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Did I get the wrong movie here?

Started by Thrifty, July 03, 2009, 06:43:24 AM

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Thrifty

About a third of the film is guys talking in Russian or Spanish, but they forgot to add subtitles so I would have some decent idea what they're talking about.

I'm watching the unriffed version.  It's not so much cheesy as it is dull and directionless.  Like I imagine a meeting like this:

Director: "Let's make a movie about the Soviets invading America.  We can get some really popular actors to star."
Other Guy: "Cool.  Then what?"
Director: "Umm.............................................................."

And a few months later, Red Dawn is released.

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Smoky

Is Swayze in it? Did you get the subs about going to the sporting goods store and getting the names of gun owners? If so, it's the right movie.

I thought it was fairly funny, there were a lot of lines and line deliveries that were amusing (in the movie itself).
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JoelTheB

Depending on what version you've got, you might want to try turning on closed-captioning.  The special edition I have actually has subtitles in the closed-captioning, one of the few times I've ever seen that done.  Which is good, because I forgot to rip the subtitles and would have had to reburn the whole thing otherwise. :)

Thrifty

Looks like the subtitles were there in the original DVD, but not my reauthor.  I usually don't include subs in my reauthors; and usually, if the movie has foreign language in it, the subtitles are part of the movie, not a special track on the DVD.  This is gonna take some time to figure out.

iv3rdawG

Is what they're saying really that important? :P
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Conor

That happened the first time we ripped it as well.  There's a way to do it, I think people have posted about it before.

TheUnabeefer

If someone finds any thread where they mention how to get these things working, I would be much happy.
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MrTorso

Quote from: Thrifty on July 03, 2009, 11:58:51 AM
Looks like the subtitles were there in the original DVD, but not my reauthor.  I usually don't include subs in my reauthors; and usually, if the movie has foreign language in it, the subtitles are part of the movie, not a special track on the DVD.  This is gonna take some time to figure out.

All the Star Wars flicks use subtitles for the alien languages. It  is a money saving feature. They can use the same transfer for all other regions.

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Thrifty

Quote from: TheUnabeefer on July 03, 2009, 03:58:44 PM
If someone finds any thread where they mention how to get these things working, I would be much happy.

I'm working on it, and I'll write something up as soon as I figure it out.

TheUnabeefer

I simply ripped the "forced" English subtitle, had to change the .sub to .sup for rejig to like it..... I am burning here in a few to see if it works.  I doubt it will "force" the subtitle though, but I am okay hitting an extra button on my remote if it even works at ALL.
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Thrifty

Quote from: TheUnabeefer on July 05, 2009, 05:51:53 PM
I simply ripped the "forced" English subtitle, had to change the .sub to .sup for rejig to like it..... I am burning here in a few to see if it works.  I doubt it will "force" the subtitle though, but I am okay hitting an extra button on my remote if it even works at ALL.

I managed to get a subtitles working for my ReJig only reauthor using the .SUP subtitles I reference in this post.  It works as a standard reauthor but I can't get it to work with my menus.

Darth Geek

Quote from: Thrifty on July 03, 2009, 06:43:24 AM
It's not so much cheesy as it is dull and directionless. 
I couldn't agree with you more. BORING! I was hoping Torgo would show up and liven up the proceedings.