5h ago
inUnpopular opinion: My subtitle blunder made binging 'Dark' an absolute comedy fest!
Well, that time turtle subtitle had me convinced it was some profound metaphor for cyclical history, like the world resting on a turtle's back but through time travel. I spent days piecing together how every character's arc was tied to this reptilian chrono-being, thinking it was genius hidden in plain sight. It actually made the protagonist's rigid choices feel like shells they could retreat into, which gave the story a weird depth for me. Then finding out it was just "time travel" but poorly translated... kind of crushed my entire narrative framework. But in a way, that misbuilt theory became my personal version of the show, more vivid than the real plot. Now I almost miss the confusion, because it forced me to engage with the material on a level perfect subtitles never would.