Top Ten Tuesdays - Page 549

Susan Foreman · #**5481** 13th August 2017, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

To avoid confusion, would the best name for the category be "Films That Were Not Theatrically Released"?

Possibly, but then it could also include things like extended television episodes, such as the pilot and opening episode of season 2 of 'Twin Peaks', both of which have a run time of 90 mins instead of the usual 45, or 'Welcome To The Hellmouth'/'The Harvest' from Buffy which again are 90 mins and often played together

Nosferatu@Cult Labs · #**5482** 13th August 2017, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Possibly, but then it could also include things like extended television episodes, such as the pilot and opening episode of season 2 of 'Twin Peaks', both of which have a run time of 90 mins instead of the usual 45, or 'Welcome To The Hellmouth'/'The Harvest' from Buffy which again are 90 mins and often played together

Lists are usually open to interpretation, so some will include feature films and others might include things such as the ones you mentioned.

Part of the beauty of this is that it is (to a certain extent) controlled by those who provide lists and I like a diverse range of content because it introduces me to things I hadn't considered or previously seen. As long as you're sticking to the category title and any criteria laid out below, you are free to do as you wish.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**5483** 13th August 2017, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Possibly, but then it could also include things like extended television episodes, such as the pilot and opening episode of season 2 of 'Twin Peaks', both of which have a run time of 90 mins instead of the usual 45, or 'Welcome To The Hellmouth'/'The Harvest' from Buffy which again are 90 mins and often played together

But surely a film that was not theatrically released is different to an extended television episode.

You've said so in the wording. One is a film that wasn't theatrically released the other is an extended tv episode.

Stop being awkward.

Susan Foreman · #**5484** 13th August 2017, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

But surely a film that was not theatrically released is different to an extended television episode.

These are described as being 'feature length' episodes

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**5485** 13th August 2017, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

These are described as being 'feature length' episodes

The word being 'episodes'.

It's things like this that are the reason i gave up with the top 10's.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs · #**5486** 13th August 2017, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

These are described as being 'feature length' episodes

They are still episodes from a TV show, just like the feature length pilot for Vinyl. As such, because they are episodes from the TV show, they shouldn't be included in the category, for which the operative word is 'Films'.