This story on BBC news reminds me of my situation just a few months ago when I was a Star Wars virgin. Yep, until November time I hadn’t watched more than just a few minutes of Star Wars – but my other half made me watch it and like the guy in the BBC article, I didn’t find it as bad as I expected.
I’ve only seen 3-6 but I don’t think I’ll bother watch the first/last 3.
I’ve just realised something….
When I was in Japan in September 2004, I brought a Japanese DVD. The DVD was in Japanese and since it was intended for the Japanese market, it was entirely in Japanese. I watched the DVD on the plane back and I’ve seen it several times since.
Laying in bed just now, it just occured to me…. The Japanese DVD is in Japanese: i.e. there is no English. How on earth did I manage to watch and understand it and how come it’s taken me over 2 years to realise it was in Japanese?
I’ll now have to find the DVD and re-watch it and see if it still makes sense. If so, somehow, magically, I know Japanese without knowing it… Either that, or I’m really really slow off the mark!
Here’s a trailer for a famous UK TV show that’s going over to America – but which show is it?
Download link: Which show is this?
Inspired by Les’s post on the Wilhelm Scream, I decided to watch “Howard the Duck” again (the 1986 comedy “flop”) starring Lea Thompson (better known to me as Lorraine McFly from Back to the Future).
However, here’s a question for you – who was the Executive Producer of Howard the Duck? Was it:
A: Robert “Back To The Future” Zemeckis
B: George “Star Wars” Lucas
C: Leonard “WarGames” Goldberg
D: The Wachowski “Matrix” Brothers?
» Read more: Howard T. Duck
I’ve just watched the first 10 minutes of “Cutie Honey” (a Japanese anime where I’m not quite sure what the “target audience” is – the women seem to be very well endowded and bits of clothing keep on being torn off, but not in a sexual way..).
Anyway – the main character “Honey” has just come in for a shock…
How would you feel if:
* You just found out your Dad was dead (murdered)
* But he left a tape recording for you
* Telling you not to be suprised, but you aren’t his daughter
* Because you are an android
11minutes in and I’m laughing like anything (“those crazy Japanese!”) and already trying to figure out quite what is going on 
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