Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I've tried to translate the lyrics of one of my favorite English-language songs into Croatian. A part of the lyrics is: The country that you died for, mate, you wouldn't know it now.
The future that we dreamed of, mate, got all twisted up somehow. But what does it got twisted up mean? I looked it up in several dictionaries and I couldn't find it. I translated it as izjalovila , which is the word Croatians use for a plan that turned out to be impossible to realize.
It rhymes in my translation, and I guess it's correct, but I am not sure. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. What does "it got twisted up" mean? Ask Question. Nicholas brings the doll in, sits it on his living room chair, and watches the news as we get to one of the most memorable scenes from the movie. While Nicholas investigates the doll for clues, the reporter on the television starts talking to Nicholas, as though it's a video call which, remember, would have ben pretty novel in Naturally, Nicholas is absolutely spooked.
How is the news anchor using his television that way? How are they seeing Nicholas's every move? He discovers that the clown doll contains a miniature camera. Nicholas — and the viewers — begin to understand that Consumer Recreation Services is a powerful, even seemingly omniscient, organization. Nicholas is still in the dark about the rules — or even the goal — of the game, but one thing is sure: everything starts going horribly wrong for him.
The pen in his pocket leaks ink over his shirt, his suitcase won't open during an important meeting, and a waitress spills a tray on him. There's a constant feeling that Consumer Recreation Services is somehow behind it all, and Nicholas starts becoming paranoid. The man in the stall asking for toilet paper — is that a stranger in need of help, or an employee of CRS? Viewers go back and forth on what's real and what's orchestrated by Consumer Recreation Services, and so does Nicholas.
For example, he receives a note that's clearly part of the game instructing him to follow a waitress named Christine outside a restaurant, but Christine doesn't seem to be in on the game. A man starts dying in the middle of the street, but before Nicholas calls for an ambulance, he asks, "How do we know he's for real? Nicholas insists that he sees through all of the staged events and acting, saying things like "Are the sirens really necessary? After his adventure with Christine, Nicholas continues to be jerked around in different directions.
Consumer Recreation Services apparently doesn't respect any boundaries, as the company breaks into and vandalizes Nicholas' home. But as the movie progresses, Nicholas starts believing that the game isn't really a game after all and that he may be in danger A very distraught Conrad visits Nicholas, claiming he's under attack from Consumer Recreation Services.
Conrad says he keeps paying the company, but they continue to terrorize him, driving him to the brink of insanity. Conrad apologizes to Nicholas for suggesting playing the game, believing that both of them are now victims of an elaborate scheme — like, a conspiracy theory-level scheme.
It appears that Consumer Recreation Services poses as a company that offers complex services to the wealthy, but we are now led to believe that this is a cover — the company's true intention is to rob its clients. As Nicholas reflects on all his escapades, he starts realizing that he's actually given a lot of sensitive information to CRS, including his signature, credit card, and even insights on how to access his bank accounts. Not long after this scary encounter with Conrad, Nicholas is locked inside a taxi cab, driven into a body of water, and almost drowns to death.
After his near-death experience, Nicholas decides the game is a serious threat to his finances, reputation, and life. He calls the police to investigate Consumer Recreation Services, but the company headquarters he once visited is now empty. Believing he must take matters into his own hands, he tracks down Christine, the waitress he met earlier. Nicholas believes she may be the key to getting the company to back off and to return his life to normalcy. He discovers that Christine is, in fact, an employee of Consumer Recreation Services.
At first, she seems sympathetic to Nicholas, explaining how the game works — that it's truly a scam to get his money. Those psychological tests he did earlier? They were to extract information from him to guess his passwords for his bank accounts. Nicholas panics, calls his bank, and gives the security code to see if his finances are still intact.
It's then that Christine drugs Nicholas, revealing that she was waiting until they finally had the code. Nicholas wakes up in Mexico with his bank accounts drained, his house foreclosed, and no one to believe his crazy ravings about a shadow organization called Consumer Recreation Services. After Nicholas regains consciousness in Mexico, he resolves to fix this himself and get revenge. After selling his watch, he returns to the United States, only to find that Conrad has been institutionalized.
Nicholas manages to retrieve his gun before it's taken from his mansion and in desperation, he seeks help from his ex-wife, apologizing for his past behavior in the process. But he no longer needs her help when he notices a critical detail on the television behind her. Nicholas recognizes the man in the commercial — it was the same guy who originally performed psychological tests on Nicholas at Consumer Recreation Services.
Nicholas locates the actor, interrogates him, and forces him to lead Nicholas to the company's new location. The actor obliges, probably because Nicholas is unhinged and wielding a gun.
Eventually, Nicholas enters the company building, which is filled with actors that's he's seen in the past few days. He spots Christine, who seems very surprised to see him. Nicholas, who is fed up and scared, takes Christine hostage, and retreats to the roof while employees chase them and try to break down the locked door. Christine becomes especially concerned when she realizes Nicholas's gun isn't a prop Consumer Recreation Service employees are about to break through the door as Nicholas points his gun at Christine.
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ORG does not endorse any opinion or any product or service mentioned mentioned in these posts. It means that the individual isn't trying to be cool or is finding any humor in the matter. They are very serious about what's being said or done at the moment and they are really caught up into the matter. In Freakboy'scase he was really feeling some love for Charlene and wanted to get with her because he found her to be a turn on!
If you watch the bonus material, they even say that "The cool points are out the window and you got [me] all twisted up in the game" means absolutely nothing but it sounds like it means something.
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