Pat Riot Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 It’s annoying as heck! Do all Brits mumble and slam their words together like Germans, or what. They can’t even speak English properly. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: It’s annoying as heck! Do all Brits mumble and slam their words together like Germans, or what. They can’t even speak English properly. Lol! You mean you only need subtitles for every western made on the last 25 years. Talk about Mumbling! And from the back of the throat, so that even if you could discern where the words start and stop, you're hard pressed to understand them because of the gargling. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 5 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Lol! You mean you only need subtitles for every western made on the last 25 years. Talk about Mumbling! And from the back of the throat, so that even if you could discern where the words start and stop, you're hard pressed to understand them because of the gargling. Yeah, but it’s American mumbling. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell Sackett SASS 18436 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 We use subtitles for EVERYTHING, if possible!! Low volume, mumbling, foreign accents-you name it! Very difficult to hear& understand dialogue nowadays! 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilli GaHoot Galoot Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 hour ago, Tell Sackett SASS 18436 said: We use subtitles for EVERYTHING, if possible!! Low volume, mumbling, foreign accents-you name it! Very difficult to hear& understand dialogue nowadays! I agree! Heck, I even have subtitles turned on for this forum! 1 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 TV in the hospital I was visiting a couple of days ago. 59 channels, but nothing to watch. Had two channels with westerns (Gunsmoke and Have Gun, Will Travel reruns) Both had Spanish dubbed in and English subtitles. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 The actors in most of the new programs mumble. They actually kind of whisper. I have no problem with the old tv shows and movies. I never use the closed captioning though it’s too distracting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 9 hours ago, Pat Riot said: It’s annoying as heck! Do all Brits mumble and slam their words together like Germans, or what. They can’t even speak English properly. Only the ones that don’t comment on sporting events!! The ones that do that are loud and obnoxious and ya’ still can’t understand half of what they’re blathering about!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I don’t know what all y’all are complaining about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Especially comedians. George Bernard Shaw was right when he said that "America and England are separated by a common language". 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 We run subtitles 100% of the time. I need them, she does not, but they don't bother her. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Only the ones that don’t comment on sporting events!! The ones that do that are loud and obnoxious and ya’ still can’t understand half of what they’re blathering about!! That's exactly why I mute the volume on baseball games and auto racing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I generally won't watch anything with subtitles. Between the mumbling, the English and the background music (I wish it was in the background), it's almost impossible to enjoy a movie or show these days. I did thoroughly enjoy the Narcos series even with the subtitles though, but that was years ago now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Since my hearing is very bad, even with my hearing aids, I use the sub-title feature as much as possible. I find it especially bad with people with high pitch voices, those that talk using the tip of their tongue or with poor enunciation, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I watched the Guy Richie movie Snatch several years back. Very funny movie. THEN I rewatched it with subtitles and it was funnier! Lots of British accents and some Pikey thrown in that now makes more sense. I use subtitles most of the time now on everything... life is easier this way. Huh? What? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) I was watching a show where the subtitles were off from the dialogue by about five seconds. I had to turn them off. Edited August 30 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 hour ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: I find it especially bad with people with high pitch voices, those that talk using the tip of their tongue or with poor enunciation Virtually every actress (for the high pitch), and actor now. I have no trouble following the fast-paced banter of Cary Grant and Ros Russell in "His Girl Friday", or Grant and Katherine Hepburn in "Bringing Up Baby." But the style for the past few decades of mumbling from the back of the throat, along with dialog at 45dB and music and sound effects ai 145dB, I find most movies unintelligible. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 18 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: But the style for the past few decades of mumbling from the back of the throat, along with dialog at 45dB and music and sound effects ai 145dB, I find most movies unintelligible. Most music I hear on the radio seems to be like that, too. Sometimes I have to adjust the equaliser to the "Talk" setting to hear what they're singing about. Though a lot of the time what they're singing about isn't worth hearing. That's why I listen to a lot of Talk Radio. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I have no problems with movies, TV shows made 40 years and back. Its the new movies were night scenes are completely black, mumbling and whispering with loud soundtrack music, etc. I just don't watch them. Many don't even make sense and some of the westerns released recently direct, have poor acting, very amateur and minimumbackdrops that suppose to imitate towns, etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 32 minutes ago, Marshal Dan Troop 70448 said: . Its the new movies were night scenes are completely black, mumbling and whispering with loud soundtrack music, etc And interior scenes smoke filled to "London peasoup fog" levels, and action scenes shot 2 inches from the actors and cutting to different views every quarter of a second. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) One interesting side note: watching over-the-air TV commercials with the sound muted. The body language of these snake-oil and ambulance chaser commercials is quite revealing. Muting the sound reveals the baloney and cheesy acting in the visual parts. Edited August 30 by bgavin 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 OH, forgot. The ridiculous fight scene were someone hit with a crow bar, 2x4, boulder, hardly flinches yet a head to head smash knocks them out, sometimes not. No bullet holes in vehecles except sparks. Sparks even on tires and windows. Just waiting for sparks on actors now. One reason we watch so many older movies and TV Shows. I really can't remember when we last went to see a movie in the theatre. Mow that some charge 12 to 15.00 we do without and spend the money insted on a good restaraunt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Subtitles - I never need them except for watching shows with British actors. funny I use subtitles. For Chinese actors 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 33 minutes ago, Marshal Dan Troop 70448 said: OH, forgot. The ridiculous fight scene were someone hit with a crow bar, 2x4, boulder, hardly flinches yet a head to head smash knocks them out, sometimes not. No bullet holes in vehecles except sparks. Sparks even on tires and windows. Just waiting for sparks on actors now. One reason we watch so many older movies and TV Shows. I really can't remember when we last went to see a movie in the theatre. Mow that some charge 12 to 15.00 we do without and spend the money insted on a good restaraunt. I love that every character that is shot in the shoulder, and they all get hit in the shoulder or the “love handle” area, has a “through and through” (stupid term) and the next day they’re fine. Sparks! It all started with train wheels on the track then it took off from there. Ridiculous. Years ago I met a guy that set up special effects for movies and shows. He said “Directors want the sparks. Even when told you will never get sparks from a bullet hitting a car, they say ‘I want sparks!’ So they get sparks. They pay me well so I only argue a little bit”. This same guy won an Oscar for his invention of spider web effects that weren’t extremely flammable. He literally used a hot glue gun and a blow dryer to create realistic spider webs for scary movies. He did the webs for the movie “Arachnophobia”. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I always have the captions on. First of all I need them at normal volume and secondly my wife goes to bed early while I'm up until midnight or more. She leaves for work about 515 am. Last night I was watching the Maltese Falcon. I had to chance turning up the sound because it's not the same if you can't hear Bogarts dialog. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilli GaHoot Galoot Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 5 hours ago, Marshal Dan Troop 70448 said: OH, forgot. The ridiculous fight scene were someone hit with a crow bar, 2x4, boulder, hardly flinches yet a head to head smash knocks them out, sometimes not. No bullet holes in vehecles except sparks. Sparks even on tires and windows. Just waiting for sparks on actors now. One reason we watch so many older movies and TV Shows. I really can't remember when we last went to see a movie in the theatre. Mow that some charge 12 to 15.00 we do without and spend the money insted on a good restaraunt. That's one of the reasons I love the animated show Archer, yes, there is a lot of slapstick action, but they also get a bunch of it right, from obscure car references to guns running out of ammo to my favorite, concern over someone getting hit in the head and being unconscious for more than a few seconds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 6 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: Most music I hear on the radio seems to be like that, too. Sometimes I have to adjust the equaliser to the "Talk" setting to hear what they're singing about. Though a lot of the time what they're singing about isn't worth hearing. That's why I listen to a lot of Talk Radio. I adjust the treble to +12 and the bass to -6. The sound system in my Buick Encore just plain sucks! I have no problem with my other radios!🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I adjust the treble to +12 and the bass to -6. The sound system in my Buick Encore just plain sucks! I have no problem with my other radios!🙄 Very similar to my radio. I HATE the "BOOM- BOOM" bass that so many songs have in it. I try to have the mid range up so that I can hear the words, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 We took a chance on a subtitled Jackie Chan movie the other day - Ride On was the name. On Tubi now. It was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 @Pat Riot, 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Jenorado and I quite often need subtitles for British shows/movies. Sorta' just can't understand why everyone don't just speak Australian??? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgo Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 It's exhausting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Reading subtitles is difficult when there is a movie scene with boobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 47 minutes ago, bgavin said: Reading subtitles is difficult when there is a movie scene with boobs. You're worried about understanding what's being said during a boob scene? Who cares! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Beyond the dialog itself the captions sometimes describe noises that occur. We often laugh when we hear a hammer being cocked on a glock or empties hit the ground when a revolvers being shot. The captions about what's happening when a gun is being used are even funnier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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