In “Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome,” the third film in the Mel Gibson Mad Max trilogy, the Barter Town crowd awaits the gladiators by chanting, “Two men enter, one man leaves!”
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Dr. Dealgood presents the fight with a stirring speech about warring, saying, “But we've learned, by the dust of them all... Bartertown learned. Now, when men get to fighting, it happens here! And it finishes here! Two men enter, one man leaves.”
Here's how Oklahoma City can win over the entire NBA with this Thunder stuff.
In our own Thunderdome, the Ford Center, the pre-game chant is constant. “Two men enter, one man leaves!”
OK. So it's a little corny. A little stretch. But if every fan joins in, I promise spines will tingle and visiting players will look around, wondering what in the heck they're in for.
Thunder, you see, has all kinds of possibilities, thanks in part to the passion OKC fans displayed when the Hornets hung out their shingle.
Thunder coach P.J. Carlesimo, then a Spurs assistant, said sitting on the opposite bench at the Ford Center was no fun those two years. “It's going to be a lot more fun sitting on the correct bench,” Carlesimo said.
Thunder offers all kinds of possibilities for a frenzied fan base.
“What we wanted most was a name we felt good about,” said Thunder chairman Clay Bennett. “There's all kinds of good images for the in-game experience. Very powerful.”
* Music — led by AC/DC's “Thunderstruck,” which blared throughout Leadership Square for an hour Wednesday as we awaited the announcement. This nickname is a sound-effects dream.
* Mascot — and the Thunder should go with a buffalo. Great question: how do you illustrated thunder? Great answer: a buffalo. A herd of buffalo mimics thunder, and what's more Oklahoman than a buffalo?
* Uniforms — a harder sell, because you don't want to go overboard on buffaloes, else you'd just have named the team the Buffaloes. So maybe OKC, not Thunder, is the dominant uniform image. And there's nothing wrong with that.
And just remember, on opening night at the Thunderdome. Two men enter, one man leaves.
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You should modify it to say "Two Teams enter One Team leaves". I love the sound of it.
I was thinking about a mascot, maybe it could be a Thunderbird? I think that would cover all of the bases. On the other side of the coin, it really a trips me out, how we just own Washington State. Our College Team OSU and next THE SOONER EXPRESS will be kickin a mud hole in their little league college teams a$$e$. H3LL, you know since we can do what ever we want, why not just take the Space Needle and annex the State of Washington call it the Western Panhandle. UNDERSTAND THIS OKLAHOMA OWNS WASHINGTON!!!!!! ( Manifest Destiny )
You can create a giant pinball or video game effect if you can flash lightning bolts and create Thunder when the home team scores. Use a synthesizer or reverb to make the sound. I think the players would like it.
Jim in Issaquah: That's a good trick you have of knowing what dead people are thinking now. Will Rogers, Johnny Unitas . . . surely there are more. Think what you can do with this talent! You can put the JFK-conspiracy myths to bed by finding out that he didn't see any gunman on the grassy knoll. How about George Armstrong Custer? Were his last words, "Where did all these Indians come from?"
Everybody knows that Gary England should be the mascot. I can hear it now "we got a 70% chance of a Thunder butt kickin. Be sure to take your proper Thunder precautions. Stay with news 9 we'll keep you advised".
Thanks Todd, Oklahoma City is really breaking out as a city and the truth is, most people up here admire you and are maybe just a little envious of the way people pull together to get things done there, when everything is so polarized and contentous up here. Here's to OKC and long live the THUNDER.
Tad, you've got your head up your panties. Seattle isn't a basketball town???????? Not for 43 years? Come on girlie-man, you can be polite to w/out lying about Seattle's basketball history.
Tad from Seattle, you are a class act. Your comments are always positive and kind. Thank you. I really hated this whole situation for the Seattle fans (although I personally wanted an NBA team here badly)and I appreciate you not jumping on the Seattle-Hates-Oklahoma bandwagon. Come down and see your old team sometime, ok?
Two men, enter one man leaves". What happens when the other team kicks OKC's butt? That will happen alot this year. One brilliant idea from the OKC idiot.
Jim, do I detect anger in your voice? If you and your cronies from Seattle would have supported your basketball team, they would have stayed. Washington Football? You were competitive because of NCAA violations. Washington is not even in a class with Oklahoma when it comes to sports. You major league team can get good ball players but cannot keep them (Rodrigues and Griffey) so how can you expect to keep a basketball team. Speak of crybabies, what about that rich idiot who owns Starbucks, he could not even lie to keep the team. Everyone, to include the judge, could tell he was a liar. That is why I will not drink Starbucks anymore and support your city. I wish all Oklahomans felt the same and kicked Starbucks out of the state. Frankly, I suggest you seek psychological help for your disgruntled feelings. Go Thunder, make some noise.
It's guys like Jim that give us a bad name. He is just bitter and he doesn't speak for most of us. Seattle just isn't a basketball town. Congrats on your new team. Support them like you did the the Hornets and the sky's the limit. Long live the OKC Thunder.
Although, I must admit we suck at college football now. It makes me sick, I remember a time just 8 years ago when U of W football was where it was supposed to be and had been for at least 60 years as a west coast power. Oh well, we have sucked now for almost 6 years and Oklahoma will come up her and beat our ass in two weeks and it will suck. Oh well, a rich man from your neck of the woods stole our team, which by the way, us fans had nothing to do with, and had NO control over, and you guys are all happy and creaming in your shorts over the NBA in your little town. I am still and always will be mad that my first and favorite team, the team of Gus Williams, Downtown Freddy Brown, Lonnie Shelton, Jack Sickma, the X-man, the Big Smooth Sam Perkins, the Glove Gary Payton, the Reign Man Shawn Kemp, Detlef Schrempf, Lenny Wilkens, Slick Watts, Hersey Hawkins, the MVP of the 79 championship Supersonics Dennis Johnson, Marvin Webster, Bob Rule, Spencer Haywood. I can go on and on. You people will too, if the "Thunder", can last in Oklahoma City. The only city whose teams were stolen and then accepted by the populace that I can think of off-hand is Los Angeles. I guess perhaps the Colts too, although, I still think it is disgusting the Colts are in Indianapolis instead of Baltimore where they should be, and I know Johnny Unitas would agree. Of Course, OKC does not care, Oklahoma City will NEVER have an NFL team.
Berry, you continue to amaze me. I don't think even Salt Lake City would employ you at their bird dropping newspaper. I am sorry that the state of Oklahoma has nothing better than you to deal with. It truly is a shame considering that Will Rogers, one of the truly great americans, and one who would NEVER vote republican in today's world, was such a great american and I can bet and I know all of you Oklahomans would not want to agree but have to that the genious Mr. Will Rogers would hate the idea of the Supersonics bastardizing themselves and going on down to Oklahoma City and becoming the "Thunder", a truly pathetic name. How gay. I hate to see my beloved Supersonics leave, although it has been a 3 year process. I am and always will be proud of my state and my major city. I have been and traveled to both states, (meaning Washington state and Oklahoma) and I can personally say that the state of Washington, traveling by car, and many times by boat, because of the expansiveness of the Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean, is so much more of a fantastic experience than traveling through that dusty, boring, 80 percent republican state of Oklahoma it is almost comical. Oklahoma has always been a national punch line, and it always will be.
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Eldon
Way to rep our state with class, PH00L!!!