Renaming and/or reorganising our forums: Is this our way forward?

http://www.bondandbeyond.com/

Hmmm...

Largo's Shark wrote:

http://www.bondandbeyond.com/

Hmmm...

that never happened to the other fella

Maybe we should change our name to Star Trek & Beyond?

Largo's Shark wrote:

Maybe we should change our name to Star Trek & Beyond?

"Beyond" would imply there's activity outside the Trek threads...

I just don't understand the Spicks and the Spocks and the T.J. Hooker in space.

I await the Star Wars buzz in 2015. I sorta understand that franchise.

Largo's Shark wrote:

Maybe we should change our name to Star Trek & Beyond?

Or: A Collective of Grouches.

The e in Grouch is optional :)

It's just depressing when you log in, and the only new posts in a) the STID thread or b) the general Star Trek thread.

Are we all stoned, or what?

Largo's Shark wrote:

It's just depressing when you log in, and the only new posts in a) the STID thread or b) the general Star Trek thread.

Are we all stoned, or what?

Boy, I wish. Life might be worth living.

CJB wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

I don't see a whole lot wrong with the banner we have currently - Bond is foremost and Beyond is well...a bit beyond.

It was a good banner for a while (it's been two years or something I think) but this place could do with a more colourful layout.

Well, if you want to get more young women in here I was told by a tobacco sales rep that pastel shades attract young people more, especially young women. So light yellows and oranges would be the order of the day in this case. This was for Golden Virginia hand rolling tobacco which is still a dark green colour on pack.

I know BaB and tobacco are not one and the same, but here are the colours that I am referring to:



What do we all think? These colours have market research behind them, or so I'm reliably told!

Sorry - double post.

Hilly wrote:

Largo's Shark wrote:

It's just depressing when you log in, and the only new posts in a) the STID thread or b) the general Star Trek thread.

Are we all stoned, or what?

Boy, I wish. Life might be worth living.

You can't mean it, LS.

Obviously it doesn't apply today, but that post was made several days ago.

Dragonpol wrote:

Well, if you want to get more young women in here I was told by a tobacco sales rep that pastel shades attract young people more, especially young women. So light yellows and oranges would be the order of the day in this case. This was for Golden Virginia hand rolling tobacco which is still a dark green colour on pack.

I know BaB and tobacco are not one and the same, but here are the colours that I am referring to:

http://images2.mysupermarket.co.uk/Products_1000/92/126592.jpg?v=2

Pastels are good. I also like the idea of a warning label.

Largo's Shark wrote:

Obviously it doesn't apply today, but that post was made several days ago.

Oh, well I'm very glad to hear it, LS!

CJB wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

Well, if you want to get more young women in here I was told by a tobacco sales rep that pastel shades attract young people more, especially young women. So light yellows and oranges would be the order of the day in this case. This was for Golden Virginia hand rolling tobacco which is still a dark green colour on pack.

I know BaB and tobacco are not one and the same, but here are the colours that I am referring to:

http://images2.mysupermarket.co.uk/Products_1000/92/126592.jpg?v=2

Pastels are good. I also like the idea of a warning label.

Yes - Warning! This is Bond...and Beyond!

Just for the record here is what the current Golden Virginia Smooth packaging is like:



I still think that pastel would make BaB stand out as the no. 1 place for discussions on James Bond and beyond in other artistic topics.

What is the consensus here on BaB?

Hm.. I'll see what I can do.

That said, we'd need to agree on the text. Bond & Beyond or Bond and Beyond has to appear to somewhere, obviously, but what else?

Maybe a tagline?

How about this for a tag-line:

Your one-stop shop for James Bond, culture arts...and beyond!

Or how about...

Where all other James Bond forums end...this one begins!

Dragonpol wrote:

Where all other James Bond forums end... this one begins!

I like that.

You're right about the pastel colours. I think a yellow banner would help us stand out from the red/black of Cb.n, the baby blues of MI6Community and DCINB and the black blue-grey of ajb007.

Use a Fleming quote.

We should also try to get Marlboro or Camel to sponsor our site.

Control wrote:

Use a Fleming quote.

What about James Bond's philosophy from his obituary in YOLT - a quote from Jack London?

"I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

Largo's Shark wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

Where all other James Bond forums end... this one begins!

I like that.

You're right about the pastel colours. I think a yellow banner would help us stand out from the red/black of Cb.n, the baby blues of MI6Community and DCINB and the black blue-grey of ajb007.

I'm glad you agree on both counts, LS. I'd like my ideas to be taken forward it others were agreeable, of course. I'm speaking with the benefit of market research backing from a very large tobacco company. That should count for something.

Control wrote:

We should also try to get Marlboro or Camel to sponsor our site.

I think that'd get the site banned in Soviet Australia. Or at the very least, the forum would have to change its colours to a drab olive-green to discourage use.