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idealdiscountdude
11-29-2002, 10:42 PM
One thing I have been noticing over the last few months is that many threads are being created WAY TOO Early in this forum.
The point of this forum is to talk about Current Movies, while the purpose of the Upcoming Movies Forum is to talk about Upcoming movies.
12 Days prior to a films release is sufficient time to to create threads dedicated to those flicks, not two weeks, 15 days, etc....
In doing this, we are taking away traffic from the Upcoming Movie Talk Forum, and also defeating the general purpose of our forum.
Anywho, the enslaught of new threads created today for films coming out Dec 13th will stay open as there are so many.....however, please just wait a minimum of 12 days before doing so for now on.
Thanks....Ideal
dh1989
11-29-2002, 10:50 PM
ideal, I am sorry. It was stupid of me to open them, but I just really wanted to discuss these films, and well....once again, I'm sorry. :( I just saw the Maid In Manhattan one, and I figured you were okay with that one, so others could be opened. It was moronic, I know.
idealdiscountdude
11-29-2002, 10:59 PM
Originally posted by dh1989
ideal, I am sorry. It was stupid of me to open them, but I just really wanted to discuss these films, and well....once again, I'm sorry. :( I just saw the Maid In Manhattan one, and I figured you were okay with that one, so others could be opened. It was moronic, I know.
dh, dont beat yourself up about it! Its not that big of a deal :)
I just dont want the Upcoming Movie Talk Forum to lose traffic because of our forum.
It's okay. Im just keeping this message here for a few days so everybody can read it.
No probs duder!
:)
Originally posted by idealdiscountdude
One thing I have been noticing over the last few months is that many threads are being created WAY TOO Early in this forum.
The point of this forum is to talk about Current Movies, while the purpose of the Upcoming Movies Forum is to talk about Upcoming movies.
12 Days prior to a films release is sufficient time to to create threads dedicated to those flicks, not two weeks, 15 days, etc....
In doing this, we are taking away traffic from the Upcoming Movie Talk Forum, and also defeating the general purpose of our forum.
Anywho, the enslaught of new threads created today for films coming out Dec 13th will stay open as there are so many.....however, please just wait a minimum of 12 days before doing so for now on.
Thanks....Ideal
THANK YOU! It has been driving me nuts that this forum is getting so crowded and some threads are being created WAY to early. It never used to be so bad but it seems like each day now it just keeps getting worse and worse. 12 days is fine, but it seems like then people think they can create them earlier than that just because it's "almost" 12 days. A limit needs to be set and you set one, I just wish it would actually get followed because the threads just keep coming earlier and earlier...
Nate6
11-30-2002, 04:12 PM
I will also say "Thank you," Ideal. It was getting to the point that one of these days I was expecting a Spider-Man 3 Thoughts and Reviews thread to be opened!
idealdiscountdude
11-30-2002, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by Nate6
I will also say "Thank you," Ideal. It was getting to the point that one of these days I was expecting a Spider-Man 3 Thoughts and Reviews thread to be opened!
LOL...but what is funny Nate is that your above statement is true, except that the thread was for T3 and purposely created here at the beginning of the month!
Talk about a way too early "Current Movie"!
Originally posted by Nate6
I will also say "Thank you," Ideal. It was getting to the point that one of these days I was expecting a Spider-Man 3 Thoughts and Reviews thread to be opened!
I know exactly what you mean...
Horror whore
11-30-2002, 06:48 PM
Wow! Am I glad I read this thread! I was just about to start a thread for Jurassic Park 76!
dh1989
11-30-2002, 06:51 PM
Originally posted by idealdiscountdude
LOL...but what is funny Nate is that your above statement is true, except that the thread was for T3 and purposely created here at the beginning of the month!
Talk about a way too early "Current Movie"!
Thats good to know. I am not the worst one. And sorry if I made you mad Mike.
Originally posted by dh1989
Thats good to know. I am not the worst one. And sorry if I made you mad Mike.
You didn't make me mad, at least you managed to get your threads close to the actual release date ;).
movies35
11-30-2002, 11:15 PM
I am sorry. I thought sience Maid in Manhaten had it's sneak preview a thred could be open
Originally posted by movies35
I am sorry. I thought sience Maid in Manhaten had it's sneak preview a thred could be open
Yeah, I figured that's why it was done and I don't really see any harm in it. Since it did have a sneak preview this weekend and will have another one next weekend a thread may as well be open for "Thoughts & Reviews."
The Other
12-02-2002, 10:19 AM
I think it's like a race. They keep opening earlier and earlier so that person can be the one who started the thread first (or just started it).
I personally wish it would go back the way it was before all these "thoughts and reviews" threads started. They are CLUTTERING the boards and you can barely read the board properly because, like I said, it's cluttered with the words "thoughts and reviews" every thread.
This is the same thing that happened to the "Upcoming Movie Talk" forum with all the "Countdown threads". I think something should happen. Not that it has to be the moderator who starts a thread, but there's gotta be another way to keep up with the "Current Movie Talk" forum so it's easier to read and all.
That's kinda my complaint, I guess.
dh1989
12-02-2002, 03:21 PM
Originally posted by The Other
I think it's like a race. They keep opening earlier and earlier so that person can be the one who started the thread first (or just started it).
I personally wish it would go back the way it was before all these "thoughts and reviews" threads started. They are CLUTTERING the boards and you can barely read the board properly because, like I said, it's cluttered with the words "thoughts and reviews" every thread.
This is the same thing that happened to the "Upcoming Movie Talk" forum with all the "Countdown threads". I think something should happen. Not that it has to be the moderator who starts a thread, but there's gotta be another way to keep up with the "Current Movie Talk" forum so it's easier to read and all.
That's kinda my complaint, I guess.
I thought was the entire point of the current movie talk forum, to post thoughts and reviews of current films. If there is one plus to your idea, it would be all of the THOUGHTS & REVIEWS would have photos, plot etc. That is always nice, but I disagree with you. And what makes them "cluttered". They don't seem confusing to me, but maybe I am in a minority on this issue.
Originally posted by The Other
I think it's like a race. They keep opening earlier and earlier so that person can be the one who started the thread first (or just started it).
I personally wish it would go back the way it was before all these "thoughts and reviews" threads started. They are CLUTTERING the boards and you can barely read the board properly because, like I said, it's cluttered with the words "thoughts and reviews" every thread.
This is the same thing that happened to the "Upcoming Movie Talk" forum with all the "Countdown threads". I think something should happen. Not that it has to be the moderator who starts a thread, but there's gotta be another way to keep up with the "Current Movie Talk" forum so it's easier to read and all.
That's kinda my complaint, I guess.
I actually think the "Thoughts & Reviews" threads are a good thing as long as they don't get out of hand. I think we would be worse off without them. Just think, without them the board would get cluttered with several different topics about the same movie. It would get out of hand... I remember before the "Thoughts & Reviews" threads how cluttered the board would get with useless threads, I don't want to see that happen again. The "Thoughts & Reviews" threads are a good thing and I don't find the board cluttered and hard to read at all...
idealdiscountdude
12-03-2002, 12:43 PM
The 'Thoughts and Reviews' Threads work GREAT.
If we didn't have them, like Mike said, we'd have a shitload of threads pertaining to the same movie (although this does happen even with the T&R threads, which I dont mind as long as they are talking about its Box Office or something)...this way everything that really needs to be said about a film is said in one great thread.
Anywho, the T&R threads IMO as moderator, are not going anywhere and I dont find that they clutter up the forum at all.
That's my $1.50.
The Other
12-03-2002, 01:10 PM
They're good, yes, but maybe when posting the movie...just put the name of the movie as the subject (and don't include the "thoughts and reviews" part). When you got all these "thoughts and reviews" it's confusing to the eyes. Just the simple name of the movie works better.
Originally posted by The Other
They're good, yes, but maybe when posting the movie...just put the name of the movie as the subject (and don't include the "thoughts and reviews" part). When you got all these "thoughts and reviews" it's confusing to the eyes. Just the simple name of the movie works better.
Yeah but without saying "Thoughts & Reviews" on it the same thing would happen because new members would probably still open new threads for the same movie. Yes, it does happen now, but without the T & R threads it would happen more often.
Nate6
12-03-2002, 03:27 PM
I'm split on the "Thoughts and Reviews" issue. I like them, as they do keep them more organized, but I find the monotony and complication of putting that right after the name of a film confusing, and, as Other said, hard on the eyes. I'm not 100% sure that putting "Thoughts and Reviews" is substantially stopping people from opening duplicate topics, but that's just me.
Or maybe change it to just "Thoughts"
dh1989
12-03-2002, 10:01 PM
I remember last year we had a million different threads for the first Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings films.
Big Pudge
12-04-2002, 09:01 PM
THANK YOU ideal discount... now maybe my JOKE in this thread:
http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38576&highlight=Terminator
will finally make some sense!!!
dh1989
12-05-2002, 11:47 AM
That was a joke? :eek: I thought you were serious, by the way you talked about getting a head start.
P.S. No one likes a joke that clutters a board. It was not funny, in my opinion.
dh1989
12-05-2002, 05:14 PM
I wish we could make a rule about photos and plot. I mean someone recently started a Gangs of New York thread, which was closed for being too early, but this is what was said in it....
"With 14 days left I thought I might as well open up a thread cause this is a highly anticapated movie. I personaly don't wanna see it, but mabe a good DVD rental."
Now is anyone with me that it would've been nicer had it looked like this....
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http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/miramax_films/gangs_of_new_york/_group_photos/daniel_day_lewis3.jpg
Plot: Set in New York City, 1840-1863, a young man named Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio) seeks vengeance against Bill "The Butcher" Poole (Daniel Day-Lewis), the man who killed his father. Though he secures the help of pickpocket Jenny Everdeane, the task at hand may be more dangerous than Amsterdam ever imagined when he realizes that his father was murdered as a result of gang warfare between the powerful Manhattan gangs. Amid the crooked cops and corrupt politicians of the Tammany Hall era, political enforcer Bill Poole stands out as only one scoundrel in the crime-plagued Five Points section of lower Manhattan in the early 1860s.
[Thread starter's comments about the film.]
http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/miramax_films/gangs_of_new_york/_group_photos/daniel_day_lewis1.jpg
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Is it just me or does anyone else agree?
Tuukka
12-07-2002, 05:18 AM
I sort of agree with you. If someone opens a new thread it would be nice if he could give out some basic information about it as well.
The Other
12-07-2002, 02:12 PM
Well, I think the threads should be cut down or something.
I'm going to pick on you for a minute, dh1989. :D But, you've started a lot of threads for some of the most obscure films that I've never even heard of or you'll start threads for films you're not even interested in but you'll say something like "maybe you are" or something.
I think a thread should be started for films that person is interested in or bigger films. I'm not saying only for big Hollywood films, no, but there have been thoughts and reviews threads for some of the most obscure films (ie, The Jimmy Show, Soap Girl). Or I remember someone doing one on Home Alone 4...I mean, c'mon. LOL!
Oh well, that's all I've got to say. Sorry to pick on you dh, it's not just you, but you were the only example I could think of right now. :D
dh1989
12-07-2002, 02:55 PM
A lot of people were not interested in flicks like Memento, and Cronos, but they became cult favorites. There is nothing wrong with trying to talk about indies. Should we have a rule like NO THOUGHTS AND REVIEWS UNLESS THE FILM'S BUDGET IS OVER 15 MILLION? I think not. Second, The Jimmy Show stars Ethan Hawke. He has a group of fans, I am sure, including me.
dh1989
12-07-2002, 02:56 PM
Originally posted by The Other
Or I remember someone doing one on Home Alone 4...I mean, c'mon. LOL!
That was B-ball Dude, not me.
The Other
12-07-2002, 03:11 PM
Read my posts more carefully, dh.
I didn't say you couldn't talk about independent films, but small films like that (Soap Girl and shit) would probably be better off started once you've seen it and give your review like with what Puck Bond did once when no one started a thread on, I think it was THE SHIPPING NEWS, and he did once he had seen it and gave his review.
And also I didn't say you made that Home Alone 4 thread, I said SOMEONE did.
idealdiscountdude
12-07-2002, 11:29 PM
Wowzers!
I mean, yeah I said that 12 days before a films release date was the earliest to create a thread for a flick, however that doesnt mean that everybody has to rush to do it first, right on the 12th day before the films release.
I mean its only the middle of the weekend in which Analyze That opened, and yet I see threads that are for films opening 2 weeks from now!
Yeah I said 12 days, but that is the minimum, I mean with all of these threads for Upcoming Movies plaguing the Current Movie Talk Forum, alot of threads for Current Films are getting ignored and lost in the shuffle.
I also notice that alot of these threads just include a sentence like I wanna see it, or Just a synopsis and a picture rather than an explanation as to why you wanna see the film so much.
Honestly why the rush in creating a thread on the 12th day b4 a films release? In the process of doing this, alot of true Current Film threads are getting ignored and lost in the process defeating the purpose of our forum.
The Other is totally correct, all of these threads for Upcoming Films are cluttering up the boards! The situation is pretty bad when threads for Die Another Day and The Emperor's Club are already on the second page! And they only came out 3 weeks ago! Harry Potter is nearly at the bottom of the page!
THINK ABOUT IT!
dh1989
12-07-2002, 11:38 PM
Those movies are losing status on the current movie talk page, in my opinion, because everyone has seen them. Someone who was interested in Bond(in countries where it has opened), has probably seen DIE ANOTHER DAY. Now there is really nothing more to say about them. Thoughts are over, and mostly everyone has written a review. And actually, a lot of people do not even write reviews, which stinks, but it that'd be off-topic to mention.
The Other
12-08-2002, 12:43 AM
Never thought about that, ideal (about those threads already off of the front page). Perhaps you should shorten the time period even more to about a week (7 days) as the maximum time period before a film opens to start a thread.
idealdiscountdude
12-08-2002, 07:41 AM
Originally posted by The Other
Never thought about that, ideal (about those threads already off of the front page). Perhaps you should shorten the time period even more to about a week (7 days) as the maximum time period before a film opens to start a thread.
That is an EXCELLENT idea, The Other! :)
Nate6
12-08-2002, 09:47 AM
Originally posted by idealdiscountdude
That is an EXCELLENT idea, The Other! :)
It is an excellent idea, I agree.
idealdiscountdude
12-08-2002, 10:50 AM
Originally posted by dh1989
Those movies are losing status on the current movie talk page, in my opinion, because everyone has seen them. Someone who was interested in Bond(in countries where it has opened), has probably seen DIE ANOTHER DAY. Now there is really nothing more to say about them. Thoughts are over, and mostly everyone has written a review. And actually, a lot of people do not even write reviews, which stinks, but it that'd be off-topic to mention.
I would have to disagree with ya dh.
From my perspective, people should have much more to say about Die Another Day and other films in release, that they have seen rather than upcoming films like Two Weeks Notice and Narc in which none of us have seen yet. All we can really chat about concerning those films for the time being is hear say. Stuff we have heard from other critics, press. Of course we can say we want to see or not see those flicks, however for the most part, none of us can honestly have a serious conversation or make a point about those films as we havent seen 'em, unlike flicks like Solaris and Far From Heaven which are in cinemas now.
Sorry for the rambling, but I hope I got my point across! ;)
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