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Just out of general interest, do you watch foreign TV and movies at all then? If not, why? Or just dubbed? If so, how do you bear it?

reificator 7y ago
Not the GP, but: > Just out of general interest, do you watch foreign TV and movies at all then? If not, why? Because it's an additional barrier to enjoyment. Dubs are irritating and often lose cultural context. From your post I think we're in agreement there. Subs mean I have to watch intently, I can't cook dinner/play a video game/clean the house/fold laundry while I'm listening and glance over at the screen every few seconds. And I don't spend much time doing nothing but watch TV, unless it's a show I really care about. Stranger Things 3 got my uninterrupted attention this last week. I'm not against watching foreign media, but it's a negative modifier to my chances to watch it. If I get a recommendation from someone I trust, I'm much more likely, but then I have to set aside time to do nothing but watch it. As a side note, if I get a recommendation from someone with an anime avatar, I'm much less likely to watch it. I don't care that "it's not a 12 year old girl, it's a 500 year old dragon that looks like a 12 year old girl." It's still creepy.
- ryanianian 7y ago
  Movie recommendations are either deeply generic (other movies in the same genre) or deeply personal (recommendations on myriad things apart from genre). Netflix has tried (and imho failed) at the deeply personal style. So I agree with your comment except for the anime avatar aside. I personally don't trust 90% of movie recommendations, even from friends. It has to be somebody who I know has good (for me) taste. I don't think avatar-selection would correlate one way or another with movie-selection :)
ryanianian 7y ago
I do watch movies with subtitles but very rarely (my vision isn't too great). (Dubbing is intolerable.) It's a terrible UX and just wastes everyone's time to not disclose the dubbing/subtitles in any way in the front-matter.

reificator 7y ago

Not the GP, but: > Just out of general interest, do you watch foreign TV and movies at all then? If not, why? Because it's an additional barrier to enjoyment. Dubs are irritating and often lose cultural context. From your post I think we're in agreement there. Subs mean I have to watch intently, I can't cook dinner/play a video game/clean the house/fold laundry while I'm listening and glance over at the screen every few seconds. And I don't spend much time doing nothing but watch TV, unless it's a show I really care about. Stranger Things 3 got my uninterrupted attention this last week. I'm not against watching foreign media, but it's a negative modifier to my chances to watch it. If I get a recommendation from someone I trust, I'm much more likely, but then I have to set aside time to do nothing but watch it. As a side note, if I get a recommendation from someone with an anime avatar, I'm much less likely to watch it. I don't care that "it's not a 12 year old girl, it's a 500 year old dragon that looks like a 12 year old girl." It's still creepy.

ryanianian 7y ago
Movie recommendations are either deeply generic (other movies in the same genre) or deeply personal (recommendations on myriad things apart from genre). Netflix has tried (and imho failed) at the deeply personal style. So I agree with your comment except for the anime avatar aside. I personally don't trust 90% of movie recommendations, even from friends. It has to be somebody who I know has good (for me) taste. I don't think avatar-selection would correlate one way or another with movie-selection :)

ryanianian 7y ago

I do watch movies with subtitles but very rarely (my vision isn't too great). (Dubbing is intolerable.) It's a terrible UX and just wastes everyone's time to not disclose the dubbing/subtitles in any way in the front-matter.