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ATWT - Mid-Show Bumper Includes Luke/NoahThe show has finally updated their mid-show bumpers and for the first time Van and Jake are featured. Submitted by Anthony D. Langford (4213 points) (827 posts) on Mon, 2008-08-04 23:43. |
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I was surprised when I saw them.... Nuke and then Luke alone!!
It was kind of ironic that they introduced a new opening that I assume that they abandoned as the characters highlighted were either no longer with the show/no longer belonging on the same frame/oddly put in the same frame/or missing to begin with. Any clue as to why it was abandoned so quickly?
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Arms around each other there, but, still...
...that embrace was more of a pal, comrade-type embrace than a lover's embrace. Nice to see them in the bumper, though.
Why is someone dissing Joseph? Lame.....
What is the person objecting to? Do they disagree that it's a pal-like embrace? Do they not want to see the guys in the bumper?
In my view, negative hit and run raters bring zero valued-added.
I agree with you Joseph! The skeptical part of me of course wonders if it's all part of getting smarter about creating an illusion and expectations of more and better material. Either way this has to be better than seeing the gorgeous (albeit tertiary character) Vienna Hyatt during every other bumper for months. The guys have been almost as forgotten as poor Snickers. <------- Hello writers, this rabbit is Katie's best friend....
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Just to clarify...
...and so that nobody thinks I'm some kind of childish villain, yes, I zero'd some of Dennis posts MONTHS ago when we had our tiff, only a handful of posts; then I ignored him up until yesterday, when he attacked David and went off on his usual blowhard diatribe, all of which I felt deserved a zero rating.
Honestly, I think the ratings are dangerous, as they can lead to something just like this. Perhaps they should be removed.
Joseph, I'm loathe to
Joseph, I'm loathe to pursue this, but I have to ask: what about the Kinsey scale clarification could possibly have been offensive to anyone?
And while you might not agree with the other post, there's no way "diatribe" could be accurately attached to it. It mostly laid out the actual Kinsey findings, explained how I personally would classify someone as a fellow gay, and stated that those definitions are up to the individual. There's nothing there that remotely approaches a diatribe.
Also, I didn't attack David
Also, I didn't attack David in the least, I simply disagreed with him by stating that I didn't think it was scientific to base one's perception of the percentage of gay people in the population on one's personal experience. David and I did have a classic tussle awhile back, but I've moved on from that as well. David's a fine writer with a nearly encyclopedic memory of arts of all type, but I disagree with him a lot. The only time I attacked him was when he urged a fellow poster to commit suicide.
If you're talking diatribes, several other posters actually DO rise to that standard with some regularity, but you agree with them and so have no issues. I have difficulty understanding why disagreeing with someone is so offensive to you.
What diatribe?
Dennis generally posts very reasonable (and yes, long-winded - sorry, Dennis), well-thought out responses. Regarding the Kinsey scale topic, I did not see anything resembling a diatribe, unless your definition of the word differs from mine.
Personally, I use the 5 rating if I agree strongly with something but don't have anything extra to add. I have no use for any other rating, especially the zero. If I disagree so strongly with something that a zero is warranted, I prefer to leave an actual reply.
Long-winded
That was me
Guillermo - That was me leaving the zero for Joseph. Here's why. A couple of months ago Joseph and I had a back and forth joust about something. I left it behind me long ago, but Joseph has been giving me zero votes over and over again since then, even on totally innocuous things. For example, yesterday David mentioned that the Kinsey scale went from 1 to 6. I replied and pointed out, in a totally benign way, that the scale actually went from 0 to 6, and that Kinsey had also added a category for asexuality. It was completely innocuous, and meant to be helpful and give a complete story. But Joseph gave me a zero. And as I say, he's been doing that for a couple of months.
At that point I went in and gave Joseph four or five zeros. Not to "get him back" - I don't play that way - but to hopefully get his attention and cause him to see the other side of what he was doing.
For what it's worth, I think the whole voting system is remarkably dumb, and I rarely vote. Most posts get a couple of votes, but are probably read by hundreds of people. A couple of other posters have previously remarked about someone "having it in" for them, and giving them constant low votes. I've observed that myself.
If anyone is having problems with the rating system being
I don't want to raise a
Star System
For myself, I don't like to leave a donut without explaining why. But I accept that others simply want to "vote." there is nothing "worng" in that. (I prefer to hear why you disagree; I perfer to see you give 5 stars to someone who disagrees with me) And because you aren't evicted on the basis of your ratings (or are you?) It isn't the stoning that some want to imagine. It's more like a water ballooning. (how gay is that?)
But for folks who come here to "win" an argument, or what ever, the star system has to be upsetting. There is little control over how or who votes against your style, opinion or your very essence. I find that incredibly refreshing. But when people use that to badger or belittle, it's unkind and I believe that Michael is more than capable to deal with that. Let's just hope he never has to. I mean, can we police ourselves first? Right?
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Yeah, heh...
...I think we met by me lobbing a water balloon at your head....
I kind of like the rating system because it lets me see where all the discussion and probable controversy is at a glance. When I'm in a rush, those are the ones I read. And also, I have my buds that I can always count on getting 5 from. You know who you are and I appreciate it!!
(Nukely...you are opinionated but not nearly so crabby as you pretend to be!)
I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.
water balloon
I don't remember who launched the first water balloon, so to speak. But it has been a wonderful wash and I have AfterElton to thank for meeting a beautiful woman, however that came about.
So, Michael, if you see your duty as uniting folks in the community, you've done me a favor. Thank you..
Wonderful Woman
I was standing in the
Tells A Lot About the ATWT Audience
Alternately...
SOD poll
You can vote on line as often as your fingers will allow. The poll, like all the others, was widely promoted in the Nuke forums, where they encouraged Nuke fans to sit for hours and vote. Believe me, if the AFA thought this was an important poll, they would have sent recruits to vote the other way. The only thing this tells us is that there are enough Nuke fans willing to sit at a keyboard and vote over and over for Nuke. Hell, that might be true two years after they cancel the show. What does that tell us about the popularity? Absolutely nothing. It only tells us about the tenacity of certain fans
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Be that as it may, SOD
SOD poll good advertizing
SOD is in the market to sell magazines. They have had quite a few polls for Nuke, probably more than any other secondary couple on a soap. But like others have pointed out, they know where the action is. My point is that because the reliability of the poll is questionable, it's not an indicator of how Popular the show or the couple really are
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I just saw it
Yeah, it would be neater...
...if it showed them moving into the hug. I saw it just now, too, but it sure looked better than on the utube version.
I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.
If Nuke is the most popular couple it's because
Whar about Dusty?
If Dusty is returning from the dead what will happen with his supportive relationship with Noah. Suely they will continue to interact outside the Nuke realtionship. Then too it has been mentioned that the actor playing the head of Luke's foundation is going to have a gay son. Surely that will involve some interactions between the three boys. I can forsee a conflict between Luke and this new foundation president of some sort. Luke is already very involed in the Holden, Lily, Carly triangle. It is clear then that they are moving towards something. Lets hope the writers use of the potential in the storylines to use Nuke as more than the token semi-fags.
Dusty from the dead
They seem to be reinventing characters when they bring them back. Hell, they reinvent the ones who haven't even had a chance to die yet. So Dusty From the Dead may not even remember Noah.
Somebody mentioned that the Brian character has a gay son, but we've yet to see past the rumor other than it's a wild speculation of "wouldn't it be cool if." I would hate to see a man come between Nuke even before they cum between each other. If there is a gay son, perhaps he can give Luke and Noah a talk about the gay birds and the bees. Now, that's a foundation I could support.
A Gayer Bumper?
Someone sent me this version of the bumper and I thought it was funny. However, I'm not getting the cat reference. Why a cat? Is the old chestnut about gay men having cats? I dunno. Luke and Noah seem like dog people to me. But let's hope that poor kitty isn't asleep much longer.
BTW, who is the actor that appears in the bumper where Luke is alone. I know he's on a soap, but I can't place him.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6d06w_newer-gayer-atwt-bumper_shortfilmsDude...
That's my cat!
:)
That's Jo Weil from Forbidden Love. I figured that rather than have Luke alone in his second shot, I'd give him someone to play with.