Tommy Lee Jones Contemplates Plank's Constant

  • Thread starter Thread starter Hornbein
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Travel
AI Thread Summary
The discussion centers around the phenomenon of Western celebrities participating in advertising campaigns in Japan, highlighting examples such as Ringo Starr, Avril Lavigne, and the Bidens. It references the film "Lost in Translation," where Bill Murray portrays an American actor in Tokyo filming Suntory whisky ads, noting the humor in the advertising scenes. A typographical error in the title was corrected, leading to a playful exchange about the Japanese character hiragana ん, emphasizing the nuances of language in the context of the film and advertising.
Hornbein
Gold Member
Messages
3,410
Reaction score
2,783
Tommy Lee Jones Contemplates Plank's Constant

Tommy Lee Jones contemplates Plank's Constant.jpg


From the Tokyo Metro.

It's common for western celebrities to pose for advertising in Japan. Ringo Starr, Avril Lavigne, Jill and Joe Biden...
 
Last edited:
Physics news on Phys.org
Hornbein said:
Ringo Starr, Avril Lavigne, Jill and Joe Biden...
Mr. Sparkle...
 
Reply
  • Like
Likes russ_watters
Hornbein said:
It's common for western celebrities to pose for advertising in Japan
Bill Murray plays an American actor visiting Tokyo to film a series of Suntory whisky advertisements in Sophia Coppola's "Lost in Translation". The movie is good but the advertising scenes are hilarious.
 
Last edited:
Transaltion. I like that. :smile:
 
Hornbein said:
Transaltion. I like that. :smile:
Ha. More accurately "Lost in Arthritis". Literal typographical error, now fixed. Thanks.
 
Hornbein said:
Tommy Lee Jones Contemplates Plank's Constant
You know that's not the letter h, but the hiragana ん, right?
 
Thread 'RIP George F. Smoot III (1945-2025)'

Thread 'RIP George F. Smoot III (1945-2025)'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smoot https://physics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/george-smoot-iii https://apc.u-paris.fr/fr/memory-george-fitzgerald-smoot-iii https://elements.lbl.gov/news/honoring-the-legacy-of-george-smoot/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2006/smoot/facts/ https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200611/nobel.cfm https://inspirehep.net/authors/988263 Structure in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer First-Year Maps (Astrophysical Journal...
View full post »

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top