Stargate items

[kalquessa]

1. You know, it would have been nice if the Stargate crew included a linguistic uniformity enforcer who decided exactly how all the weird apostrophe-laden words should be pronounced and then administered beatings to cast members who repeatedly hashed said pronunciations

Comments

[shannonsequitur]

I've never watched Stargate before, so I can't really comment on the parody script except that you can't really go wrong with LotR quotes. However, I think I may have to metaquote the paragraph about aliens discovering Earth television programming. May I?

[kalquessa]

Hey, feel free! And yeah, it's hard to go wrong with LOTR quotes.

[shannonsequitur]

Metaquoted!

[kalquessa]

i r famos on teh internets!!1

[amberdine]

*Every time* we watch that episode my husband has to rant about the stupid ending. You'd think after the fifth or sixth time he'd let it rest, but no.

IIRC, some bit of commentary on one of the later seasons explains that you can't get Richard Dean Anderson to pronounce anything. He'll just say it the way he wants. I guess they gave up on the standardized pronunciation... since he's the boss.

[kalquessa]

you can't get Richard Dean Anderson to pronounce anything. He'll just say it the way he wants.

*cracks up* Why does that not shock me?

[prester_scott]

Why is it that whenever aliens tune into Earth television, the only thing on is reports about war, rioting and murder?

And they're always so shocked at our violence, as though they -- who want to murder us all for the common good -- have no idea what violence is.

You know what you call a species that is 100% nonviolent? That's right: "prey." Certainly not "super-advanced spacefaring wizards." More like "tiger chow." Or fill in the blank with the ecological equivalent of "tiger" from their home planet.

[kalquessa]

Man after my own heart. Someday I will write a sci-fi novel in which the most advanced alien species enjoy peace because they have bigger guns than everyone else's as opposed to being somehow enlightened or "above" violence or whatever.

[jd3000]

Well, there was the famous Trek episode "Errand of Mercy", where a meek, passive race called the Organians found themselves in a crossfire between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, were revealed to be immensely powerful energy beings, basically said "Okay, this ends now" and forced a treaty on both sides of the war. :-)

-JD

[kalquessa]

Star Trek beat me to it, again!

[ellistrae]

Here via Metaquotes.....That was hilarious. And I don't even watch Stargate. It reminded me of the secret diaries of LOTR. ::cackles::

[raecarson]

*madloff*