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Offline mthrockmor

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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2015, 02:10:23 PM »
Did they really do 'blood wings'?

I love the show, as does my wife.

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Offline PR3D4TOR

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« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2015, 12:59:16 PM »
Nah... They did a family friendly version of the blood eagle. It was pretty ridiculous.
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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2015, 04:07:42 PM »
Knowing the historical (or quasi-historical) legends that the series is based on is kind of interesting. Even Rollo's eventual fate is touched on in the series.
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« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2015, 06:24:12 PM »
Rollo is not quasi-anything. Spoiler... He ends up marrying Gisela, the Francian princess and founds the Normandy royal linage as Robert I. His real viking nickname was Gange-Rolf (Walking-Rolf) because he was so large no horse could carry him. He was from the west coast of what is now Norway and his real family name was Rognvaldsson. He wasn't Ragnar's brother in real life, and Ragnar raided Paris forty years earlier than Rollo. He served under another Viking leader during the Paris raid in 885. Rollo later tried to take Paris and failed, but that was after conquering and settling Normandy. And yes, Rollo is the great-great-great-grandfather of William the Conqueror, and thus a forefather of the British royal family and through intermarriage all European royal families.
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« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2015, 06:56:23 PM »
I watched the first few episodes and quickly got turned off by the ahistorical histrionics and magic. I found The Americans and I deem it better.
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« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2015, 08:06:12 PM »
I'd honestly call this a "low-magic" series, as any mysticism is generally alluded to rather than accepted at face value. All of the mystic elements could be dismissed as everyday phenomena, with the possible exception of some of the seer's prophecies. Certainly his comments about Rollo are valid, given that we know Rollo's future is indeed quite bright.
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« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2015, 01:46:34 AM »
I watched it.

I fell asleep when he cut of that blokes foot
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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2015, 01:52:57 AM »
They do have dwarfs
You just can't see them
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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #23 on: April 13, 2015, 11:10:21 AM »
Quote from: PR3D4TOR on April 12, 2015, 06:24:12 PM
Rollo is not quasi-anything. Spoiler... He ends up marrying Gisela, the Francian princess and founds the Normandy royal linage as Robert I. His real viking nickname was Gange-Rolf (Walking-Rolf) because he was so large no horse could carry him. He was from the west coast of what is now Norway and his real family name was Rognvaldsson. He wasn't Ragnar's brother in real life, and Ragnar raided Paris forty years earlier than Rollo. He served under another Viking leader during the Paris raid in 885. Rollo later tried to take Paris and failed, but that was after conquering and settling Normandy. And yes, Rollo is the great-great-great-grandfather of William the Conqueror, and thus a forefather of the British royal family and through intermarriage all European royal families.

One of my favorite moments last episode was when Rollo and Gisela were looking at each other across the bloody parapets. Maybe not the ideal first date, but at least it wasn't boring.
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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #24 on: April 13, 2015, 02:50:28 PM »
Lol yeah  :D
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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #25 on: April 13, 2015, 10:45:13 PM »
Well Floki is on bad paper. Which was Ragnar's plan to begin with. Ragnar never forgave Floki for whacking Athelstan and no he's going to pay for it. With the Vikings, my people, stature is everything and Floki was getting to heavy for Ragnar's good. So he gave command to the little weirdo and allowed him to fail. Ragnar fought well, and his son was wounded badly, but Ragnar's main objective was to get rid of the goofy Floki. Even if the puss survives he will be little more then a wormy boat builder.

The stage is set for Ragnar to take Paris and all the glory. Ragnar think 6 moves down the board, and after all the Vikings he sacrifices are only going to a feast and orgy in Valhalla. I bet that English King will pay too. In some way.

Ragnar is a smart mo-fo.
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Offline Muzzy

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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #26 on: April 13, 2015, 10:50:25 PM »
Quote from: Rich46yo on April 13, 2015, 10:45:13 PM
Well Floki is on bad paper. Which was Ragnar's plan to begin with. Ragnar never forgave Floki for whacking Athelstan and no he's going to pay for it. With the Vikings, my people, stature is everything and Floki was getting to heavy for Ragnar's good. So he gave command to the little weirdo and allowed him to fail. Ragnar fought well, and his son was wounded badly, but Ragnar's main objective was to get rid of the goofy Floki. Even if the puss survives he will be little more then a wormy boat builder.

The stage is set for Ragnar to take Paris and all the glory. Ragnar think 6 moves down the board, and after all the Vikings he sacrifices are only going to a feast and orgy in Valhalla. I bet that English King will pay too. In some way.

Ragnar is a smart mo-fo.

Well there's lots of history-related spoilers about the fate of the king, and of Athelstan's child. :)
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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #27 on: April 14, 2015, 02:15:14 AM »
Who knows. They've already compressed a hundred years or so of history into a decade, and merged numerous historical persons into one character.
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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #28 on: April 14, 2015, 09:24:00 PM »
Lol, the show has already "stretched" history in several ways. It turns out that Ecbert never met that King from Northumbria in actuality nor were they even Kings at the same times in History. I wont say what happens in Paris tho History has already recorded it. Watch the show.

There is a whole lot that isnt written in History, or, written in different accounts. Ecbert has some bad times ahead, even tho he becomes the most powerful King in England first. Maybe Ragnar has something cooking that will geld his power, which actually did happen. I wont say more but I think theres enough "flex" in the recorded history to tell a great story. It was a long time ago and wasnt recorded as well as the Roman period. Ecbert, rightfully, admires the Romans.
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Re: The Vikings
« Reply #29 on: April 14, 2015, 09:25:32 PM »
It's as historical as "Braveheart".
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