Favorite Film and TV Characters

[C-Mag]

Hey Brits, how was the Sharpe series with Sean Bean and is it available on Netflix or similar platforms ?

It's pretty awesome, Bean's best work IMO, and the supporting actors are very good too. The guy that plays Hagman the poacher, John Tams, is actually an English folk singer of note, and sings the show's theme song Over the Hills & Far Away. It's main flaw, again IMO, is being pre-CGI they didn't have the budget to create the battle scenes as massively as they needed to be, or even convincingly show more than a company on the march. Therefore the less grand plots were more convincing. I haven't seen the India based ones made later, I don't know how they handled that, clearly they couldn't be prequels due to the aging stars.

As for getting them, try bittorrent.

A similar production, Captain Horatio Hornblower, was damn good too for a series of TV movies. Drifted too far from the books for my taste trying to maintain character continuity that wasn't originally there.

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I read one or two of the books in the before time. They were very good. I'm pretty lazy and cautious on downloads, so I'll probably wait for a platform to pick them up. It's something I've wanted to see for a while.

[Kath]

There's competition for that title

True story. It's sad how many classics could never be made today. Oops - did that offend you?

[brewster]

I read one or two of the books in the before time. They were very good. I'm pretty lazy and cautious on downloads, so I'll probably wait for a platform to pick them up. It's something I've wanted to see for a while.

Check your local library, you might be surprised at their video collection. They also often have audiobooks too, the Sharpe Audiobooks are excellent. But the best is the Patrick Obrian 'Master and Commander' series, the guy who reads them, Patrick Tull, has a cult following!

[C-Mag]

There's competition for that title

True story. It's sad how many classics could never be made today. Oops - did that offend you?

Let me check...………………..


Nope, not offended.

There's just too much money in racial hatred to do away with it.

[C-Mag]

I read one or two of the books in the before time. They were very good. I'm pretty lazy and cautious on downloads, so I'll probably wait for a platform to pick them up. It's something I've wanted to see for a while.

Check your local library, you might be surprised at their video collection. They also often have audiobooks too, the Sharpe Audiobooks are excellent. But the best is the Patrick Obrian 'Master and Commander' series, the guy who reads them, Patrick Tull, has a cult following!

Now your on to something, Audio books would probably be a great way to enjoy them. Master and Commander series was very good in audio.

[brewster]

There's just too much money in hatred to do away with it.

Fixed that for you. Can't read the paper without a facepalm these days. Yesterdays was students trying to hound a prestigious law school dean, a black man who had made his career freeing the wrongly convicted, out of office for being on Harvey Weinstein's legal team. They can't grasp the idea that lawyers defend criminals because that's part of the job.

[C-Mag]

There's just too much money in hatred to do away with it.

Fixed that for you. Can't read the paper without a facepalm these days. Yesterdays was students trying to hound a prestigious law school dean, a black man who had made his career freeing the wrongly convicted, out of office for being on Harvey Weinstein's legal team. They can't grasp the idea that lawyers defend criminals because that's part of the job.

That fix works too. In America there's bank to made in racial hatred. So much that the demand for Racism has outstripped the supply...……… see Jussie Smollett.

Anyway, lets not drag this thread into the gutter. That was kinda my fault.

[Montegriffo]

Hey Brits, how was the Sharpe series with Sean Bean and is it available on Netflix or similar platforms ?

It's pretty awesome, Bean's best work IMO, and the supporting actors are very good too. The guy that plays Hagman the poacher, John Tams, is actually an English folk singer of note, and sings the show's theme song Over the Hills & Far Away. It's main flaw, again IMO, is being pre-CGI they didn't have the budget to create the battle scenes as massively as they needed to be, or even convincingly show more than a company on the march. Therefore the less grand plots were more convincing. I haven't seen the India based ones made later, I don't know how they handled that, clearly they couldn't be prequels due to the aging stars.

As for getting them, try bittorrent.

A similar production, Captain Horatio Hornblower, was damn good too for a series of TV movies. Drifted too far from the books for my taste trying to maintain character continuity that wasn't originally there.

I've always struggled with Sean Bean, I find him too wooden.
The Sharpe books are very good though.

[DrYouth]

Certainly a memorable character, but not my favorite.

To be honest I don't actually know how I would react to him if I watched the series again.
A lot changes... and I've noticed before when I've gone back and watched programs I loved as a kid, I found them ridiculous and wondered why I loved them so much.

I know Magnum PI was a favorite show of mine... and later I found him whiny and annoying when I watched the show again out of nostalgia.

[Kath]

I know Magnum PI was a favorite show of mine... and later I found him whiny and annoying when I watched the show again out of nostalgia.

I've been perusing through some old shows on MeTV. None of them stand up against time, with the exception of the Carol Burnett show & Hogan's Heroes.