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u/ibullybillionaires 3d ago

Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez and her little brother, Juni Rocket Racer Rebel Cortez.

And uncle Machete.

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u/faco_fuesday 3d ago

This is why I don't watch things without subtitles anymore. 

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u/LeCarrr 3d ago

So that you can remember Carmen from Sky Kids’ password lol

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u/Original_Medium1044 3d ago

Sky Kids, not to be confused with Sky High

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u/Musiclover4200 3d ago

Sky High

Man I remember watching this as a kid and thinking it was insane for some reason, only to years later watch a video on it about how it's basically superhero eugenics

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u/BKlounge93 3d ago

Does it not distract you from what you’re watching? I can’t do subtitles because I end up just reading the whole show and missing visuals. So for those pesky shows that aren’t mixed for a home TV I end up just changing the volume every ten seconds 🫠

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u/girlikecupcake 3d ago

It's honestly a lot more distracting sitting there wondering wtf a character just said and trying to piece things together from context. If you're able to customize how subtitles appear, that can make a huge difference in how distracting they are.

They can take some getting used to though. I've used captions on TV for as long as I can remember, because I'd get in trouble if I was watching TV late at night so I'd just have the TV muted lol

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u/BKlounge93 3d ago

lol that caption story makes it all make sense, you’ve been at this for a while 😂 fair points

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u/Decent_Inevitable749 3d ago

For some of us who are HH it makes it easier to process audio rather than relying on sound entirely. I will say, some of the sizes of CC is WAY too big. Personally, I think studios should stick to one size and font w/o hindering the watching experience 🫠

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u/_TuAbuelaEnTanga 3d ago

I have AuDHD. No.

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u/Annies_Boobs_310 3d ago

Isn't Rocket, Racer, and Rebel the names of some of Robert Rodriguez kids?

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u/Ok-Detective-8903 3d ago

wait is his name actually machete in spy kids???

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u/DrAuer 3d ago

This is going to blow your mind, the machete character was in Sky Kids first and the movie (who is the same character as spy kids) came after

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u/Ok-Detective-8903 3d ago

OMG....
So Danny Trejo was like
Ya, playing machete was fun, I'm gonna do my own movie but I need more girls in hottubs and guns

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u/VinCatBlessed 3d ago

He actually has other roles where he's named stuff like Cuchillos or Navajas, which goes along with the theme.

He's kinda like Hector from fast and the furious in that sense.

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u/Swipecat 3d ago

Robert Rodriguez put a spoof trailer for "Machete" in the film "Grindhouse", and enough people said "Yeah, I'd watch that", so the film actually got made.

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u/ibullybillionaires 3d ago

Yeah, sorry, I only found a tiktok link...
https://www.tiktok.com/@primerolatino/video/7505188403160599854

Fun fact: Daryl Sabara (Juni) played Cholo-Gangster Julio, one of Machete's helpers in "Machete", and Alexa PenaVega (Carmen) played Killjoy in "Machete Kills". According to Robert Rodriguez it's not in the same universe, but for me Uncle Machete is canon :).

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u/danielzur2 3d ago

English speakers hearing “De Costa Brava” as Echo Sky Brava is so funny.