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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The main character's wife is so freaking hot. I love her Yes! http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/id/33196576/?size=500x500&site=blogs&authtoken=3ef318efc0d861959b4b4c43bdd7f1d6&quality=90 meh Looks too much like Courtney Love. yeah...no http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Katheryn-Winnick-pr16.jpghttp://www.millionlooks.com/images/courtney-love.jpeg Goodness gracious, she's hawt! |
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Ragnar is about to fuck the Earl's shit up Yah. I think Priest is about to become his Tonto. Oh ya. Priest is gonna pull a 180 big time. Once he gets some ass he will go full retard. "This is AWSOME how come nobody told me about this" I was kind of hoping the priest would learn how to fight |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ragnar is about to fuck the Earl's shit up Yah. I think Priest is about to become his Tonto. Oh ya. Priest is gonna pull a 180 big time. Once he gets some ass he will go full retard. "This is AWSOME how come nobody told me about this" I was kind of hoping the priest would learn how to fight I think it's pretty clear they're going the "I put up with all these hardships so God could have me introduce Christianity to these heathens" route. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The main character's wife is so freaking hot. I love her Yes! http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/id/33196576/?size=500x500&site=blogs&authtoken=3ef318efc0d861959b4b4c43bdd7f1d6&quality=90 meh Looks too much like Courtney Love. How dare you talk of my shield madden in that way! Also, does anyone know if the new episode that comes out a week before it airs is out yet |
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anyone notice the big sonavabitch that got shanked last night while peeing was the dude from 13th Warrior?
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anyone notice the big sonavabitch that got shanked last night while peeing was the dude from 13th Warrior? Yeah that's Vladimir Kulich. I wish he had stayed around longer on the show. He's got the quintessential Viking look. |
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Quoted: Quoted: anyone notice the big sonavabitch that got shanked last night while peeing was the dude from 13th Warrior? Yeah that's Vladimir Kulich. I wish he had stayed around longer on the show. He's got the quintessential Viking look. Damn, I missed that he got chopped last night. Bummer. |
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anyone notice the big sonavabitch that got shanked last night while peeing was the dude from 13th Warrior? Yeah that's Vladimir Kulich. I wish he had stayed around longer on the show. He's got the quintessential Viking look. Oh wow, forgot he was in Ironclad...that one was underrated, need to see it again. |
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This is one of those shows that needs to be picked up by HBO or Showtime...I want to see one of those guys swing an axe into some Englishman's face.
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anyone notice the big sonavabitch that got shanked last night while peeing was the dude from 13th Warrior? Yeah that's Vladimir Kulich. I wish he had stayed around longer on the show. He's got the quintessential Viking look. Oh wow, forgot he was in Ironclad...that one was underrated, need to see it again. My personal opinion of Ironclad was that it was a B movie with all the stereotypical plot points. But that's of course after watching movies like Gladiator. On the level of Ironclad, though, the movie Centurian was better, I thought, if you like action. Interesting thing is, there are probably more Roman reinactors in Europe than we have Civil War guys here, and a very historically accurate movie could be made of Roman Gaul or Britain even. Anyways, he's been typecast in a lot of good movies. I was hoping in Vikings, he would be Eric the Red. My favorite part is in the first beach fight scene, it cuts to a long shot and you can see him just towering over the Saxons. |
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anyone notice the big sonavabitch that got shanked last night while peeing was the dude from 13th Warrior? Yeah that's Vladimir Kulich. I wish he had stayed around longer on the show. He's got the quintessential Viking look. Oh wow, forgot he was in Ironclad...that one was underrated, need to see it again. My personal opinion of Ironclad was that it was a B movie with all the stereotypical plot points. But that's of course after watching movies like Gladiator. On the level of Ironclad, though, the movie Centurian was better, I thought, if you like action. Interesting thing is, there are probably more Roman reinactors in Europe than we have Civil War guys here, and a very historically accurate movie could be made of Roman Gaul or Britain even. Anyways, he's been typecast in a lot of good movies. I was hoping in Vikings, he would be Eric the Red. My favorite part is in the first beach fight scene, it cuts to a long shot and you can see him just towering over the Saxons. Oh I agree. I don't even remember if Ironclad got distributed or not. I just remember it being a surprise on Netflix, and some decent gory swordplay with James Purefoy using a bastard sword. |
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I have a few on dvr. Need to catch up.
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anyone notice the big sonavabitch that got shanked last night while peeing was the dude from 13th Warrior? Yeah that's Vladimir Kulich. I wish he had stayed around longer on the show. He's got the quintessential Viking look. Oh wow, forgot he was in Ironclad...that one was underrated, need to see it again. My personal opinion of Ironclad was that it was a B movie with all the stereotypical plot points. But that's of course after watching movies like Gladiator. On the level of Ironclad, though, the movie Centurian was better, I thought, if you like action. Interesting thing is, there are probably more Roman reinactors in Europe than we have Civil War guys here, and a very historically accurate movie could be made of Roman Gaul or Britain even. Anyways, he's been typecast in a lot of good movies. I was hoping in Vikings, he would be Eric the Red. My favorite part is in the first beach fight scene, it cuts to a long shot and you can see him just towering over the Saxons. Oh I agree. I don't even remember if Ironclad got distributed or not. I just remember it being a surprise on Netflix, and some decent gory swordplay with James Purefoy using a bastard sword. Guess I need to look into both of those movies. |
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Last nights episode was just as good as the first few....
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I had to chuckle a little bit last night at the Earl. He tells the one guy that he wouldnt forget that he let Ragnar escape Mofo please, you had him on his knees in front of you......personal responsibility I guess wasnt to big on the ruling class back then.
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Quoted: Last nights episode was just as good as the first few.... can't believe this show doesn't have a bigger following. I don't understand it either. Every time I ask someone if they're watching the show, they say...what's that?
Bloody sword and axe combat...pillaging...threesomes with hot shield maidens....what's not to like? |
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Quoted: I wonder what Rollo looks like after the Earl filleted his face. I'm liking this show as much as TWD. I'm guessing Rollo now resembles the Joker. Ragnar was pissed when he learned about that. Next weeks episode should be interesting. |
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Yep... I can't wait to see if the Earl backs down from a wounded man.
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Last nights episode was just as good as the first few.... can't believe this show doesn't have a bigger following. I don't understand it either Every time I ask someone if they're watching the show, they say...what's that? Bloody sword and axe combat...pillaging...threesomes with hot shield maidens....what's not to like? The show has been more consistent than TWD |
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The Raid is up on History's website now for those of us without cable tv.
Not sure why they did the pre-release on the first 4 and now a post-airing for the 5th... Might need to take that one up with their marketing execs and the scheduler. Still digging the show. Enough that I looked up the real characters that Ragnar and Lagertha are based off of. They are definitely re-working history for the show. I wasn't expecting them to use Saxo Grammaticus as a verbatim source though, so I'm not disappointed in the least... |
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Yep... I can't wait to see if the Earl backs down from a wounded man. The earl is a bitch. |
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Dammit! I love this show! Let me talk to my God first! |
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Ragnar is about to fuck the Earl's shit up Yah. I think Priest is about to become his Tonto. Oh ya. Priest is gonna pull a 180 big time. Once he gets some ass he will go full retard. Nein! The priest represents the vikings eventual switch from paganism to Christianity and the start of the northern crusades. That is why the priest does not understand why god would send him there, but he realizes it is to bring christ to these pagans (IE why he clings to his bible). Christianity becomes a very powerful tool on conquest for certain viking lords to wage war on the rest of the north. Vikings become christian ---> granted the kingdom of Normandy----> invade england-----> William the conqueror becomes the norman King of England. |
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Yep... I can't wait to see if the Earl backs down from a wounded man. Well the previews show them both fighting. I have a feeling it will become some sort of draw and neither will win. I can't believe they would kill off the Earl so early in the show, and the Earl can't win because he would certainly put Ragnar to death immediately, either by his own sword or have him tried/executed or something. Interesting part last night when the Earl referenced that, with Ragnar dead, the West is now opened up to them. Wasn't it once it was discovered? Or did he find the water compass? |
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I had to chuckle a little bit last night at the Earl. He tells the one guy that he wouldnt forget that he let Ragnar escape Mofo please, you had him on his knees in front of you......personal responsibility I guess wasnt to big on the ruling class back then. Has it ever been? |
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I don't know much about viking combat, but I'm digging all the small axe/tomahawk fighting. I've always thought it makes for great fight choreography.
Ragnar was parrying a lot with his axe since he was without a shield in the fight scene this episode. Would a wooden handle prevent a sword from biting into it, or sliding down the shaft and taking off their hand? I'd think you'd be missing fingers if you did that long enough. |
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I don't know much about viking combat, but I'm digging all the small axe/tomahawk fighting. I've always thought it makes for great fight choreography. Ragnar was parrying a lot with his axe since he was without a shield in the fight scene this episode. Would a wooden handle prevent a sword from biting into it, or sliding down the shaft and taking off their hand? I'd think you'd be missing fingers if you did that long enough. From what I have read, the axe was a preferred weapon for many Vikings in the early Viking period. Especially in the ninth century. The axe brings a lot of energy to the point of contact. It can shatter a wooden shield easier than a sword and also break bones a lot easier. They also required less metal to make. Swords were expensive and required a lot of iron to make. Analysis done on some recovered Viking swords from the early period actually revealed that a lot of them were made with poor quality iron. One has to remember that they lived on the edge of the known world during the "Dark Ages" and things got to them last. It wasn't until the introduction of the Ulfberht sword the it became a weapon of choice for the Vikings. This happened in the middle Viking period. This was a huge leap forward in both metallurgy and design. There was a great NOVA episode called "Secrets of the Viking Sword"that details this pretty good. |
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The Star of Vikings is also one of the stars in Baytown Outlaws
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I had to chuckle a little bit last night at the Earl. He tells the one guy that he wouldnt forget that he let Ragnar escape Mofo please, you had him on his knees in front of you......personal responsibility I guess wasnt to big on the ruling class back then. Has it ever been? good point |
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Love this show. Puts The Walking Dead all to shame. Plus it probably happened, or something pretty much like it. Lodbrok was the proto classical Viking. |
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Love this show. Puts The Walking Dead all to shame. This. TWD is like Oprah compared to this. Anyone know if it's just a one season thing, or will there be at least a couple more seasons? I could stand to see a bit more 'hawk fighting and hot blondes |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't know much about viking combat, but I'm digging all the small axe/tomahawk fighting. I've always thought it makes for great fight choreography. Ragnar was parrying a lot with his axe since he was without a shield in the fight scene this episode. Would a wooden handle prevent a sword from biting into it, or sliding down the shaft and taking off their hand? I'd think you'd be missing fingers if you did that long enough. From what I have read, the axe was a preferred weapon for many Vikings in the early Viking period. Especially in the ninth century. The axe brings a lot of energy to the point of contact. It can shatter a wooden shield easier than a sword and also break bones a lot easier. They also required less metal to make. Swords were expensive and required a lot of iron to make. Analysis done on some recovered Viking swords from the early period actually revealed that a lot of them were made with poor quality iron. One has to remember that they lived on the edge of the known world during the "Dark Ages" and things got to them last. It wasn't until the introduction of the Ulfberht sword the it became a weapon of choice for the Vikings. This happened in the middle Viking period. This was a huge leap forward in both metallurgy and design. There was a great NOVA episode called "Secrets of the Viking Sword"that details this pretty good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQaaS71yfvM Here's one on forging an axe. A lot of the axe heads they are finding are similar to this pattern. Mostly iron, a welded eye, and a harder steel blade welded to the front end to hold an edge. |
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Thanks for those youtube links.
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