Ran Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Some of the footage is really quite impressively cinematic. Likely all from the expensive pilot. The grail thing I wish I could do without, though. Will give it a try when it airs. Can't be worse than The Bastard Executioner, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 41 minutes ago, Ran said: Some of the footage is really quite impressively cinematic. Likely all from the expensive pilot. The grail thing I wish I could do without, though. Will give it a try when it airs. Can't be worse than The Bastard Executioner, surely? That's a pretty fucking low bar to clear though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 That assassin looked like he was wearing the same mask the Immortals wore in the film 300. And some scenes seem a bit too Dan Brown adaptation for my taste. Agree with Ran about the Grail storyline. The Templar history is interesting enough without that conspiracy thrown in. Of course, being interested in the Templars, I'll tune in and give it a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 For pure subject matter... i love the concept of this show... If they deviate from historical accuracy --and I'm sure they will, for storytelling sake-- I do hope that they remain true to what and who the Templars actually were... ... and the new trailer looks fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Premiere's tonight.Reviews are mostly mixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I have my fingers crossed for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 The trailer at least knows the audience it's going for by having enough to keep fans of "vikings" and "last kingdom" (and maybe Assassin's creed) happy. I'm sure others are guessing that whoever Jeremy Renner gets to play in his guest appearance we can be assured he'll be good with a bow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Well, it wasn't as bad as the Bastard Executioner premiere, but it wasn't good. From the CGI up to the story itself it was kind of a mess. Hard to be optimistic about this one, but hey it's got knights and swords. Two of my favorite scenes were . . . Spoiler the beginning Acre scene where the Muslim fighters cross the courtyard to raise their ladders in full view of the Templars lined up for a horse charge only to be completely trampled and the scene in France during the reading of the proclamation of the expulsion of the Jews where that citizen just blasted the kid in the face with the rock. Those two scenes were just laughably bad. But they were good laughs so favorite scenes for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Gotta love the CGI straight from Total War. Oh, and "I used to be a Templar, but then I took an arrow to the knee" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 This show has been a huge disappointment.... suitable for broadcast TV... I watch, but mainly because at this point I want to see how it ends... the bad decisions are just rampant.... when I watch it... I see this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 17 hours ago, Martini Sigil said: This show has been a huge disappointment.... suitable for broadcast TV... I watch, but mainly because at this point I want to see how it ends... the bad decisions are just rampant.... when I watch it... I see this: You cannot say you were not warned, well ahead of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divica Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 16 minutes ago, Zorral said: You cannot say you were not warned, well ahead of time! That is unfair. the last couple of episodes were pretty good as in they had a lot of unexpected twists that made an interesting story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I only watched the first episode. I could not bring myself to continue. I started the 2nd episode, but after the French king had to be told by the head templar that the pope was coming on the day of his coming, I quit. This show is too small. I guess they don't have the budget to have a multitude of small roles, so the main characters have to do everything. And really the idiotic battle with the bandits in episode 1 was enough for me to not continue with the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divica Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 18 minutes ago, Corvinus said: I only watched the first episode. I could not bring myself to continue. I started the 2nd episode, but after the French king had to be told by the head templar that the pope was coming on the day of his coming, I quit. This show is too small. I guess they don't have the budget to have a multitude of small roles, so the main characters have to do everything. And really the idiotic battle with the bandits in episode 1 was enough for me to not continue with the show. the show continues to be small, but the last 4 eps or so were pretty good because the plot of each ep was very well done. There is always a big twist in each ep that leaves you thinking "WHAT?". It starts in the episode about the marriage between the princess and the prince of navarro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Season 2 Teaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Mark Hamill??? The finale was so hammy it almost went beyond being so bad it's good, into just plain being bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 It would be nice if the history channel, channeled history... but that might be asking a lot. .... christ on stilts this show was terrible... but of course I'll continue watching, as I am an asshole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 12 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: Season 2 Teaser There's a second season? How is that even possible? Yet -- netflix just put up a second season of Medici and it's at least as bad as the first one, at least judging by about half of the initial episode. I quit watching at that point. Life is too short to waste with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Season 2 Official Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 S1 was a huge disappointment ... I don;t have much faith that this'll get better... but I'll watch because I'm both an asshole, and a TV junkie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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