French writing on BD cases in Canada

[bone crusher]

No offense to anyone that is French but good God that shit looks awful splattered all over my beautiful Blu-ray cases. Warner doesn't often have French on the cases but Sony does and Fox does. The few BDs I ahve gotten from trades from US people look much nicer...just English, the way it should be. Just had to get that off my chest.

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by bone crusher

No offense to anyone that is French but good God that shit looks awful splattered all over my beautiful Blu-ray cases. Warner doesn't often have French on the cases but Sony does and Fox does. The few BDs I ahve gotten from trades from US people look much nicer...just English, the way it should be. Just had to get that off my chest.

Hope you feel better now. Its not good to keep major impacting life events bottled up. Causes strokes!

Picture?

[alain turgeon]

Originally Posted by bone crusher

No offense to anyone that is French but good God that shit looks awful splattered all over my beautiful Blu-ray cases. Warner doesn't often have French on the cases but Sony does and Fox does. The few BDs I ahve gotten from trades from US people look much nicer...just English, the way it should be. Just had to get that off my chest.

Well just order your blu-ray from Amazon.com and you won't have this problem.
By the way i am french and i am not offended. Personally i don't care that much about the packaging . I care much more about what is on the disc i.e. great pq and aq.

[Mermen79]

Real French people I've met (i.e. from France) were very rude. I don't know how French Canadians are though...

[alain turgeon]

Originally Posted by djepic112

Real French people I've met (i.e. from France) were very rude. I don't know how French Canadians are though...

Well i am french Canadian and as long as you stay polite you won't see my tough side. Some people here in the Province of Québec would'nt appreciate calling french writing shit but ...what are you gonna do.

[CGYBLU]

I agree, but like has been said Amazon.com and you'll save some $$ too... Just have to be careful sometimes because the content on the discs can vary, for example, the first harry potter you would get the Americanized 'sorcerer's stone' with fewer audio tracks vs. the real 'philosopher's stone' that was had in Canada and the rest of the world.

[WickyWoo]

I always thought Canada could benefit from Japanese style spine cards, totally removeable so the very very few French-Canadians who don't speak english can have their francophile way, and collectors don't have to have the artwork soiled by yet another unnecessary addition

[alain turgeon]

Originally Posted by CGYBLU

I agree, but like has been said Amazon.com and you'll save some $$ too... Just have to be careful sometimes because the content on the discs can vary, for example, the first harry potter you would get the Americanized 'sorcerer's stone' with fewer audio tracks vs. the real 'philosopher's stone' that was had in Canada and the rest of the world.

Yeah i know i ordered the box set from Amazon.com and i had to buy the first movie over again to get the french version...bummer.

[alain turgeon]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

I always thought Canada could benefit from Japanese style spine cards, totally removeable so the very very few French-Canadians who don't speak english can have their francophile way, and collectors don't have to have the artwork soiled by yet another unnecessary addition

I'm a little surprised here,after bonecrusher calling french writing shit,now a mod says that it soiled it's artwork.Now i don't want to start a political debate here but should'nt just choose your words a little better.

[CGYBLU]

Originally Posted by alain turgeon

I'm a little surprised here,after bonecrusher calling french writing shit,now a mod says that it soiled it's artwork.Now i don't want to start a political debate here but should'nt just choose your words a little better.

To be fair many come from a land where 'you're either with us or against us' and don't often see the cultural mosaic you and I enjoy, but rather a large melting pot with the burners turned to max...

[alain turgeon]

Originally Posted by CGYBLU

To be fair many come from a land where 'you're either with us or against us' and don't often see the cultural mosaic you and I enjoy, but rather a large melting pot with the burners turned to max...

Merci my fellow Canadian.

[kuliddar]

My god you just realized that. Bilingual packaging has been around on DVD in Canada for years. I personally hate it and if I get the opportunity to get a packaging that is fully english I jump on the occasion (it's a purist thing I guess). But hey, what can you do, that's they way it is. Like someone else said its the inside that counts. Besides most of the time, the french title is tiny. BTW - Warner Bros products in Canada have bilingual covers as well. Some studios had developed the flip cover with one side english the other french but I see fewer of those on DVD and have seen none for BR.

[alain turgeon]

Originally Posted by kuliddar

My god you just realized that. Bilingual packaging has been around on DVD in Canada for years. I personally hate it and if I get the opportunity to get a packaging that is fully english I jump on the occasion (it's a purist thing I guess). But hey, what can you do, that's they way it is. Like someone else said its the inside that counts. Besides most of the time, the french title is tiny. BTW - Warner Bros products in Canada have bilingual covers as well. Some studios had developed the flip cover with one side english the other french but I see fewer of those on DVD and have seen none for BR.

Well i have a few dvds with reversible artwork where you can choose a french or an english side. I think that should be the way to go to keep everyone happy.

[WickyWoo]

I'm a little surprised here,after bonecrusher calling french writing shit,now a mod says that it soiled it's artwork.Now i don't want to start a political debate here but should'nt just choose your words a little better.

The french is A- Unnecessary(Yes i Know it's required by law or something), and B- sloppily applied and honking big on the artwork.

It's not the fact that it's french, it's that it's ugly and redundant

Seriously how many people in Canada ONLY speak French? As in they don't understand a lick of English. Surely this tiny minority can be served with the spine card solution

I don't want to see anything but the original poster art on disc covers myself. No noggins, no quotes, nothing

[X-Ninja]

Meh... Im in Canada. I couldnt care less about the french text on my blus. Most of my movies have only english on them anyway.
Heck, if it werent for me reading this thread and checking the back of my movies i never would have known it was even there.
Theres only 3 movies that actually have french text on the back in my collection.

Its not that big of a deal.

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

The french is A- Unnecessary(Yes i Know it's required by law or something), and B- sloppily applied and honking big on the artwork.

It's not the fact that it's french, it's that it's ugly and redundant

Seriously how many people in Canada ONLY speak French? As in they don't understand a lick of English. Surely this tiny minority can be served with the spine card solution

I don't want to see anything but the original poster art on disc covers myself. No noggins, no quotes, nothing

About 4M people don't know how to saw Yes and No...... most of them are in Québec.. Thurst me i live in the suburbs of Montreal and here most people can't have a really simple discusition in english or even order food at a restaurant in Ontario or US without working for it..

[unreal1080p]

Originally Posted by ryoohki

About 4M people don't know how to saw Yes and No...... most of them are in Québec.. Thurst me i live in the suburbs of Montreal and here most people can't have a really simple discusition in english or even order food at a restaurant in Ontario or US without working for it..

I don't know about that.... Most in Montreal and suburbs can handle their English quite well. Out of the 6M people in Quebec, 3M live in the Montreal+suburbs area and at least 2 thirds of them can easily handle English. That leaves 4M SOL (shit out of luck) but most of them would be in the regions and around Quebec city. The majority of Montreal folks are at the VERY least bilingual if not trilingual.

Montreal is NOT Herouxtiville
--> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLgb7RUiOfY

For those who can understand French... the video above is HILARIOUS

[WickyWoo]

I don't know about that.... Most in Montreal and suburbs can handle their English quite well. Out of the 6M people in Quebec, 3M live in the Montreal+suburbs area and at least 2 thirds of them can easily handle English. That leaves 4M SOL (shit out of luck) but most of them would be in the regions and around Quebec city. The majority of Montreal folks are at the VERY least bilingual if not trilingual.

I speak Japanese badly, but I understand far more than I can actually articulate. The question I'm asking is how many people, when faced with a movie title would be at a loss to parse it out?

It's an honest question

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by unreal1080p

I don't know about that.... Most in Montreal and suburbs can handle their English quite well. Out of the 6M people in Quebec, 3M live in the Montreal+suburbs area and at least 2 thirds of them can easily handle English. That leaves 4M SOL (shit out of luck) but most of them would be in the regions and around Quebec city. The majority of Montreal folks are at the VERY least bilingual if not trilingual.

Montreal is NOT Herouxtiville
--> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLgb7RUiOfY

For those who can understand French... the video above is HILARIOUS

LOL yeah sure.. think whatever you want man. I work in Montreal and unless you're in the West or Downtown, the rest is pretty much death english wise. I mean the NEAREST English Theater (full Original version) in Downtown that's about 80km from my city. All other play French only version. That's why i'am a big theater buff and i know a couple of friend that understand. My mom and her buddy don't understand a word of english.

[unreal1080p]

Originally Posted by ryoohki

LOL yeah sure.. think whatever you want man. I work in Montreal and unless you're in the West or Downtown, the rest is pretty much death english wise.

As this website will attest --> http://www.cinemamontreal.com/eng

You can EASILY find the Original English versions of movies everywhere on the island of Montreal, Laval, & even the South Shore (Megaplex Taschereau).