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[Syt]

Ah, nostalgia. Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill were some of my childhood heroes.

[Norgy]

They were insanely popular in West Germany, weren't they?

The movies were typical what we rented on VHS.

[Syt]

Very much. Both on video and on TV. I always thought the dubbing was silly and over the top, but an Italian once told me it was pretty close to the original, which is both awesome and terrifying

[Duque de Bragança]

It was not shot with direct sound so even the "original" Italian was dubbed; Bud Spencer did not dub himself since his dialect was deemed too thick.

Extremely popular in France as well; I remember watching it on TV and loving it.

[frunk]

If you ever wanted to hear a story about beating a cryptographically secure Super Mario Maker 2 level, this is the video for you.

[Syt]

Oooh, thanks, watching it now.

If you like to learn about speedruns for various games and how the records evolved (and what strats people discovered), from NES Punch Out and Super Mario Bros 3 to Cuphead, I highly recommend Summoning Salt: https://www.youtube.com/@SummoningSalt

[Syt]

The movie Duque talked about reminds me of the kinds of movies Bad Movie Bible sometimes lists in their "Borrowing Blockbusters" series where they go through a history of knock off flicks based off a famous blockbuster (Alien, Robocop, Mad Max, Conan etc. I'm pretty sure he had "low production UK amateur productions" in some of his videos, I believe (though I might misremember ).

Anyways, I meant to post this little video by Bad Movie Bible looking at the various accents Steven Seagal has "performed" in his movies (plus a look at the times he couldn't be assed to do ADR and someone else dubbed him over).

[Duque de Bragança]

Without even watching the video, my favourite Seagal movie where he was ADR'd was Attack Farce, allegedly taking place in France, yet shot in Romania, complete with French Armed Forces using Warsaw Pact equipment, plus Bastia being (just) outside of Bordeaux.

Also, Steven Seagal's dubber did not even try to imitate his voice and that was for half of his dialog. Yes, Seagal likes to play diva.

Seagal's attempts at Italian accents in Out for Justice (referenced in the youtube preview) look like genius in comparison. Don't think he tried that hard in Above the Law, his first feature film.