Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: When are pirated DVDs a good thing? When it's Episode 3!

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-06-2005, 12:53 AM:

Here is the original link to the webpage, but I have archived this FABULOUS job of captioning below as well.

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episode iii, the backstroke of the west

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"

anonymous doomed fighter pilot: "they're all over me"

obi wan, space battle strategist.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-06-2005, 12:58 AM:

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.

general grevious gets some bad news.

the general considers punishing his troops.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-06-2005, 12:59 AM:

anakin taunts general grevious.

the general fires off a snappy comeback.

ummm... ????

we gonna rock down to... lemon avenue.

yoda: "premonitions? premonitions?"

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

anakin is haunted by dreamses.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-06-2005, 01:02 AM:

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. cuckoldry?

c3po tells the amorous couple to get a room.

obi wan can't face what he must do.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-06-2005, 01:04 AM:

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!!!

obi wan has heard enough.

i 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.

i love this translation. darth vader is actually shouting, "nooooooooooooo..."

captions there be, mangled they are.

Posted by Wolff King Morrow (Member # 2226) on 07-06-2005, 01:31 AM:

Dare I say it?

All your base are superior the elephant fuck.

Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 07-06-2005, 02:14 AM:

Maybe they should release a special edition boxed set, and include this version on an extra disc!

Posted by Mark Hajducki (Member # 1732) on 07-06-2005, 05:28 AM:

If only my local Odeon was still running subtitled screenings of Ep3.

What language is the Audio?

[ 07-06-2005, 09:07 AM: Message edited by: Mark Hajducki ]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-06-2005, 05:45 AM:

Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 07-06-2005, 06:19 AM:

Maybe this IS the original script and our expected dialog is the translation?

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-06-2005, 08:10 AM:

Yes, but even in Pidgin English, perfect sense Yoda's words still make! [Big Grin]

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 07-06-2005, 09:21 AM:

Laughings off the be-hindeses of my fuzzy mule I did.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-06-2005, 12:17 PM:

About THIS kind of thing, the MPAA is worried?

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 07-06-2005, 12:42 PM:

That is without a doubt the best laugh I have had in at least the last month. When I was a kid I got some pretty good chuckles out of Japanese attempts at using English on their signs or advertisements. But this DVD even more funny.

I'm a little worried about suggesting this, but that DVD might make for a good drinking game. Everytime an odd subtitle pops up, take a drink. Players would probably need a complete blood transfusion before the show was half over.

Posted by Joshua Waaland (Member # 287) on 07-06-2005, 10:03 PM:

Rolling....on...the...floor!

Thanks Pooh-Bah [thumbsup]

You just made my week!

Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 07-06-2005, 10:10 PM:

Brad, that is too funny, as in hysterically funny! Where's the :rotflmao: smiley? [beer]

Posted by Mike Pennell (Member # 1692) on 07-07-2005, 05:19 AM:

Brad, you hold all the secrets!!! Did Padme say "liberty", "democracy", or "chicken cock"? [beer]

Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 07-07-2005, 05:36 AM:

Or, "Presbyterian Church Elephant Fuck".

Posted by Jason M Miller (Member # 2597) on 07-07-2005, 02:15 PM:

Um, the web site is down, the dark side knows about it.

Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 07-07-2005, 02:53 PM:

they just don't want the general public to see that pirated versions, indeed come from screener discs and not from prints. I've read this over again for three days and I'm still laughing.

Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 07-07-2005, 04:28 PM:

http://www.film-tech.com/ubbpics/8.jpg "R2,do you is fucking"

When will the droid porn feature be released? I want to see those tiny tools....

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-07-2005, 04:58 PM:

Too many hits generated by all the film-techers, eh?

Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 07-07-2005, 05:43 PM:

Must be. The site went over its bandwidth allocation (it's hosted by ValueWeb).

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 07-07-2005, 05:45 PM:

quote:
I was made by the Presbyterian Church.

I don't know. Maybe I fell asleep during part of the movie. But I don't remember Presbyterians being part of the Star Wars saga, much less having their own mafia.

Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 07-07-2005, 10:53 PM:

that line can be read two ways. "made" as in discovered, and "made" as in created. Either way, its funny. I also love the translation of "obi wan" to "ratio tile"... I tried to duplicate the translation in babblefish, but didn't get very far.

I want to know what keeps getting translated into 'elephant'