backstroke of the west

chobopeon

United States7342 Posts

August 22 2005 15:56 GMT

i saw revenge of the sith last weekend at a local theater with my friend joe who was in town on business. it was much better than the first two movies and a fitting end (err.. middle) to the star wars saga.

the next day i was walking past my friendly dvd salesperson and decided to check out revenge of the sith. i was assured the quality was good and for 7rmb why not give it a shot.

aside from the counters on the top of the screen and a distorted perspective it was ok- not high quality but watchable. the captions were a hilarious surprise- a direct english translation of the chinese interpretation of what the script was saying. it varied from being somewhat close to the script to being 'far far away'....

amazingly enough, the beginning scroll is mistranslated even though the words are right there on the screen.

star war (just one)

'the backstroke of the west' is the english translation of the chinese title.

anakin: "this is where the fun begins"

obi wan: "let them pass between us"

obi wan, space battle strategist.

obi wan grows impatient with r2.

the chancellor warns anakin and obi wan that count dooku is... big.

obi wan assures the chancellor that it's no problem.

count dooku talks tough.

that's chancellor palpatine speaking, talking about obi wan.

anakin taunts general grevious.

the general fires off a snappy comeback.

ummm... ????

yoda: "premonitions? premonitions?"

sounds like something yoda might actually say... maybe.

anakin is haunted by dreamses.

troopseses!

anakin gets frustrated with the jedi council.

this seemed completely random until i figured out that 'jedi council' was being translated into chinese then back to english as 'the presbyterian church'.

anakin: "obi wan, may the force be with you"

anakin bargains for the life of his cuckoldry.

c3po tells the amorous couple to get a room.

obi wan can't face what he must do.

yoda insists...

...and explains that the person he once knew noed longer is.

anakin tells padme about his new virtues, now being both strong and big.

padme doesn't want strong and big- she also doesn't want to walk on a road meant for running about.

lier!!!

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obi wan has heard enough.

darth vader is actually shouting, "nooooooooooooo..."

camooT

United States1354 Posts

August 22 2005 16:04 GMT

fix the pictures. i had to right click and view image them all.

otherwise

LMAO
hahaha

i was on the floor, "R2 you is fucking!"

fanta[Rn]

Japan2465 Posts

August 22 2005 16:17 GMT

this seemed completely random until i figured out that 'jedi council' was being translated into chinese then back to english as 'the presbyterian church'.

lol! thats hilarious

edit:

obi wan can't face what he must do.

om the picture to this just loaded and i had to laugh so bad, and still am since your comment fits so great

the bad thing is that im at work and i cant just laugh out loud

MoltkeWarding

5195 Posts

August 22 2005 16:26 GMT

You bought Revenge for 7 rmb? Ripoff -_-. I got it in a package of 12 movies for 5 RMB.

LetMeBeWithYou

Canada4254 Posts

August 22 2005 16:28 GMT

What they use? Babelfish?

snarl

Canada812 Posts

August 22 2005 16:29 GMT

even obi wan recognises that reach=the man

fanta[Rn]

Japan2465 Posts

August 22 2005 16:32 GMT

note to myself: avoid that topic while u are at work

im dieing of laughin T_T

chobopeon

United States7342 Posts

August 22 2005 16:33 GMT

On August 23 2005 01:28 LetMeBeWithYou wrote:
What they use? Babelfish?

this isn't my story. i got it from a site that got it from a site that got it from a site and so on and so fourth. but it's so good i had to post the original thing.