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That would be a wildly incorrect statement.By that logic, so are almost all live-action films.
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That would be a wildly incorrect statement.By that logic, so are almost all live-action films.
That would be a wildly incorrect statement.
That’s very common outside English speaking countries.I watched an old interview with Clint Eastwood (I think it was from about the time he did The Outlaw Josey Wales) and he got to talking about doing the Italian Westerns (which were almost all filmed in Spain). He mentioned that the Italian film makers were masters of dubbing because their market is international so they dub everything, even the films going to the Italian speaking market. The studios had experienced voice actors on staff and the film makers used a system within the filming to give the voice actors cues to help them sync up with the on screen actors.
If you're like Hill you definitely need to see The Driver, one of his best imo, along with Hard Times with Charles Bronson (which is an atypical Bronson film).
The interview is from Film Comment right after the film came out, Cameron said that he took the minimalism and drive of The Driver as inspiration for how he structured The Terminator.
Also when dubbing a foreign language you lose certain characteristics of speech that don’t sound right when you try to carry them over. And the expressions of the characters then don’t quite match the tone of the dubbed track. The little incongruities are subtle but they accumulate and stick out if you care about that sort of thing.
That’s very common outside English speaking countries.
Why not both? I enable subtitles in every film I watch. Even when they are speaking English, some actors don't know how to enunciate. Or maybe it is the poor sound quality in many films. Perhaps it has something to do with a bit of tinnitus in my right ear from a combination of live fire exercises and working at a jazz club.Dubbing tends to work better with animation in my mind than live action.
I certainly don't mind people preferring the subtitles--just as long as they don't get snippy about it and suggest it's the one true way for animation, etc. The translation companies do a great job today of providing both for us.
For me it isn't really a strict subbing-dubbing thing, but more that dubbed anime often uses poor voice actors. They never really emote and are noticeably subdued compared to the animation.
A good dub with voice actors who actually match the emotion etc in the original I'd happily watch.
And then there are animes whose dubs are so completely different from the originals that they become a transformative work of art in their own right
I look forward to the new He-Man series with Mark Hamil as Skeletor.
No idea.Is it going to be done in the same art style?
Revelations? According to various reports, it's going to be animated by the same studio that did Castlevania. However, although it's called He-Man, it apparently (According to several sources, but vehemently denied then insulted by the Show runner, Kevin Smith) will feature a minor character as the main lead rather than Prince Adam or He-Man. They are claiming that this will be Teela's story.Is it going to be done in the same art style?
Hmm, well that could be good or bad I suppose. I dunno, it'd be like a Superman story told from Lois Lane's PoV, I'd just wonder how long the novelty could hold up. Kevin Smith as showrunner gives me pause though - I've never seen him do a "straight" narrative. And it's been around 20 years since the last anything he did that I liked.
Red State is the last good thing did for me, a quality horror film.
The cop in that scene looks so much like Dennis Franz that I feel like he must have been a model for the character.A genuine anime:
You can do that, but Lois Lane would be an 'observer' character. There's nothing wrong with that, especially given that as a new reporter, observation is part of her character.Hmm, well that could be good or bad I suppose. I dunno, it'd be like a Superman story told from Lois Lane's PoV, I'd just wonder how long the novelty could hold up. Kevin Smith as showrunner gives me pause though - I've never seen him do a "straight" narrative. And it's been around 20 years since the last anything he did that I liked.
Last night, I opened up the Vudu app and intended to watch The Captains. I bought it on Vudu a few years ago. Except it wasn't there. It shows that I "own" the film, but all it will display is the trailer, and a message that the film is "Coming soon." There is no movie to watch, even though it was there a couple of years ago.
How long ago The Captains was removed from my "digital library," I couldn't tell you. I bought it a few years ago, and watched it sometime a couple of years ago. But it definitely isn't there now.
Hooray for digital media "ownership!"
I loved it, but it never fully lives up to what it could have been. The actors are almost all perfect but the plotting is a bit silly and meadering at times and the show hovers between being a show about prohibition era gangsters in general and trying to tell a specific story about Atlantic city.Any fans of The Boardwalk Empire?
I'm not typically a fan of gangster films but I've seen an episode here and there and it looks really well done. The only way for me to get it involves paying (get Hulu, rent or buy from Amazon Prime Video), so I'm strongly considering just buying the DVD set as in the long term that is my cheapest option.
You want to physical media, because companies are subtly changing and censoring shows and movies in the last little while.I'm still paranoid enough about "digital ownership" that I continue to buy everything on blu-ray
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I didn't like Madoka,Especially the ending, which is the ultimate bait and switch in a show full of them. But I don't handle those very well in general, so take this under advisement.
I loved it, but it never fully lives up to what it could have been. The actors are almost all perfect but the plotting is a bit silly and meadering at times and the show hovers between being a show about prohibition era gangsters in general and trying to tell a specific story about Atlantic city.
Yeah it starts strong but meanders as it goes along. Still enough good stuff to make it worthwhile though.
You want to physical media, because companies are subtly changing and censoring shows and movies in the last little while.
Iron Man (2008) for example, they removed the female soldier scenes from the beginning of the movie.
How so? It's perfect. One of the few cases where the author actually understand thatreconstruction is supposed to follow the deconstruction
However, please don't think this is me trying to talk anyone from liking it. I can only explain why I didn't.The fact that every thing gets undone, that it actively misleads the viewer, it's a cheap out, I found.