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Vikings

Bay Arean said:
I always think its funny when Scandihoovians start tootin' their horns about being Vikings (not you Brown, just from past general blather I've heard). Because its usually tempered with images of their atrocities so the ethnic pride bit only can go so far before attention is turned upon the braggart. Oh, you mean yer proud that your ignorant stinking ancestors terrorized most of Europe and struck down unarmed people just for the hell of it? Just the good part? About being brave-n-stuff? Rilly??? Once again, the show does a good job of not idealizing the hellions....
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Sounds like they picked on your ancestors.
 
Oceansides said:
Sounds like they picked on your ancestors.
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Between the Vikings and their Norman descendants, they pretty much picked on everybody in Europe, from Russia, to Naples, Brit Isles, other Scandihoovians. The way they blended in to actually create what we know as the Rus (the Russians) as well as pretty much savagin' up the Scots are more interesting stories than just raiding England to me, not to be shown on that production, I reckon.

No, I don't play the game of getting worked up on behalf of dead ancestors. Not at all. But as I said before, several times, the show kind of conveys the non-glamorous nature, which I appreciate. . Because its not premium cable, you won't get the blood eagle or whatever, like you would on Showtime...That would be cringeworthy.

To this day, I find it amazing how successful they were.
 
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Bay Arean said:
Between the Vikings and their Norman descendants, they pretty much picked on everybody in Europe, from Russia, to Naples, Brit Isles, other Scandihoovians. The way they blended in to actually create what we know as the Rus (the Russians) as well as pretty much savagin' up the Scots are more interesting stories than just raiding England to me, not to be shown on that production, I reckon.

No, I don't play the game of getting worked up on behalf of dead ancestors. Not at all. But as I said before, several times, the show kind of conveys the non-glamorous nature, which I appreciate. . Because its not premium cable, you won't get the blood eagle or whatever, like you would on Showtime...That would be cringeworthy.

To this day, I find it amazing how successful they were.
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As much as I love the legend of the Blood Eagle, most historians don't think it was actually ever done to somebody.
 
Godsdarling said:
Watching both the Bible and Vikings. The Bible is skipping stuff but it is good. My ancestors were Vikings, I am Scandinavian, crazy and mean. :teeth

I felt sorry for the monks. Who kills unarmed men? Sad. Reminds me of the book Byzantium though. Same story, raiders kidnap a monk as a slave and he brings Christianity to the people :teeth

Loved the part where the wife took on the two creeps and kicked butt! :party She needs to do it to the brother too, the jerk.
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Don't worry christianity did its own share of savagery - Conquistadors, Spanish Inquisition, Salem Witch Hunt to name a few - and in the name of Christ "our savior" :( :thumbdown
 
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Dr. Evil said:
Since you mention it, I've got a hypothesis. These shows premiered at mostly the same time.

My guess is that they came up with the "Bible" show first. Then they were sitting around, and realised, "Oh shit! That 'Eldritch' guy on BARF isn't going to watch this show! Fuck! Quick, come up with something he WILL watch!"

Hence, the Viking show.
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Traq said:
Oh, this isn't just purely made up...it's based on stuff!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_Lodbrok
The king they're about to clash with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ælla_of_Northumbria
Allegedly that king dies via Blood Eagle (how I found these wikis).
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Yeah, there are a number of Sagas that claim the blood eagle, but archeologists are doubtful that it was anything more than embellishment. I mean, the medical odds of somebody even surviving to complete the treatment are EXTREMELY low.
 
Eldritch said:
Yeah, there are a number of Sagas that claim the blood eagle, but archeologists are doubtful that it was anything more than embellishment. I mean, the medical odds of somebody even surviving to complete the treatment are EXTREMELY low.
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Not to mention that it would be bloody to administer - each rib would need to be severed from the spine and then snapped to bend it out backwards.

Hang, draw and quarter is just as gruesome (and probably a lot more painful) and a lot easier to administer.
 
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