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Jun. 14th, 2003 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rushthatspeaksFinished Saiyuki.
It is just as good as one would expect. In other words amazing as all get out, even with the appalling Hong Kong bootleg DVD translation. It wasn't the Lections of Asgard version, but they did call Sanzo 'Rabbin' at one point, which I can only assume is 'rabbi' misspelled. At least it did not have the classic 'I will be in your noodles' translation mistake. It is very nearly comprehensible all the way through although I'm sure I missed some of the fine points. And a familiarity with Buddhist philosophy and with at least a few common Japanese words is probably necessary for the thing to be really understood in this format-- I know I was sort of combining what the subtitles said with what I understood from the Japanese to arrive at the actual meaning.
Weirdquark and I can mail the DVDs down to BMC on Monday if we are told which address to send it to and given a box number (yes, Ada has been mailing stuff down there and has addresses, but we are not Ada, which is in general a good thing).
Yes, it does go on my list of all-time greats with Evangelion and Utena and Yami no Matsuei and Trigun. Happy. I also think it may nearly have converted me to Buddhism, not that it''s much of a trip.
So I will work hard on finishing my Yaone costume.
Exchange of dialogue between Weirdquark and myself just now:
W: "If I convert Ruth to Sufi-ism, what do I get?"
R: "Well, not a toaster... a watermelon."
W: "I don't particularly like watermelon."
R:"It's the principle behind the watermelon."
W:"Just as it's the principle behind the toaster."
I really like living here.
My first ex-girlfriend owes me a toaster.
It is just as good as one would expect. In other words amazing as all get out, even with the appalling Hong Kong bootleg DVD translation. It wasn't the Lections of Asgard version, but they did call Sanzo 'Rabbin' at one point, which I can only assume is 'rabbi' misspelled. At least it did not have the classic 'I will be in your noodles' translation mistake. It is very nearly comprehensible all the way through although I'm sure I missed some of the fine points. And a familiarity with Buddhist philosophy and with at least a few common Japanese words is probably necessary for the thing to be really understood in this format-- I know I was sort of combining what the subtitles said with what I understood from the Japanese to arrive at the actual meaning.
Weirdquark and I can mail the DVDs down to BMC on Monday if we are told which address to send it to and given a box number (yes, Ada has been mailing stuff down there and has addresses, but we are not Ada, which is in general a good thing).
Yes, it does go on my list of all-time greats with Evangelion and Utena and Yami no Matsuei and Trigun. Happy. I also think it may nearly have converted me to Buddhism, not that it''s much of a trip.
So I will work hard on finishing my Yaone costume.
Exchange of dialogue between Weirdquark and myself just now:
W: "If I convert Ruth to Sufi-ism, what do I get?"
R: "Well, not a toaster... a watermelon."
W: "I don't particularly like watermelon."
R:"It's the principle behind the watermelon."
W:"Just as it's the principle behind the toaster."
I really like living here.
My first ex-girlfriend owes me a toaster.
