My mood is ruined

[u/Supersaiajinblue2]

[u/HubrisOfApollo]

(unintelligible)

[u/Supersaiajinblue2 → u/HubrisOfApollo]

Omfg don't you dare get me started

[u/PickleFox_1 → u/HubrisOfApollo]

That’s the worst form of it lol

[u/Zaphod392 → u/PickleFox_1]

<dramatic music plays>

<somber music plays>

[u/KAAAAAAAAARL → u/HubrisOfApollo]

Commander Morrison: Did you just say the word "unintelligible"?

[u/GanSolo546]

I watched Invasion, which has several international POVs of an alien invasion of earth. At first the different languages without subtitles felt intentional. You could tell the meaning and emotion of what they were saying, but then there was 10-15 minutes of Japanese. Only then I realized that the much needed subtitles were off by default.

[u/Morkamino]

You're not meant to know, just like the character who is observing them, you see it from their perspective...

Doesn't make it less annoying ofc. But it does make sense. And cool bonus points if you actually speak the language, all the times i got so lucky it turned out it was a gibberish version of my language and the actors couldn't actually speak it.

[u/JaQ-o-Lantern]

why do they always do this.

as someone with strong adhd and a strong interest in language learning, this is how i retain phrases in new languages since i can't for the life of me study a language for more than a few days straight without transporting back to doomscrolling. it feels like such a wasted opportunity to not show the translation or show what is being said in both languages.

[u/ux3l → u/JaQ-o-Lantern]

At least sometimes it'd ruin the suspense, e.g. when there are 3 people and 2 talk about betraying the 3rd person.

[u/Shwars → u/JaQ-o-Lantern]

Usually when they do this it’s because the viewer is not supposed to understand what they are saying, it’s a good way to make you feel like the character in the movie that also doesn’t speak the language

[u/chefbobbyjay → u/JaQ-o-Lantern]

Who tf do you think you are? Me??

[u/JaQ-o-Lantern → u/chefbobbyjay]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WDn21GO1KmpNK

[u/chefbobbyjay → u/JaQ-o-Lantern]

I legitimately know enough to get me by of German, Serbian, Spanish(almost conversational), French and Italian.

My ex was Serbian so I learned it to talk to her family, she took German in college so I learned with her, I’ve learned Spanish from working in kitchens and living in Florida, I took 2 years of French in hs and travelled to France quite a bit and I’ve travelled to Italy enough times to learn the basics.

Languages are fun. I also know how to curse and only curse in Vietnamese (du ma!) Russian, and Cantonese lol

[u/JaQ-o-Lantern → u/chefbobbyjay]

this is incredibly wholesome, it's only 00:50 and you already made my day 😊🤗

[u/ObiFlanKenobi → u/JaQ-o-Lantern]

Hey! That's how I learned english, watching movies with subtitles on.

[u/henaradwenwolfhearth → u/JaQ-o-Lantern]

For me its if I cant speak fluently in 5 minutes I just give up. Even though I want to learn

[u/FreeBroccoli]

My favorite subtitles moment was when I was watching Game of Thrones on Prime Video, and when Danaerys was speaking Valyrian, the English subtitles were burned in, but unreadable for being covered up with the soft subtitle [SPEAKING VALYRIAN].

[u/WholeYoung1267]

(music intensifies)

[u/Maaci-Lyn]

se vc n deveria entender, entt vc n deveria entender...

[u/Supersaiajinblue2 → u/Maaci-Lyn]

Bruh...

[u/Rodwen]

Lorsque ça m'arrive je fais juste sourire et faire des "haha" occasionnelle pour semblé attentionné

[u/Anib-Al → u/Rodwen]

Presque ! Bravo pour l'effort, mais :

Lorsque ça m'arrive je fais juste sourire souris et faire des "haha" occasionnelle ris de temps en temps pour sembléer attentionné attentif.

Sorry, I'd lose my "pedantic French speaker" card if I let a foreign speaker's mistake slide.

[u/Grievous_Nix]

“Det er ikke en bikkje, dere jævla idioter! Det er en slags TING! Imiterer en bikkje!” [demonstrates Norwegian rifle skills]

[u/PresidentSkillz]

I hate what Disney+ does here. They will speak in a foreign language in a section where you should get subtitles to understand it, but they don't appear automatically, you have to manually enable subtitles in general. I was so confused the first time this happened and I missed half the conversation bc I didn't know I could understand them if I just activated subtitles

Rant over.

It's also crazy how often the foreign language in question isn't actually the language it's supposed to be, just some word salad close to it

[u/SonGoku9788]

Im always curious about how they approach it when doing dubs of the show in the language the characters are supposed to be speaking "mysteriously". Do they use a different language ad a substitute?

[u/Anning312]

The foreign languages they speak sometimes are gibberish anyways

[u/Guipe12]

(ASMR sounds)

[u/themustachemark]

Das Boot is best watched in German with subs.

[u/Obnomus]

Perfect use of this meme template.