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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: JArgo on 20 January 2017, 12:06:26 PM
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I've just seen that there is a new show on Netflix called Frontier and is about the conflicts caused by the rivalries of the fur industry on the American frontier and stars Mr Khal Drogi from GoT.
It's taken me rather by surprise and as a Muskets and Tomahawks player I'm looking forward to it.
Does anyone have any more detail on it?
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Sounds interesting. ;D
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Stars Jason Momoa who was Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones.
It looks a bit iffy from the cllip. Ill still watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J5wTsYAh94
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It looks a bit iffy from the cllip. Ill still watch it.
Oh yes, I see what you mean lol
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It looks interesting... I have plan this night!
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Oh yes, I see what you mean lol
6ft 4 Hawaiian can easily pass as half irish half native can't he lol lol lol lol
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Hmmm....The clip does not entice I must say... ::) There are some many amazing stories that came out of this time period...I hope they tap into the rich historical documentation for inspiration....and up their costuming game a bit... ;)
Cheers,
Blue
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It's been on the TV here in Canada already but I missed it... was planning on using the PVR but never got to it. <sigh>
Here is a review: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/john-doyle-frontier-is-a-lively-yarn-about-canadas-fur-trade-wars/article32676310/
If you want true history look elsewhere - but for action style version it may be ok. I hear it does have a reasonable amount of 'adult language and actions' as seen in action movies etc.
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It's been on the TV here in Canada already but I missed it... was planning on using the PVR but never got to it. <sigh>
Same... :-I I think I would rather watch Black Robe again though.
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Nice! Thanks for sharing. I'll be watching this tonight :)
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6ft 4 Hawaiian can easily pass as half irish half native can't he lol lol lol lol
lol lol
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Well, I've watched the first 2 episodes and I'm not overly impressed. Clunky dialogue, thin and cliched characterization. So pretty much the same as nearly every period action/drama I've seen in the last 5 years. Shame.
Wont be in a rush to watch the rest.
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Well, I've watched the first 2 episodes and I'm not overly impressed. Clunky dialogue, thin and cliched characterization. So pretty much the same as nearly every period action/drama I've seen in the last 5 years. Shame.
Wont be in a rush to watch the rest.
Maybe the German translation will save it.... lol
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Well, I've watched the first 2 episodes and I'm not overly impressed. Clunky dialogue, thin and cliched characterization. So pretty much the same as nearly every period action/drama I've seen in the last 5 years. Shame.
Wont be in a rush to watch the rest.
I watched the first 10 minutes ..... :(
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I think most "historical" dramas now set out to just be soft-porn soap operas in fancy dress with some gory fight scenes thrown in. They want to bring in the viewers and the majority of people don't care about the history behind the era it's set in.
It's a shame.
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I have just inhaled The Expanse and have almsot finished inhaling Stranger Things on Netflix. Both outstanding. I don't think I'll be inhaling this one somehow though. Wouldn't it be nice, just once, to see a historical drama that felt real... I guess Wolf Hall was it...
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One of the fellows I occasionally game with worked o HBO's aborted Lewis and Clark series. One of the things he said that killed it was the mandatory sex scenes per episode and the creative team trying to fight back.
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The story hasn't grabbed me after watching 4 episodes. It's not so bad I won't watch the rest. What I hate about it is the costumes for the main characters. Not sure when the show takes place sometime maybe between the American Revolution and the war of 1812. But I'm pretty sure people didn't dress like they were in Assassin's Creed.
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Ah yes. The rule of cool on costumes, remember! Hoods? Leatherwork? Gotta look badass, that's the most important thing!
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I'm currently on Ep3. The first tried to do more than it should, so felt cheap. Now that they are all in one location it feels better. The costumes of some characters are pretty jarring, but that doesn't have to ruin a show (Vikings and Black Sails are both great shows inspite of their costume choices).
It's reminicent of Turn and Klondike. An interesting time and setting for a tv show. I'm not sad its been made. I suspect this season will be a bit weak, but I think a second season will allow it to find its feet.
Eitherway, now I want to play a skirmish game based on it.
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The story hasn't grabbed me after watching 4 episodes. It's not so bad I won't watch the rest. What I hate about it is the costumes for the main characters. Not sure when the show takes place sometime maybe between the American Revolution and the war of 1812. But I'm pretty sure people didn't dress like they were in Assassin's Creed.
I've been trying to work out when it's set. I'm not that well up in uniforms from this period. The HBC soldiers look like AWI era troops but then they had a couple in stovepipe shakos. I thought they were several decades later?
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I know we're not all fans of the show, but I still think this might make a potentially interesting wargame. So I'm curious; how would you play it?
What rules would you want to sue for the setting? My feeling is that they ought to be small scale skirmish rules, somewhere between 10 and 40 models. My gut would say using Warhammer Historical Legends of the Old West/Legends of the High Seas adapted for the setting. But would something like Chosen Men work? Would Warlord's Black Powder be a decent starting place? Perhaps an adaptation of SAGA might work well.
Also, what models would you use for each of the major factions? The Hudson Bay Co. and Americans are pretty well catered for because of the abundance of ARW models. The Aboriginal peoples should be reasonably easy as well because there are various popular conflicts that could yield models. But what of the Scottish Low River Co.? Would Jacobite Rebellion models be too far out?
What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear them.
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Please keep in mind that I have not watched the show yet (and may not)...
But a quick read of the premise on Wikipedia has the show about the North-West Fur trade, particularly about the Hudson's Bay company's monopoly....
Now if they are trying to give any real nods to history, that would likely put it in the 1780s or 1790s, almost exactly between the American Revolution and North American War of 1812.
The "promo" image of Mamoa with a bunch of antler handled knives convinced me early it would not be historical, and any nods to real history would be superficial at best. While antler handled knives are a historical thing, those forked antler handles would almost be more of a threat to the wearer of them than the potential target of them. o_o
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I watched some of it today.
Can't say I plan to watch anymore.
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Game of Thrones meets Turn - except that it has none of the best bits of either and nothing on it's own to offer.
(And I'm loosing interest in Taboo too!)