Vikings Review: Cold Brutality
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channel finally decided to create something that the mainstream audience can
tune to every week and enjoy something that is different than what is generally
we get.
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The Vikings
TV Show brings something new to the table. Vikings tells the story of a young
local worrier Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his family (wife, son,
daughter and brother). The entire village of Vikings exists from the pillaging
and plundering of its warriors on the expense of the eastern countries. Which
is slightly absurd regarding the fact that the eastern countries are poorer
than the Vikings?
Gabriel
Byrne plays the role of the corrupt, paranoid, impotent and hungry for power
Vikings leader Earl Haraldson. Earl Haraldson will do anything to hold on to
what he got. When our young Viking hero finds the way to navigate to the west
everything changes. He gathers a small group of warriors and sets his sights on
the west. The unguarded treasures that the Vikings find in a small monastery
give Ragnar Lothbrok a small perspective to the fortune that the west has to
offer. This voyage opens the door to the uneven able conflict between the earl
and Ragnar. After exchanging blows during the first half of the season, Ragnar
prevails and kills the Earl. Ragnar Lothbrok becomes the new earl a sets his
sights on the west once again. During their second voyage The Vikings plunge
the English king by showing great initiative tactically, which was strange because
The Vikings are a group of barbarian goons but when it comes to fighting they
cannot be matched. Ragnar Lothbrok practically robes the English king something
that the king will not forget for a long time (good stuff for Vikings season
2).
Until this point
in the show I had no complaints about Vikings whether it was the simple plot,
brutality, fighting scenes and great feeling it brought with its wet and cold
environment of Scandinavia but the last two episodes were very strange and
misplaced. The strange human sacrifice ritual (for the Viking Gods) that were
emphasized in one of those two episodes slightly shocked me. The last episode
was not as good, it was definitely not a season finale material. It contained
scenes that were not as exciting and although it left us with a mass cliff
hanger, I felt it was very disappointing. At times the show had some
similarities to Rome and Game of thrones with its own cold northern uniqueness,
and its a definitely a great thing to have. Those two episodes were definitely
strange but they didn't ruin the entire Viking experience for me. Vikings is
definitely a cool TV show. I have the feeling that its second season will be
better than its first.
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