "changed" the game. They effectively removed that barrier by just "letting anyone" make a show. That means... contracts changed.... and when contracts change, so did the balance of power. How "writing rooms" work in "Streaming" are fundamentally different then how they were 10-20 years ago for standard broadcast television... Again, they changed the "balance of power".. It's completely shifted in favor of the "streaming provider" and out of the hands of the show runner. This is literally a Huge chunk of what the writers guild strike last summer was about. You might have got lucky and worked with a writer that worked on a show that actually still worked in a "classic writing room environment", but unfortunately that's not how every writing room operates these days... Hell, not every show even has a writing room... Again, something the writers guild strike was literally about!

Producers/Studio Executives can and will interfere with how a Movie/TV show is written or directed. The metaphor of "Architecture" and "writing" was used to illustrate the relationship between the Client (producer) and the architect (Writer). "Change orders" are a very real thing in the construction industry that causes Architects/Drafters to beat their head against a wall when the client makes a new demand.... and this is also something that 100% definitely exists in Hollywood... because ultimately the client is the person with the money (Producer).

Do you remember Rafe's story where the other writers in the room were talking about changing Perrin's power from Wolves to Bears, and Rafe had to Interject before Sarah had an aneurysm and started stabbing people? (paraphrasing here) Some of the other writers they hired were too worried about the optics of WoT looking like a GoT knock off that they wanted to change Perrin's core ability from Wolves to Bears... Making him... Bear Brother. These same writers also couldn't see the implicit colorism/racism of making a black actor (Marcus Rutherford) a Bear Brother when his book counterpart was a Wolf Brother. Though it should be noted, I don't know if they had already cast people at this time, or if this was before casting. But Holy shit. If they went with, not only would it have pissed of every fan, the racism optics of that is just absolutely bonkers bad... It's also something Rafe never acknowledged from that story. (which at least leads me to believe this was before casting?) Point is. That was one story that didn't get through the writing process. Obviously Mat's parents did. The other thing you have to consider is that just because they finish a script in that room, doesn't mean they don't have to come back for rewrites when mother (amazon) says re-write. Amazon might come back with redlined notes like "make this character darker". "Make this character a drunk". "Make this character gritter". "Make the episode darker". "Make it more like game of thrones". Then the writers have to go back through, and tweak everything they've already written based off those notes. Why didn't Egwene's father have more lines? Probably because those notes cut him short. Why did they cast "Cenn Buie", only to change him to "Old Man" in the credits? Those notes all play a role... If you want a better example then a racecar driver... Think of an Architect designing a house. You approach an Architect and say want a 4000SF house and you've got $1M to build it. You present the Architect with the Land you've already purchased. You show the Architect a picture of a house you really like, and some descriptions of what you'd like inside that house. Few months later, the architect presents you the plans! It's a two story, 50'x40' house, the exterior looks identical to the picture! The interior layouts look nothing like you imagined it however! You wanted the bedrooms on the first floor, and the kitchen on the top floor. You wanted a walk-in-closet in the master bedroom. A shared bathroom for 2 of the bedrooms. A Large Pantry. The Architect looks confounded as none of this was in the original notes! They even explain that typically bedrooms go on the top floor, and kitchens are on the bottom floor! The Architect makes the changes a few weeks later. You return, look over them and ask if the architect could remove a wall down the center of building to add a pool. The Architect sighs and explains that's a load bearing wall and while it's possible it would cost a lot of money and would vastly change the core structure of the building. And so it goes, for months and months. Redlining and changes and by the time the project is done, it looks nothing like the "original draft". If your lucky it's still under budget and doesn't get canceled for going over.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The writing rooms we have today (2024) are different then the writing rooms we had back in 1994, or 2004. The amount of "control" the "show runner" had, has severely diminished in favor of the "network"... And you can thank Netflix for changing this Dynamic. Remember the joke "Netflix will give ANYONE a show?" There was truth to that. They experimented with "Orange is the New Black" by creating something that was never done before on a Streaming network before. An "original". Then they started pumping out more "originals". Eventually they started throwing $$$ around and created a LOT of Low quality content. (That's where that joke came from) That backfired, so they dialed that back and started putting their thumb on the writers and producers... And so did every other company that did streaming. Disney+, Paramount, Peacock, etc. The main point here is that back when shows like "X-Files", "Supernatural", "Lost", "Heroes", "Etc", were being made, show runners had a lot of "skin" in the game. They "owned" a portion of the show, and thus they had the were able to maintain creative control of their shows to an extent. Shows like WoT? Rafe doesn't have that kind of Skin in the game. If Amazon fires him, he's completely SOL. He likely doesn't have a huge contract that they have to buy out... And he ultimately has to play Daes Dae'mar with Amazon Studios.... So let's hope he was good at Survivor and not voted off in the first round? WoT. Because Star Wars Episode VII isn't a Book Adaptation.

Going to stop you right there. If your going act like you knew RJ enough to know that he would hate this adaptation... Then you really need to stop and think about what he'd say to you about what you're implying about his wife. As Haman said, we don't do that here. Zacz is right here Elder. iWOT doesn't directly have anything to do with the show, but they ultimately "sold" the show to Amazon. Harriet/Brandon don't have any creative power behind the show. They're only writing consultants. Writers ultimately answer to Producers, and Executive Producers, which probably answer to Amazon. This might well be an impossible task. That would be like asking to prove the agreement between Harriet and Amazon. A lot of these contracts are private. We don't even know the details of the contract she and RJ had between REE are. It's very likely that she signed some contract before she set foot on set as a consultant, and that included an NDA... and possibly a non-disparage clause... and since REE is still attached as producers of the show.... and they've established that she cannot disparage anything REE is involved with... That said, it's a leap to claim to know that Harriet hates the show because she's not saying enough about it online. Anyone that's been around for any length of time knows that Harriet doesn't make a lot of public statements.

We could have a contest on who's watched (Beginning to End) the worst movies, with the worst acting. ?

Grant the wish of the post above yours, but put a twist on it. Example: 1: "I wish to win the Lottery" 2: "Granted, you won $1. I wish I had the superpower of flight". 3: "Granted, but you achieve flight by expelling gas out of your rear...." I wish I had a Million tax free dollars in my bank account.

Here's a list of some minor QOL tweaks I've made over the last couple of weeks to make DM a better experience for everyone. 1) "Spoilers" and "Tables". During the last update, Invision Community forum software stopped supporting BBCodes. We now have to use buttons. If you want to make text hidden spoilers, simply highlight the text and this button . If you want to create a table, click this button. If you want to quote some text click this button 2) Seeing Clubs & Club Topics while in the Forums I know some of us still aren't used to the Club system not being in the Forum View. We've made it possible for to navigate directly to your club from the Forums, but also allow you to see the latest club posts while in the forums! 3) Seeing Forum Topics while in Clubs. While you're in the club section, you can now see Forum Topics. This is to help Speaking of club view. If you click the "Sort By" button, you can change the order in which the clubs are listed. If you click the button that says filter, you can shorten the list of clubs so you only see the one's you've joined! 4) Mobile - Forums Previously, if you clicked on Forums while on mobile, it wouldn't actually let you navigate to the forums! Now you can. 5) Reactions Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit have popularized "Likes", and "Reactions". Honestly? It's the lowest effort way possible to say "I liked what you said" without actually having to commit to writing a post. Use this new function wisely. You can find Reactions on the bottom right corner of posts. 6) Pronoun(s) When you edit your profile, you'll notice you can now enter a pronoun. Please use this wisely and with respect for others.

I've been watching a lot of Daniel Greene lately I watched a ton of MIgardener this summer I've also been cramming in a ton of Critical Role

This one's pretty simple. Just post what you're listening to!