(07-17-2016, 10:49 AM)xxlt Wrote: OP touts Christina RIcci show. I would pretty much watch her read a phone book, but am not as a rule into the slash and chop genre, so I am in a quandry...

Scanned rest of thread and saw no mention of the best original series I have found on Netflix: "Grace and Frankie." Any one of the leads (Fonda, Tomlin, Sheen, or Waterston) could carry a series, but all four in a well written, funny, and timely show is just a delight. Only complaint: only two short seasons so far...

(07-16-2016, 06:31 PM)michaelsean Wrote: And if anyone likes the shoe, it is based on a series of books by Bernard Cornwell.

(07-17-2016, 02:56 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: You all should give Stranger Things as try.  It's a new Netflix original.  It's a mystery/horror type of show.  Cool thing is it's set in 1983.  Best way I can describe is it's a Steven Speilberg meets Stephen King meets X Files type of show.  Currently has a crazy high rating on IMDB.

If you like 80's stuff and any those descriptions then I highly recommend this show.

(07-18-2016, 12:03 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: The way the show portrays shield wall formations and training in medieval combat is one of the best demonstrations of this. The shield wall was the primary warfare tactic in Europe at this time. 

(07-15-2016, 04:57 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: I recommend "The Last Kingdom". It's based on the history of early England. A lot of good history in the show, but it is also entertaining.

Saxon England was divided into seven kingdoms: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex. One by one, they were overrun by the Vikings in the 9th century. All but one: Wessex, a backwater farming community living among the marshlands. Alfred, the king of Wessex, harried the Vikings with guerrilla raids and eventually assembled and trained and army capable of meeting the Vikings in battle. Eventually, Alfred and his offspring would unify the former Saxon kingdoms into England. That would last until the time of Cnut and William... but those are different stories.

(07-21-2016, 03:58 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Narcos is back Sep 1st!!!  New trailer out

(07-18-2016, 06:18 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: Yeah, I've been checking that out. Not much into horror anymore, but this show transcends a single genre. They do a really good job capturing the time period (especially the opening credits.... very 80's!!) and keeping the story rolling along. 

(07-17-2016, 02:56 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: You all should give Stranger Things as try.  It's a new Netflix original.  It's a mystery/horror type of show.  Cool thing is it's set in 1983.  Best way I can describe is it's a Steven Speilberg meets Stephen King meets X Files type of show.  Currently has a crazy high rating on IMDB.

If you like 80's stuff and any those descriptions then I highly recommend this show.

(07-18-2016, 05:07 PM)Millhouse Wrote: Just finished it last night, thought it was good overall. Had a few cameos in it from faces Ive seen in other movies, biggest being Rutger Hauer in first episode. But yeah I liked it. It was actually very good for being a made for t.v. series in the U.K. I could tell there were times they had a limited budget to work with, but did the best they could with it though. 

But what drew me to it was that I am just getting into that part of history. I've studied/read countless books on American Civil War for many years, then Colonial times, Revolution, westward expansion, WW2 and Vietnam as well. Then I got into Ancient Rome, and the classical age. The story of King Alfred is important because it bridges that gap of the dark ages after Rome fell and the medieval period that was just about to begin in England once it was unified under Alfred. And that is important for us because without it who knows how history would have evolved if England never came together like it did under him.

(07-21-2016, 11:10 PM)CINwillWIN Wrote: The IT crowd....



Stuck on this as of late, great, smart, comical...two thumbs up here!

(07-24-2016, 05:37 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Im going to give the IT Crowd a try.  I've always the the one guy.  I know he was in Bridesmaids and Family Tree, and Im sure Ive seen him in other things.

(07-23-2016, 03:47 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Zona, is it possible the shields changed to reflect a more diverse form of fighting?  It seems the Roman shield was very effective for the shield wall, but not so much for single combat.  The Norse or Danes for instance could find themselves fighting at sea or raiding or being raided.  Often these would result in single combat.  Attaking and breaching a fortified site could also involve a lot of single combat.

(07-25-2016, 10:59 AM)Benton Wrote: I liked it, and I'm not even an IT guy.

Started Stranger Things this weekend. Just the second episode, but I'm liking it so far, but wish Netflix had a better rating system (like, any?). I started watching it with my daughter, but probably wouldn't have if I'd known I'd have to say "hey, look over there" and fast foward through the (so far) every episode of teenagers making out.

(07-25-2016, 08:33 PM)CINwillWIN Wrote: Rest assured, they don't use horrible language and zero nudity.

Just finished this series (Stranger Things)...was pretty good. Left a lot of questions, but from what I have been reading, they're willing to make a few more seasons along with another season two in the works right now. 

I liked the old cinematography, it looks and sounds like it was filmed in the 80's...just great. 

Those shitheads shouldn't be messing with that stuff, screwed up to say the least.