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Just finished the first season on Netflix. Huge fan of the books and Cornwell in general. I haven't read the first book in nigh on a decade, but the only complaints of consistency I have are the lack of oar dancing and not a single utterance of "fate is inexorable." Stoked that Netflix is coproducing season 2 next year!
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The entire book series is Uhtred being a stubborn rear end who just wants to go retake loving Bebbanburg, but bullshit (read: oaths sworn) keeps rising up and preventing it. He is, or at least becomes over time, a master tactician, strategist and warlord, but he's continually sighing and saying "fiiiine, but THEN Bebbanburg!" Seriously, pretty much every book ends with him getting ready to go take Bebbanburg and the next starts with Alfred or one of his kids ruining Uhtred's day to save Engaland. I love it. Edit: I am frothing at the mouth for Finan and Father Pyrlig to come into the cast, though I have a strong feeling Pyrlig will get blended into Beocca. Unctuous Cretin fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Aug 30, 2016 |
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Aug 30, 2016 14:42
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It's the same aesthetic on a superficial level. Swords and stuff. Song of Ice and Fire is so boring though. Political intrigue of made up politics. Saxon Tales is based around a made up character having made up conversations and battles with real people. And there's swords and shield walls every other chapter. Good enough for me!
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Aug 30, 2016 14:55
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life is killing me posted:Yeah I mean, Finan is going to rule, I think he was an important enough recurring character in the books that they couldn't possibly blend him into another character. Pyrlig, OTOH, may just get blended right into Beocca as you said--since in the show, Beocca actually looks nothing like he's described in the books and lacks the same maladies. Also supporting this is the fact that Pyrlig is one of the only priests besides Beocca that Uhtred Ian Hart is the biggest name on the show with Rutger Hauer as Ravn dead, so Beocca will probably have his role / presence inflated a bit if the show last long enough to encompass many of the books. And yeah, his priest-killing and maiming are pretty much the source of his problems. Can't wait for the twin priests and Uhtred's solution for differentiating them!
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Aug 30, 2016 15:06
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Yeah, he's probably the second biggest star (as far as English-speaking acting goes) being that he was Young Sherlock Holmes.
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Aug 30, 2016 15:21
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If The Last Kingdom does well, and with Sharpe being as much a thing as it was, I'd love to see more Bernard Cornwell series adapted for tv.
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Aug 30, 2016 15:23
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