Buffy ,'Showtime'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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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
. . . . .
Buffy goes to college and her obnoxious roomie loves Celine Dion. Angel moves to L.A. and runs into Cordelia.
. . . . .
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.
I'd say that the two week deadline will keep all but the diehard moviephiles out of the thread, but that may be part of the point. I'm not a parent, but caregiver duties also keep me from seeing movies in a timely fashion. Then again, I'm not so much the kind of person who sees films for the plot, so the two week thing won't bug me as a general rule, just for certain films.
I can't not read, like that. if there are words, I've read past the spoiler warning before my brain processes that I shouldn't.
Yeah, I prefer whitefont to spoiler space. Even remembering that whitefont doesn't work for all people's browsers.
But then, if I care about a movie, I go see it at matinee on the day it opens. If I don't care, and might go see it later, I don't mind being spoiled except for major terrible things.