| tberry7403 | 10 Apr 2016 9:54 a.m. PST |
As I am currently laid up with a twisted knee I am binge-watching Beowulf. It's not bad, but, is it me or is it a poor-man's Game of Thrones? |
| lugal hdan | 10 Apr 2016 10:03 a.m. PST |
I tried to watch it, since I'm generally a fan of such shows, but for me it lacked the quality of "Vikings" or even the light-hearted fun of "Legend of the Seeker". So for me it was a near-miss. |
 20thmaine  | 10 Apr 2016 10:03 a.m. PST |
I started series recording – as there was also Deutschland 84 and War & Peace at the same time and then The 100 and Chronicles of Shannara (so just too much TV to keep up with) – but the machine missed a couple of episodes so I haven't bothered watching a partial series. Saw the DVD on sale yesterday and thought it might be worth getting. The little I saw made me think of the BBC's Merlin – is that a fair comparison ? |
| Disco Joe | 10 Apr 2016 11:11 a.m. PST |
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| tberry7403 | 10 Apr 2016 12:00 p.m. PST |
Where did you find it on sale? The only place my google-fu can find it is in the UK. |
| Sigwald | 10 Apr 2016 12:38 p.m. PST |
I watched a few episodes on Time Warner prime time on demand channel. I like the critters and other CGI but I don't find myself yearning for more. |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 10 Apr 2016 1:57 p.m. PST |
Started but lost interest. Vikings and Lucifer are the two I'll make time to watch. DM |
| 20thmaine | 10 Apr 2016 2:16 p.m. PST |
Where did you find it on sale? The only place my google-fu can find it is in the UK In FOPP, which is an entertainment shop – but yes, in the UK. Amazon have it. |
| Bashytubits | 10 Apr 2016 4:09 p.m. PST |
His mother, he always has been a problem child. |
| Who asked this joker | 10 Apr 2016 5:29 p.m. PST |
I missed that it was even on. I did not know it was a series. |
| majormike69 | 11 Apr 2016 2:04 a.m. PST |
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| Vigilant | 11 Apr 2016 3:37 a.m. PST |
I managed 2 episodes (which is more than most of my friends including the lead Actor's cousin!) I thought it was a total waste of a good idea. The bad guys looked like refugees from a boy band, not sure where the African tribe came from but I'm pretty sure they were not around northern Europe in the 5th/6th centuries. The CGI wasn't bad, but beyond that it had no redeeming features. Had they set it in a totally fantasy realm I might have had a better view, but to use Beowulf as a basis and then ignore the period it was set in was for me TV at its worst. Shan't be wasting my money on the DVD. |
| tberry7403 | 11 Apr 2016 4:57 a.m. PST |
Like "Space Marines" they used "Beowulf" purely for name recognition. And like "Space Marines" that use created a lot of expectations that weren't met which hurt it's reception with the audience. The setting is no more "Northern European" than GoT so I have no problems with having "Africans". |
