SERENITY FINALLY broadcasted on german TV

POSTED BY: emmapeel66
UPDATED: Sunday, July 6, 2008 13:59
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FLORALBUNNY

Saturday, July 5, 2008 8:48 PM

Congratulations, emmapeel/Beate!!
Serenity finally made it to German TV after how many years of begging and pleading? Two, three?
Let's hope they have the good sense to follow up with a proper showing of Firefly, and plenty of publicity to bring the viewers to the show!

bun
Frisky Browncoat
bastards singed my turtle

SUASOR

Sunday, July 6, 2008 6:43 AM

Big problem with getting Firefly broadcast in Germany is the cost of dubbing. That's 9.5 hours of people talking. Then again, if you pitch Firefly as an allegory for the struggel of independents against the growing tyranny of the "Alliance" in Brussles, it might get more traction. Media people love controversy (even if, to paraphrase Book, they don't "believe in anything.")

EMMAPEEL66

Sunday, July 6, 2008 9:10 AM

Hi there,

the dubbing is already done some years ago, as the series is available on DVD (Box-Set) with german dubbing.

That makes it even more stupid not to show it.

Maybe if enough people see Serenity we have a better chance.

Ciao

Beate

EMMAPEEL66

Sunday, July 6, 2008 9:12 AM

Hey,

you are right, it was Lex Barker, I mixed it up. Yes I liked them movie as well, once in a while we still get to see them over here, nowadays they look a bit oldfashioned but remind one of their childhood ;))

enjoy your sunday

beate

SUASOR

Sunday, July 6, 2008 12:08 PM

Yeah, but that dubbing sucks. Of course, something is better than nothing. Or is it?

Quote:
Originally posted by emmapeel66:
Hi there,

the dubbing is already done some years ago, as the series is available on DVD (Box-Set) with german dubbing.

That makes it even more stupid not to show it.

Maybe if enough people see Serenity we have a better chance.

Ciao

Beate

EMMAPEEL66

Sunday, July 6, 2008 12:44 PM

yes, dubbing sucks big time, the humour and the irony doesn´t come across at all, but what can you do, thats how it is over here.

German audiences are so used to dubbing that they maybe don´t even recognize, as the majority doesn´t speak that good english. Most people understand it, but not so well.

Because of those horrible dubbings of TV series and movies I stopped watching german tv (besides football and the news) over a year ago and watch only original tv series and movies. Besides owning a lot of DVD´s, there are so many pages on the net, that actually give me the chance to watch everthing I want, whenever I want. Its a big relief, specially since a lot of good tv series don´t even make it to Germany, like Dexter, Pushing Daisies, Extras, Black Books, Arrested Development, Dirt, Mad Men, How i met your mother and more.

People who live in the Uk or US can be sooo lucky about their tv programms, they have a big number of interesting tv series to choose from ours, over here, its tv wasteland, boring, mediocre, pathetic and so not sexy at all.

Although some the best shows get cancelled by big US tv stations once in a while, we all had this sad exerience with Firefly, at least you have the chance to watch other series.

We can be happy to have House and Weeds with an o.k. dubbing and Queer as Folk with a dubbing that destroyed the series completely.

SUASOR

Sunday, July 6, 2008 1:59 PM

From this side of the pond, that looks like a great opportunity for someone to do better dubs, gain a bigger audience and have more eyeballs to rent. The ability is there, as was heard with the LOTR dub. Didn't any of the showbiz suits over there pick up on that?

Quote:
Originally posted by Suasor:
Yeah, but that dubbing sucks. Of course, something is better than nothing. Or is it?

Quote:
Originally posted by emmapeel66:
Hi there,

the dubbing is already done some years ago, as the series is available on DVD (Box-Set) with german dubbing.

That makes it even more stupid not to show it.

Maybe if enough people see Serenity we have a better chance.

Ciao

Beate

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