@J_Windrow , you might be interested in this article on subtitles for hearing folks. One trend it doesn't mention which I consider significant is that so many shows now have a loud music track, often louder than any dialogue. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/28/mumbling-actors-bad-speakers-or-lazy-listeners-why-everyone-is-watching-tv-with-subtitles-on
@walterbays I have hearing friends who use CC because of mumbling dialogue and loud music tracks. So, yeah, I know about this problem. Thanks, though. 🙂
I rarely watch TV shows or movies because these days many of them are also too dark.
The wonderful thing about books is that they are never too dark, the characters don't mumble unintelligibly (with a few deliberately described exceptions) and there's no loud musical score.
😀
@J_Windrow "dark" has at least two meanings. There are some comedies that are not dark in either sense. The Good Place. The Windsors. And funny dramas. Crash Landing on You.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/why-movies-so-dark-hard-to-see-batman-1235195535/
@walterbays In my novel, dark magic is foundational magic.
Light is chaotic. Gray uses a little bit of both. Dark is what you need to create a universe, except you also need Gray and Light for that task. 😉
There are many meanings for dark.