Plus, casting spoilers for the main cast are pretty widely known before promos air. But if people who know those casting changes want to discuss it in Spoilers, but those people aren't hard-core spoiler whores, they might find out that (for instance) Gunn's never-before-mentioned wife and baby will be on the show in episode 4, because they're on the run from the demon mafia.
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
Steph L. - Jul 24, 2003 8:26:43 am PDT #1602 of 10289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Lyra Jane - Jul 24, 2003 8:28:26 am PDT #1603 of 10289
Up with the sun
I don't have anything to add other, than "Thank god, FINALLY," either. Maybe an effective date?
Also, I'd change "spoilers" in the first sentence to "changes" -- it's kinda silly to call them spoilers when the whole point is it's not a spoiler.
Jon B. - Jul 24, 2003 8:28:26 am PDT #1604 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
In Angel season 1, was Doyle leaving and Wesley coming on advertised ahead of time? That's the sort of main-credits-casting-spoiler I definitely would not have wanted to read about here ahead of time.
Jessica - Jul 24, 2003 8:29:33 am PDT #1605 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(Moving this down, since there were so many posts made while I was editing:)
[edit: It didn't make it into the wording posted at the beginning of this discussion, but there was some suggestion that we apply this new spoiler definition only to changes made over the summer. So, Wesley leaving the show after S4 = not spoilery. Buffy being added to the regular cast midseason = spoiler.]
Gandalfe - Jul 24, 2003 8:30:55 am PDT #1606 of 10289
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
and should be discussed in the show threads
I'd amend this to say "may be discussed," 'cuz I don't like being told what I SHOULD do.
Steph L. - Jul 24, 2003 8:32:08 am PDT #1607 of 10289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
'cuz I don't like being told what I SHOULD do.
Gandalfe, you WILL go discuss William Shatner joining the cast of Angel, and you will do it NOW!
No?
Damn.
Anne W. - Jul 24, 2003 8:34:04 am PDT #1608 of 10289
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I don't think it will ruin anything for anyone as long as no one also give away story spoilers with the casting like "I just read on TheWB site that Xander is joining the cast of Angel to fix and marry Cordelia!"
Wrod. I would suggest adding to the proposal something along the lines of: "Any plot points related to the character's (not the actor's) arrival or departure are to be treated as spoilers."
P.M. Marc - Jul 24, 2003 8:34:35 am PDT #1609 of 10289
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
In Angel season 1, was Doyle leaving and Wesley coming on advertised ahead of time? That's the sort of main-credits-casting-spoiler I definitely would not have wanted to read about here ahead of time.
No, not that I recall.
And I wouldn't want to know (if I wasn't a ho) about, say AB's addition in Seeing Red, or Lorne's last season.
But if AB had been added to the credits before S6? That I'd like to have discussed.
Steph L. - Jul 24, 2003 8:35:16 am PDT #1610 of 10289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Did we discuss Fred prior to S3?
t edit Between Pylea and S3, once we knew Fred would be a regular, did we discuss her in the main Angel thread? Because that's exactly the kind of situation this proposal covers.
Jessica - Jul 24, 2003 8:37:00 am PDT #1611 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Between Pylea and S3, once we knew Fred would be a regular, did we discuss her in the main Angel thread? Because that's exactly the kind of situation this proposal covers.
I believe we did.