Dibbler Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 When Thai soaps appear on TV in Lao, Cambodia or Myanmar you know that people are watching them purely to see the beautiful people. Thai soap operas feature jealousy, deceit, anger, greed, tensions among social classes, xenophobia, and other emotions and human behaviours that are the antithesis of the Thai culture that should be promoted. What bozo would want to have them translated into other Asian languages? If the words were translated then people might instead be turning down the volume on their sets, or worse the shows might be banned in some more conservative countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moskito Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I strongly feel the Thai T.V. channels should stop all the ridiculous dubbing of English spoken films and documentaries, I mean, those voices they use........ odd........ anyway, keep the original soundtrack and provide Thai subtitles......promote the English language which will be the uniting language of ASEAN.........or is that too practical for the bureautwats in BKK? Not dubbing in the native language and not providing L1 subtitles on the boob tube is one of the main reasons Philippinos have such good English skills. they are not intrested in learning and for sure not Engrish....i never understood the whitening and internet and office English words used on ALL Thaipapers, everything else is in English, just every year more and more Anglizism.... And the dubbing is pathetic.....all the time the same three or four ppl doing it, doesnt matter for what kind of movie or for how old the actors are in it..... BUT ... to buy <deleted> from other countries is cheaper as produce it byself...so have fun indonesia, Phillipinens and HOPEFULLY Europe.......because thats what Television is anyway - Cheap sh1t for the dumb masses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 This has now turned into the Hollywood block buster "Turds at midnight" never heard so much Sh!!t , since George Bush announced the war was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moskito Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 This has now turned into the Hollywood block buster "Turds at midnight" never heard so much Sh!!t , since George Bush announced the war was over. war is never over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMick Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Just once I would like to see a scene in a Thai soapy where the hi-so bitch delivers a roundhouse smack across the chops to her boyfriend/husband and gets well and truly snotted. A billboard picture of her knocked on her fat butt with an amazed look on her dial would double the audience overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Just once I would like to see a scene in a Thai soapy where the hi-so bitch delivers a roundhouse smack across the chops to her boyfriend/husband and gets well and truly snotted. A billboard picture of her knocked on her fat butt with an amazed look on her dial would double the audience overnight. when the heart broken hi so guy or gal gets.dumped and goes out to drown their sorrows, they drive home smashed in their red plated car of the day, if they simply killed themselves in a car accident, i would see that as a genuinely good plot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I am sure that all the other ASEAN countries are just chopping at the bit for the Thai soaps, screaming wailing females, guns being waved around and the usual bitch slapping oh and a few ghosts real quality entertainment. When it comes to crap television Thailand certainly is the HUB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post teatree Posted August 25, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2012 I would think they would want to keep them hidden well away, not promote them. Thai tv is the most mindless garbage that I have ever seen. Truly a cancer in society. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chotthee Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Indo, Brunei & Malaysia are mostly Muslim. I hope they ban all Thai soap, because all of they contain lady boys of some sort, which is against the Muslim law to have sex with your own kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 A couple of days ago there was a press release from another Government department criticising the content of Thai soaps and saying they need to be improved. Now this appears. So who is right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMick Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 (edited) Indo, Brunei & Malaysia are mostly Muslim. I hope they ban all Thai soap, because all of they contain lady boys of some sort, which is against the Muslim law to have sex with your own kind. ......or eat the goat after. Edited August 25, 2012 by OzMick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMick Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Indo, Brunei & Malaysia are mostly Muslim. I hope they ban all Thai soap, because all of they contain lady boys of some sort, which is against the Muslim law to have sex with your own kind. Have you ever seen a Thai soap opera where somebody had sex with a ladyboy, or a woman for that matter? Innuendo is common when it comes to ladyboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casindonet Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've travel around SEA & the only country that airs thai soaps are in cambodia....no other Asean countries watch thai soaps. And if thai soaps are really showing the real thai culture (as claim by the minister)......then heaven help us. Sent from my GT-N7000 using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reasonableman Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 It's all a cunning plot to undermine the IQs, and sap the vigor, of ASEAN competitors. Let's look forward to the day when the last bar of soap has been exported to our unsuspecting neighbors, when LOS eventually becomes soap-free and is restored to its rightful pre-eminent status in the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've travel around SEA & the only country that airs thai soaps are in cambodia... Laos does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notstupid30 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 (edited) So this means we will have to put up with this shit on an international level anybody fancy a game of russian roulette .. Edited August 25, 2012 by Notstupid30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 If they translate it to English they have a shot at the western Comedy channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noistar Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Mr Arkom suggested that many Thai cultures and traditions could be promoted to draw in more income to the country. He cited Thai soap operas, which are popular in many ASEAN neighbors should be translated into many languages, as he saw that cultural tourism has been increasingly popular. Which OTOP is responsible for the 'culture' of Thai soaps? Get the mini-buses ready, the tour guides trained and go-go-go! Money will come pouring in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwan Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 They need to get their acts together in Thai TVland. Why can't they make some good police drama series? All they would have to do was to convert highly esteemed and successful foreign series to mould into the Thai culture. NYPD Blue - RTP Brown Dixon of Dock Green - Somjai of Klong Toei Hill Street Blues - Sai Sukhumvit Browns Hawii Five O - Koh Samet Gow Soon Juliet Bravo - Foxtrot Oboe Maigret - Mai Mee The Bill - The Checkbin T J Hooker - SC Hookers Please feel free to add to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 ^^ Heartbeat - Deadbeat. lol A serious case of the word 'culture' being abused. Who was it that said one could judge a people/nation by its TV... or was it its prisoners/disadvantaged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 They need to get their acts together in Thai TVland. Why can't they make some good police drama series? All they would have to do was to convert highly esteemed and successful foreign series to mould into the Thai culture. NYPD Blue - RTP Brown Dixon of Dock Green - Somjai of Klong Toei Hill Street Blues - Sai Sukhumvit Browns Hawii Five O - Koh Samet Gow Soon Juliet Bravo - Foxtrot Oboe Maigret - Mai Mee The Bill - The Checkbin T J Hooker - SC Hookers Please feel free to add to the list. Downtown Abbey. Callous (Dallas) Eastbenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kananga Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 They need to get their acts together in Thai TVland. Why can't they make some good police drama series? All they would have to do was to convert highly esteemed and successful foreign series to mould into the Thai culture. NYPD Blue - RTP Brown Dixon of Dock Green - Somjai of Klong Toei Hill Street Blues - Sai Sukhumvit Browns Hawii Five O - Koh Samet Gow Soon Juliet Bravo - Foxtrot Oboe Maigret - Mai Mee The Bill - The Checkbin T J Hooker - SC Hookers Please feel free to add to the list. Law and Order - Lawless and Disorderly Homicide: Life on the Street - Pesticide: Food from the street Homeland - Farang Go homeland Southland - The Insurgents Boston Legal - Boston tea money party Mission:Impossible - Political Reconciliation A Touch of Frost - Yen Mahk Mahk The Thin Blue Line - The Thick Brown skid The Equalizer - The Chuwit Miami Vice - Mae Sot Rice Magnum P.I. - Maganam Classic (or Almond) Nash Bridges - Flood breaches Charlie's Angels - Somboon's Sluts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I can see tourism from the other ASEAN countries to Thailand down 95% if the Thai Soap Operas will Be Translated For 'Asean' Audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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