Do not want :(

[teyla]

Oh, ugh, I'm squicked. I just watched the trailer for Doctor Who with the German dub. I know I'm overly sensitive about this, but dubbed shows/movies just squick me out big time. For me, TV only became interesting when I started watching the shows in their original language.

I can't really say whether I think it's good or not, because I'd hate it even if it were the best synchro job ever done. But Doctor is spelled with a k, and Nine doesn't have an accent! What are they going to do about the "lots of planets have a North" joke?

Ugh. No, not good. Do not want this.

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[wihluta.livejournal.com]

DO NOT WANT!!

I'm not sure if I'll even be able to click on that trailer.

*headshake*

START SUBTITLING GERMAN TV PEOPLE!!!!!

[teyla]

No, no subtitles. Just, you know, they do a rerun of every episode anyway. Why not air the original instead of the dubbed version in the rerun? It wouldn't be a lot of trouble!

[chaoskir.livejournal.com]

I don´t know the original but after I watched House, SG-1, SG-A and Due South in their original language I´m not interested in watching a translated show. By House the translation killed jokes and a few weeks ago I noticed that SG-A is in the german tv but it´s terrible. I clicked and watched the those trailer and if I don´t know all the postings here at lj and your enthusiasmus about that show I wouldn´t want to watch that show. I mean, I won´t watch it in the german tv. I´ll watch it at my seppel (thanks t_eyla). This trailer don´t wake any interesting in me to watch it.
I´m really happy that I have the possibility to watch that stuff in the original language.

[teyla]

Yeah, you shouldn't watch DW in German if you can get it in English. And yes, I'm happy about this opportunity, too. *pats the intarwebs* xD

[radiantbaby.livejournal.com]

I saw some clips of Doctor Who in Japanese recently and, while pretty humorous, they just felt all wrong, so I know what you mean.

They are still good for a laugh though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upLkHR5u7N4

[teyla]

\o/ Thanks for the link.

Stuff in Japanese is always so much fun. I love it that Hiro from Heroes speaks in Japanese with subtitles.

That they ruined in the German version, too. They translated his Japanese and his English into German and got rid of the subtitles. *headdesk*

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Aaaand, I also missed this. Clearly I work and sleep too much...

I'm a dork, because I thought that was neat. Didn't sound nearly as silly as I was expecting. Although I'm sure it helps to not really understand a word of it, so I won't know what's been translated "wrong"/been lost in translation.

I got the "one mission, one doctor," part (er, right?), but what was just before that? Started with an R. Is it..."spaceship"? 'Cause Babelfish just gives me "spaceinclined," which is not a real word.


Also, why not subtitles? The only language I can speak is English, but I still prefer subtitles on my Who because I can have trouble processing the accents. I generally find that subtitles are only a distraction if you're not used to them.

[teyla]

Yeah, Raumschiff = spaceship.

Which also annoyed me, because every time the Doctor refers to his TARDIS as spacehip, he's like, um, that's my... spaceship, for lack of a better word. She's so much more than a simple spaceship. Gah.

As I said, I'm overly sensitive when it comes to dubbed shows. It's mostly because there's really so much of the characters lost, and I'm such a character freak - I usually watch shows for the characterizations and the character development.

I wouldn't mind subtitles, myself - I don't like them so I don't use them when I watch DW, but I can live with them. Many people really can't deal with them, though, and then there's the point of some people having a reading disability, which you'd have to consider if you're thinking about subtitling a show instead of dubbing it.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Oh, the reading disability thing is a good point. I hadn't thought of that.