Dark

Netflix | Release Date: December 1, 2017

9.0	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 442 Ratings

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BubberJul 3, 2020

The show has got some interesting story lines, but it's trying too hard and it's moving much too slowly. A lot of time is wasted with sex scenes, cringe and pseudo intellectual babble.

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RaptorX3Aug 14, 2020

Pretty boring family drama with overly dramatic background musics. Reminded me Lost series :S

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pmasterfunkOct 15, 2020

I have to admit I really liked the first two seasons, even if it I have some issues with them. I think the first season sets up a bunch of interesting mysteries, and sets up characters pretty well. Season 2 starts unraveling some of theI have to admit I really liked the first two seasons, even if it I have some issues with them. I think the first season sets up a bunch of interesting mysteries, and sets up characters pretty well. Season 2 starts unraveling some of the mysteries, and it moves toward an interesting "end point", but once season 3 comes along, the feces really hits the fan. Mild spoilers ahead.

Basically, once you have a decent grasp of what's going on at the end of season 2, how the time travel works and who is related to who, season 3 comes in and dumps a ton of additional info that makes everything that happened in season 1 and 2 obsolete. The familial relationships become even more confusing and convoluted to the point where it's basically impossible for things to actually resolve. Tons of story lines that were important in season 1 and 2 become filler essentially. What starts as a murder mystery in a small dysfunctional town with some time travel sprinkled in, turns into a series of "gotcha!" twists that are more interested in shocking you than telling any sort of a story. The time traveling rules seem arbitrary and change according to the needs of the plot.

Every now and then there's a big exposition dump that is supposed to sound profound, but is often just an excuse to use technical jargon to handwave plotholes away or throw in a line from Nietsche to sound clever. Add in a bit of biblical imagery, and you've got the unholy trinity of profound plot clichés. Oh, and that guy from timeline A who just died? Naw, he's still alive because timeline A has another alternate timeline - let's call it A-prime -and it's happening at the same time. It's not a different timeline, it's the same, just different. Trust us, it's good writing, we swear. Also ignore the fact that the big story ending plot point is something that hasn't been foreshadowed at all, and involves characters that are only introduced in the last episode.

There are also some odd editing decisions, some strange cuts and transitions make a few scenes confusing or jarring. Not anything that would ruin a good series, but most of the bad stuff is in season 3, so, yeah. Also, I'm not sure if this was in season 1 and 2, but in season 3, the vast majority if not all of the episodes have a 3-4-minute montage of shots that show how depressed all the people in the series are while a depressing song plays. We get it, it's "Dark".

All in all, I wouldn't recommend starting the series, because even though the first two seasons are good, they're not self-contained and are incomplete without season 3, which then ruins everything. Just watch something else.… Expand

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Gemini_BloodDec 24, 2022

I'm a little shocked at the glowingly high praise for this show. The first season is pretty good and held my interest, but soon after starting season two it became a tedious slog. Because I'm a completionist, I powered through to the end. TheI'm a little shocked at the glowingly high praise for this show. The first season is pretty good and held my interest, but soon after starting season two it became a tedious slog. Because I'm a completionist, I powered through to the end. The series is just too confusing and impenetrable to enjoy. I like the look. Most of the acting is solid (I watched the English dub, and I felt the voiceover acting wasn't too distracting), but all the bouncing back and forth between timelines and parallel universes became a chore. If you enjoy putting together a multi-page spreadsheet in order to keep track of all the characters, their alternate versions, time-traveling hijinks, etc., then you may really like this. I actually felt like the final minutes of the final episode were pretty engaging and made for a nice end, but it took MUCH too long to get there. Dark would have been a better show if it was no more than 10 episodes long.… Expand

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