What happened to bilingual broadcasting?

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:34 pm

I was just flipping through channels and noticed that Bad Boys 2 is playing on channel 5 and it's only in Japanese. Is it just me or does it seem like more and more foreign movies and shows are being broadcast without the original language option available? I don't have cable, so I'm just talking about standard broadcast TV.

by **Mulboyne** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:50 pm

It's bilingual on TV Asahi over here.

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:00 pm

Mulboyne wrote:It's bilingual on TV Asahi over here.

WTF? I wonder if it's because I'm on a digital antenna now. I don't why they wouldn't include the bilingual in the digital broadcast though. I do still get bilingual news, so I know it's not that I don't know how to use my new TV.

by **Iraira** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:02 pm

Why do the black guys' voices (on the dub) sound ridiculous?

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:05 pm

Iraira wrote:Why do the black guys' voices (on the dub) sound ridiculous?

Not as ridiculous as this guy.

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by **omae mona** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:50 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:WTF? I wonder if it's because I'm on a digital antenna now. I don't why they wouldn't include the bilingual in the digital broadcast though. I do still get bilingual news, so I know it's not that I don't know how to use my new TV.

Just another data point: I'm on digital broadcast via cable. Both soundtracks were coming through just fine.

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:52 pm

omae mona wrote:Just another data point: I'm on digital broadcast via cable. Both soundtracks were coming through just fine.

I wonder what it is then. Why would I still get NHK's bilingual news broadcast but not the other stuff? Very strange. Must have something to do with the way my TV is reading the signal.

by **American Oyaji** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:45 am

Samurai_Jerk wrote:Not as ridiculous as this guy.

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Sounds normal to me. I've got uncles that talk that way. Some are from the south and most were drunk when they got to talking like that. Or had years of drinking and they all were older.

When you say ridiculous, do you mean the tone of voice (gravely like Redd Foxx) or the pronounciation?

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:48 am

American Oyaji wrote:Sounds normal to me. I've got uncles that talk that way. Some are from the south and most were drunk when they got to talking like that. Or had years of drinking and they all were older.

When you say ridiculous, do you mean the tone of voice (gravely like Redd Foxx) or the pronounciation?

I'm just fucking around. It's more the whole topic and presentation. Anyway that's Petey Greene and there is a movie coming out about him starring Don Cheadle.

by **jim katta** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:27 pm

That video is proof that one must be very careful about what one puts out into the world.

At the end of the video it says thousands showed up to his funeral in 1984 to pay respects, and now in 2007 it's safe to say the main thing this guy is known for is that one time he went to town on a watermelon on TV like he was starving to death.

Be careful with your life!

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