illrede Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 13 hours ago, SeanF said: As a matter of real life history, I've always found it remarkable that both Alfred and Athelstan allowed their rival claimants to live. It's a kind of running joke in the books that Uhtred frequently urges Alfred to dispose of Athelwold. I think he was consciously emulating the Carolingian project (where dynastic.. "truncation"? for as long as that lasted was a matter or serendipity), also there is the Wittan mechanism. Saxon kings often had direct experience with letting rival claimants live working out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I only just noticed that S4 is available now. Just watched Ep1 - pretty good. Hopefully the story will pick some more momentum now. The battle scene camerawork was almost nauseatingly jerky. It’s bad enough that it’s a lazy crutch for poorly choreographed action, but it’s bloody difficult to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Woo. Nor is there any problem that the actors could age out from their characters, no matter how long it will take to do this. Can they still do their Hungary location sequences, I've been wondering for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 14 hours ago, Zorral said: Woo. Nor is there any problem that the actors could age out from their characters, no matter how long it will take to do this. Can they still do their Hungary location sequences, I've been wondering for a while. If you mean Covid restrictions, probably. Generally we only accept EU members (plus Switzerland) without a 14-day quarantine, but they’ll be able to apply for a special license for a 90-day stay (plus mandatory quarantine) and likely get it because their filming here’s good for the economy. Same is likely to go for The Witcher. I’m so glad they were renewed for season 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 8 hours ago, RhaenysBee said: If you mean Covid restrictions, probably. Generally we only accept EU members (plus Switzerland) without a 14-day quarantine, but they’ll be able to apply for a special license for a 90-day stay (plus mandatory quarantine) and likely get it because their filming here’s good for the economy. Same is likely to go for The Witcher. I’m so glad they were renewed for season 5 Thank you! The location shots are spectacular and really make the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Interview with Bernard Cornwell, on the publication of the last novel in the Saxon Stories. Didn't know he is descended from Uhtred himself (of whoever the Lord of Bebbanburg was)! Thought it was a completely fictional character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 3 hours ago, SpaceChampion said: Interview with Bernard Cornwell, on the publication of the last novel in the Saxon Stories. Didn't know he is descended from Uhtred himself (of whoever the Lord of Bebbanburg was)! Thought it was a completely fictional character. IIRC It is a completely fictional character. He's descended from someone called Uhtred who was lording it in that area a few hundred years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I gave up half way through last season. I've stuck to the bitter end with the books though. Been to 'bebbanburg' castle so many times on boring school trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 I think the closest real-life Uhtred is this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhtred_the_Bold and he lived about 100 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Yeah, Cornwell took the Uhtred of 100 years later and basically moved him back in time. He didn't think it was too much of a stretch, as there was a lot of toing and froing between the Dane lands and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Territories changed hands so many times you ended up with quite a mixed population, Danish mercenaries fighting for the Anglo-Saxon kings and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 The Last Kingdom to End With Season 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 25 minutes ago, Consigliere said: The Last Kingdom to End With Season 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Consigliere said: The Last Kingdom to End With Season 5. Makes sense. Spoiler They're presumably coming to the retaking of Bebbanburg in the fifth season, which is a pretty good place to quit storywise. Plus the final three books are fairly boring anyway . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Just now, GallowKnight said: Makes sense. Reveal hidden contents They're presumably coming to the retaking of Bebbanburg in the fifth season, which is a pretty good place to quit storywise. Plus the final three books are fairly boring anyway . Agreed. I'm not overly disappointed at the news. Ending off with The Flame Bearer does provide a satisfactory conclusion to the series. Maybe a time skip epilogue if they want to add some details from the conclusion of War Lord. Uhtred's age (and Finan's) did become a problem in the books and the show has stretched the lack of ageing as much as they can already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Ending off with The Flame Bearer does provide a satisfactory conclusion to the series. Also people, including tech crew, signing up for other jobs, because of not knowing what the future would / will be. Still, I would like one more season. T Spoiler hough I can quite do w/o that yet-another-wife-to-Uhtred! He's so careless with them. And always a sucker for sorcerous types, whether he marries them or not. Naturally the best wife was the one he wasn't able to marry -- Æthelflæd, which was, one may think, quite fortunate for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 I'm also ok with it ending like this. The books were largely about the formation of England from the perspective of Uhtred, but the show was more about Uhtred's adventures. They could always do a movie as an epilogue with Aethelstan becoming king and annexing Northumbria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Hype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 It all depends on the execution I suppose. I would have liked to have seen Aethelstan taking Northumbria and forcing the Welsh, Scots and that other kingdom I keep forgetting about to submit to him. I guess however that @Corvinus85 has a point. The formation of England was always the focus of the books, but the show was more about Uthred being a badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 ‘The Last Kingdom’: ‘Domina’ Actor Ewan Horrocks Joins Final Season Of Netflix’s Saxon Sagahttps://deadline.com/2021/05/the-last-kingdom-ewan-horrocks-cast-netflix-1234760864/ Quote EXCLUSIVE: Domina actor Ewan Horrocks has landed a recurring role in the final season of Netflix’s historical drama The Last Kingdom. Horrocks will appear throughout the season as Aelfweard. He is currently filming in Budapest, Hungary, where Carnival Films is producing the fifth season of The Last Kingdom, which is based on Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling The Saxon Stories novels. The newcomer is currently starring in Sky’s Ancient Rome series Domina as Drusus, in what represents his first major television role. Domina will premiere on Epix in the U.S. in the coming weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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