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Ah Sharpe, proper boys own stuff. Been getting through all the novels the last couple of years. I feel so inferior next to that big hunk of man!
absolutely loved Pete Postlethwaite's Obadiah Hakeswill - mad as box of frogs!

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I love Sharpe, I have the books and the DVD box set that both get revisited from time to time. Pete Postlethwaite was a fantastic actor and outstanding as Hakeswill.

I got the blueray DVD collection for Christmas so been working my way through them. Been enjoying them throughly though I do wonder how good they could have been with a bigger budget and the advancement in CGI these days.
 
I got the blueray DVD collection for Christmas so been working my way through them. Been enjoying them throughly though I do wonder how good they could have been with a bigger budget and the advancement in CGI these days.
TBH I think that may have ruined it, there is a certain element of charm about the older production techniques. Sharpe was one of my favourite programs of that era, and continues to be to this day.

Brian Cox was a great actor in the series, with Daragh O'Malley being one of my favourite actors in the whole thing (Pat). There were some big names in there too, think Liz Hurley, Daniel Craig among others.
 
TBH I think that may have ruined it, there is a certain element of charm about the older production techniques. Sharpe was one of my favourite programs of that era, and continues to be to this day.

Brian Cox was a great actor in the series, with Daragh O'Malley being one of my favourite actors in the whole thing (Pat). There were some big names in there too, think Liz Hurley, Daniel Craig among others.

I know where you are coming from but I feel sometimes it lacks the sense of scale like you imagine when reading the books. Have you ever seen Waterloo?(the film with Chris Plummer) they have literally thousands of extras, there is no CGI obviously but you get that sense of scale and grandure.
 
Sharpe was a great series. Loved the episode Sharpe's Enemy which included the Siege of Badajoz.
Always remember the commanding officer of the Forlon Hope singing "Heart of Oak" to his men.
Stirring stuff!!
 
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