Spike ,'Potential'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
I've assumed that once the named show has been broadcast there is no way that the title can be spoilery.
We could, of course, do what most tv watchers do and talk about "the show where the MoG think that Angelus killed Lilah and Wes breaks Faith out of prison" rather than say, "Salvage".
Nah, none of them give specific information, I agree. (Not like, say, "Invisible Girl.") They allow the brain to put things together and make more-accurate guesses about what's going to happen, though. You can see where the vibe of the titles changes, and guess from that where the Angelus mini-arc's going to end.
(God, I can see the "she's insane!" head-shaking from here. I understand that the vast majority of people here don't care. I personally don't even care, as it happens. Just trying to explain how a title can give information that might be unwanted.)
I'm one of those people who can't remember episode titles. The only reasons I even know certain Buffy episode names is y'all keep mentioning and even then I'm not always sure if what I'm remembering goes with the title I'm thinking about.
For me they are just "the one with the gambling---for Gunn's soul. Not the rescue Lorne vegas one." or "the one where Kennedy is annoying..."
Angel 5.2 is rumored to be entitled either "Spiked" or "Just Rewards"
IJS, if it's the former? Semi-spoilery to some, not to others.
I understand why people are saying the ep titles aren't really spoilery. But what's the point of being able to discuss future episode titles in the main thread at all? Is it to try and determine what will happen in that show? In that case I would say the title is spoilery since it's being used as a clue to the future episode's contents and it's never been broadcast. OTOH, when they broadcast the episode title Apocalpse Nowish/Rain of Fire in the promos, that was fair game.
I don't think we don't care, Katie. It's just that, speaking only for myself, I don't see the same vibe-change that you see.
You can see where the vibe of the titles changes, and guess from that where the Angelus mini-arc's going to end.
You can. I honestly can't, and am curious if you can see it with hindsight, or you could tell this going in.
"the one where Kennedy is annoying..."
Sorry, that's about half the 7th season.
Daniel, what does even the former title tell people who already know the show's casting changes?
Really? I thought that was a relatively recent development -- a cautiousness that became ingrained.
Late to the discussion, but I fully agree with ita here.