• varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    The German dubbing of TOS was an embarrassment. For some baffling reason, they treated it like a comedy rather than the sci-fi classic it is. Spock was cracking jokes, plotlines were butchered - things didn’t make sense.
    The comedic tone was a product of the era’s dubbing trends in Germany and a creative choice by the dubbing team, in a try to make the show more appealing to the German audience.

    Further reading: https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/adventures-in-german-star-trek.275740/

    • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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      6 days ago

      There are people who take old movies and then make trailers in different genres.

      “The Sound of Music” as a horror movie, or “The Shining” as a comedy.

      [off topic?]