PROPOSAL: To open a new thread called "NOW what do I watch?". This thread is for the discussion of what's worth watching in the first Fall without a new Mutant Enemy show.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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!
Betsy HP - May 24, 2004 6:29:12 am PDT #3861 of 10289
If I only had a brain...
victor infante - May 24, 2004 6:32:31 am PDT #3862 of 10289
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Well, like I said before--I'm usually mildly against thread proliferation, but Lord knows it'll be the subject of discussion all over the board. What the heck, why not?
Jesse - May 24, 2004 6:35:44 am PDT #3863 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is this just to talk about new shows (and how would we police that, anyway?), or is this the dreaded General TV Thread?
Topic!Cindy - May 24, 2004 6:35:45 am PDT #3864 of 10289
What is even happening?
Betsy, is it to discuss what actually happens on the shows, such as "On Joan of Arcadia, G-d appeared and...", or is it a recommendation thread, that will help us decide which shows are watched by enough Buffistas to merit their own threads?
(sorry if that's clunky)
Betsy HP - May 24, 2004 6:38:08 am PDT #3865 of 10289
If I only had a brain...
This is a recommendation thread. This is strictly for Buffistas to suggest other shows that Buffy-loving (and Firefly-loving and...) people might like. No discussing plot events, just "I watch THE SWAN and you guys would like it because."
Betsy HP - May 24, 2004 6:39:10 am PDT #3866 of 10289
If I only had a brain...
Oh, and the shows don't have to be new. You're allowed to say "If you haven't tried it, try ALIAS because."
Katie M - May 24, 2004 6:39:40 am PDT #3867 of 10289
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
It'd probably have to be policed, then--maybe just BaBB-style rather than Press-style, but something to keep the chatting out.
Steph L. - May 24, 2004 6:41:33 am PDT #3868 of 10289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm actually pro-thread proliferation, but this topic sounds like something that's suitable for Natter. Errr, to make sure I'm clear -- I don't think the discussion of "What Should I Watch?" would overwhelm Natter, *especially* if it's meant to be recommendations only and not actual plot discussion.
§ ita § - May 24, 2004 6:45:07 am PDT #3869 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't see how it won't become almost a TV thread, with people saying "But you shouldn't like Alias because SpyDaddy is insane." "Are you kidding? That's one of the big pulls." "Nowhere near as hot as Sark, though." "Good point -- he started becoming a big attraction around the episode where he ..."
Even so, if we could decide on the hard and fast line where it doesn't cross over, I don't see the need. TV's not that complicated.
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amych - May 24, 2004 6:51:32 am PDT #3870 of 10289
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I've never actually understood the objection to the dreaded general tv thread, but since I'm generally anti-pro and and I don't watch general tv, eh well, not gonna argue for it either.
The proposed thread, on the other hand, just sounds untenable and somewhat un-Buffista-like to me -- if it's to be just recs and not just discussion, there would have to be some kind of policing. And discussing is what we do. Endlessly. About everything. So I can imagine one of two things -- it'd be a discussion thread with extra added attempts to natterstomp and complaints that we're not supposed to have a general tv thread, or people wouldn't bother with it because there's no discussion happening there and they've already made their recs in natter.