Well, if you seriously do want to revisit the ghost Christmas past, I have to say that no, I shouldn't even have started with Blake's 7. I listened to you and let you convince me and that was my serious mistake. I should've stood firm and said, "No, I'm sorry, we don't do long shows, so Blakes 7 is out" (same thing we told you several times in IMDB when we rejected Blakes 7 and Doctor Who more than once.) And I should've added that if you guys wanted to make a Blakes 7 conversation group, by all means, the more the merrier, but you shouldn't use the work of the Sages for that because we didn't do long shows and you knew that. Why m orph our little thing into something else when you can perfectly create your own thing, especially considering that a Blakes 7 board already existed and was full of synopses and comments already? The whole incident is totally bizarre. And, by the way, expect people who are having a miserable time to remain goes totally against the spirit of the Sages, which was all about people having a good time, that's all.
Are you distorting the account of the events on purpose? I did stay on Catweazle. I only left Catweazle because Doctor Omega took over, started to dictate rules, like we had to use his summaries for the introduction of each episode, started making his own polls and nothing else remained for me to do.
and constructively criticized using reasoned arguments, it would have been part of the fun. He had new willing members who voted in good faith for those shows.
And still remain in good faith doing whatever they want on those shows boards. So you have no point.
But instead he ran away, couldn't be arsed with it, taking those he could to another board, I call that running away . First time probably, a show chosen he couldn't relate to, and I get that, but he ran away!!
The funny thing is that when you ran away several times on IMDB when you didn't like something, that was OK (And it really was, because nobody accused you of anything, just welcomed you back when you returned.) Again, Blakes 7 should never have started as a Sages project, and in Catweazle Doctor Omega took over rather forcibly.
Now on a broader point, the whole of IMDF is a sort of melting pot of ideas, show reviews, comments etc, so having a group within a group is probably unnecessary,
I think people are perfectly able to decide what is necessary for their needs. From my experience if you become an outsider you're called a troll, so separate groups seems like a good idea.
so I can't see The Sages or similar being revamped, unless MP wants to try elsewhere
Shame it didn't survive longer here,
Our little experiment lasted almost ten years, so I call it a success. But everything ends one day, so there's nothing extraordinary here.
what we needed was a commited and flexible and galvanizing co-ordinator willing to grasp the nettle of shows maybe not of his liking, for the sake of the group, we didn't get it,
The way you always twisted your nose to non-British shows and kep complaining we wouldn't pick British shows (which was totally untrue) makes you sound like a hypocrite. And you're mistaken. A group works successfully with sound principles not a leader that serves your particular needs. Remember when we discussed whether a show should be selected because it had more golds (first-place preference) or more votes in general? You defended that the winning show should have more golds, and this would satisfy die-hard fans andforget people who didn't care about the show or hate it. I, on the other hand, defended that a show should be picked if it had been remembered as an option by the most people, even if not on the first place. That means nobody would hate the show. My conclusion after doing this business for several years is that the chosen show should be welcomed by everybody whenever possible. It makes no sense to please a couple die-hard fans and exclude others, giving them a terrible experience. That will never last.
Brimfin on the other hand gave both shows a go, reasonably enjoyed them,.....pity he wasn't in charge.
Well, you're in charge now. I can barely wait for the new golden age that awaits us.