New forum description

Discussion in 'Stargate' started by AntonyF, Aug 7, 2009.

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What should be this forum's description?

  1. Transporting you to Canadian woods for over ten years

    33 vote(s)
    30.3%
  2. MALP shows no intelligent life, General

    3 vote(s)
    2.8%
  3. Mocking our enemies since 1996

    11 vote(s)
    10.1%
  4. We're too funny for our show

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. Reproductive organs on the inside

    2 vote(s)
    1.8%
  6. Sir, we can't call it the Enterprise forum

    39 vote(s)
    35.8%
  7. We found a ring...in the sand..

    5 vote(s)
    4.6%
  8. It's always suicide-mission this, save the planet that. No one ever stops by just to say hi anymore

    13 vote(s)
    11.9%
  9. Keep the current description!

    3 vote(s)
    2.8%
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  1. Brent

    Brent Admiral Admiral

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    I voted

    Sir, we can't call it the Enterprise forum
     
  2. Hermiod

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    There's also "Redemption" where O'Neill asks if the X-302 has phasers.
     
  3. Alidar Jarok

    Alidar Jarok Everything in moderation but moderation Moderator

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    I wonder if it's intentional that both episodes have the same names as TNG episodes.
     
  4. Smiley

    Smiley Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    The SG-1 episode titles were pretty generic for the sci-fi genre. They had so much overlap that I doubt that these two were specially selected for duplication.

    I voted for the Canadian woods description. It's funny, it's obvious to the fans, it was referenced at least once within the show, and it brings no thoughts of other shows or trademark issues.
     
  5. Kirby

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    I voted for the Canadian woods, because I voted for the Enterprise last time we tried this.
     
  6. Skywalker

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    I agree that the Canadian woods one would be more appropriate for Stargate overall, though I'd probably word it differently. Perhaps...

    "Transporting you to the forests of Canada for over ten years."

    Or even "Transporting you to the Canadian woods for over ten years." Either way, a 'the' really needs to be in there.
     
  7. sidious618

    sidious618 Admiral Admiral

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    I voted for the woods one but the Enterprise line is good as well.
     
  8. Kpnuts

    Kpnuts Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Did someone edit the poll, because I could swear it was "Transporting you to the Canadian woods..."
     
  9. AntonyF

    AntonyF Official Tahmoh Taster Rear Admiral

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    I didn't put a "the" in there no. "the" implies a specific location. Whereas "Canadian woods" is general... can be any woods in Canada.

    I did wonder if woods was a very British word and it should have been forests though.
     
  10. Skywalker

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    In that case, I'd use forests instead of woods. "Transporting you to Canadian forests for over ten years." It flows better.

    This is all moot anyway, since it looks like the Enterprise line is gonna win. :lol:
     
  11. RoJoHen

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    It's not, but I tend to think of woods being much smaller than forests.
     
  12. Kpnuts

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    Forests is used more in Britain. I would have thought Woods was American
     
  13. JB2005

    JB2005 Commodore Commodore

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    ^ Doesn't matter, coz we should go with the enterprise line...
     
  14. The Borgified Corpse

    The Borgified Corpse Admiral Admiral

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    ^I think "woods" just sounds... quainter and... smaller? I think it's a connotation thing more than anything else.

    "Unnatural Selection" was the SG-1 episode where Carter said to O'Neill, "Sir, we can't call it the Enterprise."

    Then, "Inferno" was the Atlantis episode where they find an Ancient warship called the Hippaforalkus. Col. Sheppard hates the name. Dr. McKay quickly tries to suggest another one before Col. Sheppard cuts him off, "And we're not calling it the Enterprise." That's when Col. Sheppard unilaterally names it the Orion during his next communique with the Deadalus.

    You're probably right. However, I think there is some rule that if there's a particularly sucky Star Trek episode, the Stargate episode with the same name will be totally awesome! (SEE "Threshold" & "Meridian" for examples.)
     
  15. Serial thread killer

    Serial thread killer Vice Admiral Premium Member

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    When does this thing close?
     
  16. Nerroth

    Nerroth Commodore Commodore

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    So they can't honour Star Trek, but they can honour Raumpatrouille!

    Interesting...
     
  17. Jax

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    After we ring up Florida to rig the vote in our favour
     
  18. The Borgified Corpse

    The Borgified Corpse Admiral Admiral

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    To quote Dr. Temperance Brennan, "I don't know what that means.":confused:
     
  19. David cgc

    David cgc Admiral Premium Member

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    It was a german sci-fi show, contemporaneous with the original Star Trek, which featured the spaceship Orion.
     
  20. BlueWolf

    BlueWolf Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    "Sir, we can't call it the Enterprise forum." is by far the best. :D
     
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