• fatboy93
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    21 year ago

    I’ve mostly stopped watching movies and series since the mixing is so bad.

    Not to mention the past decade had a weird fetish with video being shot in a low light.

    Mate, I’m not going to pay money to watch shit that’s grainy and inaudible.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    I’m getting older and it’s gotten harder to hear. Also after having children the background noise is tremendous. When i was a kid, if we watched tv it was as a family. Now we rarely watch tv and when i do it’s with my wife while the kids do other stuff. When i was going my high school graduate parents had a house with another room for us to do that in. Now we’re all in the living room sharing the space. I keep the volume low and read the subtitles now. Also it’s helped me develop a taste for foreign films as am added bonus. I tried Dark dubbed and hated it. Tried again with subtitles at the pressure of my compatriots and loved it!

  • @[email protected]
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    01 year ago

    something is happening to people’s hearing, it’s not getting worse, we have tests for that, but somehow people seem to hear less. It could be a matter of focus.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 year ago

    Going to agree that the sound mixing sucks. It is much more enjoyable to watch a tv or movie when you can properly hear the dialog. I ended up watching subtitles so much I can’t stand to be without them.

    • Sparky678348
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      11 year ago

      You’re so right. I’m a deaf motherfucker sometimes and I have trouble making out words through some accents. Good subtitles are a critical accessibility option.

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    1 year ago

    Honestly? Sound mixing in a lot of movies and some shows sucks ass nowadays. You have uber loud explosions and then relatively quiet speech.

    Tenet was an amazing movie (many disagree, but it’s a matter of opinion - I really enjoyed it), but I wouldn’t have heard half the dialogue. Subtitles helped.

    It’s all supposed to be immersive - after all, explosions ARE loud. But I don’t want my living room to explode. I want a lower range of volume.

    Shit, watch an old action movie. The speech isn’t as quiet compared to the explosions and gunfire as it is nowadays.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      It has nothing to do with movies, but I was posting my reply here and the page updated realtime itself like three times while you were editing your post. I saw your edits almost instantly. I found that feature neat, compared to reddit. Also, agree on the loud noises.

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    1 year ago

    I have a feeling that more people tend to watch shows now with a lot of other things going on around them. I have no problem hearing all the dialogue, but I usually watch by myself in a quiet room with no distractions.