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Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by blackearl »

ed312 wrote: post #64
hylaride wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check 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 chec…

The crossword is precisely the thing I want! Foiled again!

No NYT but a bunch of other high profile ones, use Shortyz

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Post by sjg007 »

hylaride wrote: post #63
Vomzor wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That 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-edu...

Well that's stupid. If I wanted American throw-back nostalgia, I'd watch Saved by the Bell, the Wonder Years, or something set there.

I think a real problem is that English schools are boring in the TV/movie sense.. and full of exams.

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Post by sjg007 »

Epopeehief54 wrote: post #46

They're all crime procedurals. I'd like to see more Scandinavian prestige dramas not centered around detectives returning to their hometowns or whatever.

I 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.

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Post by rkuykendall-com »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #9
Danieru wrote: post #3

Competitive 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…

Good cause the industry is treating 3D artists very badly, and I'm hoping competition will force them to become decent.

As 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.

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Post by KSteffensen »

mikemaney wrote: post #58
galfarragem wrote: post #32

I 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.wikipe…

Any list of Nordic TV is incomplete without the inclusion of Norsemen (think Monty Python meets GoT).

Trollhunter and Dead Snow. The norwegians have an insane sense of humor.

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Post by samatman »

coldtea wrote: post #43
tomcam wrote: post #11

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Do Danish filmmakers feel it's essential that the government fund their work?

Many european filmmakers but also many European publics, feel that it's not just essential that the state fund such work, but also part of the role of state. They don't consider the government some hateful opponent entity (or rather, they don't consider the state that. They can still hate this or that particular party / person running the government, protest its decisions, etc.). The government is people they have vo…

Curious that you didn't cite the most salient reason why the film industry in the US isn't directly funded by the government: it is a wildly profitable industry.

Various states, notably Georgia, provide tax breaks and other incentives to lure studios into filming in their jurisdiction.

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Post by drsim »

busterarm wrote: post #68
rchaud wrote: post #65

Any 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.

Klovn.

+1 If you enjoy 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' you'll love Klovn. The creators admit to being inspired by / ripping it off.

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Post by drsim »

rchaud wrote: post #65

Any 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.

There'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.

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Post by _frkl »

rchaud wrote: post #65

Any 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.

Norwegian, but I found 'Dag' ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_(Norwegian_TV_series) ) quite enjoyable, and often hilarious.
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