Serenity Day: we need to agree
POSTED BY: Ellis
UPDATED: Friday, April 21, 2006 04:35
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Four ONE-liners (pardon the pun) is a bit much, and mentioning ONE movie - well, it's all about more than one movie.
Soooo, after reading lotsnlotsa posts in lotsanlotsa threads, I go with...
One day.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
I know Kaele likes the "legion" instead of "army" part, and if we can get the blessings of the immortals now we can be on our merry. I know someone could still make the connection, but, well, screw that. If they read it on a flyer, it'll be next to a picture of a spaceship or a cool looking guy with a funny woolen hat or some such, and when it's in a sig it'll most likely be on a banner (because the bannerites can hardly wait for a final decision to seriously get to work) and/or have a link attached that will show in a second what we're all about - Firefly and charity and jolly merrymaking.
Believe me, I am touchy on the whole nazi subject, but you gotta draw the line somewhere.
On a side note (you might wanna skip the rest), a German national awareness campaign or something (along the lines of "don't cry and/or revolt") had the slogan "You are Germany" THIS YEAR, and that was a slogan the nazi party used as well back before the war - BIG screw-up. And it got noticed way too late.
I'm not trying to prove a point with that because critics and supporters of the army/Browncoats idea would both find good points in their favor in this. I just thought it was interesting that not even one of the many people involved in a government campaign would pick up something like that.
In that case, I'd say criticism concerning the analogy (and there was plenty, believe me) was more than justified (although the campaign itself promoted open-mindedness towards foreign citizens, the handicapable (another shining beacon of PC, that word), well, basically everyone. Blue skies and Forrest Gump music included.)
But...
YOU ARE GERMANY. - very obvious analogy.
Browncoats on a mission - not so much.
Besides, I think Americans should be more concerned with a lot of different, more important analogies to Nazi Germany in their country these days than coats that have the same color as shirts did 70 years ago, if I may say so.
If you wanna discuss this, open a thread for it in real world and I'll be there. If we start here I will get crap from people, and I want nothing but love. Love is better than crap in my book.
Sorry for the little stray, I imagine I was just sort of writing along while I was thinking about it. Be happy I wasn't thinking about my underpants.
And see, you made the connection to brown again.
Darn. Me and my nazi underpants.
One day.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Is there some space left to have „one ring“ somewhere?! I´d love that. Although I must bring to your attention, that it might be easily connected to Richard Wagner, from where it´s - again - only a small step… 
Serious now. I know, there where a hell lot of suggestions already in the past few days and I believe the slogan achieved is very good. I agree with Agatsu, that the 4 ONE-Liners might be a little bit too pathetic. From those slogans already mentioned I´d chose:
Quote:
Originally posted by Agatsu:
One day.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
I don´t know, if anybody cares, but my personal favourite´d be like this:
One day.
One mission.
Browncoats unite!
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
It is a dynamic slogan and sounds more like an international movement.
A.
"Oh Dragonbreth! Gilthorpial!" he yodeled, waving his cleaver around like a madman. He lunged at the nearest wraith with his unwieldly sword. "Banzai!" he screamed. "No quarter asked or given! Dam* the torpedoes" Taking a vicious swipe, Stomper missed his mark by a good yard and tripped on his scabbard.
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Originally posted by Arabikum:
I don´t know, if anybody cares, but my personal favourite´d be like this:
One day.
One mission.
Browncoats unite!
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
It is a dynamic slogan and sounds more like an international movement.
Unfortunately, it also sounds like an insider thing or a convention, like the message is for fans only.
Now I feel kinda bad for criticising your idea after you liked mine... but it's really about the quality of the final product to me, so to speak, not pushing my idea through. It's not even my draft anymore - someone else came up with mission, and I like it better than plan.
So I'm just saying...
One day.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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You finished me off, Agatsu. What else could you expect of someone who thinks, that a rainy and freezy city dangerously close to the danish border might be fun... I need a break right now. Oh yeah, just for the record:
One day.
One mission.
One Ring to rule them all. 
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
A.
Oh dammit. What happened to my signature??!
One day.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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I like...
One day.
One mission.
Browncoats unite!
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
It's simple and has rhythm.
One legion of Browncoats sound limiting or like a disease as in lesion.
Dictinary defintion:
le·gion
1. The major unit of the Roman army consisting of 3,000 to 6,000 infantry troops and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
2. A large military unit trained for combat; an army.
3. A large number; a multitude. See Synonyms at multitude.
4. often Legion A national organization of former members of the armed forces.
One day.
One mission.
Browncoats unite!
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Originally posted by Glueman:
3. A large number; a multitude. See Synonyms at multitude.
Where exactly does the "sounds limiting"-part come in? 3. is the most common perception of legion.
You think LEGION sounds limiting but "Browncoats (exclusive) unite!" doesn't?
Plus the one one one (3 times's the charm) would be gone.
One day.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Agatsu:
Plus the one one one (3 times's the charm) would be gone.
This would be the 2nd campaign to continue the "verse" so I'm not getting the 3 times charm thing.
Browncoats unite has less military overtones and would I think invite more worldwide/universal participation.
I think we agree that we need this mission, but we shouldn't get bogged down in a slogan. I just think it should be simple, catchy and incourage participation in june 23rd
One day.
One mission.
Browncoats unite!
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Oh dear - I agree with the pp. Someone just pick and let's get on with business!!
I think the shorter the better because people will read it all the way to the end (non-Browncoats).
Ivy
I've been sane a long while now, and change is good...
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One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave
This is the one I've seen most often. And its the one I like the best. I don't like the "One crew of Browncoats" because it kinda implies that the crew of Serenity are all Browncoats. Plus, the Browncoats fought in the War so it would be an army.
Just my 2 little cents!
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave
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Quote:
Originally posted by Glueman:
This would be the 2nd campaign to continue the "verse" so I'm not getting the 3 times charm thing.
Browncoats unite has less military overtones and would I think invite more worldwide/universal participation.
From BROWNCOATS, yeah. We wanna reach NON-browncoats, though.
And 3's the charm in the rethorical sense. One, one, one, not one, one, unite.
Doesn't matter.
One day.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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