Deaf Movie Club

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Comment by Juan Frausto on September 3, 2009 at 11:26am

I know you folks will probably be disappointed but...until itunes, amazon, netflix and other digital streaming sellers offer subtitles and captioning, I will remain a "Pirate" lol. Yes, I'm a pirate, mostly because stuff I want to watch is older, or shows on television but I don't get those channels, or two of my favorite shows start at the same time and I don't have DVR. And downloading benefits me because I can almost always find subtitles for the video file I have. I can no longer enjoy anything I watch without subtitles or captions because I can't freakin hear! I'll end up just getting bored out of my mind.

Comment by Taffer on May 4, 2009 at 10:09am

*Sigh*... what a small team. We need guerrilla tactics. Anyone know if Marlee Matlin is a netflix member?

Comment by Martin on March 9, 2009 at 4:07pm

If anyone has Facebook, join the group "Netflix Watch-Instantly Needs Closed Captions!" here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72815765309

Comment by JaMafia on February 21, 2009 at 11:18am

Any news that Netflix announced about closed captioning or subtitle recently?

Comment by Mike White on January 19, 2009 at 12:21pm

I'm not deaf but find CCing adds a lot more to my viewing experience and really hope Netflix gets on the ball with this + Roku.

Comment by JaMafia on December 23, 2008 at 6:49pm

Wishing ya'all have merriest Christmas this year! :-)

Comment by ImKukie on August 24, 2008 at 9:15am

I am a subtitle junkie. I find that I tend to follow the story much better with the subs on. It's a processing thing not a hearing thing, although some films do have crappy sound and subs are a much appreciated feature!

Comment by Eric Eyeball on July 18, 2008 at 10:16am

someone told me i needed the subs on when i watched OUTPOST, but, even with as many accents as were used i managed to get thru without them. I like subs on foreign movies but when turned on for movies where they match the native language, i find that i read more than i watch. or I might read a line of dialogue before someone says it.

Comment by The Real Uncle Bob on July 14, 2008 at 9:17pm

As the song points out, the problem with UK accents is their variety.A drama taking place entirely in London can boast half-a-dozen different accents (like the BBC production of Sweeney Todd)

Comment by The Real Uncle Bob on July 14, 2008 at 9:10pm

A great, witty song!

Henry Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter,
Condemned by every syllable she ever uttered.
By law she should be taken out and hung,
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
Eliza Aaoooww! Henry imitating her Aaoooww!
Heaven's! What a noise!
This is what the British population,
Calls an elementary education. Pickering Oh,
Counsel, I think you picked a poor example. Henry Did I?
Hear them down in Soho square,
Dropping "h's" everywhere.
Speaking English anyway they like.
You sir, did you go to school?
Man Wadaya tike me for, a fool?
Henry No one taught him 'take' instead of 'tike!
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction, by now,
Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir,
Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too!
Hear a Yorkshireman, or worse,
Hear a Cornishman converse,
I'd rather hear a choir singing flat.
Chickens cackling in a barn Just like this one!
Eliza Garn! Henry I ask you, sir, what sort of word is that?
It's "Aoooow" and "Garn" that keep her in her place.
Not her wretched clothes and dirty face.
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.
If you spoke as she does, sir, Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too.
An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him,
The moment he talks he makes some other
Englishman despise him.
One common language I'm afraid we'll never get.
Oh, why can't the English learn to set
A good example to people whose
English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely
disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
Norwegians learn Norwegian; the Greeks have taught their
Greek. In France every Frenchman knows
his language fro "A" to "Zed"
The French never care what they do, actually,
as long as they pronounce in properly.
Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning.
And Hebrews learn it backwards,
which is absolutely frightening.
But use proper English you're regarded as a freak.
Why can't the English,
Why can't the English learn to speak?

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