I don't know what to categorize this as, so apologies if this is somewhat(?) out of topic...
It isn't uncommon for Tagalog dubs of popular movies to be aired at around 9 or 10 am in the Philippines. However, something will always be off about dubs, especially the televised ones:
- The dubber doesn't convey the original actor's/character's emotions correctly. This applies to all dubs (unless the actor themself reprises the role, which is cool, in my opinion), since I've caught a glimpse of my parents watching the English dub of Squid Games, and at a very intense moment the dubber sounds less aggressive than the actor.
- In the televised versions, it's more likely that it will be cut off by commercials, just to extend your stay at the television. (Especially since the warm season's starting here, gosh!)
- They're more or less likely to be "censored" here in the Philippines. I put the word in quotation marks because the scenes that are "not safe" according to the censorship board gets cut off by a commercial break, and/or the bloody scenes get greyscaled. (Well, I watched something last night: the main character has a wound on his chest and back, and the entire time he's on screen with his wounds, the entire screen is greyscale (except on their YouTube broadcast, which is so damn confusing in itself), thanks a lot, [name of censorship board]!)
The reason as to why I'm writing this is because recently, I caught a TV channel airing a good enough dub of Pacific Rim: Uprising, and I pretty much got immersed in the movie. It was rated unsuitable for young audiences due to violence, but I'm 21, what's gonna stop me?
Although, what's the use for Tagalog dubs anyway? We Filipinos are pretty good in English (although there are some who grew up with English as their first language (aka ME* T_T)), and I think it's more of less unnecessary... (and don't get me started on why the SpongeBob dub is a big miss for Filipino English learners...)
*(I still misspell a lot of things, professor is just one f and a double s, me!)
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