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Subject: Re: Fansubs


Author:
Chichiri
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Date Posted: 15:53:15 06/10/03 Tue
In reply to: DaveF 's message, "Re: Fansubs" on 13:32:34 06/10/03 Tue
 >
>Just thought I'd chime in as someone who cut his
>fansubbing
>teeth back in 1991. Waaaay back then, fansubbing was
>the
>only way you could see this stuff translated -- with
>the
>same wide range of translation quality you get today.
>Now,
>however, commercial versions of shows hit the shelves
>here
>in the U.S. six months after they come out in Japan.
>Hell,
>most of the screenplays I got for Big O season 2 were
>dated
>TWO DAYS before I received 'em. That's fast.
>
>So, with the altruistic underpinnings of fansubbing now
>removed, what's left? Ego. From all I've seen, it's
>all
>about getting your subs out there before the other
>guy. Why
>else add in your group's credits during the show's
>opening
>credits? It sure ain't about quality -- or at least,
>not
>as I define it. They're obsessed with encoding
>quality,
>not translation quality. The translation is ALWAYS an
>afterthought. Group name? Check. Ripped source?
>Check.
>Illegible font filled with serifs and curlicues?
>Check.
>Translation? Aw, we'll just download something.
>
>And I also think that there's one other factor keeping
>fansubbing alive (applying to digisubs here). Hardcore
>downloaders expect this stuff to be free. I honestly
>think
>that they have this weird Weltanschauung that says that
>anything digital is inherently free. When you buy a
>CD or
>DVD in the store, what you're paying for is the
>packaging.
>What's on the disk itself can't be charged for --
>because
>hey, you download that off the net.
>
>Anyway, that's my curmudgeonly opinion and I'm
>sticking to
>it. Now get off my lawn, you goldurn kids! I'll
>smack ya
>with my cane! Everything was better when I was a kid!
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