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New BBC drama - The Last Kingdom

Finished.

"Okay Edward wasn't great, but he wasn't that bad IRL. He was really annoying me with his stupid face. End of the road for Aislelswith too? Did think they've probably ran out of thread for her, but a good arc. Enjoyed it overall. Wasn't sure on the new Dane at first didn't think he had much presence, but he pulled it off. Heasten sneaking off too again!

Personally think the first 4-5 episodes were great and like season finales.. Think it lost a tiny bit of steam as it went on, but still solid 7-8/10 episodes.
 
neonwilderness said:
I think season 4 is about half way through the books, so there’s still a way to go. Uhtred is an old man by the last book though and as you say he’s barely aged so far in the show :hmm:
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Think the series is finishing after the next one? I'm on book 9 I think and it's just ahead of parts of the main story now. He's in his late 40's to early 50's I think at this part of the book and feeling his age, but still top.
 
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BristolEcho said:
Think the series is finding after the next one? I'm on book 9 I think and it's just ahead of parts of the main story now. He's in his late 40's to early 50's I think at this part of the book and feeling his age, but still top.
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So another two series to go? I guess that’s probably enough to wrap everything up.

Series five to recapture Bebbanburg and six to do the bit in London and then becoming Lord of the North?

That sounds about right age wise, I think he’s about 60 by the end. I wonder how they’ll address that, it’ll be a bit weird if he doesn’t age at all :hmm:

I might rewatch it again soon now that I’ve finished the books.
 
neonwilderness said:
So another two series to go? I guess that’s probably enough to wrap everything up.

Series five to recapture Bebbanburg and six to do the bit in London and then becoming Lord of the North?

That sounds about right age wise, I think he’s about 60 by the end. I wonder how they’ll address that, it’ll be a bit weird if he doesn’t age at all :hmm:

I might rewatch it again soon now that I’ve finished the books.
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Sorry meant to say I think the 5th Series is the last but I could be wrong. I keep an eye on the Reddit page from time to time and think I read it in there.

On aging from a producer:

"We have that problem now, getting into season five where Uhtred is technically, I think he starts at 54 and ends up at 60 in the books.

"I mapped it out once with the help of a friend of mine, called Wendy, and she put a whole timeline together for me. In season five he's supposed to start at 54 I think and ends up as 60.

"That's a problem right now because how do we make it look like Uhtred has aged without looking comical?"

I've enjoyed the books and it's coincided with me learning more about the time period in general. Looking forward to the next series as I generally thinks it's been great.
 
You think they might have given his age some thought before series five :facepalm:

If five is the last series I hope they don’t end up rushing it or skipping parts of the story.
 
I finally started watching series five at the weekend. I'm intrigued about how they're going to tie up all the plot as I'm pretty sure they're only up to book eight or nine of thirteen. I guess some will carry over to the film, but still :hmm:

ION it's good to see that The Warlord Chronicles has eventually been picked up for a series (I read this before The Saxon Stories and it's always been my favourite) :cool:

variety.com

‘Warlord Chronicles’ Gets TV Adaptation From ‘His Dark Materials’ Producer Bad Wolf In First Project Under Sony (EXCLUSIVE)

Jane Tranter's Bad Wolf has set up its first major drama since joining Sony Pictures Television, Variety can reveal.
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Just finished series five, enjoyed it. There’s still a couple of books left, but I guess they'll be covered in the film. This seemed like a natural place to finish the series.

I think the plot deviated from the books a few times, but the overall story arc was the same. Their version of Bamburgh was beefed up for TV too. I don’t remember it being that cliffy IRL :D

(I bet Rebelda still hasn't read the first book :hmm:)
 
I'd love to go and visit the castle there at some point! Glad you enjoyed it. It does go against the book a fair amount, but is well done and Cornwell seems really happy with it even though he wasn't that heavily involved so that's good enough for me.

Everyone seemed to love Heastan's ending, but I preferred his book ending.

Also we see Uthreds other son at the end.
 
Mrs Q and I are big fans of this, not read the books but watched all five seasons. For some utterly inexplicable reason Mrs Q reminds me at least a couple of times per season that Alexander Dreymon and the husband of our Eldest daughter were born on the same day. I suspect she probably will watching this as well.
 
MickiQ said:
Mrs Q and I are big fans of this, not read the books but watched all five seasons. For some utterly inexplicable reason Mrs Q reminds me at least a couple of times per season that Alexander Dreymon and the husband of our Eldest daughter were born on the same day. I suspect she probably will watching this as well.
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Does she imply miniq should have married ad rather than her actual husband?
 
Pickman's model said:
Does she imply miniq should have married ad rather than her actual husband?
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No she is quite happy with SiL who in many ways is a modern and much less violent version of Uthred. I'm not sure why she keeps bringing this up perhaps she thinks they were the only 2 babies born that day and thus it is noteworthy
 
I have a vague recollection of watching a few episodes of this (not many though) but I would definitely consider reading the books. Absolutely always in the mood for nerdish, historical violence (although I confess to being keen on tight white hose and good calves so sheepskin and hessian doesn't much do it for me). The other main pull is an endlessly long series - I bloody love having my reading matter settled for ages (assuming the first is actually readable).
 
campanula said:
I have a vague recollection of watching a few episodes of this (not many though) but I would definitely consider reading the books. Absolutely always in the mood for nerdish, historical violence (although I confess to being keen on tight white hose and good calves so sheepskin and hessian doesn't much do it for me). The other main pull is an endlessly long series - I bloody love having my reading matter settled for ages (assuming the first is actually readable).
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Definitely worth the read. Keep you going for a while thirteen books in total & then there is the Sharpe books that must be over twenty.
 
Yeah the books are pretty good, much better than the tv series.

Although I still prefer the Warlord Chronicles, a similar story* but set in Arthurian Britain and only three books.

* Uhtred, Derfel and Sharpe are pretty much the same character
 
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