Remember when they thought Americans were too dumb to know what a 'philosopher' was so they changed it to Sorcerer's Stone?
>>218941041what’s a philosopher and what does it have to do with magic?
the stone in the movie is not a philosophers stone tho
>>218941041Probably something about Americans not having nearly as much of a cultural knowledge of Medieval Alchemy as Europetians
>>218941137How so?
>>218941137wat
gamo
>>218941137well it sure as fuck isn't a sorcerer's stone
Why don't Americans know what a philosopher is?
>>218941524We know what a philosopher is, just not a philosopher's stone, which is a specific magical item that doesn't appear in our folk lores. Sorcerer's sounds more magical, thus works
>>218941041>philosopher's stone>holding it makes you ponder "what doth life?"
>>218941815>philosopher's stone>Wash Your Penis
>>218941604Why aren't Americans familar with The Great Work? The reddening by the sublimation of fire? The union of spirit and matter? The abolition of man and woman? The transmutation of iron into gold? True it is, without falsehood, certain and most true. That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above.
>>218941956That's all jewslop.
>>218941041Shut up NIGGER
>>218941041I remember when Americans thought The Madness of George III was a sequel, so they changed it to The Madness of King George.
>American remake of the british police drama "Life on Mars" has the main character actually go to fucking Mars
They renamed Zootropolis to Zootopia for the American market because Americans don't know what a metropolis is.
>>218941956Because alchemy is local hokum
>>218941091retard
>>218942291Zootropolis isnt even a pun tho whereas Zootopia is
How can I get a gyaru gf?
>>218941956>Why aren't Americans familar with The Great Work? we are though
>>218942569Work hard, eat your vegetables and say your prayers.
>>218941041>NegrotoroAnyways, sorcerer's stone is way cooler sounding. Also it makes it original instead of borrowing from random folklore.
>>218941604Where do Americans come from, btw?
>>218942719America. Duh
>>218942719Can't be Europe and Asia because both continents have a rich history of alchemy so it has to be... oh no... South America and Africa?
>>218941604>We know what a philosopher is, just not a philosopher's stone, which is a specific magical item that doesn't appear in our folk lores.You don't know who "Harry Potter" is before you watch the movie either. I don't understand this cohort of people who apparently refuse to watch a movie with unfamiliar words in the title.
>>218941041Kek
>>218942557It is a layered pun because zoot suits
>>218942684She's Japanese and tanned. And taking the exact same thing and changing the word philosopher to sorcerer makes it original and not a reference to folklore? Just wrong on all fronts
>>218942803Philosopher's Stone sounds like some weak pussy shit if you don't know it's folklore reference
>brazilian of all people getting upset with a localization
>>218941041"sorcerer's stone" is a better name desu. knowing what a philosopher is doesn't help you understand what the rock is for, when I think of "turning lead into gold" my first thought isn't "oh yeah like plato and zizek"
>>218942902huh
>>218941041No, it was changed because "philosopher" doesn't sound magical enough. Which is correct, in a real world alchemy context it does mean "natural philosophy" but in a magical world it should sound magicalAlso alchemists are idiots who drink mercury
>>218941604>>218942684>>218942869>>218942886The concept of the philospher's stone is alchemical not folklore
>>218941041They probably know what a philosopher is but not what a philosopher's stone is. The philosopher's stone is a specific mythical item, not any stone owned by a philosopher. The name is not self-descriptive.
>>218941041"License Revoked" was changed to "License To Kill"
>>218942719mostly africa, mexico, and some parts of asia
>>218942569There's NOTHING gyaru about this
>>218941041Burger here, I knew what the Philosopher's Stone was, which made it weird that JK "If you get a hard-on, you don't need a tampon" Rowling used the same name for a completely unrelated macguffin.
>>218943656>completely unrelatedThe Philosopher's Stone in the book turns base metal into Gold and grants eternal life
>>218941041Armour of God was changed to Operation Condor 2: The armour of the gods, and was released after Armour of God 2: Operation Condor, despite it being a prequel, because americans are fucking retards of the highest calibre
>>218941041It’s because it’s a reference to alchemy and Americans have evangelicals who would jump at the chance to call the entire media property devil worship (which it is)
>>218944072Doesn't make sense because sorcery is even closer to devil worship than alchemy.
Should have been ‘witches and warlocks’ but that’s just me
>>218941091Wizard and philosopher are interchangeable words at their most original roots.
>>218944436not in the greek
>>218941604>Sorcerer's sounds more magicalword more fun! uga uga!
>>218941274I believe in gamo supremacy
How would Americans know what a sorcerer's stone is if they're not real
>>218944307Sorcerers have been associated with Arthurian legend fantasy. Alchemy literally translates to “black magic”
>>218944464>Wizard originally meant literally "wise one", or sage, first attested in the early 1400:s. It acquires the meaning of "magician" in the mid-16th century, according to etymonline. Therefore it is not really relevant to the medieval period. >Magician has a long history; the ultimate root is the name of an Iranian tribe (maybe caste) with clerical associations, the Magu (by extension, the word came to apply to a class of clerics in Zoroastrianism - Moabad derives from it, for example). In Classical works, the Magu became associated with the famous astrology of Babylon, and the legendary wisdom of "Pseudo-Zoroaster", in Hellenistic times supposed to be the inventor of magic (see e.g. Plutarch, Isis and Osiris). While the word has a memorable positive association in the Magi who visit Jesus (note the astrology connection again), it would soon become the epithet of a stock villain in early Christian writings, Simon Magus (or Simon the Sorcerer, if you will). However, when it enters English via Old French in the late 14th century, it seems to have a more neutral connotation - as neutral as magic-use can be in such a society, at any rate.>"philosopher," from Greek philosophos "philosopher, sage, one who speculates on the nature of things and truth," literally "lover of wisdom," from philos "loving" (see philo-) + sophos "wise; a sage" It all means the same thing
it would've been easier to understand the films if he was named harry wizard
>>218942291it's the other way around, it was changed to Zootropolis outside of america because of trademark conflicts
>>218944937Fucking lol
>>218944832no?
>>218944832Fucking no it doesn’t, Chem is from the Egyptian word Kemet, for their own land, where early Chemistry was practiced
>>218944832Nah, it's a pseudo science with magical thinking like astrology, numerology or feng shui. Sorcery is something you get accused off before being burned at the stake. It's synonymous with witchcraft and (black) magic.
>>218945246I use the phrase ‘feng shui’ to describe the mysterious blocking dynamics of how people act based on where they and others position themselves in the room, and the suggestion powers of furniture placement, sometimes ‘mise en scene’. Anyone know a better word to describe this?
>>218945755based
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle had to be changed to “Get the Munchies” in the Europeans were confused by the color white
>>218947077>had to be changed to “Get the Munchies” in the Europeans were confused by the color white> in the Europeans were confused
>>218947077jajaja nice one pablo
you nerds can not actually be upset they changed a word that doesn't have a modern day connotation to one that doesin some YA novels no less
>>218947077Are these "Europeans" in the room with us right now??
>>218942291That explains why you just posted an image of Zootropolis which is clearly not in English huh retard?
Why do threads talking about Americans always get so much engagement on this site?
>>218941041Philosophers have nothing to do with magic thoughThe opposite really
>>218944937Harry Wizard And The Magic Stone
>>218944932Not in Greek
>>218941041https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhTuYKR-ejo
>>218947800>sees normal conversation>WOW YOU CAN NOT BE THIS UPSET LOL UM HAHAHA I AM VERY SMARTShut up fathead
>>218941041Americans don't know what a philosopher's stone is because alchemy was already debunked well before the colonies were founded and the concept only exists in the context of fantasy tales.
