HiWire Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 Looks like COVID-19 is going to shut things down for a while. Has anybody watched the Vikings series from the History Channel? Looks like my kind of show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 My friend Rich went ape shit over this show - Would refer to it all the time. Tried to watch - didn't catch me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted March 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 Season 6 is supposed to be the last season... I haven't watched any of it, but I've started seeing references to the show pop up in my YouTube feed since I started looking at Witcher swordmaking and whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 (edited) Finished all 29 seasons of Vikings (Amazon Prime/Hulu/maybe still History). Not sure why I stuck with it, it’s not great, but it did a few things kind of interesting, first hitting historical—ish major events (though time-compressed and linked to a single family) and second around religion comparisons and interwinding ideas (though by they got to Buddhism it felt tacked on). For what it’s worth it landed much better than GoT, though I’m not sure how they’re going to handle the upcoming Netflix sequel, Vikings: Valhalla, as it’s set 100 years after the original series, and some events have historically already happened in the original (damn, time-compression). If you’re feeling sick or lethargic this may be for you. Edited September 27 by blessingx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 I'm sorry, did you say 29 seasons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 (edited) It felt like it, probably because I wanted to stop watching by the second episode, but it has strangely compelling pacing and a handful of small story arcs always happening in at least three, shifting, locations simultaneously. It’s hard to find a point to stop. For example anyone made a widow/widower (and there’s a lot of that) usually has a new lover/spouse in the same episode, sometimes the next scene. Keep on movin’ don’t stop. Edited September 27 by blessingx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 I should give it a try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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