I was surprised to come across Kings in Boxed Set, but I get the rationale. Cupid, I don't know. It's kind of part of the premise that we don't know if it's Drama or Fantasy, isn't it?
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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.
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-t - Apr 08, 2009 11:23:06 am PDT #3837 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
msbelle - Apr 08, 2009 11:28:16 am PDT #3838 of 6786
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am bracing myself for a streaker to run through with a banner reading "Threads at Will" "One Show, One Thread". Baby Jesus is already starting to fuss.
Jessica - Apr 08, 2009 11:31:20 am PDT #3839 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
FWIW, Kings will probably be canceled after its initial run is complete, so it won't be in BS for much longer.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 11:32:05 am PDT #3840 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's kind of part of the premise that we don't know if it's Drama or Fantasy, isn't it?
I'm not attached to it being there--it can go out to Natter too. I just wanted to share at least my rationale for continuing to discuss it there. It's like Life on Mars that way.
Strega - Apr 08, 2009 12:00:14 pm PDT #3841 of 6786
Life on Mars seemed reasonable to me because my impression was that time travel (regardless of the mechanism) was pretty central to the show. I think Kings is fuzzier, but I can understand including it because of the AU.
With Cupid, the only fantastic element is that one of the characters has a belief system I don't share. And that'd apply to a lot of shows. What if he belonged to a contemporary religion and believed that he had to do an entertaining act of penance every week?
omnis_audis - Apr 08, 2009 12:12:37 pm PDT #3842 of 6786
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I'm so tempted to ask the Stompies to temporarily change my handle to Streaker just to say:
"Threads at Will" "One Show, One Thread".Mind you, I'm not asking for it, just the image of a streaker in a text environment made me laugh. Plus, it's a slow day at the office.
megan walker - Apr 08, 2009 12:21:27 pm PDT #3843 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The procedurals? The cable dramas? The premium shows? The reality shows? The comedies? Perhaps more than you like is in there, but we went through a lot of agita to create threads for shows that don't fit. "Almost anything" is quite an overstatement.
Well, my emphasis was more on the "we" in that sentence, meaning, a lot of the types of shows that tend to interest Buffistas before they even start. But that might make sense only in my head.
I am neither "Threads at Will" nor "Everything in Natter", but I've made it clear in the past that Boxed Set didn't really work for me, and, as more and more shows seem to get relegated there, it's become more of an issue. Frankly, I'd rather just have a white-font TV thread and be done with it.
Of the ones you list, the only speciality thread that has really generated enough traffic to merit a thread is Reality. I'm for rethinking them all.
Again, this is all just my opinion.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 12:27:29 pm PDT #3844 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
my impression was that time travel (regardless of the mechanism) was pretty central to the show
Did you watch it?
What if he belonged to a contemporary religion and believed that he had to do an entertaining act of penance every week?
For me the dividing line is between worshipped and worshippee--but I'm perfectly okay with a show that might be about a Greek god being categorised as fantasy, and I don't see a strong argument against the fantastical potential.
Vortex - Apr 08, 2009 12:31:56 pm PDT #3845 of 6786
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I hate to stir up some shit, but it seems to me that both of these issues could be solved with a network drama thread. Has it been 6 months?
-t - Apr 08, 2009 12:40:12 pm PDT #3846 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
For me the dividing line is between worshipped and worshippee--but I'm perfectly okay with a show that might be about a Greek god being categorised as fantasy
I agree. I think Cupid is deliberately trying to be ambiguous about its fantastic elements, but that by walking that line it is asking to be discussed within the fantasy genre. The line is part of the field.