Listen, I don’t care if you don’t like this new regular feature, we are going to keep doing it and keep doing it until you DO like it. OK? It’s a bit like broccoli, but without the foilc acid.
Like last time I’ve take a short film synopsis from the listings page of a TV guide and fed it into Bable Fish, an online translating service. I then translated the synopsis from English into Greek, and then from Greek back into English. The resulting gobbledygook is posted below and your task is to try and identify what movie the passage refers to.
Today’s review is from Jan 12-18th edition of TV Choice, and is a particularly easy one I think.
Touching, resourceful drama. The [actor] plays tortured time superior employee FedEx which plane is shattered in the Pacific Ocean. The He’s washed on a island deserted and have only his spirits and certain parcels FedEx in order to him they keep live. It’s a brilliant and moved film with the [actor] that surpasses as soul that is submitted in much more by one dramatic natural transformation. (2000, US)
Last week’s winner was Carla from Blah Blah Blog-o-licious, and what a week she has had. Not only did she become reigning world champion of “It’s all Greek to me” Sunday, but she also persuaded her husband to pose on her blog wearing a tiara. If success can do that for Carla, just think what it could do for you!
on Jan 13th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Ahhh, one of my favorite movies. Castaway, starring Tom Hanks.
on Jan 13th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I was almost there. Lost out by 15 minutes.
Sam’s last blog post..Nice Man from Nigeria
on Jan 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am
This isn’t so much a competition that rewards intelligence as one that rewards lunatics who are up before 10:30 am on a Sunday!
on Jan 13th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I’m kinda new here. I love the idea of “It’s all Greek to me Sundays”. Not like broccoli at all. Bring ‘em on!
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on Jan 13th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I like broccoli.
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on Jan 13th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
This one was too easy because of the “FedEx” part. I do like this feature, though.
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on Jan 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
You’re all assuming that the first poster is correct, personally I think its the episode of Eastenders when Phil Mitchell gets dobbed in to the police again and has to go on the run to Brighton, read it, it all fits.
Apart from the Pacific Ocean bit, but that could be the name of a pub in Brighton couldn’t it ?
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on Jan 13th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Alas Gary, while your theory is a damn fine one Phil was right with Castaway.
I’ll vary the publishing times in the future in order to be fair to the various different time zones.
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on Jan 13th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Joe vs. the Volcano?
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on Jan 13th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Gilligan’s Island? No, that was a dumb guess… there weren’t any [actors] in that show.
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on Jan 13th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I like the feature too… but like Avitable said up there the FedEx made it too identifiable..
but you know… I wouldn’t have complained if I had gotten here first and been able to shout
HAHA Cast Away SUCKERS…
(except that it is TWO words not one… so… yeah. a moment of tiny pitiful glory where I get all accurate)
on Jan 13th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I will always be sad about poor Tom losing his volleyball buddy (or was it a basketball? wow, you think you know someone)…
but having had a little read through these posts, I realise I’m maybe more upset at the Top Cat/Bilko DVD situation.
Boo, hiss (is pantomime season officially over?)
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on Jan 13th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
It’s already been revealed by the previous commentors, but I’ll play along. Castaway, starring Tom Hanks as the “superior employee FedEx.”
on Jan 14th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Philadelphia?
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on Jan 14th, 2008 at 9:22 am
It’s Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks, with Wilson the volleyball.
Did I win anything?
on Jan 15th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I hate Tom Hanks.
That’s all.
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on Jan 15th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Really a terribly brilliant, terribly SILLY and fabulous feature and I wish I had thought of it. Great fun.
Try Dutch and French and then Greek and see what comes out; if it’s sensible at all, I be very surprised.
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