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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 23, 2021 15:07:07 GMT -5
Hi!
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 22, 2021 13:20:38 GMT -5
I think it was THG itself we read, actually. You're right; I was just remembering a comment Dante made about about a character who only appears in Mockingjay.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 21, 2021 22:28:55 GMT -5
I saw that people had been posting in this thread, but had no idea that none of it was about … the Hunger Games.
Anyway, the series is great. We read Mockingjay on 667 for our book club one summer, and Tragedy organized a Games-inspired competition for moderator positions.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 21, 2021 9:41:28 GMT -5
Hmm that’s definitely intriguing. I usually lean towards descriptive (e.g., “You’re Invited: 667 Dark Avenue’s 20th Anniversary and Reunion”), but I see how that could sound like spam.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 19, 2021 14:53:02 GMT -5
Okay, here's a draft: -- Dear 667er, You are cordially invited to celebrate 667 Dark Avenue's 20th Anniversary and Reunion from June 19-June 25, 2022. Stop by to sign the guestbook, read the latest Snicket news, or simply reconnect with fellow volunteers. If you would like to receive a reminder about this event via email, please indicate that here. With all due respect, 667 Dark Avenue
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 18, 2021 20:42:01 GMT -5
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 17, 2021 20:45:07 GMT -5
Ok great! It sounds like there’s support, so the next thing I’ll do is draft a universal PM / email and post it here for suggestions and edits.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 17, 2021 13:02:00 GMT -5
That sounds like a Very Fun Day, do you have any ideas of how to get in contact? One of my admin powers is the ability to send a PM to everyone with an account. So if we sent that, say, two weeks from now, everyone who logged in over the course of the next year would have the invite. But I think my ideal is to branch out from those of us who have connections with offline members. E.g., @jacobm could probably get in touch with Rellim when things were ready.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 17, 2021 12:00:58 GMT -5
667’s 20th anniversary will be Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Regardless of what our active membership may look like at that time, I’m interested in making 2022 a reunion week(end?) where members past and present can stop by to remanence and share what they’ve been up to. I think old members would welcome a low-commitment way to say hello and possibly reconnect with members from their generation. The reason I’m making this post so far in advance is that it would take some time to accumulate a list of members and get save the dates out.
What are your thoughts?
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 16, 2021 19:56:32 GMT -5
Thank you, Semblance! I like the faux corporate set up. It’s a great piece to take you into the world. And in 2040, you can use it as a real calendar!
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 15, 2021 21:00:59 GMT -5
I found myself trying to explain the premise of this book to someone the other day and had no idea what to say.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 14, 2021 9:54:57 GMT -5
gothicarchiesfan has posted lots of pictures of the sets throughout the Atrocious Adaptations board. I’d highly recommend looking through his rewatch threads.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 13, 2021 17:39:21 GMT -5
I think the thing to do would be to compare it to a published copy. Do you have one handy? If not, could you upload a few pages of the uncorrected proof and one of us can compare?
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 13, 2021 11:29:46 GMT -5
I listened to "You Need to Calm Down" a ton of times in a row and now I can't stand it
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 12, 2021 16:51:10 GMT -5
The title of the thread is a little more hopeful than its content. Dante’s reply is relevant to your point: It's difficult not to take this with more than a pinch of salt. Joe Tracz didn't think an ATWQ series was very likely, and, much though it pains me to say it, ATWQ never set the world on fire, and the ASoUE adaptation never seemed to get much in the way of mainstream attention, either - outside of its links with Neil Patrick Harris, who has no obvious role in ATWQ. It's worth noting that that description of the show is taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of ?1 (yes, down to the "before the invention of Netflix" line). Nonetheless, it would be very interesting to see a television adaptation of ATWQ - a tightened-up version, too (my recent reread of ?4 turned up more than a few inconsistencies). And I do think ATWQ would probably be easier to adapt, overall; shared setting, emphasis on returning characters... By analogy to the ASoUE adaptation, they could knock out ATWQ in a single series - but File Under is there for filler material that could stretch it out to two series; the main questions as openers and finales, with case-of-the-weeks padding it out. Or would they be more likely to release each book individually as a sort of extended telemovie?
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