Welcome to the group for Buffy episodes!

See, my opinion is, and please don't take this wrong SpikedBuffy because you do a wonderful job, its just you can't force discussion.

These Discussion Threads, its like we're being told 'OK, you have this to talk about and this much time to say it'.
To me, it just feels like there isn't enough tome for the conversation to evolve. Look at some of the big conversations that take place here, they take months to develop. I just feel with a time limit you are saying to everyone, if you don't post your comment now, you will be late and your view will not have any part of the conversation.
 
i kind of agree with how conversations should not be confined to a time limit, but i can seemingly force myself to say something about each topic. usually a lot! i just ramble on about whatever questions or comments i have about the episode or character or whatever the topic is. hence, i am the only one with the really long posts. my point is that it may be more convinient to have a longer time to converse, as BOTD said, but also that since i can aparrently make myself say a lot for each thread, it is possible for me (and potentially some others) to deal with it, which in effect cancels out everything i said and makes it pointless...i'll try not to post when im in strange moods anymore :blush:.
 
I thought I was going to be the weird and annoying one when I signed up for this discussion group. Hm. 😵

Yeah, I was thinking about that earlier, BOTD. It seems a bit rushed... personally I like to spend lots of time posting, and lots of time thinking about what I'm going to post next, so I can add more later.
 
Don't forget that the point of the group is to have a focused discussion. We have the regular episode forums for long drawn out wide-ranging ones...
 
And thats fine, its just I know some people like to read others thoughts before venturing a comment.

I guess to have a properly focused discussion, it would be better if people were on at the same time, but thats very difficult to do so you wait.
with me, its not that I don't wanna post a comment, its just i read the beginning, say to myself i'll post later then forget then when i remember, discussion is over.
 
That's why you might notice that some of the more recent discussions have not had a time limit put on them.

The reason that I put a week time window on each discussion is to keep it focused and clear. We have a couple of discussions going at a time, and if they are all open for a long time, we're going to have episodes stacked up. Then we do not have the focused discussion that B spoke about above.

What I have witnessed though, is whether a time limit or not, the discussions are not as active as I'd hoped. So start bringing your friends! 🙂 j/k
 
I'd initially envisioned the discussion groups as sort of a "one episode a week" discussion like we had when the episodes originally aired.
 
Maybe we need a way to 'jazz' it up a bit.
I mean this is a forum which brings out discussion, so creating threads that are about discussing certain aspects isn't really something new.
 
Buffy Summers said:
I'd initially envisioned the discussion groups as sort of a "one episode a week" discussion like we had when the episodes originally aired.
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Same here. But upon discussing it with members, they seemed to have more of an interest in other things besides that theory.

But that's what I like. So, I'm thinking I"m going to start that up too! We can do the things that members have given their opinions on, and we can now start doing the weekly discussion as well. That ought to make everyone happy! 🙂

And BoTD, if you have any suggestions for 'jazzing' it up, please feel free to put those ideas out there!
 
Buffy Summers said:
I didn't mean you had to do that, I just meant as far as the time thing goes 🙂
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Yeah, but I like that idea so much! I think it'll really help us all appreciate why we fell in love with the show in the first place! I've been dying to watch it all from the beginning, but I always don't, and just pick out eps that I want to watch.

It's started already! I'm on the ball. Plus, we'll keep the other discussions going that were suggested, so it's the best of both worlds!
 
OK thought 1 at 3am in the morning so it may be crap.
What if we signed up for discussions as characters.

Say for instance anyone who wishes to participate in an Episode Discussion takes it like a Commentary.
Example.

Discussing Bewitched Bothered and.... and SpikedBuffy watches the episode as if she was Cordelia and say i'm Xander. When we are discussing it, we only post as if we are that character BUT it has to be a proper discussion.
Its like we are treating the episode as a real event not TV.

I seriously don't think that sounds like I meant it to sound, but i'll post any way so that I can refine it when i'm actually awake🙂
 
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ooh! i love that idea BOTD! i hope we use it! :D
No that's a really cool idea. Do you want to pick a different episode to have that kind of a discussion on? People would have to sign up - maybe first come, first serve?
 
Yeah, so Everyone gets a shot it should be a first come first serve and like per episode the characters that are involved are part of the discussion.

In essence you are giving your interpretation of the characters motivation and justification.

Could be interesting.
And as its first come first serve that would alos allow different peoples views different characters over the course of the show....again, just my thought🙂
 
would we get to choose the episodes we'd like to do this for, or would it just be chosen by SB? would it be in any particular order or just random? just curious...im excited by new and exciting ideas! :biggrin:
 
Hello, I'm epo, I'm new here 😀
(Or, yeah, finally took the time to figre out how to join.. really wasn't that complicated, should have done it earlier, lol..)

Hm, so I'm confused, I thought this was that "one episode a week thing", but we're not doing that anymore eh?
 
hey epo, welcome aboard! 🙂

im not exactly sure what we're doing now. there's a lot of different people who have different ideas about what we should do. i think right now we are going to go in order and do each episode for a week, and hopefully we will also do BOTD's idea above.
 
Sounds good BoTD, although I think my skull is incredibly thick and it's taking me a while to process it! Maybe I have to see it in action to fully understand!

So, we can start doing that too. I think we'll need to have a practice round kind of, to get the hang of out. We could open up a thread announcing the characters that will be needed for the discussion, and then it'll be first come, first post to get that character. Sound okay?

And yes, epo, we will still be doing the weekly threads as well. It's the best of both worlds.
 
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