by charmedwon666 » 4 hours ago (Tue Jul 23 2013 18:25:00)
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Come on Middleman man.....you must sway someone's vote or we will be Awaking away. Join me MadP let's see if it's as charming as I remember or just yucky.
Well, we all have until Thursday to think about the consequences of our actions, right? Who knows what might happen until then...
I was thinking it could be a
bold move (I love subverting the system). But since there are so few of us, and we trust each other's tastes, sometimes instead of voting like we do, we could grant a round to each member to pick his "pet" show. So, when it was your turn, you'd pick
The Middleman and we'd all watch it, then in mine I'd pick
Total Recall 2070 (for instance), etc. And wlcetbg would have a chance with one of his British shows.
Just a subversive idea, you know...
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charmedwon666
11 years ago
I was thinking it could be a bold move (I love subverting the system). But since there are so few of us, and we trust each other's tastes, sometimes instead of voting like we do, we could grant a round to each member to pick his "pet" show. So, when it was your turn, you'd pick The Middleman and we'd all watch it, then in mine I'd pick Total Recall 2070 (for instance), etc. And wlcetbg would have a chance with one of his British shows.
This has actually been discussed before but at the time everyone was getting to see a show they really liked most of the time but now there is very few us left and it may not go that way anymore. If the majority has a taste for drama lets say with no interest towards humor then the humor people might have to wait a long time to see a show.
I myself like westerns but not many have that same taste. I don't even bring any up because I am a minority in this area.
The other thing I try to stay conscious of is I hate to make people watch something they hate and always try and keep that in mind when picking shows.
I've got no problem with the idea but the rub comes when and if we pick up people, hasn't been a problem for sometime now, but it does happen. You really have to commit to hang on for years as each of us has done. Not as easy as it sounds.
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dtmuller
11 years ago
And, of course, if we'd had that rule a year or so ago, I would have forced all of us to endure Darkroom, and would have become the only member of this group to be banished forever.
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madp
11 years ago
Oh, well, that's just an idea. But I'm be for it in case everybody decides to try it. To me it would be easier to just give the responsibility of choosing a show to somebody else, rather than trying to pick a show i think others would like. Now for some reason, I'm starting to sound like my nephew, who will enthusiastically invite everyone to watch HIS favorite movies. I've been invited to watch Harry Potter countless times already.
Of, course, someone could always pull a Darkroom, but I'm being optimistic and trusting nobody would choose a reality show or a western. Ironically, when I was a kid I used to watch Big Valley, Bonanza, Lancer, Chaparral, The Man from Virginia, The Monroes, Daniel Boone (OK, not a western, I know that)... But putting aside the "Monkey" hiccup (how could that have happened?), all choices offered seem to have been pretty decent, and I'd go for any of them.
Just as a curiosity, here's a sample of what I used to watch. It's interesting how they used the same voices to dub Star Trek, and other unrelated shows of that time. My father still watches Bonanza on TCM, the channel for the people who can always say "I see dead people."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI5_pVNYR8c
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charmedwon666
11 years ago
Well over the course of time there have been 3 shows that I would have bailed on.
NightGallery
God Bob and the Devil
Dark Skies
If that rule was in place over the course of time I would have selected 2 shows and they would have been
Dead Like Me (two year show but we have done those)
The Middleman
It would be crap shoot but at least everyone's show would win from time to time.
But once a show would be chosen...no EXTRA griping would be in order
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madp
11 years ago
Well, I would be willing to go through these two shows of yours, even though I probably wouldn't have chosen them myself, and even though I'd say DLM is a bit long because it doesn't have two short seasons like Pushing Daisies.
Anyway... Just considering the possibilities. I'd say we could finish the present voting process since we started it, and normally go with the chosen one. Then in the next round we could start the new system, one round for each of the four of us, the usual suspects. And then after the four rounds, decide how we went. We could also, have another voting round every five ones. And in case we pick someone new along the way, then the next round would be voted because of the new guy. Or something like that.
I'm open for these new possibilities. You guys now say what you think.
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dtmuller
11 years ago
I was thinking about the rotation system a while back, but I'm not in favor of it. (I'll still go with what the group thinks, however.) The voting system has some advantages:
1 - It ensures that there is at least some consensus within the group that we want to watch a show, as opposed to one guy picking out something the rest can't stand.
2 - I've skipped several shows because I simply couldn't get them. Under the rotation system, that could become, "Everybody has to watch my show, but I'll bail on yours." That wouldn't really be the intent, but it would look bad. As the proverb goes: Never stoop to tie your shoelaces in your neighbor's melon patch.
3 - It makes it difficult to deal with new blood. That hasn't been much of an issue lately, but I'm not sure that simply voting on the next show is sufficient. What do you do with someone like dtmuller, who keeps jumping in and out?
4 - And then there's the rules. We're pretty laid back about that--one season shows? Well not really, we might just do the first season. Or maybe we'll do both, if they're short. Science fiction? I already hear people talking about westerns, etc. We can be loose about it because if a suggestion is too far out, nobody votes for it. Under rotation, I'm afraid there will be a lot of contention about what fits the rules. I don't really want to go there.
My two cents.
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madp
11 years ago
Well, I think if we're going to change anything, the decision should be unanimous.
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charmedwon666
11 years ago
I agree with the unanimous part. I have always tried to keep in mind how long it's been since someone hasn't gotten to see a show they want and will vote that way sometimes. I think if everyone tries to do this most of the usual suspects will have a rotation. I have no problem with the way we do things now and I have no problem discussing other ways.
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