So the lesson is when the subject matter is deeply serious, such as being
depth-charged in a submarine, no one expects things to be sugar-coated and
metric is OK.
Same with Schindler's List, which is 100% metric. Private Ryan I don't
remember - first half hour is too intense.
Nat
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>PS: Carleton mentioned Das Boat, which was certainly the grand-dad of those
>movies. In its original German/subtitled form it was in meters, and in its
>later English-dubbed version (somewhere in my videos) it's also in meters.
>Don't know what happened after Hollywood changed the name to "The Boat".
I watched the "Director's Cut" of Das Boot on DVD earlier this year,
and the subtitles retained metres. This is the Region 2 (Europe)
version, but it's produced by Columbia Tristar.
I've just checked on one of the DVD Web retailers. I's still called
"Das Boot", but there is a review which includes the following:
"Compare the translation of one crucial line in the climactic sequence
- the US DVD subtitle has "280 meters! This boat is amazing!", while
the UK has "280 meters, and she's still in one piece". Which is
correct?"
Chris
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UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
