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A German Netflix Original Series: Dark |OT| Stranger Dings (No unmarked Spoilers until 12/7)
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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Not always. Babylon Berlin is the only recent one I found good though.
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Watched the first four episodes tonight. So far it is a rather slowly paced show and the trailer showed to much about the setting. The audience knows too much going in and the first three episodes do not work as good as they could have. The mystery keeps on evolving though and it's not uninteresting.
The actors are doing a fine job (mostly), the cinematography is well done and I like the score (is not just 80s tunes). I don't like the colour theme though, the show is called dark and the washed out, mostly brown theme may make sense in that regard. It's just very boring and doesn't fit the mystery atmosphere the show is trying to build up.
The actors are doing a fine job (mostly), the cinematography is well done and I like the score (is not just 80s tunes). I don't like the colour theme though, the show is called dark and the washed out, mostly brown theme may make sense in that regard. It's just very boring and doesn't fit the mystery atmosphere the show is trying to build up.
But what about new episodes for Alarm für Cobra 11? I need it in my veins. That was TV show of my childhood....
Hope it turns out good even if the trailer didn't catch my interest but I would welcome some German productions that aren't terrible. The entertainment industry feels very weak around here (movie, tv, games, music).
My feels....On my way out and don't worry, I close the door myself.
Opinions, but I am actually finding it to be one of the most impressive looking shows I've seen in a very long time, especially for SDR that's being streamed. It's hardly just brown. It is shot in such a way that everything just stands out, in a good way. Each scene is either full of varying colors, heavily contrasted, or it's a background of primarily one or two different colors, yet there's something in the foreground that is very colorful.
Watch it on an OLED.
They're still making those. Non stop from 1996 :) They have like 40 seasons now (the seasons are pretty short and multiple ran in single year)
Watched the first one last night and thought it was pretty good. Going to watch some more today.
Any reason why this is English dubbed on UK Netflix? Is there a way to watch it subtitled instead?
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nvm, figured it out. that dub is horrible.
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nvm, figured it out. that dub is horrible.
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Finished watching the show today. This was much better then I expected and no this isn't a stranger things copy. The story is interesting, complicated but not too hard to follow (and some plot-points are predictable), but you surely need to pay attention all of the time. Science stuff also didn't add up (obviously), but that's not a problem at all in a show about time travel, I guess.
I really hope Netflix will produce a second season, but I somehow doubt this is going to be a mass success because.
Anyway, thumbs up from me and and an extra thumb for the ending.. I didn't expect the show to go down the
I really hope Netflix will produce a second season, but I somehow doubt this is going to be a mass success because.
Anyway, thumbs up from me and and an extra thumb for the ending.. I didn't expect the show to go down the
post apocalyptic, hidden time war between different faction route
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Thank you for the impressions! Really looking forward to starting this later!
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Cool. Looks interesting. I'm a sucker for supernatural stuff
Loving this so far - binged through episode 4. So pumped to see Ben Frost on the soundtrack. I'm usually cautious with time travel, but it's pretty light so far.
We've pretty much stopped to shazam every song that comes up.
We've pretty much stopped to shazam every song that comes up.
in episode 3, we see a single breast, don't know about the other episodes.
The show is slow but it's really good and im not used to german so it's a nice change. I like the ending of episode 3 with all the different characters.
People hate on stuff for no reason, and usually it's because of occurence in the past that have nothing to do with the media that is presented.
Gonna just fucking say it. This is the Chrono Trigger of TV shows
*runs into the inky black night*
E.3/4 just roped me in. Wow.
*runs into the inky black night*
E.3/4 just roped me in. Wow.
Not only does it play with time travel but it influences the base conceit of these main characters. Brought a HUGE grin to my face.
You cant helpt but feel for them as the children they were but then youre brought to present time after ep3 and it messes with you. You have a these two generations dealing with these two tragedies. Its effective.
You cant helpt but feel for them as the children they were but then youre brought to present time after ep3 and it messes with you. You have a these two generations dealing with these two tragedies. Its effective.
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Original language and sub is the way to go, I think. I couldnt stand the dub.
I feel like the score is a bit overbearing and is doing the work to make this interesting a lot, at least early in. It's a good score on a technical level, but it just feels nearly constant and not always appropriate.
That's what happened to my wife and me. EP3/EP4 sucked us in. First two episodes aren't bad, but they are more like a drawn out prologue, that was at least the feeling we initially had. Wait till you reach episode 8.... That one was a 10/10 episode.
But yes, this is a rather slow show. It takes it's time to draw out motives, scenes and characters. It's beautifully shot, wants and needs your full attention and in contrast to sredgrin I enjoyed the musical score a lot (opinions 'n stuff...)
I'm not saying that it's hard to understand or extremely deep, it's just not something lighthearted that can be watched while being distracted or busy with something else. Combine that with a rather slow start and I imagine most people will shrug it off, on the other side... maybe good word of mouth can help. We'll see.
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Watch the first half of the first episode, in german obviously, and liked what I saw. The thing that impressed me most was the score, but I guess that's one thing euro-shows usually do better than US shows. The sinister strings are very well done, and it gives the show a very high quality vibe.
Will continue watching, looks like it picks up after ep 4.
Will continue watching, looks like it picks up after ep 4.
I'll check this out later today - does it mention how much of the soundtrack is original compositions by Ben Frost? I'm super curious how much of his work is present, but my limited research isn't turning much up.
The heavy strings give me a Hannibal vibe honestly.
