On Mon, 13 Jan 1997 12:11:47 +0000 Terence Fergusson wrote:

:   Deep in the Caribbean...

:   "My name's Ranma Saotome... and I want to be a pirate."
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: Coming soon....
:      "The Curse of Monkey Island"

Great Idea.  So many possibilities...


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: "The Great Anime Fanfiction Bloopers"
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: Have you ever wondered how fanfiction authors always get
: their characters to do exactly what they want?

<sigh>  They do?  Somebody tell me the secret.


:  Simple.  It's
: called "editing".  You never see all the scenes that go wrong,
: all the impromptu entrances, exits, fumbling of lines, and so
: forth.  Until now.
: 
: It's all chronicled here, all the times Ryoga completely messed
: up a scene by turning up late, turning up early, turning up in
: the wrong place, or turning up in a middle of a scene and
: challenging Ranma.

Well, the documentation video "The Making of _Ranko 1/2_" *does*
contain a blooper tape among other things.  Two excerpts:



Shampoo:  Am I to infer that you have no intention of honoring my
          offer to spend the evening in your company?

Sebastian:  [offscreen]  Cuuut!

Shampoo:  Aww, damn!  I blew it again.  [pulls script out of a
          pocket]  "Ranma no want date Shampoo?" - "Ranma no want
          date Shampoo?" - "Ranma no want date Shampoo?"

Ranma:  [sarcastically]  You'd think bimbo-speak would come
        naturally to someone with a memory like yours.

Shampoo:  Shut up, fishface.  [to director]  I think I've got it
          now:  "Ranma no want date Shampoo?"

Sebastian:  Sounds good to me.  We'll shoot that bit again.




Akane:  Kasumi!  Shampoo and Ranko are parking in the- err, are
        fighting in... the.. park...

Kasumi gives her an exasperated look.

Akane:  [small voice]  I messed it up again, didn't I?

Kasumi:  You messed it up again.  For the *ninth* *consecutive*
         *time*, you messed it up.  [reaches out and begins to
         mock-strangle Akane]  We've been doing this ten-second-
         scene for over half an hour, now, and you still messed it
         up!  Aaaaargh!

Akane lets her head flop back and forth exaggeratedly, as Kasumi
shakes her.  She lets her tongue hang out humorously.

Akane:  Arrarrglglglgl..  I'm sorry, onee-chan, I'm sorreeee!




Sebastian
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