tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post1448063804345798537..comments2023-11-14T11:44:10.396-05:00Comments on The Legion of Decency: A TOAST TO JIM SHAWjimhenshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-26086535157075563682007-09-17T16:58:00.000-04:002007-09-17T16:58:00.000-04:00I agree with everything *but* the Swearengen compa...I agree with everything *but* the Swearengen comparison...Swearengen is way more compassionate at the end of the day....and hip.<BR/><BR/>Shaw is more like Bullock...angry and thinks he's the Sheriff, even when someone else is wearing the badge.Jason Chesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163099588746008200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-10913705119338322582007-09-17T15:06:00.000-04:002007-09-17T15:06:00.000-04:00Except, Jim, the CRTC came back with a proposal to...Except, Jim, the CRTC came back with a proposal to "fix" things based on Shaw's whining that was infinitely fucking worse.<BR/><BR/>Look -- we know what the problem is. Cable substitution. Get rid of that, and now the Canadian networks better try and make something good, or they'll fail.<BR/><BR/>But they want to take away our welfare, and not their welfare.<BR/><BR/>In a bullshit system that's gotten harder over the last nine years, we're still managing to make a few shows of quality.<BR/><BR/>Forgive me if I'm not on board for blowing up the system before there's something in its place that might actually work, or help.<BR/><BR/>We got told, "wait and see" in 1999, and we waited, and we saw.<BR/><BR/>Shaw's feeding into the bullshit line that there's nothing good being made. And that IS a bullshit line. So we call bullshit.<BR/><BR/>Feel free to side with the guy with the two private jets. Just don't expect the rest of us to line up and say, yay howdy.DMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105351826851407562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-12032396858273992312007-09-17T09:20:00.000-04:002007-09-17T09:20:00.000-04:00What Dix was trying to say was that Jim Shaw and C...What Dix was trying to say was that Jim Shaw and Canada's writers are all trying to counter broadcaster mediocrity. But being from Western Canada, which is closer to the real "Deadwood", it came out as a Swearengerism.jimhenshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-87472463691924567762007-09-17T01:39:00.000-04:002007-09-17T01:39:00.000-04:00I don't dispute you. But I think the entire CTF s...I don't dispute you. But I think the entire CTF system is fundamentally flawed and should be dismantled in favour of a higher tax credit that is conditional to broadcasters ponying up a minimum percentage of budget out of Canada and being restricted on profit share from international sales. That way, if you got your domestic commission and one decent other pre-sale, you'd be greenlit and financed, without having to play the CTF lottery (that's pretty much what it is). Not only are your odds not good, but it holds up projects for months. The biggest failing in the system is the people making the decisions on who gets the money. Consensus all round seems to be the choices haven't been good. You make good points. Nice to see you back around and talkin' sense.MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16308425678775919961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-68615865900986626342007-09-17T00:21:00.000-04:002007-09-17T00:21:00.000-04:00Phew. Nice to have this side represented. I was fe...Phew. Nice to have this side represented. I was feeling disloyal for not being so opposed to the notion that the CTF needs a serious overhaul, that the way Canadian TV is funding seems to have created a welfare state, and that we should have a hell of a lot more good and/or successful Canadian shows than we currently do. But I don't know enough about the industry to make any sort of intelligent argument about it. Thanks for actually saying what a lot of the audience feels, rather than just paying lip service to the audience while promoting your own interests.Diane Kristine Wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223064643990199706noreply@blogger.com