A prime example how German dubbing tried to make films more comedic. Like the Bud Spencer/Terence Hill films that were a huge success in Germany because of the slapstick dialogue not present in the Italian original.
In Dark Star they renamed Alien to Hüpfgemüse, which roughly translates to hopping vegetable. It‘s a hoot!
I definitely preferred the German version: "Bombe, mach dich Scharf! / Bin Scharf!". A bit like Drei Mann in einem Boot, it loses something in the original.
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A prime example how German dubbing tried to make films more comedic. Like the Bud Spencer/Terence Hill films that were a huge success in Germany because of the slapstick dialogue not present in the Italian original.
In Dark Star they renamed Alien to Hüpfgemüse, which roughly translates to hopping vegetable. It‘s a hoot!
Oh wow, Dark Star has been in my to watch list for a while already.
The German dubbing of Monty Python's Life of Brian is hilarious too. It's as funny as the original and sometimes even better.
I definitely preferred the German version: "Bombe, mach dich Scharf! / Bin Scharf!". A bit like Drei Mann in einem Boot, it loses something in the original.