Ken Burns' Vietnam on PBS

[leeving]

My dad was a Marine in Vietnam, too. He never really wanted to talk about it. I wish he would have before he died a few years ago. I really don't know where he was or what he did over there. I know that he did 2 tours and I think he mentioned Hue a few times.

As for the series, I'm watching the blurays and they are excellent. I'm up to episode 3. Gonna watch more tonight.

Trent Reznor's score is good, too. They use a lot from his other soundtracks, too.

[harryq]

Originally Posted by leeving

My dad was a Marine in Vietnam, too. He never really wanted to talk about it. I wish he would have before he died a few years ago. I really don't know where he was or what he did over there. I know that he did 2 tours and I think he mentioned Hue a few times.

As for the series, I'm watching the blurays and they are excellent. I'm up to episode 3. Gonna watch more tonight.

Trent Reznor's score is good, too. They use a lot from his other soundtracks, too.

Do the Blu-rays come with Vietnamese subtitles? PBS is streaming episodes with Viet subtitles, but I haven't seen anything about the Blu-rays

[leeving]

Originally Posted by harryq

Do the Blu-rays come with Vietnamese subtitles? PBS is streaming episodes with Viet subtitles, but I haven't seen anything about the Blu-rays

Only English and Spanish are soft coded. Any Vietnamese or hard to understand English is hard coded I think.

I usually watch everything with English subs on anyway, so I really hadn't noticed how this was coded.

[harryq]

Originally Posted by leeving

Only English and Spanish are soft coded. Any Vietnamese or hard to understand English is hard coded I think.

I usually watch everything with English subs on anyway, so I really hadn't noticed how this was coded.

bummer -- no subtitles means it'll be harder for me to watch with my Vietnamese in-laws. seems like a strange oversight on PBS' part considering they thought to offer a Vietnamese subtitled version online.

in any case, thanks!

[leeving]

Originally Posted by harryq

bummer -- no subtitles means it'll be harder for me to watch with my Vietnamese in-laws. seems like a strange oversight on PBS' part considering they thought to offer a Vietnamese subtitled version online.

in any case, thanks!

No problem. It does seem to be an oversight.