There is another reason to favor dubs -- More accurate translation. My favorite example is the old Bergman movie. "The Seventh Seal". I read a translation of the script before seeing the movie and was moved to write down several speeches and carry them in my wallet. When I saw a subtitled version of the movie, I was disappointed to find the beautiful speeches reduced to a couple of words of dry text. Later I saw a dubbed version that included the lines in full. Subtitles are not able to do justice to complex dialog.
Maybe overture could be induced to bring suit against congress... It could be more effective than campaign reform legislation...
Rick Roehlk
What about Cordwainer Smith?
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I find myself liking this film more the more I think about. I was uncomfortable several times during the actual viewing - forced to distance myself from my emotional reactions more than I am used to in movies. But I think I loved this robot fairy tale.
I keep waiting for some reviewer somewhere to mention the writer who understood how machines could aspire to souls and how humanity could escape the confines of homo sapiens. It may be that no one remembers the strange fables published under the name Cordwainer Smith, written by psychological warfare pioneer and orientalist Paul Linebarger. I heard strong echoes of his writing all through this movie.
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There is another reason to favor dubs -- More accurate translation. My favorite example is the old Bergman movie. "The Seventh Seal". I read a translation of the script before seeing the movie and was moved to write down several speeches and carry them in my wallet. When I saw a subtitled version of the movie, I was disappointed to find the beautiful speeches reduced to a couple of words of dry text. Later I saw a dubbed version that included the lines in full. Subtitles are not able to do justice to complex dialog.
There the germ of an idea here...
Maybe overture could be induced to bring suit against congress... It could be more effective than campaign reform legislation...
Rick Roehlk
I find myself liking this film more the more I think about. I was uncomfortable several times during the actual viewing - forced to distance myself from my emotional reactions more than I am used to in movies. But I think I loved this robot fairy tale. I keep waiting for some reviewer somewhere to mention the writer who understood how machines could aspire to souls and how humanity could escape the confines of homo sapiens. It may be that no one remembers the strange fables published under the name Cordwainer Smith, written by psychological warfare pioneer and orientalist Paul Linebarger. I heard strong echoes of his writing all through this movie.