oh god my ears
I was waiting for a dentist appointment just yesterday and the waiting room had this TV which was playing some sort of k-drama. Which is all fine and good and all, but it's dubbed k-drama. My, my ears ;__; For those unfamiliar, Indonesian dubs are terrible. Sometimes it's so bad it's good but other times, more often, it veers into painful territory.
The thing is, it seems that every TV show is dubbed by the same voice actors. For example, all female protagonists across a variety of dubbed shows have the Innocent Girl Voice. The father or anyone middle-aged has the Dignified Elder Voice. And they speak in very stilted, formal Indonesian that I'm really unused to hearing. It's kind of jarring to watch Indonesian soaps (sinetron, we call them) after being in Melbourne for quite long, but even worse is a dubbed show. Or maybe I've just been spoiled by Japan and its seiyuu.
Also, you can identify the good guys from the bad guys in teen sitcoms by the way they speak. The good guys always use "aku" or "saya" and "kamu" (polite "I" and "you", "saya" is politer than "aku") and the bad guys use "gue" and "lu" (informal/impolite, but I think most people above teenage age in Jakarta speak like this with their friends nowadays). I usually use "gue/lu" when talking with my Jakarta friends, and so do they. That makes us antagonists, according to TV. Well, the dialect in Jakarta is rougher than most other areas, so I can't blame them.
It's probably something like the difference between anime and how real Japanese people talk, but apparently real Japanese are politer than anime? Which is sort of the opposite in Indonesia.
There's also this funny fantasy series that I think is not meant to be funny. This guy was zapped with a light ray/ball of some sort and he grew bigger, and you can actually see the editing. The dark blue outline of the guy kinda gave it away. And then out of nowhere people started swordfighting, and their swords weren't even touching :DDD In fact, I think they were plastic.
It's like the live action version of Beauty and Warrior. To get the gist of BnW, a sex scene (I think?) was depicted as two cartoon hearts (blue and pink, in case you forgot their genders) on a blank background, merging into one, and then suddenly the guy and girl (eponymous Beauty, and Warrior. I think.) appeared with a baby in their arms, replacing the heart. And there are numerous 30 second loops of a tunnel. For no particular reason at all. Watch it here in its entire so bad it's good-ness. Coincidentally, BnW was produced in Indonesia.
I just love my country :D and I say this non-ironically.
Oh and the seven (five, in this case) questions meme from isarae!
1. Your turn! What's your Junjou cast (or Sekaiichi)?
Um. I need to think about this. My knowledge of Japanese artists is very much limited to J-pop bands.
So, to the best of my (crack) ability:
Misaki: Matsumoto Jun
Usagi: Gackt. Yes, Gackt.
Hiroki: Akanishi Jin
Nowaki: Kamenashi Kazuya (platform shoes or something)
Miyagi: Ken Hirai
Shinobu: YUI. Girl? What do you mean, girl?That aside, Ken x YUI breaks my brain and I need bleach immediately.
2. We go out for drinks. What do you have?
If I could drink Nutella I would but I'd probably have normal beer. Or if it was something fancy I'd go for something flaming, because I always wanted to try. Does ice-cream with Bailey's count?
3. If you became famous for something, what would it be?
BREAKING INTO ADRIANO ZUMBO'S KITCHEN. And eating the hell out of his cakes.
4. Are you superstitious?
Nope, I don't think I am.
5. Which Tenipuri character would you most want to meet? (Or date. :P)
Saeki! He seems the nicest and sanest and will probably treat his girlfriends really nicely. I have a feeling my favorite characters (Fuji, Yukimura... and as of recently, Yagyuu and Niou) would be utter hell to date.
The thing is, it seems that every TV show is dubbed by the same voice actors. For example, all female protagonists across a variety of dubbed shows have the Innocent Girl Voice. The father or anyone middle-aged has the Dignified Elder Voice. And they speak in very stilted, formal Indonesian that I'm really unused to hearing. It's kind of jarring to watch Indonesian soaps (sinetron, we call them) after being in Melbourne for quite long, but even worse is a dubbed show. Or maybe I've just been spoiled by Japan and its seiyuu.
Also, you can identify the good guys from the bad guys in teen sitcoms by the way they speak. The good guys always use "aku" or "saya" and "kamu" (polite "I" and "you", "saya" is politer than "aku") and the bad guys use "gue" and "lu" (informal/impolite, but I think most people above teenage age in Jakarta speak like this with their friends nowadays). I usually use "gue/lu" when talking with my Jakarta friends, and so do they. That makes us antagonists, according to TV. Well, the dialect in Jakarta is rougher than most other areas, so I can't blame them.
It's probably something like the difference between anime and how real Japanese people talk, but apparently real Japanese are politer than anime? Which is sort of the opposite in Indonesia.
There's also this funny fantasy series that I think is not meant to be funny. This guy was zapped with a light ray/ball of some sort and he grew bigger, and you can actually see the editing. The dark blue outline of the guy kinda gave it away. And then out of nowhere people started swordfighting, and their swords weren't even touching :DDD In fact, I think they were plastic.
It's like the live action version of Beauty and Warrior. To get the gist of BnW, a sex scene (I think?) was depicted as two cartoon hearts (blue and pink, in case you forgot their genders) on a blank background, merging into one, and then suddenly the guy and girl (eponymous Beauty, and Warrior. I think.) appeared with a baby in their arms, replacing the heart. And there are numerous 30 second loops of a tunnel. For no particular reason at all. Watch it here in its entire so bad it's good-ness. Coincidentally, BnW was produced in Indonesia.
I just love my country :D and I say this non-ironically.
Oh and the seven (five, in this case) questions meme from isarae!
1. Your turn! What's your Junjou cast (or Sekaiichi)?
Um. I need to think about this. My knowledge of Japanese artists is very much limited to J-pop bands.
So, to the best of my (crack) ability:
Misaki: Matsumoto Jun
Usagi: Gackt. Yes, Gackt.
Hiroki: Akanishi Jin
Nowaki: Kamenashi Kazuya (platform shoes or something)
Miyagi: Ken Hirai
Shinobu: YUI. Girl? What do you mean, girl?That aside, Ken x YUI breaks my brain and I need bleach immediately.
2. We go out for drinks. What do you have?
If I could drink Nutella I would but I'd probably have normal beer. Or if it was something fancy I'd go for something flaming, because I always wanted to try. Does ice-cream with Bailey's count?
3. If you became famous for something, what would it be?
BREAKING INTO ADRIANO ZUMBO'S KITCHEN. And eating the hell out of his cakes.
4. Are you superstitious?
Nope, I don't think I am.
5. Which Tenipuri character would you most want to meet? (Or date. :P)
Saeki! He seems the nicest and sanest and will probably treat his girlfriends really nicely. I have a feeling my favorite characters (Fuji, Yukimura... and as of recently, Yagyuu and Niou) would be utter hell to date.