Making the Movies thread non-NAFDA is a headache I don't want to get into. Non-US release dates are too random and difficult to track.

Any longer than a month after wide release, and most of the people who want to discuss the film won't be able to remember it well enough to do so, is my feeling.

Some of us parental units, for practical reasons, aren’t able to see most movies until they hit video. If spoilers are going to abound in the thread, I doubt you’ll ever see me poking my head in. Which is a shame, because I love talking about movies.

I'm rather like Wolfram in the pratical problems of seeing movies in a timely fashion. I don't mind reading all kinds of general spoilers about movies except the real HSQ points. Whatever policies are agreed to will determine if I dare peak inside the new thread.

I don't mind reading all kinds of general spoilers about movies except the real HSQ points.

Same here. I'd say that if it's something that might be in a trailer or a mainstream press review, it's fine for open discussion, but whitefont discussion of plot points with a high HSQ until the film's out on video.

I think video release is a bit long. Two weeks to a month, leaning towards two weeks sounds good to me. By then, if I have any interest in a movie and am keeping any kind of track of it, I know most of the major twists. By the time a movie comes out on video, you might even have forgotten what you've seen in a thread.

(Sorry for the natter, but HSQ? Huh?)

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Thanks, Dana. I'm stupid today.

Keeping the movies thread NAFDA, on the other hand, will be crippling to those un-Americans (Angus) who are involved in the Foamies.

(Involved meaning enjoying, that is, even without organizing.)

Jumping ahead to make a suggestion for both the cross posting in Angel and Buffy and the movie thread.

How about no white font? How about, instead, we use spoiler warnings and space? This gives those who haven't seen the shows or movies a chance to skip over, and allows those who want to have an uninhibited conversation to have one. (By the way - I'm not stuck on this idea, it's just an idea)

For example:

Warning: Spoilers below for Buffy 4.1 and Angel 1.1

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Buffy goes to college and her obnoxious roomie loves Celine Dion. Angel moves to L.A. and runs into Cordelia.

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Spoilers above for Buffy 4.1, Angel 1.1

Is that bad? If it's bad for the NAFDA threads (and it might be), is it still bad for the movies/foamies threads? It just seems like we could always follow it and then not be so concerned about release/air dates.