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Re: Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:45:02 GMT
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You know, the first time I heard them, I didn't think it was an Asian
accent.
I don't think we should blame ol' George for our own racisms being ascribed
to his movie.
Still, I think he shoulda kept subtitles, just to cover his bum.
~Mark
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
> From: "Nick Crocco" <swatlego@aol.com>
> Organization: S.W.A.T.
> Newsgroups: lugnet.starwars
> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:41:45 GMT
> Subject: Re: Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
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> In lugnet.starwars, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> > The recent threads about ethnic minifigs
> > got me to thinking...
> >
> > When is LegoCo gonna make some Neimoidians?
> > (These are the green-/dark grey-skinned
> > fishy-/lizard-people evil, yet cowardly merchant-villains
> > in "Star Wars: Episode I".)
>
> I believe you mean the guys with the terrible Asian accent. "Our blockaaaade
> is perfectry regal!" And BTW, you forgot to mention a Lego Yoda with the green
> body pieces! :-)
>
> ~Nick
> http://members.aol.com/swatlego
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 | | Re: Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
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| (...) I didn't mean to sound racist, that's just the way the aliens sounded to me. It just reminded me of some old anime shows I used to watch with the subtitles. Talking about subtitles, when I rented Ep 1, I made my dad watch it and when Jar Jar (...) (26 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
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| (...) I lived in Japan for a year, full emersion, and am conversationally capable (not quite fluent) in the language, and I've been complemented often on my Japanese accent and a couple of times mistaken for a native speaker on the phone by native (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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