Ghost In The Shell 2 - bad subtitles makes dvd unwatchable
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
someone said on htf, if you put the cc stream in on your tv, you should get the sound cues on the v.4 version if you are interested.
Frankly, even though I am not a DVD technical expert, I fail to see how a television's settings would change how a DVD player displays its subs at all.
Can someone shed some light on this or provide a link to some other forum which does? I'd like to know if it really isn't the disc's fault. Some of these DVDs get authored in really weird ways...
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Aw crap, I just check the "V4" I bought at Target and have the same problem as Jepthah.
The subtitles are not corrected on all retail copies with the V4 indication. Buyer beware.
The subtitles are not corrected on all retail copies with the V4 indication. Buyer beware.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
Aw crap, I just check the "V4" I bought at Target and have the same problem as Jepthah.
The subtitles are not corrected on all retail copies with the V4 indication. Buyer beware.
The subtitles are not corrected on all retail copies with the V4 indication. Buyer beware.
Here's hoping that the mailer method is the last and real fix. Best Buy would likely just give me another copy with the same problem.
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Everyone I know who's received the replacement disk has got the right one (ie: no CC). What I saw on the "other forum" (HTF) was that if you enabled CC on your TV you could still see them with the replacement disk, otherwise not. I haven't tried it myself though.
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Dammit...I got a V4 finally at Best Buy today...started watching it and saw (footsteps) and went nuts...Good thing though - my envelope also came today to send the disc back...
GitS in the US is becoming like fucking Macbeth. It's cursed for home video release...
GitS in the US is becoming like fucking Macbeth. It's cursed for home video release...
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Originally Posted by Richard Malloy
So, the only way to get a sub/no-cc version is to buy the cc one and exchange it?
I think the best bet now is to buy whatever version in the retail and send it in for a replacement. The exchange is pretty fast too.
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I really wish Columbia/Tri-Star got this one. They did such a fantastic job on the Cowboy Bebop movie and Metropolis. They treated both with complete respect, IMO.
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Originally Posted by canaryfarmer
I really wish Columbia/Tri-Star got this one. They did such a fantastic job on the Cowboy Bebop movie and Metropolis. They treated both with complete respect, IMO.
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Originally Posted by lordzeppelin
Dammit...I got a V4 finally at Best Buy today...started watching it and saw (footsteps) and went nuts...Good thing though - my envelope also came today to send the disc back...
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I just watched this (Netflix rental), and so probably won't get the urge to see it again for at least a couple months... do we think/know that this new sub-corrected version will ultimately replace all the old stock? If so, I don't mind waiting and would prefer that to buying the other one, and hoping for a quick and easy replacement from Dreamworks.
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I watched my "replaced" copy yesterday and the subs are definately corrected. The turn-around time for me was roughly four weeks.
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Originally Posted by buckee1
I watched my "replaced" copy yesterday and the subs are definately corrected. The turn-around time for me was roughly four weeks.
I just requested the envelope the other day when I discovered that my "V4" wasn't corrected. I'm going to be annoyed if it takes 2 months to get a replacement disc.
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Dammit. I figured I had waited long enough, so I got a "V4" from Best Buy today and, lo and behold, it's not a fixed disc. After reading people's posts here, I guess trying to exchange it at BB won't help, and I'll have to send for a replacement. Ugh.
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Originally Posted by Duder
Dammit. I figured I had waited long enough, so I got a "V4" from Best Buy today and, lo and behold, it's not a fixed disc. After reading people's posts here, I guess trying to exchange it at BB won't help, and I'll have to send for a replacement. Ugh.
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Originally Posted by ZakVTA
I'm probably gonna end up buying the copy and sending it back to the studio. I'm tired of waiting and it looks like it doesn't even matter since the "fixed" version in stores is not even corrected.
I'm wishing now that I had requested the envelope the minute the studio started offering them. Instead, I stupidly assumed that once I eventually found a "V4" at retail it would be fine.
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I realize i'm in the minority here, but subtitles in general make a movie unwatchable to me....they simply irritate the living hell out of me. It's so difficult to pay attention to reading the text AND watching the scene at the same time.