Vikings

[Skyweir]

You may have a Vikings thread - surely somewhere but I looked and couldn't see one .. I am loving this series, the actors, authenticity.. it quickly became one of my faves! Ragnar Lothbruk and his quests, failures, I absolutely love his wife Lagatha .. she's incredibly awesome! But so many characters in this series are. I love also it's historicity .. as it goes. Has any one else seen it, enjoyed it, hated it?[/i]

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I quite enjoyed it for the most part, although they have played a bit fast and loose with the history of things. Floki annoys the hell out of me.

Are you current / up to date with it? (New season due out soon apparently.)

You might also enjoy "The Last Kingdom" based on Cornwall's "Saxon Chronicles."

Set a little bit later, (starting in 870AD odd) but more historically accurate.

--A

[Skyweir]

Yeah Folk annoyed the hell out of me too.

Missed the start of the new season but my son (touch wood) said he was downloading them for me.

Yeah I saw The Last Kingdom on Netflix advertised - will give it a view

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You'd do better to read the books, but whatever...

Haven't started the new season yet...was already losing interest,

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and now that Ragnar is dead...

At least that's putatively historically accurate as far as it goes...the alleged death of a Ragnar Lothbrokeson was the spur for the invasion of what would become England, led by his 3 sons. But it might be apocryphal.

--A