Re-voicing bugs the hell out of me. There were a couple cute Christmas specials a few years back. Made in the UK, with British voices. Then shown in the US with American voices. Totally pointless. Being in Canada, I was able to see/hear the British version on Canadian tv, and the US version on the American network. Are there really that many Americans who have trouble with British accents? If so, why do they keep watching Hugh Grant?
Recently there's been a cereal commercial (and I'm drawing a blank right on which brand), but in Canada, the two people have British accents, and when you watch the commercial on an American station, they have generic North American accents. And unlike animated shows or documentaries, these are actors on screen, and they still dub their voices. I'll admit, when I was younger, I sometimes had trouble with British accents on shows like EastEnders, that my mom loves to watch. But I would never think to dub their voices. On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Kevin, > > That was quite interesting. > > Euronews is a "multilingual" channel that comes out of France. The > version I get in the UK has an English language voiceover, but other > voiceovers are available in different European countries. You never > see any on-screen presenters, so it's a relatively cheap operation, > relying, I imagine, on agency feeds. The No Comment segment you were > watching doesn't come with a voiceover anywhere though! > > The other thing to mention is that channels like National Geographic > and the various flavours of Discovery, design many of their programmes > to be revoiced locally. Discovery even re-voices programmes like > Mythbusters. So we get a Brit doing all the linking bits even though > there's really no need. Of course the same is true in reverse when > people like Sigourney Weaver or Oprah are employed to redub David > Attenbrough docs made by the BBC. All a bit pointless if you ask me. > > And of course it's football and not soccer! > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
