A friend of mine nagged at me all last year that I should watch Vikings on History channel, yeah right. I finally did, now I'm going to nag at YOU. The battles are amazing, there is a plot (Sons of Anarchy meets Game of Thrones) lots of pillage and plunder, battles with swords and axes. And a really amazing theme song. Any one else watching?
Sure I'm watching it. I mean it's Michael Hirst the same guy who did The Tudors (one of the best historician tv shows ever), and two amazing movies about Elizabeth I (who was amazingly played by Cate Blanchett) so I had to follow this up. I'm liking this so far. Historician details are noticeable and realistic way of showing community of vikings also impressed me. So far I only dislike actor who plays Ragnar. I mean the way he talks is just... ugh... too soft for a warrior like him. Everytime when he explains something to his people I feel like he is teaching them in classroom instead of ordering them to do stuff. And his acting is unstable. One time he can do amazing scene, while next he is just plain weak. I don't understand why people praise him for his role. Oh and theme song is indeed really good. Funny though I've heard the song at least twice is some movies & shows. I guess it's not exclusive to Vikings.
So Season 2 ended few days ago and it's been great ride. Series improved soooo much since Season 1. Characters evolved and changed and they grown so much too. Unlike Game of Thrones where story jumps from one character & place to another all the time here we have smaller cast and story is actually and constantly moving forward. And we have epic, historically accurate battles which doesn;t look cheap or are too short like in GoT. It definitely shown how crew of the show pay attention to small details, and stuff looks real thanks to this approach. According to Michael Hirst S3 will focus on raid on the Paris (which is historically documented) and everything will get even bigger and better. He says "In Season 1 we only were allowed to show 8 ships, In s02 we shown 16 ships and we plan to show over 100 in s03". Considering how crazy this Raid on Paris was (they used over 120 ships in battle, used axes to climb on city walls etc.), I'm pretty sure it will rox so hard. S02 was already at the same level as GoT and I'm centrain S03 will beat it. So if you liked GoT but you are tired of constant character shifts or lack of true battles & action, go pick up Vikings, it's worth it.
MissB said, March 12, 2014, 12:58:11 amA friend of mine nagged at me all last year that I should watch Vikings on History channel, yeah right. I finally did, now I'm going to nag at YOU. The battles are amazing, there is a plot (Sons of Anarchy meets Game of Thrones) lots of pillage and plunder, battles with swords and axes. And a really amazing theme song. Any one else watching?love the show i honestly thought it wasn't that popular. i watched vikings and game of thrones every saturday and sundays.@jarek yeah i love those gritty fight scenes and they used real working replecas of the viking ships in the series how fucking dedicated you are to build one.
