I've always had a fun time whenever I'm exposed to the gray area where Hollywood and Video Games meet. There's usually a fairly comical accident going on. Hollywood always thinks it is the best game in town (snark). To wit, today a very cordial letter came across the Producers SIG mailing list. This list is for game producers and is tied to the Independent Game Developer's Association (or is it Internationsl?). Truth be told they don;t really do much in Dallas so I don;t keep up too awful much.
Anyhoo, this letter was inviting us to join the Producers Guild of America. That sounds fancy. I like guilds and hey, let's face it, anytime people who wear flip flops to work and openly talk about bombs in their office elevator get the chance at a little validation, that's a good thing. So I trundle on over to the site to see what's what. Seems like a lot of NY vs LA stuff. I wouldn't live either place, ever, but what ever. Then I read this...
New media? Huh. That reminds me of being in art school 20 years ago and all they could think of when I did art on a computer was that it must be "mixed-media" or no wait "multi-media" yeah, yeah. It took several years for "digital" to really catch on and by then we'd mostly moved on. Then it hit me like a truck, these guys still don't get it. They still like to think of themselves as being in motion pictures. Like Louis Meyer is still pinching secretaries and smoking in his corner office. That puts them decidedly above television, you know, that artless form of entertainment. Then of course there's us, at the bottom...
Problem here gents is that I don't think we really want to join your old school club. We're not really like you no matter what the base similarities might lead you to believe. See, we're leading the way just like you did when you first made the pictures move' only the thing is, you haven't gone much farther than that in a hundred years. No offense fellas, but you're just not in our league any more. I don't mean to be rude but let's face it, we keep getting invitations from you to the dance but have you noticed we never invite you to any of our cool parties? That means we're OK just "being friends".
Anyhoo, this letter was inviting us to join the Producers Guild of America. That sounds fancy. I like guilds and hey, let's face it, anytime people who wear flip flops to work and openly talk about bombs in their office elevator get the chance at a little validation, that's a good thing. So I trundle on over to the site to see what's what. Seems like a lot of NY vs LA stuff. I wouldn't live either place, ever, but what ever. Then I read this...
Welcome to the Producers Guild of America
The PGA's Board of Directors is determined that you find this an unparalleled resource for all aspects of producing in motion pictures, television and new media.
New media? Huh. That reminds me of being in art school 20 years ago and all they could think of when I did art on a computer was that it must be "mixed-media" or no wait "multi-media" yeah, yeah. It took several years for "digital" to really catch on and by then we'd mostly moved on. Then it hit me like a truck, these guys still don't get it. They still like to think of themselves as being in motion pictures. Like Louis Meyer is still pinching secretaries and smoking in his corner office. That puts them decidedly above television, you know, that artless form of entertainment. Then of course there's us, at the bottom...
Problem here gents is that I don't think we really want to join your old school club. We're not really like you no matter what the base similarities might lead you to believe. See, we're leading the way just like you did when you first made the pictures move' only the thing is, you haven't gone much farther than that in a hundred years. No offense fellas, but you're just not in our league any more. I don't mean to be rude but let's face it, we keep getting invitations from you to the dance but have you noticed we never invite you to any of our cool parties? That means we're OK just "being friends".
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All such professional/trade/business organizations claim to be about whatever their members do, but they're really a business run by the Executive Director and the office staff.
As such, the element of your participation they would most appreciate would be your dues.
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