03-10-2018, 12:24 PM
I would not describe myself as a horror movie buff who loves cruelty for cruelty's sake either but I love 'GoT.'
Equally I am devoted to 'Vikings' which while not 100% historically accurate certainly captures the spirit of the age.
Sadly I can also remember a time when a TV production showed the siege of a French castle by the Spaniards in the 17th century. The castle it seemed had a garrison of two and the Spanish 'army' consisted of three men. (Kudos to anyone who knows what I am talking about).
Comparing that with the siege of Paris sequence in 'Vikings' that just blew me away!
I have not seen 'Britannia' and by all serious accounts it is a load of old rubbish. However whatever we may think here, apparently it is proving popular, although the proof of that will be another series.
1066 used to be a date that "every British schoolboy knew". Unfortunately I agree that that is no longer the case.
Graham.
Equally I am devoted to 'Vikings' which while not 100% historically accurate certainly captures the spirit of the age.
Sadly I can also remember a time when a TV production showed the siege of a French castle by the Spaniards in the 17th century. The castle it seemed had a garrison of two and the Spanish 'army' consisted of three men. (Kudos to anyone who knows what I am talking about).
Comparing that with the siege of Paris sequence in 'Vikings' that just blew me away!
I have not seen 'Britannia' and by all serious accounts it is a load of old rubbish. However whatever we may think here, apparently it is proving popular, although the proof of that will be another series.
1066 used to be a date that "every British schoolboy knew". Unfortunately I agree that that is no longer the case.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
