Lilyhammer Official Season 1 Thread

[Gunnyman]

Just finished. It reminded me of Fargo meets the Sopranos. I hope there will be more.

[markymark_ctown]

Originally Posted by steve771

It amazes me that after spending however much they did, Netflix didn't take the time/money to dub in English. It's kinda immersion breaking to have to read the TV. If I want to read, I'll get a book.

really? that's the nuance of the show, from what i hear...

in queue...looking forward to watching. love they they put all 8 eps out there rather than one a week...

[Gunnyman]

There's enough of a mix of English and Norwegian that I was able to use the subtitles to verify what the characters were saying. It was really well done.

[ElJay]

I've watched a couple of episodes and I find it quite amusing. Dubbing would totally run it, and most of the conversations are flowing in and out of Norwegian and English so often that it's incredibly easy to follow along. Though I do have to admit that at least half of my streaming queue is usually non-English language movies, so I'm quite conditioned to "reading the TV" already.

It looks really good too with a Roku 2 XS and an internet connection that can pull down the 1080p video. It's better than any HDTV channels I can get from Time Warner at this point, and I was really impressed with how well it handled all of the dark (literally) scenes.

[midas]

Just finished the last episode. The whole story line was pretty far fetched. But it was still very entertaining. To say that Van Zandt steals the show would be an understatement.

[sieglinde]

I agree, I haven't watched it yet, but I prefer non-dubbed movies and shows.

[jneugeba]

I really liked it. I especially liked how they explored some of the big cultural difference (prisons, schools, nature, etc.) between Norway and the US.

Add me to the list of not watching had it been dubbed.

[Hoffer]

I hated the show while watching the first episode, but liked it by the end. I then really enjoyed episodes 2 and 3. I watched 4 last night and I'm back to hating the show. Started to watch episode 5 and had to shut it off.

I find the whole language thing odd. John understands Norwegian and speaks English and then everyone else on the show is just the opposite. Everyone understands what he's saying, but speaks to him in Norwegian.

[unixadm]

We just finished the last episode and loved the mini season and hope for more. I thought by the 2nd or 3rd episode that my wife would be done with the whole reading the subtitles, but we both enjoyed it so much. Having the Norwegian language mixed in made it feel more realistic and not the fake "everyone speaks perfect English" kind of foreign show. Yeah, a bit unrealistic overall, but no different than The Sopranos....and definitely entertaining with the whole fish out of water thing.

[jkuet21226]

Originally Posted by Hoffer

I hated the show while watching the first episode, but liked it by the end. I then really enjoyed episodes 2 and 3. I watched 4 last night and I'm back to hating the show. Started to watch episode 5 and had to shut it off.

I find the whole language thing odd. John understands Norwegian and speaks English and then everyone else on the show is just the opposite. Everyone understands what he's saying, but speaks to him in Norwegian.

I read somewhere that there are quite a few English speaking people in Norway and they are able to understand Norwegian but are not as adept at speaking it. I guess Johnny is just portraying what the language experience is like for other English speaking people there.

[madmari333]

I'm on ep 5 and the subtitles do not bother me at all. OTH I watch everything with CC on (English is not my first language). I never watched the Sopranos - only the last episode but I like this show. I come from Europe so the clash of cultures is quite interesting.

[ElJay]

I finished it tonight, and overall I thought it was really good. I did think the last few episodes

Spoiler:

when the two hitmen came along

were a little too hokey.

I'd love to see more episodes produced.

[philw1776]

I loved this series. Just watched it over the last few days. Traveled a bit to Europe so it was a fun satire on the cultures. The way Frank/Johnny lives up to his original nickname "The Fixer" plays prominently in each episode. An unorthodox businessman, he is. Love the character of his nightclub partner.

The Norwegian hotties are nice too.

[kaszeta]

Originally Posted by jkuet21226

I read somewhere that there are quite a few English speaking people in Norway and they are able to understand Norwegian but are not as adept at speaking it.

That was me when I spent part of a summer in grad school in Trondheim. I have about 75% comprehension of spoken Norwegian/Swedish/Danish (as foreign languages go, I found these really easy to pick up, actually). And my stupid US-trained mouth can't pronounce things worth a damn. So much of my time in Trondheim I spent much like this show: I'd speak almost entirely in English, but most everyone would speak to me in mostly-Norwegian, repeating in English if I looked like I was baffled.

[JohnB1000]

I really enjoyed it, though the last two episodes changed the tone and weren't as much fun, especially the last one. Watched the whole season on Sunday.

[RichardHead]

Anyone know when S2 starts?

[betts4]

Don't know how I missed it first time around, but just heard of this from the What are you watching on Netflix thread in HH. I will start watching tonight.

[Hoffer]

I see further up in the thread that I quit watching the show part way through episode 5. I've never gone back to watch the rest of the show.

[betts4]

Watched the first two episodes and enjoyed them. I will probably watch the rest this weekend.

[sieglinde]

It is much easier to understand a language that speak it. I have seen mothers who spoke Spanish to their kids who responded in English. Then the kid asked a question in English and got a response in Spanish.

[kaszeta]

Originally Posted by sieglinde

It is much easier to understand a language that speak it.

This. I do quite well in Spanish, French, and Swedish/Norwegian speaking countries with basic comprehension. On the rare occasions that I can construct a grammatically valid sentence, I usually then butcher the pronunciation of it.