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Sup TL? After not meeting Hot Bid I decided to look around for something to do, and just a couple of hours ago I found out about this new series through HBO Noridc, called "Vikings".
From Wiki
"Vikings is a historical drama television series, written and created by Michael Hirst for the Canadian television channel History, on which it premiered on March 3, 2013.
Filmed in Ireland, the series is inspired by the tales about the Viking Ragnar Lodbrok, one of the best-known Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of France and England. It portrays Ragnar as a Viking farmer who pioneers the first daring raids into England with the support of fellow warriors, his brother, and his wife, the shieldmaiden Lagertha."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306299/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings_(TV_series)
Trailer
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Number of episodes at the time this was posted: 3
My thoughts about the first episode
+ Show Spoiler + I'm not really sure what I think of the series yet, it's to early to judge, but I'll mention some good and less good things.
Good- Epic setting, the landscape is really beatiful, and vikings are really cool...
Not so good- I guess it's intentional, but some of the characters English is rather brutal to listen to (IMO), now this might just add to the "authenticness" but it takes away more then it gives according to me. This might just be a side effect after watching GOT, but some scenes (for example the scene when the guy get's his head cut off) just seems rather low quality-ish, but I guess you can't have everything?.
With that said I do think this series has a rather big potential, we'll see how it turns out!
So, have any of you guys seen "Vikings" yet? If so, what do you think?
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im canadian and it says that its not available in my country
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hmm sounds very interesting. I read your spoiler, now it doesnt sound as interesting anymore
A swede is in this movie, gustaf skarsgårs thats really cool, iam a sweede myself, not movie, series
But i sure as hell would like to see what it is, the trailer i saw in your spoiler it seems to be good from it
I like good acting, good characters, and good scenes. Like the fighting should be good-made, the story is not as important as long as it is told in a good way
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Hmm this looks pretty cool. I like how they are going for a historically-accurate vibe, gonna check it out for sure.
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On March 15 2013 08:20 WikidSik wrote:
im canadian and it says that its not available in my country
I'm watching it on Hulu with mediahint.
I recently came to realize that if I knew as much about real history as I did about fake history (game of thrones) I would be a much more knowledgeable person. It was right about the time this show premiered so I decided to give it a shot.
So far I'm liking it. I want to give them a few more episodes to find their stride before being too critical.
Question on the end of ep 3.
+ Show Spoiler + What language was the English envoy speaking? I assume the vikings were speaking some Scandinavia language at this point for authenticity (kinda sounded swedish-ish) but I also couldn't understand the Englishmen.
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Im really enjoying this series so far. Can't get enough of a fix from similar shows (spartacus, GoT), so this hits me right in my goodie spot.
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I'm really liking it, Episode 1 got me hooked and I've been watching the pre-airs as they come out, episode 1 was definitely the best so far but I'm optimistic that we are gonna get some awesome progress. I am a bit scared that they are going to true to the period and people are gonna get bored because things don't move fast enough. I just want the Jarl to kick the bucket already, ODIN favors you just pig stick that nerd.
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This show makes me want to build a longboat or at least play the Danes in Civilization.
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On March 15 2013 09:38 scudst0rm wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 08:20 WikidSik wrote:
im canadian and it says that its not available in my country I'm watching it on Hulu with mediahint. I recently came to realize that if I knew as much about real history as I did about fake history (game of thrones) I would be a much more knowledgeable person. It was right about the time this show premiered so I decided to give it a shot. So far I'm liking it. I want to give them a few more episodes to find their stride before being too critical. Question on the end of ep 3. + Show Spoiler + What language was the English envoy speaking? I assume the vikings were speaking some Scandinavia language at this point for authenticity (kinda sounded swedish-ish) but I also couldn't understand the Englishmen.
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They landed on the shores of the Kingdom of Northumbria which is an Anglo Saxon kingdom before the Danish (Viking) conquest of England. Modern English is a fusion of many languages so the English then and the English we know now is not the same.
Basically England wasn't actually England back then. The British isles were populated by mainly Celtic people (much the same with most of western Europe before Roman conquests), Rome invaded and conquered the southern part of the British isle, when Rome fall, the people there were were half way between Celt and Roman, then the Anglos and Saxons came over, then the Danes came (where our story starts).
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Also a historical question, maybe I missed a scene:
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The Viking King says there is nothing to the West yet England is mentioned in the same episode....
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thanks for the thread gonna check it out asap
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On March 15 2013 12:50 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:Also a historical question, maybe I missed a scene: + Show Spoiler +
The Viking King says there is nothing to the West yet England is mentioned in the same episode....
+ Show Spoiler +You mean the earl right? I don't believe they had a King yet. That part is properly made up for ease of story telling. Since the Vikings have being trading and raiding Europe for ages... they must have come into contact with people who were part of the Roman empire and Romans knew about Britain.
Or maybe the vikings knew about England as a land somewhere to the west but they are not sure where or how far it is exactly. Kinda like Colombus knew about China and India but they don't know how far or where it is except a general direction so Earl is telling them to stfu and stop dreaming. It's pretty clear by the mood of the show that the Earl is the one against progress and more interested in his own control and power and Ragnar is a problem child keen to prove him wrong.
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I like it, but sometimes it feels like the English is written, directed, and acted by some of my Russian buddies that barely speak English.
Other than that it's pretty awesome. Can't get enough of these types of shows.
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Really good show, but there has been a lot of leaking of episodes online though, episode 3 is already available on torrent sites.
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Yeah I saw episode 3 then I checked Wikipedia and episode 3 was suppose to air on 17th wtf...
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I tuned in for the pilot thinking it was a documentary for some reason. I forgot this was the network of Ice Road Truckers and Pawn Stars, silly me.
But I watched anyway, and it was okay. Vikings need more love in pop culture, and the show represents the age fairly well. It's a "background show" for now, but I'll keep watching hoping it gets awesome. And the main character's wife is hot.
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On March 15 2013 13:19 haduken wrote:
Yeah I saw episode 3 then I checked Wikipedia and episode 3 was suppose to air on 17th wtf...
I watched it on Hulu a few days ago, I guess Wikipedia is wrong 
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Loved the show.
Has become my new historic/action piece... since Spartacus has turned into a Porno..with blood shooting everywhere.
(literally..cant even watch it anymore... there is enough porn on the internet...i dont watch TV specifically for boobs, dicks, or vaginas. fuck that shows writer/directors for being sick as fuck...and thinking apparently the right balance = 60% sex, 30% action, 10% story.... Seasons 1-2 were soooooooooooooo good, 3 was pretty good too... this one is sooooooooooo terrible, literally its like watching bloody porn ffs)
Really enjoying the show so far. Was very happy + Show Spoiler +when his wife roflstomped those vagabonds and sent them on their way... was going to be pissed if this turned into a sideplot mini-spartacus bs
Have ALWAYS wondered, especially as a literature student, why 0 history/mythology is read/discussed in school from Europe/Norse, all we ever read and talk about are the Greeks... but ive read pretty much all of it, and have always wanted to learn more about Norse mythology (i mean pretty much everyone studies beowulf/Canterbury Tales... but thats about as much as anyone talks about until Shakespeare)
So I am enjoying getting to watch it, especially since its on the History channel, and accuracy is actually a big part of the project.
also i dont have to fast forward through 10 minute sex scenes every other 10 mins.
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Show has been quite enjoyable so far, as far as the episode 3 issue, This Sunday is the official air date for it but History had a digital exclusive of it up on its website so that is why its up on pirate sites and Hulu etc.
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