Comments on: Open-Captioned Movies

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:37:23 +0000

I saw Miami Vice at Potomac YArd. And 3-4 movies at Sterling’s Regal. If you don’t like those movies, then shut up and sit down. Be patience when your favorite movies will be OC.

By: RLM

RLM — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:01:32 +0000

I second you! How true! Why don’t we write a letter of request to the Regal Gallery Theatre management? The management people are very nice at this theatre.

By: DV

DV — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:36:44 +0000

I used to live in Rochester, New York where I attended NTID. Open-captioned films are very convenience to access for deaf and hard of hearing patrons at Regal Cinemas in Henrietta, NY, a suburban of Rochester, NY. It is very easy to see the movie at certain time even though each patron encountered each other at the theatre house almost every weekends like deaf club or coffee gatherings.
Unlike the Chinatown Regal Gallery in D.C., their schedule change different in certain days in a week which disappointed me. The theatre should remain the same schedule for deaf and hard of hearing patrons to visit at any time which is more comfortable in respect for our community. At the same time, we can use our friendly gatherings to watch the movie.
Perhaps, the movie theatre could be a center of the city where the deaf and hard of hearing patrons could visit to watch those blockbuster films in the metropolitan. Good reminsience of old days at deaf clubs.

By: RLM

RLM — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:08:42 +0000

I do not meant to look like a whiner. What good about the underattendance by deaf people watching the OC films within incompliable showtimes?

The movie theatre managements seems not really engage in marketplace study of their own local people.

We, deaf people never have been asked by the business world what we would like to patronize the first-run movies.

The business world should not make any assumption about us being commerically submissive.

More to life than movies anyway!

By: RLM

RLM — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:04:41 +0000

I am kinda surprised that Cincinnati area do not show any open captioned film(s) so far. I recently check out the Insight Cinema website for the listing of open captioned films in Cincinnati. The sole movie theatre usually screen the OC films - National Am(usement?) Showcase Western Hills, 5870 Harrison Ave. The Insight Cinema website clearly point out that the list of theatres whose previously show OC films.

What about the films with RWC?

By: RS

RS — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:13:31 +0000

I have to say that you guys should appericate the fact there are open captioned movies around here. I lived in Cincinnati for several movies and there was never any captioned movies the whole time I lived there. A true reflection of the Deaf Community over there.

By: RLM

RLM — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:16:34 +0000

I kinda miss the ole’ day of open captioned films back in the 90s which the majority of deaf people get together for the film viewing of ‘Titantic”. So we get the feeling of “deaf club” during the rare film screening of open captioned film like “Titantic”.

Same thing with the deaf clubs showing the open captioned film.

That would be really nice if we view deafcentric film from time to time at the special deaf event. I still want to see Peter Wolf’s deaf film - “Think Me Nothing” which cause many deaf people very upset back in the heyday 70s.

We ought to have the film lecture on deafcentric films in DC area like “Deafula”. We could discuss why the character with “tin can” hands symbolize.

We do not have any deaf film festival in DC about six years. Joey Barrish was the festival organizer at that time.

We could ask the National Gallery of Art of Washington to host the symposium on deaf films. I hope that the NGA could persuade the BBC to show “The Count of Solar” film, too.

Robert Mason

By: J.J.

J.J. — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:16:59 +0000

Yeah the movie selections aren’t always great, but at least they show the TOP blockbusters (i.e. Star Wars). That’s fine for me.

As for Fodmi…they don’t list EVERY THEATER.

I go to the Mopix website to update myself on theaters in my area then I go to http://www.movieticket.com and ist those theaters as my preffered theaters. Usually the theater will list “RWC” weekly. If they forget, get on their asses about it.

As for open captioned flicks..the thing I HATE about them is the timing..it’s always Tuesday or Thursday at like 5PM…I’d have to leave work early just to make it.

Then again I hate RWC because I have to be there early to get a good seat so I can even read the RWC thingy.

However, remember..we have come a long way. I remember my first open caption flick in 1993, “Jurassic Park”…it was an EVENT! Nowadays, we have a choice of 3-4 movies a week…that’s PROGRESS.

Yeah..could be better tho’

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:00:58 +0000

I second that suggestion.

By: RLM

RLM — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:19:26 +0000

DP, I did not say tha the DeafDC.com ought to post the info regarding all kind of captioned films in advance.

Of course, the theatre managements and film studios ought to do their own publicity stuff in advance or get the e-listing of interested deaf movie patrons or e-reminder. Something like that.

DeafDC.com could make some money from talking out with the theatre managements and film studios for the advance notice of upcoming OC/DTS and RWC films.

You have to undy that hearing people have MUCH choices of where and when they want to see movies.

We, deaf people seems have less choice for the whereabout and when for seeing the movie. Why we have to let the theatre managements and film studios to dictate our options for seeing the first-run films?

I would make myself much clear when I communicate in ASL, not the language of oppressor(s).

RLM