Subtitles are our friends

[bigboobedcanuck]

In looking back at Jason O'Mara's IMDB, I see he was in a mini-series called Berkeley Square. This is the kind of thing my parents (and I) love, and I was thinking this would be a great Xmas gift for the 'rents. But, of course, it seems there are no subtitles (thanks to a customer review that notes it), and I can't tell if there are even closed

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[ninamalfoy]

and most annoyingly it's often not listed in the product descriptions on Amazon whether or not a movie is capped or subbed

Oh my God, YES. This so many times. I've had it happen at least a handful of times that a delivered DVD was without subtitles. -.- Best example: 'Friendship', a movie about two guys from the ex-GDR who go to the US immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall to find the one's father. I love the actors in that movie, and was beside myself with joy when amazon listed it with subtitles - only to find out that only the foreign-speaking (i.e. english-speaking) parts of the movies were subtitled (in German)... *headdesksn*

But we were annoyed that the subtitles on the Blu-ray special features weren't provided in English!

WTF? Gah, how annoying! I have the German DVD box edition of BoB, borrowed it from a friend... *quickly checks the subtitles for the extras* Wow, they are in both English and German, the video diaries, too. Nice! Though, the DVDs have only German subtitles for the hearing impaired, and 'normal' German/English subtitles, the latter don't subtitle any of the German - too bad, I would've liked to read that as well. I was so lucky to find a DVD version of Inglorious Basterds where everything is subtitled in English (prefaced with [speaking German/English/...] whenever necessary).

*nods* It really doesn't cost so much, and so many people do benefit from it - not just the hearing impaired, but also immigrants who want to learn the language or when you play the movie in a noisy environment...

[bigboobedcanuck]

It really is SO annoying that they don’t give full info on subtitles. It’s vital information! And as you said, it benefits so many people. I’m not hearing impaired, but there are times when I can’t understand someone’s accent (say a very thick Scottish brogue, for example), or the actor is a mumbler, or whatever. Yet so often I have to go digging for info. I had to email a studio a few months ago to see if there were subs on something my dad wanted. There were, so he bought it, but we shouldn’t have to investigate to find out!