HTF REVIEW: Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2 Viewers)

[Larry Sutliff]

I have to agree that the new documentary is not all that great, though I did enjoy the section about the scoring and the sound mixing. I think that the real documentaries about the prequels have yet to be made; they will probably be on the inevitable boxset for 2007, and hopefully we'll get to see more of the creative process, how GL felt about some of the reactions to TPM and AOTC, etc.

 

[Johnny Angell]

There ought to be a web site devoted to documenting mis-understood movie dialogue or song lyrics. I'll bet there are some doozies.

 

[TedT]

What's a mac?

 

[TravisR]

Just to prove that I'm a total nerd, the proper spelling is 'Wookiee' with double 'e' on the end.

Check out Jabba's subtitles on Return Of The Jedi.

 

[Aaron_Brez]

"Carry a laser / down the road that I must travel..."

 

[Travis Brashear]

Originally posted by TravisR:
Just to prove that I'm a total nerd, the proper spelling is 'Wookiee' with double 'e' on the end.

Consider me duly corrected. Makes you wonder if all Travises are ubernerds like you and I...

 

[Greg_S_H]

There are a number of misheard lyrics sites. amiright.com is one. Search for the term "mondegreens" if you want others. The key problem is, most of the ones I've seen were *not* truly misunderstood by the listener. The people submitting them were just looking for a laugh, which is not real instructive as far as I'm concerned. Example: one person claimed they thought Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" said "eat chunky butt love." Sorry. Ain't buyin'. There are too many questionables like that to make me really recommend these sites, but you can make up your own mind.

As for Star Wars dialog I misheard when I was four, I thought Dark Invader was talking about the dark side of the forest.

 

[Douglas Bailey]

As for Star Wars dialog I misheard when I was four, I thought Dark Invader was talking about the dark side of the forest.

To this day, it sounds to me as though Obi-Wan, when reacting to the destruction of Alderaan, says "as if millions of oysters had suddenly cried out".

I know it's really "voices", but I've been hearing "oysters" pretty much steadily since 1977. And I don't think I'm alone, either...

 

[Paul Arnette]

Oh, my, God! I thought the same thing and continued to, until this very day. I'm so happy I now understand what the hell Alec Guiness said it that scene. I'm also so embarassed it took 28 years to figure it out. :b

 

[CraigF]

^^ Yup, me too. In movies like these, people could say *anything*, and how would you know what you "heard" wasn't right?

 

[Kevin Lamb]

For I don't know how many years I thought:

"Lock S-Foils in attack positions" was "Luck as falls. In attack positions!"

"Cut the chatter Red 2" was "Cut the shadow Red 2" (I assumed he was ordering Red 2 to perform some aerial maneuver.)

"Negative, negative, they didn't go in. Just impacted on the surface" was "Negative, negative, they didn't go in. Just a' peckin' on the surface."

"We've got to be able to get some kind of reading on that shield--up or down!" was "We've got to be able to get some kind of reading on that shield--Han port down!"

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

This isn't the thread, but 10 points to anyone who can recite line for line the lyrics to 'It's the End of the World As We Know It' by REM.

Also, everytime I hear the song 'Bad Moon on the Rise' it sounds like "There's a Bathroom on the Right" to me lol.

Lastly..."Take it easy, take it easy. Don't let the sound of your home theater drive you crazy."

 

[Greg_S_H]

Yep, thought that, too.

 

[Mike Frezon]

How about the BeeGees "More Than A Woman"? Bald-headed woman....bald-headed woman to me-ee-ee...

 

[Phil Carter]

This thread has veered a bit offtopic, but I can't resist throwing in what I think is the all-time best misheard lyric I know of.

Dream Theater's "Scarred" has the following lyric: "Won't let them fill me with fatalistic remedies...". Unfortunately, several people on the Dream Theater mailing list misheard it as: "Won't let them feel me with their elastic rubbernads...."

Ever since, I can't listen to the song without hearing "elastic rubbernads" and breaking into helpless laughter.

cheers,
Phil

 

[PeterTHX]

"Battlestar Galactica" in SciFi is HD, and rebroadcast as such on Universal HD & NBC.

Since the show will almost certainly be SHOT with HD cameras I think Star Wars in HiDef will be a certainty.

Now...will it be 2.35 or 1.78?

 

[Matt Wright]

I have dibs on 1.78:1 --
a. the show is made for HDTV in mind, not a movie theater, and so they want it to "fill the HDTV", which 2.35:1 wouldn't (slight letterboxing).

b. 2.35:1 makes even larger bars then 16:9 when re-broadcast as 4:3 standard def TV, or at least more annoying to choose what to pan and scan.

 

[Joel...Lane]

Finally got the movie yesterday. As with the previous two movies, I don't agree with Lucas' reasons for cutting most of the deleted scenes. He's way to worried about running times. Most should have stayed in. The formation of the Alliance! Come on.

 

[TravisR]

Those scenes were removed because they had nothing to do with the rest of the movie and you can assume that the Alliance is formed in between the movies.

 

[Bill Williams]

Hey Phil, I got another one for ya...

In Aretha Franklin's "Respect", every time I hear "Take care of (undecipherable last word)", it sounds to me like she's singing, "Break out the PCP"... Just had to throw that one in there...

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