Like ND, I'm not anti-bucket; I'm just anti-HUGE bucket.
The problem, if we define bucket by genre-type (cop shows, sci-fi shows, comedy shows) is that the size of the bucket will fluctuate depending on what's on the air.
Bucket's a funny word.
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'The Message'
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.
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Dana - Jul 30, 2007 11:57:26 am PDT #290 of 6786
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Kevin - Jul 30, 2007 11:57:41 am PDT #291 of 6786
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
ita, I didn't want to bring up The Office yet again. But that's the example I keep coming back to. I saw virtually no discussion of the show until the experimental comedy thread was set up. At least for me, it was like the Buffy experience all over again -- watching the show in the evening, then coming in to discuss (even deconstruct) the next morning.
I'm above. I loved loved loved the comedy thread, mostly for The Office chatter, but also for Earl. And, upon reflection, I would have put Betty in it.
But I'm too scared to propose having it back. Despite the fact we had it, and it worked.
Vortex - Jul 30, 2007 12:00:09 pm PDT #292 of 6786
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Perhaps if we divided into Cable, Premium, and Regular buckets?
Also, it seems to be that Drama is the only real issue here. We could still have a comedy bucket, and then divide drama into multiple buckets.
and now I'm earwormed There's a hole the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza . . .
Pix - Jul 30, 2007 12:01:49 pm PDT #293 of 6786
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I think comedy is fine in a bucket, too, but others may disagree. Does anyone worry about being spoiled for comedic shows? Sincere question, btw, no sarcasm. I'd really like to know.
ETA:
and now I'm earwormed There's a hole the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza...t shakes wee fist at Vortex
sumi - Jul 30, 2007 12:03:15 pm PDT #294 of 6786
Art Crawl!!!
How would we want Drama split -- all sf-f in Boxed set, all crime related fiction in another, then one for stuff we like that doesn't fit: FNL, GA, er?
Pix - Jul 30, 2007 12:05:12 pm PDT #295 of 6786
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Well Boxed Set is the problem, for me at least. It's a huge bucket full of the shows I most want to watch but can't keep up with (all of them, anyway) in time to participate in the conversation and yet not be spoiled for others.
bon bon - Jul 30, 2007 12:05:18 pm PDT #296 of 6786
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The thread with only a few shows sounds like a nice solution to some problems, but it seems really hypothetical beyond boxed set-- what are these groupings that demand threads?
While I'm posting and we're doing some freeform nonaggressive position-staking I'll put myself down as a buffista conservative-- I like things the way they are and think change will not make things better.
Polter-Cow - Jul 30, 2007 12:07:18 pm PDT #297 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Does anyone worry about being spoiled for comedic shows?
Well, there are some gags that aren't as funny if you go in expecting it, but some comedies, like The Office, do have important drama to them that people are invested in (not just Jim and Pam). But, as a spoilerphobe, I just don't go in until I've seen it (and, Kevin, I love MNIE too, but there seemed to be very little talk of it in the thread, so, continuing this point, if I were so inclined after having watched TO but not MNIE, I might be adventurous to venture in Thursday night and assume that the MNIE posts would be easy to avoid in the flurry of Office squee anyway.)
Dana - Jul 30, 2007 12:09:45 pm PDT #298 of 6786
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Does anyone worry about being spoiled for comedic shows? Sincere question, btw, no sarcasm. I'd really like to know.
I wouldn't want to be spoiled for The Office. Other than My Name is Earl, I think that's about the only comedy I watch right now.
Vortex - Jul 30, 2007 12:14:51 pm PDT #299 of 6786
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The thread with only a few shows sounds like a nice solution to some problems, but it seems really hypothetical beyond boxed set-- what are these groupings that demand threads?
Hmm, well, there's my cable, regular, premium idea. Or we could do genre specific like "cop shows" (L&O, The Closer), "medical shows" (House, ER, State of Mind), "lawyer shows" (Damages, Boston Legal). Hmm, L&O is a cross genre problem, but I think that would just require a BSC to pick a thread.