Vikings tomorrow

Looking forward to it.

You having a viewing party?

I'll bring the rollin' papers, you bring the weed!

If you have netflix instant, check out a movie called 'Valhalla Rising'...It should have been called "Vikings who trip the fuk out on crazy juice"

Yes. from the History Channel trailers it looks very similar to BOTH "The Men Who Built America" and "Mankind: The History of All of Us". dramatic depictions of "events" in the "BIg Book of person-ish Legends"

it's a ten hour series probably split into 5 two hour episodes. I would imagine that the 1st two hour are "The Snake & The Whale"

The Bible Episode 1: Beginnings

Noah endures God’s wrath; Abraham reaches the Promised Land but still must prove his faith in God; Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt, and his faith in God is rewarded when the Red Sea parts to allow the Israelites to escape Pharaoh’s chariots; Moses delivers his final message from God–the Ten Commandments.

Premiere Date:March 03, 2013 - 08:00-10:00PM

Repeats Monday March 04, 2013 - 12:01-02:01AM
Wednesday March 06, 2013 - 09:00-11:02PM
Thursday March 07, 2013 - 01:01-03:03AM

Wow. They are really trying to sex this thing up.

Some guys try to rape the wife. The brother wants to rape the wife. The ship builder is tripping balls.

I'm not sure how I feel about this show.

I liked it enough to keep watching...I was kinda hoping for it to be more like 'Mankind' or 'The Bible'...An overview of the Viking centuries and less like a drama tv series.

I forgot to mention this.

At the end of the first episode, there was a little preview of episodes to come. The montage hinted that they were going to sack some Catholic areas. That wasn't very weird.

What was weird is that they showed a scene hinting that the main character and his wife were inviting a priest/monk for a menage-trois. That is technically almost a rape right?

Anybody else notice this? The "History" channel.

Menage-Trois

Correction:

Menage-Trois with two dudes.

Wrong again pal..It was clearly a documentary with footage of actual Vikings.

I have to agree with Dutch. they did cover the Vikings or "Russ" (Rowers) some in "Mankind" and how they settled Russia and the Baltic countries and their raiding of the British Islands. I guess this will cover it too BUT in a "drama" format. think there is a lot of "bird guano" BUT I DID find it somewhat entertaining. hopefully it will be better as it continues.

actually, I think "raiding east or west" IS kind of a big deal in the story. IF the Vikings had NOT gone west, they would NOT have had the impact on British history they did. also, would have never discovered and settled Iceland and gone all the way to North America well before the age of Colombus.

Tonights episode reminded me that a few yrs ago I read a book called 'The Last Kingdom'...It's the first in a series, but I lost interest..

A viking named Ragnar goes on a raid to Northumbria, a young English kid stands up to him, Ragnar likes him, takes him home, the kid slowly becomes a loyal Viking.

It's not exactly the same as this show..It's told from the viewpoint of the kid..The kid wasn't a monk etc...But close enough. Good book.

starting to lose interest in The Vikings. can't figure out why ANYONE would be loyal to Gabriel Byrne's character Earl Haraldson. the guy murders his lieutenants right and left and reminds me of some incompetent clueless executives I used to fly around when I was a corporate pilot years ago

BOTH "The Big Book of Hebrew Fables: The Movie" AND The Vikings definately NOT as good as recent History Channel offerings

No kidding. Who is writing this garbage? That offer to sleep with the wife was so stupid. And the part where he burns the face off the black smith was stupid too. They should fire the writers immediately.

I knew that "you can do my wife" was a freeking TRAP and killing or disfiguring the town blacksmith? THAT'S really BRILLIANT. like you DON'T need a blacksmith to service your OWN ships? complete FOLLISHNESS