Moved to BBaBB.

(Moved from BBaBB++)

Okay, I think I'd like to make a proposal for a vote after this one, and either it flies or it doesn't....

I'm not anti-proliferation per se, but it seems to me that any time before the second season of a show has started, and shown it can continue to generate interested posts from Buffista viewers, is just too soon to actually create a thread, no matter how shiny some group of us think it is early on.

To that end, I think I would propose that no new show thread can be suggested and voted upon until ten episodes into its second season. (And as they've both proven capable of creating non-starters, I'm inclined to include even Joss and Tim shows in there, but I'm not married to that part of the proposal).

Now, I misremember, is it too soon to propose while another discussion is going on? If so, I can withdraw the proposal for the moment.

Otherwise, any seconds?

Sean, by that criteria Firefly never would have gotten a thread.

I think we have to wait until after the current vote has ended, but I'll second in advance.

Sean, by that criteria Firefly never would have gotten a thread.

Yeah, I know. Like I said, I'm willing to write in an exception for Tim and Joss, but my inclination is to start without it.

I just think there's been a little too much OOOH, SHINY NEW SHOW, and already, we've started to see shows where the second seson, even if good, just doesn't generate the excited volume of the first season.

I think in the long run, this may rein in some of the One Season Wonder effect, that I think threatens to leave us with a bunch of half-cared about bastard threads. I'm curious to see if the second season of Lost will continue to generate the heat it did last season.

If it doesn't fly, it doesn't fly. It's not actually a personal crusade of mine, just an attempt at a possibly helpful suggestion.

I'll say this again in Lightbulbs if need be, but I definitely think it's possible for a new show to be disruptively popular, and there's nothing wrong with a thread that turns out to be of short-term usefulness. IMO.

My gut says this feels like making a rule for the sake of making a rule. Generally, I second most things that are proposed, even when I know I will vote against them. I second them just so that the conversation will be time-limited, but in this case, I need some convincing to even do that, Sean, because I can't see where the potential pros of this will outweigh the potential cons.

Well, I must away to work with ND now, so I will expound later.

Like I said, just a suggestion.

Out of curiosity, was Atlantic Canadians closed, or was it disappeared? I don't know if there's a need, but I just realized that Veronica Mars and Lost air on the same Canadian network here, so if they do show VM during the regular season we probably won't be seeing it at the same time as all of y'all.

You said we could close it, so we did.

Sue "Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?" Apr 7, 2005 11:49:38 am PDT

We could reopen it if needs be.