I understand that, but I also think it is possible that others may have other needs
Sorry--I should have prefaced with connie's quote. I turned away from the computer mid-post, and am out of sequence. It was her I was responding to.
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
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!
§ ita § - Aug 15, 2006 7:45:25 am PDT #6128 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Aug 15, 2006 7:58:03 am PDT #6129 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
LeN, I think the issue is that the specific proposal on the table is for an HBO/Showtime thread. A General TV thread would have to be a separate proposal in Bureaucracy.
le nubian - Aug 15, 2006 8:04:05 am PDT #6130 of 10289
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't want to propose a general thread. That's not the nature of my questions. I was inquiring about the efficacy of the current proposal. I just didn't find it to be narrow enough such that shows couldn't be already discussed in Natter.
Tom Scola - Aug 15, 2006 8:13:31 am PDT #6131 of 10289
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Deadwood, The Sopranos and Rome are all on their last seasons.
Hayden - Aug 15, 2006 8:20:23 am PDT #6132 of 10289
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
True. And The Wire has only one more at most.
amych - Aug 15, 2006 8:21:28 am PDT #6133 of 10289
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm gonna point and nod vigorously at What Nutty Said.
NoiseDesign - Aug 15, 2006 8:33:52 am PDT #6134 of 10289
Our wings are not tired
At the rate we are going we need a scorecard on the front page to point out which threads have which shows.
bon bon - Aug 15, 2006 8:35:43 am PDT #6135 of 10289
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The main reason, it seems, that Deadwood talk moved into Movies was that Movies moves more slowly than Natter and some people can't keep up with Natter. In general, we've tended to award a show its own thread on basis of its disrupting Natter with its talk, rather than its explicitly moving out of Natter in order to find a space where it can have a higher signal-to-noise ratio. This would seem to be rewarding rule-breaking for a very small audience, rather than relieving the eyeballs of a very big audience. Thoughts?
I agree with most of this (I'm just not worried about rewarding rule-breaking). For me the reason not to create a new thread is that it deprives other threads of activity, conversation, mix. When a topic is drowning out the good mix then I think a new thread is warranted. Otherwise I think it's a net negative to other threads.
erikaj - Aug 15, 2006 8:35:53 am PDT #6136 of 10289
Always Anti-fascist!
But we're Buffistas. Who talk about dead shows all the fricking time. If we build it, it'll get used.
Kristen - Aug 15, 2006 8:38:34 am PDT #6137 of 10289
I had no idea there was Deadwood conversation going on in Movies. I mentioned it once or twice in Natter but it didn't seem like there was a high level of discussion so I moved to another board to talk about it.
And, while a number of shows are in their last season, the way those last seasons are spaced out, combined with the new shows that will coming along to replace them (not to mention, two Deadwood movies) I think there's enough there to sustain a thread for some time.