Enemy at the Door

[dbskyler]

I just binge-watched the first series of "Enemy at the Door," which is partly because I found it on Youtube, and also thisbluespirit's fault for talking about that show and making me curious to try it.

It's about the occupation of the Channel Islands during WWII, and the overall anxiety and greyness about everything is perfectly hitting my mental state right now. Although I should probably be seeking out more uplifting fare as I'm also struggling a lot with depression. On the other hand, I do get the occasional laugh from random guest British actors playing Nazi officers with incredibly upper-crust British accents. It's probably not as jarring to a British audience, but to me, it sounds about as out-of-place as if David Tennant dropped in to play a Nazi with a broad Scottish accent just for kicks.

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[thisbluespirit]

and the overall anxiety and greyness about everything is perfectly hitting my mental state right now.

Aww, I'm sorry you're feeling that way now, but I was kind of in a very similar place for other reasons when I first watched it & it really helped its in weird depressing way of everyone stoically enduring stuff without even a proper cup of tea to hand.

As to the accents, once you reach Martin Jarvis's turn in S2, you'll realise everyone else was fine! (I think their decision generally not to do accents, just a difference in formality and tone or awkwardness/abruptness, depending on what language people are speaking was better than cod-German attempts by Brits!!)

I wish you, er, joy of the second depressing season!!

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, I meant to say! I don't know if you already know this, but one note of warning - it was unfortunately cancelled so they never got to finish it. (I'm just saying because I wish someone had told me that.)

[eve11]

I am getting enough gray with the weather. Though it's nice today. It is not a good time to be dealing with depression (I mean, it's never a good time, but now more than most). ((hugs))

I just watched Jojo Rabbit which was of course in English, but everyone had German accents except the two little kids who spoke in (I guess) their normal British accents. But all of the letters and writing are in German. And then at the end you have one tiny instance of people speaking English at the "Germans" who can't understand them, and it's a small enough scrap of dialogue that I literally didn't understand it and it might have just been English-sounding gibberish (I'd have to go back and watch to be sure).

[thisbluespirit]

I have no idea if you are around enough to see this, but a fuller version of that Seventh Doc comic strip with him & Sarah hugging (& in colour!) passed my dash, so of course I thought of you: https://karma-and-flares.tumblr.com/post/63374765919/and-now-in-colour-doctor-who-classics-issue

If you do see this, I hope you are well! ♥