sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoAmazon thought it would be a good idea to not include subtitles in a film made entirely with sign language.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1429arrow-down127
arrow-up1402arrow-down1imageAmazon thought it would be a good idea to not include subtitles in a film made entirely with sign language.lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-squaretigermountain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·20 days agoWhat pisses me off about subtitles is when they start displaying lyrics to songs playing in the background.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·20 days agoAlthough I love it when they subtitle the inaudible-but-foreshadowing news anchor in the background.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-220 days agoSnatch is a completely different movie if you can understand Mickey (Bradd Pitt) character. Example
minus-squareEllvix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoIf the song lyrics are relevant to the scene, sure I could see them being there. Like those songs that are custom written to do a sort of 4th wall breaking live commentary on the characters. But a lot of songs? Not needed at all.
minus-square𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoOr there’s no lyrics but the subtitles keep repeating “heat” or “scary”.
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoI’ve not had scary yet, but heat does come up a lot for me in autogenerated subs when it can’t figure out wtf is going on. Gentle backing music: Subtitles: Heat
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoI don’t mind it as long as they do something like italics and little music notes or either end
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoI don’t mind stuff like that when it’s at the top of the screen like a fansub
What pisses me off about subtitles is when they start displaying lyrics to songs playing in the background.
Although I love it when they subtitle the inaudible-but-foreshadowing news anchor in the background.
Snatch is a completely different movie if you can understand Mickey (Bradd Pitt) character.
Example
If the song lyrics are relevant to the scene, sure I could see them being there. Like those songs that are custom written to do a sort of 4th wall breaking live commentary on the characters. But a lot of songs? Not needed at all.
Or there’s no lyrics but the subtitles keep repeating “heat” or “scary”.
That’s hilarious.
I’ve not had scary yet, but heat does come up a lot for me in autogenerated subs when it can’t figure out wtf is going on.
Gentle backing music:
Subtitles: Heat
I don’t mind it as long as they do something like italics and little music notes or either end
I don’t mind stuff like that when it’s at the top of the screen like a fansub
That’s a good idea.