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Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by TillE on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @01:25PM (#7779464)
Tradition and market demand, I guess. I'm not completely philosophically opposed to dubs, but the truth is that the vast majority of German dubs are awful. And I'm talking about major Hollywood films and popular TV series. It really sounds like a bunch of actors sitting in a studio, reading lines melodramatically with zero nuance.

I swear, German radio dramas (which are quite popular) have better voice acting.

Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by galaktor on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @02:05PM (#7779758)
Strange. I lived there for nearly 20 years and must say they have pretty much perfected the craft of dubbing movies. I personally still prefer some "alternative voices" over the originals, i.e. for Homer Simpson (sounds more like the fool that he is) or Arnold Schwarzenegger (who's English destroys any fourth wall the moment he opens his mouth).
Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by dasil003 on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @04:29PM (#7780585)
For Arnold sure, but you are not allowed to prefer any Homer voice over Dan Castellaneta's. Also, don't forget that Homer is only 99% fool, the other 1% is sublime genius.
Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by _ak on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @03:36PM (#7780272)
German dubs are so awful and widespread, that even porn in Germany is dubbed and often enough, even German porn is re-dubbed.