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Anyone watch the first episode? I love that period in time, and I really like seeing representations of what the houses, castles etc looked like. I usually have to make it up in my head while reading.
I don't really have a take on it yet, but so far I'm not a big fan of the "hero". He came across as very blah. I thought Vampire Bill was decent. In these things I'm always worried about some sort of supernatural aspect, being involved, and I hope that doesn't happen with Peg/Gemma. I don't care if the characters think someone has supernatural powers so long as they don't actually have them.
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I heard about the show but it didn't really excite me, and I'm a hobby medievalist. I didn't even bother giving it a try, honestly.
I'm just going to hold out for The Last Kingdom to air in October. If they don't muck it up, that could be a great series.
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I watched it mainly because it was written by the guy that wrote SOA. I went from blah, to now it's getting good, back to blah. I will give it at least on more week. My wife wants to watch it and i do not look forward to that; as I am required to explain everything as it happens and most of the content in that first episode you just had to take and not fully understand.
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I respect Kurt Sutter, a lot. Especially after Sons of Anarchy (I have my wife to think for getting me into SoA). I watched the first episode (really, it was two episodes given that it was 2 hours).
I'm intrigued by the story but I was a little turned off by some of the acting and special effects. Hopefully if the show gets much viewership FX will pump more money into it to up the quality a bit.
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My wife and I were looking forward to watching it. We thought it was okay and the storyline was good, but like barkerja said, some of the acting and special effects left a little to be desired. We have our DVR set to record it, so I'll probably watch a few more episodes at least.
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I turned the second episode off and canceled future recordings.
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Hadnt heard of this. Will check it out. Thanks for posting
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Didn't even make it past the first episode. Just not really my thing. I made it through 10 minutes of minority report before deleting the timer.
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