Dark - 1x10 'Alpha and Omega' | FIRST TIME REACTION & REVIEW

[@ChannelNamePending699]

Forgot to mention - we really, really appreciate all of your excitement, but please try to refrain from giving hints or ideas about where the story is going. If it changes the way we look at things or points us in a certain direction, it's a spoiler. Even mentioning an upcoming plot twist is a spoiler and leads us to anticipate a twist instead of being completely shocked. Thankfully we haven't seen anything too egregious so far! EDIT: In fact if anyone's interested in acting as a moderator for the comment section (basically spoiler watch), feel free to hit us at [e-mail] 😅

[@ChannelNamePending699]

And that's a wrap on season 1! I want to thank each and every one of you who tuned into this reaction series, whether you shared your excitement with us in the comments or simply supported the videos by watching them. We recorded this whole season weeks before episode 1 was ever uploaded to KZbin, and the whole time we had no idea how many people would see it. I'm glad the Dark fandom is so welcoming and excited for people to watch this show. Season 2 reactions start this weekend! *Once again, sorry for the logo overlay. I don't know why KZbin kept going after this one specifically.

[@Pausenton]

I agree Teho and Blixas song is massive on its one, but combined with this scene it opens a whole new dimension.

[@aubryellaotero1064]

“My only aim is to take many lives- the more, the better I feel” this is the same line of a song that old Egon quotes back to young Ulrich when he’s questioning him in his teenage bedroom.

[@puffcaps]

57:44 Dark S2 ranks no. 1 for the best season 2's of all time according to imbd ratings

[@anxdem]

Louis Hoffmann should be on more prominent/relevant projects!! He's an amazing actor, he delivers Jonas' pain and desperation so well😭

[@Lothiril]

He really is an amazing actor. I've seen him in "Under Sandet" and "Freistatt", and his performance in those is heartbreaking as well.

[@joshina4497]

Thank you for putting so much effort into these reactions! From posting regularly to the little notes you put in when editing your videos, and even subtitling that one whole video when something went wrong with the visual recording (I can't imagine how frustrating that must've been). I had a lot of fun watching your season 1 reactions, can't wait for season 2 ^^ Oh and I hope people stop posting such spoilery comments in your comment section, it would be a bummer if you'd have to decide between not reading the comments and not being able to enjoy the show as much ://

[@ChannelNamePending699]

Thank you, that means so much!! A lot of hours go into editing these and I'm really grateful to everyone for the support :)

[@kevindorn2508]

Helge tried to kill himself. But it did not work and he accidently killed himself. Yeah.. only in dark this makes sense.

[@annak2597]

This is a show with time travel, but the most unrealistic element in it is that an old Passat gets t-boned by a Volvo, and the VW's driver is the one who survives...

[@nlremixes4009]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@annak2597😂😂 thats indeed unrealistic. Volvo’s are tanks

[@cmo6055]

​@@annak2597Well, this is a German show and I guess the German VW won over the Swedish Volvo 🤷‍♀️😂.

[@Kasuta_Ikite]

This is my favourite React/ watchalon lately. By a mile. Its super addicting to watch you piece it all together and theorycraft after every episode. Every day I am hoping to see the next episode on my youtube timeline. I'm confident you will enjoy season 2 as much as season 1, if not more (its my personal favorite)!

[@ChannelNamePending699]

Thank you!! The show itself is extremely addicting 😅

[@Lipetheguy]

Finally finished the prologue 😅

[@yo35100]

So true 🤣 let the real mind fuck begin

[@amarillion388]

NOW this show starts for real. Everything is connected. Never believe anything else...😎

[@jaijais]

just found your channel because i’ve been wanting to rewatch DARK (one of my all-time favs) with new reactors, been really enjoying your reaction and theories so far but have neglected to subscribe-that little note about tannhaus made me pause the video to finally hit that little button. looking forward to seeing the rest of your DARK reactions and more of your content!!

[@ChannelNamePending699]

Thank you and welcome!

[@masteronionnorth2341]

It's almost a crime that a lot of people have never heard of or watched Dark because.... It's easily one of the greatest TV series ever. Everything in it, the writing, the casting, the music, the monolgues, the cinematography, the montages, is a work of art. And Dark has the best season finales of any show that I've ever seen. Oh... I love the Noah mentions pain counter. 😅

[@fredforlautLP]

Great reaction and congratulations for finishing the tutorial. Can't wait to see your reactions to the rest.

[@ChannelNamePending699]

Finishing the tutorial 😂😭

[@ramy8207]

One of the things I love about this show is how rewarding it is to rewatch. I've seen it a few times now, and I still picked up on something I hadn't fully appreciated before while watching your reaction. It helps that y'all are very observant and insightful. Looking forward to the rest!

[@FLQueerLiberal1982]

I love y'all's acuity with this show. I've seen some reactors who are just flummoxed, purely dumbfounded by the show. Utterly LOST (another great series) by Dark who cannot keep up with it at all, even during season 1. In fact, one reactor gave up after the first season. You two... you've done amazing! Now, let's hope you can keep up in the following seasons. 😉 😉

[@amarillion388]

That´s exactly my feeling, too. Those guys have fun AND get a lot while watching and discussing. They will manage it, no doubt.👍

[@Vignettefalls]

Finally catched up with your reactions! 48:36 About distinguishing between the timeperiods. It is true that they used color correction for the different timeperiods, but this idea on relying on them came actually pretty late in the conception of the show as Nick Summerer (Director of Photography) said in an interview. For season 2&3 they got more time in getting a unique look for every period - not that season 1 looks bad by any means, it looks amazing actually. But it is great to see a show not just "slamming" them ontop of the image, but actually putting in the effort. And also using different methods (e.g. using different lenses, adding diffusion around the edges) Other than that, one has to praise everything else communicating it being different eras: The sound design (Best example being the police station: heavy typerwriter noises in the 50s, telefons and computer clacking in 2019, or the clacking of "hard" shoes on the mostly wooden floorbords in 53), the costume design and of course the dialogue (referencing bits of trivia about the individual periods: Chernobyl in the 80s, James Dean in the 50s etc.) Also: Your reactions are great, keep it up!

[@FLQueerLiberal1982]

14:14 first off, I love you're little messages on the screen that are put in during post-production/edit. It's like a belated reaction, and it lets us know that you did catch the significance of something, eventually. Second, would you consider it to be a spoiler if someone were to either give a simple denial or confirmation of such a basic posit?

[@Lipetheguy]

2x1 will answer that one thing in the note

[@fredforlautLP]

Of course it's a spoiler to give any information that has not been presented yet. Even pointing out things that have already happened in the show but will be recontextualized later is a spoiler. Like the rest of us please be patient if they dont pick up on something. They are very attentive and i'm sure they will find out later and if they dont, you can tell them once they finish the show.

[@ChannelNamePending699]

See pinned comment!

[@jimralston7562]

Enjoying the journey with you! You two are excellent at picking up clues, and predictions. If not pronouncing names the best lol. As others have mentioned, Season 2 is even better! Buckle up!

[@ManifoldMold]

A bit of extra trivia: Cesium-137 - the fuel for the timemachine - is a real fission product of Uranium in nuclear reactors. It also has a half-life of about 30 years, trying to circle into the 33 year rule.

[@AmarthwenNarmacil]

Another bit of trivia: Cesium 133 (not 137 but hey, another 33!) is used to basicaly define time. In atomic clocks, one second is measured by the frequency of Cs-133 (that's the easy explanation, it's of course way more complicated).

[@ChannelNamePending699]

This is really cool. The amount of thought they've put into even the smallest details is incredible.

[@SubKween]

I am so glad I discovered this show after it ended. Having to wait a long time to watch in between seasons would be hell. I remember the wait in between seasons of LOST,( which usually similarly left on a cliffhanger), back in the day and it was brutal.

[@goawayinternet]

happy to see these pop up in my feed. glad yall are enjoying yourselves

[@tiefseehase9503]

Helge tries to kill himself, but in the process he accidentaly kills himself. 😁

[@Schalalai]

Thank you for your Reaction to Season 1 of Dark. It was fun to watch and can´t wait for the next Season. Keep up the good work.

[@Palavino]

Great theories and reactions this series, cant wait for s2 :)

[@CraigUdy]

Your reactions, ideas and theories are excellent! Bravo for editing so quickly (or at least posting the episodes so quickly). Have you two watched The Expanse - scifi, mystery, excellent writing and acting? I think you would really enjoy it, and I would certainly enjoy watching your reactions. There's a very large, loyal and respectful The Expanse fanbase as well.

[@ChannelNamePending699]

Definitely heard of it, haven't seen it. Thanks for the recommendation, we'll certainly look into it if/when we get a chance!

[@marcestian6962]

This was fun!

[@gin26th]

Haha the first " ish bin too "

[@michaelklaus]

2:15 so in case you weren't sure this is the serenity prayer; alocolics anonymous in the US has this religious approach where it is usually used; similar self help groups in Germany are less religious but Peter still seems to use it for himself... which seems kinda odd for a psychiatrist but if it helps... (it visibly doesn't help, if you ask me)

[@michaelklaus]

5:55 so here people assume that Jonas' nightmares and visions have changed but technicall he is still seeing his father;

[@michaelklaus]

6:55 more of a perch or highstand for hunters but yes; just to take away from the assumption we had odd watchtowers all over Germany

[@michaelklaus]

7:25 amd here it is again; my favorite clock; well... we can only hear it in the silence between Jonas and his grandmother; but the grandfather clock with the square face was indeed seen in 1x01 in Ines' living room; it is such a nice touch that they used it in both this set and the one for Tannhaus' shop in 86; that it kept getting framed with the Stranger seems like a hint at his identity in hindsight, doesn't it?

[@michaelklaus]

10:20 so finally Egon did arrest Ulrich... or rather... already did Egon arrest Ulrich!? but yeah, last episode Egon told Ulrich that he knew that look; and this is where he knows it from; which means that Egon was always right and teen Ulrich totally had it in him to one day attempt to clobber a child to death

[@michaelklaus]

12:16 as I have been saying; the Stranger and the grandfather clock that later sits at Jonas' grandmother's place

[@Nifty-Move]

No apologies needed! You pronounced 'Alpha und Omega' totally correct in german. 🤩

[@try2fly]

Can't wait for more series from u.

[@sheilarose6121]

YESSS!

[@masteronionnorth2341]

Me again.... 😉 Regrading the cinematography in Dark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJPahqmggrOWhtksi=tAsg3-CDAapsZxZF Oh. Darjs creators user extensive amounts of spreadsheets and databases to keep track of everything. 😉

[@asian-americanwithanopinio8954]

You can tell people aren't writers when they judge a show for not answering everything. Look at "Twin Peaks". The episode they finally answered who the killer was, and stopped posing questions, the viewship dropped dramatically. Since then shows/writers in the know of that history, make it a point to NOT answer questions and throw more in or you WILL lose your audience.

[@asian-americanwithanopinio8954]

Speculation: Channel Name Pending don't come off as viewers/reactors like that. I think that applies to average viewer, and if a reactor is doing "Dark" in the first place, they are by default NOT the average viewer/reactor. They are BETTER than the average reactor because they already proved they have an open mind and better taste in shows/movies.

[@ChannelNamePending699]

Fun fact, though you probably already knew this, but if I recall correctly David Lynch never intended on revealing the killer in the first place, or at least not at that point in the story. It was the network who forced his hand and made him do it. Wonder how differently the show would've turned out had he done things the way he wanted to.

[@timmhoffmann6043]

Will you watch until the end?And if so, when will you continue uploading?

[@ChannelNamePending699]

Yes! Most of season 2 is already on the channel and we will be starting season 3 reactions very soon.

[@timmhoffmann6043]

@@ChannelNamePending699 Glad to hear that, Im really enjoying your reactions. Season 3 will blow your minds

[@kenyangooner1092]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned already but, the ending of Ulrich’s name is pronounced as Rick not Rich. Keep up the amazing reactions! 👍🏿

[@treizesetton2545]

but don't they pronounce it ulriCH in german ?

[@kenyangooner1092]

@@treizesetton2545 it isn’t the English ch sound no.

[@animalchin5082]

​@@kenyangooner1092 stop trying to use English letters to convey spelling, English spelling is notoriously tricky and often unrelated to pronunciation. It's neither pronounced like the English rick or rich since the "ach" Sound (/x/ in IPA) doesn't exist in English. Let a German voice ai read out words like "ich" or "Nacht" and you will hear the difference. Ulrich is pronounced the same as "Ich"

[@kenyangooner1092]

@@animalchin5082 yea I know it’s not perfect just the most simple explanation I could think of off the top of my head to make thé pronunciation a little better. Not that huge of a deal tho I enjoy their reactions regardless.

[@Kim.just.a.bookworm.]

Hey, have you guys heard of FROM? It's one of those shows I feel like more people should be talking about. I think you’d really enjoy it-especially with the way you guys analyze things. I’d love to hear your theories on it. It’s got so many layers and twists that are perfect for that! 😊

[@michaelklaus]

I have seen like two seasons of it and I am not sure why people get so hyped about it; yeah, the acting is not so shabby but the writing is a hot mess; it is obvious that they will either run out of fresh ideas or jump the shark at some point as they write without a clear vision in mind;

[@Kim.just.a.bookworm.]

I honestly hope it's not like that and that they have a good explanation for everything. I just finished watching the first 2 episodes of the 3rd season, and I feel like we will get answers and that maybe this will be the last season.

[@ChannelNamePending699]

I haven't heard of it before, but maybe we'll take a look at it after Dark is complete 👀

[@Kim.just.a.bookworm.]

@@ChannelNamePending699 🤩🤩🤭🤭

[@michaelklaus]

@@ChannelNamePending699 you might also be interested in 1899 which was the project of bo and Jantje after DARK; it was sadly cancelled after the first season but it is a piece of art nonetheless; oddly enough they originally met the required figures for seasons 2 and 3 to be greenlit but at the next shareholder/executive meeting Netflix decided that the watch through rate wasn't good enough for the show to be continued; bo and Jantje were subsequently offered to work on an adaption for Netflix;

[@rini6]

I can verify that Tannhaus is important. Pay attention to him.

[@Rash23215]

STOP SPOILING

[@fredforlautLP]

Even if you think it's not a spoiler, you're at least priming them to see things in the show in a certain way. Dark doesnt need that, it's too well planned out. So trust the narrative of the show and more importantly trust the reactors. So please be patient and wait until they finished the show to point stuff out. Give them a chance and the satisfaction to find out on their own.

[@rini6]

@@Rash23215They literally said this. And I think affirming it is reasonable.

[@rini6]

@@fredforlautLP I get what you’re saying. But I was just affirming what they said. It is a fine line.

[@fredforlautLP]

@@rini6 I know it's hard sometimes, but there is really no need to ride that line, i think it's best to stay away from it. And btw confirming or denying theories they have is spoiling them. Let them experience the show the way the creators intended. Not every question or theory needs to be answered immediatley, give them the opportunity to doubt them, to refine them and finally the satisfaction to align them with what is really going on in the show.

[@annieks]

Can’t wait for them to see Ulrich in season 2. The fact that it’s a different actor and not just prosthetics is fucking INSANE

[@b3z3jm3nny]

Spoilers!!!