Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Accents. Date: 30 Oct 2025 20:10:00 GMT Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <10c908i$3600i$2@dont-email.me> <68ea7364$0$12948$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <68eb8c02$0$24822$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10d0f0e$1u8bd$1@dont-email.me> <68f40083$0$28050$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <20251020092029.000020b3@gmail.com> <68fcc773$0$417$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <10djhg8$3kg9d$5@dont-email.me> <10donsh$17dho$6@dont-email.me> <10dp2m1$1ctkt$1@dont-email.me> <7jtMQ.876831$7Ika.50088@fx17.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net pFci/t2F5DUJxggEMdZ4hgynqvzP2YDyjHpI3XYfNtUSNwtqGx Cancel-Lock: sha1:rGZGwJUzUMydjqw6i7iN1Xn23jQ= sha256:Qj9chiPlKk9nLPq+gLxfKvxmGq9S/aHY7xh5vYQ+oO4= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76832 On 30 Oct 2025 17:29:34 GMT, Allodoxaphobia wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:47:31 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >> I find myself turning on subtitles (when available) more and more even >> for supposedly English speakers. > > +1 For several reasons -- but the major reason is because of the > loud'ish, > gratuitous music that is played over the dialogue. I agree on that. I also don't care for the trend toward dark scenes. I don't mean dark as in murder and mayhem but as in lighting. My theory is low lighting levels means they can be sloppier with set construction. Before HD that got smoothed out better.