Les Revenants: The Problems of Viewing

After first reading about Les Revenants, I was trying to figure out exactly how to watch the television show not having cable, or friends with cable.

The show originally aired on French Canal+ (2012), and US channel Sundance TV(2013).

Figuring out streaming sites is also somewhat tumultuous, however with the Hola extension, it allows those in the US to stream content up on the original channels websites for free. Currently on the website canalplus  are streams of US TV shows such as "Scandal" and "Dracula".

Google has also made navigating foreign websites a tiny bit easier with having an option to translate the webpage to your native language at the top of the page, although not all aspects of the page would translate.

Moving on, Les Revenants was FINALLY available on Netflix about a month or so after I had originally finished streaming the TV show online.

While searching through various sites for fan activity such as the Reddit feed, and Facebook page, I did not find much complaining about the fact that the show is primarily subtitles over French language.

I did manage to find one instance of dubbing in another language through the Les Revenants Reddit feed which can be found in German.

The shows availability in other countries has also been a topic of discussion on forums such as Reddit and Facebook. Although the show has a cult-esq following, Reddit users have updated when the shows have become available in their countries. Mainly, Australia and Canada

The US has also "adapted" their own version titled Resurrection  albeit "loosely" based off of the french original (this comes into further question in a later post), this show too chronicles the lives of people returning from the dead and the consequences it brings to their loved ones and towns. This adaptation along with a compare and contrast of French and US versions will be addressed in a separate post.

Although the internet has made streaming before foreign shows air in the fans country of choice a possibility, I find it interesting that fans in other countries update when Les Revenants is being shown on their cable TV channels- which possibly assumes that some people that are interested in the show have not yet seen it, and are also seeking out information on how watching the show is available to them.

Here is a trailer for the show, FINALLY. While searching for a trailer to watch, I also came across various fanvids, which will also be discussed in another post.

*Any additional information not directly linked can be found on the Les Revenants Wikipedia Page, and the Les Revenants Reddit Thread