OC on open day or any movies

JoeyDeafNinja

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For any deaf people, make sure you tell any movie theaters you want Closed Caption for what movie you want to watch. Do not let them tell you that they don't have it. You must tell them that you want it NOW or you will have to use ADA. Simple
 
Not all theaters can get the captioning immediately.

I went to see Tron Legacy because it was advertised as being captioned. Unfortunately, they had not received the captioning part yet. So, they gave me free tickets for a later date. :)
 
VamPyroX said:
Not all theaters can get the captioning immediately.

I went to see Tron Legacy because it was advertised as being captioned. Unfortunately, they had not received the captioning part yet. So, they gave me free tickets for a later date. :)
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and you accept that?
 
posts from hell said:
and you accept that?
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If the CC isn't available, what else is there to do?

That's like going to McDonalds and asking for a Big Mac when they don't have any beef patties left. Standing there complaining to them isn't going to make beef patties magically appear.

Standing in the theater complaining about the CC not being available isn't going to make it magically appear.
 
VamPyroX said:
If the CC isn't available, what else is there to do?

That's like going to McDonalds and asking for a Big Mac when they don't have any beef patties left. Standing there complaining to them isn't going to make beef patties magically appear.

Standing in the theater complaining about the CC not being available isn't going to make it magically appear.
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That's short term perspective, not long term, yo.
 
JoeyDeafNinja said:
For any deaf people, make sure you tell any movie theaters you want Closed Caption for what movie you want to watch. Do not let them tell you that they don't have it. You must tell them that you want it NOW or you will have to use ADA. Simple
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What is ADA?
 
I suspect that there are no OC on opening days because movie studios refuse to release new films to captionmakers before the opening days. To add captions to a film may take up to 2 weeks. That's why we have to wait for 1-2 weeks. So my point is that movie studios are to blame for no OC on opening days. We have to tell ADA that movie studios fail to comply with the law and should have released any new films to captionmakers earlier so we can watch them with OC on opening days as equal as hearing audiences.
 
It would be easier if the law that requires captioning on DVDs, TV shows, etc would expand to include captioning on movie reels for theaters. It's a real shame that sometimes our laws can be narrowly focused on one thing instead of all related things.

I don't know how many theaters have gone digital, but for those that do, they could just use a DVD and select the English subtitles option.
 
kristy2078 said:
It would be easier if the law that requires captioning on DVDs, TV shows, etc would expand to include captioning on movie reels for theaters. It's a real shame that sometimes our laws can be narrowly focused on one thing instead of all related things.

I don't know how many theaters have gone digital, but for those that do, they could just use a DVD and select the English subtitles option.
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problem is, DVDs takes like 3 to 6 months to release after film release
 
rolling7 said:
Does it have any teeth behind it? Our is it alike our A.D.A., where violations result in a slap on the wrist?
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I have used it against a Catholic Education Office and a catholic college to court with DDA, and won the court case twice. Does this answer your question?
 
Yes and no. In America, deaf had used A.D.A. as individuals, and won. However as a class action for the deaf community as a whole, not much luck....witness the fact we are still, years after years, trying to get T/V and movie caption relief. The industry is NOT afraid of a lawsuit by the deaf community.
 
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