Comments on: The Golden Rock - August 14th, 2007 Edition http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/thegoldenrock/2007/08/14/the-golden-rock-august-14th-2007-edition-2/ We do news right, not fast Tue, 05 May 2026 06:44:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Etchy http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/thegoldenrock/2007/08/14/the-golden-rock-august-14th-2007-edition-2/#comment-196 Etchy Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:35:00 +0000 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/thegoldenrock/2007/08/14/the-golden-rock-august-14th-2007-edition-2/#comment-196 ha, does anyone believe there are only 50 pirate DVD vendors in Shenzhen?<br/><br/>I'm sure I'll be asked to buy DVDs more than 50 times before I get out of the border station at Lo Hu! ha, does anyone believe there are only 50 pirate DVD vendors in Shenzhen?

I’m sure I’ll be asked to buy DVDs more than 50 times before I get out of the border station at Lo Hu!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/thegoldenrock/2007/08/14/the-golden-rock-august-14th-2007-edition-2/#comment-195 Anonymous Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/thegoldenrock/2007/08/14/the-golden-rock-august-14th-2007-edition-2/#comment-195 "Choa Choa" seems to be the "Joa Joa" in the list <a HREF="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/So_Ji_Sup" REL="nofollow">here</a>, or <a HREF="http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=24" REL="nofollow">here</a>, among others, so it would be a phonetic approximation of the original Korean title.<br/><br/>There's even some clips from it on YouTube - if you haven't seem them, do watch <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=621nGOPmJ8I" REL="nofollow">this one</a> first, for maximum effect - it starts off with a spoof of the "lighting up with a $100 bill", and Mark Gor's hit scene from "A Better Tomorrow", of all things! WTF? Well, turns out there is a good reason for <i>that</i>, of course, but along with <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5lgyHR7nLY" REL="nofollow">part 2</a>, there is Mandarin dialogue dubbed <i>on top of</i> the original Korean! Must be kind of disturbing, if you understood both. At least it's subtitled, though in Simplified.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7hILUp1Xrs" REL="nofollow">This one</a> has been dubbed into Mandarin, with the Korean track turned off :), and the Chinese title handily - or rather literally, depending on how one sees it - explains what the original is meant to imply.<br/><br/>- NK “Choa Choa” seems to be the “Joa Joa” in the list here, or here, among others, so it would be a phonetic approximation of the original Korean title.

There’s even some clips from it on YouTube - if you haven’t seem them, do watch this one first, for maximum effect - it starts off with a spoof of the “lighting up with a $100 bill”, and Mark Gor’s hit scene from “A Better Tomorrow”, of all things! WTF? Well, turns out there is a good reason for that, of course, but along with part 2, there is Mandarin dialogue dubbed on top of the original Korean! Must be kind of disturbing, if you understood both. At least it’s subtitled, though in Simplified.

This one has been dubbed into Mandarin, with the Korean track turned off :), and the Chinese title handily - or rather literally, depending on how one sees it - explains what the original is meant to imply.

- NK

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