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 Oct 24 2004, 05:57 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: 2-January 04 From: California Protectorate Member No.: 5,949  |
ok, the films here seem to be fairly well made. However, I don't know what the heck they're saying, and none of my German speaking friends speak Shadowrun ;)
Has anyone done/can do translations for these movies? |
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Oct 24 2004, 06:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 749 Joined: 22-June 02 From: Parts Without Member No.: 2,897 |
These are surreal. The begining of "Illusions" where the gamers are gatheirng to play must be just like non-gamers feel when the stumble in on a group of gamers in action-- they see books, and dice, and such, but can't understand a word of what's going on.
I also like the transtion from the "Shadowrun" book to "Real Life." Then again, that fits with my "Gamer Shaman" ethos. |
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Oct 24 2004, 08:36 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Ames, IA Member No.: 6,653 |
I'm downloading them now. I have 3 years of high school German experience from 2 years ago, so I'll do my best. Later.
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Oct 24 2004, 08:44 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: 2-January 04 From: California Protectorate Member No.: 5,949 |
Not to belittle you Krieger, but the people I had try to translate these were college Junior German majors, and they could only pick out a few words. It's very conversational German, and it's hard to hear in some bits because they mutter. Moreover, the terminology they use is highly shadowrunized, and I doubt you learned much of that in high school German :P You're welcome to try, but I was thinking a native-speaking German SR person would have to give it a go...
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Oct 24 2004, 09:08 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Ames, IA Member No.: 6,653 |
Quite.
The few words I could hear I couldn't really understand (the muttering), and the only words I managed to pick out that sounded familiar were things such as "Das" and other marginally important words. I didn't figure I could do anything toward the cause; I guess my first post wasn't sarcastic enough in the "I'll do what I can." :) |
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Oct 25 2004, 06:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: 2-January 04 From: California Protectorate Member No.: 5,949 |
Are there any native German speakers here?
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Oct 25 2004, 07:04 PM
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Mr. Quote-function Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,312 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Germany Member No.: 1,376 |
There are most definitely more than enough native speakers around ;)
I however do lack
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Oct 25 2004, 07:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 749 Joined: 22-June 02 From: Parts Without Member No.: 2,897 |
Besides, just looking at one (Illusions), you can pretty much tell what each of the characters are, and the plot is pretty self-explanatory. This ain't no "Usual Suspects."
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Oct 26 2004, 02:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: 2-January 04 From: California Protectorate Member No.: 5,949 |
They may not have the most intricate plotlines, but I would like to know the basic reasoning behind the missions on some, and know what the idea is behind the action.
Cochise, I don't pretend to be an expert on movies, but I really don't see how they could be that horrible. What, you were expecting "Matrix"? ;) Since it seems they were operating on a college student budget (i.e. a camcorder, $4.55 in loose change, and some 10-odd half eaten pizzas), I think they handled it rather well. In "Illusions" especially, I think they did decent special effects. The adept Great leap was decent and the hand-to-hand was passable with a few "hey, that's kinda cool" moments. The shaman's spell wasn't that flashy, but SR magic is generally described as not appearing to look like much to the mundane eye. The smartlink scene was particular clever, and the flamethrower spell was well done(although you ould actually still see a bit of what they were actually using for flame). My biggest beef was that the adept died in a melodramic "both combantants kill each opther at the same time!!!!" way and the decking bit was a little unshadowrun like to me. But that's just my opinion :) |
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Oct 26 2004, 03:16 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
What format are the videos again? If it's anything Final Cut Pro will open, I'd be willing to add subtitles in my own amateurish fashion. Afraid I can't help with translation, though.
~J |
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Oct 26 2004, 03:24 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: 2-January 04 From: California Protectorate Member No.: 5,949 |
They seem to be available in both .rar and .wmv
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Oct 26 2004, 03:32 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
rar is a compression type, and the links didn't seem to work when I tried to confirm that they have wmv types inside.
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Oct 26 2004, 04:03 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Well, I haven't tried it, but if there would be anything FCP wouldn't open, Windows Media would be it.
~J |
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Oct 26 2004, 06:41 PM
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Mr. Quote-function Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,312 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Germany Member No.: 1,376 |
I'm not talking about technique or FX .. I'm actually talking about story and how convincing actors are (I wouldn't cast a single one of them for one of those really cheesy soap operas *no I'm not talking about things like Guiding Light or General Hospital. Think lower*) ...
And that's just mine ;) |
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Oct 26 2004, 08:06 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 11-April 04 From: Netanya, Israel Member No.: 6,232 |
ok, i am native german and live in germany for about 18 years or so. can't download the movies, so i cna't help you with a translation ...
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Oct 26 2004, 08:11 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
What kind of college students are those? Wasting good pizza, pah! I watched them a while ago... Not bad, but not incredible either. Though, I must admit the fight scenes were far less than stellar. |
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Oct 28 2004, 11:51 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,512 |
There is a new movie online called "Body Park".
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Oct 29 2004, 01:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Württemberg, AGS Member No.: 2,068 |
And it's not a tad better than the ones before.
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Oct 29 2004, 02:33 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,512 |
Yepp, it's well done too.
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Oct 30 2004, 03:27 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 18-January 04 From: bethlehem, pennsylvania. not israel. we're not busy bulldozing any palestinian homesteads here. yet. Member No.: 5,989 |
Y'know, my coworker tried to make me watch one of these, once. Its crap like those that make me ashamed to admit to people that I roleplay on the occasional weekend. |
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