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Aegon I
Canada133 Posts
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Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
It clearly shows them sailing from mountains, but Ragnar was situated in Denmark, where we don't have mountains(besides 1 small Island). Also, you see them at some point from the brittish point of view where I believe they are speaking norwegian. Only place not in Denmark in the series should be when they travel to Uppsala(Sweden) I believe, but mountains occur quite frequently and makes it confusing. | ||
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kuresuti
1393 Posts
On May 02 2013 03:27 Cinim wrote: I love the series from a entertainment point of view, but historically it's very inaccurate. It clearly shows them sailing from mountains, but Ragnar was situated in Denmark, where we don't have mountains(besides 1 small Island). Also, you see them at some point from the brittish point of view where I believe they are speaking norwegian. Only place not in Denmark in the series should be when they travel to Uppsala(Sweden) I believe, but mountains occur quite frequently and makes it confusing. Similar to a woman's body, it would be boring if it was all flat. | ||
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Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
On May 02 2013 03:29 kuresuti wrote: Similar to a woman's body, it would be boring if it was all flat. This is just 1 part of the historical inaccuracy, simply google it and you will find several things wrong. Even his name, is Ragnar Lodbrog not lothbrog (back then it was a slang for shaggy pants actually) | ||
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Excludos
Norway8129 Posts
On May 02 2013 03:27 Cinim wrote: I love the series from a entertainment point of view, but historically it's very inaccurate. It clearly shows them sailing from mountains, but Ragnar was situated in Denmark, where we don't have mountains(besides 1 small Island). Also, you see them at some point from the brittish point of view where I believe they are speaking norwegian. Only place not in Denmark in the series should be when they travel to Uppsala(Sweden) I believe, but mountains occur quite frequently and makes it confusing. I dont remember them speaking Norwegian, but someone earlier in the thread said he heard Finnish words. I think they are trying to imitate old Scandinavian (the language has a word, but I can't remember it right now). | ||
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Artanis[Xp]
Netherlands12968 Posts
On May 02 2013 06:10 Excludos wrote: I dont remember them speaking Norwegian, but someone earlier in the thread said he heard Finnish words. I think they are trying to imitate old Scandinavian (the language has a word, but I can't remember it right now). I think you mean Old Norse. | ||
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Excludos
Norway8129 Posts
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TOCHMY
Sweden1692 Posts
I think they've done well to balance it out actually. The thing you said about mountains. If i remember correctly, they call their main town Kattegatt? Kattegatt is the gulf leading to Östersjön, the sea between sweden and finland/baltic countries. They live in Denmark, or somewhere around kattegatt. Now, I dunno exactly how the land around kattegatt looks, but Norway is very rocky, could be that they sail past there. EDIT: MAP | ||
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Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
On May 02 2013 22:09 TOCHMY wrote: I think it's very very hard to be historically accurate and still have an intriguing and exciting series/plot, at least the way they are shaping this series. I think they've done well to balance it out actually. The thing you said about mountains. If i remember correctly, they call their main town Kattegatt? Kattegatt is the gulf leading to Östersjön, the sea between sweden and finland/baltic countries. They live in Denmark, or somewhere around kattegatt. Now, I dunno exactly how the land around kattegatt looks, but Norway is very rocky, could be that they sail past there. EDIT: MAP Well, to me it looks very much like they lived next to those mountains. According to the history, back then they lived in Sjælland(the eastern big island) somewhere in the middle part, somewhere caled Lejre. | ||
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TOCHMY
Sweden1692 Posts
On May 02 2013 23:02 Cinim wrote: Well, to me it looks very much like they lived next to those mountains. According to the history, back then they lived in Sjælland(the eastern big island) somewhere in the middle part, somewhere caled Lejre. I guess one has to have some imagination ) | ||
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Excludos
Norway8129 Posts
On May 02 2013 22:09 TOCHMY wrote: I think it's very very hard to be historically accurate and still have an intriguing and exciting series/plot, at least the way they are shaping this series. I think they've done well to balance it out actually. The thing you said about mountains. If i remember correctly, they call their main town Kattegatt? Kattegatt is the gulf leading to Östersjön, the sea between sweden and finland/baltic countries. They live in Denmark, or somewhere around kattegatt. Now, I dunno exactly how the land around kattegatt looks, but Norway is very rocky, could be that they sail past there. EDIT: MAP Not to mention telling an accurate story about Ranger Lothbrok is about as easy as telling an accurate story about King Arthur. We don't even know if he lived or not. The vikings was not known for their talent of bookkeeping.. There are interviews with the creators of the show where they talk about this | ||
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
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Excludos
Norway8129 Posts
On May 06 2013 06:32 rezoacken wrote: I have a feeling that History will make Ragnar a patchwork of the whole viking age. They will ignore the relevant dates and make him raid the whole Europe, settle in England/Normandy, unite vikings and start converting them. The creators have stated that the show is not fantasy. Its a mix between real and fiction (because they actually know very little about that age, seeing as the vikings didn't really care to write it down). They are going to stick to facts as much as they can, and add to it. The story of Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons are the most famous stories from that era. Everyone knows where its going to end, so you can't really start throwing out twists here and there. Doubly so as this is the History channel, and not HBO. The audience expects a certain standard of historical accuracy. It would be like making a titanic movie where the ship doesn't sink. | ||
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
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Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
On May 06 2013 06:32 rezoacken wrote: I have a feeling that History will make Ragnar a patchwork of the whole viking age. They will ignore the relevant dates and make him raid the whole Europe, settle in England/Normandy, unite vikings and start converting them. I dobut he will be converting them, seeing as it's not him, but Gorm the Old who converted the country into christians. | ||
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Aervhorn
Norway67 Posts
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Megelrov
Denmark95 Posts
We need more visual images of longships on television. | ||
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bonedOUT
United States140 Posts
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Psotnik
Poland14 Posts
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
On May 12 2013 15:05 Psotnik wrote: i dont understand the popularity of these sope-operas for stupid teenager, like GOT or spartacus, the scenario is exactly like brazilian operas but there are lots of tits and blood so it appeals to young males instead of housekeepers. If you think GoT is a soap opera for stupid teenagers you need some/better subtitles. | ||
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