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  • #202
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    The news has been so UK/US centric it's hard to get a sense of how things are going on with our Continental neighbours. I presume Germany is as locked down as the rest of us, entertainment media also shuttered.

    At this stage, you'd want to be pretty mad or irresponsible to cobble together a production team.


  • #203
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    pixelburp wrote: »
    At this stage, you'd want to be pretty mad or irresponsible to cobble together a production team.
    So there's a post on Reddit that shows them at what's generally the final stages of production (work that can be done remotely). It's from five days ago so that might be a positive sign.


  • #204
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    ixoy wrote: »
    So there's a post on Reddit that shows them at what's generally the final stages of production (work that can be done remotely). It's from five days ago so that might be a positive sign.

    Interesting; wondering then if they got shooting finished in time then, leaving just the post-production.


  • #205
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    pixelburp wrote: »
    Interesting; wondering then if they got shooting finished in time then, leaving just the post-production.
    It'd be oddly suitable if one of the last Netflix shows to get out there under the current production run is one about the Apocalypse.


  • #206
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    I thought I saw ages ago that they had finished filming the series, so I think it's just been in post-production since before lockdown even began. Hopefully anyway.


  • #207
    Irish_rat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭Irish_rat


    freak scence wrote: »
    late to the party and watched this wow great viewing .

    Yeah it's unreal! Up there with the very best


  • #208
    auspicious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭auspicious


    I watched up to season 1 ep7 where they all have their meltdown, the oppressive and paranoid atmosphere becoming too much for them.
    Jonas finds the literal connection with past to present and discovers who Mikkel actually is ( to him ).
    First look at Noah is given.
    But I'm not sure if it's worth any more of my time. There's only 3 episodes left in this season and I've heard season 2 is not as good. It's been interesting but hasn't grabbed me.
    Will I be rewarded if I stick with it?


  • #209
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    auspicious wrote: »
    I watched up to season 1 ep7 where they all have their meltdown, the oppressive and paranoid atmosphere becoming too much for them.
    Jonas finds the literal connection with past to present and discovers who Mikkel actually is ( to him ).
    First look at Noah is given.
    But I'm not sure if it's worth any more of my time. There's only 3 episodes left in this season and I've heard season 2 is not as good. It's been interesting but hasn't grabbed me.
    Will I be rewarded if I stick with it?

    Dunno where you heard that 'cos to me Season 2 kept the high standards. One might quibble over a grading but wouldn't say the quality change was pronounced at all. It's definitely worth sticking with - the plot thickens.


  • #210
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,286 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    auspicious wrote: »
    It's been interesting but hasn't grabbed me.
    Will I be rewarded if I stick with it?

    If it hasn't grabbed you by now, ep 7, then I'd say no. I'd have given up by ep 3/4 if it didn't grab me.

    As a fan I'd say dont give up. Season 2 is only slightly less brilliant due to some of the mystery being revealed imo.


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  • #211
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    The fact this show's labyrinthine time travel "works" at all is a small miracle. The writers must have spent months on the script to make sure its threads came together.


  • #212
    Slydice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Reward.. hrmmm.. that could be a word for it...

    The show continues to deliver what it delivered, and then more, and then more on top of that and then .. did you even think about this other thing.. plus who even knows what's gonna come next!


  • #213
    Ferris_Bueller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,596 ✭✭✭Ferris_Bueller


    One of the things that made season two less enjoyable for me was that it was hard to remember exactly what went on and who was who as it had been nearly a year since I'd watched season one, it is quite a confusing show in fairness. But if you are only watching season one now it should be a lot fresher in the memory and might make it easier to follow.


  • #214
    Slydice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    It is kinda a show that would probably work better with full-on binge-mode.


  • #215
    human 19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 854 ✭✭✭human 19


    here are a couple of links I used while watching series 2 to keep track of the characters. I just used the family tree images mainly . If you haven't caught up very far there would be some spoilers in the text of these images.
    On one of the sites, there is further information underneath about the main characters. This will also provide spoilers , so be warned

    https://www.tvguide.com/news/dark-how-everything-connected-netflix/
    https://tvguide1.cbsistatic.com/i/2019/06/22/b184906c-060d-4e03-956c-6a364bc397e0/dark-family-tree-season-2-final.png

    They will be especially useful when rewatching the first 2 series before series 3 lands.

    In the meantime, I have just discovered Travelers on Netflix which seems to be very good.


  • #216
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Use the official website: https://dark.netflix.io/

    It allows you to look up characters, timelines, etc and - importantly - caters for spoilers as it lets you reveal information up to the episode you're watching.


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  • #217
    auspicious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭auspicious


    So I watched until the end of season two. It is a clever weave of storytelling.
    I enjoyed the scenes between the older and younger versions of the same character, the self fulfilling dialogues and corruption of not only time but their younger selves, intentionally in some cases.
    The time loop can't really be fixed within the loop but the many-worlds glimpse we get at the end of season two offers hope that Jonas' brain won't be melted for sixty six more years. Or is that ninety nine?
    All in all it's interesting mix of greek tragedy and paradoxes; man's tragic desires and selfish mistakes can follow 'him' through time and reoccur and corrupt, impacting in many ways.

    There are a few loose ends like who is the one eyed detective, who is Kholer, what does Peter Doppler know and what is crazy Hannah going to do next? All to come in season three of course but I can easily wait.


  • #218
    matthewmurdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭matthewmurdock


    Binged this in 4 nights and is probably one of the best shows I've ever seen.

    The level of writing is beyond anything in any other TV show. Incredible really, they pretty much would have had to have planned every episode across 3 seasons out before the thing even started.

    Probably preferred season 2, but barely. Both seasons are incredible.

    The hairs on the back of my head stood up so many times with different moments, absolutely blown away by it.

    I heard the final season is out next month so luckily dont have long to wait. I cannot imagine waiting a year for answers, I literally havent thought about anything else since I have finished it!


  • #219
    ManOfMystery
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    matthewmurdock wrote: »
    Binged this in 4 nights and is probably one of the best shows I've ever seen.

    The level of writing is beyond anything in any other TV show. Incredible really, they pretty much would have had to have planned every episode across 3 seasons out before the thing even started.

    Probably preferred season 2, but barely. Both seasons are incredible.

    The hairs on the back of my head stood up so many times with different moments, absolutely blown away by it.

    I heard the final season is out next month so luckily dont have long to wait. I cannot imagine waiting a year for answers, I literally havent thought about anything else since I have finished it!

    It really is brilliantly done. I think of all the shows I've watched over the years and this would definitely be in the top 3. It's ticking so many boxes that Lost infuriatingly left empty.

    I do wonder if there will be an (inevitable) US english language remake of Dark and if anything will be lost in translation. Something about the setting really adds to the appeal of the show, though I suppose there's plenty of similarly secluded, mysterious and wooded small towns in the Northern part of America which could pass for a Winden-type setting.


  • #220
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    ManOfMystery wrote: »
    It really is brilliantly done. I think of all the shows I've watched over the years and this would definitely be in the top 3. It's ticking so many boxes that Lost infuriatingly left empty.

    I do wonder if there will be an (inevitable) US english language remake of Dark and if anything will be lost in translation. Something about the setting really adds to the appeal of the show, though I suppose there's plenty of similarly secluded, mysterious and wooded small towns in the Northern part of America which could pass for a Winden-type setting.

    I can't imagine it could be as good,many say the The Killing US remake was as good if not superior to Forbrydelsen.

    Not a chance IMO.

    That dark atmosphere could not be replicated,I agree though Dark is a wonderful show!


  • #221
    cdgalwegian
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    matthewmurdock wrote: »
    The level of writing is beyond anything in any other TV show. Incredible really, they pretty much would have had to have planned every episode across 3 seasons out before the thing even started.

    It's based on a web series, so yeah, everything ran like clockwork for this (:pac:) .
    Any kinks in the system would have been ironed out to make this one of the best science fiction shows ever.


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  • #222
    [Deleted User]
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    Time for a rewatch of the first two seasons I think. I saw this last year, and after the passing of such time I can say that it's one of the best TV shows I've ever watched.


  • #223
    Tockman
    Registered Users Posts: 166 ✭✭Tockman


    I wonder if season 3 will be released on the beginning of the last cycle which is the 27th of June!


  • #224
    matthewmurdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭matthewmurdock


    Tockman wrote: »
    I wonder if season 3 will be released on the beginning of the last cycle which is the 27th of June!


    Thats the rumour alright, considering the second season released on the beginning of the 2nd cycle.


  • #225
    freak scence
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 442 ✭✭freak scence


    can't wait


  • #226
    ollkiller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 878 ✭✭✭ollkiller


    I love theres only 1 more season. Not dragging the arse out of it. Can't wait for it. Stellar television.


  • #227
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,034 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    The rumours were right.. back on 27th June..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKrUCZ4h9cw


  • #228
    pixelburp
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    Excited. Easily one of the best "dark horse" shows on TV ATM.


  • #229
    Lionbacker
    Registered Users Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Lionbacker


    Nice touch, revealing the announcement date 33 days before it begins.
    Looking forward to it now.


  • #230
    Slydice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    I think I'll go look for a recap.. but closer to the date.. try to keep it fresh!


  • #231
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Slydice wrote: »
    I think I'll go look for a recap.. but closer to the date.. try to keep it fresh!

    Yeah, would love a decent re-cap rather than having to re-watch the whole show again before Season 3...


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  • #232
    wyrn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭wyrn


    Finally I've found some people who have watched (and thankfully loved) Dark. I can't believe this show isn't more popular. It's genius in how all the threads interconnect but without being too smart and smug. I think it'll be a good show to watch back and pick up all the things that you missed and that the creators/writers had set up. I love the look and feel of it and the characters. I am in awe at how good the casting is, especially with middle aged and old Ulrich. I thought they were the same person or at least related.


    Absolutely love Claudia's character. She's just brilliant. I love her 80's look and how she was the boss of a nuclear plant before going off to save the world.



    I have to admit though, I am that person who watched it in English, but to be fair I did read the subs. I usually watch in the original language but I've no idea why I didn't switch to German, considering I have a fairly good grasp of it.



    Dark and 3% are my favourite Netflix shows. They are unreal and as many posters have said (I've just binged read this entire thread, which was a bit of time travel) it's like nothing that you'd see from the UK/US. Although I do really love The OA and I'm gutted it was cancelled. Thank goodness we have a final season for this series.



    Oh and while I'm at it. Someone posted a video a while back on this thread about Dark and it showed all the characters repeating the same actions / phrases throughout the years. Just that level of attention to detail is what makes me love this show even more. It really is a craft to script out all this things and make it seamlessly fit in so that you don't notice it (until it's shown in a montage), so not shoehorned in, which reinforces the loop concept. Really intrigued by the mythology concept now.


  • #233
    JoeExotic81
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭JoeExotic81


    Also loved the first season and after reading how it was best to rewatch it before season 2, I parked it until the final season. Willpower :D gonna be a great two or three weeks now. Will the full season 3 drop at once?


  • #234
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    I never thought I'd be one of those people eagerly anticipating the approaching doomsday Apocalypse.
    Sic Mundus.


  • #235
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    wyrn wrote: »

    Oh and while I'm at it. Someone posted a video a while back on this thread about Dark and it showed all the characters repeating the same actions / phrases throughout the years. Just that level of attention to detail is what makes me love this show even more. It really is a craft to script out all this things and make it seamlessly fit in so that you don't notice it (until it's shown in a montage), so not shoehorned in, which reinforces the loop concept. Really intrigued by the mythology concept now.

    Think that was me..?
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=110947843&postcount=177

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #236
    wyrn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭wyrn


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Think that was me..?
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=110947843&postcount=177
    Yes, thank you! Sorry I was too lazy to go back and check. Just that video alone shows how well everything is plotted out.
    I think the producers did the same with the first 2 series trailers, but here is the current promo for series 3 and if you play it backwards, it makes sense


    https://www.reddit.com/r/DarK/comments/gr4qfz/i_was_thinking_how_much_is_in_reverse_so_i_played/


  • #237
    Drumpot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Took the advice of others and binged watch season 1. I really paid attention like suggested and think I got all reveals in advance of them coming out, so thanks for the tip.

    Have to say I really enjoyed the world that’s been created in this. Very dark and dirty feel about the town. At one stage it felt like loads of stories seemed to
    overlap in different timelines
    . There’s a lot of people in that town who
    really are not very likable at all
    . The lad who actually
    was trying to figure it all out while scoring his aunty
    Was the only nice person I can think of off the top of my head.

    Is second season as good?


  • #238
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Drumpot wrote: »
    Took the advice of others and binged watch season 1. I really paid attention like suggested and think I got all reveals in advance of them coming out, so thanks for the tip.

    Have to say I really enjoyed the world that’s been created in this. Very dark and dirty feel about the town. At one stage it felt like loads of stories seemed to
    overlap in different timelines
    . There’s a lot of people in that town who
    really are not very likable at all
    . The lad who actually
    was trying to figure it all out while scoring his aunty
    Was the only nice person I can think of off the top of my head.

    Is second season as good?

    Nope...
    It's even better!


  • #239
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,298 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Just about to start S1 again. Looking forwards to the next few weeks.


  • #240
    freak scence
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 442 ✭✭freak scence


    going to watch both seasons again next week


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  • #241
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    F**k it, might do a re-watch of the first two seasons before the final season. It's enjoyable enough a show that I won't mind seeing it all again (Season 1 for the 3rd time)...


  • #242
    Irish_rat
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    Drumpot wrote: »
    Took the advice of others and binged watch season 1. I really paid attention like suggested and think I got all reveals in advance of them coming out, so thanks for the tip.

    Have to say I really enjoyed the world that’s been created in this. Very dark and dirty feel about the town. At one stage it felt like loads of stories seemed to
    overlap in different timelines
    . There’s a lot of people in that town who
    really are not very likable at all
    . The lad who actually
    was trying to figure it all out while scoring his aunty
    Was the only nice person I can think of off the top of my head.

    Is second season as good?

    As a big fan of the show, season 2 is the best so far.


  • #243
    Big Game
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭Big Game


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    F**k it, might do a re-watch of the first two seasons before the final season. It's enjoyable enough a show that I won't mind seeing it all again (Season 1 for the 3rd time)...

    Started the rewatch on Friday night, will try and drag out until the 27th and go straight into season 3. My wedding anniversary that night but luckily enough the better half is a fan as well! 😂 Not as if anywhere will be open to go out anyway!

    Even on a rewatch it's absolutely class. Can't wait for season 3, was worried they may not have had it finished when the shutters came down.


  • #244
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    I've watched season 1 twice, and season 2 once, so I think I'll opt for a good season 1 recap, and then on to the full season 2 again, to time it with the Revelation on the 27th.


  • #245
    [Deleted User]
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    I started my rewatch a couple of weeks ago. This time, my OH decided to watch it with me and both of us are really enjoying it. I hope they can stick the landing with this final season, but the season 2 finale revelation of
    alternate dimensions
    could be too much too late. Still though, I have confidence in the show and its writers given how great the first 2 seasons were.


  • #246
    Drumpot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    On episode 8 season 2, really enjoying it. Find it easier to keep up a bit in season 2 with the different families/
    timelines
    .


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  • #247
    Drumpot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    No way, I thought there was 10 episodes , not 8!

    That was a bit of a mind f*ck at the end. Love the fact season 3 is only a few weeks away and the significance story wise of the date.

    Really enjoyed it, glad I went back to it...


  • #248
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Really glad I decided to do a re-watch. So many details in Season 2 that I had forgotten.


  • #249
    Drumpot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    So after season 2 -

    - don’t know where Hannah is , felt there was a spark with her and argon from 50s, started to wonder if maybe he was Jonas dad but don’t think that works

    - there’s another world/dimension , hmm

    - was that cop guy implying that Alexander tiederman killed and took his brother’s identity?

    - I didn’t miss Torben explain how he lost an eye? I know he started to tell that cop but I’ve always wondered did I miss anything in the early episodes that showed how he lost an eye or did we first just see him with his eye patched up

    - Noah is just a pawn , so it looks like future Jonas is our baddy Or apparent baddy? Where does that leave our white witch? Is she a ruse baddy or is it just still not clear on everybody’s role?

    - Charlotte is the mother of Elisabeth and Elizabeth/Noah are her parents, what the actual f**k?!!

    Anybody else with some odd questions or theories as I’m sure there is plenty I’ve left out!


  • #250
    Big Game
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭Big Game


    Drumpot wrote: »
    So after season 2 -

    - don’t know where Hannah is , felt there was a spark with her and argon from 50s, started to wonder if maybe he was Jonas dad but don’t think that works

    - there’s another world/dimension , hmm

    - was that cop guy implying that Alexander tiederman killed and took his brother’s identity?

    - I didn’t miss Torben explain how he lost an eye? I know he started to tell that cop but I’ve always wondered did I miss anything in the early episodes that showed how he lost an eye or did we first just see him with his eye patched up

    - Noah is just a pawn , so it looks like future Jonas is our baddy Or apparent baddy? Where does that leave our white witch? Is she a ruse baddy or is it just still not clear on everybody’s role?

    - Charlotte is the mother of Elisabeth and Elizabeth/Noah are her parents, what the actual f**k?!!

    Anybody else with some odd questions or theories as I’m sure there is plenty I’ve left out!

    Don't even want to unblock the spoilers now that I'm in a rewatch despite having read up extensively on it after finishing each season first time round. 😂 😂


  • #251
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    My body is ready ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq2iTHoLrt0


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