Glory ,'Potential'
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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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.
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?
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.
I think it's here, Vortex, but I admit that I got tired of looking past that to see whether it had come up for voting again; I don't think it did. Also? Time flies. I would have said that all happened last year.
Topic!Cindy "Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!" Apr 14, 2007 7:28:41 am PDT
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.
Is this a formal proposal? Because I'll second it.
i'll third(if it's a formal proposal)!
Well, yes, I guess it can be, although what does that entail? I'm moving this weekend and haven't yet set up Internet or anything.
How much traffic is enough traffic? Procedurals seems to be ticking along nicely.
How much traffic is enough traffic?
Ah, the age old question.
Reality is the obvious success; most of the others are in the 2000ish ballpark.
I can't remember, did Procedurals come out of the same temporary experiment? Why didn't Network Drama get it's own permanent thread (vs. Comedy, Cable, and Reality)?
I didn't watch Life on Mars. From what I knew about it, it didn't confuse me to see it in BS. It wouldn't confuse me to see it in procedurals either.
Mostly, I just like clear definitions. I don't think this is the first time someone's been surprised to find out that a given show was being discussed in BS. I don't care so much about whether I agree with the definition of SF (it's probably a given that I won't, 'cause I'm like that) as long as I understand what it is.
it seems to me that both of these issues could be solved with a network drama thread.
Sorry, which issues do you mean? I don't think that adding a drama thread will clarify what's a drama versus what's SF. (If you meant something else, never mind.)