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Everyone Watches TV with Subtitles Now. How’d That Happen? (www.indiewire.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I refuse to use them for movies and TV shows. I guess that's stubborn? But if I wanted to read, I would have picked up a book, not started watching a movie/show. Obviously thought, I will use them for foreign films, or any multilingual films.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Idk if it's stubbornness as much as just your preference, and that's super fine!

I've always focused a lot on sets and stuff more than the dialog in movies and shows, so with subtitles I feel like I'm missing a significant portion of the experience that I like most. When subtitles are on, I can't make myself not read them, so I get less time to take everything else in.

Kinda funny, too, since I have significant hearing loss. I'm who captions are meant for lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Fucking nailed my issue with them. I obsess over reading, I read faster than the character says them etc. I just find them very distracting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah. I understand the trend. It makes sense. It's not unreasonable.

I still hate it. I have a nice home theater and my wife STILL trys to turn on subtitles. For me, I can't not read them. Even in English with a good sound system. My brain just focuses on subtitles anyway. Movies and TV are a visual medium. I want to watch the movie. I want to see the color choices, the framing of the characters, the cool CGI. With subtitles, I only SEE half the movie. I have less time to process each seen.

So yeah, same. If I wanted to read, I'd read a book.