# Ragnarok (Netflix series) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [June 4, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581 "2021-06-04T01:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/1 "2021-06-04T01:41:39Z")
I couldn’t find a thread on this show. Anyone else watch? I just finished the 2nd (and latest) season. I enjoyed it. It’s sort of a cross between Thor and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/2 "2021-06-04T01:49:37Z")
I stumbled on the first season, and loved it. Good twists and unexpected characters. I just finished the 2nd season. Clearly gearing up for the 3rd season (and beyond ?). It seems the theme for the 2nd season is “changing relationships”. The scenery continues to blow me away. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/3 "2021-06-04T01:59:55Z")
I didn’t realize it was a current show when I started watching it and thought they were going to wrap things up at the end of S2. Definitely not. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/4 "2021-06-04T02:07:04Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > The scenery continues to blow me away. My wife and I have watched the first 5 episodes of season 1 and are enjoying it. Yeah, the scenery is practically one of the main characters. > [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I didn’t realize it was a current show when I started watching it and thought they were going to wrap things up at the end of S2. Definitely not. Yeah, I had assumed it was a few years older as well. But it’s hard to get a feel for how current it is, being a Norwegian show. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/5 "2021-06-04T02:09:35Z")
I watched season 1 when it first dropped. I have two episodes left on season 2. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/6 "2021-06-04T02:51:40Z")
I liked the first season but found season 2 disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/7 "2021-06-04T08:39:26Z")
Is it subtitled or dubbed? Subtitles are a bad fit for me, I am always doing something else (usually drawing, currently painting some garden gnomes for a friend) while watching tv. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/8 "2021-06-04T08:54:53Z")
Either. The dub works. Don’t use both. The dub and the CC don’t match. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/9 "2021-06-04T09:02:12Z")
Thanks, the dub should work fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/10 "2021-06-04T12:19:16Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The dub and the CC don’t match. I’ve noticed this with many foreign shows that are dubbed and wondered why that is. Of course, it could be as simple as different companies doing the dubbing and the captions, but I have a theory: The people doing the dubbing have gotten really good at matching the moving lips. It can’t be perfect, but it’s not nearly as bad as say, old Godzilla movies, where it didn’t match at all and the lips would continue to move a half-second after the dubbing stopped. I think the people doing the dubbing are changing the dialogue to match the moving lips, keeping the meaning as close as possible, while the CC is a more accurate translation. For that reason I do often use the dubbing and CC together. I’ve noticed when a character speaks without their lips showing (when their back is turned or whatever), the dubbing does often match the CC, but not always. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/11 "2021-06-04T12:43:25Z")
I think you are right but I would prefer a CC that matches the dub. I’m using the CC to improve my following the accent. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/12 "2021-06-04T13:07:02Z")
So, any theories on which goddess Imam is becoming? I think it’s clear who Harry is destined to be. And I wonder if there are any others in the town who are destined for divinity. I was also a little disappointed by season 2. It felt like less happened. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/13 "2021-06-04T13:32:24Z")
I’m no expert in Norse mythology, but I read an article that said Freyja. I also thought at one point Signe spoke to Magne in the old language. Did anyone else catch that? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/14 "2021-06-04T13:33:54Z")
That’s exactly my issue, I expected the story to move forward more. Thus disappointing. I’m also growing to dislike too many characters. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/15 "2021-06-04T14:18:38Z")
I was a little letdown by Season 2 but it could be a really good build up for the next season. We loved it- best part is when Magne loses the family sledgehammer and his mother flips out and tells him to go get a new one because really , what family can live without their sledgehammer? I don’t know why but that scene really made us laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/16 "2021-06-04T14:47:33Z")
I did like how Laurits reveled in his divine reflection as opposed to Magne, who was shocked. Shocked that Thor wasn’t wearing his Washington Redskins shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/17 "2021-06-04T14:56:16Z")
I use the shows own CC and can’t tell the difference between Norwegian and “The Olde Tounge.” So I can’t tell when they’re using it. I don’t use the Netflix system CC because of spoilers. On the very first episode I had that on and when the one-eyed old man said something, the CC identified the speaker by name as part of the caption. Thanks Netflix! ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/18 "2021-06-08T20:42:21Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > So, any theories on which goddess Imam is becoming? I think it’s clear who Harry is destined to be. And I wonder if there are any others in the town who are destined for divinity. I was also a little disappointed by season 2. It felt like less happened. The short “mythology lesson” at the start of the episode where she showed powers was about Freyja. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/19 "2021-06-08T20:46:20Z")
I only realized towards the end of the second season that I know the show creator [Adam Price](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Price_(screenwriter)) mainly as a Danish TV chef. I looked around on YouTube and was disappointed that none of the episodes of _Spise med Price_ available had English subtitle, so no way to share this pearl of a show with my English speaking friends. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581/20 "2021-06-08T20:47:46Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > On the very first episode I had that on and when the one-eyed old man said something, the CC identified the speaker by name as part of the caption. Thanks Netflix! To be fair to Netflix, it’s not as if it’s much of a revelation who an old one-eyed man in a show about the Norse apocalypse will turn out to be. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581.md?page=2)