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Make a Movie 某

KEYWORD:

Something

Pinyin:

mǒu

Actor:

m- Male

Set:

-ou

Room within Set:

Bedroom or Living Room

Prop(s):

甘 (Candy Bar)

木 (Tree)


 

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Georg Lohrer

Matt Damon stays on the mat of my former Judo-Dojo (ou-set). He's obviously trying to plant a tree. On the mat? I confront him, he does not say a word, starts to rummage in his pockets for SOMETHING. He pulls out a big Haribo-bear. Does he want to bribe me? SOMETHING is wrong!


Della Fuller

Matt Damon is on the basketball court of my "ou" location (community centre). Someone has set up a large Christmas tree with treats hidden all through it. Matt throws the ball at the tree again and again, hoping to knock SOMETHING out of the tree. Finally, a candy bar falls out.


Xiao Tian

Location: Living room of my -ou set
Actor: Mel Gibson
Props: candy bar 甘, plants 木

When I was a boy, my grandfather would hide candy bars in his garden for my sister and me to find. We really believed he could magically grow candy bars.
I shared this story with Mel Gibson in the living room of my -ou home. He felt my story had a certain something (某事?) to it that would make a touching short film that he'd like to direct.

MB Team

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TlUC1CGj0&t=2908s


Chad Ressler

Location: Joe and Ryan's House {Living Room}
Actor: Matt {Friend}
Props: Christmas Tree and Kit Kat Bar w/arms and legs

We are at my in-laws for Christmas and my friend Matt has come along this year. All of us are decorating the tree and, as we are about to finish, Matt climbs up and puts a big Kit-Kat w/arms and legs on the top of the Christmas tree in place of the angel. He climbs back down and looks up and proudly says "Isn't that SOMETHING"!. All of us, not wanting to hurt his feelings, look up and say "Yea, that's SOMETHING, alright"!

Mandarin Blueprint

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://youtu.be/rmFVungI-jM?list=PL_T_LpTzhQ1ihGzQaTSeYEvr8_jmImnO-&t=1182


Nick Sims (戴燚)

Qi-Qi (qi-) is practicing her Kung Fu forms in the kitchen (2nd tone) in my childhood home when she is confronted by a clan of samurai warrior Klondike Bars (甘) armed with nunchucks (八); of many different varieties. Qi-Qi gives them a deathly stare and advises THEM, HE/HER, that she is THEIR master. She quickly stuns THEM each with a ninja star (一) to the gut, as the realize that she is not like any OTHER.

MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaHP0_2FWaQ&t=2309s



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Comments   4

Robert Toms

The Green M&M is sitting on top of a tree in the bedroom of my -ou set. Matthew McConaughey sees her, gives his classic "alright alright alright", then starts serenading her with the Beatles "SOMETHING in the Way She Moves".

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Rick Angleland

I've seen 某某 to mean "so-and-so"/"such-and-such" i.e. fill in whatever you want. I think I've also heard "什么什么“. What would be the commonest fill-the-gap expression?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Both are OK, but 什么什么 is way more common.

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AITxfh-dWuQ&t=1599s

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