Salford ram Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 On BBC 2 tonight 9 o'clock. Super excited my favourite book. Hoping it's gonna be like game of thrones but more believable , as it's based on the beginning of the country England. Alfred the great versus the Vikings, what do you guys think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Looking forward to it.Not read the book but the trailer looks tasty.What's the shag factor likely to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Loads of illiterate thugs running around, brutal beatings, ritual killings, terrible clothing and inhabitable land areas. Has Salford though got some good points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford ram Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Loads of illiterate thugs running around, brutal beatings, ritual killings, terrible clothing and inhabitable land areas. Has Salford though got some good points?we've got the BBC one show, sport , cbbc and coronation street there the good points ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Saw the trailer, looks good. I'll watch it on iplayer when I get the chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford ram Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Looking forward to it.Not read the book but the trailer looks tasty.What's the shag factor likely to be?not sure much shag factor to start with , only a young lad. But full of Vikings hopefully a bit of pillaging going on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Enjoyed the first episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I have just finished the 9th and latest book .. They are all quite short .. Kinda 300 pages the books are great if you like Sharpe, heroes, wining against all odds, getting the girl, general daring do and chivalry. All mixed in with a thoroughly well researched history lesson as to how England became England .. You end up admiring King Alfred and what he did but you'd really prefer to be a Danish Pagan Viking as they had so much more fun ( unless they were getting their sword hands chopped off ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford ram Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Liked the first episode, cut a lot from the book, which is a shame, hoping series builds and they do the book justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I just hope they follow it through until we see the older battle scarred Utrhed i understand that the series is basically the first two books ? .... So much happens after that.A man needs a good ship, a good sword and a good woman .. It's boys own stuff at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Been looking for something for while. This is it I think. Enjoyed that.Tried The Last Ship, Zoo and a few other bits including ZNation. Just doesn't leave me wanting more. This did. Like the first GoT. I prefer a solid start over a big bang and then try and explain why I should care. Give a bit of content first. All the best stuff (Breaking Bad, The Shield, Walking Dead, GoT, Boardwalk Empire) spends time showing characters instead of going for all the thrills to grab attention in the first episode. Watching Zoo and it's clear the characters are thought about far less than the plot. Doesn't work. Thought that was well balanced. Might grab the books.Anyone read the The Grail Quest series? With Thomas Of Hookton? That's great. I still watch Sharpe sometimes too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 http://youtu.be/qVM4zru9JB8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Yes Alpha .. Really enjoyed the Grail quest. ... Wanted to take up archery afterwards ? Didn't though !Have you read the one off he did Azincourt ? Ps 600 years this week since we thrashed the frogs .. And at an "away"game too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford ram Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Love all his books, except American civil war one, couldn't quite believe main character, grail series is good and Azincourt one off book very similar. Warlord chronicles excellent but Uhtred series is best for me, perhaps cause lived in Newcastle for a bit and been to Bamburgh castle. The way described in book and from visiting it you can imagine almost it was impossible to capture. Good boys own escapism, love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I have the war Lord chronically to do and haven't done the American ones yet but Utrhed is probably my favourite. I like Thomas of Hookton a lot but there is something credible about the way Utrhed has aged and become wise ( and grumpy and laconic and all the other stuff ) that makes him so thoroughly enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Yes Alpha .. Really enjoyed the Grail quest. ... Wanted to take up archery afterwards ? Didn't though !Have you read the one off he did Azincourt ? Ps 600 years this week since we thrashed the frogs .. And at an "away"game too I haven't. I do have it though, is it as good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 With the Grail quest I initially made a mistake and thought that 1346 was a stand alone book like Azincourt and found it difficult to get in to as it kept making so much reference to Hooktons past. I gave up thinking Cornwell had lost it a bit. but If you start at the beginning of the quest series it's great fun, by the time I had caught up I couldn't wait to dig out the abandoned 1346 and finish what was a throroughly good ripping yarn. Azincourt was an easy read / stand alone adventures of a Welsh Archer culminating in the big day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyBilly Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Watched the first 3 episodes. Can't wait for the 4th. Really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford ram Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Cracking second episode, finally meeting Alfred, funny in parts as well, what do you guys think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 15 hours ago, Salford ram said: Cracking second episode, finally meeting Alfred, funny in parts as well, what do you guys think ? I'm a bit disappointed in the casting of Uhtred. Alexander Dreymon just doesn't seem either physically big enough or charismatic enough for me. That said, Sean Bean is physically nothing like Richard Sharpe in the books, but he 'owns' the role now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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