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Dark (2017-2020)

Hannah Capps

Hannah Capps

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OK, why didn't anyone tell me about this delightful show? It's the best I've ever watched, and that's saying something. Where to start? The complex plot, the cinamotagraphy, the family trees, the AU's—all of it I cannot describe in words. As a wordsmith, this is impressive. I've made a Spotify playlist and I'm rewatching one episode at a time to write fanfiction.

Anyone else watched this gem of a TV show? Why is it hardly mentioned? The directors, Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese, are genious, just hats off.

Children start vanishing from the German town of Winden, bringing to light the fractured relationships, double lives, and dark pasts of four families living there and unfurling a mystery that spans four generations.

The first season begins in 2019, but later grows to include 1986 and 1953 via time travel, when members of the show's central families become aware of a wormhole in the cave system beneath the local nuclear power plant. During the first season, secrets are revealed concerning the Kahnwald, Nielsen, Doppler, and Tiedemann families, and their lives begin crumbling as their ties are exposed. The conspiracy involves the missing children and the history of the town and its citizens.

The second season continues the families' attempts to reunite with their missing loved ones several months after the first-season finale, in 2020, 1987 and 1954, respectively. Additional storylines are set in 2053 and 1921. The second season introduces Sic Mundus Creatus Est, a major faction in the ongoing battle for the ultimate fate of the people of Winden and the world. The season counts down to the apocalypse.

The third season follows the four families across time in the wake of the apocalypse in 2020. It introduces a parallel world tethered to the first. The third season continues the 1954, 1987, 2020, and 2053 storylines in the first world, while also adding a new 1888 storyline and two 2019 and 2052 storylines in the second world, as the factions further their own desires for each world. The season also showcases the main events across all of these years, continuing the events of the season while also serving as backstory for the events of the first two seasons. Wiki
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i've downloaded it but haven't got round to starting it yet - other great shows just keep getting in the way...

i'll get to it soon(ish) and will report back.

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
i've downloaded it but haven't got round to starting it yet - other great shows just keep getting in the way...

i'll get to it soon(ish) and will report back.

alasdair
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I guarantee (sounds like a used car saleswoman) this show tops all the other's you're watching. Anyway, let me know when you do watch it. 🖤
 
Hannah Capps said:
OK, why didn't anyone tell me about this delightful show? It's the best I've ever watched, and that's saying something. Where to start? The complex plot, the cinamotagraphy, the family trees, the AU's—all of it I cannot describe in words. As a wordsmith, this is impressive. I've made a Spotify playlist and I'm rewatching one episode at a time to write fanfiction.

Anyone else watched this gem of a TV show? Why is it hardly mentioned? The directors, Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese, are genious, just hats off.
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the plot sounds familiar, though it's not something i would watch.
you can watch it on spotify?
 
@Hannah Capps

i finished s01 of dark.

i'm really enjoying it but even here, at the end of a full season, i find myself having to look up characters to remind myself who they are and which period we are in.

anyhoo, I am excited for what's to come.

alasdair
 
^ it would be easy enough if it was just the 4 families but the character/role switching keeps me on my toes :)

i started s02 and it's off to a great start.

did you ever watch fringe?

i really enjoyed that and, like dark, i thought i was starting to get a handle on what was happening only for them to throw in a curve ball for season 2.

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
@Hannah Capps

i finished s01 of dark.

i'm really enjoying it but even here, at the end of a full season, i find myself having to look up characters to remind myself who they are and which period we are in.

anyhoo, I am excited for what's to come.

alasdair
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There is so much going on, the show really is worth watching several times. If I remember right there was a 20 minute sum video of the prior season on netflix or so.
 
sHR00m said:
There is so much going on, the show really is worth watching several times. If I remember right there was a 20 minute sum video of the prior season on netflix or so.
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YES! It's multi-layered... I'm still going through all the seasons. 😅 Also, don't use the english voices; use the CC and the german...it's so much better.
 
Hannah Capps said:
I'm also in Love with 1899! Guh, what the heck did Netflix cancel this awesome show? 😞🤦🏻‍♀️
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Because they're cowards. Same about the OA I'm never going to stop fuming about that.

Have started watching Dark twice and have gotten stuck not very far into the first season twice.

I'm pretty sure I'll love it as soon as I can just muster up the attention span, but it hasn't happened yet.

alasdairm said:
did you ever watch fringe?
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Second for for fringe. Same energy.
 
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Shinji Ikari said:
Because they're cowards. Same about the OA I'm never going to stop fuming about that.

Have started watching Dark twice and have gotten stuck not very far into the first season twice.

I'm pretty sure I'll love it as soon as I can just muster up the attention span, but it hasn't happened yet.
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Dark takes a good 5 episodes to build up the complex plot. After that it just keeps getting better and better for 3 seasons.
 
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