Have any of you been watching this series on the History channel? I just finished the first two seasons last week and I am totally hooked. Season 3 comes out next summer so I giving those of you who havent seen this show ample time to catch up so we can talk about it next year. Dont miss out, this is the best show on TV. Better than Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad, no joke. Its loosely based on the semi mythical life of Ragnar Lothbrok, the Viking who first discovered how to travel across the great sea to England and start with their early raids on the unsuspecting villages there. He eventually rose to king of the vikings, although the series isnt there yet. Ive always found this portion of history interesting and they do a very good job with the story line. [video=youtube;5BPm9FsCd88]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BPm9FsCd88[/video]
Its on History so no actual boobs, there is tons sexual matter in it though. Lots of gore and fight scenes. Lagertha is one hot ass shield maiden who can kick some serious ass.
I'm a big fan of Vikings as well, but better than Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad? It's not that good, man I love watching BBC docs about British History. The Celts, Romans, Vikings, Saxons, and the fucking Normans.
To each their own but its in the same league at least. Game of thrones is the better comparison, same style minus the zombies, dragons and not as many story lines. The historical aspect always adds to it for me also. Its nice to see history doing more of this type of show and less of ancient aliens.
I could not get interested in Game of Thrones. But Vikings is one of the best series I've ever seen! I happened to catch the 1st episode when it premiered and was hooked ever since. You kinda have to start from the beginning though because there is so much back history with all the characters.
Anyone following this season? its has been fantastic as expected. Floki has taken on such a dark character, poor Athelstan that was very unexpected. Im also hearing rumors of Ragnar's death sooner than expected in this series (next season maybe?), but for now the raid of Paris looks to be epic. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/vikings-take-paris-a-by-787064
easy to say because GOT hasn't started yet. Give 3 weeks and I could change my tune, but overall I like Vikings much much better. The story line is easier to follow and the history based aspect helps my attention to the subject. I also really like how they depict Christianity and the norse gods as being the same but different. Characters like Ragnar and the King Egbert see this and live in both worlds, where others like Floki can not. Oh yea and oh shit almost forgot, Ragnar has a new son to that English chick. Thats going to be interesting.
You guys trying to learn about the Vikings when you already got me here to ask? King Egbert was a good egg.
