MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Starting this show now. Period piece shows I’ve seen have delivered. Hoping the streak continues.
Binge Watch: Vikings
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MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Nobody wanna talk about the show? Was hoping for a decent discussion.
Anyways, season 1 was solid. Can’t say I’m feeling Ragnar as a MC. The Viking world is interesting to see. I’m more invested in the Monk’s journey.
Brolic Seth Rollo-ins as the brother.
Anyways, season 1 was solid. Can’t say I’m feeling Ragnar as a MC. The Viking world is interesting to see. I’m more invested in the Monk’s journey.
Brolic Seth Rollo-ins as the brother.
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Mister_DoItNice
Leading The Regime
Lagertha.
rdot
All Star
Been meaning to rewatch this.
You should check out The Last Kingdom for the Saxon side after you're done. Unrelated and takes place after the events of Vikings but a couple of characters you'll see in Vikings show up.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
She looks like one of the girls from GoT. The on Joffrey was engaged/married to. Lagertha isn't a dime, but something about her isLagertha.
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MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Season 2 already better than the first and I’m only halfway done. Good writing and character development.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Is it like GoT/Borgias with the scheming and betrayal?
Plenty but not as deep, I'd compare it to Black Sails in that department. Hopefully the story and characters hold you but the first two seasons will look low budget compared to Vikings. It got an upgrade once Netflix copped it season 3 and on.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
The synopsis sounds interesting and I really enjoyed BS. I’m almost done with season 2 of this show and it’s heating up.
But you mentioned characters and story. What about it might not hold my attention? Are characters weak? Storytelling not strong?
Nah I meant that I hope you're not put off by the low budget look. I know that some Viking stans dumped TLK because of how cheap it looked.
I'm pretty sure you'll like Uhtred and Co. and the story right away.
I'm giving Vikings another chance now that I can binge it on netflix but I initially dumped Vikings in the first place because I didn't like the pacing and kind of didn't care for any of the characters except for Ragnar and Athelstan.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
When did you drop Vikings? I thought season 1 was solid but slow to build characters, but season 2 is great.
I’m not gonna disregard something if it feels low budget. As long as the characters and storytelling are good I’m in. Black Sails and Vikings are the recent shows I watched for the first time and I went in blind. BS delivered and Vikings looks like it will too.
I tapped out some episodes into S4. I'm up to S3E02 in my rewatch, I'm liking it more now but my disinterest in the ensemble is still there.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Oh wow, that’s crazy you stopped it in the later seasons. You were watching when it aired?
Yeah, I think I found TLK the same year season 4 of Vikings was airing.