For those for whom the Netflix series "Dark" was not sufficiently odd, Netflix has produced something of potential interest for you'all: "1899" - basically a relatively straightforward historical travelogue or documentary about the perils of traveling by steamship a century or so ago. Or at least that is what I think it is about, though frankly I may have lost the thread somewhat.
I figure if there were a prize for the use of the greatest number of languages in a limited series, "1899" would be a lock. Liberal amounts of English, German, French, Danish, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Cantonese as well as smaller amounts of Norwegian and Japanese.
Plenty of conversations between individuals speaking mutually-unintelligble languages with each other, with the same lack of understanding that I feel most times when trying to follow someone speaking in a language I am learning. Avoid the dubbed version and instead watch the subtitled version. I appreciate that some forum members will need to rely on subtitles less heavily than I did, but I think all of you will need subtitles for at least some portions of it.
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The title of the thread had me literally LOL'ing.
I'm not even sure how a dubbed version would even work.
There were times I had my head turned and couldn't read the subtitles I felt like I should have been able to understand it. It was usually a short phrase in Norwegian/Danish/German that my brain interpreted as garbled English.
Definitely worth watching if you liked Dark.
I'm not even sure how a dubbed version would even work.
There were times I had my head turned and couldn't read the subtitles I felt like I should have been able to understand it. It was usually a short phrase in Norwegian/Danish/German that my brain interpreted as garbled English.
Definitely worth watching if you liked Dark.
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jackb wrote:Definitely worth watching if you liked Dark.
I most certainly did. And apparently I'm not alone. According to imbd.com ratings, for all series above x-amount of received ratings (I don't recall the number, perhaps 1000 at a guess), last time I looked at least, Dark was/is the highest rating series ever. For good reason, I feel. Those Germans really make some high quality 'stuff'. So it seems I will enjoy 1899.
lavengro wrote:For those for whom the Netflix series "Dark" was not sufficiently odd, Netflix has produced something of potential interest for you'all: "1899"
Thank you for the recommendation, lavengro
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