I'm with Brenda, point for point. Normally I wouldn't post a mee-tooo, but we're trying to get a feel for how people think.
Oh, and yes, white-font doesn't work on text browsers.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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
Liese S. - Aug 28, 2003 7:16:11 pm PDT #4968 of 10005
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
RobertH - Aug 28, 2003 7:24:10 pm PDT #4969 of 10005
Disaffected college student
I like looking at upcoming episode titles on occasion, but it's pretty much a thrill of being almost-kinda-slightly-spoiled, so I would definitely want those whitefonted.
To take another example from Angel season 4, the "Soulless" title only loses most of its spoilage impact after one has seen "Long Day's Journey"--and I knew of "Soulless" before LDJ had aired. (I also knew of what it was spoiling before I knew of it, but I wasn't happy about knowing that.)
Cindy - Aug 28, 2003 11:56:12 pm PDT #4970 of 10005
Nobody
Cindy, I like the poll idea, but I think it would be a lot easier to post responses if instead of bullets, each sub item was a,b,c or 1,2,3.
I agree. I was just tossing something out, so I didn't spend time on format. I think if we were to do this, we should use our ballot mechanism, anyhow.
But where did the guest star question come from?
Grover's Corners.
I'd have very strong objections to that being in the main thread.
I'm not agitating for it. I was trying to include stuff I thought was mentioned in the discussion.
Laura - Aug 29, 2003 2:31:33 am PDT #4971 of 10005
Our wings are not tired.
Lite stuff in whitefont and with a spoiler space if text browsers are an issue works for me.
Wolfram - Aug 29, 2003 8:19:08 am PDT #4972 of 10005
Visilurking
Cindy, under episode title why should this:
Keep it out of NAFDA entirely, until the preview airs
be an option? If the preview mentions the episode title it's fair game under our current rules, and if it doesn't why should the fact that the priview aired make it any more or any less spoilery?
Jessica - Aug 29, 2003 8:21:40 am PDT #4973 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Generally, ep titles that would be considered spoilery give away the same information as the promos. (I.e., "Graduation Day," "Buffy vs. Dracula")
Knowing the ep title after the promo airs wouldn't give you any extra information beyond what current spoiler rules already allow.
Jon B. - Aug 29, 2003 8:22:37 am PDT #4974 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I think the idea is that the previews give away far more than an episode title ever does. Once the preview has aired, knowing the title adds no additional spoilery value.
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sumi - Aug 29, 2003 9:05:05 am PDT #4975 of 10005
Art Crawl!!!
Right -- I love the ep titles for their speculation value, but don't think that they're really that spoilery.
Not like discussing a plot point that you've been spoiled for or the advent of a recurring character.
Rayne - Aug 29, 2003 11:10:43 am PDT #4976 of 10005
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
The only thing I can see wrong with knowing ep titles way in advance is that they might give away casting spoilers. An example is the first season Angel ep - Five by Five (gee... could Faith possibly be in that episode?)
This might also be a problem for the upcoming season of Angel if Buffy cast members guest star (pure speculation). If a title was "Xanderiffic", that would be spoiling a guest star.
Personally, I voted to close Spoilers Lite because we were in the middle of the crisis. That was the only reason I voted for it. Now I wish I hadn't.
Anyway, I'd like to see titles allowed, but white fonted in the NAFDA thread.
Jessica - Aug 29, 2003 11:37:24 am PDT #4977 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This might also be a problem for the upcoming season of Angel if Buffy cast members guest star (pure speculation). If a title was "Xanderiffic", that would be spoiling a guest star.
OTOH, the WB's never been keen on keeping guest stars like that under wraps. (Harmony was in the Disharmony promos, Willow was in the Orpheus promos, IWRY was "A Crossover Event," etc.)
I think the fairest idea so far has been to allow ep titles after the promo has aired.