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Old 03-05-2013, 11:13 PM   #1
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Vikings!

Oh.


Hell.



Yeah.




Watch the first two episodes on on demand.

Ragnar Lothbrok.

I read the Saxon Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell. Ragnar is a good guy Dane in that, but the story is told from the British POV.

This show is the best thing on tv right now.
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Old 03-06-2013, 04:59 AM   #2
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Do they actually say "Vikings" in the show? Which pronunciation do they use?
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Old 03-06-2013, 05:20 AM   #3
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OH MY GOD! Must have.

You has link?
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Old 03-06-2013, 10:12 AM   #4
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Vikings are the scariest mofos ever. They come up a RIVER in a boat you thought would be stuck in the ocean (your inland town has no major defenses); and when they get within 6 feet of you, your skull is already cracked open by a pole axe. Not like you wanted to get in close, anyway.
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Old 03-06-2013, 11:05 AM   #5
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OH MY GOD! Must have.

You has link?
History channel.

Sunday 10pm. Hulu. I think you can watch the episodes on their website too.
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Old 03-06-2013, 03:45 PM   #6
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Thanks!
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Old 03-07-2013, 12:32 AM   #7
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Vikings are the scariest mofos ever. They come up a RIVER in a boat you thought would be stuck in the ocean (your inland town has no major defenses); and when they get within 6 feet of you, your skull is already cracked open by a pole axe. Not like you wanted to get in close, anyway.
They use to collect tribute from Paris on a regular basis.
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Old 03-07-2013, 07:50 AM   #8
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They're the reason half the Slavic population is blond.
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Old 03-07-2013, 09:20 AM   #9
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Just watched the first episode last night.

great stuff.
'Viking sunstone' found in shipwreck
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Old 03-10-2013, 01:27 PM   #10
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Jim,

You should change your name to Ragnar. I think Loki is closest to my personality. LOL
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Old 03-10-2013, 03:41 PM   #11
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he's got the panda eyes
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Old 03-10-2013, 10:34 PM   #12
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I loved the mask he wore. I need one of those so I can jump out of trees & scare folks down by the sewage lagoon. Just thought about this - we could build a Viking ship and sail it in the old lagoon!
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Old 03-11-2013, 12:29 PM   #13
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I'm really enjoying it, although I don't entirely get the whole docudrama notion the History channel is trying here. Shouldn't they at least have a companion series with some funny looking archaeologists talking about middens and misinterpreting religious practices or something?
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Old 03-11-2013, 02:02 PM   #14
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I'm really enjoying it, although I don't entirely get the whole docudrama notion the History channel is trying here. Shouldn't they at least have a companion series with some funny looking archaeologists talking about middens and misinterpreting religious practices or something?
I found it really hard to believe that the vikings hadn't even SEEN England by that time. If they just hugged the coast along France, they must have noticed something to their right.
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Old 03-11-2013, 03:23 PM   #15
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Most of the Viking longboats that have been recovered, have been proven to be built from Irish trees. But that's the longboats, they built several types of boats for rivers and shit, so they may have covered most of Europe and Eastern Russia before venturing across the water. Then too, England was pretty primitive, so maybe better plunder could be had on the continent.
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