Joshua Bell wrote:
>> Jack Frost (a Russo Finnish co-production featuring Father Mushroom),
>
>Amusingly, there are two recent (90's) movies also named "Jack Frost" -
>one a heartwarming family oriented feature staring Michael Keaton, the
>other a B slasher-in-a-small-town flick - both featuring the central
>plot device of souls transferred into the bodies of snowmen. Even the
>video boxes look similar - and for once, the B-movie came out first.
Oh yeah, I almost rented the slasher one a while back. Brrrrrr, forgot
about that. Well, of course, the original title of the MST3K one was
something long and in Cyrillic, and I suspect the translation was AWFUL.
"Baba Yaga" was translated as "Little Hunched Magic Grandma" in the overdub
-- "No, Little Hunched Magic Grandma, I will show you how to put a person
in the oven!" -- or something like that. But they DID have the house on the
chicken legs. :)
>> Prince of Space ("Look! The Japanese Sylvia Plath!!!")
>
>"I am Prince of Space! Your weapons have no effect on me!"
>
>And don't forget evil chicken man - "Nar, nar, nar!".
Or the endless comments about his (lack of) underpants. :p Actually, I
have a catchphrase I use sometimes, which I got from that film. Remember
the starting scene, in the discussion about how all the nice young man can
teach the kids is about "bootblacking"? In a deep, Crow-like voice, I
occasionally announce, "WE LIKE IT VERY MUCH."
Thanks for the heads-up on the shorts, Josh. :)
Er, short films I mean. Man.
Gord
