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Japanese know what tacos and bells are and can usually read the roman alphabet, but I doubt they would know what type of bell a "taco bell" would be. (Evidently, "Bell" was the name of the founder). Both Taco Bell and Pizza Hut are owned by the same company, so the change in the movie was pretty easy.
English words on signs and such are usually transliterated into katakana in the subtitles. Tacos and nachos are about the only Mexican food widely known in Japan. I've seen instances in movies when "enchilada" and "burrito" were translated as "taco."
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I remember seeing this movie in the theaters. I must have been 4 or 5 years old but I do remember Wesley Sniped acting really crazy and evil. It's was one of those dumb action movies that you really enjoy for the over-the-topness than the actual plot.
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The only Tex-Mex food 90% of this audience would have heard of was beans. Tex-Mex didn't become popular until a bit later. And not popular enough to support fast food chains.
And I enjoyed the movie chiefly for the comeuppance delivered Sir Humphrey Appleby.
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There was at least one Taco Bell in the UK, in London, just between Leicester Square and Piccadily, circa 1990. It's now a TGI Friday's. I ate there a couple of times when I lived nearby, food seemed weird and not very nice.
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In South Africa it was Pizza hut too... with a really bad dub. I always wondered why. I'm sure the majority of people would have gotten it, regardless of the popularity of Mexican food in the various regions. But what the hell do I care...?
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All restaurants being Taco Bell never made much sense... besides, Del Taco is much better.
I always wondered about the rest of the country in this movie though. Was the entire state and country just like the city? Fines of cussing... radio stations only playing old commercial jingles, etc. Hell, I'd be living in the sewer too if caffeine and alcohol were made illegal.
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