1. Neither, funnily I saw this one in english and it didn't have subtitels, so it was OV (original version). 2. It does not bother me to watch dubbed movies, as I do that a lot and I am used to that. I have a lot of friends who will watch the OV whenever they can, but I don't care that much. I only don't want to watch Sherlock (BBC) in german. About how fitting the voices are: I would have to check out the trailers for Deadpool specifically again (I mostly see trailers when we have our movie evening every sunday, we watch 4 trailers before each movie and I get them from a site which has english trailers - the movies we watch are in german (dubbed), usually). In general I'm quite used to the german voices (see question 5) and they often - but not always - do a good job finding fitting ones. 3. I rarely watch movies with Subtitles (OmU, as we call them "Original mit Untertiteln" - "Original with Subtitles). I *try* to ignore them, as they can be irritating and you might miss stuff happening visually, but I had cases in which they helped me understand (especially in cases of heavy accents and stuff). 4. We have one cinema in Cologne that specializes in movies in OV and OmU, others show them sometimes or as a special. 5. Better known actors usually have a certain person who does the dubbing, so yes, for me Brad Pitt for example has a certain german voice, Johnny Depp has a certain voice, Gillian Anderson, etc. BUT ... some actors *share* a dubbing actor (example: http://www.detailverliebt.de/22-schauspieler-und-ihre-deutschen-synchronsprecher-mit-fotos/ - left side, dubber, right side, actor/cartoon). Also, sometimes they change the german dubbing person - because the german dubbing actor demanded to much money, died or whatever. This happened to Patrick Steward for example, who has two different voices in Star Trek (they switched at some point). Fox Mulder in the new X Files also has a NEW voice (have not heard it yet) and there was an outrage because of that (in fan circles who did not watch the OV). Sometimes when I watch a movie and a lesser known actor has a voice that I recognize, we try to guess who his/her other roles are ("Ah, that is Scarlet Johannsons voice ..."). Benedict Cumberbatch had several voice actors and the one they used first for Sherlock war horrible and not fitting at all (but I saw english first and his voice is sex, so ... I might not be objective).
ok, so this fascinated me for years and i really appreciate you answering. personally, I have seen 'run lola run' in German and in English and it totally blew my mind. I hated the English dubs! I ordered a copy online and only got the dubs and was devastated! It just feels 'better' in German' lol Amazon has a bad habit of thinking people want films in their own language. Nooo, I want to learn! On that note, rec any German speaking films based on ...idk, action, war, society, stuff? I don't do romance~
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1: i love that there are terms for it :D 2: When I was learning german we got the impression that english is pushed a lot in schools? so...do most germans have a grasp on english or does it depend on where you are in the country? 3:I love that you have a term for the subbed films. When I was in France I saw films on tv and they just dubbed over them but never mentioned it was dubbed? That did not feel right to me. 4: yay! 5: That is fascinating! Thanks for sharing that info and link.
I just find the whole thing fascinating but I can't think of more questions now :D
I'd say most germans can understand/speak basic english. Age plays a big role (younger people much more likely to speak good english - my grandparents don't speak any english, my mom only knows a very few words) and the higher the education the better the english, usually.
1. Neither, funnily I saw this one in english and it didn't have subtitels, so it was OV (original version).
2. It does not bother me to watch dubbed movies, as I do that a lot and I am used to that. I have a lot of friends who will watch the OV whenever they can, but I don't care that much. I only don't want to watch Sherlock (BBC) in german. About how fitting the voices are: I would have to check out the trailers for Deadpool specifically again (I mostly see trailers when we have our movie evening every sunday, we watch 4 trailers before each movie and I get them from a site which has english trailers - the movies we watch are in german (dubbed), usually). In general I'm quite used to the german voices (see question 5) and they often - but not always - do a good job finding fitting ones.
3. I rarely watch movies with Subtitles (OmU, as we call them "Original mit Untertiteln" - "Original with Subtitles). I *try* to ignore them, as they can be irritating and you might miss stuff happening visually, but I had cases in which they helped me understand (especially in cases of heavy accents and stuff).
4. We have one cinema in Cologne that specializes in movies in OV and OmU, others show them sometimes or as a special.
5. Better known actors usually have a certain person who does the dubbing, so yes, for me Brad Pitt for example has a certain german voice, Johnny Depp has a certain voice, Gillian Anderson, etc. BUT ... some actors *share* a dubbing actor (example: http://www.detailverliebt.de/22-schauspieler-und-ihre-deutschen-synchronsprecher-mit-fotos/ - left side, dubber, right side, actor/cartoon). Also, sometimes they change the german dubbing person - because the german dubbing actor demanded to much money, died or whatever. This happened to Patrick Steward for example, who has two different voices in Star Trek (they switched at some point). Fox Mulder in the new X Files also has a NEW voice (have not heard it yet) and there was an outrage because of that (in fan circles who did not watch the OV). Sometimes when I watch a movie and a lesser known actor has a voice that I recognize, we try to guess who his/her other roles are ("Ah, that is Scarlet Johannsons voice ..."). Benedict Cumberbatch had several voice actors and the one they used first for Sherlock war horrible and not fitting at all (but I saw english first and his voice is sex, so ... I might not be objective).
Ask, if you have more questions :)
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ahem so comment
1: i love that there are terms for it :D
2: When I was learning german we got the impression that english is pushed a lot in schools? so...do most germans have a grasp on english or does it depend on where you are in the country?
3:I love that you have a term for the subbed films. When I was in France I saw films on tv and they just dubbed over them but never mentioned it was dubbed? That did not feel right to me.
4: yay!
5: That is fascinating! Thanks for sharing that info and link.
I just find the whole thing fascinating but I can't think of more questions now :D
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ezCgvYV74
long, but you can skip around.
I'll think about movies!
In german TV EVERYTHING is dubbed. Everything.
I'd say most germans can understand/speak basic english. Age plays a big role (younger people much more likely to speak good english - my grandparents don't speak any english, my mom only knows a very few words) and the higher the education the better the english, usually.
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