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Paddy C 
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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 Posted - 10/27/2006 : 15:06:33
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Paddy 7
Problem seems to be that the french don't have a verb for 'to whisper'...
Well, of COURSE they do ... it's 'chuchoter'
But they'd probably still have to say something like:
L'homme qui chuchote aux chevaux
C'est un plaisir de t'aider. 
Je me trouve corrig�! |
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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Posted - 10/27/2006 : 16:04:52
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
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Originally posted by redPen
Holy Bob Dylan Song Titles!
Recently watched "Watership Down" for the first time (and have a fwfr pending, of course!), and I have to ask: Has anyone read the book? If so, could you please explain what rabbits moving from field to field and occasionally attacking each other has to do with a submarine accident, as implied in the title????
My only serious guess is that it references the rowboat the cleverer-than-real-life bunnies get into, but that doesn't go down. Is it the name of the field they were in? Oy, it hurts my head!
Whilst on the topic, what other films inspire your migraines when it comes to the titles?
Let's rant!
Hehehe... I read the book eons ago, but if I recall correctly, "Watership Down" is the name of the field that the bunnies have to leave.
As for film titles, I don't usually have much of a gripe. Not until they're translated into Hebrew. Then I can pull my hair out. My #1 biggest bugbear was when The Ring came here. Now, we all know that the tagline for this film is: "First you see the ring, then you die". Apparently the people who give films Hebrew titles here didn't know that and instead of the word for a ring which is a circle, they called it the ring which is the sound that the telephone makes. Of course, poetic license and all that since the phone rings after they see the ring on the video, but still...
Only good thing about this - it gave me an idea for a FWFR of The Ring!
(That's just the last annoying one. There have been hundreds over the years!)
Sorry to dip my pedantic paddle in here bit WATERSHIP DOWN is the new home they find and successfully defend from General Woundworts army.
In my book there was F*ck all bewitching about Bewitched. |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 10/27/2006 : 16:30:39
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Originally posted by Beanm7mo
Sorry to dip my pedantic paddle in here bit WATERSHIP DOWN is the new home they find and successfully defend from General Woundworts army.
I stand corrected. It was over 30 years ago that I read that book.
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In my book there was F*ck all bewitching about Bewitched.
Yes, you know, come to think of it, that's very true.
By the way, there's no one who actually dies or is dead in either James Joyce's story or the movie adaptation of The Dead.
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 10/27/2006 : 16:32:19
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Originally posted by redPen
Holy Bob Dylan Song Titles!
Recently watched "Watership Down" for the first time (and have a fwfr pending, of course!), and I have to ask: Has anyone read the book? If so, could you please explain what rabbits moving from field to field and occasionally attacking each other has to do with a submarine accident, as implied in the title????
My only serious guess is that it references the rowboat the cleverer-than-real-life bunnies get into, but that doesn't go down. Is it the name of the field they were in? Oy, it hurts my head!
Whilst on the topic, what other films inspire your migraines when it comes to the titles?
Let's rant!
This got me thinking. What's the deal with film titles that replace words with numbers, as if the film-makers were sending you a text message and coulnd't be @rsed typing the whole title: Cradle 2 the Grave, 2 Fast 2 Furious etc.
Do they think this saves time, or looks cooler to the target market!?!? Are they right!?? Makes me a sad panda...  |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 10/27/2006 : 16:37:14
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 10/27/2006 : 16:39:44
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Originally posted by Paddy 7
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Originally posted by redPen
Holy Bob Dylan Song Titles!
Recently watched "Watership Down" for the first time (and have a fwfr pending, of course!), and I have to ask: Has anyone read the book? If so, could you please explain what rabbits moving from field to field and occasionally attacking each other has to do with a submarine accident, as implied in the title????
My only serious guess is that it references the rowboat the cleverer-than-real-life bunnies get into, but that doesn't go down. Is it the name of the field they were in? Oy, it hurts my head!
Whilst on the topic, what other films inspire your migraines when it comes to the titles?
Let's rant!
This got me thinking. What's the deal with film titles that replace words with numbers, as if the film-makers were sending you a text message and coulnd't be @rsed typing the whole title: Cradle 2 the Grave, 2 Fast 2 Furious etc.
Do they think this saves time, or looks cooler to the target market!?!? Are they right!?? Makes me a sad panda...
Or Replacing numbers with letters. Even if they have to abscure the numbers or letters
Se7en
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MM0rkeleb
"Better than HBO."
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Posted - 10/27/2006 : 19:10:45
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You know what title really confuses me? Snakes on a Plane. Has nothing to do with the film itself.  
OK, seriously, titles of anime series are often incomprehensible (at least, when translated into English). For example:
Neon Genesis Evangelion (should've been Neo-Genesis Evangelion, but was retitled to avoid confusion with Neo Ranga)
Bubblegum Crisis
I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs (not a translation problem - this is seriously the actual title)
X
GunParade March (has guns, but no marches or parades)
Perfect Blue (this last one's a film based on a novel of the same title - presumably the novel explains the title)
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 10/27/2006 : 20:48:26
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Originally posted by TitanPa
I never once saw Travolta get sick in Saturday Night Fever
No, it's the audience that got sick.
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 10/28/2006 : 15:31:31
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By the way, there's no one who actually dies or is dead in either James Joyce's story or the movie adaptation of The Dead.
Trust Joyce to confuse us all
"Harvey", no matter how many times I watch it I can never spot the main character!! |
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mampers11 
"Lazy Lebowski Loses Rug"
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Posted - 10/28/2006 : 18:14:32
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Originally posted by Paddy 7
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Originally posted by redPen
Holy Bob Dylan Song Titles!
Recently watched "Watership Down" for the first time (and have a fwfr pending, of course!), and I have to ask: Has anyone read the book? If so, could you please explain what rabbits moving from field to field and occasionally attacking each other has to do with a submarine accident, as implied in the title????
My only serious guess is that it references the rowboat the cleverer-than-real-life bunnies get into, but that doesn't go down. Is it the name of the field they were in? Oy, it hurts my head!
Whilst on the topic, what other films inspire your migraines when it comes to the titles?
Let's rant!
This got me thinking. What's the deal with film titles that replace words with numbers, as if the film-makers were sending you a text message and coulnd't be @rsed typing the whole title: Cradle 2 the Grave, 2 Fast 2 Furious etc.
Do they think this saves time, or looks cooler to the target market!?!? Are they right!?? Makes me a sad panda...
I know that line. That is from Sexual Harassament Panda from South Park. On matters on hand, Back To The Future 1. It is not techincally Back to The Future for the majority of the movie, since Marty McFly travels to the 1950's. So techincally it should be called Back To The Past, but it does not sound catchy enough.
Mampers
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 10/28/2006 : 18:36:12
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Originally posted by mampers7
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Originally posted by Paddy 7
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Originally posted by redPen
Holy Bob Dylan Song Titles!
Recently watched "Watership Down" for the first time (and have a fwfr pending, of course!), and I have to ask: Has anyone read the book? If so, could you please explain what rabbits moving from field to field and occasionally attacking each other has to do with a submarine accident, as implied in the title????
My only serious guess is that it references the rowboat the cleverer-than-real-life bunnies get into, but that doesn't go down. Is it the name of the field they were in? Oy, it hurts my head!
Whilst on the topic, what other films inspire your migraines when it comes to the titles?
Let's rant!
This got me thinking. What's the deal with film titles that replace words with numbers, as if the film-makers were sending you a text message and coulnd't be @rsed typing the whole title: Cradle 2 the Grave, 2 Fast 2 Furious etc.
Do they think this saves time, or looks cooler to the target market!?!? Are they right!?? Makes me a sad panda...
I know that line. That is from Sexual Harassament Panda from South Park. On matters on hand, Back To The Future 1. It is not techincally Back to The Future for the majority of the movie, since Marty McFly travels to the 1950's. So techincally it should be called Back To The Past, but it does not sound catchy enough.
Actually, the goal is to get back from 1955 to 1985, thus get back to the future. This is even a line in the film said by Doc. |
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 10/28/2006 : 20:43:58
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Originally posted by mampers7
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Originally posted by Paddy 7
This got me thinking. What's the deal with film titles that replace words with numbers, as if the film-makers were sending you a text message and coulnd't be @rsed typing the whole title: Cradle 2 the Grave, 2 Fast 2 Furious etc.
Do they think this saves time, or looks cooler to the target market!?!? Are they right!?? Makes me a sad panda...
I know that line. That is from Sexual Harassament Panda from South Park. On matters on hand, Back To The Future 1. It is not techincally Back to The Future for the majority of the movie, since Marty McFly travels to the 1950's. So techincally it should be called Back To The Past, but it does not sound catchy enough.
Mampers
Sexual Harassment Panda is one of the best throwaway characters from southpark, his song was brilliant!
I thought 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' was a particularly groansome pun for a movie set on a boat, or should i say a turkey set on a boat.
And why was 'Pretty Woman' called 'Pretty Woman'? By that logic, every movie Jennifer Connelly has ever made could be called 'Gorgeous Woman'... ah, Jennifer... (if you're reading this, call me!)
'Carlito's Way' is another title that i'm struggling with (perhaps because i'm dense)... what was his 'way' exactly... was it his way to get out of a life of crime? Or was it just his personality..? |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 10/28/2006 : 22:45:06
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Originally posted by Paddy 7
'Carlito's Way' is another title that i'm struggling with (perhaps because i'm dense)... what was his 'way' exactly... was it his way to get out of a life of crime? Or was it just his personality..?
Perhaps he was planning on being a cheesemaker in the Bahamas and they misspelled 'way'... |
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redPen
"Because I said so!"
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Posted - 10/30/2006 : 05:42:12
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Possible "Die Hard" Sequel Titles
Die Long and Hard?
Upchuck and Die Hard?
Die Hard Day's Night?
Live and Let Die Hard?
Die Hardcastle and McCormick?
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Edited by - redPen on 10/30/2006 05:46:16 |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 10/30/2006 : 06:19:57
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Originally posted by redPen
Possible "Die Hard" Sequel Titles
Die Long and Hard?
Upchuck and Die Hard?
Die Hard Day's Night?
Live and Let Die Hard?
Die Hardcastle and McCormick?
Try these two:
Die... oops, too late!
Enough, it's DEAD already!
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Edited by - ChocolateLady on 10/30/2006 06:22:35 |
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