My perception of Boxed Set is that it gallops along as functionally as can be expected. (Certainly, talk about one show does not overwhelmingly dominate, as Lost came to do at times in Natter.) Since it ain't any more broke than anything else, and I'm anti new thread generally, I'm not a fan of the proposal.

Hey! Paperwork people! How goes that?

We are the Committee of All Up In Everybody's Business. Sadly, we are still working out exactly how we shall intrude into everybody's lives.

I second Laura's proposal, though.

It's not summary dismissal of the proposal, it is a recognition that this is a frequent topic of argument-- expanding shows into their own threads and changing the definition of Boxed Set have both undergone incredible amounts of hand-wringing at different times.

As Laura said, the only problem is watch&post-- this does not warrant a new thread unless you really want to re-open the expansionist debate.

I'll second Gus's proposal. I'd love to see those threads.

I'm not trying to summarily dismiss the proposal either, and I'm not real thrilled to have my counter-argument labeled as such.

I like the Boxed Set thread. I consider it a subculture at this point. I don't want to see it split up.

I liked the subculture of Boxed Set back before it was combined with everything. Alas, that is no more.

To me, having all of Sci-Fi Friday in one thread makes far more sense than the original Boxed Set combo, which was Farscape, Smallville, and Due South (all of which had their own subcultures, all of which more or less disappeared when they were combined). So the idea of splitting them all up again doesn't appeal to me.

I feel sort of bad about the fact that Boxed Set is just not the same for some of the people who were in the separate threads before The Change. I didn't start venturing into any of them until they were combined into Boxed Set, which I thoroughly enjoy.

I like the way it is now, and I wouldn't want it to split. Nothing wrong with making the proposal, naturally, but it's not one I want to support.

I'm not sure whether that even needed to be said, but I felt odd being silent. I got no gripe - I just don't have a second for it.

Edited for clarity. I hope.

I feel sort of bad about the fact that the new Boxed Set is just not the same for some of the people who were in it before The Change. I didn't start venturing in there until the new iteration came about, and I thoroughly enjoy it.

I don't even remember what it was like before the change -- wasn't it always the de facto -- yet unspoken -- thread for SGA and the other sci-fi/fantasy shows? Even though the thread slug said just Smallville, Farscape, and Due South?

I was there, at least intermittently, from the thread's inception, and I have no idea what "The Change" refers to. I'm honestly perplexed.