X-Files...

[fajrdrako]

I've been watching the first season of X-Files in French lately.

What a wonderful show that was. It's been a joy to revisit it - enough time has passed to shed my bitterness at what happened to it, though not the memory. Many things have tried to copy its success, but it's still unique in quality and style. It has aged well, too - except for the hairstyles on the women. Scully looks fine: she's classic.

I wonder if I'll fall in love with Mulder again.

Comments

[baronjanus]

Awww.
....But why dubbed?

[fajrdrako]

Dubbed, because I want to listen to French, to further improve my ability to speak and understand.

[baronjanus]

There are original productions for that..
:)
Oh, you can listen to the full Mozart concert. But no, that would be the wrong region for you, right.

[fajrdrako]

Yes, and I'd like to try to get original productions. But they tend to be expensive, or hard to find. I do have some Québecois movies on hand.

X-Files has the advantage of being material I am somewhat familiar with, which helps me to follow vocabulary and context. It has the disadvantage of being dubbed in European French rather than Canadian French. European French is maybe easier to understand, but I need to get the hang of Québec idioms and accents.

The alternative has been soap operas and game shows. I won't even consider watching sports.

[baronjanus]

you probably looked here before, but there's some nice stuff.

and if you take european, i'll get cat to link you to that mozart thing when she wakes up.

[fajrdrako]

Wonderful links! Thank you!

[ceruleancat]

Apropos, I know the simpsons got a Quebecois dub, simply because there are articles out there comparing the two French dubs.

[fajrdrako]

A Québec version of The Simpsons would be worth looking for. Maybe I should browse a few stores over the border in Gatineau.