. you are walled in. and there is no tale of revenue to follow. and there s not even based on what it used to be based off, which was eyeballs and ad dollars. now it s based off of subscriptions. so you don t even get the amount of episodes that we used to get. i used to do 28 episodes. now you re lucky if you get ten. eight. how do you make a living on that? i hear you on the changing nature of the industry. it bears mentioning that the writers guild is also striking for many of the same reasons, the disruption in the industry, the studios often say the disruption in history is making them rethink the revenue streams. i mean, how do you see your goals and the rioters goals dovetailing? do you think that your strike is going to help them achieve their ends? i know there has been some reporting at least from one studio executive who said the studios are determined to,
writers guild is also striking for many of the same reasons, the disruption in the industry, the studios often say the disruption in industry is making them rethink the revenue streams. i mean, how do you see your goals and the writers goals dovetailing? do you think that your strike is going to help them achieve their ends? i know there has been some reporting at least from one studio executive who said the studios are determined to, quote, break the writers guild of america. are you guys gonna be there to support them? are you working hand and fist? let me just say that for anybody to say that shows the arrogance and complete disregard in this respect for a community that contributes so much to the industry upon which they prosper. it s just unconscionable, the complete disrespect to the people that contribute so much.
writers guild is also striking for many of the same reasons, the disruption in the industry. the studios often say disruption in the industry is making them rethink their revenue streams. i mean, how do you see your goals and the writers goals dove tailing? do you think yours is going to help achieve. one studio executive said the studios are determined to break the writer s guild of america. are you guys going to be there to support them, and are you going to work hand in fist? let me just say that for anybody to say that shows the arrogance and complete disregard and disrespect for a community that contributes so much to the industry upon which they prosper. it s just unconscionable the complete disrespect to the people that contribute so much.
so every day, you can say, youuu did it! with centrum silver. first it was the writers and now it could be the actors, sag-aftra will join the writers strike at midnight if a deal is not made with the studios, a move one studio executive told me would shut down everything. sag-aftra represents 100,000 union actors. the situation is so dire at the moment, government mediators were called in to try and negotiate. joining me now is matthew bellamy. thank you for being here. the studios are preparing for this to happen. absolutely. this has been on the contingency plan for months now, and it s not a surprise, it s all coming down to the wire, but everything i have been told is that they