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jaklumen
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response 24 of 112:
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Jul 16 01:20 UTC 2003 |
resp:21 isn't it lovely?
resp:23 Roger Ebert positively raved about "My Neighbor Totoro." I
haven't seen it yet.
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russ
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response 25 of 112:
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Jul 16 01:41 UTC 2003 |
Re Mark Hammill: I'm told he also voiced The Joker for the animated
Batman. Apparently he thinks the work is a huge amount of fun.
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anderyn
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response 26 of 112:
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Jul 16 01:52 UTC 2003 |
Pirates of the Caribbean got four thumbs up from the Prices. I want to see
it again, and I would even pay full price. (I only ever go to matinees and
I never see movies twice, because they never seem worth it. Pirates is worth
it.) It's fun, it's got swashbuckling, and well... I am a sucker for a good
pirate movie (Captain Blood and the other Sabatini books are still re-reads
because they're so fun). Johnny Depp's performance only adds to the fun,
although I never would have thought I'd like such an ambigous character. (I
still like Orlando Bloom's "stodgier" turn as a straight romantic hero, and
I'm glad they included both in the movie.)
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jep
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response 27 of 112:
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Jul 16 02:24 UTC 2003 |
My son and I watched a couple of older movies recently. The first was
Mulan.
Mulan is a Disney movie set in medieval China. I'd never seen it
before, and was quite surprised. I liked it.
I liked Mulan, who goes to war in place of her aged father, disquising
herself as a man and then encountering reasonable difficulties. I
liked the way she was clearly a woman, having realistic enough
problems fitting into a strictly man's army and overcoming them in a
clever enough way.
I enjoyed the humor of the situation, and of the movie; the rough
humor of the songs the soldiers sing and things they do, the obvious
humor of the captain training his troops (including Mulan) and
declaring in a song, "I'll make a man out of you", and I liked the
bath scene, which was well targeted at adults while not much raising
the notice of a young child.
I liked the basic training section quite a lot. I liked the setting.
I don't know anything about China, and don't imagine this was in any
way accurate, but it was appealing enough.
I often don't like movies (or books) the first time. I liked this one
just fine.
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jep
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response 28 of 112:
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Jul 16 02:39 UTC 2003 |
Tonight, we watched The Yearling, which I had to buy from amazon.com.
No one around Tecumseh has it for rent. This was the original; I
could have rented the remake but refused to do so.
My father cautioned me that it might be emotionally tough for my 7
year old. Hah! My father could have warned me it'd be hard for
*me*. John was fine. I'm the emotional one when it comes to movies,
and this one had me streaming tears. (John didn't notice. I had to
*tell* him.)
This is a wonderful classic, in my opinion. (I feel the same way
about The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Old Yeller, and half of
John Wayne's westerns. So sneer at me.) I saw it when I was around
my son's age, then never again until now. I didn't remember it scene
by scene, of course, but I did remember more or less what was coming
next.
I like this one because it's a good dad-and-son movie. I think my son
liked it because of the scenery, and will remember it (at least until
we watch it again) as a fun movie because a kid has a pet deer. That
works for me.
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pvn
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response 29 of 112:
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Jul 16 07:47 UTC 2003 |
re#27: oddly enough _Mulan_ probably was in keeping with the chinese
oral traditional history more in the observation than not. I know many
chinese families that enjoyed it. The irony in _Mulan_ is that the "bad
guys" in the movie in fact ruled china from about the middle 1600s to
modern times - it is even politically correct in the current PRC (not
that I suggest there will be another - a politically correct statement).
Contrast _Mulan_ with another animated feature, _Pocahontas_ et al where
the events portrayed had little or nothing to do with actual history
other than perhaps some names.
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sj2
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response 30 of 112:
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Jul 16 08:05 UTC 2003 |
I see lots of movies. Sometimes two a day. Mostly get older movies on
tape from the video library here (in Muscat, Oman). Saw "Shipping
News" yesterday. Weird but nice movie.
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jmsaul
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response 31 of 112:
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Jul 16 11:43 UTC 2003 |
Re #29: There's a fast-food Chinese restaurant at Briarwood that used to
be part of a chain called Manchu Wok. When the guy broke off from
it, he renamed the place Ming Wok. Victorious at last!
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jep
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response 32 of 112:
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Jul 17 03:27 UTC 2003 |
It was largely "Pocahantas" which caused me to believe the background
of "Mulan" was probably wildly inaccurate. Brian, does "Mulan" mean
something in Chinese?
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pvn
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response 33 of 112:
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Jul 17 05:05 UTC 2003 |
Hua mu-lan doesn't particularly mean anything I think. Often as not
chinese will name a child with something that does have lucky ot good
meaning. I know a guy named "good fortune" and a girl named "fertile
field". I know one guy - son of a 1949 ex-pat who's name is "supple
willow victorious".
It may seem strange to westerners at first who don't realize how many of
their own names have similar derivations although long since forgotten.
Emanuel for example. Or Elizabeth.
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scott
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response 34 of 112:
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Jul 17 10:10 UTC 2003 |
One of my former co-workers is Chinese, and she just finds it easier (and more
accurate) to have everybody call her "Rainbow" instead of trying to pronounce
the Chinese.
Occasionally confuses people who were expecting some hippie girl, though.
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mynxcat
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response 35 of 112:
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Jul 17 17:17 UTC 2003 |
Same goes for Indian names, a lot of them are derived from words that
meant something like "peace" or "humility", and others are still used
in everyday language, like mine
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gregb
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response 36 of 112:
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Jul 17 17:30 UTC 2003 |
I know someone named Asma. Any idea what that means?
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mynxcat
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response 37 of 112:
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Jul 17 19:51 UTC 2003 |
I'm guessing a derivative of the word that means "sky". I could be way
off on this one.
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tod
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response 38 of 112:
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Jul 17 19:54 UTC 2003 |
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dcat
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response 39 of 112:
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Jul 18 00:14 UTC 2003 |
this weeks Saturday midnight movie at the State is Edward Scissorhands. Come
celebrate surviving another round of Art Fairs!
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jaklumen
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response 40 of 112:
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Jul 18 04:21 UTC 2003 |
We are very aware of the meanings of our names at our
house. "Pratt," I believe, refers to those of the field. Our
daughter is "Sarah Lynn," loosely translated to "Princess of the
Waterfalls." You already know the meaning of my name-- "Yahweh
gives." My middle name, Roger, is "bearer of the spear" and is my
father's name.
Maybe a little unusual for a westerner, but I hold significance in the
meaning of names.
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rcurl
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response 41 of 112:
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Jul 18 05:29 UTC 2003 |
It is of some cultural interest that names "mean" something, but of what
significance is it? Surely you are not a bearer of spears (most of the time?).
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mynxcat
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response 42 of 112:
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Jul 18 14:18 UTC 2003 |
Maybe "spear" symbolises something?
"Princess of the waterfalls" - that is pretty. I always liked the name
Sarah (not when people pronounce it saa-raa, though), and I thought it
even prettier when I found out it meant "Princess"
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jaklumen
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response 43 of 112:
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Jul 19 03:20 UTC 2003 |
I am not sure that "bearer of the spear" itself holds deep meaning in
modern times-- I am sure, however, that it comes from the British
Isles. More importantly, it is the name of my father. "Jonathan,"
however, is very important for many personal reasons.
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mooncat
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response 44 of 112:
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Jul 19 17:30 UTC 2003 |
I'm another of those odd people that likes to know what names mean (it
comes into play when writing as well, I like to know what the names of
my characters mean). My full name, for example, basically means
something along the lines of 'Graceful Warrior Women, from a Pear
Tree.' Of course, this changes based on where exactly you look up the
meanings for names. Anne and Ann don't always mean the same thing, the
derivations vary.
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gregb
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response 45 of 112:
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Jul 21 15:43 UTC 2003 |
Re. #38: Nope. Someone at my workplace.
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edina
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response 46 of 112:
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Jul 21 16:10 UTC 2003 |
I am "She who dwells by the brook". But I'm named for Brooks Robinson. (Dad's
a huge baseball fan.)
I saw "The Guru" last night. Fun fun movie. I really need to pick up some
bhangra music.
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mynxcat
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response 47 of 112:
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Jul 21 18:58 UTC 2003 |
The music in that movie was mostly Bollywood. But bhangra is fun
music. A must have.
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krj
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response 48 of 112:
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Jul 21 21:27 UTC 2003 |
((Mynxcat, I need you to write an intro to Bhangra sometime in the
music conference.))
resp:27 and others :: International Channel showed a film of a Chinese
opera version of MULAN this spring, or thereabouts. I have not seen the
Disney version, but the Chinese film version was very enjoyable.
Unfortunately the beginning of the movie got recycled, grrr. Doesn't
seem to be available on home video. However, trolling on IMDB, I find
a listing for what appears to be a new version of MULAN scheduled for
2004 release, with Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat. This could
be only "in development" and might never actually be filmed.
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