What would you do if they dubbed american movies in australian?

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07-17-2005, 06:29 AM
Peegee

What would you do if they dubbed american movies in australian?

Because I am trying to watch 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' in cantonese and it's driving me !?>#22222 -- the original dialogue is in mandarin and to see it dubbed over in another chinese language both confuses and enrages me.

Granted 'american' and 'australian' is not the same as 'cantonese' and 'mandarin' in difference, but that's about the closest I can imagine -- the languages are basically the same buy people pronounce words differently.

So yeah, watching say, Arnold Swarzenegger talking like an Aussie. Am I out of line?

I think not.
07-17-2005, 06:47 AM
Samuraid

I would have fun watching movies dubbed into Aussie. That would probably result in some quite hilarious phrases.
07-17-2005, 06:52 AM
Shoeberto

Arnold Schwarzennegar is an Aussie, silly. Put another shrimp on the barbie, Arnie! Ha ha!
07-17-2005, 06:52 AM
Lon611

i think European and American English would be a better anology (no offense to australians) but to me at least, europeans tend to not only have an accent, but have a different set of vocabulary. at least in my opinion. or maybe thats just bollocks :rolleyes2

neways, id laugh hysterically. the end. *goes to sleep*
07-17-2005, 06:52 AM
Cruise Control

It would be very entertaining, like british comedies!
07-17-2005, 06:53 AM
nik0tine

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Originally Posted by Hsu

Arnold Schwarzennegar is an Aussie, silly. Put another shrimp on the barbie, Arnie! Ha ha!

He's Austrian. :p

eh... I guess that could be an "Aussie", but only very loosely.
07-17-2005, 06:59 AM
Shoeberto

Quote:

Originally Posted by nik0tine

He's Austrian. :p

eh... I guess that could be an "Aussie", but only very loosely.

"That's a lovely accent there...New Jersey?"
"It's Austrian."
"Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!"
07-17-2005, 07:43 AM
Dreddz

It would just remind me of that Snake Catcher from Australia, damn he was the coolest
07-17-2005, 08:03 AM
xtreme112

time for my comment ^_^

Firstly, Mandarin and Cantonese ARE NOT the same thing, I study mandarin and I've heard cantonese, there is a really big difference.

I would agree that it would be pretty funny translating it, but it would also be very pointless, you know not all of us australians talk with a dumb accent that the americans try to imitate, and NOBODY puts shrimps on barbies!
-I hate to burst the bubble, but they're just the facts...
07-17-2005, 08:05 AM
Mitch

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hsu

Quote:

Originally Posted by nik0tine

He's Austrian. :p

eh... I guess that could be an "Aussie", but only very loosely.

"That's a lovely accent there...New Jersey?"
"It's Austrian."
"Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!"

shut up, Harry.....or maybe Lloyd
07-17-2005, 08:28 AM
Peegee

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtreme112

time for my comment ^_^

Firstly, Mandarin and Cantonese ARE NOT the same thing, I study mandarin and I've heard cantonese, there is a really big difference.

I would agree that it would be pretty funny translating it, but it would also be very pointless, you know not all of us australians talk with a dumb accent that the americans try to imitate, and NOBODY puts shrimps on barbies!
-I hate to burst the bubble, but they're just the facts...

There is a huge difference -- much more between any 'dialect' (if any) of english, which is why I had to resort to accents.
07-17-2005, 08:37 AM
Yamaneko

Does that mean Crocodile Dundee would make sense?
07-17-2005, 02:17 PM
Kakashi509

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Originally Posted by Yamaneko

Does that mean Crocodile Dundee would make sense?

I don't think anyone can understand that movie
07-17-2005, 03:28 PM
ThroneofDravaris

Wouldn’t work. Not even Australians can understand the butchery of the english lanugage they use here. You might as well get the actors to do a voice track after drinking hydrofluoric acid.
07-18-2005, 03:40 AM
Mo-Nercy

Would work for me. *is Australian*

Australian english is a naturally smart-arse langage. If someone was to ask an Aussie a question, it's likely that they'll say what they're NOT and then let you work out the rest. For example:

Q: How are you?
A: Not bad.

Q: How long did that take?
A: Aw, not long.

Q: How much was that?
A: Wasn't cheap!

And they're PRAWNS, dammit! PRAWNS! wtf is a shrimp!? Bloody drongos.
07-18-2005, 06:54 AM
Mitch

I'd kill myself *is a Kiwi*
07-18-2005, 09:23 AM
Meow

if it laid an egg, it would roll down the back of the television set.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbomber72000

It would be very entertaining, like british comedies!

Half of British comedy for Americans is the accent. i mean, it's not like any of us get the jokes.
07-18-2005, 10:10 AM
Mitch

Aren't a lot of British programmes remade for ignorant Americans??
(Kidding, I love all the Americans I know)

Like Men Behaving Badly and The Office
07-18-2005, 10:17 AM
Project G

I would piss myself with laughter, it's funny as it is with the dubbed martial arts films.

And Harry Potter and the philosophers stone, the changed it to sorcerors stone
07-18-2005, 10:25 AM
Devourment

It gives you something to do then doesn't it?! Learn Cantonese.
07-18-2005, 10:39 AM
WildRaubtier

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mo-Nercy

Bloody drongos.

I reckon.
07-18-2005, 02:58 PM
Peegee

Quote:

Originally Posted by TisWas

It gives you something to do then doesn't it?! Learn Cantonese.

Knoh sic gong jun wah

(I know speak cantonese)
07-18-2005, 03:14 PM
Rye

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Originally Posted by gibbi8

It would just remind me of that Snake Catcher from Australia, damn he was the coolest

Steve Irwin? :D He's awesome.
07-18-2005, 03:21 PM
crazybayman

I think it'd be pretty pointless to dub it to another english dialect. The accents, and dialects gives the audience more feel to the atmosphere, of the place where the movie is set.

For example: Braveheart was done with Scotsmen, englishmen, and Irishmen. Wouldn't it be rather dumb if it were done (or dubbed ) in a North American accent? Mel Gibson did work hard to nail down a Scottish accent after all, (although it wouldn't surprise me if many Scots feel that it sounds fake). The reason Mel did that, is because its better than speaking in his Aussie, or his North American accent. It gave the viewers more atmosphere to the setting.

Likewise with a movie like Tombstone: They did the best western and southerner accents they could. It be really stupid if were done, or dubbed in Australian, or British. It would take away from the setting and atmosphere of the story.

The dialect of English used gives you a sense of the location the story is set in.
07-18-2005, 03:33 PM
Meat Puppet

I would need subtitles to watch a movie dubbed in Australian. For example, I went to buy a loaf of bread yesterday, and I went home with the mispurchase of a piglegged prostitute in a barrel. I'm really no good with foreign languages.
07-19-2005, 03:23 AM
Lon611

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meow

Half of British comedy for Americans is the accent. i mean, it's not like any of us get the jokes.
07-19-2005, 03:47 AM
-N-

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThroneofDravaris

Wouldn’t work. Not even Australians can understand the butchery of the english lanugage they use here. You might as well get the actors to do a voice track after drinking hydrofluoric acid.

http://snf.stanford.edu/Safety/AboutHF.html
07-19-2005, 08:35 AM
Mitch

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazybayman

I think it'd be pretty pointless to dub it to another english dialect. The accents, and dialects gives the audience more feel to the atmosphere, of the place where the movie is set.

For example: Braveheart was done with Scotsmen, englishmen, and Irishmen. Wouldn't it be rather dumb if it were done (or dubbed ) in a North American accent? Mel Gibson did work hard to nail down a Scottish accent after all, (although it wouldn't surprise me if many Scots feel that it sounds fake). The reason Mel did that, is because its better than speaking in his Aussie, or his North American accent. It gave the viewers more atmosphere to the setting.

Likewise with a movie like Tombstone: They did the best western and southerner accents they could. It be really stupid if were done, or dubbed in Australian, or British. It would take away from the setting and atmosphere of the story.

The dialect of English used gives you a sense of the location the story is set in.

I think you are taking it a little seriously.
07-19-2005, 08:37 AM
GooeyToast

What could i do?

~Keep it gooey~
07-19-2005, 12:10 PM
crazybayman

Quote:

Originally Posted by fridaysong

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazybayman

I think it'd be pretty pointless to dub it to another english dialect. The accents, and dialects gives the audience more feel to the atmosphere, of the place where the movie is set.

For example: Braveheart was done with Scotsmen, englishmen, and Irishmen. Wouldn't it be rather dumb if it were done (or dubbed ) in a North American accent? Mel Gibson did work hard to nail down a Scottish accent after all, (although it wouldn't surprise me if many Scots feel that it sounds fake). The reason Mel did that, is because its better than speaking in his Aussie, or his North American accent. It gave the viewers more atmosphere to the setting.

Likewise with a movie like Tombstone: They did the best western and southerner accents they could. It be really stupid if were done, or dubbed in Australian, or British. It would take away from the setting and atmosphere of the story.

The dialect of English used gives you a sense of the location the story is set in.

I think you are taking it a little seriously.

Oh! Its a joke then?!? of course!! haha!! hehe....hoho....heehee.....neh

*shrugs*
07-19-2005, 12:23 PM
Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mo-Nercy

Bloody drongos.

I reckon.

I wasn't aware "I reckon." was Australian. As far as I know - since I use it all the time too - it's just something that was used a couple of decades ago and Antipodeans just never really let it go.

Anyone who saw my tGA post with the Australian dragons should know how I feel on this issue.
07-19-2005, 12:29 PM
Lindy

Every sentence would be a question, thanks to that damned Australian Question Intonation.

Gives me your clothes, your boots, and your motorcyle?
Come with me if you want to live?

Or imagine romantic films.

I'm sorry I ever left you?
I really mean it, I love you?
Lets never be apart?
07-19-2005, 01:03 PM
boris no no

what if all actors were kangeroos and they kicked everyone in the head O__o
07-19-2005, 01:10 PM
Cruise Control

xDThen Jurrasic Park would be even worse!
07-19-2005, 02:40 PM
ThroneofDravaris

Quote:

Originally Posted by -N-

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThroneofDravaris

Wouldn’t work. Not even Australians can understand the butchery of the english lanugage they use here. You might as well get the actors to do a voice track after drinking hydrofluoric acid.

http://snf.stanford.edu/Safety/AboutHF.html

Yes, I realize that it would kill them instantly. I couldn’t think of a better example (nice info though)

Anyway, they actually do dub some America commercials over here into Australian; I guess people think it makes them more ‘accessible’ to the audience.

And yes, it sucks.
07-19-2005, 02:44 PM
Kittay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hsu

Quote:

Originally Posted by nik0tine

He's Austrian. :p

eh... I guess that could be an "Aussie", but only very loosely.

"That's a lovely accent there...New Jersey?"
"It's Austrian."
"Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!"

Hahaha I love that quote.

Even more so since I have a Jersey accent. :p
07-20-2005, 04:35 PM
Itsunari 2000

Lol Braveheart in Australian ...:)

William Wallace : Look Hamish , see how the cowardly English flee the field!!!
Hamish : Bonzer !

Personally though I think it's absurd that anyone would dub over standard English with respective accents , for the sake of authenticity ( ie. 14th century Scotland in this case)

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