Asian Movie Subtitle Mystère

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 May 2008, 19:10

Scoreboard:
6 Points: EvaUnit02.
3 Points: HungFist.
3 Points: Tom2681.
3 Points: Gasteropod.
3 Points: Yi-Long.

This is just a test. If people like it, we'll keep it.
If they don't, I'll lock it.

BTW, I'd like to thank Grim for providing the concept.

Here are the rules:
-Post a subtitle sample from an asian film and include the country of origin and the year of release.
-Make sure the subtitle is as unique as possible (stuff like "Show me your kung-fu skills" won't work. You have to make sure that the film can be recognized).
-Leave it untouched. If it's in engrish, keep the spelling mistakes.

As for the rest of the rules, it's the same as DVD Mystère:
Winner posts the next sub, country of origin should change after each round, winner gets 3 points, winner gets one point if he guesses 2 or 3 movies in one go.

Note: there's always a chance that two movies will contain the same subtitle. But you'll only get points if you find the movie that the gamekeeper is using. There are no extra points for finding another movie with the same subtitle.

Example:
"Wash your ass and wait for me".
Hong-Kong, 1992.

-Full Contact?
-Yep, you win. Your turn.

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Let's start with an easy one:
"You selfish generation! You upset all the Hong-Kong people! And all the Hong-Kong uncle!"
Hong-Kong, 2005.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 01 May 2008, 19:59

Sha Po Lang?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 May 2008, 20:18

"You selfish generation! You upset all the Hong-Kong people! And all the Hong-Kong uncle!"
Hong-Kong, 2005.

Sha Po Lang?

Nope.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 01 May 2008, 20:19

Initial D?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 May 2008, 20:24

"You selfish generation! You upset all the Hong-Kong people! And all the Hong-Kong uncle!"
Hong-Kong, 2005.

Sha Po Lang?
Initial D?

Nope. Wrong genres.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 01 May 2008, 20:47

Election?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 May 2008, 21:18

"You selfish generation! You upset all the Hong-Kong people! And all the Hong-Kong uncle!"
Hong-Kong, 2005.

Sha Po Lang?
Initial D?
Election?

Nope. Still wrong genre.
Will post a second sub tomorrow morning.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 May 2008, 21:33

An interesting idea but is it easy to remember a line from a subtitled film? Original language yes but a subtitled line?

What about different distributors, releasing different lines for the same film? It's an interesting idea but think it will prove to be way too difficult. I know the subtitles from some films well but most I cannot remember.

Even taking Crouching Tiger as an example I love the scene when XXX dies but the subs differ on different releases and I only remember one set of them, which others say aren't the proper subs.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 May 2008, 21:47

Some lines are so memorable that they never get lost in translations.
As for remembering them, it's easy for some people and more difficult for others.

Just like it's easy/difficult to remember a particular shot.

Like I said, it's just a test. We'll see where it goes.

Probably nowhere, but you never know...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 May 2008, 22:47

tom2681 wrote:Like I said, it's just a test. We'll see where it goes.

It's cool. I wasn't trying to belittle the idea

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tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 May 2008, 10:00

"You selfish generation! You upset all the Hong-Kong people! And all the Hong-Kong uncle!"
Hong-Kong, 2005.

Sha Po Lang?
Initial D?
Election?

Nope.
New clue:
"We make a lot of movie. Big movie! Big movie! With big titties!".
If you can't remember this line, then you haven't seen the film.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 02 May 2008, 10:48

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 May 2008, 10:50

Yep.
HungFist opens his account with 3 points. Well done.

Don't forget to include the country of origin and year of release with your next sub.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 02 May 2008, 11:30

"I must go to England to explain to Aunt Elizabeth"
- Japan, 2001

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 May 2008, 11:42

Happiness of the Katakuris?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 02 May 2008, 11:45

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 May 2008, 12:12

Awesome.

Having the year of release makes it a lot easier.

Back to Hong-Kong:
"Fighting is OK. Don't mess up my hair".
Hong-Kong, 1999.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 May 2008, 12:38

Stormriders?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 May 2008, 12:54

"Fighting is OK. Don't mess up my hair".
Hong-Kong, 1999.

Stormriders?

That does sound like something Ekin Cheng would say, doesn't it?

But no.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 02 May 2008, 13:14

Tokyo Raiders?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 May 2008, 13:58

Indeed. Well done Gasteropod.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 02 May 2008, 16:00

Oh right, I nearly didn't guess that because I checked on IMDb what year that was released and it said 2000! That was lucky lol.

Erm, I'm going to have to check out a DVD to get a subtitle for you guys lol, back soon.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 02 May 2008, 17:04

'So that's why, every now and then, he dozes off like a sick rooster. I think something up there must have gone wrong too'

South Korea 2006

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 May 2008, 17:07

The Host.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 02 May 2008, 17:53