No, no, no. Darth Vader was gay for the guy who stole his wandsabre.
Yeah, but it was really a sled.
To extend upon these similar points (and the other post where someone pointed out that Dr Who works the other way), there are two points to be made:
Firstly, yes it does still happen that it can take months for a show to arrive. It also sometimes takes just a matter of days. The US saw this with Dr Who, where BBC America was showing it just a few days after it was shown in the UK. In the UK there is now a satellite channel called “Sky Atlantic” that specialises in US shows and often shows them very close to the US air date. As an example, the most popular show by far has been “Game of Thrones”, for which every episode of season one was aired the day after the US:
It is quite possible that the people watching these shows have not been subjected to the same previews and other media that those in the US have. I find it frustrating when an American says “the previews have been on constantly” when I simply can say back to them “where you live, maybe”. Do Canadians have the same problem, maybe?
Secondly, we live in a world where not everyone gets their TV via the actual television any more. There are both legal and not so legal ways to get the shows very close (if not at the same time) to when they are aired. There are people that do this exclusively and hence would not be subject to all these previews that “previews are not spoilers” people tend to say are pretty much unmissable.
I guess what I am saying is that it is very, very easy to be up to date with the shows and not have been subjected to all the previews, media interviews and whatnot. So, in my opinion, anything related to an episode that has not aired, be it a preview, interview or whatever, is a spoiler and should be treated as such.
Or you could, you know – just not read the thread.
Which, funnily enough, is something I very often end up doing. Pity really, as I wouldn’t have minded discussing the show I had just watched.
Then jump in. I don’t read every single show thread, but in the ones I do read, there’s very little discussion of previews (which are misleading and useless anyway), interviews, podcasts, etc. And when there is mention of an interview or a podcast, there’s generally going to be a link and no actual discussion.
You might read that the show has been renewed or cancelled, or that someone has been cast in a role, but the non-show stuff is almost never spoilery. And when a casting change might be a spoiler, it’ll be in a box.
I’ve found 99% of posters in show threads to be very considerate, even for shows that are years old.
Except didn’t they just come up with a special rule for Game of Thrones?
Which is also addressed in post #27. We tried that as an experiment, it’s been a total PITA, and we’re not going to do it with any other show/book combo.
That’s just what I was trying to solve. If we have a basic definition, plus 2-3 accepted levels, then the thread intro’s are not so complicated and there’s no misunderstanding (At least among the steady population.)
Not arguing though, Modding is a hard enough job, and if you don’t think it will help then it’s moot.
It’s a special case, because the TV series is based on series of contemporary popular books. If not for the books and the books being contemporary, it wouldn’t be a problem.
Well, and it’s also a series uniquely suited the Geekdom that is the SDMB. LOL! But yeah, if The Hobbit weren’t so old I’d expect a similar treatment.
Hardly. Look, I know the first series of threads about the first few epis did degenerate into a trainwreck, but that wasn’t so much about the book/series issue as it was about personalities. That can happen in any thread about just about anything around here. sbt.
I am glad that the Staff now agree that it is a PITA, and not to be repeated. Altho my hat is off to Gukumatz for the very hard work:cool:, I think we can stop that experiment already, and in fact I am not sure it was nessesary this time around.