printer Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Top bantz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Anybody recognise the fat servant??? Jack Boswell from Bread, he's let himself go a bit hasn't he??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Anybody recognise the fat servant??? Jack Boswell from Bread, he's let himself go a bit hasn't he??? "Better than barley!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 I'm hinting like mad for the new book for my Christmas. Anyone read it yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Enjoyable first season, some crackin characters. The guy playing Alfred does a brilliant job of making him a followable and inspirational king, despite being a wee skinny fucker with a shoegaze hairdo. Bets on how many women Uthred is going to become enamored with by the end? Three already in one season, some boi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Shit loads more if it follows the books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forfinn Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm hinting like mad for the new book for my Christmas. Anyone read it yet? I've been a massive Bernard Cornwell fan since I was a teenager and love his books. However, I've not read any of the Uhtred series since giving up half way through The Burning Land (book 5) a few years ago. They get a bit repetitive, and my dad, who still reads them, bemoans the fact there's no sign of the story concluding any time soon. All Cornwell's heroes are essentially the same character having the same sort of adventure, which isn't a bad thing in itself, but it does mean it's very easy to overdose on his books. I've done the same with Sharpe before too. I'll need to pick up Uhtred again sometime though. As for the series, it's been great so far. Perhaps a little rushed trying to cram two books in to one series, but that's ensured it's been exciting throughout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Quality last episode. Also pleasing to hear that there will be a new series (fairly) soon on BBC2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Decent fight scene at the end , the last few episodes have been excellent and with a second season being announced hopefully this can become the new Sharpe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 It's enjoyable enough, but not as good as Vikings IMO!!! Ragnar Lothbrok > Uhtred Ragnarson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 what a sad end for such a tidy piece-what a waste! what happened to no mercy who was he riding off with at the end?the former nun looked like 1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 No mercy!!!!!! (Apart from my pal' s ex bird and brother) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Alfred in the books comes across like a limp bit of lettuce. Cunning as a weasel, but definitely not a warrior which the series has. I've started listening to the audiobooks again, I'm a bit into sword song. Much better in the car than some generic X-factor shite radio station. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 It's enjoyable enough, but not as good as Vikings IMO!!! Ragnar Lothbrok > Uhtred Ragnarson KK kens the score Enjoyed it though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) what a sad end for such a tidy piece-what a waste! what happened to no mercy who was he riding off with at the end?the former nun looked like 1 Hild. in the books they travel north and uthred gets captured and sold into slavery, hild travels back to Alfred who releases Ragnar to go and get him back Edited December 12, 2015 by bennett 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Hild. in the books they travel north and uthred gets captured and sold into slavery, hild travels back to Alfred who releases Ragnar to go and get him back There were 3 of them riding off at the end. The two he was with were total randoms. Uhtred nae pals after that last battle scene. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 There was the nun who, funnily enough, knew how to fight, and I think the other guy was Aethelwold. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 There was the nun who, funnily enough, knew how to fight, and I think the other guy was Aethelwold. I thought it was Hild and that Wolfrik's (sp?) man. Could well of been Aethelwold. Neither being portrayed as especially big buddies of Uthred. I suppose if you've just lost your best pal, girlfriend and baby, you can't be to picky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forfinn Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I finally managed to catch up on the final episode of this last night. Loved it. I'm really glad it's been renewed for a second season. My only complaint is that it felt a little rushed. With an extra episode (or even two) they could have developed the story and characters a bit further and created a greater emotional resonance with the fallout from the final battle. If they're going to cover two books next season again, hopefully they get the budget to push the series a little longer. Because of the cultural dominance of Game of Thrones, this has obviously been compared to it a lot, which isn't entirely fair as they're very different shows. But to draw yet another comparison, an equivalent battle would have been in the penultimate episode of GoT rather than the final one. I think TLK could have benefitted from doing that too. The final episode could then have focussed on the aftermath of the battle. Guthrum's conversion to Christianity is a very significant event but it, and the peace that was negotiated as part of it could have formed another episode along with Uhtred coming to terms with his loss before heading off in to the sunset. So if there had been one more episode developing the story and another dealing with the aftermath of Alfred's victory then I would have been even happier. As for the two figures Uhtred rode off with at the end, one was definitely Hild. I thought the other was the guy who looked after Wulfric's horses rather than Aetholwold. Bennett mentioned Sharpe. I wish they would give that the same treatment as the Uhtred novels. Sean Bean was iconic as Sharpe in the 90s, but looking back on those shows they've really not aged well at all. I watched Sharpe's Siege again recently, just after reading the book so I could do a comparison, and in order to fit it in to two episodes they stripped the story back so far that it was barely recognisable. And it was hardly a complex story to begin with. You could make some brilliant TV out of those stories with the budgets and technology available now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Season 2 starts Thursday 16th March, will watch but Ragnar Lothbrok would still kick his c**t in btw!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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