georgec said:
Leonardo said:
I always say "life is meaningless, so what?" Let's just enjoy the ride, even if the bus goes nowhere interesting. Even better, let's take the wheel and see what happens!!
As an atheist, I won't criticize you for your statement. What you said is very understandable.. What about the meaning of life, you say. Well as an atheist I really don't care to find one... Asking me "what about the meaning of life" is like asking me to divide by zero... Does not compute... But for me this isn't a "glass half empty" situation, it's never gonna be "oh life is meaningless I'm gonna end it right now since it's dumb anyway".
I always say "life is meaningless, so what?" Let's just enjoy the ride, even if the bus goes nowhere interesting. Even better, let's take the wheel and see what happens!!
ferris209 said:
I thought this was a riot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qx3GP-l1Y_w
yeah, my dad and I were roaring with laughter every second of it! :D
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
So I repeat my question - in the case of the Greedo subtitles, what displayed in non-English-speaking theaters? Does anyone know for sure?
as soon as we get a tape, we'll get back to you on that.... but I'm pretty sure the subtitles were localized.... If they went through all the trouble of localizing the crawl, the "a long time ago", the Lucasfilm card, why not the Greedo scene?
Plus, the SEs were done that way
Look, Ric Olié has awoken from his slumber!
greenpenguino said:
Cobra Kai said:
You wouldn't want George Lucas any where near it, especially if you want it to be dark and gritty.
Have him in a Gene Roddenberry role, out of the way in some important sounding job, leaving various people free to actually write proper stories.
"George, could you please go to Starbucks and get coffees for everyone? Oh and make it a macchiato for the dolly operator..."
Very nice! :) If you slow it down a bit, assign an oboe to the upper part, and a cello to the lower part, it'll start to sound more "orchestral-like"
yeah, the first film's voice sounds kinda plain, the one in empire strikes back is "impressive. most impressive"... really, it sounds pretty close to james earl jones to me. I loved it when he said "Non, je suis ton pére"...
Yeah, should we mention........ "Flash Gordon"?? LOL
Mavimao said:
Well that's what dusting crops are... Spreading fertilizer or pesticides from a plane, but I guess Italian has a literal term for it and the translators didn't really understand the feel of the universe...
The translators probably had a brain fart there. If you analyze that quote they actually spelled it out:
spargere= to spread
fertilizzanti=fertilizer
da un aeroplano=from a plane
Where instead the original version just said "dusting crops", Han didn't specify the method or means... As I said, probably a brain fart.
But the biggest irony in all of this, is that the italian for "light-saber" is rendered as "spada laser" which literally translates to "laser sword", thereby reinstating (unknowingly) George's original vision! XD
It should be said that the literal translation would've been much less elegant, as "sciabola-di-luce" doesn't quite have the same effect, the same kick, and it's also longer....
In the original Star Wars, the famous line by Han
"Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova, and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"
Was translated in italian as
"Viaggiare nell'iperspazio non è come spargere fertilizzanti da un aeroplano. Senza i dati esatti potremmo volare attraverso una stella o avvicinarci troppo a una supernova. E il vostro viaggio finirebbe prima di cominciare. "
Which translates back to:
"Flying through hyperspace ain't like spreading fertilizer from a plane. Without precise data we could fly right through star or get too close to a supernova. And our trip would end before it's begun."
Yeah, that plane stuff is really out of place in Star Wars, isn't it?
And for some reason the word "clone" wasn't used when Luke mentioned the Clone Wars to Obi Wan. Instead the dialogue referred to some mysterious "quoti" which literally means "quotients", as in "result obtained by dividing one quantity by another"... It's weird because the concept of clones and cloning wasn't exactly unheard of in 1970's Italy... Go figure.
Other than that, the dubbing was top-notch in this film.
My good friend thxita actually has a blog about this sort of stuff. It's all in italian, though...
SilverWook said:
With all that blue, it would be nice to see someone drop in some inappropriate backgrounds on those things. ;)
Maybe this one? I'm feeling nostalgic.
TV's Frink said:
Ziggy come back!
you can blame it all on me,
I was wrong
and I just can't live without you...
can't.... stop... staring... at... supercrotch...
it's the suit! not only it sorely lacks the iconic red underwear, those wrinkles somehow direct your attention down there!
either that or I'm some sort of cetacean... I have been putting on a lot of weight lately...
TV's Frink said:
Post that in the correct thread please.
But... there are actually two of them!
thxita said:
I come out of my lurking status to say "top one please" :)
sciadappa iu feis!
Monolithium said:
Leonardo said:
Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, your avatar is incredibly distracting. Where can I find a bigger version of that picture?https://twitter.com/DianaPrinceXXX/status/212345323908104193
Dayum!- I mean, thank you, good sir.
Lol, self deprecation at its most nerdy *yuk*
TV's Frink said:
WRONG CODE!!!
Alright, then...
46 72 69 6E 6B 20 73 74 69 6E 6B 73
46 72 69 6E 6B 20 72 75 6C 65 73 21
greenpenguino said:
Hot Dogs I'm fine with, because it's a quiet food source. Popcorn, on the other hand, is the real offender for me. You're trying to watch a film and it's a very dramatic moment and the all of a sudden you hear 'scrunch scrunch' rustle rustle 'scrunch scrunch scrunch!'
I love popcorn, if you're careful it's way quieter than crisps.
Bingowings said:
mrbenja0618 said:
Bingowings said:
mrbenja0618 said:
A good reminder for Anti-Matter and his 6 other personalities.
He has only seven personalities and eight of those are me.
Which personality banned me for nothing? =)
Number two.
Yeah, to quote Peter Falk, he certainly looks more like a number to than a number one to me!
Many happy returns!
I think I'll pass.
Monolithium said:
That the aliens that make them are allergic to water.
That's just according to Mr Shamalamadingdong.
Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, your avatar is incredibly distracting. Where can I find a bigger version of that picture?
