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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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garbon

#52095
October 03, 2022, 09:10:20 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 03, 2022, 07:36:18 AMGypsy S1. Creepy therapist gets obsessed with young patient's hot ex. Good enough to keep me watching (or maybe the ex was simply hot enough), but it somehow feels a bit limited. There are things that are never really explained[/color].

Ah but it was great. Cut down too soon.
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Darth Wagtaros

#52096
October 03, 2022, 10:24:47 AM
Season finale of Reservation Dogs was pretty good.

Only saw a bit of SNL. The opening was decent, if long. The other two I saw were meh.

I still enjoy She Hulk. 
PDH!

Syt

#52097
October 05, 2022, 01:26:05 AM
Since I'm on a bit of a CK3 trip at the moment I've started watching The Last Kingdom on Netflix (4 episodes in). Is it historical? Probably not. Is it overly melodramatic? Sure. Is it ticking pretty much all the Saxons v Danes tropes? Of course. Still makes for enjoyable watching IMHO. :)
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The Brain

#52098
October 05, 2022, 01:38:48 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 05, 2022, 01:26:05 AMSince I'm on a bit of a CK3 trip at the moment I've started watching The Last Kingdom on Netflix (4 episodes in). Is it historical? Probably not. Is it overly melodramatic? Sure. Is it ticking pretty much all the Saxons v Danes tropes? Of course. Still makes for enjoyable watching IMHO. :)

Is that the one where they kill off Matthew Macfadyen early? :(
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mongers

#52099
October 05, 2022, 05:36:29 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 05, 2022, 01:26:05 AMSince I'm on a bit of a CK3 trip at the moment I've started watching The Last Kingdom on Netflix (4 episodes in). Is it historical? Probably not. Is it overly melodramatic? Sure. Is it ticking pretty much all the Saxons v Danes tropes? Of course. Still makes for enjoyable watching IMHO. :)

Thanks Syt for the reminder, I really should resume watching, as you say it ticks those boxes.
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The Minsky Moment

#52100
October 05, 2022, 02:41:30 PM
It's historical in the very limited sense that certain historical persons - namely Alfred and his family - appear and mostly do what they are supposed to do.  Set design tries to capture an early medieval vibe.

Whoever did the writing (I think its taken from novels) has a bitter anti-Wales streak.  The Welsh are portrayed very unsympathetically.
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Crazy_Ivan80

#52101
October 05, 2022, 03:35:59 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 05, 2022, 02:41:30 PMIt's historical in the very limited sense that certain historical persons - namely Alfred and his family - appear and mostly do what they are supposed to do.  Set design tries to capture an early medieval vibe.

Whoever did the writing (I think its taken from novels) has a bitter anti-Wales streak.  The Welsh are portrayed very unsympathetically.

iirc, written by Bernard Cornwell. Same guy who wrote Sharpe.

Josephus

#52102
October 05, 2022, 04:30:06 PM
I tried reading the books, but all those middle period English names sound alike and I got confused.  Aethylfred, Aethlyfrid...
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crazy canuck

#52103
October 05, 2022, 05:27:33 PM
Quote from: Josephus on October 05, 2022, 04:30:06 PMI tried reading the books, but all those middle period English names sound alike and I got confused.  Aethylfred, Aethlyfrid...

The first few books are good fun.  But they all follow the same basic formula, so once you get into about the middle of the series, it becomes a bit repetitive.

I am giving the Sharpe series a go, and I am enjoying that.

Jacob

#52104
October 05, 2022, 05:30:10 PM Last Edit: October 05, 2022, 06:22:26 PM by Jacob
I've read a few of Cornwell's books on various topics. It's the type of thing I usually enjoy - historical action fiction in the Dark Ages in particular... but yeah, I found I didn't enjoy the style too much. "Oh here's the villainous villain, doing villainous thing. He's just so despicable." I found it boring pretty quickly.

celedhring

#52105
October 05, 2022, 05:31:18 PM
I need Sheilbh to come back so I have someone to swoon over Moonage Daydream with.

grumbler

#52106
October 05, 2022, 05:59:16 PM
Cornwell is generally good for about three books in a series, but then runs into the "next antagonist must be even more challenging" wall of requiring ridiculous events to overcome. 

There are damn few writers that can sustain more than about three to five books in a series. 
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viper37

#52107
October 05, 2022, 08:15:30 PM
Quote from: Syt on October 05, 2022, 01:26:05 AMSince I'm on a bit of a CK3 trip at the moment I've started watching The Last Kingdom on Netflix (4 episodes in). Is it historical? Probably not. Is it overly melodramatic? Sure. Is it ticking pretty much all the Saxons v Danes tropes? Of course. Still makes for enjoyable watching IMHO. :)
More historical than Vikings. Uthred was a real English noble that existed 2 centuries later.  The main character is very loosely inspired by him.

It is a very good show, imho.  :)

I know nothing of the books.
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Syt

#52108
October 06, 2022, 08:33:55 AM
This week's episode of Lower Decks was good, but IMHO not as good as the rest of the season so far. FOr half of it I was thinking, "WTF am I watching?? :lol: " and it felt very old school Saturday morning cartoon.

I admit I'm not the biggest fan of Peanut Hamper, so that probably colors my perception. Gorgeous soundtrack, though. :)
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Syt

#52109
October 06, 2022, 08:41:13 AM
Quote from: viper37 on October 05, 2022, 08:15:30 PMMore historical than Vikings.

I've not watched Vikings, but I've very much tempered any historical expectations I'd have watching it, seeing it more in line with something like Spartacus: Tits & Dicks Blood & Sand :P

Esp. since I learned that in the show Hedeby/Haithabu looks something like this:





It's an hour's or so drive from where I grew up, and the site looks more like this:



Schleswig-Holstein is not known for its alpine mountains. :P
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—Stephen Jay Gould

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