Star Wars in Spanish
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:56 am
Okay, SW is on HBO right now, meaning it's also on the Spanish HBO. I just watched a bit of it (the first part of the Mos Eisley sequence, up to Greedo).
Some funny stuff I observed:
My Spanish is rusty, but some of the literal translations of what they're saying is fucking hilarious.
"She's fast enough for you, grandfather."
"Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial molestation."
Evazan was classic. First, instead of "You'll be dead," he said what sounded like, "He'll kill you." Best of all, the Spanish actor didn't sound quite like Evazan, but the moaning after he's sliced up was definitely the English-language actor. Meaning he had two very different voices.
Obi-Wan talked like Mr Smooth. He was like Ricardo Fucking Montalban. If the Sandtroopers were chicks, he could've totally had them right there in the landspeeder.
All the alien voices were the same. Greedo was the real kicker. As with the other aliens, it was the original dialogue and voice. "Oona goota Solo?"
But you'll never guess what the subtitles said. "Going somewhere, Solo?" There was no Spanish anywhere to translate what he was saying. What the fuck good will that do anyone in Spain?
Some funny stuff I observed:
My Spanish is rusty, but some of the literal translations of what they're saying is fucking hilarious.
"She's fast enough for you, grandfather."
"Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial molestation."
Evazan was classic. First, instead of "You'll be dead," he said what sounded like, "He'll kill you." Best of all, the Spanish actor didn't sound quite like Evazan, but the moaning after he's sliced up was definitely the English-language actor. Meaning he had two very different voices.
Obi-Wan talked like Mr Smooth. He was like Ricardo Fucking Montalban. If the Sandtroopers were chicks, he could've totally had them right there in the landspeeder.
All the alien voices were the same. Greedo was the real kicker. As with the other aliens, it was the original dialogue and voice. "Oona goota Solo?"
But you'll never guess what the subtitles said. "Going somewhere, Solo?" There was no Spanish anywhere to translate what he was saying. What the fuck good will that do anyone in Spain?
