I would really like to get this movie but I don't want to sit reading subtitles for 2 hours. Anyone know if they are going to release a version with an English track?
Cameron
10-11-05, 06:33 PM
mel gibson has stated that he will never release this with a dub track.
you can read, why not see the movie? Too many good movies in the world to be skipped over just because they are not in english
compulsive dvd
10-11-05, 07:24 PM
Jesus did not speak English. There isn't much dialogue anyway. You may as well hear them mispronounce the Latin numbers.
DGibFen
10-11-05, 07:26 PM
Given that Gibson was thinking about releasing the film sans subtitles, you could turn them off and watch it that way.
Duder
10-11-05, 07:55 PM
Record yourself reading the subtitles the first time you watch the movie, and then play it back with the TV volume turned down or muted every time after that. Voila! Instant English dub track!
Brent L
10-11-05, 09:11 PM
Who wants to read while watching a movie? That's far too much work when I want to sit down and relax, ya know? It's like watching The Simpsons or something while at the same time reading a novel or something.
:confused: :confused: :confused:
Joe Molotov
10-11-05, 09:27 PM
Well, "Passion of the Christ" is not exactly a movie you sit down and relax to. ;)
dsa_shea
10-11-05, 09:38 PM
Yep, not exactly a relaxing movie. And shouldn't this thread be titled "Passion of the English Track"?
SINGLE104
10-12-05, 01:18 AM
If The Passion of the Christ was released with a english audio track, It will definitely not be the same movie Mel Gibson intended to make. The spoken Hebrew language is part of it's authencity, and with a dubbed english track, it will completely destroy the entire original perspective of the film.
Bugg
10-12-05, 01:30 AM
If The Passion of the Christ was released with a english audio track, It will definitely not be the same movie Mel Gibson intended to make. The spoken Hebrew language is part of it's authencity, and with a dubbed english track, it will completely destroy the entire original perspective of the film.
FinkPish
10-12-05, 01:41 AM
^^^Board glitch or multiple accounts? :hscratch:
Bugg
10-12-05, 02:03 AM
^^^Board glitch or multiple accounts? :hscratch:
I was just goofing because SINGLE104 had posted that same message twice in a row, yet 8 minutes apart. I guess one of them has since been deleted.
FinkPish
10-12-05, 02:07 AM
It was probably just an accidental double post then.
Duder
10-12-05, 02:34 AM
The spoken Hebrew language
You mean Aramaic?
The spoken Hebrew language
You mean Aramaic?
;)
Mr. Salty
10-12-05, 02:46 AM
Here's the lengthy archived thread on the subject:
Who wants to read while watching a movie? That's far too much work when I want to sit down and relax, ya know?rotfl
Somehow, a large part of the world's population manages this amazing feat without their brains exploding.
Fincher Fan
10-12-05, 05:01 AM
I would buy a version of 'Passion' dubbed by today's hottest rappers.
jpfisher
10-12-05, 08:58 AM
I think throwing "Jesus Walks" on the soundtrack nonstop from beginning to end would be the only way to ever get me to watch The Passion again...
-- Jim
SINGLE104
10-12-05, 10:06 AM
You mean Aramaic?
I am aware of the definition of: Aramaic, but I chose to use the term: Hebrew language for simplification.
milo bloom
10-12-05, 11:05 AM
I would buy a version of 'Passion' dubbed by today's hottest rappers.
Oh, please! :rolleyes:
It's the hot young stars of the Disney Channel or nothing!
Shannon Nutt
10-12-05, 12:11 PM
rotfl
Somehow, a large part of the world's population manages this amazing feat without their brains exploding.
Yeah, I thought it was a pretty silly statement as well. Only in America.
ben12
10-12-05, 01:03 PM
Are they going to release a version with the correct bird calls in the background?
darkflounder
10-12-05, 02:18 PM
rotfl
Somehow, a large part of the world's population manages this amazing feat without their brains exploding.
A friend of my dad walked out of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon because there was too much reading involved. God, I wish I was kidding.
Down
10-12-05, 04:15 PM
While I agree that the subtitles detract from a movie, I do wish there were always available Englis dubs. A have a couple of friends w/ bad eyesight that can barely keep up w/ subtitles.
Since one of em is my wife and we watch movies together, it has effectively cut out some movies I would have otherwise watched.
Numanoid
10-12-05, 05:29 PM
While I agree that the subtitles detract from a movie, I do wish there were always available Englis dubs. A have a couple of friends w/ bad eyesight that can barely keep up w/ subtitles.No! No! No!
Not to be insensitive, but I don't want artists making compromises to appeal to narrow special interest groups. There may be services for the vision impaired community that offer after-market dubbing or something, but I don't think that studios should be forced to alter a director's vision (no pun intended) in order to cater to all possible viewers.
Johnny Boy
10-12-05, 05:53 PM
I agree that having it in English would take away from the quality and authenticity of the movie (not that Jesus' pale skin in the movie didn't already do that, but that's beside the point). There's not much dialogue, anyway. This is one of the problems I had with Schindler's List. As good as SL was, it was primarily in English, which annoyed me slightly.
Down
10-12-05, 07:47 PM
No! No! No!
Not to be insensitive, but I don't want artists making compromises to appeal to narrow special interest groups. There may be services for the vision impaired community that offer after-market dubbing or something, but I don't think that studios should be forced to alter a director's vision (no pun intended) in order to cater to all possible viewers.
I never said I thought anyone should be "forced" to do it, nor do I advocate it replacing the original vision.
Throwing a quick English Dub as an extra lang. track (since there are often several tracks on any release), IMO, does not "compromise the artists vision".
Now, only offering a dubbed track, and not having the original subtitled version, would be a compromise.
Bugg
10-12-05, 08:05 PM
Blame Jesus, he should of been considerate enough to suffer in english.
Josh Z
10-12-05, 11:26 PM
Has no one considered that the original poster in this thread was probably just trolling?
pro-bassoonist
10-13-05, 12:23 AM
Excellent thread!!
Only in America!!!
Pro-B
Peep
10-13-05, 05:05 AM
I am aware of the definition of: Aramaic, but I chose to use the term: Hebrew language for simplification.
How is calling it the wrong language a simplification? Those sort of "simplifications" worry me.
Rockmjd23
10-13-05, 05:11 AM
I am aware of the definition of: Aramaic, but I chose to use the term: Hebrew language for simplification.
Aramaic is not the same as Hebrew.
Cameron
10-13-05, 05:23 AM
Numanoid doesn't care about blind people. ;)
SINGLE104
10-13-05, 10:33 AM
Aramaic is not the same as Hebrew.
I was misinformed. Thanks for the correction.
Goldblum
10-13-05, 12:23 PM
No! No! No!
Not to be insensitive, but I don't want artists making compromises to appeal to narrow special interest groups. There may be services for the vision impaired community that offer after-market dubbing or something, but I don't think that studios should be forced to alter a director's vision (no pun intended) in order to cater to all possible viewers.
Well, in fairness, adding an English track as an option that you never have to turn on doesn't really compromise anyone's vision since it's only an option. But I agree that reading subtitles (unless you can't read) is the better way to watch a non-English movie.
dryars
10-13-05, 12:31 PM
I am aware of the definition of: Aramaic, but I chose to use the term: Hebrew language for simplification.
Not to add more salt to the wound, but in terms of "simplifcation", saying Aramaic is a lot simpler than saying Hebrew language. Regardless of the fact that they are both different languages. :D
Cameron
10-13-05, 12:34 PM
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English Motherfucker! DO YOU SPEAK IT!
Mr. Salty
10-13-05, 05:18 PM
"Mods, why have you foresaken us?"
Ephemeral_Life
10-13-05, 05:38 PM
Who wants to read while watching a movie? That's far too much work when I want to sit down and relax, ya know? It's like watching The Simpsons or something while at the same time reading a novel or something.
:confused: :confused: :confused:
Hm, I almost always watch my movies with subtitles - I find it more enoyable that way.
ivelostr2
10-13-05, 05:56 PM
rotfl
Somehow, a large part of the world's population manages this amazing feat without their brains exploding.
a girl I work with, who is an idiot (one of the dumbest people I know), saw my devil's backbone dvd and asked to borrow it. I told her it was subtitled, she asked what that meant, i explained so she declined to borrow it. she kepy picking the case up and finally she said she'd try it. She brought it back the next day and said after like 5 minutes she didn't even realize she was reading anymore (which has always been what i tell people). I was shocked, and now she isn't afraid to watch a subtitled movie. My girlfriend won't watch them though, she sleeps when i watch them so they don't bother her. Although, one night when she woke up to ONIBABA at 3:30 AM she was a little freaked out...
Brent L
10-13-05, 06:03 PM
I would just like to say that my post on the first page was just a goof on the OP. I've got to make that perfectly clear. :)
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