Why didn't Network Drama get it's own permanent thread (vs. Comedy, Cable, and Reality)?
Didn't get the votes, as I recall. It was on the ballot.
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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 2:22:45 pm PDT #3854 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Frankenbuddha - Apr 08, 2009 2:39:54 pm PDT #3855 of 6786
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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?
Well, for CUPID it would have to be a dramedy thread, wouldn't it?
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§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 2:58:19 pm PDT #3856 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If Cupid and Kings don't belong in Boxed Set, they belong in Natter. Creating a new thread won't help to explain things to Strega.
megan walker - Apr 08, 2009 3:06:09 pm PDT #3857 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If Cupid and Kings don't belong in Boxed Set, they belong in Natter. Creating a new thread won't help to explain things to Strega.
Or me. I keep going back to the fact that I would never have watched Leverage if it hadn't been discussed so much in Natter.
Can I propose rethinking the TV structure in general (the bucket threads, but also Boxed Set) or do I have to have a specific plan ahead of proposal?
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 3:18:01 pm PDT #3858 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait--have you made a proposal yet, then? I didn't understand you to want to rethink Boxed Set, but that was a probably a reflexively narrow reading on my part.
Whatever you propose now is what you propose now. You can add or remove stuff the whole time Lightbulbs is open. But I'll need some sort of text to kick things off with, and that has to be what people second and third, etc.
megan walker - Apr 08, 2009 3:31:55 pm PDT #3859 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Wait--have you made a proposal yet, then? I didn't understand you to want to rethink Boxed Set, but that was a probably a reflexively narrow reading on my part.
Rethinking the bucket threads without including Boxed Set makes no sense to me. To me, it's a bucket like any other, but less well defined.
But I'm currently reading the summer 2007 discussions from the voting thread to see if I can come up with a proposal that makes sense.
ETA: It also occurs to me that searching for a particular show discussion in Natter would be a bit easier now that it doesn't top off at 10000 posts.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 3:37:31 pm PDT #3860 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought you were pondering redoing bucket threads without sufficient volume to support their existence.
I've never gotten why science fiction and fantasy is a confusing genre, but that's what the vote is for.
megan walker - Apr 08, 2009 4:05:41 pm PDT #3861 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've never gotten why science fiction and fantasy is a confusing genre, but that's what the vote is for.
I think it is fantasy that's harder to define. I would never have put Journeyman into Boxed Set for example. It's not a "genre" show to me.
Since the bucket threads don't have parellel definitions, there are other weird overlaps too. Is Flight of the Conchords Comedy or Premium Cable? Is procedurals just for Network TV?
I want to rethink the whole structure, not just close threads (although that may be the result). And I would never propose closing Boxed Set.
Official proposal:
Rethinking the structure and/or continued existence of the following bucket threads: Boxed Set, Cable Drama, Comedy, Procedurals, and Premium Cable.
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2009 4:10:31 pm PDT #3862 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I would never have put Journeyman into Boxed Set for example. It's not a "genre" show to me.
But...didn't the guy time travel all the time? How is that not sci-fi?
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 4:11:43 pm PDT #3863 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Move it to Lightbulbs, peeps.