Spotty availability of french dubbed soundtracks

[McCrutchy]

Hi Deromax,

I'm sympathetic to the need for DUB tracks, and I'm curious (since I'm no authority on the lingual differences) if a Parisian French DUB track on a French BD would be an acceptable substitute where those discs are not locked to Region B?

[F-Man]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Hi Deromax,

I'm sympathetic to the need for DUB tracks, and I'm curious (since I'm no authority on the lingual differences) if a Parisian French DUB track on a French BD would be an acceptable substitute where those discs are not locked to Region B?

That would work for the movies that didn't have a Quebecian dub, as the French track is used instead for those movies. But dub lovers in Quebec would not be glad to have to do title-by-title research to know if one exists or not, especially when you can't quite tell the origin country in many cases.

[manicsounds]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Hi Deromax,

I'm sympathetic to the need for DUB tracks, and I'm curious (since I'm no authority on the lingual differences) if a Parisian French DUB track on a French BD would be an acceptable substitute where those discs are not locked to Region B?

Wouldn't it be kinds like watching a foreign non-English language film, but dubbed by British English actors, or dubbed by American English actors?

[Deromax]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Hi Deromax,

I'm sympathetic to the need for DUB tracks, and I'm curious (since I'm no authority on the lingual differences) if a Parisian French DUB track on a French BD would be an acceptable substitute where those discs are not locked to Region B?

I hope I understand well what you are saying!

A movie produced in France, in french, is perfectly OK for viewing in its original soundtrack everywhere in the french world, including in Canada/Quebec. The basic language is indeed the same and the accent and local particularities of the dialogs are actually funny to listen!

I guess the same would be true for American viewers for movies with British english, like the Harry Potter franchise.

In Canada/Quebec, most of the movies made prior to the 90s have a Parisian Dub and we're used to those older movies as-is, and it's OK.

Problem is a movie that we know and love and are used to a given set of voices by repeat viewings, then they put out a release with another dub, different voices and even altered dialogs. This is baffling! Imagine you purchase the new Rocky release only to find Sly's voice is now dubbed by Keanu Reeves for some obscure administrative reasons!

My understanding of the situation is the dubbing industry in France have a very strict policy of "must be dubbed here" and here in Canada/Quebec, we like to have our own dubs as well. So Hollywood have to deal with this crap. Each studio act differently : They can produce two versions, or one, or the other, leading to the mess we are in.

What is perplexing is recent movies (Spiderman 2) having different dubs for releases seperated only by 4 years (DVD and BD).