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The World Wants More Danish TV
- neonate 7y agohttp://archive.md/lTB8s http://archive.md/lTB8s
- okareaman 7y agoYou're the hero I needed today
- ekvilibrist 7y agoJust remove all nytimes.com cookies and refresh the page.
- hylaride 7y agoCheck your local library. Mine (Toronto) has a feature that you can link your card and via the library portal and get full access to the NYTimes (except for the crossword). Works with the native NYTimes apps, too. Only annoying thing is you have to re-login via the library portal every 3 days. This, on top of a lot of other products (Lynda.com, Safari books online) means you may have a lot of free resources. And check your local major city if you're in a suburb. You can have a Toronto library account if you live, work, or go to school within the city.
- ranit 7y agoNYT is one on the short list I don’t mind paying for.
- throwawaynothx 7y agopaywall shit
- Symbiote 7y agoThere have been so many extra shows filmed here in Denmark that we've had to import extra rain from Norway, and push sunrise an hour later to give enough moody darkness.
- type0 7y agoOh, common you would still have enough wind to blow everything away. Btw I'm looking forward to see the next Lego movie to be created in Denmark where it belongs, preferably with life cast as well, that could be a huge international success (only half joking here).
- Danieru 7y agoCompetitive advantage takes weird forms. Over here in Japan the streaming platforms have fueled a massive boom in anime production. Established studios are full up on productions and work is slowly getting out sourced to related fields. By my count the biggest competition is coming to game's on 3d modeling side. Modeling used to be split market wise but as games have gotten higher poly, and movies/rendering has moved to realtime rendering, the two markets are competing more for the same human resources.
- BiteCode_dev 7y agoGood cause the industry is treating 3D artists very badly, and I'm hoping competition will force them to become decent.
- ludamad 7y agoI don't think a collision with the anime industry bodes the best, though. I've heard it is a burn-out field
- rkuykendall-com 7y agoAs long as there are people willing to be abused, abuse will continue, as it's the most economical business model. People will continue to line up to be abused in exchange for being able to work on anime / video games / spaceships / insert toxic industry here. The only exception I can think of is acting, where they stopped this with extremely strict and mandatory guilds.
- lsh123 7y agoSupply and demand. Pay 2x or 3x or... and you will get people you need.
- Symbiote 7y agoThat might work for some roles (you can bring anyone from within the EU with little to no paperwork) but there will be a limited number of people who speak Danish and are familiar with or have contacts in the country. Cost of living is already very high here, so it is presumably already more expensive than filming almost anywhere else in Europe. 2–3× may go beyond a reasonable budget.
- Svip 7y agoAlso quite expensive, since the Danish government provides a lacklustre funding for filming, according to Danish film makers. Even Danish productions often goes to places like the Czech Republic to film, because financial advantages are much better there.
- tomcam 7y agoDo Danish filmmakers feel it's essential that the government fund their work?
- goto11 7y agoAbsolutely. Very few Danish production could have been made without government funding. "The Rain" is unique in being financed by Netflix.
- Symbiote 7y agoMany European governments subsidise (tax breaks or direct funding) TV and film related to their country, in order to promote their culture, language, industry and for tourism. In some cases it's a region within a country, such as Yorkshire: http://www.creativeeuropeuk.eu/other-eu-funding-case-studies/yorkshire-content-fund http://www.creativeeuropeuk.eu/other-eu-funding-case-studies... It does seem Denmark doesn't need to do this at present.
- amelius 7y agoAny recommendations for Danish tv shows? (can't open the article)
- Rokid 7y agoIn the article they mention The Rain, another popular one is The Bridge. There is also a list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_television_drama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_television_drama
- kristiandupont 7y agoI watched a few episodes of The Rain and while it has impressive CGI, the acting is school-play level. The Killing or Borgen though a bit older are much better IMO. Also, while even older, Lars Von Trier's The Kingdom is fantastic tv.
- erk__ 7y agoThe lecture hall at my university is featured in that show, the institute of computer science took over institute of anatomy so we have tiles in our lecture hall so it could be washed.
- brnt 7y agoI found the rain a very generic postapocalyptical series. Come to think of it, can't really think of a good postapocalyptical series...
- neillyons 7y agoThe Killing and Borgen are two really good shows
- lostlogin 7y agoAnd Bron/Broen.
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- galfarragem 7y agoI would say that in general nordic TV is in demand. There's even a genre[1] associated to the trend. Some nice serials (various genres): - Bordertown (Sorjonen - Finland) - Follow the money (Bedrag - Denmark) - Trapped (Ófærð - Iceland) - Home ground (Heimebane - Norway) - Vår tid är nu (Sweden) And stretching location a bit: - Save me (UK) - Bad banks (Germany) - Le bureau des légendes (France) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_noir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_noir
- isoprophlex 7y agoBroen, or The Bridge, is very nice (and noir) too
- doe88 7y agoMy picks: - Beforeigners (Norway) - Lilyhammer (Norway) - Welcome to Sweden (Sweden) - Young pope (Italy) - Brillant friend (Italy) - Deutschland 83 / 86 (Germany)
- goto11 7y agoIncluding Italy is stretching the definition of Nordic though!
- markosaric 7y agoThanks for the recommendations! I haven't watched many Scandi shows since binging through Borgen, Forbrydelsen (The Killing) and Broen (The Bridge) few years ago. All highly recommended.
- mikemaney 7y agoAny list of Nordic TV is incomplete without the inclusion of Norsemen (think Monty Python meets GoT).
- KSteffensen 7y agoTrollhunter and Dead Snow. The norwegians have an insane sense of humor.
- mippenhappen 7y agoI'm from denmark and I don't watch danish TV/movies at all.
- openstep 7y agok
- mippenhappen 7y agoo
- mippenhappen 7y agoI just mean all danish media sucks, and my mother tongue makes me want to puke. lol.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoI hope it doesn't lead to them trying to make American shows that are ostensibly set in the Nordic countries but don't feel at all like it. It's already happened to the UK.
- WalterBright 7y agoI certainly tire of too many Hollywood productions supposedly located in Europe or Asia but with obvious California landscapes.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoThe specific example I was thinking of is some Netflix series (might be Sex Education?) that is ostensibly set in a school in England and has English actors, but is written like it was set in a US school, full of details that are completely out of place. I'll admit I haven't watched it though, I just saw someone criticising it.
- coldtea 7y agoWell, here's the inverse, this is filmed in NY, live even, but it feels 100% authentic British: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Ve4UP_ELM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Ve4UP_ELM
- martopix 7y agoIndeed it's sex education. You get jocks and nerds, school lockers, the school canteen, all that, which is very american. It does irritate me a lot, but I have to say it's a really good show otherwise.
- Vomzor 7y agoThat was a deliberate choice by the creators. >”It’s definitely set in Britain, but we’ve made a very conscious choice to have that American, throw-back nostalgia, John Hughes feel to it.” https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-05-17/sex-education-netflix-british-show-look-so-american/ https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-05-17/sex-edu...
- Epopeehief54 7y agoThey're all crime procedurals. I'd like to see more Scandinavian prestige dramas not centered around detectives returning to their hometowns or whatever.
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- sjg007 7y agoI like the UK ones because you see the cops approach the job differently. In the US, the default response of an American cop would be to shoot first and ask questions later. In the UK shows you get more of a cerebral drama and see a situation unfold evolve.
- rchaud 7y agoAny recommendations for comedy shows from this region? Seems like only crime shows get hyped over here, but speaking for myself, I'd like to understand the culture a little better. Comedies seem like a good way to explore that.
- busterarm 7y agoKlovn.
- drsim 7y ago+1 If you enjoy 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' you'll love Klovn. The creators admit to being inspired by / ripping it off.
- drsim 7y agoThere's something distinctly Danish about Lars von Trier's 'Riget'. The characters are undoubtedly caricature but delightfully capture facets of the Danish attitude I rarely see in dramas.
- _frkl 7y agoNorwegian, but I found 'Dag' ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_(Norwegian_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_(Norwegian_TV_series) ) quite enjoyable, and often hilarious.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 7y agoI lived very near to Denmark for a year and enjoyed quite a bit of Danish television as a result. Unfortunately I did not find too much good Danish comedy in English. Most of the Danish television I found enjoyable has been dramatic acting (including many of the tv series mentioned before in this thread such as The Rain, The Bridge, etc.). If you are looking for more of a generic Scandinavian style of comedy I can definitely recommend Östlund films, especially The Square and Force Majeure. The former stars a Danish actor and both are quite good examples of Scandinavian comedies.
- pimmen 7y agoWhat enjoys widespread appeal is however the cream of the crop. Being raised in Sweden I often opt out of watching a Swedish movie or tv-show simply because everything that makes Nordic Noir good, morally complex stories with plain language, can make the main characters insufferable and obnoxious. You have to remember that the most exciting stories in a culture are about those who do something daring and in Scandinavia, where we are very conflict averse, you thus get heroes acting like assholes because we wouldn't dare do that ourselves. It can work quite well as evidenced by the popularity of The Bridge, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and others ... but it can also not work out at all if you don't sympathize with the characters' cause. That's why they're almost all crime dramas, because asshole or not, we all sympathize in their attempt to catch the bad guy. Try watching a Scandinavian romantic drama to see what I mean.
- kwentine 7y agoI can highly recommend "Rita" (Danish) and "Bonus Family" (Swedish), truly scandinavian takes on the modern family theme.
- ng7j5d9 7y agoSomewhat off topic, but I saw Norsemen mentioned elsewhere in the thread ... Norsemen was filmed simultaneously in Norwegian and English (the actors did each scene in one language and then the other). That way Norwegian audiences can enjoy this expensive-to-make show in their native tongue, and it can also gain widespread popularity in the much larger English-speaking world (which pays the bills). I recently read that Hinterland (aka Y Gwyll) did the same with Welsh and English. Anyhow, is there a name for this technique of producing a show in multiple languages simultaneously? Any other examples of it? It seems like a good idea for producing high-quality content in languages that otherwise wouldn't necessarily attract that level of investment.
- viburnum 7y agoNot exactly what you’re describing, but the story of the two Draculas of 1931 is fun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%A1cula_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%A1cula_(film)
- rags2riches 7y agoThe 1969 Pippi Longstocking TV series was made with a mix of Swedish and German actors. Though they only filmed the dialog once and dubbed the foreign parts for the respective markets.