Some movie posters I made for fictional movies in the Scratch Isles
Trivia: The English version of SINR*N was released in 1960 to promote the upcoming release of SINR*N II: Gray Area. The films were initially only released in Fancarian, Sigmen, and Mazikunian because SINR*N is a pun that only works in Fancaric languages; sinrin means yes or good, sinran means no or bad, and sinrun means maybe, and sinr*n, by omitting the second vowel, is a combination of all three. There was no good way to recreate this in English that matched the darker themes of the movie (both "Yes, No, Maybe So" and "Yesn't" were considered but deemed too humorous for the film), and Zajoov Mykzen believed that the English-speaking world wouldn't understand what made the title so fitting. However, the production team eventually convinced him to produce English dubs of the films. Takyv Mykzen, director of SINR*N III: 1,000 Lies, is the grandson of Zajoov Mykzen, director of the previous two SINR*N films. To keep the precedent set by the original films, the Cyrillic Sigmen and Mazikunian versions were still produced, making it the first Mazikunian-language film in over forty years. The translations of the Nexus's tagline "So be it" literally mean "So the planet spins" (Fancarian), "I allow peace" (Sigmen), "No cares" (Kettronnic), and "It is" (Manidese). Alamir Shana, director of O Reigning Sun and Conquest, was a Manidese history teacher before he became a film director. SMILE! was heavily inspired by George Orwell's novel 1984. Because many Fancarians are also fluent in English, dubs of Fancarian movies are often done by their original voice actors. This saves dubbing studios from having to find new actors but gives these actors more lines to record.
