Don't you love the way Hollywood mispronounces foreign words even when they don't have to?
- did you notice that she sticks her chopssticks into the rice, i.e. standing up... she better not be eating that rice... or the ancestors will have a word
That gives me the creeps too - but I'm not convinced it's universal - in Guizhou where I used to live, nobody seems to care - apart from me who'd had the brainwashing on the subject before I arrived...
- why does mr. ancestor have a scepter? was a king?
And why does he have to have such a bloody stupid name? Show a bit of respect people - these are ancestors?
- why does mushu have neither 3 or four toes... is he half a royal dragon?
I'm curious now - how many toes does he have then?
- what are the Huns doing in China? or, pray tell, has someone mistranslated Xiongnu
As in Atilla the, perhaps? I'm pretty sure I've seen Xiongnu translated in that way - and I'm sure the Disney types would rather have gargled broken glass than attempted to pronounce anything with an X in it...
- why does the 'wall' look like badaling?
A Disneyland version of the Great Wall - what do you expect?
- why do the Chinese have white (arab) horses? - why do the Chinese have better horses than the Mongols and why do the Chinese have stirups (and the Mongols do not) when the Mongols invented them? - why do Tang dynasty clothes wearing soldiers wear terracotta warrior army shoes .. those shoes are quality man, 700+ years and still good.
Good questions all - I failed to pick up on this - but SERIOUS flaws. If more were needed...
- that rocket has modern characters on it.
OH HONESTLY. There's no excuse for that sort of thing. And Communist style writing to boot.... arrrrrrggggghhhh!
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Re: No icon can describe the awfulness of Mulan
Date: 2006-03-17 01:44 pm (UTC)Don't you love the way Hollywood mispronounces foreign words even when they don't have to?
That gives me the creeps too - but I'm not convinced it's universal - in Guizhou where I used to live, nobody seems to care - apart from me who'd had the brainwashing on the subject before I arrived...
And why does he have to have such a bloody stupid name? Show a bit of respect people - these are ancestors?
I'm curious now - how many toes does he have then?
As in Atilla the, perhaps? I'm pretty sure I've seen Xiongnu translated in that way - and I'm sure the Disney types would rather have gargled broken glass than attempted to pronounce anything with an X in it...
A Disneyland version of the Great Wall - what do you expect?
Good questions all - I failed to pick up on this - but SERIOUS flaws. If more were needed...
OH HONESTLY. There's no excuse for that sort of thing. And Communist style writing to boot.... arrrrrrggggghhhh!
Well sporked. Very well sporked.