I'd rather see a general TV thread than a recs-only thread. Recs with no discussion sounds too hard to maintain, and it would make it difficult to converse because you'd have to take your response (and you know we'd have them) to another thread -- probably Natter - and hope the original poster found it.
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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Lyra Jane - May 24, 2004 8:06:17 am PDT #3881 of 10289
Up with the sun
Steph L. - May 24, 2004 8:16:56 am PDT #3882 of 10289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
With all Jossverse shows off the air, we're going to be watching other things, and it seems like a General TeeVee thread (or threads; see below) would be the best way to go, rather than cramming it all into Natter.
There could be a couple-few TeeVee threads, arranged around a loose theme: sci-fi, reality TV, sitcoms, non-sitcoms. It could even be theoretically possible to fold the Unofficial SG-1 Thread back into new TeeVee threads.
Michele T. - May 24, 2004 8:22:46 am PDT #3883 of 10289
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
A recs thread is a bad idea, for all the reasons amych lists above.
Katie M - May 24, 2004 8:23:39 am PDT #3884 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
I'm in favor of talking about adding a TV thread or two, assuming the board can support it resource-wise, but having thrown Due South on the fire the last time around I'll put in a pre-emptive strike for not wanting to do it again with Boxed Set. (Give it official recognition as the SF/fantasy TV thread, sure.)
§ ita § - May 24, 2004 8:24:34 am PDT #3885 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Did anyone come up with a solution for the spoiler policies of a general TV thread anyway?
Kat - May 24, 2004 8:26:05 am PDT #3886 of 10289
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm strongly against a new TV thread not because I'm antiproliferation, but because general threads make the conversationunweildy. I'd rather see show specific threads (though that will get cumbersome fast... so it would be board resource dependent) because I want to talk about that show specifically and don't want to wade through conversations of everything on the show grid.
Given that, I kinda like Steph's idea of loose theme topics. Though, since Smallville became rolled up with other sci-fi shows, I find myself irritated with using the thread (or maybe it's with Smallville itself) and read it less and less.
Jesse - May 24, 2004 8:26:05 am PDT #3887 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Did anyone come up with a solution for the spoiler policies of a general TV thread anyway?
It would have to be just like Natter, wouldn't it? Big with the whitefont.
Katie M - May 24, 2004 8:27:10 am PDT #3888 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
If I were Queen of the World, I'd say that people who don't want to be spoiled for a show should avoid the thread until they've seen it. But then I'm kind of bugged by whitefont, which other people obviously don't mind.
Steph L. - May 24, 2004 8:29:00 am PDT #3889 of 10289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I kinda like Steph's idea of loose theme topics.
It's not a perfect solution, but the alternatives are (1) no TV threads, wherein Natter gets taken over by TV discussion, or (2) a thread for every. single. show. on. TV.
Gus - May 24, 2004 8:29:56 am PDT #3890 of 10289
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Recommendations only seems like you would expect maybe one or three posts from each Buffista, "here's my list", followed by some "me too"s.
A place to find discussion of shows Buffistas are watching would be great. Or, "What Lyra Jane said."