Vikings Returns

[Insidious Von]

Season 6 has commenced, I had to catch up on S5 before streaming it. I left off at the Brothers Battle, haven't picked it up again until now.

Josh Donaldson acquitted himself well with his speech before The Great Heathen Army departs for England. He wanted to take part in a battle scene but the Jays wouldn't allow it.

According to the historical record neither Ivar the Boneless nor Bjorn Ironside were at the Battle of Edington where the raiders met their match in Alfred the Great. His portrayal in the show is inaccurate, he was not a fey youth. He was a rough and grim King of Wessex who resembled Union General William Sherman. Even without Travis Fimmel (Ragnar Lothbrook) it's as riveting as ever.

Bjorn Ironside chose to become the first Viking to sail into the Mediterranean, he sacked Pisa - mistaking it for Rome. When he returned to Scandinavia he became Sweden's first King. Ivar the Boneless had a major impact on British and Irish history. As Seth Meyer says, "it's time for a closer look".

 

[Insidious Von]

Elizabeth Banks could have learned something from Vikings - everyone loves The Shield Maidens.

Unlike Kristen Stewart, Katheryn Winnick paid her dues and then some.

 

[Insidious Von]

The Brother's War was even more intense than The Battle of the Bastards. I stopped watching the show after Astrid's death by Lagertha.

Tough to take.

 

[Keebler Elf]

I drifted after the last season and I'm trying to get back into it but I just DGAF about most of the sons. The whole boneless guy has been dragging on far too long.

 

[hamermill]

I stopped watching 2 seasons again when I discovered it was more exciting to watch paint dry.

 

[Grimnul]

I agree that the show isn’t good anymore. Ragnar and, by extension, Travis Fimmel, carried the show. There simply aren’t any particularly interesting characters left, and a lot of the remaining actors are pretty questionable. Ivar, in particular, became basically an anime villain. Seems like they’ve gone the GoT route with the “rule of cool” guiding the writing in later seasons rather than sticking to historical accuracy and plot lines that make sense. Very unfortunate, but the show’s just not for me anymore.

 

[Insidious Von]

I agree that the show has strayed too far from the narrative and they could have done more with Ivar, but the show hasn't seen a drop in ratings nor audience score. People are still buying in.

Kerry Condon has joined the cast of Ray Donovan in S7. When she was in HBO's Rome, I wanted to eat her ass. She hasn't lost any of her hotness, in E5 she still sent a jolt through my loins. Has Ray finally met his match?

And finally, paint drying reminded me of a joke Don Rickles told about Clint Eastwood, "Clint Eastwood is so boring, every spring he takes a walk in the woods to watch the sap run".