| Author |
Message |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CharlieM: Quote:
When the Possessive is within the credit block on the back, what does this signify?
Is there some importance to this.
I know in Tim Buton's Corpse Bride, it was based on charactes by him, He also directed, and Produced.
I know Bram Stoker was not involved in the 1992 film, and Mary Shelley could not have been involved with the film Frankenstein (died in 1851)
Is there some standard that can be derived out of all the profiles we have?
This is where the solution needs to begin The best solution is to simply allow possessives if they appear on the Front cover and not to permit users to throw mud in the water trying to call something a possessive that is NOT. No conditional, no anything, just do it. | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Prof. Kingsfield: Quote:
The best solution is to simply allow possessives if they appear on the Front cover and not to permit users to throw mud in the water trying to call something a possessive that is NOT. No conditional, no anything, just do it. The best solution is to simply use the actual title of the film and not add extraneous data to it just because it appears on the front cover. | | | | Hal | | | | Last edited: by hal9g |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hal9g: Quote:
The best solution is to simply use the actual title of the film and not add extraneous data to it just because it appears on the front cover. Sounds about right to me. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Then you cannot use Agatha Christie's or William Shakespere's just because you like THAT possessive, or just because you believe it communicates something. You either use it or you don't. We have already created the mess and now we have a chance to say we screwed up and shouldn't have done that. NO CONDITIONALS. | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video | | | | Last edited: by Winston Smith |
|
| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
Quoting hal9g:
Quote:
The best solution is to simply use the actual title of the film and not add extraneous data to it just because it appears on the front cover.
Sounds about right to me. I agree. I never use possessives in my local database. I don't care who wrote/produced/directed etc. this film/DVD. I can find that information in the Crew section. I want the title field to actually reflect the title of the film/DVD. |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Prof. Kingsfield: Quote:
Then you cannot use Agatha Christie's or William Shakespere's just because you like THAT possessive, or just because you believe it communicates something. You either use it or you don't. We have already created the mess and now we have a chance to say we screwed up and shouldn't have done that. NO CONDITIONALS. Actually, we can do whatever Ken decides we can do. If the possesive refers to an author, the one who wrote the book the film is based on, then I see no reason why it can't be used for an OMB credit...assuming Ken changes the rules to allow it. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Prof. Kingsfield: Quote:
Then you cannot use Agatha Christie's or William Shakespere's just because you like THAT possessive, or just because you believe it communicates something. You either use it or you don't. We have already created the mess and now we have a chance to say we screwed up and shouldn't have done that. NO CONDITIONALS. I never said to use those in the TITLE field. I said they should be allowed in the OMB field! | | | | Hal |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
Quoting Prof. Kingsfield:
Quote:
Then you cannot use Agatha Christie's or William Shakespere's just because you like THAT possessive, or just because you believe it communicates something. You either use it or you don't. We have already created the mess and now we have a chance to say we screwed up and shouldn't have done that. NO CONDITIONALS.
Actually, we can do whatever Ken decides we can do. If the possesive refers to an author, the one who wrote the book the film is based on, then I see no reason why it can't be used for an OMB credit...assuming Ken changes the rules to allow it. We can and we can create a mess too, which we have done a number of times. And i have nio doubt we will again. Db101. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Forum Moderator: Removed | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video | | | | Last edited: by Forum Moderator |
|
| Registered: March 10, 2007 | | Posts: 4,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | The current rules are clear on possessives - if a change is desired on this, it deserves its own topic in the rules committee forum.
The op's question has been answered - the rules currently do not allow the OMB credit based solely on the cover title. Discussion of whether to amend the rules to allow this, and the relevant circumstances, should also be moved to the rules committee forum. | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative |
|