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Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by martopix »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #40
WalterBright wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I certainly tire of too many Hollywood productions supposedly located in Europe or Asia but with obvious California landscapes.

The 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.

Indeed 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.

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by Vomzor »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #40
WalterBright wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I certainly tire of too many Hollywood productions supposedly located in Europe or Asia but with obvious California landscapes.

The 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.

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...

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by markosaric »

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…

Thanks 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.

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by pimmen »

What 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.

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by mikemaney »

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).

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by ludamad »

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.

I don't think a collision with the anime industry bodes the best, though. I've heard it is a burn-out field

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by goto11 »

rags2riches wrote: post #27
amelius wrote: post #10

Any recommendations for Danish tv shows? (can't open the article)

The Danish TV series has to be Matador. Not sure about its availability or if it's the sort of show you had in mind. But it's entertaining and really well written and it tells a lot about Denmark and the Danish self image. I'm re-watching it now with my family and we are all really enjoying it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matador_(Danish_TV_series)

Worth noting this is a 40 year old show. Brilliant, but not very similar in atmosphere or production value to the "nordic noir" which is currently popular.
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