Episode 129 - More Foreign Stuff on Netflix
Hey. This is a sequel to Episode 81. Quick recap--I hate reading subtitles. Nothing against foreign stuff, just a slow reader, can't do it. It really GMG that Netflix doesn't make it more apparent when something is subtitled and not in your region's native language. I want to be able to tell at a glance.
But y'know what grinds my gears even more??! When you actually take the time to scroll down, click on "audio", check to see if subtitles are on or off, and they're off, then you scroll down and see that it clearly says "ENGLISH [ORIGINAL]", so then I start watching, and guess what? *Drumroll* Subtitled. Foreign language. Okay, well, y'know, lots of movies in your native language will have a foreign speaking character, and that's actually part of the plot, and a few lines/scenes have subtitles. That's fine. I can read a few. So I figure it's just one of those. So I wait. And wait. And wait. Like ten minutes in and still not a word of English. I decide to fast-forward a bit. Let's see. Let's just f*ckin' see. I skip around, play a little here, a little there. I watch a scene at 30 min, 45 min, 1 hour, etc. Foreign, foreign, foreign. Subtitles, subtitles. Not a word of English to be found. Oh wait, I finally found ONE person speaking English for a couple minutes at the 1 hour 15 min mark. OMFG.
What the sh*t is this f*ck? Is this some kind of cruel prank? Why do they say that it's "English original" when 85-90% of the movie isn't in freaking English???!!! I mean, somebody must know that the overwhelming majority isn't in English (or whatever your region's language is) So why do they do it? What--is it because the director or producer's native language is English? It was paid for by English speakers or something? English speaking companies had some control over it or something? Some legal mumbo jumbo bullsh*t? Is that it? I know, here's a novel idea--how about just listing the Celestia-damned language that majority of the movie is actually in??!! CELESTIA DAMMIT, dude. I can't even count the number of times I've encountered this mean trick. Sneaky, not-really-in-English "English original" stuff. It's buuuuullllsh*t. I hate it. Just tell me the truth, man. So annoying.
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