WTF... why are the movie studios so stupid

[gopunk]

renting Gen-Y cops from blockbuster... it's a hong kong action flick, so it is reasonable to expect that it will have a "chinese" option right? WRONG. only english. not even chinese subtitles... they have english and *french* but not chinese. no... we can't have the movie in it's goddamn original language

ugh i rented a movie to get the movie.... not the visuals with dubbed over voices :|

 

[Hooligan]

i saw that movie in taiwan awesome, but why no Chinese ?

 

[HamSupLo]

ha, you picked up a gwei lo DVD.

 

[Rkonster]

Yes.....quite annoying.

Hollywood killed Fist of Legend as well. Its dubbing was just retarded. I had to buy the dvd from hong kong.......

 

[fr]

Originally posted by: jooksing
ha, you picked up a gwei lo DVD.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Why not order a whole bunch from SE-Asia? (Doubt it's easy to import from China, but other countries should be possible)

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Why not order a whole bunch from SE-Asia? (Doubt it's easy to import from China, but other countries should be possible)

eh i'm not big into owning... i have unlimited rentals for a month here it just boggles my mind that they would do such a thing to begin with

 

[MonkOnXanax]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Why not order a whole bunch from SE-Asia? (Doubt it's easy to import from China, but other countries should be possible)

eh i'm not big into owning... i have unlimited rentals for a month here it just boggles my mind that they would do such a thing to begin with

cuz subtitles are annoying, even more so if they're not yellow, and most of the renters probably speak english.

i could be wrong of course.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: MonkOnXanax

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Why not order a whole bunch from SE-Asia? (Doubt it's easy to import from China, but other countries should be possible)

eh i'm not big into owning... i have unlimited rentals for a month here it just boggles my mind that they would do such a thing to begin with

cuz subtitles are annoying, even more so if they're not yellow, and most of the renters probably speak english.

i could be wrong of course.

but it's a frickin' dvd... one of the big selling points of dvds is that you can have different languages and whatnot. and they have french subtitles but not chinese? i doubt there are more french people renting that than chinese people.

and for what it's worth, i find dubbed over voices to be way more annoying than subtitles.

 

[MonkOnXanax]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: MonkOnXanax

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Why not order a whole bunch from SE-Asia? (Doubt it's easy to import from China, but other countries should be possible)

eh i'm not big into owning... i have unlimited rentals for a month here it just boggles my mind that they would do such a thing to begin with

cuz subtitles are annoying, even more so if they're not yellow, and most of the renters probably speak english.

i could be wrong of course.

but it's a frickin' dvd... one of the big selling points of dvds is that you can have different languages and whatnot. and they have french subtitles but not chinese? i doubt there are more french people renting that than chinese people.

and for what it's worth, i find dubbed over voices to be way more annoying than subtitles.

usually yes, i agree. but it also tells you on the back of the dvd what versions are one there. who was it dubbed by? asian actors or was it a hollywood dub?

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: gopunk
renting Gen-Y cops from blockbuster... it's a hong kong action flick, so it is reasonable to expect that it will have a "chinese" option right? WRONG. only english. not even chinese subtitles... they have english and *french* but not chinese. no... we can't have the movie in it's goddamn original language

ugh i rented a movie to get the movie.... not the visuals with dubbed over voices :|

Do you live in a country where the majority of the population speaks English?

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: Dr Smooth

Originally posted by: gopunk
renting Gen-Y cops from blockbuster... it's a hong kong action flick, so it is reasonable to expect that it will have a "chinese" option right? WRONG. only english. not even chinese subtitles... they have english and *french* but not chinese. no... we can't have the movie in it's goddamn original language

ugh i rented a movie to get the movie.... not the visuals with dubbed over voices :|

Do you live in a country where the majority of the population speaks English?

still, dubbed over voices are damn annoying, i always prefer subtitles to friggin dubbed movies

 

[Triumph]

I don't understand the proliferation of French dubbed DVD's. Is it because of Canada? How many Canadians actually speak French? Surely there are more Spanish speaking people under the NTSC format than French speakers.

 

[gopunk]

usually yes, i agree. but it also tells you on the back of the dvd what versions are one there. who was it dubbed by? asian actors or was it a hollywood dub?

yea, i didn't check because it never occured to me that this would happen.... i dunno who it was dubbed by... it's that stereotypical sort of exaggerated announcer-sounding voice.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Dr Smooth

Originally posted by: gopunk
renting Gen-Y cops from blockbuster... it's a hong kong action flick, so it is reasonable to expect that it will have a "chinese" option right? WRONG. only english. not even chinese subtitles... they have english and *french* but not chinese. no... we can't have the movie in it's goddamn original language

ugh i rented a movie to get the movie.... not the visuals with dubbed over voices :|

Do you live in a country where the majority of the population speaks English?

yup. i don't have any problem with them having the english track.... but to omit the original movie itself is a crime imo. i only know some chinese, not even enough to understand most of the movie, but i like to watch chinese movies in chinese because it just isn't the same when it is dubbed. the same goes for films from any foreign country actually (like france... or japan). i would much rather watch the original film with subtitles than no subtitles and dubbed speech.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I always feel like Im missing part of the movie if I only watch the bottom 1.3inches of the screen. Plus, subtitles mean I can do little else while watching a movie, or when Im tired have to rewind the movie occassionally to re-read something I did not understand or to read something I missed.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I only know English (atleast thats the only language I know well enough to watch a movie in), so I know I have no need for it to be in Chinese. Although, if you seriously think it should be a crime, I will support the death penalty against anyone that can make a movie enjoyable to people that do not understand the native language.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I always feel like Im missing part of the movie if I only watch the bottom 1.3inches of the screen. Plus, subtitles mean I can do little else while watching a movie, or when Im tired have to rewind the movie occassionally to re-read something I did not understand or to read something I missed.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I only know English (atleast thats the only language I know well enough to watch a movie in), so I know I have no need for it to be in Chinese. Although, if you seriously think it should be a crime, I will support the death penalty against anyone that can make a movie enjoyable to people that do not understand the native language.

like i said, nothing against having an english version... but i have a problem with the fact that they did not include the original version. i wouldn't be griping about this if it wasn't a dvd... and also, i feel this way for movies of any language... not just chinese. i understand that some people don't like subtitles, and that's great that they have a dubbed version for those people. but for me, i think films are much more enjoyable when you can hear it the way it was intended to be heard.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I always feel like Im missing part of the movie if I only watch the bottom 1.3inches of the screen. Plus, subtitles mean I can do little else while watching a movie, or when Im tired have to rewind the movie occassionally to re-read something I did not understand or to read something I missed.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I only know English (atleast thats the only language I know well enough to watch a movie in), so I know I have no need for it to be in Chinese. Although, if you seriously think it should be a crime, I will support the death penalty against anyone that can make a movie enjoyable to people that do not understand the native language.

like i said, nothing against having an english version... but i have a problem with the fact that they did not include the original version. i wouldn't be griping about this if it wasn't a dvd... and also, i feel this way for movies of any language... not just chinese. i understand that some people don't like subtitles, and that's great that they have a dubbed version for those people. but for me, i think films are much more enjoyable when you can hear it the way it was intended to be heard.

Complain to the movie studio.

 

[PlatinumGold]

I watched "Brotherhood of the Wolf" last night, a french film that had been dubbed, i'd agree that dubbing sux. i'd much rather read subtitles.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Triumph
I don't understand the proliferation of French dubbed DVD's. Is it because of Canada? How many Canadians actually speak French? Surely there are more Spanish speaking people under the NTSC format than French speakers.

I don't know, but watching Starship Troopers in French is pretty damn funny.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
I watched "Brotherhood of the Wolf" last night, a french film that had been dubbed, i'd agree that dubbing sux. i'd much rather read subtitles.

Yep yep. When I rented BotW, I watched it in the original French with English subtitles.

 

[MonkOnXanax]

Originally posted by: gopunk

usually yes, i agree. but it also tells you on the back of the dvd what versions are one there. who was it dubbed by? asian actors or was it a hollywood dub?

yea, i didn't check because it never occured to me that this would happen.... i dunno who it was dubbed by... it's that stereotypical sort of exaggerated announcer-sounding voice.

sounds like an asian dub. (i think)