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15-Mar-2010, 9:49 PM

The Reference Finding Game - The Subtitle Search Way

Ok here's the game: i've downloaded a subtitle collection (tv episodes and movies (148k subtitles... lots of dupes and mutli-languages)) and fairly easily I can throw terms or sentence fragments or combinations into the collection to find references.  For instance, throwing "Star Wars" into the collection returns 261 unique television episodes or movies.  "Uncle Owen" & "X-wing" only return one result.  Extra credit for the more unique search query.  Bonuses for the more words which define a search phrase.  "May the Force Be With You" = 10 hits.  (if you think you have an idea for a permutation toss it out.  for instance "May the" *blank* "be with you")

Also am researching inspirations for Jar-Jar.  There were several articles when TPM came out claiming to have ideas for the aspirations of Jar-Jar evolving from classic racially sensitive characters.  Stepin Fetchit (AKA Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry), Butterfly McQueen.  But in the articles they never mentioned specific films or even a scene.  So now it's time to take a stab into their filmographies.  Perry's is extensive, so if anyone has a clue how to proceed that would be great.  Might just start with one of his early ones like "Hearts in Dixie" 1929.  This problem also crosses over into the language of the Neimodians which again was thought to be a lift of old chinese film speak.  So going to try out 'Charlie Chan in Egypt' 1929.