Knightfall

Anything to pull History away from Pawn Stars and Ancient Aliens is alright by me. The fact it's a Vikings-esque show about the Military Orders is just icing on the cake.

Show's debuting on December 6th.

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Nice looks really interesting, love me some Vikings, The last kingdom type shows.

Deus Vult!

In.

And my Axe!

any good?

I liked it. Like Vikings, it has a complicated relationship with actual history (although they do hit closer to the mark with the costuming), but—also like Vikings—it’s a fun watch.

Seems like a decent show but 150 years of templar history to choose from and they chose the time when there's little to none Deus Vult:ing going around.

Every major plot point in the first episode was predictable to the point of laziness but the acting/casting seems decent; some of the accents were very weird for a French setting though. I do hope it gets more interesting.

The quarrel to the knee was pretty funny.

Writing is bad. So fucking bad. Motherfucking Templars protecting jews in France ?
The main templar character being friends with the king and sleeping with the queen ?
Nogaret being cardboard villain ?
The Holly Grail being a dusky old cup ?
Those close-up shots from inside their helmets ?
The farmboy... oh, don't get me started on the farmboy, such a tired old trope.
How can you fuck up this bad ? Why not make it a serious series with a serious script ?

The fights were actually ok, guess thats a plus.

No, the Holly Grail is a legend and they should have kept it as such, unseen.

Eh, sure, the first episode had its share of cliches, but Vikings also started off fairly cliche (farmer defies his social betters and discovers a new land, achieves fame and fortune, brother gets jealous and betrays him, etc., etc.) but still ended up great. There’s enough here that I think Knightfall could do the same thing.