At 8/7/11 01:37 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/7/11 10:53 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/4/11 05:30 PM, Auz wrote: Lol.

Aren't you annoyed sometimes with how everything is dubbed in Germany?

Sometimes. Because translations can be quite bad. But on other occasions the translation (and the work by the dubbing actors) is quite good. Knight Rider for example. It's a pretty good dub.

Well Spongebob is quite a good dub here. In fact, I find it better than the original, English dub. I don't know about Phineas & Ferb, but the Dutch dub is fine for that show.

I don't watch Spongebob, so I don't know how good or bad the dub is. But it seemed all right whenever I happened to zap through the show.

Personally I hate Dutch dubs and avoid them like the plague, because the voices are usually awful and the lines sound dumb.

Well, that may be the case because dutch is a dumb sounding language. :P
Seriously though. I think it's pretty hard to dub dutch with good lip synching. And maybe the quality of the people dubbing it isn't so good like in germany, but I've never witnessed the work of the dutch dubbing scene. ^^

There aren't many decent dutch voice-actors around so you will often recognize the voices from other dubbed films and cartoon shows which is silly.

Of course there are a few voices you can hear on different actors. The worst thing that can happen is, if a voice actor that usually does the voices for one person isn't available and some other voice actor has to do the dubbing. Bruce Willis for example is usually dubbed by Manfred Lehmann (he has a GREAT voice! Fits perfectly to Willis). But in "Die Hard with a Vengeance" Lehmann wasn't available.
OK, the guy who dubbed him is the voice actor for Schwarzenegger, so he too knows how to dub 'very manly characters', but it still kind of sucks to hear a different voice.

But on the other hand I think it's funny if you recognize a voice from somewhere else and you keep thinking "Hm, where did I hear that voice before..." :)

Personally I prefer dubbing over subtitleing. Just imagine watching a very intense moment in a movie and reading the text all the time to follow the conversation...

That's probably the most common complaint against subtitleing, but trust me, you will get used to it. And you CAN ignore it if you want. You don't have to look at it.

I have never been able to ignore subtitles, no matter how hard I tried. :(

Also dubbing sure helps to understand a movie. I was watching "No country for old men" a few weeks ago in english. The heavy texan accent Tommy Lee and some of the other actors had was very hard to understand at times.

You will get used to that too :p

But only if I can watch more movies with that accent.

Besides, if it's subtitled then their accents don't really matter.

True.

At 7/20/11 11:28 AM, Haggard wrote: At 7/19/11 04:42 PM, Auz wrote:

Sure. Along with The Shining and Jaws :p

I would've gotten the highest mark in this subject.

"Good job, Herman. You got a 1 for watching films" ^^

YES!

My hate has grown as strong as my confusion
My only hope my only solution
is a Violent Revolution

Violent Revolution, Violent Revolution
Reason for the people to destroy

I do not need a cause for my rage
I just despise the nature of the human race

When all I see is repulsion and hate
Violence becomes my only friend, my saving grace

At 8/8/11 04:44 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/4/11 03:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/2/11 07:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'll just consider Masterpieces here. I'll probably pick it up at some point but I'll get Threshold before I even get that. However, I'll get Masterpieces before I get Infected. I heard their new album on Spotify and it sucks.

I never even heard of Masterpieces before, heh.

Have you tried Infected?

No, not yet.

Rhapsody? Falconer? :P

But singing about dragons and knights doesn't have anything to do with medieval metal. :(

Those two should cover medieval metal already. Subgenres like these are why metal gets criticised for being ridiculous with specifics of metal. :P

But the lyrical themes of the medieval metal genre revolve more around burning witches, gleemen, kings getting murdered, etc. Nothing about dragons.

What about that YoinK guy with the really long neck? LOL!

And Toocool100 should learn how to blam!

Ramagi should learn to fucking spell! >:(

bomb should finally blow up!

Which you always fail.

(

Sorry man, you'll win for other things, though.

Name one.

At 8/9/11 05:08 AM, Soapbubble wrote: And on top of that, you guys are a pretty tight-knit group, and I've had bad experiences trying to fit in with groups like that on other message boards.

We only seem like a tight-knit group. In fact we are happy about every new user that joins in our conversations. Gives us more to talk about. :P

At 8/9/11 08:34 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/9/11 05:08 AM, Soapbubble wrote: And on top of that, you guys are a pretty tight-knit group, and I've had bad experiences trying to fit in with groups like that on other message boards.

We only seem like a tight-knit group. In fact we are happy about every new user that joins in our conversations. Gives us more to talk about. :P

Sure enough, but I've never felt comfortable about joining in the middle of a conversation, feels rude :P

Oh shit! Level 40! Seems like yesterday I hit 30...

At 8/8/11 06:39 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/6/11 03:52 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/5/11 04:58 AM, Coop wrote:

Sort of... if you call demonstrating a 'fight'. I suppose it is figuratively speaking, but it doesn't always have to get messy :p

I was comparing it to the WWI phrase of "going over the top", which meant climbing from the trenches and getting gunned down by the Germans, while advancing on their position.

Oh I see. I guess that could be linked to going on a hopeless, suicide mission.

At 8/8/11 03:08 PM, NEVR wrote: I wish people would converse more instead of just making list after list after list after list...

...after list after list after list.

The way I see it there's really no need to be making lists at all if you're not getting involved with the community. It's getting to the point where it seems like +1ing but with a little more effort put in. If you like this thread enough to post lists every day, then you should like the users who post here enough to converse with them... amirite?

There aren't that many users here anymore who only come to post lists. There used to be way more in the past.

At 8/8/11 03:44 PM, reverend wrote:

At 8/7/11 01:37 PM, Auz wrote: Heh, funny. I get none of that :p

Lucky you. Authors are perfectionists, of course they are too lazy to make their own.

Then again, I have been slacking a bit when it comes to making icons so I suppose that explains why people don't come to me.

Well there are steak sandwiches already, right? I'm pretty sure I can get one at the Subway. A whole T-Bone though...

Well they are a different cut of meat than the T-bone. Most of those sold in Subway would be a tough flank steak typical on fajitas.

I thought it was more T-bone-ish meat cut to slices or pieces, but I don't know. I never pick that sandwich.

Exactly. Plus you can probably get some protection ^^

Can't afford extra protection. Trying to run a business and revenues are already thin and we'll end up bankrupt if we have to hire some muscle.

Hmm ... I suppose Mexican drug bosses don't use the Italian code of "If someone gives you trouble, you come to me.".

At 8/8/11 04:44 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/4/11 05:30 PM, Auz wrote: But the 3DS seemed to get a price cut due to disappointing sales. Not sure if they'll do the same with the Wii U.

They will if no-one buys it for six months. :P

If the opening price is reasonable (I don't think 250 euros is a reasonable opening price for a handheld) I doubt that will happen.

And that deal you get sounds pretty awesome. Especially if you can pick any game.

Even better, you can play ALL those games. No catch!

Sweet.

I'd probably put games like Earthbound, Final Fantasy VI (GBA) and Chrono Trigger on my list.

Indeed. I got a feeling that it's more trouble for them than it is for the people they're trying to block.

Well, I can't see Blip being any issues for watching movies online.

I don't know what it is. Maybe Spoony himself decided to block content or block his website from people living outside the UK and USA. But that would be rather stupid I think...

Rucklo, the only guy who can make the BBS better by spamming it up.

We better get him back or at least clone him.

Good idea!

We should clone him and freeze him so that if the real Rucklo ever gets an accident, we got a spare one.

Lol. Use your Bahamut icon.

That's already my intention. I'd use an earlier level icon but that would make shit confusing for me.

Heh, yeah. You could use level 44 or level 42 I guess, but a Bahamut icon would probably look more awesome :p

At 8/7/11 04:44 AM, Auz wrote: 110,000 Total Stats!

At least you're only roughly 20,000 total points behind me now.

It's mostly your post count that really sets this gap. On BP I'm almost about to pass nyou.

At 8/9/11 08:34 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/7/11 01:37 PM, Auz wrote: Well Spongebob is quite a good dub here. In fact, I find it better than the original, English dub. I don't know about Phineas & Ferb, but the Dutch dub is fine for that show.

I don't watch Spongebob, so I don't know how good or bad the dub is. But it seemed all right whenever I happened to zap through the show.

It's not that I turn my TV on for it, but when I zap passed it I usually put it on. It's quite an hilarious show in my opinion, but maybe the Dutch dub is better than the German one.

There aren't many decent dutch voice-actors around so you will often recognize the voices from other dubbed films and cartoon shows which is silly.

Of course there are a few voices you can hear on different actors. The worst thing that can happen is, if a voice actor that usually does the voices for one person isn't available and some other voice actor has to do the dubbing. Bruce Willis for example is usually dubbed by Manfred Lehmann (he has a GREAT voice! Fits perfectly to Willis). But in "Die Hard with a Vengeance" Lehmann wasn't available.
OK, the guy who dubbed him is the voice actor for Schwarzenegger, so he too knows how to dub 'very manly characters', but it still kind of sucks to hear a different voice.

I do think that is a much better way, but we simply don't have enough voice actors for that. Perhaps if we would dub more, more people would be willing to lend their voices...

But on the other hand I think it's funny if you recognize a voice from somewhere else and you keep thinking "Hm, where did I hear that voice before..." :)

Oh hey, Hermoine sounds just like Timmy Turner...

That's probably the most common complaint against subtitleing, but trust me, you will get used to it. And you CAN ignore it if you want. You don't have to look at it.

I have never been able to ignore subtitles, no matter how hard I tried. :(

Well I've been watching subtitles since I was little (cause we only dub children intended films/series), and it's really not that annoying or distracting once you get used to it.

I mean, most of the times when you're supposed to look at what is going on on the screen (i.e: action scenes, cinematographic shots) not much is said anyway. Except for a black guy going "Oh shit!" or something, but you don't have to read subtitles to understand that :p

When you do have to read a lot of subtitles is when characters are having conversations, but then there's usually not much else going on at the screen anyway so you won't miss much.

Admittedly, you might see less of the actors performances, but for some actors you don't want to see it anyway :p

You will get used to that too :p

But only if I can watch more movies with that accent.

Yeah well... usually it is done in such a way that it is not complete gibberish to the layman, because Americans hate reading subtitles too ;) I believe that was actually the biggest complaint of the American cinema goers when they saw Inglourious Basterds.

Speaking of which, how did they dub that film in Germany? The different languages was kind of a big point in the film.

At 7/20/11 11:28 AM, Haggard wrote: At 7/19/11 04:42 PM, Auz wrote:

"Good job, Herman. You got a 1 for watching films" ^^

YES!

*Assuming all Germans are named Herman (just like Hans Landa)* XD

I do not need a cause for my rage
I just despise the nature of the human race

When all I see is repulsion and hate
Violence becomes my only friend, my saving grace

When love is lost beyond your control
A pale shadow of lust can not enlight your soul

Congrats to:
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So since the people want discussions then I'll start one what did you have for dinner I had chicken stir-fry.

At 8/8/11 04:44 PM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, he's stated otherwise a few times.

Deep deep down he does even if he can't admit it.

Riots made their way to Liverpool. Thankfully the Wirral wasn't affected and after hearing trouble in Liverpool, I expected Birkenhead to be next.

Dibs on Bahamut's TV!

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote: Then again, I have been slacking a bit when it comes to making icons so I suppose that explains why people don't come to me.

I've been slacking as well. Maybe we'll get some hate mail about slacking.

I thought it was more T-bone-ish meat cut to slices or pieces, but I don't know. I never pick that sandwich.

Nah, it would be too expensive to use that cut of meat. The would tend to use some of the tougher cuts like a flank steak since it's relatively cheaper.

Hmm ... I suppose Mexican drug bosses don't use the Italian code of "If someone gives you trouble, you come to me.".

Nah, the golden age of mafias and their code has passed. It has become more ruthless and cut throat. I would have to hire men to protect the factory, transportation, as well as myself. Too much.

You reached lever 27! AWESOME!!

I got a non-NG related goal today. I'm now the owner of a Bill's hat on TF2. My life is complete.

Thanks to Klik. <3

Congrats to:
sushi13: 22,000 B/P Points
Jon: Level 40
Cootie: Brigadier General
steph2568: Level 27

At 8/9/11 06:25 AM, NEVR wrote:

At 8/9/11 12:03 AM, Jolly wrote: I partially agree, partially disagree. I don't think the post are 1+ post because honestly when I make a list it feels like I put more effort and it takes longer than my regular post, and I agree because making list alone is kind of useless.

It's really just my point of view that if people are going to do one or the other, I'd rather they got involved with the conversations. Seems more productive considering we already have several people making lists here, yanno?

I'm not saying don't make lists, I'm just saying don't ONLY make lists :)

I'll try to add a little bit to each of my post here to make it so it isn't just the list alone. I can't promise much, though. What I add would probably be really short.

At 8/9/11 08:05 PM, Cootie wrote: 50,000 total stats.

You already posted that, Cootie.

Well, despite considering myself a Wi/Ht? regular I haven't posted in this thread in ages, so I guess I'll start doing that by joining the discussions if I'm welcomed :3

At 8/9/11 09:17 PM, reverend wrote:

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote: Then again, I have been slacking a bit when it comes to making icons so I suppose that explains why people don't come to me.

I've been slacking as well. Maybe we'll get some hate mail about slacking.

Don't worry guys, I got you covered. I've yet to receive any hate, though!

5,555 Saves! That's a feat, right?

Coop looks for news reports of rioting closer to home, while congratulating:
Jon: Level 40
Cootie: Brigadier General; 50,000 Total Points
steph2568: Level 27
Soapbubble: 5,555 Saves

At 8/9/11 05:38 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 8/9/11 03:31 AM, Coop wrote: For any authorities watching, the London riots had NOTHING to do with the Newgrounds meetup.

Good thing the NG meet ended in time, but still this riot is getting out of control.

It's been out of control for days now and it's exposing a lot of things about the communities. Most of them have parents who have no control over their offspring, there are frustrations out there with people who have jobs (the young people are the hardest hit when it comes to employment) and there's a lot of bad feeling towards the government who seem to be out of touch.

Basically, I think that we need to send in the army and actually start shooting people to make a point and get this stopped. If this makes me anything, it's ashamed to be English, as they have tarnished our good name. If I'm inspired to do anything, it's head to Birmingham with a broom and help with the cleanup. If I'm happy about one thing, the football's been cancelled, so it can be played at a proper time of year - this is the cricket season!

At 8/9/11 06:25 AM, NEVR wrote:

At 8/9/11 03:31 AM, Coop wrote: NEVR's Pic below.

haha, can you tell I'd had a few by that point? Twas a good night.

The casual nature of your "slice and slap" with the San Miguel was impressive.

At 8/9/11 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/9/11 03:31 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/8/11 04:44 PM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, I'd rather listen to Trivium. At least they have SOME originality. Plus, this is still hilarious even to this day.

STOMP! UKRAINE! THIS! LIME!

We could have done this from the start. Like:

BILL THIGHS!

Sorry, I never meant to give the impression I was into Trivium :P

At 8/9/11 05:38 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 8/9/11 03:31 AM, Coop wrote: For any authorities watching, the London riots had NOTHING to do with the Newgrounds meetup.

Good thing the NG meet ended in time, but still this riot is getting out of control.

I was still in London yesterday but I left at 1 in the afternoon. Oddly enough, I actually went to Oxford Circus just before getting my train and one riot took place 10 hours prior to my arrival. Didn't see anything unusual, though but then again I made my focus on HMV and nothing else.

Ah, the spirit of Doug Fackler lives on :P

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Congrats to:
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Thanks to:
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Not sure how I should feel about the London riots. On one side I think the looting and destruction is completely outrageous and would see every single one of these mindless looters spending jailtime for ruining other people's property. On one side, it was only a matter of time before something on this scale happened, with all the budget cuts and so that has directly affected many students that already struggle to get along on what little they have. I still don't think that justifies such action, nothing good will come out of it.

But as usual, I'm even more disgusted by the hatred I've seen from some. Along the lines of "line them up along a wall and shoot them". Hope it all works out in the end, with repercussions for the more violent rioters.

Riots hit Birkenhead. The punks burned some cars nearby as well as smashing windows of all shops going all the way down to where my mum works. Her shop didn't get badly damaged but I still think it's unsafe for many to even work down there right now.

Listening to:

Argus - Boldly Stride the Doomed

At 8/9/11 08:34 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/8/11 04:44 PM, Bahamut wrote: Have you tried Infected?

No, not yet.

Make it never but I suppose you'll hear it at some point. I think No Sacrifice, No Victory is a lot better than it and the majority hated that album.

Those two should cover medieval metal already. Subgenres like these are why metal gets criticised for being ridiculous with specifics of metal. :P

But the lyrical themes of the medieval metal genre revolve more around burning witches, gleemen, kings getting murdered, etc. Nothing about dragons.

Maybe Falconer covers that.

Ramagi should learn to fucking spell! >:(

bomb should finally blow up!

That Wylo guy kept making fun of my name. He'll pay for that!

Sorry man, you'll win for other things, though.

Name one.

The argument about modern technology?

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/8/11 04:44 PM, Bahamut wrote: They will if no-one buys it for six months. :P

If the opening price is reasonable (I don't think 250 euros is a reasonable opening price for a handheld) I doubt that will happen.

Yeah, that was the main issue with the 3DS. It was very expensive for a handheld. It was almost twice was much as the DS' original price. I blame the 3D gimmick. It was never necessary to input that and besides, the 3D effects suck.

Even better, you can play ALL those games. No catch!

Sweet.

I'd probably put games like Earthbound

LOL!

Final Fantasy VI (GBA) and Chrono Trigger on my list.

Sorry, the 3DS Ambassadors is restricted to 10 NES and 10 GBA games. It's not any game of your choice but some of these games will be exclusive to the early 3DS owners.

Well, I can't see Blip being any issues for watching movies online.

I don't know what it is. Maybe Spoony himself decided to block content or block his website from people living outside the UK and USA. But that would be rather stupid I think...

I really hope Spoony didn't do that and I can't see why he would. Ever since his girlfriend left him, he has vastly improved with his videos and how he interacts with his fans. I want it to stay that way.

We better get him back or at least clone him.

Good idea!

We should clone him and freeze him so that if the real Rucklo ever gets an accident, we got a spare one.

Then we should have an army of Rucklos.

That's already my intention. I'd use an earlier level icon but that would make shit confusing for me.

Heh, yeah. You could use level 44 or level 42 I guess, but a Bahamut icon would probably look more awesome :p

It sure will but only viewable on my end. I'll probably reach a post milestone while I'm level 49.

At least you're only roughly 20,000 total points behind me now.

It's mostly your post count that really sets this gap. On BP I'm almost about to pass nyou.

Only EXP and posts can keep me going right now.

At 8/9/11 09:17 PM, reverend wrote:

At 8/8/11 04:44 PM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, he's stated otherwise a few times.

Deep deep down he does even if he can't admit it.

You really expect that from a dull individual?

Riots made their way to Liverpool. Thankfully the Wirral wasn't affected and after hearing trouble in Liverpool, I expected Birkenhead to be next.

Dibs on Bahamut's TV!

You should have called dibs on my laptop. TOO LATE NOW!

At 8/9/11 11:47 PM, YoungAndWise wrote:

At 8/9/11 09:17 PM, reverend wrote:

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote: Then again, I have been slacking a bit when it comes to making icons so I suppose that explains why people don't come to me.

I've been slacking as well. Maybe we'll get some hate mail about slacking.

Don't worry guys, I got you covered. I've yet to receive any hate, though!

Tom might not give me my trophy if I continue to slack. D:

At 8/10/11 03:37 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/9/11 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: We could have done this from the start. Like:

BILL THIGHS!

Sorry, I never meant to give the impression I was into Trivium :P

We never said that. We're singing the interpreted lyrics. Anyway:

YELLOW YIPS!

At 8/10/11 06:52 AM, Soapbubble wrote: But as usual, I'm even more disgusted by the hatred I've seen from some. Along the lines of "line them up along a wall and shoot them". Hope it all works out in the end, with repercussions for the more violent rioters.

Considering the yobs have become fucking terrorists at this point, that would be a suitable action.

Level 24 NICE!!

Trying to get the next B/P lvl as soon as I can. :D

At 8/9/11 09:17 PM, reverend wrote:

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote: Then again, I have been slacking a bit when it comes to making icons so I suppose that explains why people don't come to me.

I've been slacking as well. Maybe we'll get some hate mail about slacking.

I'm more expecting a kick out of the team.

I thought it was more T-bone-ish meat cut to slices or pieces, but I don't know. I never pick that sandwich.

Nah, it would be too expensive to use that cut of meat. The would tend to use some of the tougher cuts like a flank steak since it's relatively cheaper.

Oh I guess. Though I think the steak sandwich is a bit more expensive.

Hmm ... I suppose Mexican drug bosses don't use the Italian code of "If someone gives you trouble, you come to me.".

Nah, the golden age of mafias and their code has passed. It has become more ruthless and cut throat. I would have to hire men to protect the factory, transportation, as well as myself. Too much.

Hmm better look for a different location to set up your factory then. How does China sound?

At 8/10/11 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote: If the opening price is reasonable (I don't think 250 euros is a reasonable opening price for a handheld) I doubt that will happen.

Yeah, that was the main issue with the 3DS. It was very expensive for a handheld. It was almost twice was much as the DS' original price. I blame the 3D gimmick. It was never necessary to input that and besides, the 3D effects suck.

I have played it for a couple of minutes and although I thought it was much better than the 3D-glasses at the cinema, it was kinda difficult to see clearly. If you tilted your DS just a little bit the screen already became blurry.

It's a good thing you turn it off I suppose, but then again... what are you paying those 250 euros for?

Sweet.

I'd probably put games like Earthbound

LOL!

Is that a funny pick? :p

I guess it'd be asking too much...

Final Fantasy VI (GBA) and Chrono Trigger on my list.

Sorry, the 3DS Ambassadors is restricted to 10 NES and 10 GBA games. It's not any game of your choice but some of these games will be exclusive to the early 3DS owners.

Oh well that's too bad. Though I suppose it could still be a sweet deal. So what interesting titles can you pick then?

I don't know what it is. Maybe Spoony himself decided to block content or block his website from people living outside the UK and USA. But that would be rather stupid I think...

I really hope Spoony didn't do that and I can't see why he would. Ever since his girlfriend left him, he has vastly improved with his videos and how he interacts with his fans. I want it to stay that way.

Yeah, he would pretty much lose his entire European fanbase (apart from the UK) that way.

I didn't know his girlfriend left him, but I guess that would explain why he's putting out more videos (and taking more time to go through Final Fantasy X-2).

Good idea!

We should clone him and freeze him so that if the real Rucklo ever gets an accident, we got a spare one.

Then we should have an army of Rucklos.

Shit! That'd be a spam overkill and no mod could do anything about it :o

Heh, yeah. You could use level 44 or level 42 I guess, but a Bahamut icon would probably look more awesome :p

It sure will but only viewable on my end. I'll probably reach a post milestone while I'm level 49.

Well take a screenshot of it and post that pictures then.

It's mostly your post count that really sets this gap. On BP I'm almost about to pass nyou.

Only EXP and posts can keep me going right now.

But on Exp you're not gaining on me and I'm pretty damn sure I can get more BP per day than you can post. So this is a won battle :)

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/9/11 08:34 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/7/11 01:37 PM, Auz wrote: Well Spongebob is quite a good dub here. In fact, I find it better than the original, English dub. I don't know about Phineas & Ferb, but the Dutch dub is fine for that show.

I don't watch Spongebob, so I don't know how good or bad the dub is. But it seemed all right whenever I happened to zap through the show.

It's not that I turn my TV on for it, but when I zap passed it I usually put it on. It's quite an hilarious show in my opinion, but maybe the Dutch dub is better than the German one.

I will never know since my dutch isn't good enouh to express an educated opinion on that matter. ^^

There aren't many decent dutch voice-actors around so you will often recognize the voices from other dubbed films and cartoon shows which is silly.

Of course there are a few voices you can hear on different actors. The worst thing that can happen is, if a voice actor that usually does the voices for one person isn't available and some other voice actor has to do the dubbing. Bruce Willis for example is usually dubbed by Manfred Lehmann (he has a GREAT voice! Fits perfectly to Willis). But in "Die Hard with a Vengeance" Lehmann wasn't available.
OK, the guy who dubbed him is the voice actor for Schwarzenegger, so he too knows how to dub 'very manly characters', but it still kind of sucks to hear a different voice.

I do think that is a much better way, but we simply don't have enough voice actors for that. Perhaps if we would dub more, more people would be willing to lend their voices...

I think the dubs in Germany is one of the best you can find. Sometimes (if it's available on a DVD I bought for example) I watch part of movies in a different language. Most of the time it sounds awful and isn't even lip synchronized.
A downside is that I have the feeling that people from countries where movies don't get dubbed so often are much better in speaking/writing english than people from Germany.

But on the other hand I think it's funny if you recognize a voice from somewhere else and you keep thinking "Hm, where did I hear that voice before..." :)

Oh hey, Hermoine sounds just like Timmy Turner...

Timmy Turner actually is dubbed by a man. :P

I mean, most of the times when you're supposed to look at what is going on on the screen (i.e: action scenes, cinematographic shots) not much is said anyway. Except for a black guy going "Oh shit!" or something, but you don't have to read subtitles to understand that :p

Yeah, but there are movies that aren't just action movies, like "Last Year at Marienbad" for example. I would hate to read all the dialogue (ah well, it's more like a monologue most of the time) in the subtitles. If I want to read something, I'd get myself a book! :P

When you do have to read a lot of subtitles is when characters are having conversations, but then there's usually not much else going on at the screen anyway so you won't miss much.

See above. "Last Year at Marienbad" has lots of dialogues and some pretty confusing images. If you have to relate to subtitles to get what is being said and at the same time you have to try and concentrate on the images... it wouldn't work out well, I guess.

But since I'm talking about a french movie right now. I never understood why there are so many french movies that make use of FRENCH subtitles. There's one french TV station I can watch on television and very often they show french movies with french subtitles. What's the use of that? ^^

Admittedly, you might see less of the actors performances, but for some actors you don't want to see it anyway :p

Hey, Steven Seagal is a great actor! >:(

You will get used to that too :p

But only if I can watch more movies with that accent.

Yeah well... usually it is done in such a way that it is not complete gibberish to the layman, because Americans hate reading subtitles too ;) I believe that was actually the biggest complaint of the American cinema goers when they saw Inglourious Basterds.

Yeah, but as a native speaker it's more easy to understand the accents. If I hear some of the german accents, like bavarian, swabian or (even worse) hessian I can usually make out most of what is said. Someone who's not a german native speaker will have a hard time understanding anything.

I don't know how good your german is, but try to understand something of this video. It's the dialect of the Saarland.

Speaking of which, how did they dub that film in Germany? The different languages was kind of a big point in the film.

I don't know, I watched the original version. XD

At 7/20/11 11:28 AM, Haggard wrote: At 7/19/11 04:42 PM, Auz wrote:

"Good job, Herman. You got a 1 for watching films" ^^

YES!

*Assuming all Germans are named Herman (just like Hans Landa)* XD

Yes, of course. We all are little "Herman the German". :P

I do not need a cause for my rage
I just despise the nature of the human race

When all I see is repulsion and hate
Violence becomes my only friend, my saving grace

When love is lost beyond your control
A pale shadow of lust can not enlight your soul

So keep your ice cold bitter illusions
I don't need your empty world my only solution
Is a Violent Revolution

At 8/10/11 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Riots hit Birkenhead. The punks burned some cars nearby as well as smashing windows of all shops going all the way down to where my mum works. Her shop didn't get badly damaged but I still think it's unsafe for many to even work down there right now.

I really don't know what to make of all this rioting. Surely one single dead guy who got shot by the police can't be the reason for ALL of this. :/

At 8/9/11 08:34 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/8/11 04:44 PM, Bahamut wrote: Have you tried Infected?

No, not yet.

Make it never but I suppose you'll hear it at some point. I think No Sacrifice, No Victory is a lot better than it and the majority hated that album.

HammerFall isn't high on my list at this moment anyway.

Those two should cover medieval metal already. Subgenres like these are why metal gets criticised for being ridiculous with specifics of metal. :P

But the lyrical themes of the medieval metal genre revolve more around burning witches, gleemen, kings getting murdered, etc. Nothing about dragons.

Maybe Falconer covers that.

Hm, I don't know them too well so I can't comment on that.

Ramagi should learn to fucking spell! >:(

bomb should finally blow up!

That Wylo guy kept making fun of my name. He'll pay for that!

Overtired should go to sleep!

Sorry man, you'll win for other things, though.

Name one.

The argument about modern technology?

Oh yeah.

Short list today, eh?

I've been wondering recently, what happened to LittleWashu? She hasn't made a post since May 31st.

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At 8/10/11 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: You really expect that from a dull individual?

He's not dull. Just unexcitable. And yeah, boring as he is he can still respect people, dragons.

You should have called dibs on my laptop. TOO LATE NOW!

Dammit! Well I could use both but I guess a laptop would be easier to carry and run with.

At 8/10/11 03:27 PM, Auz wrote: I'm more expecting a kick out of the team.

Nah, if Thomas hasn't done it yet when he pruned a lot of people last month, then he isn't going to at all.

Oh I guess. Though I think the steak sandwich is a bit more expensive.

You never know. They can use some fillers like cat meat to make it cheaper.

Hmm better look for a different location to set up your factory then. How does China sound?

It sounds like a hassle to move across an ocean.I'm not sure how inviting the Chinese are to an American company trying to but in in a industry already monopolized by them. What about the Netherlands? How is the business industry over there?

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At 8/10/11 06:52 AM, Soapbubble wrote: Not sure how I should feel about the London riots. On one side I think the looting and destruction is completely outrageous and would see every single one of these mindless looters spending jailtime for ruining other people's property. On one side, it was only a matter of time before something on this scale happened, with all the budget cuts and so that has directly affected many students that already struggle to get along on what little they have. I still don't think that justifies such action, nothing good will come out of it.

It's shown David Cameron that he can't cut police numbers, because if anything, we need to spend more on their sector.

The jails are already full - giving each and every one of these jail time for their crimes is ludicrous. If you bring in the army, you produce corpses, which keep the jail numbers down, plus if they had jobs, you suddenly end up creating more opportunities for level headed members of society.

My dad suggested that we should bring out water cannon with dye in the water. That way people wouldn't come out, for fear of being hit and stained. I countered, by suggesting that when you round up all of these people that are dyed, you get them to clean up the mess.

But as usual, I'm even more disgusted by the hatred I've seen from some. Along the lines of "line them up along a wall and shoot them". Hope it all works out in the end, with repercussions for the more violent rioters.

The police are under too much scrutiny. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) gets complains based on "heavy handed" tactics from the cops and frankly, I don't think you can be heavy handed enough with people that are running amok, smashing, vandalising burning and looting my country!

At 8/10/11 07:12 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 8/10/11 03:37 AM, Coop wrote: If this makes me anything, it's ashamed to be English, as they have tarnished our good name. If I'm inspired to do anything, it's head to Birmingham with a broom and help with the cleanup.

Yeah, I understand how you feel.

Thankfully, the cricket carried on and we are in a strong position. This is how we get past the troubles, by keeping the British end up.

At 8/10/11 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Riots hit Birkenhead. The punks burned some cars nearby as well as smashing windows of all shops going all the way down to where my mum works. Her shop didn't get badly damaged but I still think it's unsafe for many to even work down there right now.

Hopefully, things will quieten down a bit now.

It's amazing that twelve months for now, people will be running the streets of London in pursuit of Gold, Silver and Bronze, all started off by the firing of one gun.

Level 34

This is post number 7777. Looks good, time to visit the casino.

Riots have settled down. I'm glad they've got this under control now.

Listening to:

Manilla Road - Playground of the Damned

At 8/10/11 03:27 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/10/11 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, that was the main issue with the 3DS. It was very expensive for a handheld. It was almost twice was much as the DS' original price. I blame the 3D gimmick. It was never necessary to input that and besides, the 3D effects suck.

I have played it for a couple of minutes and although I thought it was much better than the 3D-glasses at the cinema, it was kinda difficult to see clearly. If you tilted your DS just a little bit the screen already became blurry.

I do wonder what they saw from the 3D gimmick. Was it really that good for them?

It's a good thing you turn it off I suppose, but then again... what are you paying those 250 euros for?

A new handheld, of course. One that will play plenty of future titles.

LOL!

Is that a funny pick? :p

I guess it'd be asking too much...

It is because Earthbound has far too many copyright issues to even have a re-release outside of Japan.

Sorry, the 3DS Ambassadors is restricted to 10 NES and 10 GBA games. It's not any game of your choice but some of these games will be exclusive to the early 3DS owners.

Oh well that's too bad. Though I suppose it could still be a sweet deal. So what interesting titles can you pick then?

"1.Beginning Sept. 1st, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES%u2122 Virtual Console%u2122 games at no charge and before they are available in Nintendo eShop for the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.%u2122, Donkey Kong Jr.%u2122, Balloon Fight%u2122, Ice Climber%u2122 and The Legend of Zelda%u2122, will be released as paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors can download them in advance of launch for free. Once the paid versions of the games are released in Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.

2. By the end of 2011, Nintendo will provide Ambassadors with 10 Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. These include games like Yoshi's Island%u2122: Super Mario%u2122 Advance 3, Mario Kart%u2122: Super Circuit, Metroid%u2122 Fusion, WarioWare%u2122, Inc.: Minigame Mania and Mario vs. Donkey Kong%u2122. These games will be available exclusively to Ambassadors, and Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on Nintendo 3DS in the future."

I really hope Spoony didn't do that and I can't see why he would. Ever since his girlfriend left him, he has vastly improved with his videos and how he interacts with his fans. I want it to stay that way.

Yeah, he would pretty much lose his entire European fanbase (apart from the UK) that way.

I didn't know his girlfriend left him, but I guess that would explain why he's putting out more videos (and taking more time to go through Final Fantasy X-2).

I'd say it explains why his videos from this year are a whole lot better than what he did last year. Beating the shit out of FFX-2, reviewing bad movies based on fighting games and the Beastmaster reviews have shown he's made quite a comeback.

Then we should have an army of Rucklos.

Shit! That'd be a spam overkill and no mod could do anything about it :o

Which is why we freeze them all and unfreeze one at a time.

It sure will but only viewable on my end. I'll probably reach a post milestone while I'm level 49.

Well take a screenshot of it and post that pictures then.

Of course I'll show it.

Only EXP and posts can keep me going right now.

But on Exp you're not gaining on me and I'm pretty damn sure I can get more BP per day than you can post. So this is a won battle :)

Hey, even I admit to losing here.

At 8/10/11 04:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/10/11 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Riots hit Birkenhead. The punks burned some cars nearby as well as smashing windows of all shops going all the way down to where my mum works. Her shop didn't get badly damaged but I still think it's unsafe for many to even work down there right now.

I really don't know what to make of all this rioting. Surely one single dead guy who got shot by the police can't be the reason for ALL of this. :/

The original riots were to do with that. The rest was just copycats. Basically, all the yobs started causing mayhem on the streets.

Make it never but I suppose you'll hear it at some point. I think No Sacrifice, No Victory is a lot better than it and the majority hated that album.

HammerFall isn't high on my list at this moment anyway.

I'm glad for that. So what is high on your list right now?

Maybe Falconer covers that.

Hm, I don't know them too well so I can't comment on that.

You should give them a shot. Although I only have three of their albums, they have done some really good stuff on the self-titled album and the latest album. Their newest release is sung entirely in Swedish.

That Wylo guy kept making fun of my name. He'll pay for that!

Overtired should go to sleep!

I'm glad humantarget left!

The argument about modern technology?

Oh yeah.

That was our greatest agreement ever.

At 8/10/11 11:39 PM, Jolly wrote: I've been wondering recently, what happened to LittleWashu? She hasn't made a post since May 31st.

They come and go (and repeat several times).

At 8/11/11 01:11 AM, reverend wrote:

At 8/10/11 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: You really expect that from a dull individual?

He's not dull. Just unexcitable. And yeah, boring as he is he can still respect people, dragons.

He doesn't make such a big fuss about dragons.

You should have called dibs on my laptop. TOO LATE NOW!

Dammit! Well I could use both but I guess a laptop would be easier to carry and run with.

Good luck taking my TV along with it.

Level 41. Just doesn't feel the same as the old Level 20.

At 8/10/11 04:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote: It's not that I turn my TV on for it, but when I zap passed it I usually put it on. It's quite an hilarious show in my opinion, but maybe the Dutch dub is better than the German one.

I will never know since my dutch isn't good enouh to express an educated opinion on that matter. ^^

I suppose I wouldn't know about the German dub either. But I'd probably find the German dub hilarious anyway :p

I do think that is a much better way, but we simply don't have enough voice actors for that. Perhaps if we would dub more, more people would be willing to lend their voices...

I think the dubs in Germany is one of the best you can find. Sometimes (if it's available on a DVD I bought for example) I watch part of movies in a different language. Most of the time it sounds awful and isn't even lip synchronized.

Still though, I'd rather see the original than a dub in most cases. I got a feeling that more of the original work gets lost by dubbing than by subbing.

I've seen a few films where they even changed the original soundtrack in the dub, and it turned out awful. It didn't suit the film at all.

A downside is that I have the feeling that people from countries where movies don't get dubbed so often are much better in speaking/writing english than people from Germany.

Probably. Watching English films and playing English video games did really help me improve my English early on in life. I think it's the reason why I ended up with one of the top grades in English class in high school ^^

And it's weird, because I've always been more of a math and physics guy than a languages guy.

Oh hey, Hermoine sounds just like Timmy Turner...

Timmy Turner actually is dubbed by a man. :P

Not here he isn't. He's dubbed by a 48 year old woman, who's also an actress in the Dutch Sesame Street.

It's not uncommon for a male kid to be voiced by a woman by the way. I believe the English Ash (from Pokemon) is also dubbed by a woman.

I mean, most of the times when you're supposed to look at what is going on on the screen (i.e: action scenes, cinematographic shots) not much is said anyway. Except for a black guy going "Oh shit!" or something, but you don't have to read subtitles to understand that :p

Yeah, but there are movies that aren't just action movies, like "Last Year at Marienbad" for example. I would hate to read all the dialogue (ah well, it's more like a monologue most of the time) in the subtitles. If I want to read something, I'd get myself a book! :P

When you do have to read a lot of subtitles is when characters are having conversations, but then there's usually not much else going on at the screen anyway so you won't miss much.

See above. "Last Year at Marienbad" has lots of dialogues and some pretty confusing images. If you have to relate to subtitles to get what is being said and at the same time you have to try and concentrate on the images... it wouldn't work out well, I guess.

Oh well, I guess that's just one problem case, but for most films it works fine.

But since I'm talking about a french movie right now. I never understood why there are so many french movies that make use of FRENCH subtitles. There's one french TV station I can watch on television and very often they show french movies with french subtitles. What's the use of that? ^^

They sometimes do that here too, but only for the news when they interview someone who talks in a horrible accent :p

Admittedly, you might see less of the actors performances, but for some actors you don't want to see it anyway :p

Hey, Steven Seagal is a great actor! >:(

He sure is :p

Yeah well... usually it is done in such a way that it is not complete gibberish to the layman, because Americans hate reading subtitles too ;) I believe that was actually the biggest complaint of the American cinema goers when they saw Inglourious Basterds.

Yeah, but as a native speaker it's more easy to understand the accents. If I hear some of the german accents, like bavarian, swabian or (even worse) hessian I can usually make out most of what is said. Someone who's not a german native speaker will have a hard time understanding anything.

I don't know how good your german is, but try to understand something of this video. It's the dialect of the Saarland.

I could make out some lines and words, but it's difficult. Then again, I don't know if I would understand a normal German sitcom any better.

Speaking of which, how did they dub that film in Germany? The different languages was kind of a big point in the film.

I don't know, I watched the original version. XD

Ah I see. I thought that film would be pretty odd if they all talked German. Considering they need someone to speak Italian at some point and Hans Landa's big thing is that he speaks four languages fluently.

At 7/20/11 11:28 AM, Haggard wrote: At 7/19/11 04:42 PM, Auz wrote:

*Assuming all Germans are named Herman (just like Hans Landa)* XD

Yes, of course. We all are little "Herman the German". :P

Or Heinz? :p

When love is lost beyond your control
A pale shadow of lust can not enlight your soul

So keep your ice cold bitter illusions
I don't need your empty world my only solution
Is a Violent Revolution

Violent Revolution, Violent Revolution
Reason for the people to destroy

At 8/11/11 01:11 AM, reverend wrote:

At 8/10/11 03:27 PM, Auz wrote: I'm more expecting a kick out of the team.

Nah, if Thomas hasn't done it yet when he pruned a lot of people last month, then he isn't going to at all.

Oh I didn't even know he pruned people.

But I guess he knows I'm still a very active user, so I suppose he'll just let me stay on the team. Who knows, maybe I'll get back to work someday.

Oh I guess. Though I think the steak sandwich is a bit more expensive.

You never know. They can use some fillers like cat meat to make it cheaper.

Cat meat? I'd be pretty surprised if that's what they used :p

Hmm better look for a different location to set up your factory then. How does China sound?

It sounds like a hassle to move across an ocean.I'm not sure how inviting the Chinese are to an American company trying to but in in a industry already monopolized by them. What about the Netherlands? How is the business industry over there?

Not much competition, but it's too crowded here for such a business. You'll have the cops all over your ass in no time. Better set it up in Canada then, in some remote forest.

At 8/11/11 09:12 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/10/11 03:27 PM, Auz wrote: I have played it for a couple of minutes and although I thought it was much better than the 3D-glasses at the cinema, it was kinda difficult to see clearly. If you tilted your DS just a little bit the screen already became blurry.

I do wonder what they saw from the 3D gimmick. Was it really that good for them?

I guess they're just doing their best to innovate and the 3D gimmick IS catching on in the cinemas (sadly).

It's a good thing you turn it off I suppose, but then again... what are you paying those 250 euros for?

A new handheld, of course. One that will play plenty of future titles.

Yeah, but if it's just a standard upgrade from the DS they wouldn't charge 250 euros would they?

Is that a funny pick? :p

I guess it'd be asking too much...

It is because Earthbound has far too many copyright issues to even have a re-release outside of Japan.

Really? But I thought Earthbound was released in Europe and America too. I don't see what the big deal is.

Oh well that's too bad. Though I suppose it could still be a sweet deal. So what interesting titles can you pick then?

"1.Beginning Sept. 1st, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES%u2122 Virtual Console%u2122 games at no charge and before they are available in Nintendo eShop for the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.%u2122, Donkey Kong Jr.%u2122, Balloon Fight%u2122, Ice Climber%u2122 and The Legend of Zelda%u2122, will be released as paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors can download them in advance of launch for free. Once the paid versions of the games are released in Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.

2. By the end of 2011, Nintendo will provide Ambassadors with 10 Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. These include games like Yoshi's Island%u2122: Super Mario%u2122 Advance 3, Mario Kart%u2122: Super Circuit, Metroid%u2122 Fusion, WarioWare%u2122, Inc.: Minigame Mania and Mario vs. Donkey Kong%u2122. These games will be available exclusively to Ambassadors, and Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on Nintendo 3DS in the future."

I see. Some good titles there I guess, but I'd hope for some more good ones.

I'd at least get Metroid Fusion, Warioware and The Legend of Zelda.

Yeah, he would pretty much lose his entire European fanbase (apart from the UK) that way.

I didn't know his girlfriend left him, but I guess that would explain why he's putting out more videos (and taking more time to go through Final Fantasy X-2).

I'd say it explains why his videos from this year are a whole lot better than what he did last year. Beating the shit out of FFX-2, reviewing bad movies based on fighting games and the Beastmaster reviews have shown he's made quite a comeback.

I haven't checked out Beastmaster yet, but his FFX-2 does look very good so far. Like I said before somewhere, this time it does look like he takes his time to explain the games mechanics and go more in-depth. Something I thought I was missing in his FFX review.

Shit! That'd be a spam overkill and no mod could do anything about it :o

Which is why we freeze them all and unfreeze one at a time.

Yeah. Hopefully no-one will break into our secret lab and set all the clones free. 'Zat would be a disaster'.

Well take a screenshot of it and post that pictures then.

Of course I'll show it.

Good.

But on Exp you're not gaining on me and I'm pretty damn sure I can get more BP per day than you can post. So this is a won battle :)

Hey, even I admit to losing here.

Now to find out a way to beat Coop.

You entered the top 3000 in Experience Points. Outstanding!

At 8/11/11 09:12 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/10/11 04:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/10/11 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Riots hit Birkenhead. The punks burned some cars nearby as well as smashing windows of all shops going all the way down to where my mum works. Her shop didn't get badly damaged but I still think it's unsafe for many to even work down there right now.

I really don't know what to make of all this rioting. Surely one single dead guy who got shot by the police can't be the reason for ALL of this. :/

The original riots were to do with that. The rest was just copycats. Basically, all the yobs started causing mayhem on the streets.

Yeah, that's what I thought. "Oh hey, let's go rioting and looting some shops! YAAAAY!"
Also, I just learned a new word. "Yob". Interesting.

Make it never but I suppose you'll hear it at some point. I think No Sacrifice, No Victory is a lot better than it and the majority hated that album.

HammerFall isn't high on my list at this moment anyway.

I'm glad for that. So what is high on your list right now?

More Opeth, I guess. ^^
And some more Death, maybe.

Maybe Falconer covers that.

Hm, I don't know them too well so I can't comment on that.

You should give them a shot. Although I only have three of their albums, they have done some really good stuff on the self-titled album and the latest album. Their newest release is sung entirely in Swedish.

Will do.

That Wylo guy kept making fun of my name. He'll pay for that!

Overtired should go to sleep!

I'm glad humantarget left!

Still over a year before I pass him. >:(

The argument about modern technology?

Oh yeah.

That was our greatest agreement ever.

I'm glad you think so. It at least was more fun than any "Manowar is gay" argument. ^^

At 8/11/11 03:59 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/10/11 04:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/9/11 12:50 PM, Auz wrote: It's not that I turn my TV on for it, but when I zap passed it I usually put it on. It's quite an hilarious show in my opinion, but maybe the Dutch dub is better than the German one.

I will never know since my dutch isn't good enouh to express an educated opinion on that matter. ^^

I suppose I wouldn't know about the German dub either. But I'd probably find the German dub hilarious anyway :p

Same for the dutch dub. :P
I guess I should give the danish dub a try as well. XD

I do think that is a much better way, but we simply don't have enough voice actors for that. Perhaps if we would dub more, more people would be willing to lend their voices...

I think the dubs in Germany is one of the best you can find. Sometimes (if it's available on a DVD I bought for example) I watch part of movies in a different language. Most of the time it sounds awful and isn't even lip synchronized.

Still though, I'd rather see the original than a dub in most cases. I got a feeling that more of the original work gets lost by dubbing than by subbing.

True. Sometimes the translations are shit.

I've seen a few films where they even changed the original soundtrack in the dub, and it turned out awful. It didn't suit the film at all.

Heh. I've never seen that. But sometimes the original sound (ie the voices, etc) are too quiet in the original - or the sounds from the environment are too loud. Especially some of the older Columbo films have that problem. A dub (or subtitles) really helps here, because all the voices are cristal clear.

A downside is that I have the feeling that people from countries where movies don't get dubbed so often are much better in speaking/writing english than people from Germany.

Probably. Watching English films and playing English video games did really help me improve my English early on in life. I think it's the reason why I ended up with one of the top grades in English class in high school ^^

Yes. Video games can teach you important things! :D

Oh hey, Hermoine sounds just like Timmy Turner...

Timmy Turner actually is dubbed by a man. :P

Not here he isn't. He's dubbed by a 48 year old woman, who's also an actress in the Dutch Sesame Street.

I know. That's why I mentioned it. :P
Bart Simpson is dubbed by a woman as well (Nancy Cartwright in english, Sandra Schwittau in german)

It's not uncommon for a male kid to be voiced by a woman by the way. I believe the English Ash (from Pokemon) is also dubbed by a woman.

Yes, because male kids have the problem that their voice WILL change once they get older. Grown women aren't that far away from sounding like a little kid, since their voices don't change too much in their life time.

When you do have to read a lot of subtitles is when characters are having conversations, but then there's usually not much else going on at the screen anyway so you won't miss much.

See above. "Last Year at Marienbad" has lots of dialogues and some pretty confusing images. If you have to relate to subtitles to get what is being said and at the same time you have to try and concentrate on the images... it wouldn't work out well, I guess.

Oh well, I guess that's just one problem case, but for most films it works fine.

Depends on the kind of movies you like to watch, I guess. :P

But since I'm talking about a french movie right now. I never understood why there are so many french movies that make use of FRENCH subtitles. There's one french TV station I can watch on television and very often they show french movies with french subtitles. What's the use of that? ^^

They sometimes do that here too, but only for the news when they interview someone who talks in a horrible accent :p

Oh yeah, sometimes on those horrobile TV shows they show during the day some people are subtitled as well. But I only ever see that on RTL, which we call "Unterschichtenfernsehen" (underclass television) anyway. XD

Admittedly, you might see less of the actors performances, but for some actors you don't want to see it anyway :p

Hey, Steven Seagal is a great actor! >:(

He sure is :p

Yes. I like how he can express all those different feelings with only minor changes in his mimic.

Yeah, but as a native speaker it's more easy to understand the accents. If I hear some of the german accents, like bavarian, swabian or (even worse) hessian I can usually make out most of what is said. Someone who's not a german native speaker will have a hard time understanding anything.

I don't know how good your german is, but try to understand something of this video. It's the dialect of the Saarland.

I could make out some lines and words, but it's difficult. Then again, I don't know if I would understand a normal German sitcom any better.

How about some Married with children, then?
Oh, and don't mind the artificial laughter, everybody here thinks it sucks as well.

Speaking of which, how did they dub that film in Germany? The different languages was kind of a big point in the film.

I don't know, I watched the original version. XD

Ah I see. I thought that film would be pretty odd if they all talked German. Considering they need someone to speak Italian at some point and Hans Landa's big thing is that he speaks four languages fluently.

I remember "Saving Privat Ryan", where they met that german guy. That scene made no sense in the german dub.

*Assuming all Germans are named Herman (just like Hans Landa)* XD

Yes, of course. We all are little "Herman the German". :P

Or Heinz? :p

No no, that's the ketchup brand. :P

When love is lost beyond your control
A pale shadow of lust can not enlight your soul

So keep your ice cold bitter illusions
I don't need your empty world my only solution
Is a Violent Revolution

Violent Revolution, Violent Revolution
Reason for the people to destroy

Beauty is no more it's all gone
And utopia will not come

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