So, I started watching the History channel's new show, Vikings like 8 or 9 weeks ago when it started coming out. It kicks ass, imo. I told my friend about it and he was like, "You gotta check out this show, Spartacus." So, I downloaded the first couple episodes and seriously, I tried to get through the first episode 3 times and couldn't. I kept shutting it off. It's so fucking cheesy. Bad acting, costumery, scenery, cheap production values. Everything shit. To be fair, many people have told me, "Yeah, if you get through that first one, it gets better after that." But, I couldn't get through it. Meanwhile, Vikings is better than Fartacus in every possible way. When I met up with my friend after a few weeks, I told him I thought Spartacunt was "pants" (his gay English term for bad) and he responded by telling me he thought Vikings was "toilet". Wow, Spartacunt looks to me like it was made by a 13 year old boy with one hand in his pants and the other on his CGI generator. Vikings is awesome and only one or two minor points bother me. Any thoughts?
Vikings rocks! I dig that they made an effort to be historically correct in the background references. For somebody who actually reads it makes all the difference in the world when somebody like King Aelle and the British Kingdoms are portrayed correctly in a subplot. The interplay of conflicting religious values between Christianity and the Gods of the Norse of the era is really well done. The sex, blood and guts are pretty cool too. Spartacus. Damn thing was all shock value with Romans speaking in feigned Brit queen's English accents and crappy CGI. WTF? I had no idea Roman Emperors and slaves all heralded from the Isles? Fancy that. As historically correct in reference as a comic book. That in itself bugs me.
Vikings is an awesome show! If you hadn't noticed, the Yggdrasil Tree is what my avatar is. I love Norse lore!
Vikings is an awesome show. Res hit it dead on. It is done in as close to the era that they can get. Spartacus takes a while to get used to. It took me quite awhile to get into it. I never knew that the human body had so much blood.
Anybody bothered by all the eyeliner and mascara Flakey and his women Helga are always sporting? That can't be historically accurate. It looks so contemporary goth style. Also, didn't care for the end of episode 8. Wtf?
I like Vikings. Good show, fairly accurate historically and Vikings are just bad ass in general. Couldn't get into Spartacus. Watched about 15 minutes of an episode and that was it. I'm kind of liking DaVinci's Demons. Bit of a swashbuckling take on him, but other facets like the graphics of his thought process and little things like buying and releasing birds to watch them in flight, which was something he actually did quite often, is cool.
Prolly the same cast they used for their Bible series they ran recently,i watched that and it was all Brits who i dont even recognise.History TV must have an agency of Brit actor rejects they turn to for cheap labour They likely think its adds substance Spartacus i found shit and vikings aint saw yet but iv heard you talk about it on FB and made a mental note to check it out:thumbsup:
This is all the shit that was usually left out because someone down the line figured it was meaningless. A lot of the "seers" or "people of wisdom" or "medicine men", whichever you prefer, would sport all kinds of shit. Some make-up looking stuff they made from berries or ashes or whatnot. A lot of them also had "markings" or tattoos. Same as pirates, Indians.
Flokey's eye shadow is most likely ash, since he seems to have a fascination with nature, and connection with the gods. They didn't bath often, so it could just be from dirt and tears, too.
