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KemP

492 posts

208 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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Watchman said:
Crikey, no. That was a few weeks ago.

The latest is ep18 "Revenge", and it is one of the best yet.
Ahhh. Down loading that now.

KemP

492 posts

208 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Watchman said:
Crikey, no. That was a few weeks ago.

The latest is ep18 "Revenge", and it is one of the best yet.
Not such a great army biggrin

popeyewhite

19,948 posts

121 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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KemP said:
Watchman said:
Crikey, no. That was a few weeks ago.

The latest is ep18 "Revenge", and it is one of the best yet.
Not such a great army biggrin
Terrific episode.

Watchman

6,391 posts

246 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Gory, huh..??

Although there's dispute over whether that ever happened, someone must have written about it so they had a disturbed imagination.

I liked the fading expression as witnessed by Ivar, although I suspect it would have happened far more quickly.

lemmingjames

7,460 posts

205 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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SO was that meant to be a blood eagle as to me, it looked more like the peeled his back skin apart to make it look like wings

popeyewhite

19,948 posts

121 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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IIRC they did the full Blood Eagle in series 1 or 2.

Don Veloci

1,928 posts

282 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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popeyewhite said:
IIRC they did the full Blood Eagle in series 1 or 2.
Yeah, I took it to mean that as he croaked before they could complete it they didn't bother finishing it.

lemmingjames

7,460 posts

205 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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popeyewhite said:
IIRC they did the full Blood Eagle in series 1 or 2.
Yeah but they didnt show it though or did they with the lungs just resting on his collarbones?

anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Is ragnar actually dead?

We saw him getting bittten by snakes but there's loads of imagery of the view from his pit and not really much of his body.

I'm expecting him to jump out of a coffin swinging an axe, again like he did in Paris.

Wobbegong

15,077 posts

170 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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El stovey said:
Is ragnar actually dead?

We saw him getting bittten by snakes but there's loads of imagery of the view from his pit and not really much of his body.

I'm expecting him to jump out of a coffin swinging an axe, again like he did in Paris.
Odin (one eyed chap with the ravens) visiting his sons was due to his death. Ragnar did die 'historically' in a pit of snakes so I'm guessing he is dead.

anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Wobbegong said:
El stovey said:
Is ragnar actually dead?

We saw him getting bittten by snakes but there's loads of imagery of the view from his pit and not really much of his body.

I'm expecting him to jump out of a coffin swinging an axe, again like he did in Paris.
Odin (one eyed chap with the ravens) visiting his sons was due to his death. Ragnar did die 'historically' in a pit of snakes so I'm guessing he is dead.
Right. Didn't realise that was Odin. hehe

Just thought it was more dreamy Viking symbolism.

popeyewhite

19,948 posts

121 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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lemmingjames said:
popeyewhite said:
IIRC they did the full Blood Eagle in series 1 or 2.
Yeah but they didnt show it though or did they with the lungs just resting on his collarbones?
It was more gruesome than the recent al fresco mutilation. Again, IIRC!

Wobbegong

15,077 posts

170 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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El stovey said:
Wobbegong said:
El stovey said:
Is ragnar actually dead?

We saw him getting bittten by snakes but there's loads of imagery of the view from his pit and not really much of his body.

I'm expecting him to jump out of a coffin swinging an axe, again like he did in Paris.
Odin (one eyed chap with the ravens) visiting his sons was due to his death. Ragnar did die 'historically' in a pit of snakes so I'm guessing he is dead.
Right. Didn't realise that was Odin. hehe

Just thought it was more dreamy Viking symbolism.
I had to google "chap with missing eye in vikings" too hehe

scrubchub

1,844 posts

141 months

Wednesday 25th January 2017
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Jesus Christ, just finished that episode. At the risk of sounding like a wimp, that was a bit much for me. fking horrible.

One thing Ive always struggled with in Vikings is that the 'heros' (as in the Vikings) are just so hard to like - I must be the only person in the world who really wants Aethulwulf to seriously fk them up in the next episode.


chris watton

22,477 posts

261 months

Wednesday 25th January 2017
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scrubchub said:
Jesus Christ, just finished that episode. At the risk of sounding like a wimp, that was a bit much for me. fking horrible.

One thing Ive always struggled with in Vikings is that the 'heros' (as in the Vikings) are just so hard to like - I must be the only person in the world who really wants Aethulwulf to seriously fk them up in the next episode.
There was barbarism on all sides back then. Hell, we still have this even today in form or another!

Pickled

2,051 posts

144 months

Wednesday 25th January 2017
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scrubchub said:
Jesus Christ, just finished that episode. At the risk of sounding like a wimp, that was a bit much for me. fking horrible.

One thing Ive always struggled with in Vikings is that the 'heros' (as in the Vikings) are just so hard to like - I must be the only person in the world who really wants Aethulwulf to seriously fk them up in the next episode.
I think history might disappoint you - spoiler in (historical) link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless

anonymous-user

55 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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scrubchub said:
Jesus Christ, just finished that episode. At the risk of sounding like a wimp, that was a bit much for me. fking horrible.

One thing Ive always struggled with in Vikings is that the 'heros' (as in the Vikings) are just so hard to like - I must be the only person in the world who really wants Aethulwulf to seriously fk them up in the next episode.
I'm with the vikings. They're having all the fun. The po faced saxons are all about god and incest.

scrubchub

1,844 posts

141 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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El stovey said:
I'm with the vikings. They're having all the fun. The po faced saxons are all about god and incest.
Ha, fair enough. Don't get me wrong, love the show, just would like to see someone give em a taste of their own medicine. Can't wait for the next episode, teaser looks epic. Might try to hold off and wait for the last two to be up on Amazon and make an evening of it.


Edited by scrubchub on Thursday 26th January 23:32

scrubchub

1,844 posts

141 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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Pickled said:
I think history might disappoint you - spoiler in (historical) link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_the_Boneless
Hmm, not sure...... Aethulwulf's wikipedia says he ruled for 19 years after his fathers death so he should be around for a while.

silobass

1,180 posts

103 months

Wednesday 1st February 2017
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Just catching up on Vikings and still have an episode to go. The last one I saw when they invade England was terrific, probably the best this season. I know it's acting and all that but Bjorn's speech to the other brothers telling them he was the leader of the invasion was amazing, you could tell he was Ragnor's son (yes, acting I know but it was bloody brilliant). The sight of that army coming up and over the hill was amazing too.