(semi-OT) '08-'09 Season as Epic Poetry (+poll)

by T Darkstar on Sep 13, 2008 8:32 PM PDT

Well, the season is getting closer. A month and a half, and we're there. In my role as one of two 2008-2009 Poet Laureates, summer has given me little poetic material in comparison to during the season. But that will all change when the Portland Trailblazers take to the court for the 2008-2009 season.

I plan to undertake a difficult task. Well, difficult for me, as I am no where near as skilled in poetry as my counterpart St. Bayno. Beginning with the first game of the season, begins a new epic that will far outweigh the first one. Each game is a part of the story, and after 82+ segments (I'm hoping for at least 98!) we will have one giant epic poem about our favorite team and their season.

Last time, I used a medieval knighthood setting, and it worked well enough to win me a share of my title. However, there is more than one genre in which the epic can be set.

This is where you come in. Which genre would you like to see the 2008-2009 Portland Trailblazers season be told in? Please vote below, or suggest your own. What would you like to see in the genre you voted for? What players would fit best as which kind of characters? I may not choose the one with the most votes, but the one that piques my interest the most.

People always say to think outside the box. Unfortunately that almost always results in piles of unorganized garbage. The only times when it doesn't is the rare occasion when someone makes a new box. True creativity happens when you make people say, "I didn't know the box could do that."

Lets make the box special. Thanks!

Picture via hfsill.com

Poll

Which genre would you like the Blazer Season Epic to be?

Medieval Knighthood

9 votes

High Seas Pirates

16 votes

B Western

12 votes

Espionage Thriller

9 votes

Outerspace Adventure

8 votes

Time Travel

7 votes

Other (there are so many more, please list one in the comments))

4 votes

65 votes | Poll has closed

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spies

do the spies!

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben Golliver on Sep 13, 2008 8:50 PM PDT reply actions

do ninja's

they are sneaky like spies, but they have swords.

by cornplant on Sep 13, 2008 10:10 PM PDT reply actions

I like ninjas

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 14, 2008 2:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh or vampires or zombies

I love vampires and zombies and I often wonder why they do not join forces.

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 14, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions

Ninjas are

AWESOME.

"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave

Word.

by joelor on Sep 15, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Have you seen the video on that page on how to make a t-shirt into a ninja hood?

I can’t find it on here but I found another on on YouTube.

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 15, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

And at the same time so funny and smart, you can ask them everything

http://www.askaninja.com/

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 16, 2008 2:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Does a take off on the movie/book The Running Man qualify as epic?

What about an end of the world disaster style epic?

What about a crime drama? Or is that too much like the Jail Blazer days?

Devil's Advocate or just argumentative?

by Magnum on Sep 13, 2008 10:22 PM PDT reply actions

I have three votes.

1) Palindrome saga.

2) Film Noir.

3) Scrabblegram (compose a written work using every Scrabble tile exactly once, but no more –
basically, an anagram of the letter set of a Scrabble game. I wrote a love letter like this once).

Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?

by QualityPie on Sep 13, 2008 11:16 PM PDT reply actions

Holy cow

Did your love letter work? (I would’ve been impressed.)

by Corvid on Sep 14, 2008 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Now Film Noir would be interesting.

Of course, my conception of Noir films may have no connection to real Noir films, since I haven’t watched any to speak of. I get the black and white picture in my head of approaching a door that says, “Brandon Roy – Private Investigator” Set in a city in the 1920’s, Roy, and his associate Greg Oden are searching all across America (and Canada) for a client’s championship trophy, with help from the usual cast of characters. Although at this point, it kinda tuns into Casablanca, not that the direction is bad by any means, but is probably not exactly what you were thinking of.

Hmm….

One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season

"In vino veritas." - Latin proverb
"Ich sitze hier und trinke mein gutes Wittenbergisch Bier und das Reich Gottes kommt von ganz alleine" - Martin Luther
"μηκέτι ὑδροπότει, ἀλλὰ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας." - 1 Timothy 5:23

by T Darkstar on Sep 14, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Something with lots of rhyming words and pirates.

And squeeze in as many Steve Smith references as possible. I liked Stevie.

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 13, 2008 11:17 PM PDT reply actions

How about particles, triangles and universes battling for supremacy

Oh, damn…already been done.

Then how about about a monster movie where the monster is rampaging the league….I mean the metropolis…yeah… as revenge for past wrongdoings.

And you don't eat crackers in the bed of your future, otherwise you might get....all scratchy.

by shenanigans on Sep 14, 2008 2:44 AM PDT reply actions

Do Grease

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 14, 2008 2:55 AM PDT reply actions

I voted "other"

Do it in the style of Dr Suess. You can use the word scatological and other made up words.

If not that ….then I agree with Tom….Grease

Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"

by 92wastheyear on Sep 14, 2008 8:30 AM PDT reply actions

Pirates!

Vote for the Romantic Movement, particurally because of Espronceda´s “Pirate’s song” (The link has both the Spanish original version and its translation)

“My treasure is my gallant bark,
My only God is liberty;
My law is might, the wind my mark,
My country is the sea.”

The Midnight Rambler. Born to make mistakes.

by amlmart1 on Sep 14, 2008 8:49 AM PDT reply actions

Pirates and Mimes, Ninjas and Custard

Pirates and Mimes,
Ninjas and Custard,
Croissants and annotating,
and multi-use Ustard,
Hullaballoons and film noir homes,
and cream cheese rings,
These are a few great Halfbakery things

halfbakery.com

Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red

by BlueBooYay on Sep 14, 2008 11:58 AM PDT reply actions

western

dont you think western fits the “TRAIL BLAZERS” best? after all we do already have an outlaw!

by audienorris on Sep 14, 2008 1:17 PM PDT reply actions

Pirates seem to be a pretty popular choice.

But so does the Outerspace Adventure. Who do you think would fit into what roles?

I think Greg Oden would make an interesting Time Lord.

One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season

by T Darkstar on Sep 14, 2008 7:15 PM PDT reply actions

"I think Greg Oden would make an interesting Time Lord."

Yesss,

He was a Pirate at Times.

Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red

by BlueBooYay on Sep 14, 2008 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions

what about homeward bound?

Some lovable, innocent little scamps have to travel across the country battling, hawks, grizzlies, wolves, the sun, heat, lakers and little irish men in order to be reunited with their loving family? Also they would have to battle awful jazz music like smooth jazz and rockets, and be terrified of the OMG… THUNDER!!!!

by Tyler Durrden on Sep 14, 2008 8:47 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

I like it.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Sep 14, 2008 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Outerspace Adventure!

Though I can make a good case for detective/noir/spies, as well as Seuss, westerns, and lovable little scamps, I vote Outerspace Adventure, My reasoning:

1) The connection to the Blazers via Paul Allen, Mr. Science Fiction hisself.
2) The creative possibilities — NBA players as aliens!, Different worlds! Different cultures! Timewarps! Going where no team has ever gone before! Etc., etc.
3) Pirates get old fast.

by Corvid on Sep 14, 2008 9:13 PM PDT reply actions