It's no prob, really I haven't read the books on purpose (was asked to wait until I saw all 3 films) and I've been staying out of Dude, but no big!! I'll hang in Bitches for awhile. I haven't read either author, so I couldn't contribute anyway!! :)

I thought the consensus in Precious was to whitefont what happens in the books out of courtesy--and, at least on my part, enjoying the innocence of the unspoiled.

Like I said, Aimee, no offense meant to you. (And I hope the conversation as a whole worked as advertising for you.) But I do think that the whitefont train can go too far down the track, especially on no notice.

If we'd been having the conversation 4 years ago, or 1 year from now, it would not be whitefontable; and it's not whitefontable in the thread devoted to the topic; and it's not a NAFDA issue; so I'm having trouble coming up with a reason to whitefont.

I mean, besides the greater glee and screaming, and if it were a topic to be gleeful and/or scream about, I'd whitefont with, you know, glee. (As we did, when talking about the spiders a few months ago.)

Like I said, Aimee, no offense meant to you

Oh I know!! I am one of few that hasn't read the books. I'm one of those people that reads after the movie if I haven't read before. Really, it's no big. The fact that I've remained as unspoiled as I have up til now, is pretty good.

If we'd been having the conversation 4 years ago, or 1 year from now, it would not be whitefontable; and it's not whitefontable in the thread devoted to the topic; and it's not a NAFDA issue; so I'm having trouble coming up with a reason to whitefont.

Because there is a rational reason to not want to read the books and yet enjoy the movie unspoiled. The movie and book are different things; one, yes, has been out forty years but the other hasn't and has appeal beyond the book. I don't go into "Dude" because I haven't read the books (and don't plan to) but I'd rather not be spoiled in Natter.

Aimee, I take great joy in anticipating your reaction to events as they develop. Makes me want to be sitting next to you in the theatre. We ought to get all the non-readers together for the premier, then sprinkle of bunch of the readers in the audience wtih them, just so we can say, "Just wait, just wait," then we can enjoy their gasps.

Oh, topic, right. And I also think we should whitefont in Precious. Isnt' that thread primarily about the movie phenomenon? A purely book discussion might be better suited in Literary.

I thought the consensus in Precious was to whitefont what happens in the books out of courtesy--and, at least on my part, enjoying the innocence of the unspoiled.

I'm not sure what you're talking about here, because there's never been any book-related whitefonting in Precious -- the ability to talk freely about 40+ year-old books was one of the main reasons for giving them their own thread.

I thought the reason for giving them/us their own thread was because the Movies people were getting tired of slogging past posts going "Boromir! Aragorn! Hobbitses!"

Yes, I am smiling.

I thought the reason for giving them/us their own thread was because the Movies people were getting tired of slogging past posts going "Boromir! Aragorn! Hobbitses!"

LotR threads long predate Movies. And, yeah, I'm being pedantic and pointy-headed.

Although having just typed "being" as "boing" should redeem me somewhat.

Oh, that's right, the Movies people were sad about the LotR people getting a thread for their movie when they wanted a general one as well. I still think whitefonting is the kindest option, there, because the thread was created as a response to the movies, not to the books.