pepper | (no subject)

Dear people who name Stargate eps,

You suck. I don't feel strongly about this now, but I did when I first bought the DVDs, and spent ages looking for Into The Fire pt 1, Exodus pt 2, etc. It's redundant and confusing, giving them both a number and a different title. Give them subtitles, if you must, but please, for the sake of clarity, don't write it as "Jolinar's Memories pt 1" and "The Devil You Know pt 2".

Yours confusedly,

Pepper.

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As I wrote that, it reminded me of a colleague I had once, who couldn't grasp the system for numbering packages. I was working on Reception at the time, jobsharing, and we had to send out 15 separate parcels to one destination. I explained that we needed to write "1/15", "2/15", "3/15", etc, on them, so the postman would know, if he had one parcel, that he needed to look for the others. She, however, argued that it should be written "1/1", "2/2", "3/3"...

No amount of explaining would get her to understand the amount of confusion that would have caused. *g*

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ETA: Historiaster, n.: A contemptible historian. "Anybody who says the ancient Spartans wore Speedoes is a complete historiaster." From Save The Words.

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Hee. Yes, it makes things quite confusing. When I used to work in the post office, I LOVED it when people had numbered packages. Like a puzzle where you know exactly how many pieces, and often what the next box is going to look like.

...Wow. That actually sounds kinda scary.

Bless 'er - logic wasn't her strong suit. :) And, heh - yes, I can see the fun in matching numbering packages. It'd be quite satisfying.

And the thing is, they actually think they're being "clever" by doing that.

More than once on dvds or producer comments, they're scandalized if they just come up with a title like Evolution Part 1 and Evolution Part 2. Because that's just not "done" on Stargate.

*headdesk*

I had a colleague like that once too.

Agh. Someone should tell them that's what subtitles are for. Although "Jolinar's Memories pt 2: The Devil You Know" would be rather... unwieldy. *g* It sounds like it should be read aloud by the movie trailer voiceover guy with the deep voice.

Hm, wonder if it's people like her that cause postal people to "go postal" and shoot everyone? I can understand it a little better now.

As for titles of eppys-- yes! And all the titles I am hearing about for episodes of SGU are all one word. Like "Wind" or "Air." That seems even weirder to me for some reason....

Hee. Yes, it could be frustrating. Fortunately, she was happy for me to use my very confusing numbering system. *g*

Huh. Those just sound... wrong, for some reason. Stargate has such issues with titling. :)

Sounds like SGU are going the way of Smallville *sigh*

On the surface a good idea, but when you get right down to it... *shakes head sadly*

And all the titles I am hearing about for episodes of SGU are all one word. Like "Wind" or "Air."

The super-meta episode before the season finale can be called "Nouns."

That was a terrible joke, but I couldn't stop myself.

*snerk*

The second story made me laugh very hard.

I feel bad now. But it is too funny :p

Hee. Just picture the postman's face, when he works out that there appear to be 105 missing parcels. *g*

Oh gosh.

How do people like that survive? *dies laughing*