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Adamridge79

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I watch these Netflix shows that seem good, but the voice overs throw me off. I understand when it's Asian, of course a show made in that local will probably no speak English. But the European ones (?) that try to sound American sound like, well, bored Americans at a hungover breakfast. They throw me off...I still watch it, don't get me wrong, and I acclimate soon enough. It's just that first few minutes are so weird
 
I watch shows subtitled, no voice over, for the same reason. Lots of things are dubbed in my province, but...Jackie Chan, Arnold Sausageweiner and Sly Stallone are all the same voice in French lol. Disconcerting...
 
I watch these Netflix shows that seem good, but the voice overs throw me off. I understand when it's Asian, of course a show made in that local will probably no speak English. But the European ones (?) that try to sound American sound like, well, bored Americans at a hungover breakfast. They throw me off...I still watch it, don't get me wrong, and I acclimate soon enough. It's just that first few minutes are so weird
Just out of curiosity, did you watch Squid Game?

I'm with you on voice overs though, I can't watch a Japanese, Korean or Chinese shows dubbed because the voice actors just sounds terrible compared to the original. And oftentimes the original meaning gets lost in translation so I always prefer to watch them with subtitles on.
 
I do have to admit that I too feel into the trap known as Squid Game. Was pretty good, but that one chick that was waaaay over the top annoyed the he'll out of me. I try the subtitles sometimes, but then I forget to watch the action...love being able to rewind more efficiently than the old VCR'S
 
For saying that the voice over was a bit bothersome, that was one trippy **** movie. Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, whatever. That was some off the wall honeysuckle. Glad I went through with it. If you're curious I won't leave you hanging. It was called The Trip on Netflix. Gotta be okay with a decent amount of violence and gore, maybe have a twisted sense of humor also.
 
I watch shows subtitled, no voice over, for the same reason. Lots of things are dubbed in my province, but...Jackie Chan, Arnold Sausageweiner and Sly Stallone are all the same voice in French lol. Disconcerting...
Oh great, Arnold and Sly in French....

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>sigh< against all better judgment, I started another Korean based series that's dubbed semi okay. And again, the story is more compelling than the mild off puttingness of lips working differently from the the words I hear. On the plus side, at least they caption the banners and billboards and such(insert shrug emoji I don't have here)
 
This fits in the most obscure but theoretically acceptable way...Pink can't do White Rabbit...her voice isn't smoky or aged enough.
 
Yet again I watch another dubbed movie. But I'm getting better at ignoring the synchronization when they talk. I focus more on the lack of inflection and emotion. It kinda seems like a cold read. Maybe that's what it's called, I was never an actor. I don't know the jargon.
 
This is becoming too regular. I watched another one. It was pretty cookie cutter. But, for the life of me, I couldn't figure out the locale. The cop cars all said Police, but there were guns aplenty. And everyone was white. But the cars were European. Also, it was just following a recipe of corrupt cop/criminal beating the odds.
 
Again, I watched another one. I swear they have 30 voice actors for all of them, regardless of genre, locale, or race. Not that the movies aren't interesting in their own right, but familiar voices out of a variety of actors is a bit weird. I'm pretty sure if I did subtitles I'd hear the actual actor, but I don't want to read a movie.
 

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