red snow Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 More likely you were the victim of rhetorical flourish.Rus is the word for the steering board used on longboats.So they were named after the steering board or the other way around? Did i mis-spell or have we uncovered another BBC scandal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delete this account pls Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I liked it. It has modest ambitions and it achieved them. I don't really get why they used susbtitles a couple of times in odd places, and the idea that Norsemen (or Danes or Swedes or whoever they were meant to be) would regard western Europe and England as some wondrous mythical place that can't be reached is pretty silly, but I can overlook that. It was entertaining enough.ETA; So, the basic idea as I understood it is that they're going to build up maybe to the famous first Viking attack on Lindisfarne? That's a cool idea, if that's what they're going for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I liked it, mostly for the shipbuilding and law infodumps (dunno how accurate they are, but it sounded cool), but whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Gwynhyfvar Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 For a great book on the history of Vikings, which addresses why they have the historical rep they do as well as the reasons behind the explosion of "viking" in the 9th-11th C, check out Vikings by Robert Ferguson http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0143118013/ref=redir_mdp_mobileLengthy but worth the commitment if you're interested :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Well I haven't watched yet, but I'll take the benefit of doubt on quality from folks here rather than my Facebook feed, which had some serious negatives... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 so, shall we go reaving?shall we burn all that we cannot eat, drink, kill, steal or fuck?That can't possibly be a long list, can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Walker Texas Ranger Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Is this the theme song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zupoleon Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Not bad. My expectations weren't that high going in, and I'm willing to tune in for the next couple weeks to see where it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'll watch it on the strength of the recs here. I was intrigued by the adverts, but was too caught up in Walking Dead last night to catch it.Sounds pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th Warrior Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Having watched this last night I think this show.....needs to be on HBO and Mad Mel Gibson in front and behind the camera. He would make one Bloody show on The Vikings as only he could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talleyrand Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Reminded me of that Channel 4 thing a few years back about 1066 that had Yoren in it. Actually that was quite good, might go look it up on 4od Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Shiera Seastar~ Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Seen it last night and I kinda liked it but not totally into it yet. I'll see the next episode if the story will get more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I watched the first episode, and it kind of surpassed my expectations. I was thinking it would be something like Spartacus, but without sex. The characters are well developed and well written. Every dialogue felt authentic to me, not just some cheap knock off of Game of Thrones. So far, so good. I'll definitely keep tuning in. Hopefully the future episodes are just as good, or even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reposado Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 thought it was interesting enough. had hoped it would be set abou two centuries later but this has potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 That can't possibly be a long list, can it?the list will not be long, but it is important that we have a solid plan.tonight we watched episode one of the the series. it was pretty watchable, but then i like me some vikings.where as it is a loose interpretation and dramatization of a time in history that few of us really know really well the game of throned series is a loose interpretation and dramatization of books that most of us have all read. one of these series will be more on my interest list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Nothing fantastic here. but not bad.The show will get better if Gabriel Byrne wakes up, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliewankanobe Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Couldn't make it through the first 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I was able to see the 2nd episode on demand. Interesting they got to the fireworks factory rather quickly in fact. It was a soap opera but that is understandable. I'll watch it agian on Sunday. The only problem with shows now is here is 5 minutes of a given show and 10 muinutes of advertisments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactus Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Ah, this was the one about ol' Ragnar Furrypants wasn't it? Might be nice. (especially if they do the reaction shots to his death right :P) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I thought the dialogue was frequently kind of terrible, actually, but the rest more or less worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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