Another one hooked. Let us know what you think, but give it at least 2.5 seasons, 'k? It just gets deeper and deeper and more ... darkly artistic and Shakespearean ..
Floki's nuttier than squirrel crap!!! But he's been one of my favorite characters on the show since the beginning.
Good question, and interesting. Let me think on it some. I think not Floki, since he has a dark side that pops out later (season 3) that I don't resonate with so much. But he is a nutter, for sure.
Starting season 2 now, I blast through seasons of shows. I got a nasty cold right now, so not much else to do but Neflix and chill....or Amazon Prime and chill haha. Vikings has been decent so far, it kinda reminds me of Sons of Anarchy but Vikings.
Another exciting Friday night in my social life. Taking a break from Vikings season 3 (pretty far in) to grab another beer, and a little change of pace. I listened to/watched REM do "Losing My Religion" live in Germany, then decided to watch some Gina Carano vids. No secret here I'm a fan and admirer. If there's a modern model of a Viking fighting woman, a shield maiden, she's it. Or at least one of them, and the first woman in the MMA cage. Found a new video best of, highlights compilation with the best music for her so far. "... one of us is goin' down." Lagertha, is that you?
Ok, hold the phone .. er, I mean horn. I just finished Season 3, Episode 9. Holy Fjord, Dane-man. I didn't see that coming. The last minute rivals any other scene so far. But the drums take it over the top. Stopping there until after sleep.
I skipped the football. Had to stack wood instead. Part of my rent agreement. After, I ate tacos, drank some beer -- including but not restricted to -- Smiling Irish Bastard. Then, I watched episodes 10 & 11. I gotta say, I've never experienced such a phase transition -- like ice to water, or water to steam -- in a film series. Up a notch or six ... ...
Probably one of my favorite shows right now. So glad the new season is starting back up, not much on TV of interest to me lately.
Not much on TV has interested me for years. In fact, the day before it went digital is the last time I watched TV. I don't even have cable, then or now. Everything I watch is on Netflix or Hulu, mostly movies and documentaries. Having said, I agree about favorite shows: this is at the top for now. Looking forward to 4, then 5.
Well, poop. I mistakenly thought I was still in Season 3, but I was wrong. I blew through 3 last week like an addict snorting Norse sagas on film, and then through season 4 over the weekend. I just finished 4, ep 10 (Ragnar in anger: "Who wants to kill me?! Who wants to be king?!), and learned there are no more eps on Hulu. The next film that popped up instead of ep 11 was some documentary. Bummer. So, I'll have to wait for season 5 to get to Hulu; don't know how fast that gets there. Until then, I've started rewatching from season 1, epi 1. Now the fun study begins, where I can watch details, make connections, see presaging events, look more closely at sets, costumes, tools, character development. Probably a good time to watch some interviews with author, directors, producers, actors, etc.
This is making 10 times more sense the second time through. What an amazing story. Fiction or not, it's an amazing story.
Norsemen refers to the group of people who spoke what is now called the Old Norse language between the 8th and 11th centuries. The language belongs to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages, and is the earlier form of modern Scandinavian languages. Norseman means "man from the North" and applied primarily to Old Norse-speaking tribes living in southern and central Scandinavia. In history, "Norse" or "Norseman" could be any person from Scandinavia, even though Norway, Denmark and Sweden were different sets of people by the Middle Ages. Typically the term Norse refers to the West Norse, meaning mainly Norwegians when reading about settlements in and colonization of America, Normandy, Iceland, Greenland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides, the Faroe Islands and Mann. In some other historical references, the term may also refer to the East Norse, meaning mainly Danes and Swedes, for instance, Cnut's Empire and Swedes adventures East. The Norse Scandinavians established states and settlements in England, Scotland, Iceland, Wales, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Ireland, Russia, Greenland, France, Belgium, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, and Canada[1][2] as well as southern Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen
I suggest that this could be what Viking music -- horns, drums, sticks, battle, loving, dancing -- might sound like if they were turned loose in a 21st century sound studio with a few weeks training
No! Just a few more episodes, and I swear, I'll go clean! Cold-turkey. I swear! Ha. Who am I kidding. I'm into study mode now. Remember, I'm an informal student of film. This is my norm: when I find a good film, I watch it through multiple times. I've watched GoT through season 3 three times, and will do so with subsequent seasons once I can get them. I see soooo much more in the subsequent viewings. Connections made; character references appear earlier that sets a context. (Example: what two characters are played by a single actor, even if the second character doesn't make an appearance until season 4? It's truly a shockingly-brilliant bit of casting.)
