Should we open a thread to discuss Television Animation and similar media, such as Web animation?
A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Don't care.
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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!
Tom Scola - Sep 22, 2013 9:05:37 am PDT #9675 of 10289
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Jon B. - Sep 22, 2013 9:15:17 am PDT #9676 of 10289
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That seems vague and open-ended to me. For example, does "similar media" include film?
Tom Scola - Sep 22, 2013 9:20:17 am PDT #9677 of 10289
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How about just TV and Online Animation?
Tom Scola - Sep 22, 2013 9:23:49 am PDT #9678 of 10289
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I mean, this whole site is totally unprepared for The Future. Cable Drama is probably the right place to discuss OITNB, but it's still confusing.
DavidS - Sep 22, 2013 9:31:26 am PDT #9679 of 10289
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I'd like to include online animation because I'm following things like Bravest Warriors and Bee and Puppycat which have links to Cartoon Network but are only online now.
Jon B. - Sep 22, 2013 9:54:52 am PDT #9680 of 10289
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"TV and Online Animation" is much more clear. Thanks.
Jon B. - Sep 22, 2013 4:47:47 pm PDT #9681 of 10289
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Liese S. - Apr 22, 2015 6:59:14 am PDT #9682 of 10289
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This thread is now open to discuss the thread creation for a Marvel Cinematic Universe thread as distinctly not proposed by Scola here: Tom Scola "Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job" Apr 21, 2015 6:24:03 am PDT
DavidS - Apr 22, 2015 7:30:07 am PDT #9683 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Aside from our obvious interest in the MCU, it seems clear that they are going to push further into television with limited series and ongoing series and linking them all together. So this really will be a broad spectrum of shows that will overlap and inform each other.
It seems logical to catch them all together, and with that many shows and movies there will be regular and lively traffic.
Steph L. - Apr 22, 2015 8:20:38 am PDT #9684 of 10289
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My only concern about a thread that combines the movies and the TV shows is that our rules for whitefonting movies and TV shows currently conflict.
TV shows (at least in Jossverse, where the MCU shows live now) are NAFDA, so there's no whitefonting of anything as soon as it airs on the East Coast.
Movies have the rule of whitefonting plot-related discussion for 2 weeks (although, do we strictly follow that any more?) and major HSQ until 2 weeks after the DVD release (which I *really* don't think we follow any more).
So if someone is caught up on SHIELD but hasn't seen AoU yet, and they're within the 2-week window, they can post about the show but won't be spoiled for the movie (in theory, because of the movie whitefonting rule). But it doesn't work in reverse. If someone has seen AoU but is NOT caught up on SHIELD, all the TV stuff will be in regular font, so if that person wants to post about AoU, they run the risk of getting spoiled for the TV stuff.
I'm not saying that's a reason to not have an MCU thread, but maybe we need to rethink what we whitefont, and for how long.
And the alternate viewpoint is the de facto approach to Boxed Set, which is basically "Nothing is whitefonted, so if you want to post about Walking Dead but haven't seen Arrow yet, you may get spoiled."