Okay, I feel it's time for me to rant about subtitles. I started turning the subtitles on when I watch TV and movies, shortly after I married my wife. She and our kids have an easier time following a shows if the subtitles are on. Once you get used to it, it's not a big deal; until you try to listen to the show AND read the subtitles. Nearly always, the subtitles miss some critical dialogue, important points, and are running behind or ahead of the show. What the heck??? If I was deaf, and I'm very grateful I'm not, I'd be really pissed off about this!!! As it is, I'm not too thrilled with the situation (obviously).
Now, a lot of what we watch at my house are TV shows and movies we've seen a hundred zillion times, so we're extra aware when the subtitles don't match up with the dialogue. But if for example, I were watching an action movie I'd never seen before, and the subtitles were running ahead, and it tells me that a character gets killed or a building gets blown up and I have yet to see that happen on the screen, I'm gonna be super pissed that the subtitles spoiled the surprise!!! If I'm watching a comedy and the subtitles don't match up exactly with the dialogue, the vast majority of the jokes probably aren't even going to make sense; and again, I'm gonna be super pissed!!!
I don't know much about the technology behind subtitles, but with all the amazing things we have done and can do with technology, how friggin hard can it be to make the subtitles work properly??? What a crappy system!!!
Stupid subtitles are definitely not the primary reason I'm glad I'm not deaf, but they're certainly on the list.
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