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One of my strongest reasons for "sub over dub" is exactly this: U.S. directors have an incredibly strong tendency to go for name recognition over voice timbre or just plain talent.
95% of the time, if I see a name I recognize doing the voice on an animated film, I simply boycott the film because I know they're going to do a crap job.
Disney frequently surprises me (I didn't want to see Aladdin because Robin Williams was doing a voice in it, but hoo boy did he prove me wrong), but other than that, if there's a big name American actor doing a voice in an animated film, that actor's very likely going to be crap.
There's actually a whole lot of sketchiness behind that, and Williams would actually have been on your side. He did not want to be used for promotional purposes, and Jeffrey Katzenberg did everything he could to destroy any shred of trust Williams had with the company.
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Kieffer Sutherland as Raistlin Majere was pretty f**+ing hilarious.
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There's actually a whole lot of sketchiness behind that, and Williams would actually have been on your side. He did not want to be used for promotional purposes, and Jeffrey Katzenberg did everything he could to destroy any shred of trust Williams had with the company.One of my strongest reasons for "sub over dub" is exactly this: U.S. directors have an incredibly strong tendency to go for name recognition over voice timbre or just plain talent.
95% of the time, if I see a name I recognize doing the voice on an animated film, I simply boycott the film because I know they're going to do a crap job.
Disney frequently surprises me (I didn't want to see Aladdin because Robin Williams was doing a voice in it, but hoo boy did he prove me wrong), but other than that, if there's a big name American actor doing a voice in an animated film, that actor's very likely going to be crap.
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Today I found a playlist of 90s grunge and post grunge music on YouTube.
Good times!
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So, today Shiro's comment about the 3 types of people really came back to resonate with me.
A while ago we were doing paint work and GothBard recommended we get latex gloves. We now *always* have a box in our closet with our first aid stuff. Last year, the smoke from the wildfires was so bad that the state recommended that anyone with breathing problems wear an N95 mask to go out. Needless to say, during the fire they were sold out, but I went ahead and back ordered a couple of boxes on Amazon because "there will be more wildfires in California".
And so, this morning, GothBard had to go to the "major" grocery store on Solano to get a bunch of stuff the corner store doesn't carry. Because it's a "major" store, you cannot trust the customers who go there; social distancing and cough-covering promptly become nonexistent because the general public is awful. Yet she could put on a body-length trenchcoat, latex gloves, hat, and N95 mask so she's as safe from exposure as she can possibly be.
And while I haven't been bothering cleaning off groceries from the corner store, you'd better believe the stuff from the major grocery is getting a thorough cleaning the moment it comes in the door.
But it really does display a "different" mentality. "We used this for a good reason, we're likely to need it again, and it's not a particularly bulky item. I should probably put a box into storage for when we need it again."
So we had everything we needed (gloves, mask, disinfectant) because I'm in the habit of keeping items that serve a clear purpose in stock. Yeah, the N95 masks were for the next wildfire, but they're coming in handy now...
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And thus why this exists.There's actually a whole lot of sketchiness behind that, and Williams would actually have been on your side. He did not want to be used for promotional purposes, and Jeffrey Katzenberg did everything he could to destroy any shred of trust Williams had with the company.One of my strongest reasons for "sub over dub" is exactly this: U.S. directors have an incredibly strong tendency to go for name recognition over voice timbre or just plain talent.
95% of the time, if I see a name I recognize doing the voice on an animated film, I simply boycott the film because I know they're going to do a crap job.
Disney frequently surprises me (I didn't want to see Aladdin because Robin Williams was doing a voice in it, but hoo boy did he prove me wrong), but other than that, if there's a big name American actor doing a voice in an animated film, that actor's very likely going to be crap.
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As a follow-up, kudos (yet again) to Safeway:
- First, after telling them I'd never shop there again because of their incessant blaring of ads over the speakers, they stopped.
- Second, in a New York Times article decrying how few major chains actually allowed their employees to take sick leave, Safeway got called out as one of the ones that does a "relatively" good job. (In other words, not everyone gets paid sick leave, but they were a heck of a lot better than anyone else.)
- Finally, today GothBard arrived there only to be greeted by an employee who was helping ensure no more than 30 customers in the store at once, both assisting in social distancing and in reminding people that it's important.
I still washed everything that came home. But I felt a lot better about GothBard's trip.
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...and of course GothBard, being GothBard, is now shopping for plague masks on Etsy because the N95 masks just aren't very stylish.
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Catface n95 masks
Nyan95*
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Catface n95 masks
Not wishing to be rude, but I'd make damn' sure to stay at least six feet away if someone walked towards me wearing one of those...
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Catface n95 masksNot wishing to be rude, but I'd make damn' sure to stay at least six feet away if someone walked towards me wearing one of those...
Then they are working, and doing TWO jobs! :)
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since people have been talking about corona stories. I randomly Caught this one. Apparently a neo-nazi was trying to blow up a hospital full of corona virus patients. The FBI caught him and apparently he died from injuries sustained while he was being captured. That is a crazy story and yet somehow hasn't made it to the big news. let's ya know how crazy things are right now.Not that I distrust you, Vid, but at this point it's so hard to tell truth from fiction with stuff like this that source is better than sorry.
naw it's cool thanks for posting the link.
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*SIGH*
You always feel bad as a GM when probability makes you look mean.
GM: If you do that, she'll get an attack of opportunity.
Player: Who cares? It's not like it'll hurt all that much!
GM: It will if I get a crit! She's using a x3 weapon!
Player: Go ahead! Make your roll!
GM: Is a 20 a hit?
Player: Yep.
GM: . Oops.
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It really *is* amazing how much easier the Internet Age is making this lockdown.
Impus Major is hosting an international JackBox game tonight, with people joining in from Germany, the U.S., and South Korea. It's loud, it's raucous, they're having a blast...
...and they're all safe in their own homes with no chance of communicating the virus to each other.
Like a giant condom over the world...
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All the old people laughed at us when we avoided them when we went to the store earlier.
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Apparently people are allowed to pump their own gas in Oregon again (it is illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon).
The question is, do they remember how?
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All the old people laughed at us when we avoided them when we went to the store earlier.
You will get the last laugh...
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We got snow tonight.
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Can we escape from reality yet?
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Can we escape from reality yet?
I can.
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Can we escape from reality yet?I can.
But your's specifically says no escape from reality.
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But your's specifically says no escape from reality.Can we escape from reality yet?I can.
No escape for you. I have a pass.
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Ah I see kind of like how I have a free pass on landslides.
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Precisely.
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Hasbro is releasing the full episodes of G.I. Joe on YouTube.
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We started a new campaign yesterday, set in Damara in the Forgotten Realms - but we're using Pathfinder rules!
What madness is this?!
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Hey there John. How are you doing?
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Hey John, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
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Hey there John. How are you doing?Doing okay. How are you doing?
Pretty good. About to head home. Hope that you have a good day.
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My house panther is demanding one of his 20 daily massages. So is his sisters and his aunt.
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We started a new campaign yesterday, set in Damara in the Forgotten Realms
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
- but we're using Pathfinder rules!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
What madness is this?!
Meh?
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We started a new campaign yesterday, set in Damara in the Forgotten Realms - but we're using Pathfinder rules!
What madness is this?!
Sounds like a case of quarantine madness to us!
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Apparently people are allowed to pump their own gas in Oregon again (it is illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon).
The question is, do they remember how?
its illegal in Jersey.
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It's the end of the world as we know it.
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We got snow tonight.
Hate.
You.
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Hello, people!!
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Yeah, I'm getting more and more convinced that I'm an alien.
NobodysHome's Thought Process: GothBard and I are in fairly secure jobs that should survive both the quarantine and the economic downturn, so our income is about as reliable as it can be in such uncertain times. This is absolutely the opposite of all the servicepeople we've come to rely on: Our housecleaner, our gardener, our favorite restaurants, our stylists, etc.
So, logic dictates that since we have the same level of income, we should still be spending the money on these people we rely on whether or not we go there.
Yet again this week, we'll be paying our housecleaner not to clean our house, and I'll be paying my stylist not to cut my hair.
In my mind, the decision is both the compassionate one AND the logical one. Many would argue that it's the moral one as well.
Apparently Everybody Else's Thought Process: Why are you giving anyone your hard-earned money if they're not providing you with a service?!?!?!? At least get a gift card from them or something!
GothBard's physical therapist put it really well: "If I sell gift cards to all my clients right now, then all I'm doing is postponing the inevitable because eventually everyone's going to want to cash those in and I'm going to lose my income anyway."
It just seems sensible right now to start paying the people around you for no services, just so they'll be around when services actually resume.
And that makes me an alien. For spending money that I had already budgeted for on the people for whom I'd budgeted it, but to get nothing in return.
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Not completely alien. Our small crossfit gym we are still paying membership dues because we want them to be around after this is over. Our larger mega gym (that has pool and some other stuff CF does not) we are content to abide by their stated policy of 'suspending dues' until they reopen.
Our housecleaner is off at the mayo clinic and had so planned before the shutdown, so we are merely holding her position.
Other IC we use are mostly exempt, and rather than do the work ourselves with our new found home routines, we are keeping employed. Likewise, we are increasing our budget for our food co-op to help support them and the farmers underlying. And we have started ordering take out from a few of our old favorite haunts to help them limp through the shutdown.
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Every time I get a new pair of earbuds either someone else in the house claims them or a mouse chews one off (which has happened twice now, the kids are convinced we have Littles.
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Hello, people!!
That sounds like a label a civilized society would use, which collapsed three weeks ago.
I prefer to be called a "possibly armed shit kicker" (mostly because I unintentionally kicked some shit).
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Every time I get a new pair of earbuds either someone else in the house claims them or a mouse chews one off (which has happened twice now, the kids are convinced we have Littles.
Last year I took a "saturate until sated" policy: Every time a family member asked for a charging cable or earbuds and there wasn't a spare one, I ordered three additional ones off of Amazon.
And yeah, our "spare cables" bin still runs out with alarming regularity, but at least now it's only once every 2-3 months instead of once every 2-3 weeks. I shudder to think at what we'll eventually find when we move out of the house. "There's 38 pounds of copper under Impus Minor's bed."