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 objections or attribution, just email me at buddha [at] steelbuddha [dot] net.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…”