The Vikings

**Mari** · 08-18-2016, 02:55 PM

I read the books and have started watching Outlander. So far I like what they've done with the books, but I'm only at episode 5 or 6 or so.

Insidious Rex · 08-18-2016, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mari

I read the books and have started watching Outlander. So far I like what they've done with the books, but I'm only at episode 5 or 6 or so.

Let me know what you think of the last 2 episodes once you get there...

Butterbeer · 01-14-2017, 12:08 PM

ok ..just slightly off topic here

Have any of you seen 'the Last Kingdom'?

Link@ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4179452/

Its just re-showing on BBC currently so i'm catching up on it online. Saw it first time round and liked it.
Might also be available on bbc america??

***Valandil*** · 01-14-2017, 09:42 PM

I liked the old movie from the 50's - with Ernest Borgnine, Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas.

Snowdog · 02-22-2017, 06:21 AM

Well.... like it, hate it, say what you will, it is one of the more entertaining shows on TV these days. Like the 1958 movie, this show is a drama in a historical setting, not a historical documentary. Which reminds me of the one season TV show 'Tales of the Vikings'.

***Earniel*** · 03-05-2017, 08:26 AM

I'm finding the last season a lot less entertaining, though. The Wessex drama bores me already. I'm starting to find all the ramped-up sex and bloodsplattering is starting to drag the storyline rather than help it along. And I'm beginning to see more plot holes and odd character actions that only points towards writers not paying enough attention.

Still, the costumes and props are awesome as usual. I want Lagertha's wardrobe.

Snowdog · 11-07-2021, 03:03 AM

I think overall they did a good job with the whole series. I kind of got screwed on the last ten episodes as our free-to-air TV station SBS had broadcast rights and I watched it and caught a couple I missed on their streaming service. But they didn't keep the shows on streaming very long, so once I got my wife interested enough to watch it, we binged it on Netflix but they only had the first ten episodes of the last 'season'. Couldn't find the 1st ten on any streaming service as everything pointed to SBS having the rights, but they took it off their streaming service.

Oh, why call it a 'half season' when the gaps were so long, and many other shows have 'seasons' of lest than ten episodes. the term 'season' as far as TV shows go is pretty much meaningless anymore.

08-18-2016, 02:55 PM	#1
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	I read the books and have started watching Outlander. So far I like what they've done with the books, but I'm only at episode 5 or 6 or so. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

01-14-2017, 09:42 PM	#4
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	I liked the old movie from the 50's - with Ernest Borgnine, Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

02-22-2017, 06:21 AM	#5
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	Vikings! Well.... like it, hate it, say what you will, it is one of the more entertaining shows on TV these days. Like the 1958 movie, this show is a drama in a historical setting, not a historical documentary. Which reminds me of the one season TV show 'Tales of the Vikings'. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run."

11-07-2021, 03:03 AM	#7
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	I think overall they did a good job with the whole series. I kind of got screwed on the last ten episodes as our free-to-air TV station SBS had broadcast rights and I watched it and caught a couple I missed on their streaming service. But they didn't keep the shows on streaming very long, so once I got my wife interested enough to watch it, we binged it on Netflix but they only had the first ten episodes of the last 'season'. Couldn't find the 1st ten on any streaming service as everything pointed to SBS having the rights, but they took it off their streaming service. Oh, why call it a 'half season' when the gaps were so long, and many other shows have 'seasons' of lest than ten episodes. the term 'season' as far as TV shows go is pretty much meaningless anymore. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run."

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01-14-2017, 12:08 PM	#3
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	ok ..just slightly off topic here Have any of you seen 'the Last Kingdom'? Link@ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4179452/ Its just re-showing on BBC currently so i'm catching up on it online. Saw it first time round and liked it. Might also be available on bbc america??

03-05-2017, 08:26 AM	#6
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I'm finding the last season a lot less entertaining, though. The Wessex drama bores me already. I'm starting to find all the ramped-up sex and bloodsplattering is starting to drag the storyline rather than help it along. And I'm beginning to see more plot holes and odd character actions that only points towards writers not paying enough attention. Still, the costumes and props are awesome as usual. I want Lagertha's wardrobe.