ColonelKrypton Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 38 minutes ago, GrahamS said: Why, when you select subtitles on the tv, are they displayed in the middle of the screen. That is so the broadcaster has a place to push on screen advertising at the bottom during the show. cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Why subtitles at all? To read them you have stop watching the actors act and the text is usually about 50% of what’s being said anyway. To my mind good dubbing is preferable anytime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, JohnT said: Why subtitles at all? To read them you have stop watching the actors act and the text is usually about 50% of what’s being said anyway. To my mind good dubbing is preferable anytime I was mainly thinking of English language programmes - I’m a bit deaf and the wife’s from Thailand and reads English better than she hears (well, never seems to understand anything I say). I can’t be doing with dubbing - I hate it when the lips don’t match what is being said. Graham 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Gordon Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 15 minutes ago, GrahamS said: I can’t be doing with dubbing - I hate it when the lips don’t match what is being said. You should try watching the French version of "Taggart". 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 1 hour ago, GrahamS said: I can’t be doing with dubbing - I hate it when the lips don’t match what is being said. Graham Graham as a court lawyer I see that every day at work with clients and witnesses 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 3 hours ago, JohnT said: Graham as a court lawyer I see that every day at work with clients and witnesses 😂😂😂 I work for the police, I know exactly what you mean! Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ian- Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 12/26/2021 at 6:55 PM, JohnT said: Why subtitles at all? To read them you have stop watching the actors act and the text is usually about 50% of what’s being said anyway. To my mind good dubbing is preferable anytime Even good dubbing is very obvious due to natural differences in language, I personally find subtitles far less intrusive to my enjoyment of a film/programme. I am a very fast reader though which helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 12/26/2021 at 6:55 PM, JohnT said: Why subtitles at all? To read them you have stop watching the actors act and the text is usually about 50% of what’s being said anyway. To my mind good dubbing is preferable anytime No offence but to your way of thinking is no one's deaf... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Vince1159 said: No offence but to your way of thinking is no one's deaf... not quite on my tv anyway you can put up subtitles if you want them at least on some programs with modern tech there should be options to cater for preferences and needs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 46 minutes ago, Beermonster1958 said: They may speak good English but, with heavy accents /dialects which make it hard to understand sometimes. Subtitles are, in my view, a didtinct blessing.😊 Yeah! Rab C. Nesbit and Trainspotting to name but two. John. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Beermonster1958 said: That's certainly true but, I have another reason for preference for subtitles. There are a lot of programmes and films where English is not necessarily the native language of some of the cast. They may speak good English but, with heavy accents /dialects which make it hard to understand sometimes. Subtitles are, in my view, a didtinct blessing.😊 John And I can think of a few modern American and UK movies where the actor and director combined think mumbling and background noise should render the dialogue inaudible. My original post was really to suggest that good dubbing was better than subtitles where appropriate. The emphasis on “good” and “appropriate”. That’s not to say subtitles don’t have their place. I recall watching one movie when I had a smattering of the language and the four word subtitle on screen in no way reflected what the actor was saying But yes there are times when subtitling is warranted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I remember seeing a clip from a Clint Eastwood movie dubbed into Italian. I'm afraid Luigi who was hired for the part had all the menace in his voice of a wet blancmange. Subtitles are better, as long as they are at the foot of the screen. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 On the same theme I recall a memorable court moment. We had a witness who could not speak English and the other side (thankfully not us) had provided an interpreter. Initial simple questions such as what’s your age were not looking good. When we got to the first probing question there was a long 60 second or so answer. The interpreter turned and said “He says “no”” The judge jumped in with “I don’t have a word of his language but he didn’t say “no”” Last year I had a case with a Mr Pike as a witness. Both myself and my opponent were desperate to make an objection to a question by starting with “don’t tell him Pike”. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, Beermonster1958 said: I could not stand Dad's Army but, that one episode has me in stitches! Philip Madoc, as the German captain was clearly struggling to keep a straight face! (As, I think the rest of the cast were too!) 😂 John (wanting his chips crisp und light brown!) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Beermonster1958 said: John (wanting his chips crisp und light brown!) I just caught the reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Why do I spend as much time looking for kit parts on the floor or my work surface as I do actually building something? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Why have the Eduard seatbelts that I ordered in November not arrived yet? Why have the other Eduard seatbelts I bought to replace them on the 15th of December also not arrived? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Why did I just put a Swann-Morton No 11 sized slash in my left index finger, making the same blunder as I've made hundreds of times before and adding to the hundreds of like-caused scars already there? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Why with all the shower gels you can buy no company makes one that smells like aviation fuel,the best smell in the world... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 On 12/3/2021 at 11:30 AM, Duncan B said: When I lose something why do I only find it in the last place I look and never the first place? I've tried looking in the last place first but that never seems to work. Duncan B But if wouldn't be the last place if it wasn't there. It's only the last place because you stop looking once you find it! Why do stores that are open 24/7 have locks on the doors? Ian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 On 29/12/2021 at 19:06, Mr T said: Why do I spend as much time looking for kit parts on the floor or my work surface as I do actually building something? And when I am looking for the part that I have lost, I find the part that I lost from the last kit I was making in seconds after spending hours looking for it the first time around. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Why do manufacturers discontinue the specific water filter a month after I just bought a new water-filter jug? I'll have to buy yet another jug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy Modeller Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Why are we all here... and not building models? Why? Cheers LM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
593jones Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Will the last work ever spoken be 'Why?' Hope that's not depressed everyone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 5:32 PM, Vince1159 said: Why with all the shower gels you can buy no company makes one that smells like aviation fuel,the best smell in the world... Would have to disagree. Chloroform is the best smell in the worl😴😴😴😴 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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