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Reported Problem for Watchmen: Chapter I
posted by Jim StarkSTAFFMOD on August 13, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Item: Watchmen: Chapter I
Language: en-US
Type of Problem: Design_issue
Extra Details: The bible demands the characters be credited as they are spelled on-screen, and all characters portrayed by the same actor merged via the /.
However, at the same time, there's an odd limit of 64 characters per name. Clearly, this was done without having animated films or series in mind, where one actor could voice a bunch of characters. So it makes adding some characters impossible.
In this particular movie, according to on-screen credits, Jeffrey Combs needs to be credited as "Edgar Jacobi / Moloch / British Newscaster / Photographer #1 (voice)" and Rick D. Wasserman as "Edward Blake / Comedian / Male Citizen #1 / Photographer #2 (voice)". 68 and 67 characters respectively. Not sure how it could be done, except by omitting one of the characters.
Not sure, why it should be limited to 64 characters though, looks random. Or why limit at all?
Reply by Shei
on August 13, 2024 at 8:48 AM
I've run into the same limitation a few times (one example being Kung Fu Panda 4) as well, so I've moved your thread to website support, maybe Travis can increase the limit.
Reply by Tim Uruski
on September 19, 2024 at 6:50 PM
I've increased the limit for character names to 120 characters (for both movies and TV). I also applied the suggested edits to confirm it works properly.