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Thats it! I quit watching German TV – Or German Series

Update January 19, 11:24
The show has been canceled immediately. I think that show wasn’t even pirated enough ;-)

Geeks Say No: Das iTeam

First they copy The Office (in a cheap way?) and now a friend sent over a link to the German version of the IT-Crowd (IMDb, 8,9/10 rating!!) – the best Geek & Nerd TV-Show from the UK since … since ever!

Das iTeam” is a one-to-one copy of the British hits series. The dialogs are translated word for word. And this is something that never goes right. I will not start to “discuss” the humor.

Please, don’t watch it. You better buy or (as a geek) download the episodes.

The IMDb Board has a great review (need to register/login) of the show and I have to say the author is mostly correct:

Intro: Same music, different pictures. No pixel graphics, rather mugshots of the main cast. Not very exciting but not gruesome either just yet. Gabriel (aka Moss) is shown with a metal detector (at first I thought he was vaccuum cleaning the office), and Tom (aka Roy) is seen playing with a computer mouse mobile which is new, geeky and adorable. Hey, for the record, I said something positive!

I’m quite sad that Bornholm describes the IT people as “one hell of a team” instead of STANDARD NERDS. Other than that, the dialogue is largely the same, sometimes translated word by word, sometimes adding half a line or leaving half a line out. I’ll only mention it when I think it makes a real change (other than just “being less funny than the original” which seems to apply to most lines).

We’re 3 1/2 minutes into the episode, including intro. At this point on Friday, it will occur to many people that it’s a good idea to switch off telly and play a board game with their family.

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  1. stefan2904 says

    ack!

  2. habi says

    unbelievable! i wonder why they made the effort to actually film something new instead of just dubbing the original in german.

Continuing the Discussion

  1. digichris.info linked to this post on 5. January 2008

    Sat 1 ruiniert Kult-Serie…

    Ich habe im Blog schon mehrmals geschrieben, wie hirnrissig Synchronisationen von Filmen und Serien sein können. Die Erfolgsserie IT-Crowd von Channel 4 schaffte es jetzt auch nach Deutschland. Sat 1 zeigt die Serie unter dem Namen iTeam.
    Durch Cocama…