Update January 19, 11:24
The show has been canceled immediately. I think that show wasn’t even pirated enough 😉
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.
ack!
unbelievable! i wonder why they made the effort to actually film something new instead of just dubbing the original in german.