{"id":383,"date":"2005-08-31T15:37:47","date_gmt":"2005-08-31T20:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=383"},"modified":"2005-09-02T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2005-09-02T16:10:25","slug":"justjust-read-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Just…just read it."},"content":{"rendered":"

I had not had a genuine giggle spree in some time. Happily, I cannot make that claim again for a few days.<\/p>\n

Matthew in Beirut: Backstroke of the West<\/a><\/p>\n

Update: CG says this is OFN. Ach, weel.<\/p>\n

Second Update: the link appears to have died, so I’ve republished it here. If anyone out there has objections or attribution, just email me at buddha [at] steelbuddha [dot] net.<\/p>\n


\n
\namazingly enough, the beginning scroll is mistranslated even though the words are right there on the screen.<\/p>\n


\nstar war (just one)<\/p>\n


\n‘the backstroke of the west’ is the english translation of the chinese title.<\/p>\n


\nanakin: “this is where the fun begins”<\/p>\n


\nobi wan: “let them pass between us”<\/p>\n


\nanonymous doomed fighter pilot: “they’re all over me”<\/p>\n


\nobi wan, space battle strategist.<\/p>\n


\nobi wan grows impatient with r2.<\/p>\n


\nthe chancellor warns anakin and obi wan that count dooku is… big.<\/p>\n


\nobi wan assures the chancellor that it’s no problem.<\/p>\n


\ncount dooku talks tough.<\/p>\n


\nthat’s chancellor palpatine speaking, talking about obi wan.<\/p>\n


\ngeneral grevious gets some bad news.<\/p>\n


\nthe general considers punishing his troops.<\/p>\n


\nanakin taunts general grevious.<\/p>\n


\nthe general fires off a snappy comeback.<\/p>\n


\nummm… ????<\/p>\n


\nwe gonna rock down to… lemon avenue.<\/p>\n


\nyoda: “premonitions? premonitions?”<\/p>\n


\nsounds like something yoda might actually say… maybe.<\/p>\n


\nanakin is haunted by dreamses.<\/p>\n


\ntroopseses!<\/p>\n


\nanakin gets frustrated with the jedi council.<\/p>\n


\nthis seemed completely random until i figured out that ‘jedi council’ was being translated into chinese then back to english as ‘the presbyterian church’.<\/p>\n


\nanakin: “obi wan, may the force be with you”<\/p>\n


\nanakin bargains for the life of his cuckoldry. cuckoldry?<\/p>\n


\nc3po tells the amorous couple to get a room.<\/p>\n


\nobi wan can’t face what he must do.<\/p>\n


\nyoda insists…<\/p>\n


\n…and explains that the person he once knew noed longer is.<\/p>\n


\nanakin tells padme about his new virtues, now being both strong and big.<\/p>\n


\npadme doesn’t want strong and big- she also doesn’t want to walk on a road meant for running about.<\/p>\n


\nlier!!!<\/p>\n


\nobi wan has heard enough.<\/p>\n


\ni won’t post any spoiler screen shots for those who haven’t seen the movie yet- this is a memorable scene towards the end of the film. needless to say, obi wan wasn’t actually speaking like yoda in this scene.<\/p>\n


\ni love this translation. darth vader is actually shouting, “nooooooooooooo…”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had not had a genuine giggle spree in some time. Happily, I cannot make that claim again for a few days. Matthew in Beirut: Backstroke of the West Update: CG says this is OFN. Ach, weel. Second Update: the link appears to have died, so I’ve republished it here. If anyone out there has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-6b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":258,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=258","url_meta":{"origin":383,"position":0},"title":"So far, no good.","date":"2\/24\/2005","format":false,"excerpt":"New style is forthcoming, but I wanted the new version to be running. Of course, now the spammers are back in. 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