Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone

Re:Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone by mikeash on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @02:15PM (#20032793)

I hate it when movies try to portray foreign language speakers as speaking accented English. That’s not how any of this works!

If they want to go for accuracy, the actors should speak the actual language. Provide subtitles for outside audiences.

Otherwise, just have the actors speak normally. It’s no less authentic than speaking with an accent, and the actors can focus on acting.

Another prominent Soviet example of doing this well is The Death of Stalin. You actually get a sense of the people as real people instead of scary foreigners.

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Re:Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone by TaylorAlexander on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @09:37PM (#20036110)

I’ve heard some audiences (probably Americans) don’t like subtitles. So it’s a matter of money in some ways.

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Re:Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone by MistahKoala on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:37AM (#20038566)

I wonder if that explains Amazon Prime's dubbed shows? I thought it was unusual (along with Netflix's 3%); in the UK I'm used to foreign programmes only being subtitled.

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Re:Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone by FPGAhacker on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @11:34PM (#20036631)

After seeing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I became a fan of subtitled movies. Part way through the movie it felt like I understood Mandarin.

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