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I watched the first episode of King & Conqueror, a dramatised story of the clash between Harold Godwinson and William the Bastard that led to the Battle of Hastings.
This has been preceded with a lot of hype and what have you, so it was no surprise to see plenty of historical inaccuracies in both the story itself and the costumes, buildings, towns etc. What was not anticipated though was the disjointed production, the inept dialogue and the gloomy camerawork.
Hopefully the story telling will improve once they have set up the historically inaccurate premise and they can get on with telling a more interesting story, so perhaps I will persevere a little longer.
This is a story that has been surprisingly ingnored for something of such importance, so I was really looking forward to it.
We shall see.
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@Catogrande I saw one gripe that "your majesty" didn't exist until 5 centuries later?
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@Bones Lots of stuff like that. It's really annoying when something so easily got right is got so very wrong. The writing so far has been really piss-poor.
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@Catogrande said in TV Serieseseses:
@Bones Lots of stuff like that. It's really annoying when something so easily got right is got so very wrong. The writing so far has been really piss-poor.
Also saw some comments on the
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If any of the reviews are anything to go by, the reviews are more entertaining than the show itself.....
"A poor emulation of EastEnders set 950 years ago"
"Looks to have been filmed during an energy crisis"
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@Victor-Meldrew I liked "Not many kicks in 1066".
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I had another go at King & Conker and suffered through episode 2. It really is just shite.
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@Catogrande said in TV Serieseseses:
I had another go at King & Conker and suffered through episode 2. It really is just shite.
Shook my head in disbelief at the "writing". E.g
"You alright William?"
Fuck me.
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Alien Earth
Gets better and better. Confirms Alien Romulus was actually a bigger turd than I thought
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5 episodes
Tight writing, taut dramaNetflix is slowly learning not to over egg shows
3.5 kidnaps out of 5 kid snaps
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@Victor-Meldrew said in TV Serieseseses:
Alien Earth
Gets better and better. Confirms Alien Romulus was actually a bigger turd than I thought
An Alien TV series !?!?!
Sign me up for that !
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@MiketheSnow said in TV Serieseseses:
5 episodes
Tight writing, taut dramaNetflix is slowly learning not to over egg shows
3.5 kidnaps out of 5 kid snaps
The ending was one of the shittest I've seen in a long time.
Hostage (TV Mini Series 2025) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama, Thriller
