I think that's an apples-and-oranges argument. As a viewer, you have no control over how a film is structured, but you CAN manage the audio presentation to a certain degree.
I was merely pointing out that both situations - hard-to-understand dialogue AND subtitles - make the experience less...
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-maven-reveals-most-of-mars-atmosphere-was-lost-to-space/
EDIT: This thread isn't really the place for this discussion.
Well, except for the fact that Mars has lost most of its atmosphere due to its weaker (than Earth's) gravity and lack of a global magnetic field, not a nuclear chain reaction. ;)
I ordered my 4K copy from GRUV, and as Mark pointed out above, they consistently ship early. Many of my new release orders from them have arrived before street date. I received Oppenheimer, for example, last Wednesday the 15th, almost a full week before I should have had my hands on it.
We screened this with some friends last night and I absolutely LOVED it. One of Nolan's best films, if not at the top of the heap. That being said, I think it was definitely too long and would have benefitted from heavier editing. It also featured the typical Nolan sound mix issues, with music...