I feel a march for a cure coming on, to benefit all the hobbit-averse Buffistas. Who do we have so far? Angus, Allyson, and Kat too, right? Anyone else?
me
Willow: Happy hunting. Buffy: Wish me monsters.
'Beneath You'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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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Lee - Feb 18, 2003 2:15:49 pm PST #4745 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Lyra Jane - Feb 18, 2003 2:17:08 pm PST #4746 of 10001
Up with the sun
I feel a march for a cure coming on, to benefit all the hobbit-averse Buffistas. Who do we have so far? Angus, Allyson, and Kat too, right? Anyone else?
(Me too. But I don't mind if other people like them.)
Wolfram - Feb 18, 2003 2:17:32 pm PST #4747 of 10001
Visilurking
Does anyone disagree?
Are you kidding? This is bureaucracy after all. FTR, if any HSQ spoilers are sanctioned, even weeks after video release, I won't be popping in too much. I saw some infamous "twist" movies months and sometimes years after they came out on video, and I still got pissy if someone started to spoil it. But you can't please all the buffistas all the time, so whatever the community thinks is fair, go with it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 18, 2003 2:19:53 pm PST #4748 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Chiming in late on the cross-NAFDA thread discussion - I didn't realize that we were whitefonting anything prior to the last aired episode. I may have unintentionally violated that WRT Buffyinfo in the Angel thread, though I don't recall any specific instances where someone raised an objection.
In any event, I'd prefer courtesy whitefonting to last until broadcast day the following week rather than ending on the weekend if possible, but if majority opinion goes the other way it wouldn't be that much of a hardship to skip the show threads for a couple of days.
Laura - Feb 18, 2003 2:33:38 pm PST #4749 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I understand what you are saying Wolfram and I really agree on the huge plot twist stuff, but chances are the overwhelming majority of discussion is going to be on current movies. There are movies that have long been out on video with huge plot twists that I have not seen, but I won't ask to be protected from them in this thread. Now if everyone just does it anyway on the Sixth Sense level plot spoiler points then that would be really polite, but I wouldn't expect that.
Am I making any sense at all?
Cindy - Feb 18, 2003 2:42:07 pm PST #4750 of 10001
Nobody
I hardly ever go to the cinema - because dammit, we're too tired. If we get out some night here or there, it's usually for dinner. As someone who loves movies but hardly ever goes to see them, I think if a movie has gone to video and I haven't seen it, it's my tough luck if I go to a movie forum and get spoiled.
In other words, I like the two weeks in the theater/two weeks on video rule.
eta...
Let me be more specific. As someone who loves movies, but doesn't go to see them - I don't think the world owes me white font because I don't get to the movies. I'll be happy with anything and have learned from years at Buffy boards to avert mine eyes quite quickly.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2003 2:44:34 pm PST #4751 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There should be someone (or ones) responsible for announcing what movies come out in a given week, or which ones have been out two weeks (same with video). I suspect that there will be confusion otherwise.
Lyra Jane - Feb 18, 2003 2:49:29 pm PST #4752 of 10001
Up with the sun
I could do new releases. The problem may be that some films do spread slowly, so I may assume a film is wide because it's in D.C., but then discover it's not in, say, Wichita. Does anyone know of a web site that lists nationwide release dates?
Wolfram - Feb 18, 2003 2:49:39 pm PST #4753 of 10001
Visilurking
Let me be more specific. As someone who loves movies, but doesn't go to see them - I don't think the world owes me white font because I don't get to the movies. I'll be happy with anything and have learned from years at Buffy boards to avert mine eyes quite quickly.
What I meant was, I think the two week/two week spoiler policy is fine for most people. To satisfy my own insanely-heightened spoilerphobia, a movie thread would have to consist of:
Buffista 1: Saw No Way Out last night on video I can't believe that...
Buffista 2: Please whitefont that B1. I haven't seen it yet.
Buffista 1: Of course, how inconsiderate of me.
Buffista 3: This thread sucks.
Jessica - Feb 18, 2003 3:03:05 pm PST #4754 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Title: Buffista Movies 1: Who doesn't love Denzel?
Slug: Someone else write this because I suck at slugs (and I know one was already written, but I'm too busy right now to look for it).
Header: A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.