When Dave was at a wedding in Colorado this weekend, someone asked him about the SAG strike. No joke: people dressed to the nines, sweating through their shirts to watch two people get hitched in the sun, twenty minutes later, Dave’s explaining SAG.

Is this one of those Mastercard “priceless” moments?

Not really. As soon as the guests were told that there was most likely not going to be an actor’s strike, everyone went back to drinking the free wine.

The punch line of the whole thing, we guess, is that very little has changed in the battle between the Screen Actors Guild and The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. They are STILL in a stalemate, and a strike STILL looks unlikely. SAG had its teeth cut this weekend when they turned down the “final offer” from the AMPTP.

Something strange is happening. We’ve stopped beating our heads against the wall about this, because we literally could not care less. Television production has continued almost without a hitch, film production slowed, but considering most of the stalls were put in place should SAG decided to strike, we’re starting to see studios green-lighting more projects.

SAG is the one who looks sort of like a wounded animal, living off their old contract until a deal can be reached, haggling over new media clauses, DVD increases and the ability veto product integration.

It’s estimated that SAG actors are losing about $6.1 million in pay increases they would have received from the “final offer” and a $10 million dollar bonus for the Guild is only awarded if a new contract is ratified by August 15th, far too short of notice for a new deal to be hashed out and for SAG members to vote.

Until something else happens, SAG is stil running on their old, expired deal.

Really, we don’t know what is going to happen next, but we’ll let you know when it does, because we’ve been covering this crap too long not to.

You can read more on SAG’s rejection of the AMPTP’s offer HERE.