Teango wrote:Haha...the first time I tried to do the dishes after a meal, мама looked at me like I was an alien and бабушка almost had my guts for garters! (they both forgave me in the end though)
My aunt was at some point telling my Mum off for not cooking my Dad a better breakfast
My dad chuckled of course, since he's actually the better cook of the two and he wasn't allowed to cook.
Teango wrote:I remember that guy! The fact that he did ALL the voices in the same weary monotone voice was somewhat jarring and utterly confusing: "Коламбия Пикчерз представляет...".
Boy, he was like a very bored robot. Even Marvin shows more emotion than that guy! Still, summer, the smell of the plants in front of my бабушка's hourse, kungfu movies and this dude's drone, that's like my most vivid childhood memory!
Teango wrote:I totally agree. Surely anything beats fully grown adult actors doing creepy children's voices. Every time I hear this type of thing, a subconscious red flag raises itself in the back of my mind and wanders around like a scared child in a scene from the movie Poltegeist: "Cross over children. All are welcome. All are welcome. Go into the Light." Thanks, but no thanks! *shudder*
Hahaha, every time I think that surely they must have some child actors who can read in Spain! I think French dubs have actual children's voices, I certainly haven't had the Poltergeist feeling with those. Or maybe I just haven't watched anything dubbed with children in it. Might well be, I've been mainly watching Buffy.
And since we're talking about voice acting: Can it be that Russian audiobooks most of the time are read as if they're reading a nice little story to a little child even when it's Anna Karenina? I was browsing the other day on audible and it was almost impossible to find anything that was not in this silly over-modulated "story telling voice". Also does anyone have a good source for free Russian audiobooks? And with this I don't mean copyrighted stuff, just those ones where normal people sit down and record themselves reading a classic.