That was a LOT of fun. I agree wholeheartedly with everything billytea said.

Also loved the bit where the Doctor very slowly realizes Robin Hood's not part of the robots' plan. "Yeah that'd be a rubbish plan...yeah...it would...oh."

Also loved the bit where the Doctor very slowly realizes Robin Hood's not part of the robots' plan. "Yeah that'd be a rubbish plan...yeah...it would...oh."

While the Sheriff is looking at him like "That's insane. Who does your plans? Wile E. Coyote? Loki? John Crichton?"

I don't think that FB is broadcast. You have to look for it (or follow it, or like it), just like a post on IO9 or whatever.

If the show goes to the extent of creating content about the next episode, it's "broadcast". I don't consider "running right after the preceding episode" the criterion--I consider "designed by the production to be consumed before the episode" as what makes the different.

That's fine, and I won't whitefont in the future, and perhaps I am way too literal, but I wouldn't have (and obviously didn't) correlated online-exclusive content "designed by the production to be consumed before the episode" to equal "broadcast."

But now I know, and unless other people object, I won't whitefont. It's easier anyway.

If the show goes to the extent of creating content about the next episode, it's "broadcast". I don't consider "running right after the preceding episode" the criterion--I consider "designed by the production to be consumed before the episode" as what makes the different.

I disagree with this, as it would seem to include things like teaser scenes from an ep that you can get online, which I DO think should be whitefonted. I'm not sure I have good, bright-line criteria, though

I wish I understood the clear bright-line criteria better because I feel like I get chastised if I do whitefont or if I don't.

So, instead of just never venturing into 'dangerous' waters, I defaulted to always whitefonting anything I am not sure of.

Obviously, I wasn't thinking about how inconvenient that might be for device users so now I'm back to thinking I should just not comment.

Though, now I'm concerned about having a Bureaucracy conversation in the wrong thread!

On topic: I wonder if they made Robin's wig and beard so badly to make us assume he was a robot, right along with the Doctor. Seriously, that was some bad hair.

I agree with you on the teaser scenes that are just chunks of the show, actually, Debet.

But I think the marketing considers FB fair ground for promoting their show, and it feels like pushing back against the rise of social media to ignore or separate it. I will rarely see FB material, but from what I have gathered, it seems to be of the quality and type that would air on TV maybe in the ad break of another show.

That's never been verboten or mandatory white, right?

So, instead of just never venturing into 'dangerous' waters, I defaulted to always whitefonting anything I am not sure of.

Me, too. I was just trying to err on the side of non-spoily caution.

Obviously, I wasn't thinking about how inconvenient that might be for device users so now I'm back to thinking I should just not comment.

Yeah, I may just save my promo squee for FB, because I don't get it and it hurts my brain to try to parse out what's the equivalent of "broadcast."

I agree with you on the teaser scenes that are just chunks of the show, actually, Debet.

And it's this kind of reasoning that makes me think I just need to keep my squee to FB. Because this differentiation ("teaser" vs "promo") makes no sense to me. Every "promo" I've seen *is* chunks of upcoming shows. What else would a "promo" be? How is a 1:20 clip on FB labelled a "promo" different than a :20 clip on FB labelled a "teaser"? It's all content from upcoming shows. One is just shorter than the other. But a "promo" (longer content from upcoming shows) can be blackfonted while a "teaser" (shorter content...from upcoming shows) must be whitefonted? That's a fine distinction to parse that I guess I don't understand.

(Non-spoilery other than the whitefonted one sentence quote, which is super spoilery.)

HBO is having their free sample week (ends Tuesday). Took advantage of it to see the TruBlood finale. The ending struck me as truly stupid. Apparently the writers knew it was stupid even as they wrote it. The following line

Sookie (plaintively): you're gonna die cause I got no self-respect?

One of a number of really good lines in a really bad finale, and one that focuses on episode's flaws.

Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Jesse L. Martin and Candice Patton Talk THE FLASH: [link]

KREISBERG: One of the biggest things that I’ve learned working with Greg is that, if you have a great idea for Episode 10, do it in Episode 5. In within an episode itself, I’ll pitch him a story and say, “We’re building up to this great moment in Act 4,” and he’ll say, “Do it in the teaser.”

That sounds about right.