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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Germany:
"Airplane" = The Incredible Journey On A Crazy Airplane
Then there's The Incredible Journey On A Crazy Spaceship (original "Airplane II: The Sequel")
and The Outragious Journey On A Crazy Bus (original: "The Big Bus", in no way related to the other movies)

But one scene in the first movie is even funnier than the original in the German dubbed version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEkI0cH_rK4
(The 2 black guys speak a thick Bavarian dialect, which is the closest thing in Germany to Hillbilly slang. The subtitles say something completely different)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

I remember in a high school german class we watched the dubbed version of The Karate Kid.

The teacher warned us not to take notes from Mr. Miyagi's dialogue. "His German is terrible."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The airplane one drove me crazy for over a decade. I used to always stay up late and zapped through late night movies and tried to remember the ones that looked good. I asked everyone i knew about a movie with that crazy airplane, and no one knew what i meant.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All the "German Jive" sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Good ear. Schwarzenegger's birthplace is so far into Hillbilly territory, he's a mountain goat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In french it's Y a-t-il un pilote dans l'avion ? or Is there a pilot on the plane?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh shit, what did they do with Naked Gun 33⅓?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Actually translated it literally. Except they always translate gun to "Kanone" which is a field gun, not a handgun. But the German word for handgun is "Handfeuerwaffe" so I kinda understand.