There isn't one date for the international release -- an arbitrary date like Jon suggests looks like a good idea.

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For clarity, let's say Blackfont beginning on Oct. 17. Nothing in the main thread prior to that date. That gives (most) folks two or three weekends to see it.

This sounds good to me. Nothing's going to be perfect, and we have had NAFDA rules in place for a while. We whitefonted in the LOTR threads until at least two weeks after the movies came out, right? And if we'd bothered to create a LOTR spoilers thread, the above probably would have been the course.

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I'm way behind in the main FF thread. Can someone post that we're having this discussion here?

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Release Info. It premiered in the UK a month ago.

Oh, good. I thought UK people who'd seen it were just seeing sneak previews, like the US people who'd seen it. From the release info link, there's this info for Israel:

Israel October 2005 (Icon Film Festival)

Nilly, if/when you come around, does the above mean you'll be able to see it soonish?

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Would repurposing Spoilers for the film, and restricting the regular Firefly thread to TV/DVD only talk not work?

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It would work for me.

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Then you're repurposing two threads instead of one.

I think all the Firefly discussion should be in Firefly. That's impossible, but I think the movie talk should be in there sooner rather than later (or never, which is what Cindy's suggestion looks like).

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Then you're repurposing two threads instead of one.

Not really. The Firefly thread was created for the TV series. Spoilers has been the de facto movie thread for a while.

(or never, which is what Cindy's suggestion looks like).

That's only because I was trying to keep it simple and consensible. My complete thought process was something like this:

1) Repurpose "FF Spoilers" to be the "Serenity" thread.

2) Keep FF as the FF TV series thread.

3) Once all Buffistas who care have seen it (Nilly's really the person I had in mind) OR once Serenity has been out on DVD for a couple of weeks, close the Spoilers/Serenity thread entirely, and have the whole shebang in one thread.

But, I'm personally happy to do any of the above suggested. I just want us to be clear on the rules so there aren't spoiling incidents for people who are trying not to be spoiled.

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What about in Spoilers until the 17th, regular thread thereafter? That's what was in my head when I was looking at Cindy's suggestion, even if wasn't in her post.

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What about in Spoilers until the 17th, regular thread thereafter?

That's my suggestion, which I proposed as a compromise between allowing movie talk in the main thread right away and allowing it never (or some months from now).

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