Looks good now, Jon. Thanks!
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
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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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SailAweigh - Mar 29, 2009 2:55:16 pm PDT #3825 of 6786
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Topic!Cindy - Apr 08, 2009 4:48:23 am PDT #3826 of 6786
What is even happening?
Cupid discussion: does it belong in Boxed Set (magical realism) or Comedy? It's an hour-long, but it's a romantic comedy (also a er...dramedy, a word which I hate).
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 6:02:27 am PDT #3827 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I vote Boxed Set, in a Life on Mars (ptui!) sort of a way.
Strega - Apr 08, 2009 9:38:04 am PDT #3828 of 6786
Not having seen the new Cupid: is he using magic powers to get people to hook up? I'm not seeing what is SF about it.
msbelle - Apr 08, 2009 9:42:29 am PDT #3829 of 6786
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
it's the "people finding true love" part.
megan walker - Apr 08, 2009 9:45:18 am PDT #3830 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Not having seen the new Cupid: is he using magic powers to get people to hook up? I'm not seeing what is SF about it.
I think you've nailed the current problem (for me) with Boxed Set--almost anything we watch seems able to fall under the fantasy part of SciFi/Fantasy and a lot is getting dumped there. Of course, YBSMV.
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2009 9:46:46 am PDT #3831 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
is he using magic powers to get people to hook up?
He is not, but he has a magic string of beads. Controlled by Zeus! Maybe.
I can sort of see ita's LoM rationale, since that show wasn't really SF most of the time, but Cupid is even less so.
almost anything we watch seems able to fall under the fantasy part of SciFi/Fantasy and a lot is getting dumped there.
Yeah, I'm not sure how Kings ended up in there. Is it because it's an AU? I thought it was more of a political drama like Rome or something.
megan walker - Apr 08, 2009 9:52:43 am PDT #3832 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, I'm not sure how Kings ended up in there. Is it because it's an AU? I thought it was more of a political drama like Rome or something.
A perfect example.
Jesse - Apr 08, 2009 9:56:21 am PDT #3833 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I didn't realize there was discussion of Kings in Boxed Set.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 10:13:59 am PDT #3834 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you accept the PoV of the Cupid protagonist, he's a Roman/Greek god. Which falls into fantasy, no?
Kings is wobblier than that, but it is definitely an AU. It's either Boxed Set or Natter.