Zoe ,'The Train Job'
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
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.
The Advocate gets shamed for puff LGBTQ-inclusive article on Teen Wolf: [link] At time of reading, one commenter thinks the article has a point and pages and pages of comments call out the article and the show for LGBTQ hypocrisy.
Apparently we'll see Danny again because of fan backlash about his evaporation in the last season. That's barely even good news.
I have - finally - seen "The Doctor's Wife", and I may have a new favourite Doctor Who quote: "Biting's excellent! It's like kissing, but there's a winner."
Oh yes, that is a quote of magnificence.