I have a slight hearing impairment (probably from too many years in the rhythm section), so when I rent a movie, I put the English Subtitles on. I still listen intently, but the subtitles fill in anything I might miss due to ambient sound or swelling background music. Even so, the dialogue in 2 was crisper and more easy to hear than in one.
Here is a great trivia question.
A Star Trek actor appeared in 1.
Another Star Trek Actor appeared in 2.
Who were They?
Answer: Armin Shimmerman, who played “Quark” in Deep Space Nine, played Dr. Ferris in 1.
Robert Picardo, the Emergency Medical Hologram on Voyager, was in 2.
Both actors played “Government Scientists”.
Shimmerman played Dr. Potter. Picardo played Dr. Robert Stadler.
I’m ashamed to say I did not know that, but then again I’m just an old school Trekkie. Deep Space Nine and Voyager are out of my bailiwick.