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cherrypicker · 08-18-2005, 10:30 AM

hi!
this is my first post in this forum, so I hope everything's o.k.....

anyway, i would like to ask the ones who own the season1-2 dvds if there are subtitles,and, if so, in what languages...
thank you all

ryangie97 · 08-18-2005, 01:09 PM

Hi Cherry, welcome to the boards. I have the DVD's and there are no subtitles.
Angie

cherrypicker · 08-19-2005, 04:37 AM

thank you angie!

i would like to buy the dvds but i doubt my english is good enough to enjoy the dialogues without subtitles (well, if you've read my posts you'll know that my english is not very good! :P )...*sigh*....i SO hope that they'll make an international release!

BSDDomi · 08-19-2005, 04:48 AM

Hm why your English looks fine to me

BTW, I own the DVD set, I'm German and I don't have any problems with the dialogues.

cherrypicker · 08-19-2005, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSDDomi

Hm why your English looks fine to me

thanks!

dreams200377 · 08-19-2005, 07:00 AM

Welcome!! And your English sounds fine to me too!

gypsygem81 · 08-19-2005, 07:35 AM

Yeah, you're English is fine! Get the dvd's! If anything, I'm sure it will help you with your English. If you can understand David and Maddie banter, you can understand anything! I can't think of a better way to brush up on your language skills!

Love Gem

BSDDomi · 08-19-2005, 09:36 AM

Couldn't agree more, Gem, a way to learn a foreign language (English is this case) is to watch the original movie/show or read an English book. Living in an English speaking country is the best way to learn the language but oh well, it's not exactly cheap either

I remember how my brother's girlfriend used to say I would never watch the English version of a movie if I can have the German version, I'm kind of weird in that matter, I usually prefer the original, she said my English is pretty bad and why watch the English version when I can have the German version where I understand everything...makes sense

.

I guess that's what cherrypicker is talking about, if you don't get the plot or some very important lines you miss the whole fun..sometimes when shows or movies get dubbed things get changed, other characters/names are used because you would not know the ones used in the original version in your country...

BTW, nice new icon, Gem

cherrypicker · 08-19-2005, 02:53 PM

hi everyone, and thank you for welcoming me!

i agree with gipsygem and bsd that movies/shows in original version a great way to improve language skills, and i usually prefer watching original versions with subtitles, it's just that i don't know if i would be able to do without them....

Myst · 08-25-2005, 10:34 AM

first of all... welcome cherrypicker!

i haven't been around here for some time (too much to study...

) so i've just read this thread...

i wouldn't like to be a killjoy (is that the word?

), but now that i've watched many eps in o.v. i find some dialogues terribly difficult (at least for me), with lots of american vocabulary, set phrases and colloquial expressions, so i don't get the real meaning of many of them, and most of all i think the arguments david and maddie have and where they talk to each other (hm... or should i say "yell at each other"?

) at te same time are impossible to understand

!

i'll have to be content with Spanish version... :/

kismet · 08-25-2005, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myst

first of all... welcome cherrypicker!

i haven't been around here for some time (too much to study...

) so i've just read this thread...

i wouldn't like to be a killjoy (is that the word?

), but now that i've watched many eps in o.v. i find some dialogues terribly difficult (at least for me), with lots of american vocabulary, set phrases and colloquial expressions, so i don't get the real meaning of many of them, and most of all i think the arguments david and maddie have and where they talk to each other (hm... or should i say "yell at each other"?

) at te same time are impossible to understand

!

i'll have to be content with Spanish version... :/

I think Moonlighting would be very difficult to understand if the viewer does not have full command of the English language. There are many "inside jokes", innuendos, and phrases that some fans might not be able to understand very easily. I do hope that the DVDs would be translated (or subtitled) so that the world can get to see how great the writing was.

In the meantime, no matter what language you speak, the chemistry/attraction between Bruce/David and Cybil/Maddiel comes shining through, doesn't it?

Myst · 08-28-2005, 03:06 PM

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In the meantime, no matter what language you speak, the chemistry/attraction between Bruce/David and Cybil/Maddiel comes shining through, doesn't it?

You can bet on it!

MulberryGal · 08-30-2005, 09:12 AM

I might just try to watch an episode on the DVD without sound and see what I find! You're SO right that the chemistry just shines through between those two!!

Mul

08-18-2005, 10:30 AM	#1
cherrypicker MoonlightingStranger Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 18, 2005 Location: Italy Posts: 10	subtitles on the DVDs? hi! this is my first post in this forum, so I hope everything's o.k..... anyway, i would like to ask the ones who own the season1-2 dvds if there are subtitles,and, if so, in what languages... thank you all

08-25-2005, 10:34 AM	#10
Myst Spanish Addicted! ;) Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 09, 2005 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 21	first of all... welcome cherrypicker! i haven't been around here for some time (too much to study... ) so i've just read this thread... i wouldn't like to be a killjoy (is that the word? ), but now that i've watched many eps in o.v. i find some dialogues terribly difficult (at least for me), with lots of american vocabulary, set phrases and colloquial expressions, so i don't get the real meaning of many of them, and most of all i think the arguments david and maddie have and where they talk to each other (hm... or should i say "yell at each other"? ) at te same time are impossible to understand ! i'll have to be content with Spanish version... :/
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08-30-2005, 09:12 AM	#13
MulberryGal Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 04, 2004 Location: England Posts: 333	I might just try to watch an episode on the DVD without sound and see what I find! You're SO right that the chemistry just shines through between those two!! Mul
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08-18-2005, 01:09 PM	#2
ryangie97 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2005 Location: usa Posts: 144	Hi Cherry, welcome to the boards. I have the DVD's and there are no subtitles. Angie

08-19-2005, 04:37 AM	#3
cherrypicker MoonlightingStranger Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 18, 2005 Location: Italy Posts: 10	thank you angie! i would like to buy the dvds but i doubt my english is good enough to enjoy the dialogues without subtitles (well, if you've read my posts you'll know that my english is not very good! :P )...sigh....i SO hope that they'll make an international release!

08-19-2005, 04:48 AM	#4
BSDDomi Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 136	Hm why your English looks fine to me BTW, I own the DVD set, I'm German and I don't have any problems with the dialogues.

08-19-2005, 07:00 AM	#6
dreams200377 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 08, 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 336	Welcome!! And your English sounds fine to me too!

08-19-2005, 07:35 AM	#7
gypsygem81 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 427	Yeah, you're English is fine! Get the dvd's! If anything, I'm sure it will help you with your English. If you can understand David and Maddie banter, you can understand anything! I can't think of a better way to brush up on your language skills! Love Gem

08-19-2005, 09:36 AM	#8
BSDDomi Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 136	Couldn't agree more, Gem, a way to learn a foreign language (English is this case) is to watch the original movie/show or read an English book. Living in an English speaking country is the best way to learn the language but oh well, it's not exactly cheap either I remember how my brother's girlfriend used to say I would never watch the English version of a movie if I can have the German version, I'm kind of weird in that matter, I usually prefer the original, she said my English is pretty bad and why watch the English version when I can have the German version where I understand everything...makes sense . I guess that's what cherrypicker is talking about, if you don't get the plot or some very important lines you miss the whole fun..sometimes when shows or movies get dubbed things get changed, other characters/names are used because you would not know the ones used in the original version in your country... BTW, nice new icon, Gem

08-19-2005, 02:53 PM	#9
cherrypicker MoonlightingStranger Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 18, 2005 Location: Italy Posts: 10	hi everyone, and thank you for welcoming me! i agree with gipsygem and bsd that movies/shows in original version a great way to improve language skills, and i usually prefer watching original versions with subtitles, it's just that i don't know if i would be able to do without them....