Looks like The Hobbit has gone

**JimO** · 21st October 2010, 11:10

good work unions, well done comrades we dont want their stinking hundreds of millions of dollars

**Taz** · 21st October 2010, 11:15

It's just a movie not real life

**Ronin** · 21st October 2010, 11:15

Originally Posted by JimO

good work unions, well done comrades we dont want their stinking hundreds of millions of dollars

I concur. Although now of course they will be able to say they have a 'moral' victory.

Idiots.

**JimO** · 21st October 2010, 11:20

Originally Posted by Taz

It's just a movie not real life

well some people may care, possibly the ones who work in the fillim industry

**slofox** · 21st October 2010, 11:28

Originally Posted by JimO

well some people may care, possibly the ones who work in the fillim industry

...and those who stand to lose employment...

**HenryDorsetCase** · 21st October 2010, 11:44

Commo Kelly trying to justify it this morning made me angry. What a bunch of amateurs.

Basically the local drongo union got captured by the Australian union, who utterly miscalculated their opponent, leaving them looking fucking stupid, and lots of Kiwis out of work.

Hopefully the post production and SFX will be done at Weta still.

I presume the UK studio would be Pinewood, where such classics as Star Wars and Aliens were shot.

**Indiana_Jones** · 21st October 2010, 11:45

Why do so many unions fail to see the bigger picture?

Would be nice to see England get it if we can't here. They need the money more then us I think lol

-Indy

**gijoe1313** · 21st October 2010, 11:54

What fools these mortals be,
Too deep in the forest to see the trees,
Long lines of unemployment stretches,
For the film union wretches -
One film to rule them all,
And in the halls of finance poised to fall
A tale as old as time, of killing the goose
And with one's fortune played with loose,
One film to rule them all,
For fantasy geeks held in thrall ...

**rustyrobot** · 21st October 2010, 12:15

It wasn't clear to me what it was all about anyway. The media reports have only been about the fracas, not whatever it was that the actors union wanted and the film's backers didn't.

Anyone have any idea what they were asking for/denying?

**Laava** · 21st October 2010, 12:25

Money of course? The sole reason for any union to cause such a fuss

**rustyrobot** · 21st October 2010, 12:28

With analysis like that, you could work for the NZ media!

**Grasshopperus** · 21st October 2010, 12:36

Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

Why do so many unions fail to see the bigger picture?

I think the Aussie union is seeing the bigger picture; sabotage your cheapo neighbour's industry using local turn-coats and stooges.

Also, Gijoe... fantastic mate

**MikeL** · 21st October 2010, 12:45

I think that when all the smoke clears and it becomes apparent what machiavellian manipulations have gone on, the studios will not emerge squeaky clean as the hapless victims of bolshy unionism...

**JimO** · 21st October 2010, 12:50

Originally Posted by MikeL

I think that when all the smoke clears and it becomes apparent what machiavellian manipulations have gone on, the studios will not emerge squeaky clean as the hapless victims of bolshy unionism...

perhaps but its their 500million