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Pippi Longstocking [VHS]

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I agree that the old Swedish Pippi Longstocking TV show and the theatrical movies that they made using episodes from that TV show were great and I also wnat to say that they are much better then the American 80's remake and while I don't have a problem with British accents and I actually like British accents I just don't like that the new British accented dubbers used British slang and changed Anika's name to Anna. I mean, what was the deal with that? And since they gave us the original TV show episodes why didn't they also provide the original Swedish with English subtitles?

I have to agree with Calinira. I was HORRIFIED, when I got my DVD set and started listening to the sound and realized that the dubbing was in ENGLISH ACCENTS!!!!!!! It sounds so funny it's ridiculous. And I know the movies inside and out and they didn't even dub the same words in most parts. Now don't get me wrong, the ORIGINAL English dubbing with the American (almost New York) accents was bad too, but that's what we grew up on. That's what we are used to. As bad as it was, that was almost the charm of watching the Pippi movies. I agree with Calinira that I would MUCH rather listen to the children speak Swedish and read English sub titles then to hear Pippi, Tommy and ANNIKA speak in proper English. It just sounds dumb! Not that I have anything wrong with a proper English accent. I LOVE English accents. JUST NOT COMING OUT OF PIPPI LONGSTOCKINGS MOUTH!! :-)