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Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond => Brokeback Mountain Open Forum => Topic started by: Penthesilea on July 30, 2007, 08:45:59 am
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Katherine and I would like to introduce you to a new feature at the Open Forum: The Topic of the Week.
The Topic of the Week is a a question Katherine and I will put in focus for one week on this board. It's always Brokeback related and can refer to different aspects:
- movie-specific aspects
- story-specific aspects
- questions on symbolism in movie and story
- questions on Ang Lee's implementation of Proulx' words
- questions on the acting
- and of course: questions evolved from the plot itself, for example development and motivations of characters, which have their origins in both, movie and book
Every Monday there will be a new Topic of the Week, which doesn't mean the discussions about the former TOTW have to end. We encourage everybody to continue discussions as long as you're interested in.
The TOTW will always mostly be phrased as a closed question, meaning it can be answered by a simple yes or no. It's perfectly fine to reply to it with just that; just a short "Yes" or "No" in your message, if you don't want to elaborate your position further. This will give us a wide basis to see the general opinion.
Although it's not necessary to elaborate your opinion, we encourage everybody to do so. If you haven't participated in the Open Forum discussions yet, why not give it a try with a short explanation of your answer? Don't hesitate because you think your answer might be "wrong". There is no such thing like a wrong answer (or THE one, correct answer), because what makes this movie and story so outstanding is, among other things, its ambiguousness.
Also don't get discouraged when someone else already said something similar to what you want to express. Often it's the small aspects, the side notes, that can bring new cognitions. So just jump in with your thoughts, we want to read them :).
Do you have a question you have long meant to ask? Is there a question that has already been discussed long ago, but you would like to take it up again? Do you notice a specific aspect which continues to come up repeatedly in different threads, but never has been discussed as its own topic? - Here is the place to put it in focus! Just send your question as PM to Katherine or me. We're looking forward to your suggestions :).
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Woowee! :D
Chrissi! For some weird reason I hadn't noticed that you and Katherine had become moderators! That's cool. Congratulations! :-*
And no. I don't have a suggestion for a cool topic of the week. :P
Let's just mourn Hedwig, Harry Potter's beautiful white Owl! :'(
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Woowee! :D
Chrissi! For some weird reason I hadn't noticed that you and Katherine had become moderators! That's cool. Congratulations! :-*
Thank you for your congrats. Yup, I'm new to the moderator's business, but Katherine has been a mod for ages. Until recently, she had whipped the Open Forum into shape all on her own.
And no. I don't have a suggestion for a cool topic of the week. :P
Oh, there's definitely time enough on this one. Maybe some time later.....
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I'm posting here just to say how much I really love the Topic of the Week concept! It's working so well in energizing the discussions of Brokeback Mountain and really making those discussions such a big focus of BetterMost again. I feel like it's also enticing a bunch of folks back into Open Forum again who may have been away in other forums more and more. So, awesome job Buds!!
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Wow, I almost got a heart attack seeing someone indeed replied to this :laugh: ;)
I'm posting here just to say how much I really love the Topic of the Week concept! It's working so well in energizing the discussions of Brokeback Mountain and really making those discussions such a big focus of BetterMost again. I feel like it's also enticing a bunch of folks back into Open Forum again who may have been away in other forums more and more. So, awesome job Buds!!
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Aww, that does good. Thank you bud :-*
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Thanks you 2!!
Wonderful!!
Since it is starting and this is a long weekend for some, how about this as a topic:
Voyaging in BM movie or in the story of Annie's??
Of course this can be many things, and therefore I look forward to many answers if you decide on that,
hugs! hugs!
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You can voyage in both---that's why we have books AND DVD players!
lol
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Thanks you 2!!
Wonderful!!
Since it is starting and this is a long weekend for some, how about this as a topic:
Voyaging in BM movie or in the story of Annie's??
Of course this can be many things, and therefore I look forward to many answers if you decide on that,
hugs! hugs!
Hi Artiste! Thank you very much for your kind words.
I'm always happy to see a member suggesting a topic, but I'm afraid I have no idea what you mean with Voyaging in BM movie or in the story of Annie's??
Would you please be so kind and try to expain it? Thanks in advance!
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Either Ennis or Jack took their trucks on MANY occassions.
Each of those trips can be more detailed, here??
And talked about more in dept??
Hugs!!
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Penthy!!!
Artiste, you mean following in the footsteps of J&E geographically? Following them in their travels? From Childress to Riverton and back, to Mexico, with Jack, to Dubois with the both boys, to Brokenback Mountain, to the Wind Rivers, to the Laramies, to the Big Horns, tha Absarokas, to all the places listed in the book?
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That could be one way, as you say?
ANOTHER WAY: Each of their voyages could also be described more in detail, how Ennis or Jack FELT then at that particular time?
Hugs!
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There is much of that in fanfiction Artiste. Have you ever read fanfiction...There is much exploration for what
may have happen before during and after the Brokeback meeting...Just go to the fanfiction thread, and pick a
story...If you cant find anything there that you want then go to www.brokebackslash, or Wranglers, and look on the
list of stories they have carried..There is something there that will cover all of that...good luck and ((((hugs)))))
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Thanks ifyoucantfixit!
I will look that up! Anxious... to do so.
However, looking at the BM movie and/or Annie's story, voyaging is a subject, especially by the two main guys! ??
Much can surely be said here about this subject??
Hugs!
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Can I propose a topic of the week?
SS vs. Film: which did you like better?
I'm not sure how this works, do I start a thread or something?
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Hi Jack,
I'll pm you.
To answer your question:
Just send your question as PM to Katherine or me. We're looking forward to your suggestions .
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Be happy to see too brokebackjack suggestion as to topic!
He always had great ideas!
Hugs!
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this got unlocked?? didnt even know it WAS locked!
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this got unlocked?? didnt even know it WAS locked!
It wasn't locked. It was made stickied on top of the forum. I 'un-stickied' it yesterday because I put up a revised version of it and stickied the new one :).
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. ok
how r u chrissy?
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Heya Jack!!! So nice to see you online Bud!!! 8) 8) 8)
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I'm good A, how are you?
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. ok
how r u chrissy?
Hey Jack,
I'm fine. Business as usual over here. Good to see you again! :) Stop by more often, we missed ya :-*
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I intend to.