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The scripted drama will adapt Bernard Cornwell's trilogy of Arthurian novels, The Warlord Chronicles. In the first book, Derfel Cadarn, a former warrior sworn to Arthur and now an elderly monk, tells the story of how Arthur became warlord of Dark Age Britain despite illegitimacy to the throne.

Amazon Prime Video is offering the first episode free to watch. I thought it was ok, a little woody in some spots (a festive gathering I thought people seemed a bit woody/off) but overall pretty nice.  At least you can watch it and see if it's something you think you'll like or want to invest in more.

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Seemed decent, couldn't really tell much about it from one episode but at least i didn't have to turn it off after 10 minutes like a lot of things.

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Cannot say I like the characters-actors very much. No one really stands out the way they did in GOT. One interesting thing was seeing Fitz from Agents of Shield go He-Man.

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I actually couldn't bring myself to watch the second episode.  Maybe another time I will.

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I thought the second episode picked up a bit and i think i'm more interested now

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though losing Eddie Marsan that early takes it down a notch on principle for me

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LuC wrote:

I actually couldn't bring myself to watch the second episode.  Maybe another time I will.

in the dark cold of winter?

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This show is a sacrilege to English heritage, it felt like someone had just raped the Arthurian legends and I honestly had to take a bath after watching episode one.

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I just watched eps 2 & 3 and I was all good with the story. I'm glad I didn't watch the 2nd episode before because it gave me two episodes back to back to watch and I liked that better.

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merc wrote:

in the dark cold of winter?

The only thing that comes to mind when I read that is a State Farm commercial where the dude in red is at the movie theater and a guy a couple rows behind him gets his attention and asks "What if?"  "What if you're feeling alone and in the dark?"

The State Farm guy assures him they'll be there for him and turns back to watch the movie again just before the guy behind him let's out a frightening scream and popcorn goes flying.

Anyway...

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I just watched ep.4 and was surprised that approximately in the 43 minute, when they entered the tin mine you could clearly see they were wearing regular shoes that you can buy in your nearest shoe store.
I even backed up to be sure ...
I'm sure that in the 6th century, footwear was definitely different!

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Kanga wrote:

This show is a sacrilege to English heritage, it felt like someone had just raped the Arthurian legends and I honestly had to take a bath after watching episode one.

Agreed. Nothing can hide from the corporate ideologues and their quest to make everything fake and ghey.

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well I finaly had another look at the show.  Iain De Caesteckers Arthur is to some
extent a reprise of his evil doctor in the virtual world  season of Agents of Shield - cold calculatiing  and deliberate so nothing new there

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After his haircut Derfel would go on to front a darkwave band from a former soviet republic

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the funniest bit of the latest eps was when the queen-to-be and Guin almost decide to do a timeshare on Arthur

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so the season is over? what an anti climax

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yeah i started souring a bit once it became clear they were stretching for s2. i may not weekly watch it again next season as that one week where there wasn't an episode it was like i'd never seen it before when it came back.

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merc wrote:

the funniest bit of the latest eps was when the queen-to-be and Guin almost decide to do a timeshare on Arthur

His sisterwives would definitely be the tops in that relationship!
Show ended in a thud - will it be renewed?
The series finale should have at least given us some sort of interesting storyline.

Anybody know if other King Arthur shows or movies that are any good? Is he mostly lore, or are there actual historical accounts of King Arthur and the Excalibur?

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The only one I've watched is https://next-episode.net/merlin which is a bit of a Smallville take on the character. It was ok but feels very dated now (think I watched a couple years ago). I have https://next-episode.net/camelot in the queue but haven't watched. Haven't watched https://next-episode.net/the-mists-of-avalon but I don't think it was as well received as the book, despite the cast.

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I liked the film that places Arthur as a Roman soldier at the end of the time when Rome was leaving Britain ( 5th Century AD) with Clive Owen as the  title & Keira Knightley who looks pretty good all in blue wode. Some good action sequences

King Arthur (2004)

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Thanks for all the King Arthur show suggestions.
Keep them coming!