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Worst dub ever

HMTKSteveHMTKSteve
edited December 2006 in Movies
I think the worst dub I ever heard for a major motion picture has to be "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"

The dubbing was so bad (I think one of the characters said "awesome") that ten minutes in I stopped the DVD, turned on the original Mandarin audio track, turned on the subtitles and started the movie over again.

Every now and then I would flip audio just for a good laugh.

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  • SailSail
    Take a bad show, dub it with bad actors, and then fill the localized script with sexually suggestive phrases. Then you've got Kaleido Star. My friends and I watch it on TV because the show is so bad to begin with, it just ends up hilarious.
  • AprecheApreche
    Wow, I didn't even know CTHD had a dub. I watched it in a mainstream movie theater, and it was subtitled. The dub must have just been so bad that even normal people couldn't stand it.
  • VentureJVentureJ
    Most Bruce Lee movies (or Asian Kung-Fu movies in general) are dubbed horribly, but that's been said already.
  • SailSail
    Wow, I didn't even know CTHD had a dub. I watched it in a mainstream movie theater, and it was subtitled. The dub must have just been so bad that even normal people couldn't stand it.
    They showed the dub where I live...lucky!
  • JasonJason
    If there is a subtitle track, I will always turn off the dub. Always.
  • RailithRailith
    What the deuce?!
  • SailSail
    Wow. That's supposed to be Nausicca?!
  • KieyKiey
    I think Manos is the worst dub
  • AprecheApreche
    I think Manos is the worst dub
    Hands of Fate?
  • DJ_Katsuhiko_JinnaiDJ_Katsuhiko_Jinnai
    Defenders of the Universe
  • SailSail
    I think Manos is the worst dub
    Hands of Fate?
    The MST3K movie?
  • KieyKiey
    I think Manos is the worst dub
    Hands of Fate?
    The MST3K movie?
    Yes that movie. It is technically a dub, since it was filmed without sound, and then re-dubbed over by the director, his wife, and their dog.
  • GeoGeo
    I hearby rechristen this thread as the "Worst Anime Ever" thread. The worst anime I have ever seen would have be to GANTZ. Oh my god , did I really hate that anime so much. Imo, it is nothing more than just a vehicle for ultra-violence and graphic nudity with such a shallow and uninspired plot.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    No one gave you that right. Anyways, I think the worst dub ever is the "Sonic the Hedgehog" movie. It was released by ADV and Tails' voice grates on my nerves like nothing else. On top of that, I think Steve Urkle did the voice for Sonic. YEGH!
  • ZeehatZeehat
    On top of that, I think Steve Urkle did the voice for Sonic. YEGH!
    For realz? lawl
  • chaosof99chaosof99
    When Disney's Aladdin came out on VHS, a german consumer protection agency warned of bootlegged copies of that product in which the dub consisted of a single person reading the script very monotonously.
  • AxelAxel
    I think the 4Kids dub of One Piece was awful. Trust me, you have no idea.
    But yeah, that Sonic the Hedgehog movie was terribly dubbed. We watched the dub in Anime club for the lulz because I had seen it several times before and we had nothing else to do.
  • fluxflux
    I think the 4Kids dub of One Piece was awful. Trust me, you have no idea.
    There was a YouTube video making fun of this :)
  • GreatTeacherMacRossGreatTeacherMacRoss
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  • GreatTeacherMacRossGreatTeacherMacRoss
    Oh, and Escaflowne on Fox. Jesus fucking christ.
  • ......
    When Disney's Aladdin came out on VHS, a german consumer protection agency warned of bootlegged copies of that product in which the dub consisted of a single person reading the script very monotonously.
    Was that 'warning' an attempt to prevent more sales or just result in more?
  • JasonJason
    edited June 2009
    I hearby rechristen this thread as the"Worst Anime Ever"thread.
    Legend of Lemnear. Game over.
    Post edited by Jason on
  • RochelleRochelle
    Oh, and Escaflowne on Fox. Jesus fucking christ.
    QFT. I was so excited when I heard they were bringing Escaflowne to Fox. I thought to myself, "Yes! Finally, the world can now experience the awesomeness of Escaflowne!" Then I watched the first episode dubbed. My hopes and dreams were crushed.
  • chaosof99chaosof99
    edited June 2009
    When Disney's Aladdin came out on VHS, a german consumer protection agency warned of bootlegged copies of that product in which the dub consisted of a single person reading the script very monotonously.
    Was that 'warning' an attempt to prevent more sales or just result in more?
    Dunno. It was 15 years ago. I only remember because it was quite strange to have the same "actor" read every single character.
    Post edited by chaosof99 on
  • AprecheApreche
    edited June 2009
    Gasaraki had a pretty good dub. However, there was one scene where the main character Yushiro, gets off of a boat and has a brief conversation with a sailor. The sailor is a throw-away character who is only in the show for like, two seconds. That one throwaway character had, arguably, the worst dub in the history of all anime in English.

    What makes it so sad is the guy only had one or two short lines. You would think that with only those lines, you would be able to at least do a good enough job that nobody would notice. The lines are delivered so poorly that what should be a quick throw-away scene stands out like a sore thumb.
    Post edited by Apreche on
  • RymRym
    The lines are delivered so poorly that what should be a quick throw-away scene stands out like a sore thumb.
    We need to rip that scene for a clip panel on good and bad dubs. ^_~ Maybe for the 2010 con season.
  • GeoGeo
    On top of that, I think Steve Urkle did the voice for Sonic. YEGH!
    For realz? lawl
    I thought everyone knew that by now? I guess I'm wrong then...
  • progSHELLprogSHELL
    The absolute worst dub is, in my opinion, the Crest of the Stars dub. It would have been a pretty bad dub to begin with, but compounded with the fact that CoTS is very dialogue heavy, you get a very inferior product. It's like if someone had dubbed Legend of Galactic Heroes or a Mamoru Oshii film poorly.
  • onewildonewild
    The worst dub ever is Stalingrad. It takes one of the greatest war films ever made and almost singlehandedly destroys it by making all the characters sound like idiots.
  • progSHELLprogSHELL
    Oh, and Escaflowne on Fox. Jesus fucking christ.
    Is that dub diffrent from the one on the DVD's or is it just heavily edited?
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