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06/03/2007 07:22:07 PM · #1 |
If I rent a DVD, I want to watch the damn thing and enjoy the cinematography, effects, and/or boobies.
Who was the asshat who came up with the idea of subtitling films?
 
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06/03/2007 07:31:39 PM · #2 |
| So I take it you're against film subtitles? :-P |
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06/03/2007 07:32:53 PM · #3 |
If its on DVD surely you can turn them off? :P
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06/03/2007 07:39:46 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Konador:
If its on DVD surely you can turn them off? :P |
Unless its a cheap korean import lol.
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06/03/2007 08:16:21 PM · #5 |
If I may gently step in here with an observation, those of us in the deaf community love those subtitles...
R.
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06/03/2007 08:21:22 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
If I may gently step in here with an observation, those of us in the deaf community love those subtitles...
R. |
Yes but im sure you'd love the ability to switch from Chinese to English would you not? Those that cant be turned off cant be changed.
And yes I have a Japanese DVD that the primary subtitle is Chinese!
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06/03/2007 08:39:14 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
If I may gently step in here with an observation, those of us in the deaf community love those subtitles...
R. |
Yes but im sure you'd love the ability to switch from Chinese to English would you not? Those that cant be turned off cant be changed.
And yes I have a Japanese DVD that the primary subtitle is Chinese! |
Ya, more like what Rain is talking about, Bear. |
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06/03/2007 08:46:29 PM · #8 |
Let me explain further....
Slippy is mad when The Subtitle covers up a big ol hooter.
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06/03/2007 09:15:50 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:
Let me explain further....
Slippy is mad when The Subtitle covers up a big ol hooter. |
LOL, get out of my head!
:-D |
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06/03/2007 09:16:40 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
If I may gently step in here with an observation, those of us in the deaf community love those subtitles...
R. |
I might also add that if the film is in a foreign language, the subtitles do tend to enable one to understand the plot... unless the whole thing is T&A and then I guess most fellas wouldn't care much. :O)
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06/03/2007 09:17:14 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:
Let me explain further....
Slippy is mad when The Subtitle covers up a big ol hooter. |
LOL, get out of my head!
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I refuse!
I like the view, when the subtitles dont cover it up!
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06/03/2007 09:45:19 PM · #12 |
I find it really annoying when the subtitles are almost the same tone as the background, and too small to read even if they did contrast enough ... besides, my mom used to work in voice-over, so I have a bias towards dubbing anyway -- and it's way funnier when the voices don't match the actors at all ... : )
Message edited by author 2007-06-03 21:45:38. |
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06/03/2007 10:21:01 PM · #13 |
Por favor, hablan en espanol....yo no comprendo english.
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06/03/2007 10:25:38 PM · #14 |
I love listening to the English dubbing for the visually impaired.
"The thug turns and starts to run away, Too late, the monkey re-enters him."
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06/04/2007 01:30:02 PM · #15 |
I was watching kingdom of heaven and they started mumbling blah blah.. so I turn on the subtitles and the first thing I read is 'the cheese cake is yummy'..
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06/04/2007 01:32:40 PM · #16 |
I was watching Tommy for the first time on my computer and couldn't hear any speech when the characters were talking, only background music. I tried to ages trying to find proper sound drivers, checking all channels were playing, cleaning the DVD, trying different software, etc etc, until I finally decided to put subtitles on, only to read:
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06/04/2007 01:37:49 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Konador:
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lol!! These dvd people are insane..
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06/04/2007 02:16:23 PM · #18 |
| If i wanted to read I'd get a book! |
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06/04/2007 03:01:17 PM · #19 |
I guess captions aren't made by native speakers.
The first time I watched "Amores Perros" (Love's a Bitch) it was the UK version and subtitles were fixed (couldn't be turned off) it was at the same time ridiculous and hilarious how they translate half of the movie. Yikes!
ETA: on the other hand it is the only way we could enjoy international cinema (German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, etc...)
Message edited by author 2007-06-04 15:03:11. |
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06/04/2007 03:28:50 PM · #20 |
| I especially enjoy it sometimes when you rent a DVD and the subtitles are automatically on AND in the same language as the movie and they're WRONG! Makes me laugh! |
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06/04/2007 11:02:46 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by Konador:
Too late, the monkey re-enters him." |
ROFL - that made my day. ;~p |
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06/04/2007 11:29:53 PM · #22 |
| Forget the subtitles, Bruce Lee movies dubbed in English are quite funny. |
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06/05/2007 12:04:42 AM · #23 |
| Great thread. I was just thinking the other day how hard it was to enjoy the ancient Aztec dialog of Apocalypto without the constant distraction of the printed english at the bottom of the screen. |
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06/07/2007 03:15:03 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by Valdo:
I guess captions aren't made by native speakers.
The first time I watched "Amores Perros" (Love's a Bitch) it was the UK version and subtitles were fixed (couldn't be turned off) it was at the same time ridiculous and hilarious how they translate half of the movie. Yikes!
ETA: on the other hand it is the only way we could enjoy international cinema (German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, etc...) |
When I lived in Brasil, I met this kid who was working his way through South America. He had only been in the country for a couple of weeks and his Portuguese was minimal at best. I nearly died laughing when he told me that his job was writing Portuguese sub-titles for American movies. 'splains a lot. 8)
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06/07/2007 03:17:41 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
If I may gently step in here with an observation, those of us in the deaf community love those subtitles... |
yeah, and also for foreigners who cant catch the spoken english language fast enough without reading the subtitles. but on dvds, i agree there should be an option to turn them off as one wished. |
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