Serenity: the Stickers
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I think the "ball come/ball arrive" one makes sense. Is that not used in front of the lever that release the mule from where it was locked in? It has a arrow pointing in the direction where a possible "trailer ball" type thing would be coming from. If you guys know what I mean.
By the way, welcome aboard kevinericon, it's great to have another Firefly/Serenity fan around here, especially one that knows Chinese and could help us out in our prop building.
By the way, welcome aboard kevinericon, it's great to have another Firefly/Serenity fan around here, especially one that knows Chinese and could help us out in our prop building.
Great_Bizarro
Sr Member
Humm. I guess it's be cannon to the movie or be correct, I guess its cannon since they screwed it up. Great to have someone that can read Chinese. With the humor the propmakers had on the series (aka train job) they may have ment to be The meatballs have arrived/departed.
Great_Bizarro
Sr Member
I can make the stickers (see prior posts) but don't want to step on Sith's toes since he did the artwork. The skulls come from a font called medicine.
Mike J.
Master Member
Actually, GB, I give you my blessing to go and cut vinyl
Go forth, and multiply :angel :lol
In all seriousness, you all can consider these fair game for ... use.
They were a labor of ... appreciation. Pass them around, stick them on things, do whatever.
Rest assured, I will be selling something in the near future. Mu hu hu wa ha ha ha...
-Mike
Go forth, and multiply :angel :lol
In all seriousness, you all can consider these fair game for ... use.
They were a labor of ... appreciation. Pass them around, stick them on things, do whatever.
Rest assured, I will be selling something in the near future. Mu hu hu wa ha ha ha...
-Mike
Great_Bizarro
Sr Member
Ok, thanks. Anyone want some stickers let me know.
Anyone want some stickers let me know.
Mike, you did a great job creating those graphics, especially you haven't use any form of Chinese input system. (Really impressed :eek ) And believe me, you did a BETTER job than the Serenity crew. All Chinese in the film is gibberish, and I was informed yesterday that all Japanese in it is also meaningless.
Here's the one I enjoyed the most, the rescue ship on Miranda, with a shot so close and so slow, well, I guess they really didn't expect to release the film in asia. :lol
And dr_slurpee, thanks, I'm really glad I caught the registration window this time.
Kevin
All Chinese in the film is gibberish, and I was informed yesterday that all Japanese in it is also meaningless.Here's the one I enjoyed the most, the rescue ship on Miranda, with a shot so close and so slow, well, I guess they really didn't expect to release the film in asia. :lol
And dr_slurpee, thanks, I'm really glad I caught the registration window this time.
Kevin
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Er...it's hard to tell how humorous it is without some explanation of what the characters actually say. Is it a bunch of nonsense syllables? Some odd-sounding sentence? Completely fake characters?
Here's the one I enjoyed the most, the rescue ship on Miranda, with a shot so close and so slow, well, I guess they really didn't expect to release the film in asia. :lol
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Er...it's hard to tell how humorous it is without some explanation of what the characters actually say.
Is it a bunch of nonsense syllables? Some odd-sounding sentence? Completely fake characters?
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Er...it's hard to tell how humorous it is without some explanation of what the characters actually say. Is it a bunch of nonsense syllables? Some odd-sounding sentence? Completely fake characters?
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Well I guess you're right. So here it comes.
"Hill Length Third Middle Be String For It Last Horse Sudden Long." :lol
If you read it out real fast in Chinese, I believe people will think A.your universal translator is broken, or B.you're nuts. It's all words with meaning, but they randomly composed it. My guess is they just randomly choose some words with fewer strokes.
In the series they really want the audience to believe in the 'verse they've created, but they just use other languages as "alien symbols" in the film. It's not a very healthy attitude especially when making a Sci-fi film. B)
Here's the one I enjoyed the most, the rescue ship on Miranda, with a shot so close and so slow, well, I guess they really didn't expect to release the film in asia. :lol
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Er...it's hard to tell how humorous it is without some explanation of what the characters actually say.
Is it a bunch of nonsense syllables? Some odd-sounding sentence? Completely fake characters?[/b][/quote]
Well I guess you're right. So here it comes.
"Hill Length Third Middle Be String For It Last Horse Sudden Long." :lol
If you read it out real fast in Chinese, I believe people will think A.your universal translator is broken, or B.you're nuts. It's all words with meaning, but they randomly composed it. My guess is they just randomly choose some words with fewer strokes.
In the series they really want the audience to believe in the 'verse they've created, but they just use other languages as "alien symbols" in the film. It's not a very healthy attitude especially when making a Sci-fi film. B)
Andy Kernow
New Member
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I dunno - It all seems Earth based. My feeling is that they are saying that Chinese became the primary language, hence all the written signs & reverting to Chinese when cursing. My guess is they were just badly advised in translation. Good to have someone around who can put it right, though.
Andy
I dunno - It all seems Earth based. My feeling is that they are saying that Chinese became the primary language, hence all the written signs & reverting to Chinese when cursing. My guess is they were just badly advised in translation. Good to have someone around who can put it right, though.
Andy
YenChih Lin
Master Member
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:confused :lol :lol Oh ok. Now meatball doesn't really make sense, maybe they intended to make something up like "No step" - PM me about your theater visit
Old post, but I've been itching to reply to this topic since I spoke Chinese. Guess now I have the chance.
As you can see, Ball Come really didn't make ANY sense at all. Other stickers at least meant something, though they're not using Chinese right. You can see "drugs" is misused, I'm guessing they were trying to use "toxic".
I guess they used some sort of translation program (which wassn't very accurate) instead of hiring an actual consultant. They did a great job making Firefly series, all the Chinese language and signs were correct, but in the movie Serenity, almost all signs were wrong. I went to the Serenity premiere in Taiwan and there's laughters everytime a Chinese sign shows up.
It's still a great film though. :love
Kevin
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Oh ok. Now meatball doesn't really make sense, maybe they intended to make something up like "No step" - PM me about your theater visit
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I dunno - It all seems Earth based. My feeling is that they are saying that Chinese became the primary language, hence all the written signs & reverting to Chinese when cursing. My guess is they were just badly advised in translation. Good to have someone around who can put it right, though.
Andy
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Kernow's right. I remember reading two specific things that Joss Whedon said, relating to the series:
- The United States and China became Earth's superpowers, and continued to have influence once they found a new galaxy. That's why, in some episodes of the series ("The Train Job" is one that jumps to mind), a Chinese flag on top of an American flag is used as the Alliance logo.
- There are no aliens in the series at all. He said he believes that 500 years from now, humans will still be the only intelligent life. Or something along those lines. So, all the other languages they use are theoretically just artifacts from Earth-That-Was.
So, unfortunately, it was just misinformation - or perhaps laziness - that contributed to the bad translations. Thanks for putting us right, though. I wouldn't want to be totin' around some Firefly merchandise, thinking it says one thing when it really says another.
I dunno - It all seems Earth based. My feeling is that they are saying that Chinese became the primary language, hence all the written signs & reverting to Chinese when cursing. My guess is they were just badly advised in translation. Good to have someone around who can put it right, though.
Andy
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Kernow's right. I remember reading two specific things that Joss Whedon said, relating to the series:
- The United States and China became Earth's superpowers, and continued to have influence once they found a new galaxy. That's why, in some episodes of the series ("The Train Job" is one that jumps to mind), a Chinese flag on top of an American flag is used as the Alliance logo.
- There are no aliens in the series at all. He said he believes that 500 years from now, humans will still be the only intelligent life. Or something along those lines. So, all the other languages they use are theoretically just artifacts from Earth-That-Was.
So, unfortunately, it was just misinformation - or perhaps laziness - that contributed to the bad translations. Thanks for putting us right, though. I wouldn't want to be totin' around some Firefly merchandise, thinking it says one thing when it really says another.
Wow. I really love these Boards.
GB, what is your pricing structure. Feel free to PM me, I check the boards periodically. Like I stated above, I am especially interested in the Skulls, Storage Only, Passengers Prohibited, the triangular planet blowing up (I guess), and Lock-Down when in Anti-Gravity.
All of these are found on this thread.
Thanks again.
Obi_Don
GB, what is your pricing structure. Feel free to PM me, I check the boards periodically. Like I stated above, I am especially interested in the Skulls, Storage Only, Passengers Prohibited, the triangular planet blowing up (I guess), and Lock-Down when in Anti-Gravity.
All of these are found on this thread.
Thanks again.
Obi_Don
Great_Bizarro
Sr Member
Firefly Chinese
Firefly-Serenity Chinese Pinyinary
Firefly-Serenity Chinese Pinyinary
cabridges
New Member
I had the chance to talk to Geoffrey Mandel, the graphic designer for the movie. One of the things that came up was the Chinese in the designs, which he admitted were generally tossed in or Babel Fished. They figured Chinese would probably migrate a bit in 500 years, so...
In-joke on the search and rescue ship, though: "The biggest in-joke is the serial number of the Alliance research & rescue vessel on Miranda: C-57D, which happens to be the serial number of the Earth cruiser in Forbidden Planet."
In-joke on the search and rescue ship, though: "The biggest in-joke is the serial number of the Alliance research & rescue vessel on Miranda: C-57D, which happens to be the serial number of the Earth cruiser in Forbidden Planet."
Mike J.
Master Member
Aw man, you lucky ******* (I think I've said that to Ben, too :lol ).
He has the coolest job in the world.
And actual confirmation that the Bhutan note was used in the series. We were pretty sure, but it is nice to hear.
I love that kind of behind-the-scenes information. Love it.
Thanks for posting that link
-Mike
He has the coolest job in the world.
And actual confirmation that the Bhutan note was used in the series. We were pretty sure, but it is nice to hear.
I love that kind of behind-the-scenes information. Love it.
Thanks for posting that link
-Mike
Yeah, languages do change over time, even English in Firefly changed. But you still don't see the rescue ship on Miranda labeled: "Srach en ReQ Sip" :lol
That's a informative interview BTW.
That's a informative interview BTW.
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