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I am a huge fan of Criss Angel, so much that I bought the entire season of MindFreak 1 and MindFreak 2 only to find out that the DVD's did not have any captioning on them. The network that produced the DVD' is A&E, the network DOES have captioning for all of it's programs and I assumed that the DVD would have captioning too.
I am a member of the A&E discussion board on Criss Angel and told them about the lack of captioning.
My post is below and so is the response I got from a board memeber.
My question to everyone here is, should I do what is suggested?
Would that change anything?
are there any Deaf fans of Criss Angel MindFreak on here?
if so, do not buy the entire season of 1 and 2, there are no captionings.
I've never complained about lack of captioning ever, my mother and father complained about the lack of captioning on the pay per view movies they'd buy for me and that problem was fixed, but they could call the cable company we went through to get that fixed.
A&E is a HUGE company and Criss Angel is a megastar.
I kinda don't think one letter or complaint would do anything.
If there are any Deaf fans on here Please send as many complaints about this as you can!
Thanks Guys!
here's my post:
jaspheth
Posts: 30
From: Georgia
Registered: 9/9/07 (84 of 88) looking foward to the new show
Oct 13, 2007 11:41 PM Reply Report Abuse
I am looking forward to the show.
It better have captioning.
I bought The entire season 1 and 2 of mindfreak to discover it didn't have captioning on it for the Deaf or hearing impaired.
I am Deaf.
Would like to complain to whoever makes the DVDs or is in charge of them.
A&E
or
Criss Angel himself?
He has Deaf fans to.
I was very disappointed in the lack of captioning.
The show has captioning on TV and if so it should have captioning on the DVD, but this isn't the place for me to rant about this.
I should go to alldeaf.com to rant to my fellow deaf friends.
as if any of you would understand.
and if that offened ya'll, sorry.
I've had a VERY bad day.
and I really don't feel like being apart of the hearing world tonight, hence why I am typing instead of speaking.
Sheri.
--
" The blind cannot see so they lose touch with things. The Deaf cannot hear so we lose touch with people "
Helen Keller.
here is a response from a board member:
garnetfury
Posts: 238
From: Olympus
Registered: 6/5/07
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Ignore (87 of 88) Re: looking foward to the new show
Oct 14, 2007 6:01 AM Reply Report Abuse
Hi Jaspheth! Im sorry you're having a bad day. I too am SURPRISED to hear a DVD would not have captioning, and thought they all did... I would be very upset too.
I would agree to complain to A&E. A&E owns the rights to the show. So THEY are the FIRST place to complain as LISA said.
SINCE they ARE aware and have captioning on their station shows, I would bet this terrible oversight was at the DVD manufacturer level. Its really hard to say, just a guess but since A&E does have captioning tho' I'd say its a good bet.
It surprised me - recently I was reading about Elvis Presley - it was a FAQs page...and someone had asked about the rights to Elvis' movies and recordings.
IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME what all was NOT Elvis' "rights" or property. His movies belong to the movie company; same with his songs/records - RCA - whoever - owns the rights not Elvis (in his day) or now his estate, daughter; they(his family/estate) don't have ANY SAY in what movies get put on DVD. I HAD NO IDEA they had no say in what movies went on DVD (I mean ownership rights is one thing but you always THINK the star has say in these things and they dont always) - I figured they had say in everything to do with their image or their talent and the filming/video of them. Im sure its very similar for Criss.
I would feel very confident in saying Criss had NOTHING to do with this detail for the same reason. Im sure he would be surprised to hear this also. He's probably like us, just assume all DVDs had captioning. But they need to know. The DVD manufacturer probably made this terrible error and they need to be aware as I just feel sure they would really care about this issue.
Its obvious criss cares deeply about all his fans...ALL; he is giving of himself as much as possible and beyond the call of duty to his fans, more than any other celeb Ive ever seen. He gives his time to ill children...and I just know he would care deeply about this terrible, careless oversight.
SO Id suggest trying to write (along with your letter to A&E) a letter to Criss in care of his production office; or maybe better yet address it just to his production office...might get looked at quicker if it didnt appear to be a fan letter, then at end of letter, ask them to give criss a copy (give them 2 copies).AND ON THE ENVELOPE write re: DVDs bought S1,2 NO CAPTIONING! Do whatever it takes to get attention straight to this issue so there is no "oh its another fan letter"...
They WERE located at the Luxor in Las Vegas,
others here are more up on changes than I am,
ANYBODY KNOW, ARE THEY STILL LOCATED THERE?
I hope you get to feeling better. I have my bad days too. I am not deaf, but I am disabled with Systemic Lupus, fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue AND Insomnia....
so I DO know about bad days and frustrations even though they are different kinds. There are many compassionate, caring people here and you aren't alone.
I wish you the best and hope you wont stay upset with us. (You said you didnt want anything to do with the hearing world tonight, and I can understand that..but you came here and Im glad you did. HIS FAMILY DOES READ THIS SITE SO HOPEFULLY ONE WILL SEE THIS. I know someone that met and talked with his brother and was told they DO check in and read here. (because some of the things that are said here that are mean, DO hurt CRISS AND his family - and that was straight out of the brother's mouth, SO THEY ARE VERY caring and human like the rest of us.)
If there was something I could do to help you I would give it my best shot. PLEASE let us know how you do with this issue.
COULDNT HURT FOR YOU TO START A THREAD..and copy your post your wrote in this one...that would call attention to this more...title it MINDFREAK DVDs: NO CAPTIONING!
or SOMETHING to get that attention...can't hurt! (It could be more easily missed within this thread...but a thread out there dedicated to this issue would be as attn getting here as possible and that's what you need. Try anything you can think of)
Good luck; I hope A&E will promise to rectify the situation immediately and get you new DVDs with captioning after they do.
Sincerely,
garnet
I will be posting a thread on that Board to get my voice heard hopefully by A&E and maybe Criss Angel himself?
The website is :Share your thoughts about Criss Angel Mindfreak in Criss Angel Mindfreak in AETV Community Center
My thread will be titled: MindFreak DVD's No captioning for Deaf Fans!
If any of you would like to join me on this issue, please post there!
much love and hugs to everyone,
Sheri
I am a member of the A&E discussion board on Criss Angel and told them about the lack of captioning.
My post is below and so is the response I got from a board memeber.
My question to everyone here is, should I do what is suggested?
Would that change anything?
are there any Deaf fans of Criss Angel MindFreak on here?
if so, do not buy the entire season of 1 and 2, there are no captionings.
I've never complained about lack of captioning ever, my mother and father complained about the lack of captioning on the pay per view movies they'd buy for me and that problem was fixed, but they could call the cable company we went through to get that fixed.
A&E is a HUGE company and Criss Angel is a megastar.
I kinda don't think one letter or complaint would do anything.
If there are any Deaf fans on here Please send as many complaints about this as you can!
Thanks Guys!
here's my post:
jaspheth
Posts: 30
From: Georgia
Registered: 9/9/07 (84 of 88) looking foward to the new show
Oct 13, 2007 11:41 PM Reply Report Abuse
I am looking forward to the show.
It better have captioning.
I bought The entire season 1 and 2 of mindfreak to discover it didn't have captioning on it for the Deaf or hearing impaired.
I am Deaf.
Would like to complain to whoever makes the DVDs or is in charge of them.
A&E
or
Criss Angel himself?
He has Deaf fans to.
I was very disappointed in the lack of captioning.
The show has captioning on TV and if so it should have captioning on the DVD, but this isn't the place for me to rant about this.
I should go to alldeaf.com to rant to my fellow deaf friends.
as if any of you would understand.
and if that offened ya'll, sorry.
I've had a VERY bad day.
and I really don't feel like being apart of the hearing world tonight, hence why I am typing instead of speaking.
Sheri.
--
" The blind cannot see so they lose touch with things. The Deaf cannot hear so we lose touch with people "
Helen Keller.
here is a response from a board member:
garnetfury
Posts: 238
From: Olympus
Registered: 6/5/07
Subscribe
Ignore (87 of 88) Re: looking foward to the new show
Oct 14, 2007 6:01 AM Reply Report Abuse
Hi Jaspheth! Im sorry you're having a bad day. I too am SURPRISED to hear a DVD would not have captioning, and thought they all did... I would be very upset too.
I would agree to complain to A&E. A&E owns the rights to the show. So THEY are the FIRST place to complain as LISA said.
SINCE they ARE aware and have captioning on their station shows, I would bet this terrible oversight was at the DVD manufacturer level. Its really hard to say, just a guess but since A&E does have captioning tho' I'd say its a good bet.
It surprised me - recently I was reading about Elvis Presley - it was a FAQs page...and someone had asked about the rights to Elvis' movies and recordings.
IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME what all was NOT Elvis' "rights" or property. His movies belong to the movie company; same with his songs/records - RCA - whoever - owns the rights not Elvis (in his day) or now his estate, daughter; they(his family/estate) don't have ANY SAY in what movies get put on DVD. I HAD NO IDEA they had no say in what movies went on DVD (I mean ownership rights is one thing but you always THINK the star has say in these things and they dont always) - I figured they had say in everything to do with their image or their talent and the filming/video of them. Im sure its very similar for Criss.
I would feel very confident in saying Criss had NOTHING to do with this detail for the same reason. Im sure he would be surprised to hear this also. He's probably like us, just assume all DVDs had captioning. But they need to know. The DVD manufacturer probably made this terrible error and they need to be aware as I just feel sure they would really care about this issue.
Its obvious criss cares deeply about all his fans...ALL; he is giving of himself as much as possible and beyond the call of duty to his fans, more than any other celeb Ive ever seen. He gives his time to ill children...and I just know he would care deeply about this terrible, careless oversight.
SO Id suggest trying to write (along with your letter to A&E) a letter to Criss in care of his production office; or maybe better yet address it just to his production office...might get looked at quicker if it didnt appear to be a fan letter, then at end of letter, ask them to give criss a copy (give them 2 copies).AND ON THE ENVELOPE write re: DVDs bought S1,2 NO CAPTIONING! Do whatever it takes to get attention straight to this issue so there is no "oh its another fan letter"...
They WERE located at the Luxor in Las Vegas,
others here are more up on changes than I am,
ANYBODY KNOW, ARE THEY STILL LOCATED THERE?
I hope you get to feeling better. I have my bad days too. I am not deaf, but I am disabled with Systemic Lupus, fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue AND Insomnia....
so I DO know about bad days and frustrations even though they are different kinds. There are many compassionate, caring people here and you aren't alone.
I wish you the best and hope you wont stay upset with us. (You said you didnt want anything to do with the hearing world tonight, and I can understand that..but you came here and Im glad you did. HIS FAMILY DOES READ THIS SITE SO HOPEFULLY ONE WILL SEE THIS. I know someone that met and talked with his brother and was told they DO check in and read here. (because some of the things that are said here that are mean, DO hurt CRISS AND his family - and that was straight out of the brother's mouth, SO THEY ARE VERY caring and human like the rest of us.)
If there was something I could do to help you I would give it my best shot. PLEASE let us know how you do with this issue.
COULDNT HURT FOR YOU TO START A THREAD..and copy your post your wrote in this one...that would call attention to this more...title it MINDFREAK DVDs: NO CAPTIONING!
or SOMETHING to get that attention...can't hurt! (It could be more easily missed within this thread...but a thread out there dedicated to this issue would be as attn getting here as possible and that's what you need. Try anything you can think of)
Good luck; I hope A&E will promise to rectify the situation immediately and get you new DVDs with captioning after they do.
Sincerely,
garnet
I will be posting a thread on that Board to get my voice heard hopefully by A&E and maybe Criss Angel himself?
The website is :Share your thoughts about Criss Angel Mindfreak in Criss Angel Mindfreak in AETV Community Center
My thread will be titled: MindFreak DVD's No captioning for Deaf Fans!
If any of you would like to join me on this issue, please post there!
much love and hugs to everyone,
Sheri