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Well it's Groundhog Day...again...

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Octavianus

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jb1234

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I saw this movie for the first time about three years ago.

I hated it. Hated the protagonist, hated how he got out of the loop, didn't find it funny or insightful or clever or even interesting. Just a frustrating bore.

But I live in a post Groundhog Day world so pop culture has been shaped by the film and will be for eons... blargh
 
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When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.

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SolVanderlyn

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This is the dumbest idea for a thread I've ever seen.
 
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WickedCobra03

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Happy Groundhogs Day! I actually really like this holiday. Even though it doesn't mean matter of a fact that it is the end of winter, it feels like more of a symbolic turning point! Kind of like we have gotten through the most of winter and turning a corner into spring.

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old manatee

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I. Still. Don't. Fucking. Get. It.

If it's cloudy and the groundhog doesn't see it's shadow, spring comes early. If it's sunny and the groundhog sees it's shadow then there is 6 more weeks of winter.

Why can't we just look out the window and see if it is cloudy or sunny?
 
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In Spain the movie is officially called "Atrapado en el tiempo" (Trapped in time), but the majority of people still call the movie the name El Dia de la Marmota (The Groundhog Day). Strange fuck up by the translators that thought the new Spanish name for the movie would work better for marketing that translating the original English name as it is.
 
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Indyana

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DrStiles said:
In Spain the movie is officially called "Atrapado en el tiempo" (Trapped in time), but the majority of people still call the movie the name El Dia de la Marmota (The Groundhog Day). Strange fuck up by the translators that thought the new Spanish name for the movie would work better for marketing that translating the original English name as it is.
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Just like you said: this is to increase interest in the audience. It's not a fuck up at all, it's a marketing strategy.

Remember what Rosemary's Baby title was in Spain when it came out?. "La Semilla del diablo" (The devil's seed) although it somewhat spoils the movie, the average audience would rather see something with that title than the original. This is just to make a movie more interesting and add more ticket sales. and just like you said, it doesn't really help and people go for a more literal translation. In later home media re-releases the movie was retitled "El bebé de Rosemary". This happened quite a bit in Mexico.
 
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HeySeuss

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Man I was looking forward to this annual thread because it was hilarious and everyone seemed to play along. Must be a lot of new members here now that aren't accustomed to GAF traditions and lore. The DEEPEST LORE.

Maybe it really was too early for flapjacks
 
SolVanderlyn

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Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Man I was looking forward to this annual thread because it was hilarious and everyone seemed to play along. Must be a lot of new members here now that aren't accustomed to GAF traditions and lore. The DEEPEST LORE.

Maybe it really was too early for flapjacks
 
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twinturbo2

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SolVanderlyn said:
Man I was looking forward to this annual thread because it was hilarious and everyone seemed to play along. Must be a lot of new members here now that aren't accustomed to GAF traditions and lore. The DEEPEST LORE.

Maybe it really was too early for flapjacks
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IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY FOR FLAPJACKS.
 
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Koomaster

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Come on, all the long distance lines are down? What about the satellite; is it snowing in space?
Don't you have some kind of a line that you keep open for emergencies, or for celebrities?
I'm both! I'm a celebrity in an emergency.
 
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Rock And Roll

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My favourite annual tradition of Canadian Netflix not having this movie up in February only to bring it back for March. Every. Goddamn. Year.
 
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew

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Man I was looking forward to this annual thread because it was hilarious and everyone seemed to play along. Must be a lot of new members here now that aren't accustomed to GAF traditions and lore. The DEEPEST LORE.

Maybe it really was too early for flapjacks
 
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