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[Josquius]

Orange is has yet to discover electricity?

[Duque de Bragança]

We had something like that with Gert-Günther Hoffmann in Germany: he was the German voice of Cpt. Kirk and Sean Connery, and both his Bond and Kirk are tongue in cheek masterpieces. His dubbing went perfectly well with the "I can't hear you over how awesome I am" pic of Kirk, though it was also self-ironic.

I think I lost count of how many voices Shatner got in France from TOS (probably another dub in French-speaking Canada as well) to T.J Hooker, the Star Trek movies and Boston Legal (dubbed by Chuck Norris' regular voice )
Star Trek was never really popular in France to begin with though.

Persuaders is the prime example; the dubbers frequently broke the forth wall on that one. The last show I recall with improvised dubbing like that was, oddly, "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs" which had a surreal quality to it.

Textbook example indeed. French version (inspired by German dub ?) was on the same vein.

[Duque de Bragança]

Regarding the map, it seems mostly accurate (Ukraine and Belarus probably Voice over as well).
Not sure if Switzerland is that pro dubbing with so 4 official languages.
I remember watching swiss prints of movies such as Scarface subtitled in both French and German (Zum Teufel for liberal use of profanities all the time and pussy translated the wrong way often). 
Belgium also has bilingual subtitles in cinemas (French and Flemish).

[Cerr]

In the Loop.

Great, but need time to digest.  Reminded me of Dr. Strangelove in some respects, especially as it seems like an insanely amusing comedy with other people and a very, very dark drama without people, though a part of that may be that the person I was watching it with left at the halfway mark. 

Who is the spinner, the Scotsman?  He wasn't in Local Hero by any chance?

You should check out the TV series "The Thick of It". It has some of the same actors and characters in it.

[DisturbedPervert]

Voice over sounds like it'd be the absolute worst method.  Playing the original soundtrack and having some dude translate over that?  I think I'd rather go back to silent films.

[Syt]

Voice over sounds like it'd be the absolute worst method.  Playing the original soundtrack and having some dude translate over that?  I think I'd rather go back to silent films.

It's often done in documentaries. The non-visible narrator is dubbed, while the people on screen get voice overs. While this works well with historical documentaries and eyewitness interviews it's kinda strange for shows like Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs or Deadliest Catch.

[Barrister]

In Europe do they really have enough dubbers that everyone has their own voice?  Or is Bruce Willis also Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Cera or whatever?

Random question - do they get Arnold to dub his own voice in German?   

[Syt]

In Europe do they really have enough dubbers that everyone has their own voice?  Or is Bruce Willis also Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Cera or whatever?

Random question - do they get Arnold to dub his own voice in German?   

Dubbed by someone else. Ironically he shares his German voice with Sylvester Stallone (same person also does Terence Hill, John Ritter on Three's Company and others).

[DisturbedPervert]

It's often done in documentaries. The non-visible narrator is dubbed, while the people on screen get voice overs.

Hmm, yeah I have seen that before.  I think it'd be very annoying in a movie though

[Tonitrus]

Russian dubbing. 

[Josquius]

Regarding the map, it seems mostly accurate (Ukraine and Belarus probably Voice over as well).
Not sure if Switzerland is that pro dubbing with so 4 official languages.
I remember watching swiss prints of movies such as Scarface subtitled in both French and German (Zum Teufel for liberal use of profanities all the time and pussy translated the wrong way often). 
Belgium also has bilingual subtitles in cinemas (French and Flemish).

The Swiss I'd imgine just import German/French/Italian dubs.
Most places have a clear majority of one of the languages or at least an official local language.
I find it odd that they do it though because they're apparently pretty awesome at learning English.

Random question - do they get Arnold to dub his own voice in German?   

Not sure how true this is but a German friend of mine says they tried it once but everyone found it funny as he has a low grade, crap sounding, farmer's accent.

[Syt]

Not sure how true this is but a German friend of mine says they tried it once but everyone found it funny as he has a low grade, crap sounding, farmer's accent.

I think Hercules in New York was originally dubbed by himself, but has since been re-dubbed with his "normal" voice.

[Barrister]

Random question - do they get Arnold to dub his own voice in German?   

Not sure how true this is but a German friend of mine says they tried it once but everyone found it funny as he has a low grade, crap sounding, farmer's accent.

I'm pretty sure that's the kind of accent I'd imagine him having.   

[Syt]

Here's an example of his German dubbing voice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxQ5SFIWLc&feature=related

[Eddie Teach]

 

First time I've seen one not available in the US.