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In this video, we're going to delve deep into the world of the popular Netflix series 'Dark' and uncover what makes it quintessentially German. As a native German language teacher, I'll be your guide on this journey as we explore the typically German elements that are woven into the fabric of this high-quality production.
Have you ever wondered why the town of Winden feels so authentically German? Or what aspects of the show itself reflect the German culture? We're about to answer those questions and more.
In this video, I'll highlight 5 key German aspects of 'Dark,' including the use of the German language, cultural references, the German countryside, and the involvement of German actors and directors. You'll gain a deeper understanding of how 'Dark' captures the essence of Germany and its people.
Whether you're a fan of the series, a language enthusiast, or simply curious about what makes 'Dark' so uniquely German, this video is tailored just for you.
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Most important: Twix was Raider
Maybe on third season we will know that Raider was behind the plot. I bet no one is ready for that fact.
That was probably the biggest German thing that o found out about during the series
I'm old enough to remember when Twix was Raider lol
I watched american reaction, they didn't notice at all, so I think they don't know Raider/Twix.
As a french, I knew it, and with the same old ad, even the music (with french words: so funny! "Raider! Deux doigts coupe-faim!")
We could speak a lot about music and Dark, you could also notice "Falco".
Yes I remember that. The series was a great reminder for me of my service in Germany in 70s and 80s.
The most german thing I notice was the language, very german.
Yeah, those actors were very convincing.
Honestly, I've seen it without the voice-overs and you can tell what's going on without text. Their words really sounds a lot like our English.
I couldn't watch it English dubbed. German sounded perfect for the show.
The few things I notice were the money in the show and they called the detective inspectors. I never felt I was watching a german show until they called the detectives inspectors. But they did a good job globalizing the show cause most of the time I never felt I was watching a German show.
@@anthonygordon9483 In german there are also detectives (Detektive), but they are basically private investigators
Children disappear and everybody is related to each other. In Germany, we call it Saarland.
Wow 😂
This! Haha 😆
😂😂😂😂 shots fired
Brilliant. And they say there is no German humor.
I don’t get it please explain
also typical german movie theme: everybody is depressed, hopeless, cheating on eachother, hating eachother and wondering if they are or will ever be happy.
Are you a German national?
@@levinunezmarte6667 I'm german
@@maxmustsleep Cool. I believe you now.
But why is that ?
I noticed this, even at the very end of season 3 in the corrected original world, someone says they hate Winden. Is German town life that bad? Are all Germans depressed?
The only reason I watched this show was because I wanted to watch something in German with German subs to push my skills. Never thought the plot of the show would end up being harder to understand than the actual language... I'm so glad I watched it, Dark was amazing.
Same.
I love it,too
It was good for improving my German as well!
So glad that you’re German. I was worried when I clicked this video that I’d have an American telling me what appeared to be very German 🤣
It’s the hat lol
I thought the same thing, but even an American who knows Germany well as a right to comment... Anyway, I as a French-Canadian who studied a term and interned for a year in Munich, I appreciated and could relate to what he said .
@@carpelinguae9097 As one German person I agree.
@@timetheory84 lol sad but true
Wäre aber auch lustig gewesen.
I love how incredible detailed they showed german 1986:
- Hawaii toast
- old can style of pineapple
- the old cars
- the 80s school bags
- the typically old kitchen style in the 80s
- 80s music
- 80s comics
- 80s posters
- Helmut Kohl - Poster (the "eternal" chancellor)
- the green police and their typewriter :)
- the 80s style of the youth
- the typically dark brown walls in the office rooms of the nuclear plant in that time
- Raiders
- cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes
etc. etc.
It's not like this show already required an enormous attention to keep all the different events from the whole time fuckery accurate and logical. They payed much attention for all details of the various times to make as realistic as possible.
Cool revival of eras, but they made a very big mistake with the very German icon: Der Kaeffer! they show a large rear window car when in 1953 the car had the oval rear window, but then again the theme here is time travel so they can argue they sent a beetle from the future :)
I think when it comes to the language we should always try to watch it in the original language and keep with subtitles. I know for native English speakers it is a weird concept but they can get used to it like the rest of the world has to get used to consume English entertainment material
This is how I watched the show! In America, theres a stereotype that the German language sounds harsh and angry compared to English and other languages, but if you listen enough, it's quite beautiful! A little harsh, but still beautiful hahah
@@konniewiggins9280 Right? I'm not from America - or any English speaking country - but we have the same stereotype about the German language hahaha
I personally think is quite beautiful and started learning recently, so the show is nice to practice my listening
I agree, once I've started to watch foreign shows with subs I couldn't watch it other way. When season 1 of Dark was released there were just german audio and english subtitles so it was kinda challenging to watch it but it worthed it (but thanks god they did russian subs for season 2).
You took the words right out of my mouth! Whenever I watch anything that is Foreign, I greatly prefer the original, Native language in which it was created. It all comes down to personal choice, but I could never watch a Dub of anything. Forgive me, I'm a film snob. For example, I would never watch a Dub of anything directed by Akira Kurosawa or Ingmar Bergman, etc.
You can never do better than the original!
For any show that is in a unknown language to me, I always listen to the audio in the original language, and have subtitles on in English. The original audio just goes so much better with the acting.
This show single handedly improved my German pronunciation. I went from a 6 (on a scale from 1 to 10) to an 8,5 for my German Oral Exam. My teacher was seriously impressed with my progress. I'm Dutch FYI.
Besides total immersion, that's the best way to learn: A LOT of TV, movies, and songs.
Congratulations!
@@impala-op4xo Thanks :)
Awesome. That's how I learned English.
Welke Duitse series kijk je nog meer? Ik heb duits gekozen maar ik ben er zo slecht in!!
So the song that was playing "you spin my head round round...." is actually an easter egg, because winden means turning/spinning.
MINDBLOWN :O
Didn't think of that until now, great aspect! :O
I’m an English guy with a German girlfriend living in the UK and I found one of the most attractive things about Dark was its Germanness. An absolutely fantastic show - among the best Netflix has to offer.
Dark ended with a full realisation that it has to have a definitive and satisfying ending. This story was done with utmost presicion and thoughtfulness to it's loyal and intelegent viewers. It's not for all but it is honest, unpretentious and mindful of what it wants to share. This is storytelling at its best.
I was just so satisfied that it ended in a such great way and with the same writer, since S1 i feared it gonna have the same fate as 13rw, glad it didn't
Best thing in 2020.
It's one of my favorite shows and it's a shame that so many are stubborn to watch shows outside their own language.
Something not german in the show, but actually swiss:
the flag of Winden shows three Pines on a Hill. That is actually nearly identical to the flag of Olten in Switzerland, where Baran bo Odar was born (the director). His father worked in the nearby nuclear power plant of Gösgen before going to germany.
Hey Marco, cool detail! Thanks for sharing! :)
Cool!
Super cool video! I’m a German living in South Korea with my Korean husband and we both love Dark. My husband is totally infatuated with the show, which is super cool especially because we watch it in German with Korean subtitles (he doesn’t speak German). What he would always find super strange in Dark though is the fact that people pretty much never use an umbrella when it rains. This is very strange to a Korean watcher. But I explained to him that in my opinion it’s basically to “emphasize” the characters priorities - like they are trying to save the world here - they don’t have time to take an umbrella around with them. Another thing I want to point out that maybe some other non-German watchers haven’t realized are the different cars we see depending on time we are in in front of the police station. Before, they were green but in modern times they are blue. Germans pick this up immediately and can immediately figure out what time we are in depending on the color of the cars parked at the police station - others might not know. Anyways, I’ll stop my rambling. Great video!
Interesting points! And about not using an umbrella when it rains, my japanese girlfriend was equally surprised by this haha.
I'm Swedish living in Beijing. And the people here are so worried about rain! My coworkers will work over time just because they don't want to go home in the rain. And they think I'm weird for going out in the rain without an umbrella even if it's just a soft drizzle.
Hey Linda, cheers from Germany and thanks for watching! :)
@@Sapphireia Lol I'm Filipino and lived in the US for some years, I remember being freaked out that people thought nothing of being out in the rain for anything less than a torrential downpour. Now I'm back in Manila and I'm always amused by this memory every time it rains. Must be an east-west thing.
I haven't owned an umbrella for at least 30 years, a good jacket is all i need.
I'm Polish and I love the 1980s in this show because it's the first internationally known production that shows the decade as I remember it. Of course, there were huuuuuge differences between Poland and Germany, especially West Germany, but still, it's closer to my heart than American 1980s which was basically a different planet :P
Same here in Hungary :)
Interestingly, I thought the same thing and I'm Australian (and we're arguably the USA's lapdog & copy everything they do, sigh). The clothes, those big colourful jackets instantly took me back, they were everywhere , plus the way Claudia dresses - reminds me of my mum. And young Aleksander looks like most boys I remember in the 80's :-)
watch the movie Atomic Blonde, you’ll get the same legit vibes
@@EduardoCelisQuintanacelquieThanks for suggestion :) But I have to disagree. AB is just decent level of historical accuracy, it's nowhere near Dark. But perhaps my judgement is clouded because I hate this movie. Plus AB didn't really take you to many normal everyday places that would be average person's space.
Youre so lucky you have experienced the 80s, It must be amazing to watch period dramas when that period is a period you can remember! Dramas that takes place when I was little are still not period dramas, the drama must take place in 1980 or earlier I feel, in order too feel like a period drama
Stranger Things: Glorified american nostalgia
Dark: Sophisticated german nostalgia
>:D
I can't believe they're even compared.
America has great shows too! Not stranger things, but Twin Peaks is phenomenal and a fan of Dark would really love it.
@@kennedysan1045 Both series have a similar vibe and feeling.
The difference is that Dark was perfectly planned from the beginning and ended at the right moment.
Stranger Things had a fantastic first season and should have ended there. Instead they are milking the cash cow as long as there is money to earn with it.
Stimmt
American are just jealous 😍
The most German thing in Dark is Magnus
Ahahah so true
Why is that?
Of which world? Lol
@@Alex-zm1qv the main question is not why, is when
Why?
I took three semester of German in college (US native English Speaker) and I've been pretty diligent on Duolingo for the past year. I watched both seasons with German audio and English subtitles. There were definitely moments that I didn't really need the subtitles. There were also moments where I disagreed with the subtitles. I appreciate the insights.
As a German I watched Dark with English subs once and I agree that the subs arent always transcribing what was said in German.
Thats how Narcos felt for me learning spanish and it was so awesome
I learned on my own passing the entire Duolingo and Rosetta’s Stone, also reading from DW, Welt and others. Then took one semester in college. As soon as I found out I didn’t hesitate to watch in German with German subtitles. I could admit I understood roughly 70% of the vocabulary. Then I went onto understanding more about the plot and characters from articles and videos.
Yeah they make some weird choices. At that very end, Sonja tells Tannhaus "Charlotte hat dich auch vermisst" but the subtitles say something like "Look after Charlotte, would you?"
Sometimes they have to condense what was actually said into something that your eyes can read quickly. Other times, the literal translation isn't really correct: "stör ich?" can really mean "are you busy?" or "hey, got a sec?" and not "Am I bothering you?" And sometimes there's idioms that CAN'T be translated literally. "Hier sagen sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht" is literally "Fox and hare say goodnight to each other here" but what it MEANS is "We're way out in the sticks" or "we're in the middle of nowhere."
Dark is absolutely one of my favorite series ever! 🙌
I'm from Spain and the most repeated comment among my fellow spanish viewers was "Does anybody in this town own an umbrella???" Considering that during the 2 months I spend in Germany it rained almost everyday and in Spain it rains once every 33 years, I would say the rain was also a very german thing
This is interesting because where I live in the US it rains almost daily for many months out of the of the year. From my perspective and the people around me we didn’t think anything of the rain in the show. We also hardly ever use umbrellas! But I can see how someone from a more dry climate would notice the raininess due to a difference in perspective!
@@jjpetroleum31 exactly, now I live in the north of europe so my prespective is different too, I never use my umbrella either. But in Spain, when it starts raining, even if it's almost nothing, everyone takes the umbrella out. It's so funny to me 😂
once every.... *33* years...?
i see what you did there ;)
Funny, I never thought about it, but I almost never use an umbrella. Even if it rains cats and dogs. So maybe not seeing many umbrellas might very well also be a German thing;)
A German friend of mine always calls his phone "handy" (hope I spelled that right) and seeing the characters call it that way felt nice!
Yeah, that's basically the German translation of "cellphone". Many Germans even think that it's an English word and means the same there, though the meaning of it in English is quite different.
Haha it’s funny, german Kids nowadays use the phrase “no front” with the meaning of “no hate”... it’s English but totally wrong 😂😂 just like “handy”
The fact the very name of the town is a kind of German pun is so clever and something an English viewer would never pick up on.
+ Falco song
+ literature class where the teacher explains "mirror" effects by goethe
tbh Dark sounds better as a title than Dunkel :p
Alas, Dunkel. Say it slow and try your best to say it as native as you can. Then do the same with dark. Compare and ponder, if you feel the same as you did before. Then you obviously do know share the same love as I do for the language.
It refers more to the word "düster", that also means "dark", but you would use it more to describe the emotional darkness of moods, situations and places rather than the mere optical darkness referring to optics.
O. Owlie we have that word in Norwegian too, dyster meaning sad and creepy, en dyster film is both sad and scary
Can you imagine Americans saying "dunkel" like it rhymes exactly with uncle? Barf! They can't even TRY to say Winden properly. I listened to the dubs for about 5 seconds out of morbid curiosity, and sure enough the lazy American "actors" pronounce it with the English w sound.
But 'Finster' sounds cool again :p
The funny thing about you being so proud of Dark (well deserved btw. Best series ever made.)
I always tell people it’s perfect BECAUSE it’s so German.
It’s German engineering and precision applied to TV, and done right the way only Germany ever could! That’s the highest praise I could give it… the show is like clockwork, so perfectly fitted together and it all makes sense and works and isn’t a big stupid mess.
There was a 1,000,000/1 shot of this show being good… the possibility of that level of complexity working was just minuscule, but German engineering and precision made it work. It’s a German Miracle!
Add it to the list, Germany! You did it again!
The series is also so very Nietzscheien with the theme of eternal reoccurrence. I loved the nod to Goethe’s Faust with HG Tannhaus exclaiming “des Pudels Kern” in season 2.
It was interesting to learn that "wind" is a multiple-meaning word (aka a homonym) in German, just as it is in English. English is, at its heart, Germanic, so it makes sense. I love learning new things about languages!
As an American with German ancestors (my family name is Dunzweiler and as a side note I always wanted to visit the German town of the same name) I was fascinated to learn a bit of the German perspective. I had no idea the extent of your forest land, and didn’t think about the connection to so many traditional German fairytales as well. Thanks! This video was insightful. And of course Dark is a masterpiece of German creativity! Tolle ♥️
This show hits differently if you speak german well enough and/or lived there. Idk how to explain it, but I watched this with friends with german audio and english subtitles for them, and it didn't get them nearly as hard as it got me lol! Something about just knowing that this town and the little mannerisms are so real and lifelike maybe makes it seem more real to me. It's so much more immersive when you immediately feel like the atmosphere is so real and lifelike, and not overdone for hollywood or cinematic purposes.
I really think this is why this show works so well. I could just about follow the twists and turns of season 3 but always I felt engaged and affected because of the direction and the performances, just the overall German sensibility. I watched with German audio and English subs but can understand some German, and sometimes I'd read the line and find it cheesy but once it happened and the actor said it, I'd be completely into it.
Wenn man in einer Szene pausiert kann man die (fiktive) Postleitzahl von Winden sehen. Danach liegt es in der Nähe von Bad Hersfeld, Hessen.
Außerdem sieht man in verschiedenen Szenen auf Briefköpfen, dass es im Bezirk Marburg liegt
Ah, danke für die Info! :)
@@MoLauer Weißt du zufällig in welchen Szenen man das erkennen konnte?
@@Caylee In Staffel 1 Folge 5 bei 12:37
Antje Friese ist aus Marburg 😉
I had never really watched a foreign TV series before, but my god, Dark absolutely sucked me in! With the unexpected twists and turns, it kept me hooked and I watched like 2 seasons in like a day and a half! Jonas and Martha are just such well written characters and now I'm sad that the show has ended but I wish it never did. Greetings from India!
I thought you would talk about Toast Hawaii!!!
I had to google “Toast Hawaii” when I first watched Dark.
I remember that from my time in Germany in the late 70s early 80s. My wife said the same 'what is toast Hawaii'? it was nice to be able to tell her whilst binging back many happy memories.
I always believe, if there are any time machine, it must be Made in Germany.
Doc Von Braun.
Or Russia
There already is a time machine in Dutchland its called " Die Glocke"
If there will be made, then there will always have been made
Or made by Germans in America.
Interessant auch ist der Name "Doppler" als in "der, der doppelt". Macht Sinn für eine Frau mit einer solchen "verdoppelten" Tochter... und Mutter 🤔
Noch was Komisches: Von Alexander Köhler wird Alexander Tiedemann. Von dem, dessen Name "Kohlerbrenner" ursprünglich genau bedeutet, wird der Leiter der Kernkraftwerks. Boris Niewald hat diese Identität gestohlen und die quasi weiterentwickelt.
Doppelganger Dopplereffekt
@@Embrace731 daran hab ich auch die ganze Zeit denken müssen ... Doppler-Effekt .. :)
@@lucyintheskywithdmons8992 Jep, nach dem Physiker Christian Doppler. Super passend, der Name :-)
@@lucyintheskywithdmons8992 Jep, nach dem Physiker Christian Doppler. Super passend, der Name :-)
Why Dark? Maybe because the name reveals what's really behind the whole plot, so everything has a unique reason. And what's that reason? I think is in something almost everyone missed: Raider. Yes, Raider was the past, Twix is in the present and in the future they use dark vegan chocolate recipe.
It all becomes so clear now... and Dark.
They say the 8.8 of 27/02 caused the same shit.
Well , u were right!
Dark Matter is what made the worm hole so Dark for short I guess.
I'm Italian, so not qualified to speak about what's very German in Dark... but what struck me as a non-German about the series, is how deeply it concerns itself with philosophical issues. It's deterministic, then again it isn't... and it keeps asking itself how free humankind is from its fate and how far willpower can change our lives. From my ignorant, non-German point of view all this philosophical concern is very German! Obviously on account of so many great philosophers being German...
At one moment, in the 80's in school, they talk about the song "Jeanny" from Falco. I think this was in the first episode.
One of the very best from the "Neue Deutsche Welle".
One thing I noticed in a particular episode was that a character carried their flowers with the petals facing towards the ground. I don't think that's exclusively German, but it's certainly not common in the UK!
I'm from France. I was told (and explained) to do that by a florist once and I still do it to this day.
I watched both seasons in a single long weekend. Who needs to go outside 🤷♀️ I love the way you introduce new vocabulary in every video! Thanks for being awesome 👏🏻
nahkoten yes it’s so bingeworthy. we finished season three in 2 days 😁
Watched it 3 times now except for the last season and my brain is always so fucked after 2 or 3 episodes
I had a terrific time visiting the German town of Minden last year, on a cultural exchange from the British twin town performing in a version of King Lear (rather than Ariadne or Macbeth). I was amused to see how similar the name of Winden was to Minden. The kitchens and light switches in the series all look VERY German.
Also the adjectival use of Windener (a person from Winden) in the show is very similar to Mindener in real life. The name of the newspaper, the Windener Tageblatt, is also the same as the Mindener Tageblatt, although I'm not sure if Tageblatt is a common word for a daily newspaper in Germany.
That's great!
Yes, Tageblatt basically means "paper of the day" so it's a pretty common name :)
I'm from Minden! As I started watching dark, I first understood "Minden" all the time, it was very confusing 😂
Windener is still a noun, same as Berliner or Hamburger.
@@katharinal2304 schnorbs ist sicherlich Deutscher, was er meint ist dass es doch meistens Tageszeitung genannt wird anstatt Blatt
Winden kommt von versch-winden
Das ist mir heute auch aufgefallen. Deutsch ist nicht meine Muttersprache, also es hat ein bisschen länger gedauert.
@@marliw ver-schwinden kommt von "schwinden" (=weniger werden, vergehen). Glaube die Ähnichkeit zu "winden" ist zufall, also kein etymologischer zusammenhang.
Winden ist also a litle Vilage in the Rhainland Pfalz.
im here because season 3 is out in 2 days and i couldn't be more exciteddd, really one of the best series ever made
I'm from Poland and Dark is my absolutely top of the tops series. Honestly I did not like your language very much, but after Dark I love it, it fits so well to this universe and sounds so powerful. Hope you enjoyed season 3!
I love Dark and so does my daughter! We can’t wait for season 3. Cheers from California ❤️
Maybe your daughter is your mother 😂
@@Jasmin-eb6ur Best comment ever. 😂
Hey B Spin, I was in California for 2 days last year. It was so wonderful! I hope to come back soon :)
Big props to the translators cause at most of the time I never thought I was watching a German show cause the dub overs were soo good.
I love Dark! It is one of my favorite things to watch.
1:52 The fact that the town is located in West-Germany is already apparant by the first episode showing the AKW (Nuclear Powerplant) since no East-German Territory has any nuclear powerplants
Please google DDR & Atomkraftwerk. You´ll be surprised.
@@elwray3506 I know but in the year 2019 there are no active AKWs in the East Territories anymore
You are right, there was never an AKW in East-Germany. We called them KKW (Kernkraftwerk = Nuclear Powerplant). One was mainly used for research (Rheinsberg), one was shut down after the re-unification (Lubmin/Greiswald), and one was never completed (Stendal)
I've been learning Deutsch for the past 2 years and been watching german series since then. Dark is so far the best 💙💙💙
If you want, watch the movie "who am I". A realy good movie from Germany.
Good job 👍
I grew up near a town called "WINDeckEN" 😁 So there's "Winden" in the name which is sort of cool as I like the DARK series very much 👍
You could translate it as the "windy corners" as "Ecke" means corner ✌️
"Tied", btw, like in Tiedemann is an old Germany word for ZEIT which means TIME ✌️ Perfect fit 👍
I'm a Brazilian Dark fan learning german, this is the absolute perfect video for me right now
Eu também!
Também! A série reascendeu meu desejo de aprender alemão 😁
Im living in Minden. If you twist/turn around the M its a W. Is Minden Winden or Winden Minden?
Watching Dark for the second time, i still wont understand anything. Feels like i am in a loop. Please help me, i don't want to be the father of my father!
😂😂😂
This is the funniest comment to this video 😂😂😂
This is the exact type of video I was hoping to find after watching Dark.
Love Dark and really great to see this explanation for those of us who don't speak German. Kept seeing things in the series that made me think there were references going on that I wasn't able to get, so really interesting to have some of it explained! Echthusen would be a pretty large town where I come from LOL, if that's any consolation to its residents (Western Australia, huge and sparsely populated). Can't wait for season 3, it's an extraordinarily gripping show.
I have just started watching dark a few days ago, but when I'm done I'll surely come back and watch this video!
And?
Whats your opinion of the series?
@@PPfilmemacher I absolutely love the way it shows the existential implications of time. The show is also a great way for me to learn some new german words ;)
Find this series deep with a magnetic pull very fasinating! Watching a second time.
Thank you, sorry it's taken awhile to respond
Been ill with a big. I'm telling everyone about this series! It doesn't hurt to have an analyitical mind to appreciate it either. It continues to provoke the imagination.
This was such an interesting video. Thank you so much!
I've had this video under "watch it later" for a while, waiting to finish the two current seasons. Thanks for the insight. I'll be waiting for season three.
I have been raving about this show since Season 1 in 2017. Recommended it to everyone and anyone willing to be mind blown
I'm from India. And Dark is the first thing I've watched in German language. After watching this I've become more inspired to learn German language and culture 😍😍 (I'm even thinking of migrating to Germany too 😉)
you sound like someone who's really interested in germany, you are welcome here. you seem to have alot of respect for our culture, that i like :D
@@BeliasLP Thank you for recognizing my interests 😍
I hope you can get to see another German series called Deutschland 83, where an East German soldier becomes a spy in West Germany.
Then you can move onto the Danish series, like The Killing ("Forbrydelsen" in Danish) and Borgen.
Try out Babylon Berlin too.
@@BeliasLP German is turning into hot language to learn in India.
I live in Linden and near my apartment is a large forest just like that in Dark.
I literally just found out about Dark. I am a bit saddened because I would have loved to been on that three year ride. I binged it and couldn't put it down. I lost sleep over it. I even questioned my own existence a couple of times. By far the best Sci-Fi and it has risen the bar for the genre.
Spoiler Alter. Did anyone else noticed the Intro gave away there were three worlds the entire time. The intro are mirror images of one another. Representing Adam and Eva's worlds respectively. The viewer is watching everything from the Origin world.Everything is connected. Sic Mundus Creatus Est.
This is the best TV show I've seen in 2020. It's so complex and well written!
Thank you for this, Dave. Of the many videos I've watched in helping me to understand the series more fully, yours is the best, IMHO, because you come from a similar place in Germany, and explain Dark perfectly. YEA!! :)
Great content doesn't face any boundaries mate, Love from India
I power watched Dark and can't wait for next season! Enjoyed these fun facts and insights. I didn't know about intense feelings for preserving nature, they match my own. One more reason to move to Deutschland!😊
Wow! Thanks for those intriguing references. Dark is amazing :0)
(sich) Winden
Me; OHHHH THAT is why they were playing "Spin me right round"!!!
Great explanation Dave. I adored Dark.
I noticed some details that made me suspicious . Like... already in the first five minutes of the first episode, Jonas awakes and takes his Antidepression-Medication out of a yellow pill bottle. But I have never ever seen this outside US-Movies/Series. They aren't (or aren't usually the least) a thing in Germany.
Just starting video. I love this show! I appreciate your videos so much! You are my link!
Let's admit it-watching Dark in german just adds to the experience.
Loved this video! Suscribed to your channel, I love learning stuff about Germany and loved watching Dark with its original german audio.
Really interesting and informative video! It's a lot better than other Dark-related videos out there. You should do more of these.
I like the way you use this show to break down words and phrases. Very fire. Thanks bra
about the forests; I can confirm! I recently moved in to Goettingen (literally in the middle of Germany), and once you leave the midtown area, trees all over the place. Even more, when I visited a friend of mine in a "village" called Arinhausen, I noticed that it's quite literally in the middle of a forest. Just taking a train trip from Hannover to Goettingen (about 100KM), if you're not passing by towns and stations, you will probably be seeing greens all over the place.
Darth Calanil I lived in Gö and Dark really looks alike. The school architecture is similar to the university.
All this time travel in Germany, and not one character thinks to make a short trip to Munich to have a little chat with a certain ambitious Austrian.
They have their family problems
Waste of time!😂😂😂😂👍👍
Cool video. Thanks for making it! Dark is such a good show. Pumped for the 3rd season.
Must see In Dark now! Nena in 1984 yes I wa a teenager and listening to Irgendwie, ingendwo, ingendwann was part of my afterschool mix cassette from dance off stress.
Had wondered if you had watched this brilliant, brilliant show. Great video! :)
Swinging by to like and say hi saving this for later when i finish it!
This was a very cool video. Thank you.
Just finished the series.outstanding. Thanks for the very informative video
This is perfect thank you
It’s so great that I didn’t love a German show that wasn’t authentically German. I think Dark is to German people what Derry Girls is to Catholic Irish people
Dave I love this series, I was waiting for someone to talk about the fan base is not that big I don’t know about in Germany I’ve watched all Louis Hoffman movies because of this series sadly it’s only three seasons better not to burn it out, but it’s so great to have a German series, a bummer we have to wait more than a year. You’re always so eloquent and neutral. Keep it coming, Carola ;)
Excellent job! I enjoyed your explanation so much. Love from Japan!
Thanks for the video! Really interesting! I've watched the series once in german with spanish subs and now I am trying to watch it with german subs! Really difficult language but also very interesting and exciting to learn a little bit more with Dark! Thanks again!!
I'm so glad you did this ad 8bhad been so curious myself.
I didn’t even know it was from Germany until I seen the cops jacket 🙈
I really loved your video. I obsessed with Dark. So cool to know all those details. Olá from Brazil 🇧🇷. By the way German is a beautiful place.
One of my favorite international shows
Babylon Berlin was also fantastic!
But compared to HBO, it was very basic.
Meilat in german or with English subtitles?
Gotta say i loved this show i was often confused but then something would bring it all together.......Great show!!!
Dark is incredible!
Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and hints of Hegel.
I'm a fan of Dark from Taiwan. For me, the greatest mystery of all is: why Germans don't bring umbrellas when it's obviously raining all the time?? In rainy season here in Taiwan, we all bring automatic folding umbrellas with us. Do you know this kind of umbrellas? it's tiny and portable. Or, getting drenched in rain is a German thing? Anyway, being soaking wet throughout the show is the most surreal thing in Dark. Even more surreal than the time travels... We Taiwanese will never do that. Please keep yourself dry under the umbrella so you don't get sick afterwards🤣🤣
Hey Zoe:D We'd usually bring both those small and large umbrellas with us as well, I guess the people in Winden just like the 'wet feeling' and it probably just adds more to the dramatic structure, I guess. Cheers from Germany to Taiwan! :)
dis vid is much good. much congrats.
1986 is when I moved to England from Germany. But it was like looking back at my own life watching those parts of the show. The forest was exactly like the one I remember from near our home there
Honestly, the only thing, as an Austrian, that seemed strange and not immediately relatable to me were those Skandinavien sounding names, are people really called Mikkel, Magnus and Mads in southern Germany? In Austria that's extremely rare...
Ihr heißt ja alle Fabian und Tobias und Silvio ;)
Well, in nothern Germany (SH), where I grew up, names with a scandinavian influence are not too uncommon actually.
That seemed strange to me too, and I live in southern Germany. Tronte, Mads, Mikkel, Silja, Magnus...those are names that you'd never hear here. Nielsen also isn't a typical family name for southern Germany.
That's interesting! I didn't know this
I have an idea as to why but it means mentioning season 3 spoilers
One joke internet theory was the fact that the actor for Ulrich looks like Mads Mikkelsen 😂
There are more great shows from Germany: Babylon Berlin is great for example.