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[Emberashh]

No, there have been discussions about audiences really really not liking subtitles, especially children, so its been largely scraped.

Main issue is if they're supposed to be regular characters then you kind of have to skip the subtitles.

As a child of the 70s, the greatest toys of all time were the OG Star Wars action figures... which worked perfeectly with the Micronauts. The pinnacle Star Wars toy greatness appeared in Woman's Day magazine on November 20, 1978. I don't know anyone who actually ended up having a parent build one... but it was great just seeing it in print.

The Woman's Day Star Wars Playset

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In terms of the Micronauts that could work with Star Wars figures, the Battle Cruiser was awesome.

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I don't think Ive ever seen a picture convey this much flimseyness. Much less two pictures.

 

[payn]

Main issue is if they're supposed to be regular characters then you kind of have to skip the subtitles.

You never have to do anything. Though, its pretty much all characters at this point. A real bummer too.

 

[Emberashh]

You never have to do anything. Though, its pretty much all characters at this point. A real bummer too.

You do actually. Accessibility matters in mass entertainment.

 

[payn]

You do actually. Accessibility matters in mass entertainment.

Subtitles are now inaccessible?

 

[Micah Sweet]

You do actually. Accessibility matters in mass entertainment.

More than anything else, apparently. Artistic integrity can clearly take a flying leap when there's a conflict.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Since y'all are on about tramatizing entertainment for kids, whats up with the 1986 Transformer movie? Like 80% of the cartoon autobots die in the first 5 min lol. Up until then they always fired at one another but never hit anything.

That is how they got you into the theaters. Kids talked about it in school and you had to go see it

 

[AnotherGuy]

The laziness in Thor when Asgardians spoke English straight out the gate and Thor even used "clicks" for distance.
Hollywood is just artistically lazy and the critics and audience don't even challenge them on this.

At the very least they could have had a minute or two of them speaking Asgardian with English subtitles for the audience, and the language would gradually change to English as it did in The 13th Warrior when Banderas's character is reflected to have learnt the Scandanavian tongue. It would let the audience know these beings have their own language and that they didn't all graduate from an Ivy League university.

 

[Emberashh]

Subtitles are now inaccessible?

In a country where most people can barely read? Yes. Very much so.

You can rant and rave at that unpleasantness, but treating those people with contempt isn't a wise move if you intend to ever sell anything to those people.

More than anything else, apparently. Artistic integrity can clearly take a flying leap when there's a conflict.

Thats the nature of the beast.

And ultimately, theres ways to do it well. The recent Avatar sequel, for all its other issues, is a good example of how you can maintain an artistic vision in regard to alien languages while not alienating its audience.

 

[payn]

That is how they got you into the theaters. Kids talked about it in school and you had to go see it

Cynical ploy, perhaps, but it did give the film some buzz all these years later even.

 

[Emberashh]

The laziness in Thor when Asgardians spoke English straight out the gate and Thor even used "clicks" for distance.
Hollywood is just artistically lazy and the critics and audience don't even challenge them on this.

At the very least they could have had a minute or two of them speaking Asgardian with English subtitles for the audience, and the language would gradually change to English as it did in The 13th Warrior when Banderas's character is reflected to have learnt the Scandanavian tongue. It would let the audience know these beings have their own language and that they didn't all graduate from an Ivy League university.

Indeed, 13th Warrior is another good example.