The PLRH family is in the midst of watching the 1980 mini-series Shōgun on DVD. My Sweetie and I remember watching Shōgun when we were younger. In fact, the series is what inspired my Sweetie to select Japan as his duty station of choice in the Navy. Over the years, both of us also read the epic novel by James Clavell.
In the novel, the Japanese women who undress the shipwrecked John Blackthorne compare the male anatomy of the unconscious Englishman to that of the typical Japanese man. This scene is left out of the movie version and my Sweetie and I commented on it. However, we didn’t realize the kids were paying attention to what we said.
Shōgun has a lot of Japanese dialog (obviously) but there aren’t any subtitles. Unless there is a translator in the scene, the non-Japanese-speaking viewer has a little bit of trouble following along. Husband was able to pull out many words but not enough to translate accurately.
The boys got a little bored with these scenes and started dubbing in their own dialog for the Japanese. What topics did their dialog cover?
- Comparing standard equipment.
- The leaves used in the tea ceremony are cannabis.
- "That's what she said."
- Pajamas and bunny slippers.
- "Come again soon!" when leaving the pleasure house.
- General chatter that had me shaking my head.
7 comments:
Mystery Science Theater has nothing on the PLRH Family. I love it!
Maybe I need to have the "boys" be my translators.
I always got bored during those scenes, too! Too funny about the cannabis tea leaves!
I rememebr watching this with my Mom.
When the boys were "translating", did they make sure their mouths didn't match the words that were coming out, like a good "B" karate flick?
AHHH! Life with teenage boys. This is just one more reason there needs to be a tv camera in the PLRH household. You guys crack me up.
"That's what she said" is a popular line in this household as well. Have you seen the new "Close your mouth" announcements at the beginning of movies? They show movie scenes with disruputive talking dubbed over their dialogue. Cute.
I should probably be embarrassed to admit that I've never seen or heard of this undoubtedly riveting mini series...but I'm VERY familiar with teen banter such as you described--makes life fun, doesn't it?
And I must confess...when I saw your giveaway offer, I was tempted to cheat and post comments on all the November back posts. But alas, I decided to play it straight :/ Is there a consolation prize for late commentary??
I totally agree, "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" set the stage for this. I used to nap with MST3K on the television, and I'd wake myself up laughing at something they said, but I didn't KNOW what had been said - my subconscious was listening while my conscious mind was asleep.
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