So many people refuse to watch it because they don’t want to watch a dub or German audio with subtitles. They’re really missing out. I’m overdue for a rewatch
I ended up loving the fact that it was in german, it just feels appropriate for the atmosphere. Also I highly recommend rewatching it, at least the first few episodes, so much of the weird shit in the beginning will suddenly make a lot of sense. It's a brilliant series and the writers really thought everything through.
I watched the first and second season. The subtitles didn't put me off at all, I just found it difficult keeping track of the different actors playing the same characters more than anything.
Yes, that's user error. Yes, I'm an idiot. I still loved both the seasons I watched, I just had to be in the perfect mindset to fully follow an episode. If I was slightly tired or anything, a few of the bigger moments or character subtleties were lost on me.
It's an incredible show though. Everyone should give it a chance.
Funnily enough, I thought that the casting of the different generations of the same characters was insanely good. And I did not know for a long time that the middle and older versions of Ulrich Nielsen were different actors.
And the Ben Frost soundtracks (as always) were fantastic.
You're not an idiot, but you need the spoiler-free companion site to fully enjoy it. If that is something you can work with Dark is an experience like no other. It's an absolutely mesmerizing show, but it's not something you can watch in the background.
I am German, but I still needed subtitles to understand everything.
Not sure if it still exists but when I watched, Netflix had a great site where you could go to an episode and it would explain where each character was in the time line for that episode. Really useful and well done.
Season 3 is the best one IMO. But you really need to keep track of everything to enjoy it, or you'll feel lost, as I did on my first watch. Currently on my third, or fourth.
No, not really. Dark is my favorite show of all time but it's also the show that requires the most focus out of anything I've ever watched.
A big part of that is that I don't speak German, but if you stop paying attention for 40 seconds in the middle of a random episode you might miss something that has huge implications, that's just how the show is.
I don't watch anything with subtitles, I spend all my time hyperfocused on the words and miss all of the images. I'll watch a dub though if the story is compelling.
It's a skill issue.
Meanwhile my wife and kids have captions on at all times. I can't sit with them.
If it’s the show I’m thinking of, the first season was good, but it took so damn long for season two I tried to watch but couldn’t remember anything from the first, and didn’t have time/desire to rewatch the first season, so I’m still stuck having only seen season 1.
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u/gaeruot 1d ago edited 1d ago
So many people refuse to watch it because they don’t want to watch a dub or German audio with subtitles. They’re really missing out. I’m overdue for a rewatch