The thing with the experimental drama thread is that in practice, people talked about a much smaller number of shows than might have been technically "covered" in the thread definition, but not everyone knew that, so people might have stayed away from the thread to avoid being spoiled for Show X, when they actually wouldn't have been spoiled, and would have been able to discuss Show Y no problem.
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Jesse - Jul 25, 2007 9:41:03 am PDT #7477 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Liese S. - Jul 25, 2007 9:43:54 am PDT #7478 of 10289
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I don't see how we're not a general tv board already. I don't like it, but I think we're there.
Fred Pete - Jul 25, 2007 9:46:01 am PDT #7479 of 10289
Ann, that's a ferret.
Jesse, I think the real issue there is TiVo. Using The Office as an example (because that's the show I discussed most on the experimental threads), the show might air at 8:30 (ET) on Thursdays. We'd TiVo but usually watch that evening -- perfectly able to discuss the next day.
But anything knocks us off schedule, and we wait until Friday. Which, with my online habits, means I probably don't discuss until Sunday. When, realistically, some of the TiVo-ers still may not have seen.
In other words, even more than VCRs, DVRs have made a mockery out of TV schedules. And unfortunately, I don't have an answer for that other than a lengthy whitefont period.
Denise - Jul 25, 2007 9:49:29 am PDT #7480 of 10289
But anything knocks us off schedule, and we wait until Friday. Which, with my online habits, means I probably don't discuss until Sunday. When, realistically, some of the TiVo-ers still may not have seen.
But with the bucket thread, it's much easier to go there on Friday, or Saturday, or 2 weeks from next Thursday, and be able to jump in and talk about the episode and find people to respond. In Natter? Forget about it.
Jesse - Jul 25, 2007 9:50:15 am PDT #7481 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Right, but I'm saying that maybe The Office isn't even being discussed in that thread (this is a bad example, but roll with it), so you don't need to be afraid to go in to discuss Saturday Night Live as it's airing. But you don't know that, so you just avoid the thread all together.
brenda m - Jul 25, 2007 9:50:20 am PDT #7482 of 10289
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I don't see how we're not a general tv board already. I don't like it, but I think we're there.
Really? You think the reason most people come here, and what they discuss and get out of this place, is mostly tv?
megan walker - Jul 25, 2007 10:01:19 am PDT #7483 of 10289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Right, but I'm saying that maybe The Office isn't even being discussed in that thread (this is a bad example, but roll with it)
I'd say so, since it seemed to me that that was mostly what was discussed in the comedy thread.
But I think you're right. It's hard to know what is being discussed without venturing in, but if you venture in, you may be spoiled.
I'd say that for me, only the reality thread really worked. I don't know why that is, maybe because I watch the main shows discussed there? Somehow for me, it was much more annoying to scroll through stuff I didn't care about in the experimental threads than in Natter. Maybe because the whitefont in Natter makes it easier to identify?
Dana - Jul 25, 2007 10:03:00 am PDT #7484 of 10289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The reality show thread worked for me mostly because I didn't care about being spoiled for those things.
Bucket threads, especially those with a bigger bucket, present huge spoiler problems for me. It's okay in Boxed Set, because that's a genre I keep up with. So either I'm watching the show, or I don't care. Something like a Network Drama thread, though -- I can't stay subbed, because I'll be spoiled, and once I'm not subbed, I won't remember that it's there.
Connie Neil - Jul 25, 2007 10:03:29 am PDT #7485 of 10289
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But you don't know that, so you just avoid the thread all together.
Or you go over to Natter and say, "Is The Office a big show in NetCom? I want to talk about Saturday Night Live, but I want to avoid Office talk."
megan walker - Jul 25, 2007 10:05:12 am PDT #7486 of 10289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The reality show thread worked for me mostly because I didn't care about being spoiled for those things.For me, it was the opposite. I really don't like to be spoiled but I get so tempted by the whitefont in Natter. With the separate thread, I can just avoid it until I've caught up (when I remember to, that is).