Sorry - I wasn't feeling well yesterday and didn't go on line (and wound up receiving 7 PMs as a result!). :lol:
Thanks for topping it!
I'm going to discuss this in a more private area after I make this post but I have to agree with almost everyone who's posted so far - if there's any way to avoid changing the look of this board, please do so.
REALLY.
The board was slightly different when it first started, but was still dark. The then graphics team came through and created this look - based on sitting in a movie theater with the light from the picture streaming over your head to the screen (you know what I mean if you remember going to the theater and walking in front of the light - your image would be projected in shadow on screen and everyone in the audience would yell at you to sit down). *lol* It's also a visual reference to the film strips, themselves.
It's a strong visual reference to the experience of watching movies - and the team who created it captured it brilliantly.
My only concern at the time was that Katie Holmes was one of the actors in the collage. She was still fresh from
Dawson's Creek at that time, rather than a film actor. It's since been changed.
Finally, we didn't
ask for a graphics change and I know there are quite a few boards who really want one. Wouldn't it be better to focus on them, instead? I wasn't aware we
had to have one.
Anyway, I think a change is unnecessary and will not add to the experience of coming to this particular board, regardless of how talented the current graphics team members are (and I have no doubt you all are wonderful - I really mean that). You know the old expression - "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
As I said, I'll voice the rest of my concerns elsewhere, but I wanted to respond publicly as well. Thanks!