Vikings: Valhalla | First Look | Netflix

**Ishan** · September 30, 2021, 01:37 PM

So this will be a thing I guess. Won't be nothing like Travis Fimmel's Vikings but it might end up being good.
Then again I'm always skeptical of anything NF shows in the early days. Has anyone heard any other interesting news to it? Like based on real history\characters and timeline?

**Cyclops** · September 30, 2021, 03:25 PM

"The plumbers" Mario mutters "are-a still" [draws plunger] "one people!".

Sorry, its a high-hat academic quibble, but calling the various north Germanic peoples "Vikings" is like calling ancient Hellenes "the Hoplites", and it really shatters the enjoyment of history flavoured fantasy.

**Halie Satanus** · September 30, 2021, 05:04 PM

I beat you to it in the Vikings thread.

Fimmel as Ragnar was epic.

**Sir Adrian** · September 30, 2021, 05:15 PM

Is this made by the same people who made Vikings seasons 4-6?

**Cyclops** · September 30, 2021, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by Halie Satanus

I beat you to it in the Vikings thread.

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I'm not uspet at this at all...

Originally Posted by Halie Satanus

Fimmel as Ragnar was epic.

In the little I have seen of the show he was the outstanding figure, a lot of charisma. You could even excuse some of the sloppy ahistoricity as it was based on a saga, which is heroic storytelling and prone to deviation from the truth.

**Ishan** · October 01, 2021, 05:25 AM

Originally Posted by Halie Satanus

I beat you to it in the Vikings thread.

Fimmel as Ragnar was epic.

! I just saw that now.
Fimmel will remain the true Ragnar. Floki and all. The earlier seasons were unmatched. The soundtrack and everything was masterful. Just Travis left and the fame hit them, it quickly spiraled down.

Originally Posted by Sir Adrian

Is this made by the same people who made Vikings seasons 4-6?

Asking the real question here.

**Gigantus** · October 01, 2021, 07:25 AM

There is actually a wiki page - maybe that'll help? Michael Hirst from the original Vikings (and Tudors) and Jeb Stuart (Die hard and The Fugitive) are in charge\writer.

**Sir Adrian** · October 01, 2021, 08:41 AM

So there's only a 50% chance it will suck then.

**Ishan** · October 01, 2021, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by Gigantus

There is actually a wiki page - maybe that'll help? Michael Hirst from the original Vikings (and Tudors) and Jeb Stuart (Die hard and The Fugitive) are in charge\writer.

Cheers Gig!

Set years after Vikings, the end of the Viking Age draws near as England stands against them. After the death of King Edward the Confessor, three lords make claim to the English throne. Leif Erikson has led Greenlanders across the North Atlantic. He is loyal to his family, but has trouble with his father, Erik the Red. Freydís Eiríksdóttir is his half-sister. A sexual assault by Christian Vikings has made her anti-Christian and she becomes the leader of the Old Norse religion against rising Christianity in Scandinavia, and will look for a new home for her people. She is romantically drawn into a relationship with Torsen, a Christian Viking from a royal family. Torsen is part of a battalion that is being assembled by King Harald Hardrada to avenge the massacre. He is guided by Alienor, his queen and Earl Colby, an Anglo-Saxon counselor.[2]

Vikings creator Michael Hirst notes that the show’s time period is one where "the Vikings have overrun most of England and they own Normandy". [3]

It has some interesting bits. Erik the Red? LOL remember him from my AOE-II campaign.

I guess it could end up being like the Barbarians. It ended up being above average. I think the only show where I've seen Romans speaking actual Latin?