What Vonnie said. This makes perfect sense to me. fwiw.
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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!
Fay - Jul 27, 2003 11:11:24 am PDT #2649 of 10289
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Burrell - Jul 27, 2003 11:17:00 am PDT #2650 of 10289
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Cindy, the difference is that if you know something and can't discuss it that inhibts the discussion but you can still discuss.
Yes I can discuss it, IRL with friends. I just have nowhere on the board to discuss it.
Ouise - Jul 27, 2003 11:18:16 am PDT #2651 of 10289
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
I'm another plot-spoiler-phobe who likes to know summer casting changes. I rarely post in show threads, and I'm way behind in the Angel thread, so my discussion is not being inhibited. However, I also feel like we used to talk about these things in the show threads.
Cindy - Jul 27, 2003 11:18:50 am PDT #2652 of 10289
Nobody
I like that suggestion.
Thanks. I made it yesterday too, but probably too far down in a too long post.
Say this proposal does passes, and say Jim agrees to build in some safety time for a season post-mortem. How long is good.
Does anyone know:
When are shows typically renewed (Angel was renewed very late this year, I remember, but not how late).?
When are cast line ups typically announced?
How long before our post-mortems usually wrap up?
Kristen - Jul 27, 2003 11:27:08 am PDT #2653 of 10289
The upfront presentations are usually around mid-May. The 15th is a good estimate. [That's when FBC's was this year.]
justkim - Jul 27, 2003 11:27:57 am PDT #2654 of 10289
Another social casualty...
Cindy, as I recall, renewals for shows are usually announced in the spring, usually through March and April. I'm pretty sure, however, that Fox announced the several-season renewal of The Simpsons as early as January.
Casting announcements don't always come with renewal notices, though. A lot of that comes out of the network up-fronts, which are done in late May.
Of course, further cast changes can be made later in the off-season, after the up-fronts. As an example, key members of The Practice appeared at the ABC up-front only to find a week or so later they were losing their jobs.
Would somebody in the industry please correct me if I'm wrong?
Sean K - Jul 27, 2003 11:41:05 am PDT #2655 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The most certain renewals happen the earliest. But everything is announced by the end of May. Even then, sometimes shows can still wind up getting dropped after that (see: The GG spinoff that was picked up, and then it wasn't).
Casts on most shows actually don't necessarily happen all that often, but when they do, they actually get announced as neccesary.
Sean K - Jul 27, 2003 11:42:45 am PDT #2656 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Didn't need to be said twice.
DavidS - Jul 27, 2003 12:28:38 pm PDT #2657 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Brenda has tracked down some of the original discussion about spoiler policy. I don't want to rehash the entire argument since the days of yore, but a link might be useful as a reference. I don't know if it's any more conclusive than our current discussion. As I recall, we left some things "to be determined" which is what this vote will do.
But maybe Brenda could throw us a link.
Trudy Booth - Jul 27, 2003 12:45:05 pm PDT #2658 of 10289
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
DX made this post in Satre, I think it is helpful in regards to past dealing with summer spoilers:
DXMachina "Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer" Jul 27, 2003 1:34:52 pm PDT
We've sung this song before it seems.
(It also analyses the whole FAQ thing, but can we ignore that for now?)