Safarir is one of the worst example of our cultural brand of humour, methinks, but you made sure to mention it as an extreme example. I haven't read it in the last few years, I admit, but last time I opened it I saw the same tired immature jokes. It's fun when you're 7 years old, but it quickly gets tiring. They're trying to be like MAD in their prime years, but they simply don't have the witty, quirky and smart brand of humour.
Star Académie (Québec or France) >>same as>> American Idols
Even if the french version came first, it's done in a typical glamorously BS american style. It has that rotten primetime US tv stink to it, y'know?
Re:how about we STOP pushing our culture, mkay?
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Rock music has long passed its American identity, ever since the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. Sure, it will always retain some aspects of it, but nowadays everyone is rocking out, from Japan to France, while adapting the lyrics to their own cultural upbringing.
You beat me to it, and said it even better than I did. It does pay to
know both french and english in this case, just to catch the jokes on
both sides of the fence. For once, we're pretty lucky to know both
Quebec and US culture, we get double the entertainment.
There's something about our way of thinking, or maybe it's the way we
express ourselves, that's unique and potentially verry funny. It's
shard to pinpoint exactly what it is, but I can clearly see it when I
watch some of our most talented comedians, like Yvon Deschamps or
Daniel Lemire.
It's too bad we don't see more of this humour on our tv. Instead, we
get US-inspired knockoffs like "Star Académie". It's like
they're saying "Damn, how can we be MORE like our southern neighbours?
They look so glamorous!"
Quebec's localised "Les Simpson" is hilarious
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Those here who wonder if The Simpsons can survive cultural localisation
should know that it has indeed been done almost since the beginning of
the series over here, and IT IS HILARIOUS. The show's always been a
huge hit, because the voice work has been adapted to use talented
national voice actors, so the characters adopt a Quebequer's accent.
They could have used a more varied cast but still, the ones they have
are very appropriate. My friends and I love it, sometimes even more
than the English American version, since the joke are mostly adapted to
use Quebec folklore. The whole idea of localisation dates back from when
The Flintstones were adapted in this same way, it was a huge success.
There's nothing quite like hearing Homer shouting : "Bart! Vient-en
icitte mon maudit toé que j'te passe une volé!"
"Les Simpson" is even better in Quebec's french, lucky us.
A while ago I had the chance to talk with a Chatzilla developper on
irc, and he said the lack of progress on Chatzilla could be attributed
to the fact XULRunner wasn't yet released (at the time) and that they
were waiting for it.
XULRunner is a single installable package that can be used to bootstrap
multiple XUL+XPCOM applications that are as rich as Firefox and
Thunderbird. [http://wiki.mozilla.org/XUL:Home_Page]
I don't know in what state the app currently is, but I was told it
would greatly simiplify the packaging of Chatzilla, similarly to ffx.
The image isn't there anymore...
Google cache : http://images.google.com/images?q=gimpstreamline2. png&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&sa =N&tab=wi
What pisses me off is that the Gimp could've had a much better, streamlined interface, if they weren't such a bunch of conservative heads.
See here :
www.mail-archive.com/gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berk eley.edu/msg04956.html
They declined the offer of a talented designer who gave them some good advice on how to takle various design issues which are affecting productivity.
Instead, we're stuck with this clunky interface...
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Safarir is one of the worst example of our cultural brand of humour, methinks, but you made sure to mention it as an extreme example. I haven't read it in the last few years, I admit, but last time I opened it I saw the same tired immature jokes. It's fun when you're 7 years old, but it quickly gets tiring. They're trying to be like MAD in their prime years, but they simply don't have the witty, quirky and smart brand of humour.
Star Académie (Québec or France) >>same as>> American Idols
Even if the french version came first, it's done in a typical glamorously BS american style. It has that rotten primetime US tv stink to it, y'know?
Rock music has long passed its American identity, ever since the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. Sure, it will always retain some aspects of it, but nowadays everyone is rocking out, from Japan to France, while adapting the lyrics to their own cultural upbringing.
You beat me to it, and said it even better than I did. It does pay to know both french and english in this case, just to catch the jokes on both sides of the fence. For once, we're pretty lucky to know both Quebec and US culture, we get double the entertainment.
There's something about our way of thinking, or maybe it's the way we express ourselves, that's unique and potentially verry funny. It's shard to pinpoint exactly what it is, but I can clearly see it when I watch some of our most talented comedians, like Yvon Deschamps or Daniel Lemire.
It's too bad we don't see more of this humour on our tv. Instead, we get US-inspired knockoffs like "Star Académie". It's like they're saying "Damn, how can we be MORE like our southern neighbours? They look so glamorous!"
Those here who wonder if The Simpsons can survive cultural localisation should know that it has indeed been done almost since the beginning of the series over here, and IT IS HILARIOUS. The show's always been a huge hit, because the voice work has been adapted to use talented national voice actors, so the characters adopt a Quebequer's accent. They could have used a more varied cast but still, the ones they have are very appropriate. My friends and I love it, sometimes even more than the English American version, since the joke are mostly adapted to use Quebec folklore. The whole idea of localisation dates back from when The Flintstones were adapted in this same way, it was a huge success.
There's nothing quite like hearing Homer shouting : "Bart! Vient-en icitte mon maudit toé que j'te passe une volé!"
"Les Simpson" is even better in Quebec's french, lucky us.
A while ago I had the chance to talk with a Chatzilla developper on irc, and he said the lack of progress on Chatzilla could be attributed to the fact XULRunner wasn't yet released (at the time) and that they were waiting for it.
:
XULRunner description
XULRunner is a single installable package that can be used to bootstrap multiple XUL+XPCOM applications that are as rich as Firefox and Thunderbird. [http://wiki.mozilla.org/XUL:Home_Page]
I don't know in what state the app currently is, but I was told it would greatly simiplify the packaging of Chatzilla, similarly to ffx.
The image isn't there anymore... Google cache : http://images.google.com/images?q=gimpstreamline2. png&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&sa =N&tab=wi
What pisses me off is that the Gimp could've had a much better, streamlined interface, if they weren't such a bunch of conservative heads. See here : www.mail-archive.com/gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berk eley.edu/msg04956.html
They declined the offer of a talented designer who gave them some good advice on how to takle various design issues which are affecting productivity.
Instead, we're stuck with this clunky interface...