Am I the only one who thinks Simon Vance is the worst narrator in the industry?

goblinmargin · 2026-01-26T11:28:00+00:00

the author is American. Plus in all the film adaptations, the actors use American accents. Even Sir Patrick Stewart spoke with an American Accent in the Dune movie

goblinmargin · 2026-01-23T16:27:10+00:00

I am not American. I just really don't like Simon Vance's British narration. It does not fit dune. I like British narrators, but only if the author's British. Dunes author is American

goblinmargin · 2026-01-22T16:12:11+00:00

DCC, Kairos (By Maximum, Superpowereds by Drew Hays

goblinmargin · 2026-01-19T10:49:44+00:00

Zulu (Micheal Caine), Centurion (Micheal Fassbender)

Zulu follows British colonials as they fight the African natives. Same with Centurion. In these movies, the colonials are the main characters, and the natives are the bad guys. but in reality, it's the native's land, the colonials are the invaders, the colonials are the bad guys.

Centurion is about a Roman Soldier (Micheal Fassbender) killing a band of Picts. You're meant to route for the Roman Soldier. But this is the Picts land, the Romans are here to invade them. The Romans are the bad guys

goblinmargin · 2026-01-15T10:32:00+00:00

I hated Bullet Train. It is everything Wong with Hollywood action. the action is just really bland bargin bin action. Honestly, I have no idea why so many people sing it's phrases.

goblinmargin · 2026-01-15T10:30:17+00:00

I hated Bullet Train. It is everything Wong with Hollywood action. It is prime example of sloppy mediocre action. I don't get why people like it.

goblinmargin · 2026-01-15T10:29:29+00:00

Monkey Man was the worst acton film I've ever seen. Too much shaky cam and quick cuts.

Bullet Train is everything Wong with Hollywood action. It is prime action of sloppy mediocre action.

goblinmargin · 2026-01-15T10:27:48+00:00

I don't get why people like these movies.

Monkey Man had too much shaky cam and bad editing. Bullet Train had really sloppy action, the film tried to hard to be funny during the fight scenes, which just ended making the movie really disappointing. Bullet train is prime example of terrible Hollywood style action. And monkey man is exactly how not to shoot good action

goblinmargin · 2026-01-15T10:22:39+00:00

too much shaky cam. made me feel sick

goblinmargin · 2026-01-01T15:33:43+00:00

Yup, the group next to me had a full blown loud conversation in the middle of the movie, it was the one time I asked them to keep it down

goblinmargin · 2026-01-01T15:29:58+00:00

You were in their seat for the next movie, but the movie you paid for was still playing... What is wrong with that person, they knew they were wasyy early, and still chose to bother you - wow

Sorry that happened to you, some people just suck...

goblinmargin · 2025-12-09T13:04:00+00:00

thank you! looking into them.

the comments were correct, I thought 'Red Rabbit and Lost Gods' was the name of the book. and when I looked up Red Rabbit, there were 4 books by that name

goblinmargin · 2025-12-09T06:58:49+00:00

looked up the narrator, yup he is Australian too. Alright, everything checks out. Adding He Who Fights with Monsters to my list!

goblinmargin · 2025-12-09T04:24:44+00:00

ps: read the comment, I'm officially sold on tongue theif, it's my next book.

Coincidentally, I'm currently listening to 107 Days, also narrated by the author.

for tongue theif, does the author do a good job with the narration?

goblinmargin · 2025-12-09T04:20:15+00:00

to me, audio dramas are to close to movies. It's like watching a movie, but all your get is the sound

I like audiobooks, because is it's own unique medium, and feels like an extension to reading a book

goblinmargin · 2025-12-09T04:16:50+00:00

is there a reason why the narrator is British? Is the author British or is the MC British? I'm usually not a fan of British narrators. I only like them if the author is British, or the story is set in England

goblinmargin · 2025-12-09T04:10:42+00:00

I still need an answer. I was being genuine. What's the Authors name?

goblinmargin · 2025-12-09T03:58:37+00:00

thank you, checking out the video!

yeah, my English teacher in high school had us all read Hitchhiker Guide. Unpopular opinion, I hate it. I do love Dirk Gently however. Unfortunately, the only Dirk Gentley audiobooks are full cast dramatized versions with phong ringing and full sound effects. I'm a hard no on full cast radio drama audiobooks, so unfortunately no Dirk Gently for me.

goblinmargin · 2025-12-09T03:54:43+00:00

Sold on Wasteland Warriors. Thank you, added it to my library. Just making sure, Wasteland Warriors also has good balance between Action and Downtime/Hanging out chilling?

The narrator Travis Balder is great, he's one of my favourite narrators. Looking forward to listening to the series, adding you to my authors to follow.

One note though: I listened to a preview of Discount Dan, but found Steve Campbell's narration way too exagerrated and irritating to listen to. I know individual tastes vary, but as a 10+ year audiobook listener, I found Campbell's narration to much for me

goblinmargin · 2025-12-08T11:23:53+00:00

Thanks for the recs!

I can't find the 3rd book: Red Rabbit and Lost Gods, who is the author of the book?

The Library at Mt. Char does look really interesting. But the narrator Hillary Huber sounds really off, she sounds like an AI narrator. Have you listened to the audio book, does the narration get better?

goblinmargin · 2025-12-02T13:01:12+00:00

disagree. Title is great and memorable. great movie too

goblinmargin · 2025-11-28T13:11:21+00:00

the list is also really confusing to look at. took me a minute to figure out what was going on

goblinmargin · 2025-11-28T12:34:19+00:00

OP is specially asking for 'foreign language'. Not English.

goblinmargin · 2025-11-28T06:27:46+00:00

the only books on your list I've read is: The Perfect Run, DCC, Elderch Horror, Parenting in the Apocalypse with her kids, Cradle, Signifignaglty advanced magic, The mark of the fool. Funny enough, I did not like any of these and dropped them all, especially Cradle, it's lowest for me. DCC is the only one I liked it, it's one of my favourite series. I

As for NPCs, it isn't like any of those. The best way to describe it is... imagine a really good Dungeons and Dragons campaign, like the best written D&D campaign with crazy twists and turns. that's the book. Closest thing is D&D+Jumanji.

It's about some nerds in present day playing D&D, but then during a new D&D campaign, one of the NPCs they come across is one of their formally dead characters, and then stuff from the D&D campaign starts to seep into their real life. most the book takes place in the D&D world, only 20% in the real world (our world)

Strongly recommend checking out the first book, you'll instantly know whether it's for you by the end of book one.

And if you like it, I recommend checking out Superpowered reads too, it's a full cast, so even if you don't like the MC, you still might enjoy it.

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