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Review BBC's 'Last Kingdom' brings complexity and personality to the Middle Ages
LA TImes ^
| 10/09/15
| Mary McNamara
Posted on 10/10/2015 2:40:56 PM PDT by Hugin
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Starts tonight, BBC America, 10pm.
Swords aplenty.
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posted on
10/10/2015 2:40:56 PM PDT
by
Hugin
To: Hugin
You’re all crazy for our British dramas and period-costume things.
I bet you all love “Downton Abbey”. You know I’ve never watched that myself!
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posted on
10/10/2015 2:49:26 PM PDT
by
Lucy Hamilton
(Lucy from Occupied Europa)
To: Hugin
Should have gone blonde instead of Emily Cox...
To: Lucy Hamilton
Personally, I do!......I have collected many of them.
But we Yanks can turn out some great drama too!...
I am enjoying TURN......about our American Revolution (you guys are mentioned in there, too :)
TURN is excellent....fleshes out the characters we know mostly from our history books....without compromising integrity.
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posted on
10/10/2015 3:16:14 PM PDT
by
Guenevere
(perIf the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
To: Lucy Hamilton
I liked the Poirot mysteries with David Suchet, set in the 1930s.
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posted on
10/10/2015 3:19:42 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: Hugin
I can’t wait to see them. I read all the books..
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posted on
10/10/2015 3:24:08 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Certified Islamophobe and Microaggressor..)
To: Hugin
Can’t wait to see Ivar the Boneless.
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posted on
10/10/2015 3:30:13 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(CA the sanctuary state for stupid.)
To: Hugin
If they follow the books, Uhtred will be portrayed as one badass but pragmatic hero with a very sarcastic sense of humor.
I will be watching-I love Cornwell’s books, and wouldn’t miss it-I have all the books in that series, and have read each one at least twice-and I just ordered the newest one from Amazon UK last week...
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posted on
10/10/2015 3:41:16 PM PDT
by
Texan5
("You've giot to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: Hugin
My favorite after thirty five years is still ..
I CLAUDIUS.
To: Hugin
OHH I waiting for this thing to start
I been hearing good stuff about it
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:00:32 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Mike Darancette
I hear we may see Ivar the Boneless
You could see him as a boy right now in History Channel version of Vikings
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:01:39 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Hugin
I will hold my breath until there’s a mention of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Middle Ages rule!
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:04:46 PM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: Hugin
Looking forward to Dr. Who.
I really like Capaldi. Reminds me of the 3rd Doctor.
Recently, I gave in and watched the revamped Poldark. I liked it a lot. Somewhere I have the 1970s version.
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:17:21 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: MUDDOG
Tommy And Tuppence from the 80s is a favorite around here.
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:17:52 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: wally_bert
I like them too.
I think it was set in the 1920s.
The new series is set in the 1950s. I haven't seen it.
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:27:57 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: MUDDOG
I will try the new ones but the campy originals are fun despite Tuppence’s silly hats.
They tried make The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin but it could never match the original with Leonard Rossiter. There is only one C.J.
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:34:04 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: SevenofNine
...and then there’s Reggie the Bone...
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:48:26 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: beethovenfan
I think season 4 of Vikings we see more mature Ivar the Boneless they working on season 4 in Ireland
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:51:27 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Lucy Hamilton
Never seen Downton Abbey. But I'm a huge Cornwell fan. I really like Vikings (History Channel) too.
As for other BBC series I haven't seen too many, but I did watch Copper on Netflix last year and liked it a lot.
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posted on
10/10/2015 4:56:33 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
To: Snickering Hound
She (Emily Cox) looks pretty good to me.
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posted on
10/10/2015 5:03:00 PM PDT
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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