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Post by Laslo Hollyfeld on Aug 9, 2006 10:15:51 GMT -5
I saw Roadhouse in Belgium and that was really very strange. The translations were way off. So, how does "You can be my regular Saturday night thing" translate into whatever language they speak in Belgium? Follow up question: Does the movie Roadhouse acutally suffer if the translations are inaccurate? Follow up follow up question: Does anyone else have flashbacks to the MST3K episode "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" skit where Joel, Crow, and Tom Servo sing "Let's Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas"?? All together now... "Open up your heart and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas in... "We'll gather at the road house with our next of kin... "And Santa can be our regular Saturday night thing... "We'll decorate a barstool and gather 'round and sing.... "Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas this year... "Or we'll tear your throat out and kick you in the ear!" Verse 2: "It's my way or the highway this Christmas at my ba-ha-har... "I'll have to smash your kneecaps if you ba$t@rd$ touch my car... "I got the word that Santa has been stealing from the till... "I think that that right jolly old elf better make out his will!" So many memories.
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Post by tangentgirl on Aug 9, 2006 16:16:00 GMT -5
Tu peux etre regulaire du samdi Hold up... I need a ma in there somewhere, don't I? Okay... that was horrible. I apologize to anyone who speaks French. But that does make my point because there is no good translation for the connotation so you have to go w/ a more literal one. (Which that is a bad example of because I only know un petit peu of French.... and we're talking Hollywood standards of petite!) Even my Franglais isn't what it used to be. HERE'S WHAT I *DO* KNOW... Roadhouse is equally as good in any language, of that I am sure. (That's all I have to say... you infer what you see fit from that statement.) I am fairly certain that those kooky Belgians speak Dutch, French, and German. Although... I could be thinking about Luxembourg. (Seemed like everyone I spoke w/ in Luxembourg could speak English though... perhaps they speak all four.) Belgium does indeed have the best chocolate (though I'm not a huge fan of chocolate of any nationality) and there are these cookies... what are they called "Speculos"? that I loved.
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Post by trantee on Aug 10, 2006 1:50:58 GMT -5
Most of the time i just don't look at the subtitles, unless perhaps when they're mumbling. (How on earth do you US'rs and UK'rs do it .. there are so many movies where i just can't make up what the hell they are saying O.รต) The things with subtitles is, you need luck with the person who translated/subtitled it. You need one who understands the english language and especially the "figure of speach". AND he/she should know here native language too. Otherwise you get these buffoons who litteraly translate english expressions/sayings. You translate "He was up to his neck in sh#t" see what i mean... As for the little belgian history lesson : - Officially we speak dutch and french (2 parts in the country), but there are 4 linguistic zones(dutch, french, german, luxembourgs) and almost everybody speaks english (safe for some old people - I pass by the biggest known chocolate factory in belgium every day - no, my name is not willy , nor wonka - "Speculaas" (not plural of speculum ) is best from Hasselt (city), allthough there are plenty other which taste very nice - I am "so" thread hijacking here - If i read between the lines correctly; "You can be my regular Saturday night thing" would translate in "Jij mag mijn neukvriendin zijn" .. though i'm not entirly sure - French fries are NOT from france but actually from and are "much" better in Belgium BTW, weirdest thing i snuck into a movie theater would be a blunt, now i think of it ...
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Post by The Movie Mark on Aug 10, 2006 9:25:21 GMT -5
- I pass by the biggest known chocolate factory in belgium every day I always hear how great Belgian chocolate is, but I never buy it because it's so expensive in the U.S. Is it normal-priced in Belgium, and is it as great as "they" say? Or have you Belgians been led to believe that Hershey's chocolate rules the world?
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Post by tangentgirl on Aug 10, 2006 11:24:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the history lesson trantee.... much appreciated!
I have memory issues... drives me crazy often... smile. Speculaas, huh? I don't know if I've ever been to Hasselt but I'd be willing to undergo a taste test of any cookies or chocolates (though only in small doses) that anyone wanted to send my way. lol/smile.
My sister and her husband didn't have a lot of money for their wedding.... but my dad brought over some good champagne (for her and her hubby) and brought a lot of chocolate over as well. My dad's not rich either so I'm sure it's way less expensive over there. The chocolates were individually wrapped in small bundles and put out at each of the guests' tables. *** Many people wanted to know where they had gotten the chocolate from.... so I'd take that to mean that poor old Hershey pales in comparison. ***
I regret not taking full advantage of the time my dad lived overseas. (We weren't exactly on the best of terms then.) My dad used to live in France right near the border of Belgium. His cafe was called the Franco-Belge.
Later he live on the France/Germany border near the town of pregnant doge. (he,he,heh) I'm not making this stuff up people. And yes I was one of those dorky people who bought tons of postcards to send to my friends because as we might all hate to admit it, there is a little Beavis & Butthead in all of us.
How else does one explain the "Sons of pregnant doge Society" (If I wasn't technologically illiterate, I'd attach a picture)
Now if someone could sneak a segment of the Maginot Line into a theatre... THAT would be a feat!!!)
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Post by tangentgirl on Aug 10, 2006 11:46:15 GMT -5
I guess that -E on the end wasn't enough to stop the censors, huh? lol/smile
For those of you who like History.... the citadelle and town of the "pregnant dog" is steeped in it. Check it out.
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Post by trantee on Aug 11, 2006 1:57:15 GMT -5
- I pass by the biggest known chocolate factory in belgium every day I always hear how great Belgian chocolate is, but I never buy it because it's so expensive in the U.S. Is it normal-priced in Belgium, and is it as great as "they" say? Or have you Belgians been led to believe that Hershey's chocolate rules the world? Offcourse, i can't compare with american chocolate because i don't think they've got that here in the stores (had to look up Hershey's - I'll look for it at the store today). Anyway, at the company i work for, we have a LOT of US-clients who come over for a few weeks to work on a project. When they are here, they always ask our coffee-lady for more chocolat ...more chocolat... more. And when they leave, they're always 'loaded' with bags full of chocolate or praline's (but you call it something else i think). So i'm guessing they like it hehehe .. and it's not hearsay *cough*hershey*cough* The price is pretty 'normal' here i guess, and your chocolate will probably be overpriced because off the import. Tell you what, Mr. Betts, you PM or mail me an delivery address, and i'll see what i can do to ship some chocolat overthere (if it's not too expensive on transport) As a little belgian gift ..
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Post by The Movie Mark on Aug 11, 2006 10:08:50 GMT -5
Tell you what, Mr. Betts, you PM or mail me an delivery address, and i'll see what i can do to ship some chocolat overthere (if it's not too expensive on transport) As a little belgian gift .. Let me just take a moment to say that everybody could learn a little something from Trantee. I'm more than happy to accept gifts, so please, don't be too shy to send me a PM and ask me what YOU can send me for giving you the gift of hilarity every single day. I don't want any of you smart alecks sending pipe bombs or anything though. I've already had my fair share of such nightmares in dealing with enraged Ty Miller fans.
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Post by MsCali on Aug 11, 2006 13:20:28 GMT -5
There used to be the most wonderful Belgian chocolate shop at the Hollywood & Highland shopping complex here in Hollywood. It was more expensive than Hershey's, but not too bad (at least to me...good chocolate is worth every penny). What I really liked about it, was they were always willing to give you a sample; and one time this rude customer made the manager, who was helping me at the time, abandon me so she could argue with her about something stupid. The manager gave me a ton of free chocolate in addition to what I was purchasing (in fact, I ended up with more free than I paid for) because I was so understanding about the situation.
That place closed and became a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory - which, in my opinion, is the worst chocolate store I've ever been to.
We have some Leonidas Chocolate stores around here now though; most are in places I don't really get to that often, but there's one in the area where we do our banking for work, so once a week or so I could get some (I don't get it that often though).
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Post by adrianne on Aug 25, 2006 17:59:32 GMT -5
I, like Nikki Bluejeans, have a movie theater purse. I've snuck all kinds of things in - everytime thinking I'm going to get busted - I got busted once - I'll get to that in a minute. I've snuck in a whole Chick-fil-a value meal - soda included. Some already popped popcorn, some of those creme puffs you get at the local bakery. a couple cups of coffee. And of course a candy bar and soda. The one time I got busted was when I was like 10 months pregnant and I had a bottle of water in my purse b/c we were going to see Cheaper by the Dozen. The little ticket girl busted me and either I could throw it away or take it back to the car. I made the good ole hubby take it back to the car - I sure has heck wasn't walking. That was about 2.5 yrs ago and I've gotten over the "skittishness" of getting caught. I've returned to my hardnend (and economical) ways of filling my big purse with bags of skittles and cans of coke.
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Post by The Movie Mark on Aug 28, 2006 12:07:50 GMT -5
For some reason, this is my favorite. I would've totally marked out if you had said you snuck (sneaked for you grammar purists)in a couple of frappuccinos. Wal-Mart now has a candy section with $0.88 boxes of goodies that are obviously designed for no other reason than to be snuck into the theater. In fact, if you look at the box description on the store aisle you might see them labeled as "movie theater box." You can choose from skittles, gobstoppers, etc. Just risk sneaking it in, folks. Why pay $3 for something when you can get it for less than a buck? I refuse to be robbed.
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Post by Huey N on Aug 28, 2006 21:26:16 GMT -5
Johhny are you promoting dishonest behavior!
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Post by The Movie Mark on Aug 28, 2006 22:50:20 GMT -5
Johhny are you promoting dishonest behavior! No, I'm promoting fighting the corrupt concession cartel system.
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Post by trantee on Aug 29, 2006 6:59:39 GMT -5
---we'll be right back after this break--- JB... to give a little update on the situation (and totally thread hijack again), i looked up the cost to ship something overthere and its two hundred and freaking fifty bucks I like you, i love your reviews, tried-over-witty comments and all, but not enough for f&|@#|@'ing $250 to ship something overthere (that's even without the cost of some yummie coco). I'll see what i can do at my workplace (we ship a lot abroad, so perhaps it can be included or something..). Keep you posted --and now to return to our program---
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Post by EFG on May 2, 2007 1:00:55 GMT -5
Are you kiding? How on earth could you manage to get that in?Even if you took it out of the box it would smell even if you got in I am suprised that noone said anything to the office. I snuck in pizza once by gently packing the individual slices in tupperware that fit in my purse, which isn't small to begin with. =) Also, the best way to keep the wrappers from making too much noise is to pre-open them just a little. What else.. I've snuck in microwave popcorn that was already popped. Neat trick that was.
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