Instead, it is adapted from Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories, historical novels that focus on the birth of England.
The Last Kingdom is no relation to Valhalla, or its originating show Vikings (on the History Channel and, in its last season, Amazon Prime). But as it turns out, Netflix seems to enjoy this genre, providing us with Vikings: Valhalla. “Didn’t Plugged In already review a drama that dives deep into the conflicts that arose between pagan and Christian Vikings as well as English-Viking skirmishes?” Why, yes, we did. The Last Kingdom explores the bitter conflicts between Englishmen and Vikings, and it provides a drama that dives deep into the conflicts that arose between pagan and Christian Vikings. And as an ally-turned-enemy leads an army of angry Vikings to his doorstep, he’ll find out just how much of a downpour that storm is.
However, he can’t seem to shake this feeling of paranoia-that it’s only the calm before an impending storm. Yet, though he’s had plenty of close calls, Uhtred’s always managed to avoid the chopping block, whether that be through his superior fighting skills or his thick plot armor.īy Season Five, the show’s final season, Uhtred has had a couple families and maintains a settlement against semi-frequent raids, and he and many other pagan Vikings are becoming increasingly frustrated with the rate at which their Viking kinsmen are converting to Christianity.īut compared to how things have been in the past, Uhtred’s life is quite calm. Kings and lords rise and fall, their decapitated heads often gracing the screen. Countless people die, and countless others are mutilated. It’s enough to turn anyone fatalistic, and Uhtred is no exception.īut he soldiers on, and throughout the show’s seasons, his loyalties and allies change faster than you can say Bebbanburg. To top it all off, his biological uncle wants him dead so that he can officially have the rightful claim to the throne in Bebbanburg. Then, after growing into adulthood and assimilating into the Viking culture, other Vikings came and slaughtered his new family. He lives in England in the late 800s AD, a time where Vikings and Englishmen (and Vikings and Vikings) seemed constantly at war with one another.įor Uhtred of Bebbanburg, it all began when the Vikings slaughtered his brother and father on the same day before taking him as a slave.
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