xopranaut t1_iub8xx8 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:17 AM

Sometimes the subbers will rewrite the subs so there’s not too much to fit on the screen at a time.

A lot of older Kung Fu films were dubbed into English by having the scripts massively re-written so the new words kinda matched up with the actors’ mouth movements. But the subs often seem to follow the original scripts, which can be confusing if any plot points or names got changed.

TheSeventhAnimorph t1_iubzax0 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:05 AM

> A lot of older Kung Fu films were dubbed into English by having the scripts massively re-written so the new words kinda matched up with the actors’ mouth movements. But the subs often seem to follow the original scripts, which can be confusing if any plot points or names got changed.

This is the normal way for dubs vs. subs to be treated in general; it's the case for pretty much everything today.

xopranaut t1_iucj3fl wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:14 AM

I never really thought about that! I only noticed it when I was watching a lot of Kung Fu films because some of the dubbed scripts made absolutely no sense until you read the subs instead.