Uh, if my excuse for a memory serves it was Peace Out--the second-to-last episode.
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Leigh - Jul 22, 2003 5:51:42 am PDT #5830 of 9843
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Nutty - Jul 22, 2003 6:09:28 am PDT #5831 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Americans not so familiar with Kiwis. I guess we do some odd things with our vowels.
Well, yeah. I saw Once Were Warriors subtitled (on VHS), and not just because there was a deaf woman in my class. But the vowel thing is consistent, so we get the hang of it eventually. Enough so that all the Lord of the Rings backstage people make sense to me now.
P.M. Marc - Jul 22, 2003 6:49:12 am PDT #5832 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Also, um--when did Connor get so hot? Was I just not paying attention?
HA! Give in to the Bon Bon!
Damn, I love that show.
Angus G - Jul 22, 2003 6:55:05 am PDT #5833 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Waaah! My television finally decided to die tonight. I think the tube exploded or something, in any case it seems terminal. Fortunately the VCR is still working so I'm taping stuff, but I'm going to be on severe delay.
Thank God this didn't happen before the Big Brother finale, that's all I can say!
Kassto - Jul 22, 2003 11:24:29 am PDT #5834 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
Once Were Warriors is subtitled for Americans?? Yeek! Then again, didn't someone say that the Americans and the British were the same people divided by a different language.
§ ita § - Jul 22, 2003 11:26:30 am PDT #5835 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love watching subtitles on J'can movies. It seems kinda indicative of a notsorare J'can mindset that the captioner seems to have their own unapologetic idea of what the characters should be saying.
Typo Boy - Jul 22, 2003 11:26:59 am PDT #5836 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Shaw. Divided by a common language. Though he may have stolen it from Wilde.
Typo Boy - Jul 22, 2003 11:27:16 am PDT #5837 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
meara - Jul 22, 2003 11:29:26 am PDT #5838 of 9843
It seems kinda indicative of a notsorare J'can mindset that the captioner seems to have their own unapologetic idea of what the characters should be saying.
So the characters say one thing, and the captions don't match at all? Ew.
§ ita § - Jul 22, 2003 11:32:03 am PDT #5839 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the captions don't match at all?
Not quite that bad, but it sometimes happens that it's the sense (and only most of it) and not the details that are translated (like "I'm not hungry" when the character said "Mi no waan nyam" -- which is just "I don't want to eat").