Real GB voices on DVD

Went to the mailbox right away when I woke up, and the DVDs had indeed arrived! Someone seems to be stealing our mail, and I wouldn’t let anyone get a chance to take this package away from me. The Real Ghostbusters DVD has four voiceovers: English, Spanish, French and German. It was such a joy to discover that it was indeed the German TV version, not the videotape one. Have a few of those on original tapes… perfect if you feel like squirming in horror. Never heard it sound so crisp and the picture quality was top notch! Now I can finally say I have all the German TV episodes, because the first episode “Ghosts R Us” got messed up by rainy weather when I tried to tape it via satellite. Never thought there would be a day I could actually buy it!

Quite amusing to flip through the various voiceovers. Happy about the Spanish version, really good, even if I don’t speak it. Well, French… they sure messed it up. Slimer was horrible, he had a deep voice! As my boyfriend put it regarding the French and Spanish Egon versions, “They don’t ever get Egon right, do they”. Amen to that! Worst Egon must be the British storybook version I have on audiotape, and Dutch is bad. Swedish Ernblad is okay, I figure, and I’m hard to please. Oh, and the obscure German Egon… terror.

Caught myself trying to tune into the Swedish voiceover on the DVD, but they didn’t include it. That’s so odd. They went through a lot of hard work making it, and it’s not on the Swedish release. It’s just incredible how much a TV-series changes with different voiceovers. As I said, I’ll always fancy the German version the most. They said they loved dubbing it and that really shows. “Winston” mailed me many years ago and included a group photo of the four, and you can feel the vibe, who’s impersonating each character. I’m still ashamed about mentioning this, because I got told off regarding voiceovers, but it’s still fascinating – besides, this is my blog, so sod off.

Surely had to check the subtitles and there was quite a bunch. The Swedish ones were so packed with mistakes! They should have asked me… but as my boyfriend pointed out, I don’t give out my e-mail address, and why would the DVD company bother anyway. Wish I could read Hindi, or Turkish. Watched several episodes and was delighted. Most peculiar that this DVD release has got much better picture quality than the collectors DVD edition! Too bad they excluded the episode title snippets with white text on black background.

The Extreme Ghostbusters DVD had those four voiceovers, too. The German version was the same as on TV, which I keep on tape. No Swedish voices, but the subtitling in Swedish was okay, at least the one I checked. Don’t feel as much about EGB as RGB, but cool to hear other versions. Why does it have that pixelisation? It must be produced that way. Looked the same on my American tapes, DVDs and on the air – when the picture freezes, there’s pixels. My boyfriend said EGB has better animation than RGB, but I strongly disagreed, at least when it comes to the nice looking early RGB episodes. He said that’s because I’m a puritan. We watched “Deadliners”, which I tend to call “The Craniac episode”, and the first two episodes. Always grumble about that nosebleed bit – Egon was underground many times in RGB and didn’t get a nosebleed.

Went to the grocery store in the afternoon and I was a proud fan at that point, so I wore a sleeveless tee. He sneaked up on me a growled “Vielleicht ist er tot” into my Ghostbusters tattoo and for a split second I thought it was some insane German guy attacking me. That’d be Eduardo’s catch phrase “Maybe he’s dead”. German Eddie’s voice is good, I figure. Best of the lot is, of course, original Kylie. Surely hit the honeypot. Goofed a bit with a packet of cookies and spoke like German Slimer in the store, “Kekse! Lecker!”, because he’s the only voice I can imitate. Nice that Herbst is lending his voice in RGB as well as EGB. My boyfriend said he’d give a lot for watching him record a Slimer session.

Even drew two pictures of Janine today, one displayed above. Didn’t like the outcome, but my boyfriend said I can’t seem to judge my own stuff, because he thought they were good. All in all, it was a very good Ghostbuster day.

Swedish DVD: Real Ghostbusters

I’m so excited! Was checking release date regarding the Ghostbusters Xbox computer game. It’s getting on my nerves, not having played this game yet. Listed all Ghostbusters titles on the shopping site where I booked the game, and was astounded to see that Sweden has released its very own Real Ghostbusters DVD - first season on two discs! Doesn’t include the Swedish voiceover, so I figure the ones they aired on TV won’t make it to DVD, but lo and behold - it included German voiceover! I’m not sure if it’s my sweet beloved TV-version kind, or the dreaded videotape version, but surely I ordered it straight away. Can’t believe it, they released it in Sweden, with a Swedish cover! Am on a “buy nothing budget”, but I rather eat old shoes than miss out on owning this gem. Hope it’s better quality than the DVDs of my collector’s edidion complete collection box - the pixelasion pisses me off.

Not only did they release Real Ghostbusters, but Extreme Ghostbusters, first season! Ordered that too. Swedish release, my! Not sure about the release date when it comes to the DVDs, but I’ll find out somehow. Seems it wasn‘t so long ago. Listening to “The thing in mrs Faversham’s attic” on YouTube, or, ehrm, the German version, actually. I truly regret to have pointed out in fandom that I love their version, but… I really do love it. Silly smile on my face right now. Don’t know how many times I saw that episode, is enough to just listen to it in order to “see” the animation in my mind. Doesn’t seem like someone uploaded the Swedish voiceover episode on YouTube… or don’t know how to search for it. Aw, now I found “No one comes to Lupusville” in German on YouTube! Bliss!

Cat killer

There’s been a cat killer next town and I’ve been so worried all year that he might do something to my cats. Yesterday he was confronted and outed on the contemporary crime website I mentioned before in this blog. The members solved the case all by their own. The police has been so arrogant and ignorant! I don’t trust the police one bit and this adds up. The “cat murderer”, which has become his nickname, turned himself in and confessed he’d tortured and killed twenty cats and a dog. He was stupid enough to write about it on the web and that’s how he got cornered.

The legal punishment is a disgrace… he’ll get a fine. It’s obvious this bastard will continue, but he won’t be able to do it where he lives, because he can’t show his face or a mob will beat him to a pulp. Because the police didn’t do their job, his name was outed. Someone will take the law in his own hands and I hope it’ll be soon. Imagine that someone can torture twenty cats to death and not even be put in jail! He’s obviously a sociopath, which is plain to see from the letters he sent the cat’s owners, telling them what he’d done step-by-step. A sociopath often starts off by torturing animals and this guy will kill people in the future, mark my words.

Went to shop for groceries yesterday, but my boyfriend didn’t join because he almost got a panic attack when he got in the car. Was glad to find a heating pad for my feet, as my old one got killed by lightning. They had one cheap in the grocery store, so I thank my lucky star. There’s something wrong with my feet - they are purple, blue and white even if I’m too warm above feet level. Always was like that, and I can’t find a medical explanation on the web. It’s curious and painful.

When I was at the library, the girl behind the desk said she liked my Ghostbusters tattoo! Didn't hear that very often, that's for sure.

Man on the moon next door

Stumbled upon a website with a lot of old photographs. When I typed in the name of the area where I grew up, I found a photo of my great grandmother and her mother! One of the photos was familiar, but the other was new to me. It felt so odd, finding the faces of my ancestors in a museum photo collection on the web. The photos were taken some hundred years ago.

Speaking of ancestors, my family descends from the blacksmiths of the 17th century in the vicinity, and that makes us related to Buzz Aldrin! I’m thrilled, but takes a bit more research to be certain. Furthermore, that common ancestor lived in the house next to my parents’, where I grew up! My genome’s been on the moon, isn’t that something? I’m thinking of continuing my researches regarding ancestry, focusing a bit on the people that emigrated to the US. Better than staring at the wall and being miserable.

Yesterday I went to town on my own, because my boyfriend can’t join - he’s too ill. Bought two soft cat transportation bags, in case we’re moving soon. Also a lightning strike protection device for the phone line, because the dreadful thunderstorm managed to hit both the telephone cable and the power supply cable. Killed my foot warming pad, which I need badly or my feet will freeze and fall off, and a phone. We unplug everything all the time, but seems like the neighbor with the screaming kid wasn’t very precautios - his TV, computer, TV-box et cetera broke. He wrote that on his blog. Too bad the lightning strike didn’t short-circuit the kid’s vocal cords.

Was wearing a Real Ghostbusters tee in town, but I don’t ever look at people’s faces, so I don’t know if anyone looked. When I got home I had a bad migraine on the rise, but we watched Eddie Murphy’s “A vampire in Brooklyn”, which I adored. Very funny, I can see why it’s cult.

Being human

Been a bad couple of weeks. Can barely leave the house. Getting through the days one by one, hoping that things will be better, but I don’t know for how long I’ll manage. Still looking for a new place to live, but the most recent house turned out to be too close to the heavily trafficked railroad and we can’t risk that the cats get hurt.

Cutting down on medication since Spring, because I have to try everything in order to change the situation. Have read a lot about anti depressives and maybe I’ll be better off not eating any. As for now, I’ll be able to quit completely within a fortnight. Haven’t consulted a doctor about it, because there isn’t any available, and they always just hear me out anyway. Feels like the last option, quitting medication. Doesn’t feel much worse to be on a low dose than a high one.

During the wee hours someone played eighties music, and at about 3 AM this someone managed to play Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters”. That was nice, lying sleepless to the sound of my old song. An hour later I had given in and eaten a sleeping pill, so I don’t know when they quit making noise.

Speaking of noise, the five-year-old next door is making me very miserable. Yesterday she screamed all day again. Why does having aspergers include that some sounds are unbearable? Number one horror is babies and kids screaming. Did I mention that aspies have slapped yelling kids when we can’t escape, like on a small open ferry or in an elevator? I know you can’t do that, but I sure understand my poor kindred souls if they cross the border. Parents don’t care if they let their brats terrorize people in any way. Strangely enough, the sounds we can’t bear appears to correspond to those sounds cats can’t put up with. Chinking china and tin foil, dog barks, vacuum cleaning, things like that.

Our national TV is airing a wonderful BBC series, “Being human”. It’s six episodes about three aged twenty-something roommates, being a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost. Absolutely delightful and highly recommended! I’m thrilled they’re gonna make a second season. Saw the pilot as well, which was different in many ways, but I found it equally great. The pilot ghost girl was hard to understand because of her accent. Interesting to see how they go about when they sell in a TV-series. Glad they kept the actor portraying George the werewolf. He’s a natural. A nerd werewolf, love that. They have good episode plots and is very nicely filmed. The “serious talks” in the small room with Rien gnomes wallpaper is brilliant.

“Being human” has kept me afloat lately. Tried to write two RGB stories, but I can’t focus. My boyfriend is watching a Babylon 5 spin-off called “Crusade”, which he got on DVD from me on his birthday. Apparently Straczynski wrote some episodes.