On 2022-09-01 at 20:13 +1000, Daniel65 wrote:
> One of the Australian Free-to-Air channels was re-broadcasting X-Files
> last year. Five nights a week, I think it was. Yum.
>
> Strangely, it was on what most most would consider as a multi-lingual
> channel. Why?? Well, I suppose it was U.S. English!!
When I re-watch the series from the beginning it will in fact be the
first time I watch it in the original English. During the original run
I was living in Italy, where everything on television is dubbed -- in
fact very badly.
Now I can certainly follow the series in English. If my memory were
fresh I would appreciate the difference in characterisation, and maybe
be even disturbed by that at the beginning. I find that in Italian male
voice actor in particular always make an effort to sound virile and
dramatic, even where the original is different. The Italian voice for
Hugh Laurie in House is a striking example.
--
Beard