tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5234076941901919894..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Korean spaghetti is called "jajangmyeon"...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48287088871231004472010-11-25T15:48:41.245-05:002010-11-25T15:48:41.245-05:00Korean movie dialogue always kicks my ass, so I le...<i>Korean movie dialogue always kicks my ass, so I lean on the subtitles anyway.</i> You and me both, brother. I'll probably watch with the audio turned down and pretend I was never paid to speak Han Gook Mal. <br /><br />And when I looked to see if the King County Library System had this DVD--on order, Seattle-Tacoma is, IIRC, 4th for Korean population in the world, after Seoul, LA, and Pusan--I did m,y search for "good bad weird", and it kicked back two hits: This, and "Hannah Montana, The Complete First Season."<br /><br />WV: dinguest. HehDranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74573128872051722292010-11-25T05:17:38.412-05:002010-11-25T05:17:38.412-05:00I don't know what is more disturbing, that som...I don't know what is more disturbing, that someone knew the answer to my rhetorical question or that they bothered to answer...<br />But thanks Cowboy Blob, I can now die completed now that I know how to say "Flying Spaghetti Monster" in Korean...Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37387669067839744202010-11-23T21:26:03.324-05:002010-11-23T21:26:03.324-05:00Started watching on Netflix. Fell in love with th...Started watching on Netflix. Fell in love with the P-38 all over again. Sniff... It's a beautiful thing.<br /><br />Boy, the ROK's really love their fight scenes, don't they!<br /><br />Thanks for the tip on this movie. What a blast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88772708034551461822010-11-23T18:51:00.504-05:002010-11-23T18:51:00.504-05:00flying = pihaeng
monster = gwemul
word verf: syc...flying = pihaeng<br />monster = gwemul<br /><br />word verf: sychokinCowboy Blobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880979084783592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43139305380703274412010-11-23T09:05:07.449-05:002010-11-23T09:05:07.449-05:00Dammit! I tried to watch it with, um, a *friend* ...Dammit! I tried to watch it with, um, a *friend* in the hotel, but AT&T wireless broadband sucks rocks, and the Westin wanted to charge for wifi (!).<br /><br />Fortunately, we were well stocked with other entertainments. I ordered <i>The Expendables</i> on in-room. $16, but she really enjoyed it, too, so....J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71197628708002413542010-11-23T08:58:45.555-05:002010-11-23T08:58:45.555-05:00I put it in my Netflix queue. I should have it to...I put it in my Netflix queue. I should have it tomorrow!Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10324035824298948422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79980661611198420272010-11-23T05:42:19.963-05:002010-11-23T05:42:19.963-05:00So how do you say "flying" and "mon...So how do you say "flying" and "monster" then?Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3740609693325842642010-11-22T21:36:52.007-05:002010-11-22T21:36:52.007-05:00Cowboy Blob,
Your Korean is far better than mine,...Cowboy Blob,<br /><br />Your Korean is far better than mine, and I must stick to subtitles myself. Though I do know enough "Gasthaus Korean" to get by.<br /><br />"Hannah Macjew Chuseyo!"<br /><br />Don't tell the Old Lady, but my Dari (Afghan Farsi) is far better than my Korean. She might taint my kimchee!Marcuhttp://www.justbarkingmad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60656120054052866742010-11-22T20:10:49.901-05:002010-11-22T20:10:49.901-05:00Available through Netflix to watch online too! Thu...Available through Netflix to watch online too! Thursday night . . . . .Pathfindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86410666609321850062010-11-22T19:01:03.176-05:002010-11-22T19:01:03.176-05:00Webleys. She said Webleys.Webleys. She said Webleys.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60836957790185435052010-11-22T18:13:23.356-05:002010-11-22T18:13:23.356-05:00Basic uncooked Jajangmyon usually comes in brick f...Basic uncooked Jajangmyon usually comes in brick form, so it's more a ramen (Kor: "ramyon") than spaghetti. :) <br /><br />Sounds like time for a Language Maintenance Night! Other great Korean titles include modern thriller "Shiri" and sword-and-sandals "Bichunmoo."<br /><br />Korean movie dialogue always kicks my ass, so I lean on the subtitles anyway.Cowboy Blobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880979084783592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47719033682643147662010-11-22T17:11:30.851-05:002010-11-22T17:11:30.851-05:00Subtitles are often a bother, but endurable.
An...Subtitles are often a bother, but endurable. <br /> <br />And then too, they can be fun. Is anyone else old enough to remember "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" from the days when Woody Allen was funny? Take video of a Far Eastern gangster movie, ignore script amd plot, write subtitles...John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28169758596333591412010-11-22T15:23:20.933-05:002010-11-22T15:23:20.933-05:00The Koreans have actually developed a pretty darn ...The Koreans have actually developed a pretty darn good little Hollywood. Check out "Old Boy" as well. Not what this movie was, but well worth a watch.LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58081332136727261602010-11-22T14:14:51.876-05:002010-11-22T14:14:51.876-05:00So it's a Korean remake of an Italian film abo...So it's a Korean remake of an Italian film about the American old-west now set in the far East?<br /><br />Weird.Mike Shttp://harqueb.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63911538083128468322010-11-22T11:24:18.745-05:002010-11-22T11:24:18.745-05:00That's nothing!
Takshi Miike's Sukiyaki W...That's nothing!<br /><br />Takshi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django is a retelling (more or less) of the Genpei Wars using spaghetti westerns as the vehicle.<br /><br />The actors might be Japanese, but they deliver all of their lines in terrible English, and it really has to be seen to be believed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65793122899867659202010-11-22T08:23:17.395-05:002010-11-22T08:23:17.395-05:00If you liked that, then you should check out "...If you liked that, then you should check out "Tae Guk Gi." It's sort of the Korean version of "Saving Private Ryan." It's damn good.Marcushttp://www.justbarkingmad.comnoreply@blogger.com