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NEWS: Bones' Sword of the Stranger Film Opens in U.S. Today

We had no audio or video problems, though it did take a few minutes for them to turn off the lights in the room after the movie had started.

In view of last night's event, I thought that I'd dig up this old thread* instead of starting a new one. The old comments are still as valid as they were six months ago.

I saw the fansub of this at the time and liked it. I saw the English dubs last night at the theater and liked it a whole lot. This is one of those that is best seen at the theater. So if you didn't go, too bad! =0p I saw it at one with nice, big, cushy seats; an excellent sound system that was a bit out of balance; a huge screen and a large audience capacity which was depressingly no where near half full. The most unpleasant thing about the whole evening was the $12.50 admission price. I almost walked out, but then I figured that I owe the industry a lot more than that so, armed with this excuse, I paid up.

I agree with most of the statements above except to say that the criticisms are just nit picking. Some people just have to find fault with everything, I guess. Sure the plot wasn't fresh and new but then I haven't seen anything I'd call a 'new plot' in a very long time.

The comments above were not about the English dubs I saw last night. I thought that they did an excellent job mostly. They weren't perfect but I wasn't expecting perfection. The thought of coming up with a translation that follows the original dialogue and then speaking them in a believable way so that they come even close to matching the already animated flapping lips is quite enough to make me admire anyone who even makes the attempt. Kudos to all involved!

No one has even mentioned the musical score which I thought was excellent. The use of uilleann pipes and penny whistles were a bit surprising though. They fit, but they are hardly anything you would have heard in Japan at the time. Then again, you wouldn't have heard a symphony orchestra either.

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*Look! I was right! I did gig it up! =0D

I believe that the $12.50 price tag was universal. Odd that they never mentioned that in any of the promos. You can thank Bandai for that, the industry's price gouger (Don't get me started. That's a whole 'nother rant).

GrinfilledCelt wrote:

I believe that the $12.50 price tag was universal. Odd that they never mentioned that in any of the promos. You can thank Bandai for that, the industry's price gouger (Don't get me started. That's a whole 'nother rant).

Actually, the price was due to it being a Fathom special event. That was the explanation given to me when I bought my ticket.

Why are Fathom's events sometimes priced differently than that of a movie?
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Given the exclusive nature of Fathom events, coupled with signifiant production and transmission costs, Fathom prices its events in order to offer consumers the best value for their entertainment dollar. Prices may vary from location to location as final event prices are determined by the participating theater

My theater had problems too. The sound for the movie started about 15 minutes before the movie was supposed to start. They stopped it after about 5 minutes and then we had to wait for 25 more minutes for them to get the sound and video to match.

GrinfilledCelt wrote:

I believe that the $12.50 price tag was universal. Odd that they never mentioned that in any of the promos. You can thank Bandai for that, the industry's price gouger (Don't get me started. That's a whole 'nother rant).

Actually, the price was due to it being a Fathom special event. That was the explanation given to me when I bought my ticket.

daedelus wrote:

GrinfilledCelt wrote: I believe that the $12.50 price tag was universal. Odd that they never mentioned that in any of the promos. You can thank Bandai for that, the industry's price gouger (Don't get me started. That's a whole 'nother rant). Actually, the price was due to it being a Fathom special event. That was the explanation given to me when I bought my ticket.

I've been to 3 Fathom Events showings in the last year and they were only $10.

- Dub. Great dub, and the chinese was spot on too. Nicely done.

SongstressCela wrote:

- Dub. Great dub, and the chinese was spot on too. Nicely done.

I'll take your word for the English, but did they redo the Chinese or keep it? I thought the original sounded pretty fake (and I'm not even Chinese)

configspace wrote:

SongstressCela wrote: - Dub. Great dub, and the chinese was spot on too. Nicely done. I'll take your word for the English, but did they redo the Chinese or keep it? I thought the original sounded pretty fake (and I'm not even Chinese)

They kept it, which is pretty dumb. It'd have sounded better if they re-dubbed with real Chinese.