Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

Episode III: The Backstroke of the West

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Mighty Powerful Engrish

From one of our internal mailing lists, witness the mighty translating skills displayed in this illegal copy of Episode III. It’s strangely compelling.

[tags]Engrish,Illegal DVD,Bad Movie,Bad Translation[/tags]

Addendum: The more I think about this, the more hilarious it gets. The film was already in English. They went to the trouble of adding these subtitles. In English. Just who are these subtitles for?

James Bond can’t drive a stick…

Friday, February 24th, 2006

Okay, a total fluff link.  How lame is it that actor Daniel Craig, poised to replace Pierce Brosnan as the latest James Bond, can’t drive a stick?   It’s bad enough that he wears a life jacket while in a boat.

I’m not expecting good things.