>Cheesy 80s guitar mixed with fife and drum intro plays
>Small skirmish between the British and French
>Tongue is missing as usual
>Sharpe flailing his sword around while Hagman gives cover fire
>They win the skirmish
>Messenger on horseback approaches
>"Lieutenant/Captain/Major Sharpe, you are summoned to Lord Wellington's tent"
>"Bloody ell Patrick, what's 'e want now"
>Sharpe arrives in old Nosey's tent
>His spymaster of the day is there
>As is a weasel looking British officer or French lord
>"Sharpe, this is Lord Fricksworth, who has a dangerous mission for you - you will be enormously outnumbered, deep behind enemy lines with no support, oh and Major Ducos is around so watch out for him
>Lord Frickworth insults him for being a poorgay but reluctantly accepts that this is Wellington's best man
>"As ye like sir, Ah'll get it dun"
>Cut to Sharpe and Patrick discussing the mission
>"It dun maek bloody sense Patrick, why do they need us to tek this castle/find this woman/get these supplies/uncover this plot"
>"Oh surely as the fields o' Ireland are green, sir, God has a plan for us, sir"
>A few battles happen on the way to the objective
>Oh look it's an attractive young woman who keeps looking at Sharpe suggestively
>They frick
>"Look Patrick! It's the thing we're here for!"
>"LOOK OUT SIR"
>Lord Fricksworth appears and betrays Sharpe
>Ducos appears
>"HON HON HON! Bamboozled you again my nemesis"
>"Bloody Ducos"
>Battle happens
>Patrick goes "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH BANG" with the 7 barrelled gun
>Wellington arrives
>"Well done Sharpe! You've done it again"
>Sharpe and his men march into the sunset
>THERE'S FORTY SHILLINGS ON THE DRUM...FOR THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER TO COME...
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>massive pivotal historical battle of the Napoleonic wars featuring thousands of men in real life
>battle features at most 50 men where at most 9 are shown to die
it's so shit that it's just full-blown kino
Sharpe is a classic example of what people are getting at when they say something has soul.
Now that's soldiering.
Genuinely brilliant show. Loved the costumes.
Yup. SOVL is about sincerity and genuine effort. Budget is irrelevant.
Nothing wrong with being consciously low budget
It's not shit, moron. It was SOVL and very well done for their capacity as a TV programme.
>Sharpe bludgeons 9 Ukranian extras to a autistic sounding guitar
There are moments where you just want to stand up and shout "CINEMA!".
This is now a Hornblower thread.
Sharpegays, there's the plank.
You can blow something you fricking poofta
The best Hornblower episode is the Frogs and the Lobsters
It does bother me how much of an butthole he is to his wife in the later episodes
Did Hornblower not have good viewership numbers and/or was it just too expensive? Why stop when they did?
Oh frick off. Sharpies and Hornys gotta stick together
>Sharpies and Hornys gotta stick together
True
Not like this is the Star Wars vs Star Trek debate where one side are quite obviously a bunch of complete homosexuals
That's seamanship Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship
Perfumed ponce.
Wasn't the guy who wrote Sharpe literally inspired by reading Hornblower? He wanted to do the same thing (follow one guys career for the long haul) but for the British army instead of the Navy.
Also when are they gonna make a series for my boy Flashman to complete the set?
Yes, Bernard Cornwell. Really fun writer, he did the Last Kingdom as well
the movie's not bad but YES, some mega billionaire needs to make the most BASED series of all time
>massively racist
>women are sex objects
WOULD WATCH 10 MILLION TIMES
Is Hornblower a euphemism for wienersucker? Since the navy infamously ran on rum, buggery, and the lash. The dude doesn't look like he drinks or gets whipped, so that just leaves one thing . . .
I love how major battles in the Napoleonic wars are portrayed by 15-20 dudes in slapped together costumes obviously shot with one cam in someone's back yard and this in no way interferes with your immersion in the episodes
>GOD DAMN IT SHARPE I'VE GOT HORSE GUARDS UP MY ASS EVER SINCE THAT LITTLE STUNT YOU PULLED AT TALAVERA! YOU'RE OUT OF LINE. YOU'RE A LOSE CANON. YOU'RE... you're the best we've got, damn it. I'm promoting you to colonel.
>it's a Wellington pretends to scold sharpe so the provost general gets a first hand account of one of his men being an butthole episode
>Major Lennox answered with his life sir!
Don't forget about a random guy with a huge-ass British flag conveniently popping up behind Sharpe whenever something patriotic happens.
I don't get it.
>We know Americans are gonna watch this, the character
>From America sir?
>No sir. From Virginia
Wonderful dialouge
Bill Paxton from Kentucky. Can’t remember the film.
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>Shahp
>yes seh
>Shtop showing off, Shahp
>yes seh
Frick you for making me laugh while drinking my coffee
KINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Sharpe is my favourite show of all time. Nothing comes close. I remember watching GOT just because it had Sean Bean. Obviously I've never watched anything past S1. SOVL: The Show, no doubt.
For me, it's the Baker Rifle.
If you were a big fan of the Sharpe series I'd recommend Lt. John Shipp's memoirs.
A great perspective from the same era, gives you a good idea of the realities.
can I get a no bullshit answer to if this show is good and worth watching and why? I see it posted all the time. I took the Rome suggestion from Cinemaphile so I am once again curious.
If you liked Rome odds are you'll like Sharpe. It has a strong cast of actors - main and supporting, the plots are enjoyable and their resolutions are actually interesting, the soundtrack is kino and black powder weapons are kino.
alright then, I'll check it out. thank you
IT'S EXCELLENT.
JUST WATCH IT c**t. PRIME LIZ HURLEY BOOBA ALONE.
Well sir, upon first sighting the Janny I naturally gave the order to shitpost, that's my style sir.
>anon's posts button up tight across SEVERAL boards
Ukraine never looked so good than when it was standing in for Napoleonic Europe