I also decided we should be able to post in Lightbulbs anonymously. Because then we could talk openly without worrying about social capital.
Only if we can vote on it preferentially.
I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more.
Fuffy ,'Storyteller'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
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Jon B. - Apr 17, 2008 4:04:34 pm PDT #2519 of 6786
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DavidS - Apr 17, 2008 4:07:28 pm PDT #2520 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Because then we could talk openly without worrying about social capital.
If you didn't worry about social capital it wouldn't mean anything! Kaos! Anarchy! Pure expressions of the Id not seen since MM was 16!
billytea - Apr 17, 2008 4:11:29 pm PDT #2521 of 6786
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Only if we can vote on it preferentially.
I'll get started!
Jon B. Death:
a) is too good for him.
b) is not an option, it's a future.
c) waits in the haunting tones of his theremin.
d) Is my favourite Endless evar.
Kevin - Apr 18, 2008 4:10:19 am PDT #2522 of 6786
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I think the problem with Dollhouse is that it's going to get discussed all over the place if there's not a topic for it. If people don't like the show or have a problem with it, I'd imagine that might bug them.
Nutty - Apr 18, 2008 4:14:52 am PDT #2523 of 6786
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think the problem with Dollhouse is that it's going to get discussed all over the place if there's not a topic for it.
Actually, it should only get discussed in Spoilers/Spoilers Lite for a while yet, right? Even after the upfronts, the only things not spoilery for the show will be the cast and, like, the basic premise. Even if we did have a thread for it, spoiler rules would be such that cast and basic premise would be just about all we could talk about in-thread, until like August. (Presuming it's a fall premiere show, which, if this thing is premiering a year from now, I reserve the right to stick my tongue out at all of you.)
Kevin - Apr 18, 2008 4:19:13 am PDT #2524 of 6786
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Is official magazine press and such counted as spoilers? At the minute we're discussing it in Minearverse, Spoilers, Spoilers Lite and Buffy.
Nutty - Apr 18, 2008 4:40:22 am PDT #2525 of 6786
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Is official magazine press and such counted as spoilers?
Yes and no. We officially unspoilered main credits cast, and I think it would be impossible to keep general knowledge of a show-premise spoily, but details like "Character X and Character Y have smoochies" would be spoily. Relevant text from the FAQ:
Q. What do you guys consider a spoiler?
A. Anything that hasn't been broadcast. So anything from the show and the preview trailers is okay, anything from TV Guide or anywhere else is a spoiler, including casting news, episode titles and plot twists. No white fonting. Spoilers should only be posted in the spoiler thread.
Q. Are all casting news items considered spoilers?
A. Most. When in doubt, treat them as spoilers.
Following is an explanation about the difference between "Hunk Lunkhead has a contract on the show" and "Hunk Lunkhead will be guest starring as Cheesy McBlowhard, the nemesis to Our Hero." I think that the formal spoiler rules are necessarily relaxed a little, for a new show, but the smoochies part is still a spoiler any way you slice it.
Steph L. - Apr 18, 2008 4:53:22 am PDT #2526 of 6786
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Even if we did have a thread for it, spoiler rules would be such that cast and basic premise would be just about all we could talk about in-thread, until like August.
This is what I was wondering, too. It seems way too early for a dedicated thread.
msbelle - Apr 18, 2008 5:29:01 am PDT #2527 of 6786
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh hell. SERIOUSLY!!!
just open a thread for every single thing anyone wants, just do it and stop all the talk, it is so tiresome already.
Sean K - Apr 18, 2008 5:37:01 am PDT #2528 of 6786
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I am against a Dollhouse thread until the show airs, but:
Even if we did have a thread for it, spoiler rules would be such that cast and basic premise would be just about all we could talk about in-thread, until like August.
Wait, so here you strongly care about spoiler rules, but for gamers who don't want to be spoiled for comics, or people who want to talk about BSG without getting spoiled for Stargate, need to just get over it?