Movie Theaters for Deaf people?

[KingGeno]

I was just thinking this.

How come movie theaters don't provide subtitles at the bottom of every movie shown?

Is there some way for them to cater to deaf people that want to enjoy the movie going experience? (i.e. the boom of the surround sound through your skin). I'd be sad if I ever lost my hearing, and couldn't go view a midnight opening night showing.

Would this really cause a viewing problem for people if this happened?

[Furtherman]

As long as you don't make out with some agressive Chinese guy, you'll be fine.

[Snoogans]

I was just thinking this.

How come movie theaters don't provide subtitles at the bottom of every movie shown?



Because it would be ANNOYING AS FUCK

[NYHCmikeX]

The studios release versions of the movie with captions, and deaf organizations buy them and rent out local theaters for viewings. Sucks for them, but at least they not totally excluded. And having captions on a movie I just paid $10.50 for would infuriate me beyond belief, to the point of ruining the flick for me. I hate captions unless they are subtitled for language.

[Judge Smails]

When I went to Disney World (which bends over backwards to accomodate the handicapped) they had this figured out. They would run the captions on the back wall of the theater attractions. But the captions are backwards. Son I guess a deaf person can sit in their seat and read it using a mirror looking behind them while looking at the screen in front of them at the same time.

[Furtherman]

When I went to Disney World (which bends over backwards to accomodate the handicapped) they had this figured out. They would run the captions on the back wall of the theater attractions. But the captions are backwards. Son I guess a deaf person can sit in their seat and read it using a mirror looking behind them while looking at the screen in front of them at the same time.

Unless I'm missing the joke, that is insane.

[NYHCmikeX]

When I went to Disney World (which bends over backwards to accomodate the handicapped) they had this figured out. They would run the captions on the back wall of the theater attractions. But the captions are backwards. Son I guess a deaf person can sit in their seat and read it using a mirror looking behind them while looking at the screen in front of them at the same time.

Wow. Sitting behind the guy who has to read like DaVinci would suck.

[KingGeno]

Special glasses with mirrors or their own little subtitle thingee attached.


Hmm................

[Knowledged_one]

I thought they just hired Garret Morris to stand at the front of the theater and yell the lines out after they were spoken

[Judge Smails]

Unless I'm missing the joke, that is insane.

Nope, no joke. Disney even provides the mirror if you request it. You know how an ambulance has it written backwards on the front? But when they're behind you and you look in your rearview mirror its reversed so it legible in the mirror. That's how the captions pop up on this big red LED screen in the back of the theaters in Disney World.

So, a deaf guy simply holds the mirror in front of them (it might even attach to the seat in front - I'm not sure) and they can watch the show and read the captions at the same time. Meanwhile the captions aren't going to disturb us regular folk. Now, is it a word for word translation? Probably not, but that's probably how a lot of captioning works. You simply can't read as fast as most movies "talk".

[drusilla]

that is pretty brilliant. disney thinks of absolutely every angle of every situation

[EffMeBoobs]

The studios release versions of the movie with captions, and deaf organizations buy them and rent out local theaters for viewings. Sucks for them, but at least they not totally excluded. And having captions on a movie I just paid $10.50 for would infuriate me beyond belief, to the point of ruining the flick for me. I hate captions unless they are subtitled for language.

This is true. My parents are deaf so we have to go to certain select theaters that show a certain movie at certain times that have open captioning, words on the bottom of the screen. There's also the words that are backwards at the back of the theater too. Deaf people have a reflective screen in front of them at their seat so they can read the words. Its really annoying though because you have to tilt the screen a certain way or else you dont see the words.

[Contra]

Yes they have this in the Clifton commons theater in Clifton NJ. When I managed there I'd have to help people set up the reflective screen, which fits into the cupholder.

We'd have people come to that theater from NYC just to use that feature. It was actually pretty cool knowing that you were helping someone enjoy a movie theater in a way they may never of had opportunity to enjoy it before.

[KingGeno]

It was actually pretty cool knowing that you were helping someone enjoy a movie theater in a way they may never of had opportunity to enjoy it before.

Exactly.

[Snoogans]

Nope, no joke. Disney even provides the mirror if you request it. You know how an ambulance has it written backwards on the front? But when they're behind you and you look in your rearview mirror its reversed so it legible in the mirror. That's how the captions pop up on this big red LED screen in the back of the theaters in Disney World.

So, a deaf guy simply holds the mirror in front of them (it might even attach to the seat in front - I'm not sure) and they can watch the show and read the captions at the same time. Meanwhile the captions aren't going to disturb us regular folk. Now, is it a word for word translation? Probably not, but that's probably how a lot of captioning works. You simply can't read as fast as most movies "talk".

that sounds horrible. How do you manage to look at a mirror and the screen at one time. Even when subtitles are on the screen, it cause you to miss some shit.

[Bob Impact]

that sounds horrible. How do you manage to look at a mirror and the screen at one time. Even when subtitles are on the screen, it cause you to miss some shit.

I use subtitles more frequently now that my hearing is going, you get used to it after a while, you just kinda learn to speed read.

[EffMeBoobs]

I use subtitles more frequently now that my hearing is going, you get used to it after a while, you just kinda learn to speed read.

Yeah it's not bad at all. Sometimes I turn on the CC on tv when I cant understand anything they are saying.