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Hey. It's been awhile since I've added new stuff, even though I've had half a dozen new features at least partially done for awhile now, so I figured it's time to roll up my digital sleeves and get a couple of these out the door. So, here's Clubs (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs).
What are Clubs?
For now, Clubs (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs) are groups you join for directors you like. The Clubs you've joined show up on your profile, and each group has its own page with related discussions (tagged by the club's Curator), recent reviews of that director's films, and a log of which of their films other members have seen.
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That's nice, but it's kinda sparse
It is! That's partly by design: instead of delaying this and adding features that may or may not be interesting to people, I decided to launch a bare-bones version so I can collect feedback and figure out what to add.
For example: do people mainly just want an easy way to signal who their favorite directors are, in the way they display their favorite movies? Do they want to be able to easily find lots of stuff about the director in one place? Do they want to make it easier for new people to discover them and start discussions about them? Or something else entirely?
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How do I join/start a club?
To join one, just find it on the Clubs (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs) page and hit the big JOIN button. You can leave at any time with the same button. If you want to start one, just send me a message (http://www.movieforums.com/community/private.php?u=1) and I'll see what we can do. Obviously, any new club has to be for a moderately popular director, and you'll have to be willing to agree to a few responsibilities as Curator. Right now those responsibilities are very minimal, but they might grow if the feature as a whole does.
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What kind of stuff might be added to it?
I'm open to ideas, but here's a few examples:
Notifications when a new thread/thread/review/seen entry is added to one of your Clubs.
More advanced statistics about which members have seen which films, how they've rated them, etc.
External links to essays about them on other sites, and places to buy or watch their films.
And, of course: any cool thing you guys think of that I haven't.
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Can we have Clubs for other things?
Not yet, but yes, I'd like to do this, too. But I need feedback for that, too: what things, and how should it work? With directors some of the features are obvious, but what about actors? Same idea? What about individual movies: even worth doing, since we already have Favorites? What about genres? Et cetera.
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Why doesn't the Wes Anderson club have any "Recently Seen" films?
Right now, the only films that show up there are ones that are checked off in the Lists area, which isn't every film by every director who has a club.
Obviously, this is going to have to be addressed soon. The tentative plan is to start allowing people to mark any film as having been seen, and to rate any film without having to also post a review of it. In fact, this expansion is one of the reasons this has taken as long as it has: because that's a really big feature, potentially, and I'd originally wondered if I had to launch them simultaneously.
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I can't promise I'll implement any specific feature, naturally, in part because some will take more work than others, but I'd genuinely like to hear feedback on this and, if there's a consensus for a good idea that can be reasonably implemented, I'd love to have you guys help shape this thing. And if it's nobody's cup of tea, hey, that's useful information, too. :)
The Rodent
01-23-17, 12:06 PM
Nice.
The Rodent
01-23-17, 12:13 PM
First input, Spielberg, Verhoeven, Donner, Tarantino, Nolan, Lynch.
Out of those, I'd probably only be in on the Spielberg and Verhoeven myself, but def need those guys in there.
FYI, this is basically a formalized version of the MoFo Director Fan Clubs (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=35848) thread. I grabbed some preexisting users from there, if you're wondering why you've already joined some. I wasn't thorough, though, so please join any ones you'd like, even if only to test the system a bit. :)
First input, Spielberg, Verhoeven, Donner, Tarantino, Nolan, Lynch.
Out of those, I'd probably only be in on the Spielberg and Verhoeven myself, but def need those guys in there.
Good call.
Anybody interested in acting as Curator? As I mentioned in the first post, this doesn't involve too much responsibility right now. It'll probably never involved a huge amount, either.
And I'd say, depending on how all this shakes out, that we try to limit each person to being Curator of just a couple of clubs, so we can spread things around a bit. Obviously we can make exceptions if spots go unfilled and all that.
Just joined Scorsese and PTA :cool:. If you add Lynch i'd suggest any Twin Peaks Discussions be added, i'm rewatching and posting about it for the revival right now and hopefully others will join me.
The Rodent
01-23-17, 12:15 PM
Is there an actual link anywhere on MoFo apart from the one in the OP?
I've saved the page as a favourite on my IE in the interim.
I'll be curator of Lynch. Not really passionate about any of the others.
Is there an actual link anywhere on MoFo apart from the one in the OP?
Not yet. I'm kinda pondering where to make room for it, and part of me thinks of this feature as being in beta for now, anyway.
In the meantime I could just toss the link on people's profiles under the Clubs tab, to make it easier to get at.
Yeah this looks awesome as hell, I'm just curious how you've figured we're going to do this considering the amount of filmmakers there are?
The Rodent
01-23-17, 12:16 PM
I can certainly curate the Verhoeven Club if it's started :)
I'll curate a Fulci Club. I'll leave Argento to CiCi if he wants it. I'll also curate an Eli Roth club.
Yeah this looks awesome as hell, I'm just curious how you've figured we're going to do this considering the amount of filmmakers there are?
Hmmm, I guess that depends on what you mean. Are you asking if we plan to add, like, everyone, or are you wondering if it'll be kind of unwieldy once we reach a certain number?
I can certainly curate the Verhoeven Club if it's started :)
Shocker of the year. :D You got it.
It still takes a bit of legwork for me to set these up, but I'll try to make the turnaround relatively quick. I'll get back to you soon, hopefully no later than tomorrow.
I'll curate the Daniel M Club.
The Rodent
01-23-17, 12:20 PM
I've already joined Fincher's :D
Only one in there right now :o
Hmmm, I guess that depends on what you mean. Are you asking if we plan to add, like, everyone, or are you wondering if it'll be kind of unwieldy once we reach a certain number?
I think if you add a search feature and whatnot, the latter won't be too difficult. I meant the first one. Maybe not everyone, but of course we're planning more than the few we have now, and I'm just curious how you have figured we would go about this? Will it be per request, or are you just going to start adding a bunch of directors? Either works for me. You're the genius here. ;)
David Lynch and Richard Linklater are two i'd be interested in curating. Both are popular enough for their own clubs i feel.
The Rodent
01-23-17, 12:23 PM
From the looks of it, it's working like a consolidation of threads on the regular forums and sub-forums.
I'm not savvy on it all but I'd guess it works through tags?
I think if you add a search feature and whatnot, the latter won't be too difficult.
Yup, will definitely do this before it gets too crowded. And if it does, I'll consider that a good problem to have, and probably rework the design of the Clubs page a bit to reflect it.
I meant the first one. Maybe not everyone, but of course we're planning more than the few we have now, and I'm just curious how you have figured we would go about this? Will it be per request, or are you just going to start adding a bunch of directors? Either works for me. You're the genius here. ;)
I want this to be grassroots, so for the time being I think it should just be directors with a following that people have specifically requested and/or volunteered to Curate.
If there are really obvious omissions, I might take on a few myself or nudge others to do so. For example, I'm probably just gonna add and claim a Tarantino one right now. :D
From the looks of it, it's working like a consolidation of threads on the regular forums and sub-forums.
I'm not savvy on it all but I'd guess it works through tags?
Club Curators get an extra option under the Tools menu on each thread. Really easy, takes about 10 seconds to add one.
That's pretty much all the position entails for now, but obviously, that'll probably expand a bit. But I'll be surprised if it's ever a really big time commitment for anyone.
Makes sense. The only thing I'm itching for are some horror directors, but I understand if that has to be put on hold. If you are interested in popular directors, what about John Carpenter?
The Rodent
01-23-17, 12:31 PM
^^ Carpenter definitely needs a spot.
I could probably Curate that as well being a fan of The Thing, Big Trouble, The Fog etc... unless Iro would like the job as I know he's into the Escape movies.
Sir Toose
01-23-17, 12:34 PM
Very cool, thanks C!
Hitchcock is a definite who hasn't been mentioned. There's loads of threads about him and reviews of his movies.
Woody Allen's facial expression looks like a direct response to not getting a witty tagline in his club's name. I love this, you should not change it, Yoda. :D
http://i.imgur.com/3HrZRUR.png?1
Yup, good call. I'd say there's a half dozen no-brainers that need to be added very quickly.
I'm definitely most interested in thoughts about how this might be useful to you guys (or even reasons why it isn't!), though, since we'll get to all the big directors before long either way.
The Rodent
01-23-17, 12:45 PM
I'm definitely most interested in thoughts about how this might be useful to you guys (or even reasons why it isn't!)
Verhoeven/Carpenter = Useful
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Well, I have to admit at first I was skeptical ONLY BECAUSE on an old forum I went to we had something similar (not sure if it was directors or what, though) and they died pretty quickly. However, I love this one because it doesn't feel like it relies on club participation in any significant way (at least not yet), but more as a way to easily navigate forum content based on the director. Does that make sense? In that way, it's an incredibly useful tool, and it would be good IMO to keep that as it's core appeal. Having club participation would be a cool feature, but I think that "tool" aspect is vital to the feature.
Just saw this post while on my phone, cant wait to dig in on PC when I come home, sounds great mate.
Well, I have to admit at first I was skeptical ONLY BECAUSE on an old forum I went to we had something similar (not sure if it was directors or what, though) and they died pretty quickly. However, I love this one because it doesn't feel like it relies on club participation in any significant way (at least not yet), but more as a way to easily navigate forum content based on the director. Does that make sense? In that way, it's an incredibly useful tool, and it would be good IMO to keep that as it's core appeal. Having club participation would be a cool feature, but I think that "tool" aspect is vital to the feature.
Yeah, it's definitely designed to "fail" gracefully. Worst-case scenario it's a handy way to find all this stuff in one place. And if it grows into something more, hey, cool.
Just saw this post while on my phone, cant wait to dig in on PC when I come home, sounds great mate.
Ah yes, thanks for mentioning this. I'm setting up the mobile templates now. Should work on mobile later today, or tomorrow at the latest.
MovieMeditation
01-23-17, 01:33 PM
This is awesome! Great work, Yoda! Looking forward to see this idea expanded.
Citizen Rules
01-23-17, 01:48 PM
Very cool idea! Yoda. I'll certainly participate:p I joined the Billy Wilder Club for now, but I'm interested in other Director's Clubs too...I can also curate a couple of them myself.
I haven't looked the Clubs over enough to have any practical ideas from first hand experience....But shooting from the hip, I would say any type of cool perks or fun features that only the Club members get access to, would be a big plus!...and also would be an incentive for people to join and stay active.
For example maybe Club members could have some control over what content appears in a club. For example they could decide on what older threads were relevant and remove the ones that they didn't need in their club (I mean remove the thread from the club, not remove from Mofo).
Maybe a perk could be a built in Shoutbox type conversation for the club members.
Maybe under our avatars could be a link that says something like: Club Member and the link would go to a landing page of all the clubs that the person was a member of. Sort of like how you can see any members list page.
doubledenim
01-23-17, 02:01 PM
You my boy Green!
This seems like a really great idea. Thanks.
CosmicRunaway
01-23-17, 02:13 PM
No love for any Canadian directors?
Am I the only one who would like a Cronenberg Club? I'd definitely curate it if no one else has stepped up yet.
Citizen Rules
01-23-17, 02:15 PM
These were mentioned by Rodent: Spielberg, Verhoeven, Donner, Nolan, Lynch, Carpenter
I would think Spielberg & Carpenter would be shoe ins. And Rodent is enthusiastic enough about Verhoeven that it would work too:p I'd join that one myself.
Hitchcock is a definite who hasn't been mentioned. There's loads of threads about him and reviews of his movies. We need Hitch!
If there gets to be too many clubs for all of them to fit on the same page, and some are inactive or only have one member, then maybe those should be retired.
Yeah, this isn't anywhere near "done" in terms of features or content. This is a beta, or a proof of concept, so don't think too much of how many directors are missing. I just want people to try it out and let me know what kinds of ways they think it might be useful, and then we can start expanding. :)
This looks really cool Yoda. Makes me want to do some reviews too. I would be willing to be curator for Hitch if you want to add it as well. Probably be tomorrow night before I can dig into tagging but it's no problem, since I know he probably has a bunch.
Ok, I'm off to get Miss Vicky to join the Wes Anderson club.
No love for any Canadian directors?
Am I the only one who would like a Cronenberg Club? I'd definitely curate it if no one else has stepped up yet.
I would love a Cronenberg Club!
rauldc14
01-23-17, 04:49 PM
Where's the Hitchcock club?
From the last page:
Yeah, this isn't anywhere near "done" in terms of features or content. This is a beta, or a proof of concept, so don't think too much of how many directors are missing. I just want people to try it out and let me know what kinds of ways they think it might be useful, and then we can start expanding. :)
I'll be adding a lot of the more obvious omissions over the next week. Might be delayed slightly because of the Oscar stuff, which starts tomorrow (!), but Hitch and the like are all foregone conclusions.
The main thing right now is to figure out what needs to be added so that this fun and/or useful, since if it's not, it won't really matter who we included. So any feedback on that, positive or negative, would be very much appreciated.
tatmmw2
01-23-17, 05:15 PM
Somehow my reply wasn't send and I had to write it all over.
This is really cool! way to go Yoda! About clubs of actors I thought about making clubs for TV Shows then I notice about the topic of the forum :p. But it would be really cool to have Clubs about stuff like the Cinematic Marvel Universe.
Will there be a feature to add directors by ourselves or will it be managed by request? Also can you only join 1 club or multiple ones? If you can only join 1 then will the forum fall into some sort of Gryffindor-Slytherin type of chaos? Will people fight because they think their club is better?! Clubs is on beta and it's already tearing appart the forum!! :(
For now, it'll be managed by request, since anything automated would have to deal with conflicts and have an approval process and that'd all be more work than me just screening it myself. But if it turns out to be popular enough, I can naturally justify more elaborate/streamlined features.
And you can join as many as you like. :)
No love for any Canadian directors?
Am I the only one who would like a Cronenberg Club? I'd definitely curate it if no one else has stepped up yet.
Yeah, i'd join this. Not seen that many from him but i love The Fly and Videodrome. We'd definitely need to fit the fact that Canada doesn't actually exist into it somewhere though.
The main thing right now is to figure out what needs to be added so that this fun and/or useful,
Definitely working my hardest to turn this into the David Lynch Fan Club Forum over the next few weeks then. I think the fact that the Twin Peaks revival is coming up which is the first thing Lynch has done in 11 years should play a part. Plus i'm rewatching and posting about Twin Peaks and when i'm finished i'll finally watch Fire Walk With Me.
Oh, disregard that. I read it wrong as in which Club should be added rather than which features. I'll keep it up anyway so people want to join :cool:
rauldc14
01-23-17, 05:40 PM
I should watch another Lynch soon. It's always interesting and I never know how I'll feel.
I should watch another Lynch soon. It's always interesting and I never know how I'll feel.
Watch Twin Peaks. At least watch The Pilot which is basically a movie. And if you're into it join me in The Twin Peaks Thread so i have someone to discuss it with on my rewatch.
rauldc14
01-23-17, 05:52 PM
So don't watch the movie Twin Peaks?
So don't watch the movie Twin Peaks?
I've never seen it and Twin Peaks is one of my favourite shows. It was made after the show and is a prequel so you definitely don't have to watch it first. I'm planning on finally watching it after my rewatch which i'm 3 episodes into so if you do try the show and get into it you could do the same as me and we'd discuss it.
Edit: Twin Peaks: The Pilot is a movie Raul. Not officially but it is, it was even a one pointer on our 90's Countdown.
I gotta say Yodas personal touches on the forum, these little tweaks/additions here and there, really fill out the abilities of what a forum website can do. I dont know of a forum anywhere on the internet with such a slick, simple, accessible presentation. :up:
matt72582
01-23-17, 07:58 PM
Any love for:
Vittorio De Sica
Frank Capra
John Cassavetes
John Huston
Robert Altman
Elia Kazan
Robert Bresson
Any love for:
Vittorio De Sica
Frank Capra
John Cassavetes
Robert Altman
Elia Kazan
Robert Bresson
If we're going by how much they're talked about sadly i think Altman and Kazan are the only ones with a chance there. I'd definitely join a Bresson Club though.
Friendly Mushroom!
01-23-17, 08:02 PM
Where's the Hitchcock club?
I'll join.
Also i'll joined the Wilder one and will suggest a Miyazaki club.
rauldc14
01-23-17, 08:07 PM
I'm on the Capra bandwagon
I'll join.
Also i'll joined the Wilder one and will suggest a Miyazaki club.
I'd join a Mushroom hosted Miyazaki Club. "The Most Pleasant Place On Earth Thanks To Our Curator" would be our hook... and it would be accurate!
Friendly Mushroom!
01-23-17, 08:11 PM
I'll join.
Also i'll joined the Wilder one and will suggest a Miyazaki club.
I'd join a Mushroom hosted Miyazaki Club. "The Most Pleasant Place On Earth Thanks To Our Curator" would be our hook... and it would be accurate!
Thanks. Ill do it tomorrow.
Fabulous
01-23-17, 08:12 PM
Is adding the Clubs link underneath the header beside Quizzes an option? It could be a decent way to draw attention/traffic to it, as well as making it quite easy to access.
I'm on the Capra bandwagon
We need a few rivalvries so i'm definitely slashing the tires on your Capra bus.
Let us see how much good Capra sees in humans when they find it hilarious that he ended up in a terrible situation needing help.
Is adding the Clubs link underneath the header beside Quizzes an option? It could be a decent way to draw attention/traffic to it.
You should start the "always makes everyone curious by watching awesome films but disappoints everyone by not saying a word about them" club.
matt72582
01-23-17, 08:26 PM
We need a few rivalvries so i'm definitely slashing the tires on your Capra bus.
Let us see how much good Capra sees in humans when they find it hilarious that he ended up in a terrible situation needing help.
LOL
rauldc14
01-23-17, 08:35 PM
We need a few rivalvries so i'm definitely slashing the tires on your Capra bus.
Let us see how much good Capra sees in humans when they find it hilarious that he ended up in a terrible situation needing help.
Don't like Capra?
Fabulous
01-23-17, 08:39 PM
You should start the "always makes everyone curious by watching awesome films but disappoints everyone by not saying a word about them" club.
I feel as though nothing I'd say would be of much interest/significance to anyone. I don't think I know enough about movies to discuss them in depth. I'd like to begin, but I'm not sure where to start.
TheUsualSuspect
01-23-17, 08:49 PM
Wow. Chris, I can't congratulate you enough on how everything works with this new feature.
I tip my hat to you, sir.
I feel as though nothing I'd say would be of much interest/significance to anyone. I don't think I know enough about movies to discuss them in depth. I'd like to begin, but I'm not sure where to start.
Sorry man, i know i'm always an a-hole but it's mostly because i really want to know your thoughts. I mean, i see your posts in Movie You're Watching Tonight and i hope for even a few sentences somewhere on what you thought.
I can assure you i'd be interested in your thoughts, i mean read mine nothing i say is original but i still like to give out my thoughts/join in on discussions. And i think that's largely appreciated/recognized when people actually want to talk to you about stuff.
Anyway, PM me whenever you want to talk about films i will respond :) Hope you start communicating with us more.
Is adding the Clubs link underneath the header beside Quizzes an option? It could be a decent way to draw attention/traffic to it, as well as making it quite easy to access.
Someone asked the same thing on the first page:
Not yet. I'm kinda pondering where to make room for it, and part of me thinks of this feature as being in beta for now, anyway.
And while I'm encouraged by everyone's talk of directors, I think that should be split off into a new thread. We can add lots, for sure. The main thing is: how can we turn this into something people will actually find interesting or useful even after all the directors we want in there, are in there?
TheUsualSuspect
01-23-17, 09:08 PM
Also, I'd be willing to curate a Sam Raimi club.
Nope1172
01-24-17, 12:53 AM
This new feature looks awesome! I just sent in a request about a club I would like to start.
False Writer
01-24-17, 11:10 AM
Just joined the Scorsese club...but where's the Kubrick club!? :eek:
GUYS. STOP ASKING WHERE CLUBS ARE. :D I said a gajillion times that this is fresh out of the oven. They'll be there! :)
The Rodent
01-24-17, 11:13 AM
Where's the Uwe Boll Club?
:D
False Writer
01-24-17, 11:14 AM
GUYS. STOP ASKING WHERE CLUBS ARE. :D I said a gajillion times that this is fresh out of the oven. They'll be there! :)
Okay, sorry I only read the first post. :o
Where's the club club? I need to bash some people over the head!
Citizen Rules
01-24-17, 02:28 PM
I mentioned this to Yoda earlier that I thought it would be neat if there was some type of discussion for the club members.
I just had a new idea about that...what if each Director's Club had one thread that was pinned to the top of the thread list...and that pinned thread would be open for all MoFos to post on (as all the threads are on the main MoFo site anyway).
That thread could be a welcome/home thread and a place for club members to post and 'hang out' ..and as all MoFos could post to it, it could also serve to create interest in new members joining the club.
An example I made:
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=28590&stc=1&d=1485282358
Cobpyth
01-24-17, 07:08 PM
They're finally here! Thanks, Yoda!
Obviously this is the part that I'd like to see developed further:
More advanced statistics about which members have seen which films, how they've rated them, etc.
Being able to check off/rate the films for each director and being able to observe those statistics from other members as well is probably the most interesting feature that still could be added, in my opinion.
MacGuffins: An Alfred Hitchcock Club (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs/alfred-hitchcock.html)
Probably do Spielberg, Kubrick, and Kurosawa. Maybe a few more. But once the really obvious omissions are taken care of, gonna look more into expanding or tweaking the features here.
Okay, Clubs should be basically usable with the mobile style. Let me know if anyone has any issues there. Some of it's a little rough, but I think it should work.
Will try to add a few more directors over the next few days. If you volunteered to Curate, just be forewarned that I'll need you to tag a bunch of threads pretty quickly once I PM you about it, so if you're one of those people, head on a swivel tomorrow and Friday! :)
I mentioned this to Yoda earlier that I thought it would be neat if there was some type of discussion for the club members.
I just had a new idea about that...what if each Director's Club had one thread that was pinned to the top of the thread list...and that pinned thread would be open for all MoFos to post on (as all the threads are on the main MoFo site anyway).
That thread could be a welcome/home thread and a place for club members to post and 'hang out' ..and as all MoFos could post to it, it could also serve to create interest in new members joining the club.
An example I made:
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=28590&stc=1&d=1485282358
Love this.
Home Base threads sounds like a solid idea, and I'm not just saying that because it sounds easy to implement. :D
Only thing we'd need to decide: should they exist here, or should I house them in a hidden folder so they're only visible from that page? I can see reasons to do either. Thoughts?
The Rodent
01-26-17, 01:44 PM
I reckon a hidden folder visible only in the fan club.
That way, the fans themselves and visitors to the club can see it, but on the regular forum it's not a thread that will get jacked or packed with non-subject filler.
You'll need to make a conscious effort to go to the club, go to the thread, and post... so basically the members who go in there won't be going in for nothing.
Crap, I was hoping you'd say the other one, since that way is harder. :D
Maybe I can find some way to kinda-sorta fake it. I mean, I've been kinda-sorta faking everything on this site for 16 years, so what's one more thing?
The Rodent
01-26-17, 01:47 PM
I know how you like a challenge :D
How about adding one more challenge... make it visible to only the members of said club? :D :D :D
Citizen Rules
01-26-17, 01:47 PM
...Only thing we'd need to decide: should they exist here, or should I house them in a hidden folder so they're only visible from that page? I can see reasons to do either. Thoughts?I'm not sure how to visualize both ways? and not sure what the differences would look like?
I think they should be visible on the Now Playing and New Post areas of MoFo, so that everyone can see them and reply...and hopefully even join a club or two. And also be pinned to the top of each Directors Club. What ever way would make that happen would seem to be the best.
Chypmunk
01-26-17, 01:50 PM
How about adding one more challenge... make it visible to only the members of said club? :D :D :D
Nah - should be visible to all (from within the club) but only club members may post to it ..... way more fun :D
The Rodent
01-26-17, 01:52 PM
Hang about...
Citizen is right... the Now Playing would be useful for said threads.
How about... a separate subforum...
In said sub-forum, let's call it "MoFo Clubs" or something, is a link to the Clubs Page... and a list of the Master Threads for each director.
Those Master Threads are, as Citizen pointed out, pinned at the top of each Club's page respectively.
I think they should be visible on the Now Playing and New Post areas of MoFo, so that everyone can see them and reply...and hopefully even join a club or two. And also be pinned to the top of each Directors Club. What ever way would make that happen would seem to be the best.
Yeah, that's the difference I'm thinking of: whether or not it shows up in all the places threads currently do: New Posts, Now Playing, etc. It's a LOT easier to let it do that than to not, for what it's worth.
Also, I've had several different people suggest only letting club members post, but I'm pretty certain I don't want to do that. I think we'd need a really good reason to restrict access to discussions, and the goal isn't actually to persuade people to join: the goal is to have a cool feature people want to join. More carrot than stick, in other words. We could obviously get lots of people joining clubs if we made it a prerequisite for something else, but merely amassing club memberships isn't an end in and of itself.
Citizen Rules
01-26-17, 02:31 PM
Yeah, that's the difference I'm thinking of: whether or not it shows up in all the places threads currently do: New Posts, Now Playing, etc. It's a LOT easier to let it do that than to not, for what it's worth. Easier is good! Makes sense too.
Also, I've had several different people suggest only letting club members post, but I'm pretty certain I don't want to do that. I think we'd need a really good reason to restrict access to discussions, and the goal isn't actually to persuade people to join: the goal is to have a cool feature people want to join... I agree the more the merrier:p...and the thing is if only club members can post on a pinned home thread, the conversation would eventually get stale and fall off as it takes more than just a couple of people to keep a thread topical.
gbgoodies
01-27-17, 12:46 AM
Yeah, that's the difference I'm thinking of: whether or not it shows up in all the places threads currently do: New Posts, Now Playing, etc. It's a LOT easier to let it do that than to not, for what it's worth.
Also, I've had several different people suggest only letting club members post, but I'm pretty certain I don't want to do that. I think we'd need a really good reason to restrict access to discussions, and the goal isn't actually to persuade people to join: the goal is to have a cool feature people want to join. More carrot than stick, in other words. We could obviously get lots of people joining clubs if we made it a prerequisite for something else, but merely amassing club memberships isn't an end in and of itself.
I think it's a bad idea to only let members read and/or post in the club threads. As a non-member of a club, I might want to read the threads in the club to decide if I might want to watch some of their movies, or I might watch one of their movies, and want to post about it and discuss it with club members, but if the clubs are restricted, it might limit my desire to watch and/or discuss their movies.
The idea of the clubs is to increase interest in these directors, but restricting the clubs might actually do the opposite. The people who aren't as familiar with these directors might decide to just watch other movies instead.
Okay, added a few more Clubs (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs) (for Lynch, Kurosawa, and Cronenberg). The Curators have been notified so they should be tagging discussions soon.
I'd like to add Spielberg, Capra, and Kubrick as well before shifting onto features for a bit. Any takers for any of those? It won't be a lot of work, but I will need you to do it pretty quickly after I add it.
Chris
Nope1172
01-27-17, 11:41 AM
I think that there should be a shout box in each club for the club members to have a live discussion.
That wouldn't be too hard to implement, but my concern is that it would almost never get used, seeing as how even the regular Shoutbox isn't used much right now.
Chypmunk
01-27-17, 01:21 PM
Joined the Kurosawa one - any idea when the free tee-shirt and board game might arrive? :)
CosmicRunaway
01-27-17, 01:21 PM
I love the alliteration that exists in a Cosmic-curated Cronenberg Club :lol:
Were there any plans to have custom club banners, similar to profile banners? Would that make the club pages too cluttered?
Were there any plans to have custom club banners, similar to profile banners? Would that make the club pages too cluttered?
That's actually a really nice idea. I think it didn't occur to me because I wanted the setup to be easy, so we've been using preeexisting portraits and the like. But I'm very open to this if the Curators, by and large, would be willing to take on the responsibility of finding or making them.
Chypmunk
01-27-17, 01:26 PM
'Scuse me if I'm being even more ignorant than usual and they already are ... but will the curators of each of the clubs be shown anywhere?
Might be nice just in case in the future they have a level of autonomy over club happenings.
Cobpyth
01-27-17, 01:27 PM
Love that idea, Cosmic!
CosmicRunaway
01-27-17, 01:29 PM
'Scuse me if I'm being even more ignorant than usual and they already are ... but will the curators of each of the clubs be shown anywhere?
Might be nice just in case in future they have a level of autonomy over club happenings.
Right now the curators are marked on each club's member list as well as on the clubs sections of that member's profile.
Chypmunk
01-27-17, 01:32 PM
Right now the curators are marked on each club's member list as well as on the clubs sections of that member's profile.
Thanks, I must be even more dim than I thought then as I can't see that anywhere :D
edit: I can see the curator 'badge' on the individual members' profile, just not on the member list of the club
As far as additional stuff goes: are there any plans to add some sort of checklist so members can mark off or rate each of the director's films they have seen?
That's still a good question, though: in the first mockup I had, it was bigger and bolder right there on the main club page, but I decided the members' list should take up a lot less space. As of now, as Cosmic said, there's a green sash over their avatar on the View All Members page, and on their profile, and they're automatically listed first among those tiny avatars, but I might add another mention on there somewhere, too.
Thanks, I must be even more dim than I thought then as I can't see that anywhere :D
As far as additional stuff goes: are there any plans to add some sort of checklist so members can mark off or rate each of the director's films they have seen?
Yes. I think I mentioned this in the initial post, or maybe one of the ones shortly after. The only hurdle is that this basically means opening up the entire system, so you can do this with ALL movies, which is a bigger feature, so I want to make sure I get that right. That's the only delay at this point, but I'm hopeful to have something simple up soon.
Chypmunk
01-27-17, 01:36 PM
That's still a good question, though: in the first mockup I had, it was bigger and bolder right there on the main club page, but I decided the members' list should take up a lot less space. As of now, as Cosmic said, there's a green sash over their avatar on the View All Members page, and on their profile, and they're automatically listed first among those tiny avatars, but I might add another mention on there somewhere, too.
Kewl ... I get it now :)
Yes. I think I mentioned this in the initial post, or maybe one of the ones shortly after. The only hurdle is that this basically means opening up the entire system, so you can do this with ALL movies, which is a bigger feature, so I want to make sure I get that right. That's the only delay at this point, but I'm hopeful to have something simple up soon.
Kewl - sorry for being lazy and not re-reading all the posts :(
Don't worry, you have lots of company in that regard. ;D
Join the Lynch Cult.. er i mean Club guys :cool: Just me and Cosmic so far. Going to start tagging the threads now that i've got the chance.
Joined the Cronenberg and Kurosawa ones.
There's a Cronenberg vs Lynch thread, Cosmic :laugh:. I'm sure you know by now.
BTW, i'm going through threads with Lynch in them then threads with each of his films as well as Twin Peaks and maybe a few other things. If there's any threads you've started or any thread you're aware of that's related to Lynch with unconventional titles that i wouldn't find with a search of any of those let me know in a profile comment or pm and i'll add them. Thanks.
I'm adding gbg's Happy Birthday David Lynch Thread so we can celebrate the day every year like a good cult.. er i mean club.
CosmicRunaway
01-27-17, 07:43 PM
There's a Cronenberg vs Lynch thread, Cosmic :laugh:. I'm sure you know by now.
Yeah, I came across that earlier as well and was amused. The winner is obvious though. :cool:
I thought I had it tagged for the club, but apparently not. I'm wondering how many other threads I opened but neglected to tag now haha.
Was talking to Camo about this, but I'm okay foregoing those. You guys really are the Curators: there's a general guideline as to what should get tagged, but ultimately, within that range, it's up to you. So if you think a thread is short and doesn't have much to offer in terms of insight or analysis, like just a poll, you can decide not to tag it.
Added all the ones i could find going through what i said i would: 27 so far. I'm sure there's some misspelled keywords like "Mulholland" with four L's instead of three or whatever, i'll look for those sorts of things later but i think that's a good start. As i said in that earlier comment:
BTW, i'm going through threads with Lynch in them then threads with each of his films as well as Twin Peaks and maybe a few other things. If there's any threads you've started or any thread you're aware of that's related to Lynch with unconventional titles that i wouldn't find with a search of any of those let me know in a profile comment or pm and i'll add them. Thanks.
So yeah, join the Lynch Club and please create new or bump old Lynch threads as you see fit, i'm always up for discussing him and i know a few others who are too. Also Twin Peaks restarts in May so if you are thinking of rewatching the series it takes about 29 Hours, so i'd get started soon and join me in The Twin Peaks Thread :cool:
Welcome to Swan! Always knew he was a :cool: guy.
Edit: Forgot to add, as i told Yoda i excluded three threads deliberately. They were threads in an abandoned Lynch Tournament that's why i didn't include them. Just so everyone knows.
Yeah, I came across that earlier as well and was amused. The winner is obvious though. :cool:
I thought I had it tagged for the club, but apparently not. I'm wondering how many other threads I opened but neglected to tag now haha.
Jesus, i forgot to add it too :laugh:. I checked my own damn club to find it and see what you meant by Cronenberg winning and i didn't have the thread there :facepalm:. Well i've added it now: 28. I don't think i've missed anything though, i think i forgot to add that because me and you talked about these clubs and as soon as i saw it i made that post because it was mine vs yours and you are the only member (other than Yoda obviously) i've mentioned these too before adding the thread.
CosmicRunaway
01-27-17, 08:31 PM
Huh, it appears to be gone from the Cronenberg club now. Is it possible that threads can only be in one club at a time?
If so, we could have both correctly tagged the thread when we first saw it. Your tag could have removed mine, then when I retagged it, it removed yours.
CosmicRunaway
01-27-17, 08:34 PM
Yeah, I just tagged it again for Cronenberg to see what would happen, and it's been removed from the Lynch club.
TheUsualSuspect
01-27-17, 08:34 PM
Consider me a fan of both!!!!
Cobpyth
01-27-17, 08:38 PM
Well i've added it now: 28.
31 threads in the Woody Allen Fan Club (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs/woody-allen.html). :cool:
31 threads in the Woody Allen Fan Club (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs/woody-allen.html). :cool:
Join the Lynch Club you fan you
Consider me a fan of both!!!!
Best Member :up:
The Lynch Club should stay somewhat underground though!
Yeah, I just tagged it again for Cronenberg to see what would happen, and it's been removed from the Lynch club.
Good catch! Yeah, forgot to mention this. Didn't occur to me while programming the feature that two directors might be involved in one thread! I figure it's rare enough that it's not worth re-programming yet, but let me know if it becomes a recurring issue.
There's Six Lynchians right now!
Join the Lynch Cult,, i mean club!
Or else there'll be a LYNCH MOB didn't even think of that. I'll have to hire people to stalk the site looking for members; you'll never know who they are because they'll be like ninjas.
Lynch Cult... i mean Crew :cool:
What is this new fancy thing and how can I access it? :p
CosmicRunaway
01-28-17, 08:13 AM
There's Six Lynchians right now!
There are still only 4 of us in Club Cronenberg. I should track down the other Canadian MoFos and tell them that if they don't join, they're doing their country a disservice or something.
It also doesn't help that all the Cronenberg-related threads are...not exactly fresh. I was going to start a new one but figured I'd wait to see what's happening with the club home base threads, since that might make a new director thread irrelevant. In the meantime I guess I could bump some ancient threads if I wanted to discuss something.
Maybe I should start pimping Cronenberg's films for the Sci-Fi countdown before it's too late to get a list in.
Citizen Rules
01-28-17, 01:40 PM
Okay, added a few more Clubs (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs) (for Lynch, Kurosawa, and Cronenberg). The Curators have been notified so they should be tagging discussions soon.
I'd like to add Spielberg, Capra, and Kubrick as well before shifting onto features for a bit. Any takers for any of those? It won't be a lot of work, but I will need you to do it pretty quickly after I add it.
ChrisI can curate a Capra Club:p
Cool, sounds good. I'll be in touch soon! :)
The Rodent
01-30-17, 10:41 AM
Haaa! Sitting watching Starship Troopers...
I got a great quote if there's a Verhoeven Club going up.
The "Would you like to know more?" Paul Verhoeven Fan Club
:laugh:
Update! I've added the ability to check off films you've seen right from each Clubs (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs) page. And the "Recently Seen" box will show all seen films, not just ones that happen to be on Lists.
This is a precursor to a new feature that ties into this larger seen tagging system, possibly available in the next day or so, but if not, almost certainly by next week.
Chypmunk
02-01-17, 02:34 PM
Nice addition :up:
Citizen Rules
02-01-17, 04:01 PM
I like it! It's very useful! I've already checked off the Billy Wilder films that I've seen.
At the bottom of Wilder's filmography it list Bad Seed...IMDB doesn't list that as a Billy Wilder film. There's a Bad Seed (20000 and The Bad Seed (1956) which is directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
I think that's the translated version of Mauvaise graine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025480).
Citizen Rules
02-01-17, 04:59 PM
Thanks! I haven't seen that one.
What about John Carpenter and Stephen King? Would anyone want to join either of those?
Also, what about John Hughes?
rauldc14
02-06-17, 05:32 PM
Carpenter has a big following on this forum so yes he would be a good addition.
Can I start that group, or how does that work?
Right now I have to add them manually, which is on hold for a few days while I finish editing the Oscar podcast and fixing some bugs (and generally helping out the new IMDB alums however I can). But soon! Please do throw in your hat in advance so I can create it with the next batch. I'm thinking 3-4 more and then focus on expanding the feature set a bit.
OK. If we have enough to follow a John Carpenter, Stephen King, and/or John Hughes group, then those would be great. I'm not sure how many one person is allowed to run, but I think those would be rather popular.
At the moment we're only setup for directors, so I can't do a King one for awhile. But I think Carpenter and Hughes are great additions. CR volunteered to Curate the Frank Capra one, too. I think at that point if we can find someone to run (again, very little work actually involved) a Kubrick club, that'll cover us for awhile, unless we have a volunteer for Spielberg, too.
Oops, my fault. I'll pay attention in a bit. ;) Carpenter and Hughes it is.
What about Wes Craven?
So these Clubs are only of directors? I would really dig Clubs based on genres. I'd be all over a horror club.
Aye. From the first post:
Can we have Clubs for other things?
Not yet, but yes, I'd like to do this, too. But I need feedback for that, too: what things, and how should it work? With directors some of the features are obvious, but what about actors? Same idea? What about individual movies: even worth doing, since we already have Favorites? What about genres? Et cetera.
Excellent. I recommend Clubs based on genres.
I'd be all over a horror club.
I'd be all over it with you. I know a decent amount of members that would join us.
Cobpyth
02-07-17, 11:40 PM
I think at that point if we can find someone to run (again, very little work actually involved) a Kubrick club, that'll cover us for awhile, unless we have a volunteer for Spielberg, too.
I'll volunteer for Kubrick if there aren't any candidates yet.
I think Mark would be great as Curator for a Spielberg club. There are some other huge fans of Spielberg here too.
Citizen Rules
02-07-17, 11:45 PM
Great news! I think Yoda was needing just 2 more curators. I said I would do Capra club and I would join Kubrick and Spielberg clubs.
I wonder if MoFo has enough Sidney Lumet fans to where a separate club is possible.
The Rodent
02-07-17, 11:50 PM
I've put my name forward for Verhoeven... I'll be starting a thread for it as soon as Yods gets the club up and maybe plan a few things for it in the future... and put my name forward as a possibility for Carpenter if nobody else wanted it.
I suggested Iro for Carpenter as I know he's a fan.
I've put my name forward for Verhoeven... I'll be starting a thread for it as soon as Yods gets the club up and maybe plan a few things for it in the future... and put my name forward as a possibility for Carpenter if nobody else wanted it.
I suggested Iro for Carpenter as I know he's a fan.
Noooooo!!! I suggested John Carpenter, and said I'd run it. That's my baby!!!
I also snagged John Hughes, and Wes Craven.
Dexter007
02-10-17, 02:26 AM
I'd never be part of a club that'd have somebody like me as a member.
Unless we're talking about film clubs. That sounds awesome.
The Rodent
02-10-17, 09:30 AM
I totally mentioned Carpenter first.
Me.
First.
Well, I just received compliments on the idea, not quotes with people showing me that.
I do believe I'm the biggest Carpenter fan here, but I reckon I'll be getting over it.
The Rodent
02-10-17, 09:40 AM
:laugh:
I can never tell if Dezzi is serious or not...
matt72582
02-10-17, 09:41 AM
Great news! I think Yoda was needing just 2 more curators. I said I would do Capra club and I would join Kubrick and Spielberg clubs.
Capra and Kubrick -- I'm down for those guys.
:laugh:
I can never tell if Dezzi is serious or not...
Well of course I'm serious. I truly believe I'm the biggest Carpenter fan here. I put The Thing in the winner spot in the hall of fame, and if that goober Swan wasn't partly running the slasher thread, I would have put Halloween in. I love you, Swan, but you know I will claim that movie until the day I die. You'll have to kill me first, baby doll. ;)
The Rodent
02-10-17, 09:50 AM
Oh ok... you can have Carpenter.
I've only seen one of his movies anyway.
Might be two movies. Can't remember.
Oh ok... you can have Carpenter.
I've only seen one of his movies anyway.
Might be two movies. Can't remember.
Just be very sure.
If that's the case, then hopefully I can get it started soon enough, so that I can have you all watch a movie or two a month. Then, Halloween 1, 2, and possibly 3, can be watched in October. I don't want to do too many, because of the Hitchcock movies.
I totally mentioned Carpenter first.
Me.
First.
Wrong. Here's the first post to mention Carpenter.
Makes sense. The only thing I'm itching for are some horror directors, but I understand if that has to be put on hold. If you are interested in popular directors, what about John Carpenter?
Me! That means I get to be curator. :D
I mean, I just want to curate a horror director. I'm a big fan of Carpenter, too - doesn't matter who the biggest fan is, and Destiny, it's wasted energy worrying about that or who "claims" Halloween. It's a film that means a lot to me, too.
Frankly I don't care who gets Carpenter, but I would like to curate a horror director, and he seems to be the most popular for the running.
The genre thing is interesting, but it'll be a bit before I can look at the logistics of that.
Re: Carpenter. Do you guys have a consensus on that? Is that the only one that was at all disputed? Sorry, time is short these days, so it's hard to sift through it all.
The Rodent
02-10-17, 07:03 PM
:D I was just teasing Desi to see how she'd react... I'm fine not to take Carpenter :)
I'm fine with Destiny taking it too, if she wants it. I just hope, one day, I'll get to curate a horror director.
:D I was just teasing Desi to see how she'd react... I'm fine not to take Carpenter :)
He just loves getting my panties in a wad. I won't say why, though. :p
I'm fine with Destiny taking it too, if she wants it. I just hope, one day, I'll get to curate a horror director.
Are you sure? Your other post sounds like you'd sooner get it. I was just teasing about the Halloween Hall of Fame deal, like I have many times. This is the first time you've sounded bothered by it.
I won't lie. I'd love to run it. Out of the three I've listed, it's the only one I want in a major way. If someone out there wishes they'd named John Hughes and/or Wes Craven, do speak up.
The Rodent
02-11-17, 03:36 AM
Swan should definitely take Craven :)
He's after a horror director, Craven is basically horror only.
Swan should definitely take Craven :)
He's after a horror director, Craven is basically horror only.
OK. That may be a good idea. I misunderstood or misread him/his last post. I was thinking he meant classic horror, but I have no idea why I thought that. I so silly. Well, he can give me a for sure on John Carpenter, because I honestly did not see either of you mention him. I just went with what's already been made. I didn't read through the thread. So anyways, if he wants, Wes Craven can be all his.
I vote yes for Destiny curating John Carpenter.
The Rodent
02-12-17, 12:07 AM
I already got a post together for Verhoeven and a bunch of pics if I'm allowed the Club...
Sitting twiddling thumbs now :D
Sexy Celebrity
02-12-17, 12:14 AM
Ummm... three years ago, we all tried to start fan clubs on the forum, and Wes Craven was mine:
The Fans Have Eyes: Waking Up with Wes Craven (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=35865)
Mario Bava and especially Eli Roth is Swans!
Sexy Celebrity
02-12-17, 12:20 AM
What does one have to do when you're the President of a club?
What does one have to do when you're the President of a club?
Curator. Yoda's President i think; he's power-crazy.
All you have to do so far is find and add threads relating to your Director to his Club.
Sexy Celebrity
02-12-17, 12:23 AM
'Cause I did think, when I saw this whole thing start up, that if there was one director I might wanna do, it could be Wes Craven.
Sexy Celebrity
02-12-17, 12:25 AM
Though, I haven't even seen all of his movies. But I really love some of them. Probably more than any casual Wes Craven fan who was kind enough to watch everything he directed.
Us curators :cool: all get this special power that allows us to add a thread to our club. I've yet to test its power by adding say a 'David Fincher' thread to the 'David Lynch Club' , i doubt this site would survive the night if i tried that.
The Rodent
02-17-17, 11:15 AM
Just flicking through David Lynch's Club... and spotted that Mulholland Drive has 2 entries.
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Dr.
The Rodent
02-17-17, 11:23 AM
Bottle Rocket on Wes Anderson also has 2 entries.
Just flicking through David Lynch's Club... and spotted that Mulholland Drive has 2 entries.
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Dr.
Looking into it, thanks.
Bottle Rocket on Wes Anderson also has 2 entries.
That's because he actually made a short film by the same name before expanding it into a feature length film a couple of years later.
The Rodent
02-17-17, 11:33 AM
Ah, ok. Learn something new every day :D
I've not actually seen Bottle Rocket, I just spotted the name twice.
What about that dual Mulholland Dr. and Mulholland Drive entry?
Just finished checking on that: same basic thing. Lynch created some TV pilot based on the same concept.
Watch Psycho, go talk about it.
Okay, got a little busy there, so I'm only just now adding this, but:
A Wonderful Life: A Frank Capra Club (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs/frank-capra.html)
Thanks to CR for curating this one. Should have some more threads on there soon.
Was Carpenter the only one we wanted to add ASAP? Was Destiny in line to curate that? I noticed a few people wanted to but, but I think both Rodent and Swan were fine with her doing it? Let me know if that's right; it's hard to tell even after reading the posts on the last page.
The Rodent
03-09-17, 01:41 AM
Yeah I think we agreed Des was taking Carpenter :)
I think Swan was initially after Carpenter because he wanted a horror director, but said he might take Wes Craven instead.
I'm totally fine with Destiny taking Carpenter. I can wait a while on curating.
So be it!
The John Carpenter Club (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs/john-carpenter.html)
TheUsualSuspect
03-09-17, 08:31 AM
So be it!
The John Carpenter Club (http://www.movieforums.com/clubs/john-carpenter.html)
Joined.
Suckers.
I think we're good for a bit, then. Got some ideas for some tweaks and features, so I'll probably give those a whirl before adding any new ones, unless anyone's really champing at the bit for any.
The Rodent
03-10-17, 11:55 PM
I just can't wait to start a proper Verhoeven Thread... if I'm allowed to curate the club... if there's going to be a club... :D
TheUsualSuspect
03-10-17, 11:58 PM
Just know that when it is time for the Sam Raimi club, I got it covered.
Fabulous
03-11-17, 12:22 AM
Will the link to the Clubs section on our profile pages be a mainstay? Also, will a link be added in the header?
Cobpyth
03-11-17, 11:59 AM
Kubrick deserves one as well, in the future.
Will the link to the Clubs section on our profile pages be a mainstay? Also, will a link be added in the header?
I think both were asked earlier, and they actually have the same answer: it depends! :)
This is, unlike most of the features released around here, more of a beta test. I want to see how it goes, add some things to it, see if it's useful. I've got some ideas I've yet to implement, but very often how I think a feature will be used and how it's actually used are quite different, so I want to be open to that.
It'll definitely stay in the profile for now, though, since it's not really "in the way" or taking space from anything else by being in there.
The Rodent
03-17-17, 11:44 AM
Verhoeven is here (https://www.movieforums.com/clubs/paul-verhoeven.html) :)
Standing offer still if anyone wants to volunteer for Kubrick or Spielberg. Off the top of my head, those are probably the two biggest names we haven't added yet.
The Rodent
03-17-17, 11:50 AM
Matt has to take Kubrick :laugh:
He could be his twin.
Cobpyth
03-25-17, 06:26 PM
Standing offer still if anyone wants to volunteer for Kubrick or Spielberg. Off the top of my head, those are probably the two biggest names we haven't added yet.
I'll volunteer for Kubrick if there aren't any candidates yet.
I think Mark would be great as Curator for a Spielberg club. There are some other huge fans of Spielberg here too.
mark f
Thanks for the bump. Yeah, if mark f wants to do Spielberg (no pressure), and Cob's doing Kubrick, I can add both this week.
Citizen Rules
03-31-17, 01:49 PM
No one wants to do Spielberg? Come on guys, it's easy & fun to curate a Director's Club.
I could do Kubrick if you wanted.
If not, I could do Linklater if that is someone people would be interested in discussing?
Yoda
Would it be possible to add clubs for the Coen brothers and/or Christopher Nolan
We've discussed "can we add X?" a few times earlier in the thread; answer's always: sure, if someone steps up to curate them.
We've discussed "can we add X?" a few times earlier in the thread; answer's always: sure, if someone steps up to curate them.
I would certainly be willing to curate either Kubrick or Linklater, or both.
We've discussed "can we add X?" a few times earlier in the thread; answer's always: sure, if someone steps up to curate them.
What does curating a club consist of? Because if its something simple I probably will do ot for the ones I suggested
Just a thought, might have been mentioned already. If not, it may be an idea no one likes at all, which is cool.
I noticed the Verhoeven threads are showing up for me even though I'm not in the club. This is totally fine, but, what if the threads for directors, if posted on the club page (or whatever), only showed up for members? Might make it feel more special and exclusive, and would be like a subscription button.
Again, totally cool if it's a dumb idea. I'm full of those. :D
The Rodent
04-02-17, 09:16 PM
I think that was spoken about and we all agreed that it's better when everyone sees them :)
That way, it sort of advertises for the Clubs and gets more people to notice.
What does curating a club consist of? Because if its something simple I probably will do ot for the ones I suggested
Right now, very little: just tagging threads (there'll be a little option under Tools) related to the director. A bunch at first to set things up, then just remembering to tag new ones as new topics or films come out associated with them.
A few Curators have gone above and beyond and started organizing little scheduled weeks to watch films and discuss them, and obviously, the more you wanna do, the better. But technically, just the thread thing is enough to get us started.
Swan:
I think that was spoken about and we all agreed that it's better when everyone sees them :)
That way, it sort of advertises for the Clubs and gets more people to notice.
Yeah, did come up earlier, and this is what we settled on. Mostly because I don't want to fall into the trap of thinking just accumulating club members means they're useful/successful, so I'm thinking more of that than I am just trying to compel membership for its own sake. Always glad to hear ideas, though. :up:
I would really like to curate a club and do the threads and schedule little events like Rodent and Sean are doing, but I need to figure out someone who will get enough members.
The Rodent
04-02-17, 09:48 PM
I would really like to curate a club and do the threads and schedule little events like Rodent and Sean are doing, but I need to figure out someone who will get enough members.
Uwe Boll :laugh:
Actually, you'd probably get a few. People on the web do like to rag on bad movies.
I would really like to curate a club and do the threads and schedule little events like Rodent and Sean are doing, but I need to figure out someone who will get enough members.
Frank Darabont?
The Rodent
04-02-17, 10:05 PM
What about Spielberg, Swan?
What about Spielberg, Swan?
Spielberg would be awesome... though it does seem a little intimidating.
Spielberg would be awesome... though it does seem a little intimidating.
No way dude. You should take it, Coens too. You like the Coens?
The Rodent
04-02-17, 10:12 PM
Have a gander at my Verhoeven thread... I did a whole bio and filmography for him.
Most of it was taken from Wiki... but the filmography is something even IMDb would be proud of :D
...and I linked to Hitch's Wikipedia. :D
No way dude. You should take it, Coens too. You like the Coens?
I do like The Coens, definitely, but I haven't thought about their work as much as someone like you. In other words, it'd feel weird curating them when there are people who are much more into their work.
Anyway, I'm going to do some thinking on who I should curate. I'll come up with some potentials, and see what you guys have to say. Thanks y'all.
I would really like to curate a club and do the threads and schedule little events like Rodent and Sean are doing, but I need to figure out someone who will get enough members.
Uwe Boll :laugh:
Actually, you'd probably get a few. People on the web do like to rag on bad movies.
Lol. I'd be in for that tool. Actually I don't really mind him but I wanted to smack him in the teeth for selling out to Peta
The Rodent
04-02-17, 10:17 PM
You should defo do SteSpie, Swan.
What about McTiernan?
Die Hard 1 & 3, Pred, Last Action Hero.
Plus, he's not done like 9000 movies so it's be pretty simple to curate too.
You should defo do SteSpie, Swan.
What about McTiernan?
Die Hard 1 & 3, Pred, Last Action Hero.
Plus, he's not done like 9000 movies so it's be pretty simple to curate too.
Haven't seen enough of his movies to be honest, and I think it would be cool do someone I'm really passionate about, you know? Same thing with the Coens. Have you thought about curating McTiernan?
The Rodent
04-02-17, 10:25 PM
I thought about McT... But I'm really only a fan of Pred and his Die Hard movies.
The rest of his stuff is great, but not what I'd call "favourites".
Yeah I've only seen Die Hard, Predator and The Hunt for Red October. While I like those first two, I remember having to watch Hunt for school and was honestly a bit bored. I'm sure it's a good movie, but it didn't do much for me.
The Rodent
04-02-17, 10:28 PM
Swan... damn... I just had a great idea for you...
Clint Eastwood.
Swan... damn... I just had a great idea for you...
Clint Eastwood.
Another director I've never been overly passionate about, even if he's done some great work.
It's cool though, I'll find someone. Thanks for the suggestions my friend. :)
The Rodent
04-02-17, 10:31 PM
Ok ok... rattling a few ideas now...
Burton
Malick
Ridley
Zemeckis
Danny Boyle
Spike Lee
A few of those definitely click with me. Nice. :cool:
I'm not sure exactly how this works but if it's cool I'd be more than willing to curate Stuart Gordon. I've been studying his films for a bit now and have some lengthy history with his work.
EDIT: I underastand if he doesn't really mesh with other directors. I see the ones listed so far are kind of "world class" so...it's fine if Stuart Gordon doesn't make the cut. :p
coffeegod
04-02-17, 10:49 PM
I'd be happy to curate a female directors club if anybody else would be interested.
I'd be happy to curate a female directors club if anybody else would be interested.
I'm in coffriend.
I'd be happy to curate a female directors club if anybody else would be interested.
I think you should go for it too. If it's a director I like, I'll definitely join.
I think you should go for it too. If it's a director I like, I'll definitely join.
Hear, hear.
coffeegod
04-03-17, 02:25 PM
Hey Yoda sir!
Would you please start a club for female directors? I've got a pretty good first post in the works.
Thank you!
Don't forget to @ me to make sure I see it! :)
Right now the technical setup is such that it's just One Director = One Club, though we might expand into different genres or types. So that said, if you have a favorite female director of moderate fame that you're willing to curate for, name them, and it shall be done.
coffeegod
04-03-17, 02:32 PM
Don't forget to @ me to make sure I see it! :)
Right now the technical setup is such that it's just One Director = One Club, though we might expand into different genres or types. So that said, if you have a favorite female director of moderate fame that you're willing to curate for, name them, and it shall be done.
I could not figure out how to flag you! Now I know.
For the moment, let us begin with Kathryn Bigelow. Hope this works for everybody. I like her because she works gritty.
Okay, sounds good. I've got 2-3 to add, then, and I might not get to it until next week, but she'll be in the next batch. I'll PM you some quick instructions on how to tag threads about her.
Ooooh nice, I will join hers. I like Bigelow.
I'm such an idiot thinking I would need some time to pick a director. I think Ingmar Bergman - my favorite director - is a good pick yeah? I think we could get some good participants for him?
Yoda...I'll take John Sayles if I can.
coffeegod
04-03-17, 02:38 PM
I'm such an idiot thinking I would need some time to pick a director. I think Ingmar Bergman - my favorite director - is a good pick yeah? I think we could get some good participants for him?
I'm not incredibly well versed in Bergman but what I've seen, I've loved. Go for it.
coffeegod
04-03-17, 02:39 PM
Okay, sounds good. I've got 2-3 to add, then, and I might not get to it until next week, but she'll be in the next batch. I'll PM you some quick instructions on how to tag threads about her.
Thank you, tiny green one.
I have had a couple requests to do another viewing schedule for the Hitch club. My original plan was to move on to one of the Anderson clubs or ask if another curator wanted to do something similar for one of their clubs. If people are more into Hitch I will gladly do more there. Give me some thoughts Mofos.
I'd be into that. I had/have stuff to say about a couple that I didn't get around to posting, because it's been crazy the last couple of weeks, but I think talking about some lesser-known films would be cool, too. That seems like a particularly great use of the Clubs: bringing attention to each director's lesser-known works.
Citizen Rules
04-24-17, 01:37 PM
Sean how about both? Some more Hitch films...and...some films from another director's club too.
Sean how about both? Some more Hitch films...and...some films from another director's club too.
Not a bad idea but I want to be able to participate so I don't want to get the schedule too cluttered. How would you guys feel about one a month like Rodent did with Carpenter?
The Rodent
04-24-17, 04:55 PM
Not a bad idea but I want to be able to participate so I don't want to get the schedule too cluttered. How would you guys feel about one a month like Rodent did with Carpenter?
Verhoeven :D
Some director I don't care about :D
;)
The Rodent
04-24-17, 04:59 PM
Actually, Yoda. there is one thing I've spotted with the clubs pages... the threads in them don't show page numbers so you have to click on the thread, and then click Last Page...
Citizen Rules
04-24-17, 04:59 PM
Not a bad idea but I want to be able to participate so I don't want to get the schedule too cluttered. How would you guys feel about one a month like Rodent did with Carpenter?Personally, I prefer watching more Hitch films. I'm not interested in Carpenter's films. But that's just me. I'm not saying my one vote should count for anymore than anyone else's.
Citizen Rules
04-24-17, 05:02 PM
@Yoda (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=1), is there a link to all the Director's Clubs, that's easy to find?
I see the link on my profile page that list the clubs I've joined, but I can't seem to easily find the link to all the clubs (unless I first click on an individual club, then use the link to find the overall Club page.)
The Rodent
04-24-17, 05:04 PM
https://www.movieforums.com/clubs
I saved the page as a favourite tbh.
Aye, Rodent has the right URL. I've mentioned this a couple times in the threads, but preemptively, I'm holding off on finding an easier place to put it unless/until we expand the feature a bit. Still all in "testing/wait-and-see" mode from my perspective.
Actually, Yoda. there is one thing I've spotted with the clubs pages... the threads in them don't show page numbers so you have to click on the thread, and then click Last Page...
Thanks, I'll see about getting that mirroring the forums. In the meantime, the arrow next to the Last Post data should take you to the most recent post.
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