Most famous ever Quebecer worldwide?

[lgna69xxx]

Geez Techie, it would be interesting to know what type of site you posted this poll on? And how you presented the choices? Lets say for example, if it happened to be a poll on say hmmmmm i dont know, maybe a rock and roll board, if so, who would ever vote for Celine as the bias would be running wild against her and therefore not a true sense of who the members actually think is the more famous, or say if you presented it on a actors board, same thing would occur. Of course thats IF it is on either type of site. And how were the 2 choices presented? Did you propose nicer or normal words for Shattner and maybe not so nice of words for Celine in the original poll questions? Can we have honest answers to these 2 questions please?

I clearly stated that this not a poll about who you like the best but who you think is the most famous.

PS: The score is now 6-0 Shatner.

Best comment so far: "Celine Dion voted for Shatner" :lol:

 

[EagerBeaver]

I give Shatner a lot of credit for having the balls to take seriously acting opposite hairy hackey sacs and RUBBER MAN-LIZARDS I can't believe there was no Emmy for this one. :eyebrows:Cheers,
Merlot

Merlot,

That fight scene with Gorn came before Kirk developed his drop kick move which was displayed against Jesse James:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPuOMDpiNtM

These are no wimpy Hollywood pretty boy moves, they are devastating moves emulated by the likes of Hulk Hogan.

 

[Techman]

The question asked was very simple: Who is more famous? Celine Dion or William Shatner. I also included in my post this text "Don't forget...it's not who you like the best, it's who you think is the more famous and recognizable name around the world." And it's also a private poll so people can vote freely. Pretty hard to ask a fairer, more straight forward question. I mean this isn't a referendum question, you know? Or a republican party internal poll.

The one vote for Celine was accompanied with the comment "Nobody knows the captain is Canadian." That was countered by another poster with this comment:

"Everyone knows The Shat is Canadian. He's the muhfuggin Shat!

He's the Captain that bangs green skinned hookers
He's TJ Hooker!
He's the damn Priceline Negotiator.
The world can't deal when The Shat brings it...."

Everyone who posted so far is American but there are more votes than posts so I can't tell the origin of everyone who voted. It's a guitar board by the way, with all kinds of musicians posting on it from all over the world, ages run from teenagers to members in their 70s. I'd say it's just as valid if not more so than whatever board Alyssa asked the question on.

Current total 13-1 Shatner.

 

[Joe.t]

Pauline Marois.

 

[Guido]

Pauline Marois.

In your dreams .

 

[Gentle]

Ben non vous l'avez pas pantoute !

C Uncle Tom !
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/WilliWaller2006.jpg

C lui le plusss hot !

 

[man77777]

Jacques Villeneuve..

 

[Gentle]

Jacques who ??? ah yeah ! the go-kart driver ?

 

[man77777]

1/ Celine Dion

2/ Jacques Villeneuve


Mention spéciale a Hubert Reeves, le seul Quebecois que je connaissais et lisait étant petit...

 

[lgna69xxx]

Techies poll is still 13-1 in favor of Shatner, looks like the people of the world have spoken, all 14 of them! :lol::lol::lol:

 

[Gentle]

The question asked was very simple: Who is more famous? Celine Dion or William Shatner. I also included in my post this text "Don't forget...it's not who you like the best, it's who you think is the more famous and recognizable name around the world." And it's also a private poll so people can vote freely. Pretty hard to ask a fairer, more straight forward question. I mean this isn't a referendum question, you know? Or a republican party internal poll.

Current total 13-1 Shatner.

Still I would argue that Shatner's name is not the name people knows him but really Capt. Kirk and for a second argument... the world has doubled its population since Star Trek was really popular which could easily favor unfortunately Celine Dion (which I dislike intensly) simply because she has been known to a lot more people yet in less time.

I'd say if you ask the world now about who knows more between Dion and Kirk I'm pretty sure that Dion's is known more simply because her f*ckin' music is played around the world around the clock in every freakin' places you can imagine.

Since you can't count twice the people who knew Star Trek and still lives today and since almost every freakin human being know about Dion, I have to say that Dion is once again unfortunately best known through out the world.

Don't get my wrong, I prefer Kirk !
Specially the slow mo fight scenes he played in !
They were almost as stupid than Dr. Zachary Smith rant's in Lost in Space...

 

[Morris Wanchuk]

world wide , if you show Shatner in his Star Trek uniform, world wide, people would say that's Captain Kirk and may or may not even know his real name and they would have absolutely no clue where he was born and raised; they would guess the USA.

today, if you show Celine Dion's picture from 10+ years ago.
world wide to the people who would recognize her, a good number of those would know she is from Canada and they might know she is specifically from Quebec.

Shatner is more famous outside of North America but more people know Dion is from Quebec.

its one thing to be infamous, its another to be famous and have people know where you were born and raised.

 

[man77777]

Quebec has Celine Dion, Ontario has Justin Bieber and Merb has Rumple... :canada:

 

[simonpaul]

NormanBethume

 

[protagoras]

William Shatner a Quebecer??????

I've just received a phone call from Donald Trump and he said to me that Shatner was born in Kenya.....

 

[ClubMed]

Celine!! Without a doubt. All you Trekkies seem to forget
that Star Trek is a mostly North American phenomenon.
Celine is known all over the world.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Here is the IMDb list of most famous persons from Quebec which has Emmannuelle Chriqui #1 and Shatner #2, I don't under why:

http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_place=Quebec, Canada

 

[EagerBeaver]

Here is the Yahoo-endorsed best answer to the Question, who is the most famous person from Quebec?

1. Shatner
2. Celine Dion
3. Pierre Trudeau

http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080925105555AAkwhbr

 

[Doc Holliday]

NormanBethume

Once again, Dr. Bethune was not from Quebec, but from Gravenhurst, Ontario.

 

[EagerBeaver]

world wide , if you show Shatner in his Star Trek uniform, no clue where he was born and raised; they would guess the USA.

Exactly, you have proven my point, and this is mainly due to his strength as an actor. People in Quebec, because he looks like and speaks English like an American, do not accept him as one of their own. The man spent the 1st 25 years of his life in Montreal, went to McGill and probably speaks French better than anyone in this thread. But as has been shown by some responses in his thread, people don't know anything about his origins. People have no fucking clue about him and continue to disrespect him when they have a cultural icon and living legend from Quebec right under their noses.