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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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And all that is needed from you is Ok, my mistake, thanks for clarifying. You don't need to belabor and argue the point, as if you KNEW what it meant.

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There's that arrogance again.

Give it a rest.

It was far into the thread where the concept of "main cast = cast who appear in every episode" was discussed and it was not proposed by you, but by Unicus!

The first post in this thread does not define main cast at all, it only talks about "Most TV shows have a basic set of characters that appear in the, usually the Opening of the show".

This definition is wholly inadequate to describe what constitutes "main cast" which lead to pages and pages of discussion about how to define it.

It is no wonder this poll has taken the track that it did.  It was poorly written to start with!
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Which is EXACTLY why this poll needs to be done over.
"I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?

No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture."
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There's that arrogance again.

Give it a rest.

It was far into the thread where the concept of "main cast = cast who appear in every episode" was discussed and it was not proposed by you, but by Unicus!

The first post in this thread does not define main cast at all, it only talks about "Most TV shows have a basic set of characters that appear in the, usually the Opening of the show".

This definition is wholly inadequate to describe what constitutes "main cast" which lead to pages and pages of discussion about how to define it.

It is no wonder this poll has taken the track that it did.  It was poorly written to start with!


Hal: I have a simple answer for you, Instead of behaving like a total jerk and pretending to read minds. If you can do it better....be my guest.<sheesh> Some people just have to PITAs Then maybe I can interpret YOUR shortcomings

BTW Hal, what you refer to as arrogqance I call simply being polite a topic you appear to know little of. I don't pretend to know what some one else is thinking, if it is not clear to me I ask

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There's that arrogance again.

Give it a rest.

It was far into the thread where the concept of "main cast = cast who appear in every episode" was discussed and it was not proposed by you, but by Unicus!

The first post in this thread does not define main cast at all, it only talks about "Most TV shows have a basic set of characters that appear in the, usually the Opening of the show".

This definition is wholly inadequate to describe what constitutes "main cast" which lead to pages and pages of discussion about how to define it.

It is no wonder this poll has taken the track that it did.  It was poorly written to start with!



Let's not be obtuse here, OK?  We ALL know what the main cast is, and we ALL know that there are several ways of presenting those cast members.

Let's also stipulate that at some point, somebody is going to have to watch the stupid program to be able to list ANY of the cast, main or not.

So, let's not go off the deep end and make out like its such a huge trial putting the main cast at the top.  It's a pain in the ass to do ANY of it, truth be told!

But let's list a few definitions here, just to see if anything flies:

Main Cast:  Those cast members who are the primary characters and are usually listed at the beginning of the show in some way, which may also include recurring guest stars.  Primary cast members who do not appear in every episode should still be listed as Main Cast.  Use the cast order listed in the first episode even if the order changes somewhat over the course of the remaining episodes.

Extra Cast:  Those cast members that play credited roles and are listed at the end of the episode is some fashion.

So, this would look like this:

Main Cast
    A
    B
    C

Episode 1
    Extra Cast
Episode 2
    Extra Cast

etc.

Now, that takes care of entering multiple instances of the same cast members, AND lays out a remedy for the order if it should change over the season.  This will not be any harder to do initially than constantly entering duplicate names under each episode.  The first time its done is the hard part, after that it's fairly easy to deal with.

I would also say that for sake of brevity, we should stipulate that cast/crew lists be done on a disc by disc basis so that we don't have to wade through a whole season's worth of list on every profile.
John

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It really doesn't make any sense NOT to use Option 2. You have a LOT less opportunity for "But this is different!" cases, and makes it simple and easy without any argument for every episode.

If you think it's too much work, then don't do it - leave it to those who are willing to do the work.

Simple.
"I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?

No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture."
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Let's not be obtuse here, OK?  We ALL know what the main cast is, and we ALL know that there are several ways of presenting those cast members.

Let's also stipulate that at some point, somebody is going to have to watch the stupid program to be able to list ANY of the cast, main or not.

So, let's not go off the deep end and make out like its such a huge trial putting the main cast at the top.  It's a pain in the ass to do ANY of it, truth be told!

But let's list a few definitions here, just to see if anything flies:

Main Cast:  Those cast members who are the primary characters and are usually listed at the beginning of the show in some way, which may also include recurring guest stars.  Primary cast members who do not appear in every episode should still be listed as Main Cast.  Use the cast order listed in the first episode even if the order changes somewhat over the course of the remaining episodes.

Extra Cast:  Those cast members that play credited roles and are listed at the end of the episode is some fashion.

So, this would look like this:

Main Cast
    A
    B
    C

Episode 1
    Extra Cast
Episode 2
    Extra Cast

etc.

Now, that takes care of entering multiple instances of the same cast members, AND lays out a remedy for the order if it should change over the season.  This will not be any harder to do initially than constantly entering duplicate names under each episode.  The first time its done is the hard part, after that it's fairly easy to deal with.

I would also say that for sake of brevity, we should stipulate that cast/crew lists be done on a disc by disc basis so that we don't have to wade through a whole season's worth of list on every profile.


Why would recurring cast (not credited in every episode) go with main cast?... I for one want to know which of the episodes they are actually in. Now that we have the capability to know who is in which episode. I for one don't want to look at it and say well these people are in this set or on this disc... but not know which episodes... that just makes no sense to me what so ever!
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It really doesn't make any sense NOT to use Option 2. You have a LOT less opportunity for "But this is different!" cases, and makes it simple and easy without any argument for every episode.

If you think it's too much work, then don't do it - leave it to those who are willing to do the work.

Simple.


That isn't the point, and you know it.  Why is everybody all of a sudden so willing to go the easy route with all the duplication it entails, when initially everybody thought (and stills thinks for all I know) #1 looked better.  It is certainly easier to use from a lookup standpoint, in my opinion.
John

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It really doesn't make any sense NOT to use Option 2. You have a LOT less opportunity for "But this is different!" cases, and makes it simple and easy without any argument for every episode.

If you think it's too much work, then don't do it - leave it to those who are willing to do the work.

Simple.


That isn't the point, and you know it.  Why is everybody all of a sudden so willing to go the easy route with all the duplication it entails, when initially everybody thought (and stills thinks for all I know) #1 looked better.  It is certainly easier to use from a lookup standpoint, in my opinion.


I disagree... especially with you wanting to put recurring cast that is not credited in every episode in with the main cast... that way seriously hinders the lookup for those actors.... you have no idea which episodes to look for them in!
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It really doesn't make any sense NOT to use Option 2. You have a LOT less opportunity for "But this is different!" cases, and makes it simple and easy without any argument for every episode.

If you think it's too much work, then don't do it - leave it to those who are willing to do the work.

Simple.


That isn't the point, and you know it.  Why is everybody all of a sudden so willing to go the easy route with all the duplication it entails, when initially everybody thought (and stills thinks for all I know) #1 looked better.  It is certainly easier to use from a lookup standpoint, in my opinion.


#1 doesn't look better, because there's too much room for error.

Aren't we going for most accurate, even if it means more work? Then #2 is clearly the answer. #1 leaves WAY too much open for debate, and you'd almost have to use it on a series-by-series basis, with the vast differences in crediting that different TV shows use.

Option #2 works the same way for every show, and also follows the "AS CREDITED" rule.
"I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?

No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture."
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It really doesn't make any sense NOT to use Option 2. You have a LOT less opportunity for "But this is different!" cases, and makes it simple and easy without any argument for every episode.

If you think it's too much work, then don't do it - leave it to those who are willing to do the work.

Simple.


That isn't the point, and you know it.  Why is everybody all of a sudden so willing to go the easy route with all the duplication it entails, when initially everybody thought (and stills thinks for all I know) #1 looked better.  It is certainly easier to use from a lookup standpoint, in my opinion.


I disagree... especially with you wanting to put recurring cast that is not credited in every episode in with the main cast... that way seriously hinders the lookup for those actors.... you have no idea which episodes to look for them in!


Not to mention you bring up the whole debate of "Who is a recurring cast member?" If someone's in a two-episode story-arc, are they suddenly "recurring cast"? Of course not.

Option #1 is really absurd, the more you think about it. It brings up so many new topics for debate based on each individual TV series. Option 2 is simple, easy, follows the rules more, is more accurate, and so on.
"I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?

No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture."
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My only deal with John's defs is rthe recurring cast this is not a term used by the industry.

There are three sets of possible credits involved and there are combinations as well

Recurring Credit are not a part of shows Credits and even if they were they could also be broken into recurring Actors and recurring characters, they are NOT necessarily the same.

As noted Main cast are thosepeople that are Credited in EVEY Episode usually separately and up front. See Leave It Too beaver and Wild Wild West

Then there are Episodic Credits, usually at the beginning of an Episode after the first commericial, usually also involves Writer and Director

End Credits, usually involves remainder of cast and Crew

Why do I keep using the word usually because with Hollywood NOTHING is set in stone.

I hope this clears it up

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Quoting chibul:
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It really doesn't make any sense NOT to use Option 2. You have a LOT less opportunity for "But this is different!" cases, and makes it simple and easy without any argument for every episode.

If you think it's too much work, then don't do it - leave it to those who are willing to do the work.

Simple.


That isn't the point, and you know it.  Why is everybody all of a sudden so willing to go the easy route with all the duplication it entails, when initially everybody thought (and stills thinks for all I know) #1 looked better.  It is certainly easier to use from a lookup standpoint, in my opinion.


I disagree... especially with you wanting to put recurring cast that is not credited in every episode in with the main cast... that way seriously hinders the lookup for those actors.... you have no idea which episodes to look for them in!


Then you don't understand what 'recurring cast' is.  Recurring means 'over and over' as in they appear in episodes numerous times.  By the way, MAIN cast members (to use your def) can also not be in every episode and still be listed as cast.  Same thing from the other direction.  Main cast and recurring cast are the same if they are credited at the front of the show.
John

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My only deal with John's defs is rthe recurring cast this is not a term used by the industry.

There are three sets of possible credits involved and there are combinations as well

Recurring Credit are not a part of shows Credits and even if they were they could also be broken into recurring Actors and recurring characters, they are NOT necessarily the same.

As noted Main cast are thosepeople that are Credited in EVEY Episode usually separately and up front. See Leave It Too beaver and Wild Wild West

Then there are Episodic Credits, usually at the beginning of an Episode after the first commericial, usually also involves Writer and Director

End Credits, usually involves remainder of cast and Crew

Why do I keep using the word usually because with Hollywood NOTHING is set in stone.

I hope this clears it up

Skip


Exactly, Skip. And this even changes from show to show - for the TV show "Jericho", there is no end credits or main credits - there's one HUGE credit roll at the beginning of the show after that first commercial. Just another example where Option #1 would cause more trouble than benefit.
"I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?

No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture."
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It really doesn't make any sense NOT to use Option 2. You have a LOT less opportunity for "But this is different!" cases, and makes it simple and easy without any argument for every episode.

If you think it's too much work, then don't do it - leave it to those who are willing to do the work.

Simple.


That isn't the point, and you know it.  Why is everybody all of a sudden so willing to go the easy route with all the duplication it entails, when initially everybody thought (and stills thinks for all I know) #1 looked better.  It is certainly easier to use from a lookup standpoint, in my opinion.


I disagree... especially with you wanting to put recurring cast that is not credited in every episode in with the main cast... that way seriously hinders the lookup for those actors.... you have no idea which episodes to look for them in!


Then you don't understand what 'recurring cast' is.  Recurring means 'over and over' as in they appear in episodes numerous times.  By the way, MAIN cast members (to use your def) can also not be in every episode and still be listed as cast.  Same thing from the other direction.  Main cast and recurring cast are the same if they are credited at the front of the show.


So are you ready for the poll we'll have to create to define what numerous is? Is it three episodes? Five? Ten? That's where you're headed. It makes no sense, is pointless, and wastes time. Option #2 is the simple solution that solves all problems.
"I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?

No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture."
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Skip, there was nothing to clear up.

Option 2 is the most accurate option.

Option 2 covers all tv shwos in one rule.

Option 2 does not need special notes and deifnitions on what main cast are and what extras are and where this goes and why this is not that, et al.

Option 2 is the stepping stone to episodic profile casting. All the info is there, cut and paste it to the correct episode when the time comes. The work is already done. (Where have I heard this before?)

Option 2.... oh, nevermind, this is getting tiresome.
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