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Post by Floyd D Barber on Jul 29, 2018 21:12:39 GMT -5
It's interesting that there seems to have been little or no effort by film companies to make extras (especially commentaries) originally made for DVD, available in some kind of streaming form. Wonder if they'll just disappear as streaming slowly takes over. Shout Factory streams a few commentary tracks on their Roku channel, but those are the only ones I can think of.
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Jul 29, 2018 21:26:08 GMT -5
This concept of not being able to watch a movie with subtitles is so foreign to me. It's just seems so extraordinary. How is that a thing people cannot do? Maybe because I've watched subtitled movies for all my life, but watching a dubbed movie it is just heresy to me. Why watch it at all then? ...most people watching American films in other countries watch them dubbed, you do know that, right? Dubbed into other languages, for easier consumption. You've just insulted all of them.
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Post by Sanziana on Jul 30, 2018 3:27:58 GMT -5
This concept of not being able to watch a movie with subtitles is so foreign to me. It's just seems so extraordinary. How is that a thing people cannot do? Maybe because I've watched subtitled movies for all my life, but watching a dubbed movie it is just heresy to me. Why watch it at all then? ...most people watching American films in other countries watch them dubbed, you do know that, right? Dubbed into other languages, for easier consumption. You've just insulted all of them. My point of reference in general isn't America. So yes, of course I know dubbing is practiced all of the world. And part of my point is easier consumption shouldn't be the main goal when watching movies. And anyway, it's my opinion, you know people are allowed to have those?
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Post by dLᵒ on Jul 30, 2018 8:41:12 GMT -5
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Post by Nudeviking on Aug 2, 2018 21:13:29 GMT -5
This concept of not being able to watch a movie with subtitles is so foreign to me. It's just seems so extraordinary. How is that a thing people cannot do? Maybe because I've watched subtitled movies for all my life, but watching a dubbed movie it is just heresy to me. Why watch it at all then? ...most people watching American films in other countries watch them dubbed, you do know that, right? Dubbed into other languages, for easier consumption. You've just insulted all of them. I can't speak for the rest of the world but the only foreign language movies that are dubbed here are ones geared exclusively towards children. Things that could possibly appeal to both small children and adults (ie. Disney/Pixar movies) will get released to theaters in both subbed and dubbed versions. Everything else is subtitled. This also holds true with television programs. Generic cartoons are dubbed, Disney TV cartoons have soundtracks that can be toggled between English and Korean, shows for adults are subtitled.
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Post by Sanziana on Aug 3, 2018 0:57:28 GMT -5
...most people watching American films in other countries watch them dubbed, you do know that, right? Dubbed into other languages, for easier consumption. You've just insulted all of them. I can't speak for the rest of the world but the only foreign language movies that are dubbed here are ones geared exclusively towards children. Things that could possibly appeal to both small children and adults (ie. Disney/Pixar movies) will get released to theaters in both subbed and dubbed versions. Everything else is subtitled. This also holds true with television programs. Generic cartoons are dubbed, Disney TV cartoons have soundtracks that can be toggled between English and Korean, shows for adults are subtitled. That's exactly how it is here too (Romania). But I think Spain, France, Italy and China are some countries where they do extensive dubbing. Or they used to at least.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Aug 3, 2018 11:16:06 GMT -5
It's interesting that there seems to have been little or no effort by film companies to make extras (especially commentaries) originally made for DVD, available in some kind of streaming form. Wonder if they'll just disappear as streaming slowly takes over. You guys notice how DVDs have just gotten shittier and shittier as of late? Not just in the sense of less commentary or special features or whatever, I mean, the increasingly rudimentary menus, the slow demise of scene selection, etc
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 3, 2018 13:15:16 GMT -5
Rainbow Rosa Because few people are buying DVD’s anymore? Thinking back to the last DVD I bought it was a year or two ago I think, and it was a collection of Saint films with George Sanders that I bought because I couldn’t find them anywhere else, including the library. The more niche it gets, the less companies will spend on such niceties.
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Post by Celebith on Aug 7, 2018 23:55:06 GMT -5
...most people watching American films in other countries watch them dubbed, you do know that, right? Dubbed into other languages, for easier consumption. You've just insulted all of them. I can't speak for the rest of the world but the only foreign language movies that are dubbed here are ones geared exclusively towards children. Things that could possibly appeal to both small children and adults (ie. Disney/Pixar movies) will get released to theaters in both subbed and dubbed versions. Everything else is subtitled. This also holds true with television programs. Generic cartoons are dubbed, Disney TV cartoons have soundtracks that can be toggled between English and Korean, shows for adults are subtitled. I think maybe Lost got dubbed, and some NCIS? I know I was surprised to see shows that were dubbed, though. Lots of people use subbed shows as a way to study English, though, so dubbing seems less popular for a few reasons.
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Post by Nudeviking on Aug 8, 2018 4:54:44 GMT -5
I can't speak for the rest of the world but the only foreign language movies that are dubbed here are ones geared exclusively towards children. Things that could possibly appeal to both small children and adults (ie. Disney/Pixar movies) will get released to theaters in both subbed and dubbed versions. Everything else is subtitled. This also holds true with television programs. Generic cartoons are dubbed, Disney TV cartoons have soundtracks that can be toggled between English and Korean, shows for adults are subtitled. I think maybe Lost got dubbed, and some NCIS? I know I was surprised to see shows that were dubbed, though. Lots of people use subbed shows as a way to study English, though, so dubbing seems less popular for a few reasons. Lost was dubbed on one of the networks and aired at late o’clock at night on Sunday if memory serves correctly but was concurrently being aired subbed on cable. I think the Network stopped airing the dubbed version before the show actually concluded but I could be mistaken. As for NCIS I don’t know if got that treatment as well but I think CSI might have.
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Post by dwarfoscar on Aug 8, 2018 14:15:30 GMT -5
www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/race/academy-plans-three-hour-oscars-telecast-adds-popular-film-category-1133138?__twitter_impression=trueSo the Oscars have decided to add a category for 'outstanding achievement in popular film', in a desperate bid to rekindle viewership. The French Césars have already implemented that last year and it kinda sucks. I find it absurd to reward a movie for being popular : a success at the box-office is already its own reward. So congrats in advance to Black Panther. We're lucky that this year's award will probably go to a well-received movie, but it's a matter of time before the award goes to some crap like Transformers XVII.
The telecast being reduced to three hours is a good thing, but doing this in detriment to lesser known categories that won't be broadcasted any longer is a shame. How about fewer interminable musical interludes ?
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Post by chalkdevil 😈 on Aug 8, 2018 17:08:32 GMT -5
www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/race/academy-plans-three-hour-oscars-telecast-adds-popular-film-category-1133138?__twitter_impression=trueSo the Oscars have decided to add a category for 'outstanding achievement in popular film', in a desperate bid to rekindle viewership. The French Césars have already implemented that last year and it kinda sucks. I find it absurd to reward a movie for being popular : a success at the box-office is already its own reward. So congrats in advance to Black Panther. We're lucky that this year's award will probably go to a well-received movie, but it's a matter of time before the award goes to some crap like Transformers XVII.
The telecast being reduced to three hours is a good thing, but doing this in detriment to lesser known categories that won't be broadcasted any longer is a shame. How about fewer interminable musical interludes ? If they give Black Panther the new Most Popular Oscar, then they won't have to give one of the real ones to it. It can go to Bradley Cooper's beard for A Star Is Born or just something with Joaquin Phoenix in it. Doesn't matter which, just one his movies. That's how you know it's a serious film.
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Post by oppy all along on Aug 8, 2018 17:54:47 GMT -5
The Oscars would be more interesting (and rate higher) if like at the first Oscars the Best Picture category was split into 'Best Big Movie' and 'Most Artistic Movie'. Just think of the fun thinkpieces and Twitter arguments that would be generated with a Best Movie award contested between Get Out, Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnarok, It, and Girls Trip. Make it an eight movie category and you can throw Coco, Baby Driver, and Last Jedi in there as well. Meanwhile the fish one, the gay one, the chick one, the war movies, the Daniel Day Lewis one, the news one, and the local advertising one can duke it out for Most Artistic. And let's face it, which eight movies are more culturally relevant and memorable anyway. Three months from now Darkest Hour will be nothing but a difficult trivia question about how Gary Oldman got his Best Actor award. SUCK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Aug 8, 2018 20:57:39 GMT -5
I think maybe Lost got dubbed, and some NCIS? I know I was surprised to see shows that were dubbed, though. Lots of people use subbed shows as a way to study English, though, so dubbing seems less popular for a few reasons. Lost was dubbed on one of the networks and aired at late o’clock at night on Sunday if memory serves correctly but was concurrently being aired subbed on cable. I think the Network stopped airing the dubbed version before the show actually concluded but I could be mistaken. As for NCIS I don’t know if got that treatment as well but I think CSI might have. How were you supposed to tell that Sun and Jin were canonically speaking Korean whereas everyone else was only speaking it in translation?
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Post by oppy all along on Aug 8, 2018 22:42:41 GMT -5
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Post by kitchin on Aug 9, 2018 17:33:56 GMT -5
Lost was dubbed on one of the networks and aired at late o’clock at night on Sunday if memory serves correctly but was concurrently being aired subbed on cable. I think the Network stopped airing the dubbed version before the show actually concluded but I could be mistaken. As for NCIS I don’t know if got that treatment as well but I think CSI might have. How were you supposed to tell that Sun and Jin were canonically speaking Korean whereas everyone else was only speaking it in translation? By having them speak it with a British accent?
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Post by Angry Raisins on Aug 11, 2018 6:34:37 GMT -5
A boring post as it's just agreement with/repetition of numerous other opinions out there... but ugh to the "Best popular film" Oscar idea. Blockbusters certainly don't need the extra recognition, it's hardly unheard of for them to get non-technical awards anyway, and for those which do deserve a shot at Best Picture, this seems likely to either push them out of that or make for a boringly redundant double award. I suspect it'll somewhat reduce the motivation for studios to put money into more intelligent films (yes, even given that current Oscar-bait can be pretty dumb), and there's just something so shamelessly pandering about it.
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Post by Floyd D Barber on Aug 17, 2018 0:43:23 GMT -5
Rustler's Rhapsody, a movie that asks "What it would be like if one of those 1930's singing cowboy movies was made today (or in 1985)?", is coming to Amazon Prime in September. It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I remember it as being a pretty funny, underappreciated comedy. Evil Andy Griffith! Tom Berenger as a Good Guy! Marilu Henner as a hooker with a heart of gold! It's no Blazing Saddles, but then nothing else is. If you haven't seen it (and almost nobody has) you might consider checking it out.
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Post by ArchieLeach on Aug 18, 2018 7:20:35 GMT -5
Starlit Days at the Lido (1935) just played on TCM. If I told you it was a promo short for MGM and Hollywood's Lido Lounge filled with novelty acts, mostly forgotten, you might not be interested. But if you have any interest in old-time music, showbiz troopers, or how Hollywood glamour looked like in eye-popping color instead of the elegant black-and-white we are used to, you need to see it. Just a glimpse of Clark Gable with his second wife will be worth your time.
The 20-minute short is not on YouTube but might be available on other streaming services. Here's a little taste - Cliff Edwards became the voice of Jiminy Cricket, and Suzy Wandas was known as The Lady with the Fairy Fingers, for reasons which will become apparent.
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Post by Celebith on Aug 23, 2018 23:23:16 GMT -5
The Game holds up much better than Se7en
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Post by oppy all along on Aug 24, 2018 19:04:13 GMT -5
If you're arguing that A) Movies like Black Panther will be blacklisted from Best Picture if there's a Best Popular Picture category and B) Movies like Black Panther don't deserve a Best Picture nomination, your arguments cancel each other out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2018 22:49:36 GMT -5
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Post by The Spice Weasel on Aug 25, 2018 11:20:55 GMT -5
The Martian is the new Shawshank Redemption in as much as it is on TV all the damn time.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Aug 25, 2018 23:58:54 GMT -5
When Mantis had him immobilized, why didn't Tony just cut off Thanos' goddamn arm? #ravenclawsolutions
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Post by Sanziana on Aug 26, 2018 2:53:14 GMT -5
When Mantis had him immobilized, why didn't Tony just cut off Thanos' goddamn arm? #ravenclawsolutions Because the movie had to stay PG-13.
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Post by oppy all along on Aug 26, 2018 4:12:05 GMT -5
When Mantis had him immobilized, why didn't Tony just cut off Thanos' goddamn arm? #ravenclawsolutions Me, the jerk who answers these questions seriously: Thanos woke up after random human Peter Quill pistolwhipped him a couple of times. If they were going to try and cut his arm off (there's no guarantee they could, Thanos overpowered The Hulk), it would need to be severed instantly or he wakes up and continues repeatedly punching them.
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Post by Post-St. Patty's Day Bloat on Aug 26, 2018 10:10:33 GMT -5
The most disturbing and disgusting part of The Howling is when the burger is flipped much too soon and then pressed down mercilessly with a spatula. The horror!
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Aug 26, 2018 12:11:22 GMT -5
When Mantis had him immobilized, why didn't Tony just cut off Thanos' goddamn arm? #ravenclawsolutions Me, the jerk who answers these questions seriously: Thanos woke up after random human Peter Quill pistolwhipped him a couple of times. If they were going to try and cut his arm off (there's no guarantee they could, Thanos overpowered The Hulk), it would need to be severed instantly or he wakes up and continues repeatedly punching them. nah man, I’m the jerk who wants a serious answer. And I take your point, but the suit’s got all kinds of crazy lasers on it;I’m pretty sure one of them could slice through instantaneously. I don’t know anything about Thanos’ physical make-up; he might be impervious to crazy lasers. But they could’ve at least tried dismemberment.
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Post by oppy all along on Aug 26, 2018 16:51:03 GMT -5
Me, the jerk who answers these questions seriously: Thanos woke up after random human Peter Quill pistolwhipped him a couple of times. If they were going to try and cut his arm off (there's no guarantee they could, Thanos overpowered The Hulk), it would need to be severed instantly or he wakes up and continues repeatedly punching them. nah man, I’m the jerk who wants a serious answer. And I take your point, but the suit’s got all kinds of crazy lasers on it;I’m pretty sure one of them could slice through instantaneously. I don’t know anything about Thanos’ physical make-up; he might be impervious to crazy lasers. But they could’ve at least tried dismemberment. True. Random thing I'd like but will probably never get is a goofy montage of all the failed strategies Doctor Strange foresaw. "okay, in one Iron Man tries to cut off Thanos's arm with a crazy laser but only gets half an inch in before Thanos wakes up and kills us all with said crazy laser, in another one Star-Lord's plan to distract Thanos with a dance-off is spectacularly unsuccessful, in another one we successfully remove the gauntlet but then somehow Drax ends up accidentally triggering the click"
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Post by Ben Grimm on Aug 26, 2018 17:34:02 GMT -5
Me, the jerk who answers these questions seriously: Thanos woke up after random human Peter Quill pistolwhipped him a couple of times. If they were going to try and cut his arm off (there's no guarantee they could, Thanos overpowered The Hulk), it would need to be severed instantly or he wakes up and continues repeatedly punching them. nah man, I’m the jerk who wants a serious answer. And I take your point, but the suit’s got all kinds of crazy lasers on it;I’m pretty sure one of them could slice through instantaneously. I don’t know anything about Thanos’ physical make-up; he might be impervious to crazy lasers. But they could’ve at least tried dismemberment. I feel like one of the big things that tends to separate the heroes from the villains is that the heroes, as a rule, don't generally go to limb-severing as a first option.
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