I know I've been among those who've laughed at funny gaffes when movie titles are translated into foreign languages. But every once in a while, they get it just right.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 25, 2004 7:19:54 pm PDT #4105 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
tommyrot - Sep 25, 2004 8:28:26 pm PDT #4106 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I saw Donnie Darko - Director's Cut. Then I went back and read all the posts about it, as well as the explanation in Salon.
I actually wish I had seen it a second time before reading the explanation. Which is weird. 'Cuz a lot of the stuff I missed. But then, I was pretty much on the "he's really just psychotic" train through most of the movie - which many consider to be a better interpretation.
Jesse - Sep 26, 2004 10:58:51 am PDT #4107 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey Jessica, Ethan is the "Hot Pick" review on rottentomatoes for Shaun of the Dead. Cool!
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2004 11:04:09 am PDT #4108 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm trying to think of movies based on video games. I can think of:
- Resident Evil (and series)
- Mortal Kombat (and series)
- Tomb Raider (and series)
- Final Fantasy
Any other big ones out there?
Polter-Cow - Sep 26, 2004 11:06:26 am PDT #4109 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Street Fighter, Super Mario Brothers, House of the Dead.
Oh, and let's not forget Double Dragon and Wing Commander (though that's a computer game). Also, there're Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill games in the works.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2004 11:08:52 am PDT #4110 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I totally missed House Of The Dead. Never even heard of it. But it has Tyron Leitso! Did you see it? Is it worth suffering through for his hotness? Does his ass ring?
eta: Double Dragon -- how could I forget the movie that insisted that Allyssa Milano could kick ass and Mark Dacascos was related to a Party Of Fiver?
Polter-Cow - Sep 26, 2004 11:09:25 am PDT #4111 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I totally missed House Of The Dead. Never even heard of it. But it has Tyron Leitso! Did you see it? Is it worth suffering through for his hotness? Does his ass ring?
It does? Who knew?
I didn't see it. It was directed by Rob Zombie, though. I heard it sucked, of course.
You know, now that I think about it, Tyron Leitso reminds me of Michael Vartan.
Jessica - Sep 26, 2004 11:44:45 am PDT #4112 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hey Jessica, Ethan is the "Hot Pick" review on rottentomatoes for Shaun of the Dead. Cool!
Yeah, I saw! Very cool. (And one of my favorite lines, too -- it came out of the interview he did with the writer & director; he said something about "zombie movies with brains," and all three of them simultaneously went "braaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiins." So you know they're good people.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 26, 2004 12:01:08 pm PDT #4113 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I totally missed House Of The Dead. Never even heard of it. But it has Tyron Leitso! Did you see it? Is it worth suffering through for his hotness? Does his ass ring?
I saw it. He plays a gun-wielding underwear model with a fake British accent who keeps his clothes buttoned up to the collar at all times. Also, the movie features footage from the video game it's based on intercut with the action scenes, and serving as transitions from one scene to the next. And Clint Howard. And Jürgen Prochnow as Captain Kirk.
Everyone involved in making this movie should die horribly. Except Tyron, who should merely be forced to watch it repeatedly as punishment/aversion therapy.
Mr. Broom - Sep 26, 2004 12:15:49 pm PDT #4114 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Oh, and let's not forget Double Dragon and Wing Commander
No, please, let's. As a long-time fan of the WC games, that movie was seriously depressing. We went in order to show fan solidarity, but we felt fairly betrayed by the crappiness. If that's a Kilrathi, I'll eat my hat.