The Legend of El Cid on Amazon Prime

[Captain Blood]

...it was the fact that the 1857 British zombies had tricornes on......

That IS distressing.
I sympathise.
I'd better give that one a miss by the sound of things

[Arthur]

Back to the Amazon series, the trailer does not look bad : it does feature a few irritating chestnuts that have become more or less de rigueur in contemporary historical fiction (slow-motion sword fights because they look waaaay kewl that way, Our Hero rushing bare-headed into battle because you need to see his face all along) but things could be infinitely worse and the Game of Thrones-isms don't seem too intrusive. Jimena may be a hottie but we seem to be spared the mind-numbing continuous boinking that HBO revels in and the costumes even resemble the real thing (I thankfully couldn't spot any designer leather or BDSM chic in there so here's hoping...).

I might give a shot if it comes out on good old-fashioned blu-ray at some point in the future. 

[Ragnar]

.....the terrible thing was - not the acting, not the crap special effects or even the dodgy storyline/script (and it was dodgy), it was the fact that the 1857 British zombies had tricornes on......

 

[Silent bob]

That IS distressing.
I sympathise.
I'd better give that one a miss by the sound of things

Probably wise.....I had a week off work and was bored out of my box and scouting Netflix/Amazon.....

Kingdom in the other hand was very good (OSIT).....16/17th century Korean zombies.....but I know next to squat about 16/17th century Korean costumes etc

[huevans]

Interesting story to begin with. I liked the trailer. First of all, it looked like Spain in the 11th Century. And the armour looked decently realistic. And I can put up with the over the top special effects if the plot isn't bad.

The boinking that I suspect takes place with those 2 extremely attractive young Spanish women?... I suppose I'll have to force myself to watch it to assess if the acting's any good. I certainly hope they don't take their clothes off. That would be terrible.

[James Morris]

After watching the trailer several times, I think I’m going to watch this.  Decent armour and sets by the look of it; not expecting historical accuracy or anything, but I much prefer subtitles and Spanish.

Now, a dumb Luddite question:  I have never streamed anything on Amazon.  Is it simply a case of paying for Amazon Prime and then somehow logging in with magic?

[Atheling]

After watching the trailer several times, I think I’m going to watch this.  Decent armour and sets by the look of it; not expecting historical accuracy or anything, but I much prefer subtitles and Spanish.

Now, a dumb Luddite question:  I have never streamed anything on Amazon.  Is it simply a case of paying for Amazon Prime and then somehow logging in with magic?

From what I've been told/heard I think it's a case of paying for Prime then I think you (sometimes) have to pay extra for some movies/TV series. Yeah, that probably wasn't much help but it is Amazon and they're not known for their clarity.

[fred]

Just had a look on Prime - its an Amazon Original, so I would very much expect it to be available within prime for no extra charge.

What tends to be chargeable are new movies and the like.

[Silent bob]

Yeah that's right, if you have Amazon Prime, you get El Cid as part of the package
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[Silent bob]

So what do y'all think?

To me the costumes don't look too bad and the arms & armour seem to be fine....maybe some of the hair is a bit long on some actors (but I dunno).

I like the reference to the new fandangled 'Norman'  way of fighting with couched lance and big French horses.

Not too much 'shagging' - had a near miss with an incestuous encounter in the bath.....

Battle scenes are a bit disjointed and they seem to go from all mounted to all dismounted, in the blink of an eye.

[Captain Blood]

Oooh. Has it arrived? I shall take a look...

[Sir_Theo]

I saw the first episode, quite enjoyable! These things are always going to be a bit schlocky but money had kbviously been spent on costumes etc and it looked quite good Inthought. I'll persevere with it.

I spent ages trying to work out how to sort out the audio options as I can't watch things like this dubbed amd that appeared to be the default setting. Spanish language and English subtitles for me.

[Gibby]

I've added it to my watch list to watch over the Christmas break. Looks to be worth a go!

Always dangerous if these things turn out to be really good - they can start giving us crazy ideas about new and unexpected projects!

[Atheling]

I've added it to my watch list to watch over the Christmas break. Looks to be worth a go!

Always dangerous if these things turn out to be really good - they can start giving us crazy ideas about new and unexpected projects!

I started last year sans TV series...... I'm thinking of indulging in the Amazon series, but you're right- all hell will break loose if I do!

[James Morris]

I watched episode 1 the other night but haven’t found time to watch more yet.  Quite enjoyable although it wasn’t until the end of the episode that I figured out how to watch in Spanish with English subtitles! Some good kit and Ruy Diaz isn’t too much of a pretty boy for the role.  Lovely castle and scenery so far.  Some nice touches like the under/ over arm spear fighting.  I will watch more.