[quote=Iroquois][quote=Yoda]That's definitely odd.

As long as this forum has existed we've occasionally attracted people who don't really "get" how forums work, and I actually think that's become more common, now that forums are not the dominant medium of communication any more.[/quote]

That might have something to do with it. Maybe there's also the matter of how a PM is guaranteed to get someone's attention more so than bumping a thread (and a new user would not necessarily know that you can do that by quoting/mentioning a user in a post, which I'm not sure that any other forums do).[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois][quote=ynwtf]That's pretty neat, in a way. I always feel weird and borderline creeper if I PM users I haven't had much conversation with first.

Could he/she be shy? That you (and only you) responded, might suggest you're the only one interested. In a weird way, why NOT take it to PM for more direct conversation on the topic? I'm kidding, mostly, but I can see that thought playing out.

Oh. It's not me, btw. I do weird things from time to time, but that's not as obvious a tactic I think I would take. Hm. Unless this Shout escalation is tier II of my devious plot...

Yeah, no. Not me. For real.[/quote]

Maybe that's the logic, but then why the gaps between messages? The first one was just a straight-up statement so I disregarded it but then the second message came four months later and had a question in it so this hardly strikes me as the most direct way of handling a conversation, especially when another question comes along in another four months.

Ah, I might as well answer but it's just not an interesting topic. The question's like "how would you change [i]Iron Man 3[/i]?". Short answer: I wouldn't. Long answer: No, I would not change [i]Iron Man 3[/i].[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]Here's a weird scenario. Some guy signs up here almost a year ago and makes exactly one post, [url=https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2117631#post2117631]a thread complaining about [i]Iron Man 3[/i][/url]. I am the only person to respond to this thread and question him. Since then, this user has not posted a reply in the thread but instead sent me three separate PMs - one in September, one in January, and one just this week - in an effort to continue the conversation. I haven't replied to any of his messages because I find this approach so bizarre. Now I'm wondering why he keeps coming back here every few months for seemingly no other reason than to try asking me about [i]Iron Man 3[/i] (and by doing it through PM rather than in the thread).[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]TETSUOOOOOO[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois][quote=John McClane]I really miss Caitlyn.[/quote]

Just checked, apparently it'll be ten years in March.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]Yeah, I managed to see the [i]Coda[/i] version the other day. The changes it makes to the original version are arguably negligible but I still enjoyed it.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois][quote=Cobra]Doing a Marathon a day next 4 days
Monday - Blade Trilogy
Tuesday - Godfather 1 & 2
Wednesday - Indiana Jones Quadrilogy
Thursday - Star Wars original Trilogy
Got some time off work so why not.[/quote]

How are you gonna watch [i]Blade: Trinity[/i] and [i]Crystal Skull[/i] but not [i]Godfather III[/i]?[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]Guess my sense of humour is on a completely different level to the kind that tends to clog up the Shoutbox.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois][quote=Yoda][quote=The Rodent]Considering you've only got 1 movie in your profile :D[/quote]
Ugh, this is a great idea, and one I am very much capable of building.

But no, we must draw the line at the username. And frankly we might have to scrap that at some point, too. :laugh:[/quote]

Well, yeah, that's why the suggestion was immediately followed by the most obvious way in which people would abuse it.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois][quote=The Rodent][quote=Iroquois]Concept: a bbusername-style code but instead of copying a user's username into a post it copies the user's #1 favourite movie as listed on their profile.

(yes, this was inspired by a recent "worst movies" thread)[/quote]

Considering you've only got 1 movie in your profile :D[/quote]

Sometimes, you just have to maintain a brand.[/quote]