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0|0|0|||||Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_%5E%3B|Blob||18:01:49|04/03/2002|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-03-02 AT 06:23 PM (EST)]MTV just started showing Vision of Escaflowne %28in Germany%29. Well. That in and off itself is good. But there are downsides to it. %0D%0A%231 - There is already a subtitled version of it released on tape overe here%2C MTV could have used that for the dialoges. But did they do it%3F Noooooo. They used the french version in wich a lot of the dialoge has been outright censored%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%232 - The dub. Well what can you expect. There hasn%27t been a decent german anime dub since Manga Video Gemany dropped out of buisness some years ago. %28But I have some hope for the dub of Jin Roh. Well I%27ll kno about that in a few hours.%29 But ist it really that hard to pronounce japanese names%3F Its %22Hitomi%22 dammit%21 Not %22Hitoomi%22 or %22Hitomii%22%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%233 - The music. They did leave most of the soundtrak alone. Wich is the reason I%27m not running around killing people at random right now. But they excanged the opening and ending songs%21 Does anybody of you know the techno band DAX-Raiders%3F If yes%3A KILL THEM%21%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AWell. It felt good%2C to blow off some steam. I hope %27im not too out of place with that here. If I%27ve pissed off The Powers That Be with being to off topic%2C I%27m sorry. If I didn%27t piss off anyone there might be more rants coming. Detektive Conan is going to be shown on German TV soon and Cowboy Bebob is comeing sometime this year%2C too.  
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Laudre||18:51:51|04/03/2002|%3EBut ist it really that hard to pronounce %0D%0A%3Ejapanese names%3F Its %22Hitomi%22 dammit%21 Not %22Hitoomi%22 or %22Hitomii%22%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AThis is only tangentially related%2C but it reminded me of something amusing.%0D%0A%0D%0ABack in my first two years of college%2C my faculty advisor%27s last name was McKeown.  Which is fine%3B it%27s pronounced %22mahKYOON%22%2C more or less.  The problem was that she was a French professor%2C and when you look at a name like that while thinking in French %28particularly%2C French phonetics and transcription of sounds%29%2C your brain seizes up trying to parse it and you end up making a strange kind of honking sound.%0D%0A%0D%0AMost of the French students%2C particularly the French majors%2C ended up calling her %22Madame.%22  It was just too difficult to pronounce such a Scottish name in French.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean -- %0D%0A%5Bb%5DRabid Crack Weasel %2342%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true%27.%22  -- Terry Pratchett %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.drelau.com%2F%7CThe Broken Link%5D %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.livejournal.com%2Fusers%2Feva_densetsu%2F%7CFollow my creative process%5D %0D%0A
2|2|1|||||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Blob||03:31:31|04/04/2002|%3E%3EBut ist it really that hard to pronounce %0D%0A%3E%3Ejapanese names%3F Its %22Hitomi%22 dammit%21 Not %22Hitoomi%22 or %22Hitomii%22%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThis is only tangentially related%2C but it reminded me of something %0D%0A%3Eamusing. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AWell. It%27s better than flames. %5E_%5E%3B%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBack in my first two years of college%2C my faculty advisor%27s last name %0D%0A%3Ewas McKeown.  Which is fine%3B it%27s pronounced %22mahKYOON%22%2C more or less. %0D%0A%3E The problem was that she was a French professor%2C and when you look at %0D%0A%3Ea name like that while thinking in French %28particularly%2C French %0D%0A%3Ephonetics and transcription of sounds%29%2C your brain seizes up trying to %0D%0A%3Eparse it and you end up making a strange kind of honking sound. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EMost of the French students%2C particularly the French majors%2C ended up %0D%0A%3Ecalling her %22Madame.%22  It was just too difficult to pronounce such a %0D%0A%3EScottish name in French. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AI can imagine%2C haveing been to Scottland once and being able to recieve a French TV channel over here.%0D%0A
3|1|0|||||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Blob||09:49:12|04/04/2002|%3EThere hasn%27t been a decent %0D%0A%3Egerman anime dub since Manga Video Gemany dropped out of buisness some %0D%0A%3Eyears ago. %28But I have some hope for the dub of Jin Roh. Well I%27ll kno %0D%0A%3Eabout that in a few hours.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AYES%21%21%21 I%27ve got the german Jin Roh DVD and it%27s finally a decent german dub again%21 I%27ve found no less than four of the german voices from Star Trek characters %28Lt. Paris%2C Quark%2C Worf and Picard%29 in there%21 %2Adoes the mesoponanian dance of joy%2A
4|1|0|||||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Blob||17:30:10|04/10/2002|Little rant update%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ADilandau a woman%21%3F%21 WTF%21%3F%21 Who is the Idiot responsible for that%21%3F I want this bastard%27s head%21 %0D%0A
5|2|4|||1||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|BobSchroeck||18:08:02|04/10/2002|%3EDilandau a woman%21%3F%21 WTF%21%3F%21 Who is the Idiot responsible for that%21%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThe old bearded bad guy with the bad TV signal%2C of course...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A%28Proud member of the Legion of Rabid Crack Weasels%29%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0ATheorizing he could space travel within his own galaxy%2C Captain Jonathan Archer stepped onto the bridge of the Enterprise and %5Bi%5Dvanished%5B%2Fi%5D...
6|3|5|||||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Blob||10:11:03|04/11/2002|%3E%3EDilandau a woman%21%3F%21 WTF%21%3F%21 Who is the Idiot responsible for that%21%3F%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe old bearded bad guy with the bad TV signal%2C of course... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Agrabs shotgun%2A Thank you. Now I%27ve just got to get this interdimensional-gateway generator working. %0D%0A
7|4|6|||1||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Griever||13:31:04|04/11/2002|%3E%2Agrabs shotgun%2A Thank you. Now I%27ve just got to get this %0D%0A%3Einterdimensional-gateway generator working. %0D%0A%0D%0A%2Athrows him a remote%2A Use mine. I%27ll just go get the%0D%0Abattlesuits%2C and we can get going.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A    -Griever %0D%0ARCW XIII ... no the _other_ thirteen.%0D%0A%27Back%2C he spurred like a madman%2C shrieking a curse to the sky%2C%0D%0AWith the white road smoking behind him%2C and his rapier brandished high%21%27
10|5|7|||||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Blob||10:09:42|04/12/2002|%3E%3E%2Agrabs shotgun%2A Thank you. Now I%27ve just got to get this %0D%0A%3E%3Einterdimensional-gateway generator working. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%2Athrows him a remote%2A Use mine. I%27ll just go get the %0D%0A%3Ebattlesuits%2C and we can get going. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AOkay. Let%27s use those with the variable ammo missilelaunchers. I take an even mix of anti-matter warheads and napalm.%0D%0A
8|2|4|||1||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Mephron||15:02:00|04/11/2002|%3ELittle rant update%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EDilandau a woman%21%3F%21 WTF%21%3F%21 Who is the Idiot responsible for that%21%3F I %0D%0A%3Ewant this bastard%27s head%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AI could say something here%2C but I won%27t.... just... never mind%2C too difficult to not say it.%0D%0A%0D%0AHow far have you seen%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Mephron%0D%0ABronze Saint %0D%0AEPU RCW %231
9|3|8|||||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|Blob||10:07:52|04/12/2002|%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHow far have you seen%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThe first four episodes and Dilandau definitely looks like a guy in those.%0D%0A
11|4|9|||1||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|BobSchroeck||13:06:14|04/12/2002|%3E%3EHow far have you seen%3F %0D%0A%3EThe first four episodes and Dilandau definitely looks like a guy in %0D%0A%3Ethose. %0D%0A%0D%0APatience%2C grasshopper.  All will become clearer.%0D%0A%0D%0AOr at least a little less murky.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A%28Proud member of the Legion of Rabid Crack Weasels%29%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0ATheorizing he could space travel within his own galaxy%2C Captain Jonathan Archer stepped onto the bridge of the Enterprise and %5Bi%5Dvanished%5B%2Fi%5D...
12|5|11|||||RE%3A Ranting... sorry but I just have to %5E_|WengFook||08:39:47|04/14/2002|%3E%3E%3EHow far have you seen%3F %0D%0A%3E%3EThe first four episodes and Dilandau definitely looks like a guy in %0D%0A%3E%3Ethose. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EPatience%2C grasshopper.  All will become clearer. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOr at least a little less murky. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Ablink%2A%2Ablink%2A you know i was actually thrown off by the fact that the japanese version actually had a woman doing the voice but it was quite hard to tell...