The Full Das Boot DVD...worth it?

conus00 · 03-01-10, 02:29 AM

Funny thing about the book: I have read two versions of it.
The US release is, as far as I can tell and to my surprise, HEAVILY censored. It is missing most of the juicy (read: "politically incorrect an inappropriate" details). I have read the book about 15 years ago in Czech language and I'm assuming that that one was translated directly from German original and couple years back I have bought the U.S. version of it.
The U.S. version is missing quite a few of "dirty" Werner's thoughts (For the people familiar with the "uncensored" version the part when Werner is imagining the

"nipples" and the "other part of female's anatomy" is completely missing in US release).

Americans can be SO prude, sometimes!!!

CCIP · 03-01-10, 02:32 AM

Tell me about it! I showed the uncut movie to my parents dubbed, and I really had to snicker at some of the translations of "subject number one" conversations in English. And especially Thomsen's "I AM IN NO CONDITION TO *******" suddenly becoming "I AM IN NO CONDITION FOR THAT". It's pretty funny how much they clean it up in English.

So if you want that aspect of the movie, watch it subbed in German.

Overall though the dub is quite good.

Kaye T. Bai · 03-02-10, 05:55 AM

You should get it on BD-ROM when it is released for it.

03-01-10, 02:29 AM	#1
conus00 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: DB85 Posts: 804 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 0	Funny thing about the book: I have read two versions of it. The US release is, as far as I can tell and to my surprise, HEAVILY censored. It is missing most of the juicy (read: "politically incorrect an inappropriate" details). I have read the book about 15 years ago in Czech language and I'm assuming that that one was translated directly from German original and couple years back I have bought the U.S. version of it. The U.S. version is missing quite a few of "dirty" Werner's thoughts (For the people familiar with the "uncensored" version the part when Werner is imagining the "nipples" and the "other part of female's anatomy" is completely missing in US release). Americans can be SO prude, sometimes!!! __________________

03-01-10, 02:32 AM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Tell me about it! I showed the uncut movie to my parents dubbed, and I really had to snicker at some of the translations of "subject number one" conversations in English. And especially Thomsen's "I AM IN NO CONDITION TO *****" suddenly becoming "I AM IN NO CONDITION FOR THAT". It's pretty funny how much they clean it up in English. So if you want that aspect of the movie, watch it subbed in German. Overall though the dub is quite good. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet** (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-02-10, 05:55 AM	#3
Kaye T. Bai Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Western Hemisphere, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster Posts: 585 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	You should get it on BD-ROM when it is released for it.