1) Movie vs. short storyOver the last year, the focus of the different topics was more on the movie than the short story. We had some topics which were „story only“, and many which could be discussed from both viewpoints, movie or story related. Sometimes both are congruent, sometimes they give different POVs.
Do you want the TOTW to focus more often on the short story?
It could, that would be great.2) SymbolismSymbolism: some BetterMostians are big on discussing symbolisms in both, movie and story, others think it has been taken much too far anyway and are not (very) interested in them. I plan to have a SOTW (Symbolism of the Week) from time to time (we had only one so far).
What's your
general take on symbolism discussions? Interested or not?
Yes, I love that stuff. 3) PollsDo you think I should include polls to the TOTW more often than done before?
Polls can be fun.4) FrequencyDo you think we should have a fresh TOTW every week? Or would you prefer a different span of time (which? biweekly, monthly, ....?)
I'm flexible. I do like when topics are on the banner and get high participation that way. So how often isn't as important to me as letting people know about it to participate in it.5) Scene vs. character discussionIn general: do you prefer more scene-driven topics or more character driven topics? Examples: „What do you make of the Maybe Texas scene?“ for a scene-driven topic. „Was ;Mr. Twist homophobic?“ for a character-driven topic. Do you have any preference at all?
Both, or other. 6) Would you like to discuss speculative topics? While discussion is often speculative and there is no definite answer to many topics about the movie/story, there are some questions which are speculative on a higher level.
Examples: „Do you think Ennis would have come around if Jack hadn't died?“ is far less speculative than „Do you think they kept each others postcards?“ because for the first question we have starting points and many clues from the movie/story, whereas there is much less manifest material about the second question.
I'm open to this, but not as attracted.7)What else?You have more to say? I forgot an important question? You do have an idea? You want to tell me what you like or don't like about the TOTW feature? Go on, here's the place for it!
BTW, this is the most important part of the questionnaire to me. To find out things I don't think of myself!
I'm only one person, but the joint efforts of many people sure will bring out many good aspects.I love the topic of the week (though have no need for it to be weekly or any particular frequency). I do get confused by the numbering system, and don't care for it. But I love that you do this service for us, Chrissi, and I really appreciate it. I also like how open you are to people's ideas for topics. Yay Chrissi!