Van

Hey. I gotta set up a script of some sort to post my tweets here because i always forget to

Uber price was $60 on my phone but $120 on my wife’s and I’m a feminist but it still stings.

Amazon would have no cohesive idea what to do with it, just like with MGM, and are also IMO the most likely to sell off the lot.

Netflix makes mostly awful movies. Buying Warner is admiting that (they’ve already been caving more and more lately on their quest to kill theatrical so I’m not worried as in the past they’d reduce Warner’s theatrical output.)

Apple’s been making high quality movies with good directors, so has Warner. Together they keep doing that but make fewer. Same with HBO and AppleTV. These work better as Coke and Pepsi.

Universal is a bigger theatrical player and I fear a combination with Universal cuts the number of releases in half like it basically did with Disney/Fox. Also Paramount Skydance probably puts Lassiter in charge of Warner Animation which would be interesting. (No hugs!)

I’d rather Paramount buy Warner than Universal
I’d rather Netflix buy Warner than Amazon/Apple

at the Some Kings protest chanting: “Any Monarch but Trump!”

Van’s face reflected in an award trophy with a wooden base and a mirror finished spade. A small plaque reads NINTH ANNUAL ACE WINNER Talk Show Series Larry King Live CNN

Some mixed news: I did not win the election for WGA Secretary-Treasurer but I did win the estate sale auction for Larry King's 1988 Cable Ace Award for Best Talk Show.

Writers are constantly gaslit by business affairs (and even their own agents and managers) about how everyone at any specific level is only working for minimums…that’s never been true and never will be true and this guide provides up to date statistical proof of that.

The most useful page on the WGA website.

I have no idea how many people this will reach, but Van has always been a solid #WGA choice. If you have any say in the election process, please consider him. He legitimately cares about writers and the industry as a whole.

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I hope you give me the chance to work on your behalf. Please reach out to me with any questions about the election, myself, or the guild in general. I want to hear from you! You can find my contact information at my website van.link

Goals (cont.)

• Explain What’s Actually Going on in Plain Language

• Reform the Discipline Process and Make It More Transparent

• Relaunch the WGA Platform and Make It Useful Again

• End If/Come Deals

Goals I’ll work toward as Secretary-Treasurer:

• Improve Member Communication

• Provide Out-of-Work Members Assistance Finding Jobs

• Organize New Areas (Vertical Dramas, Scripted YouTube) to Increase Covered Opportunities for Current Members

(cont.)

I also want to make sure that, as the business models of the industry shift, we act nimbly as a guild to make sure the union and the members can be financially secure.

Writers who know me personally regularly reach out for help understanding their contracts, their WGA health insurance, and to hear my take on what the heck is actually going on in this business. I’d like to help the entire membership the way I help my friends.

Van Robichaux part man | part brand | all van learn all about Van

I hope you give me the chance to work on your behalf. Please reach out to me with any questions about the election, myself, or the guild in general. I want to hear from you! You can find my contact information at my website van.link

I’m running for guild office to ensure that members feel just as heard during this period of industry turbulence as they did during the strike. Solidarity is not something to rally for once every three years; it should be reflected in the support we feel from our union and each other all the time.

We successfully navigated the strike but new challenges have emerged. During this uniquely difficult time in our industry, many WGA members feel hung out to dry—without a job, unsure of what to do, and uncertain about what changes in our industry mean for their futures or the future of their union.

The 2023 WGA Strike was a difficult experience for all members, but also marked a high point in member solidarity & guild communication. When the strike ended, that communication stopped completely—and as a result, I’ve watched us grow more disconnected & allow our hard-earned solidarity to wither.

WGA CANDIDATES NIGHT is tonight at the WGA THEATER (not the headquarters). Please consider attending if you’re a member. You’ll get to hear from all the people who want to run your union (including me).

Wednesday, Sept 3
6:00 p.m.

Writers Guild Theater
135 S. Doheny Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Screen grab of Mission Impossible Final Reckoning. Willaim Doneloe holds a glowing cuboid and looks at it. Subtitles show him say “It’s a 5D optical data drive.”

The Mission Impossible 5D Optical Data Drive sounds silly but for what it’s worth, that’s the real name for a real storage technology.

…and a video of it in action in the lab.

Here’s a rendering of the process…

A black man wearing a black beanie and a dark leather jacket with a high collar (Luther Stickell as portrayed by Ving Rhames) stands against a dark blue background giving a characteristic, but eve-so-subtle smirk

The technology uses laser pulses of varying intensity and wavelength to encode the information into silica crystals. It is in the process of being commercialized but has yet to be functionally utilized outside of the lab…until Luther perfected it of course.

A middle aged white man wearing a white shirt, dark jacket and glasses stands in front of a background featuring a colorful, pixelated sphere the looks frighteningly similar to the circular undulating patterns of data used to represent the digital consciousness “the Entity” in the most recent Mission Impossible.

It was developed by the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Center by Professor Peter Kazansky. (Pictured here with the entity?)

A hand holds a small, transparent circular disc with a faint iridescent center against a black background, showcasing a 5D optical data storage medium.

Two fingers hold a transparent disc showing diagrams of DNA and text that reads "Preserving Human Genetic Code for Eternity," above a rectangle of encoded data, illustrating the application of 5D data storage for genetic information.

The five dimensions are the three spatial dimensions (width, length, and height) plus two optical dimensions (polarization and intensity of light) which allows for high density storage.

Screen grab of Mission Impossible Final Reckoning. Willaim Doneloe holds a glowing cuboid and looks at it. Subtitles show him say “It’s a 5D optical data drive.”

The Mission Impossible 5D Optical Data Drive sounds silly but for what it’s worth, that’s the real name for a real storage technology.

Glad to see him out of DC and back to doing what he does best, crashing his exploding spaceships.