When I was first finding out about the ADR thing, someone was like "but don't worry, the dubbing in The Untamed is much better done [than Guardian]!" and I thought, "but the dubbing on Guardian is already so smooth that I never even noticed...?"
Someone was also saying that the dubbing practice is self-reinforcing, because if all of the actors know they're just gonna be dubbed over (whether by themselves or someone else), they're not so focused on little things like enunciation and volume, so of course then they have to dub.
The embarrassment parts of the Chinese promo work hit me hard too; I don't usually watch those bits. ^^;
I do like the much-discussion progression of Guardian promo stuff, in that Zhu Yilong is/was known for being kinda stiff and not great at/comfortable with interviews (he seems to genuinely think he's extremely boring, and also average-looking and not especially talented, and I'm sure [I hope] that at least some of it is conscious humbleness, but it has a tang of realness to it and makes me sad) and Bai Yu is so gregarious and engaged and apparently made a bit of a project of coaxing ZYL more out of his shell and helping him get more comfortable.
My one consolation about all the embarrassing parts of the promo stuff is that at least it's standard enough that no one's being singled out and picked on, AFAIK, but yeah. It's very uncomfortable. I hope at least some of the actors who go through that gauntlet find it amusing, since the fans evidently do. :/
My favorite thing is their Dixing song on Happy Camp; if you haven't seen it, I gather that they wrote the lyrics themselves, and it's delightful. The full Happy Camp appearance, OTOH, is another round of ridiculous games and cringe, so I haven't watched it all the way through. I also have to mentally tune out all of the backup dancers and stuff, TBH, but the actual song makes me happy.
(There's also a behind-the-scenes video of them rehearsing the song + some backstage + after-show stuff, much of which is charming, and an official video for the song that's extremely spoilery for the series, IIRC.)
The weight-machines thing is a delight. *^^* I haven't seen it subtitled, but IIRC what Bai Yu is saying afterwards is something like "You're so handsome and so strong! How am I supposed to live in this world now?"
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Date: 2019-09-11 03:13 pm (UTC)Someone was also saying that the dubbing practice is self-reinforcing, because if all of the actors know they're just gonna be dubbed over (whether by themselves or someone else), they're not so focused on little things like enunciation and volume, so of course then they have to dub.
The embarrassment parts of the Chinese promo work hit me hard too; I don't usually watch those bits. ^^;
I do like the much-discussion progression of Guardian promo stuff, in that Zhu Yilong is/was known for being kinda stiff and not great at/comfortable with interviews (he seems to genuinely think he's extremely boring, and also average-looking and not especially talented, and I'm sure [I hope] that at least some of it is conscious humbleness, but it has a tang of realness to it and makes me sad) and Bai Yu is so gregarious and engaged and apparently made a bit of a project of coaxing ZYL more out of his shell and helping him get more comfortable.
My one consolation about all the embarrassing parts of the promo stuff is that at least it's standard enough that no one's being singled out and picked on, AFAIK, but yeah. It's very uncomfortable. I hope at least some of the actors who go through that gauntlet find it amusing, since the fans evidently do. :/
My favorite thing is their Dixing song on Happy Camp; if you haven't seen it, I gather that they wrote the lyrics themselves, and it's delightful. The full Happy Camp appearance, OTOH, is another round of ridiculous games and cringe, so I haven't watched it all the way through. I also have to mentally tune out all of the backup dancers and stuff, TBH, but the actual song makes me happy.
(There's also a behind-the-scenes video of them rehearsing the song + some backstage + after-show stuff, much of which is charming, and an official video for the song that's extremely spoilery for the series, IIRC.)
The weight-machines thing is a delight. *^^* I haven't seen it subtitled, but IIRC what Bai Yu is saying afterwards is something like "You're so handsome and so strong! How am I supposed to live in this world now?"