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Post by Erik on Mar 5, 2016 15:14:48 GMT -5
Judith is hot but a bit "loose" True, but I think she's starting to learn how to play the game in order to get what and where she wants. She must certainly have ulterior motives.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 5, 2016 17:26:23 GMT -5
I think this last episode was the best one yet. Well, it balanced the three settings best of all. I felt like we got a lot of quality vikings scenes and the Wessex and Paris scenes didn't intrude too much.
It's going to be cool to see Ragnar and Athelstan's boys together. If Magnus is indeed Ragnar's kid.
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Post by themirrorthief on Mar 10, 2016 11:29:47 GMT -5
yeah, and it was pretty well staged too
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 11, 2016 17:41:49 GMT -5
Last night's episode was the best of the season yet. Plenty of plot progression and Bjorn got a brutal fight to take part in.
For the first time I found myself liking the Wessex and Paris scenes.
Rollo's in like Flint now baby.
Something tells me this new Viking King is going to be a lot of trouble for a weakened, drugged out Ragnar.
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Post by Libaax on Mar 11, 2016 21:06:32 GMT -5
Last night's episode was the best of the season yet. Plenty of plot progression and Bjorn got a brutal fight to take part in. For the first time I found myself liking the Wessex and Paris scenes. Rollo's in like Flint now baby. Something tells me this new Viking King is going to be a lot of trouble for a weakened, drugged out Ragnar. Björn scenes was the hightlight of the ep for me, i really liked how the character,the actor become calm,more dangerous looking after the experience and the killing of the beserker. He is now looking the Bjorn Ironside of fame, historically legend, more young hungry for power Ragnar in season 1. I like Paris scenes alot because Rollo is in fascinating transition from using his Viking experience,warrior knowledge to protect Paris and he has to adapt to thier more civilised kingdom,ways. He is a like picture of a powerful man of those days going from Viking brigand to kingdom building era of Normandy etc. Wessex is boring to me without the danger of the vikings like Ragnar or later ones attacking to devour english lands for their own. I dont care about any of the english characters POV because they are not as great character as Athelsten was.
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Post by Erik on Mar 19, 2016 12:41:53 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 19, 2016 21:39:46 GMT -5
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, weird. I enjoyed him on NBC's Steampunk version of Dracula, but I hear he was having some real personal issues at the time.
What did you guys think of Thursday's episode of Vikings?
Ragnar and the Chinese "Princess" are going to spell the end for each other I think. The drugs are going to take their toll on him.
It also seems like things are looking up for Rollo. Between him winning over the Princess and the incestuous siblings ratting out Count Odo to the Emperor..
I want to see Bjorn go berserker mode on that crossbow douche.
Wessex was zzzzz this episode. Save for seeing Ragnar and Athelstan's sons in the same scene.
Big ups for Lagertha, taking what's rightfully hers.
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Post by Libaax on Mar 20, 2016 8:53:26 GMT -5
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, weird. I enjoyed him on NBC's Steampunk version of Dracula, but I hear he was having some real personal issues at the time. What did you guys think of Thursday's episode of Vikings? Ragnar and the Chinese "Princess" are going to spell the end for each other I think. The drugs are going to take their toll on him. It also seems like things are looking up for Rollo. Between him winning over the Princess and the incestuous siblings ratting out Count Odo to the Emperor.. I want to see Bjorn go berserker mode on that crossbow douche. Wessex was zzzzz this episode. Save for seeing Ragnar and Athelstan's sons in the same scene. Big ups for Lagertha, taking what's rightfully hers. I liked this weeks ep more than last weeks ep. I understood Ragnars need for the drugs,the need to trust someone and tell her his secrets since all the others in Kattegat he cant trust except Björn and cant share his guilt. I enjoyed seeing him feel tired,old and lack the hunger to go on wars,conquer as his younger more hungrier self was. Its understandable and i think Ragnar is too great a man, too much of surivivor to let drugs, his tiredness make him lose to his enemies. He is at his best when his enemies think he is weak, that he can be killed easily. Its not only the drugs taking their toll, i think the loss of his Norse faith to Athlestans religion and the fact his interior injuries hasnt healed completely. Next eps preview is going to raid on Paris again and we will see how Ragnar is really then. Its difficult because you cant kill him too soon and still Björn is legendary for raiding, conquering north France i read. They have let to Björn become the legendary viking that recked havoc on severail mainland European cities and still keep the magnetic Ragnar as the lead long for more seasons.
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Post by Erik on Mar 20, 2016 9:59:15 GMT -5
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, weird. I enjoyed him on NBC's Steampunk version of Dracula, but I hear he was having some real personal issues at the time. What did you guys think of Thursday's episode of Vikings? Ragnar and the Chinese "Princess" are going to spell the end for each other I think. The drugs are going to take their toll on him. It also seems like things are looking up for Rollo. Between him winning over the Princess and the incestuous siblings ratting out Count Odo to the Emperor.. I want to see Bjorn go berserker mode on that crossbow douche. Wessex was zzzzz this episode. Save for seeing Ragnar and Athelstan's sons in the same scene. Big ups for Lagertha, taking what's rightfully hers. I liked this weeks ep more than last weeks ep. I understood Ragnars need for the drugs,the need to trust someone and tell her his secrets since all the others in Kattegat he cant trust except Björn and cant share his guilt. I enjoyed seeing him feel tired,old and lack the hunger to go on wars,conquer as his younger more hungrier self was. Its understandable and i think Ragnar is too great a man, too much of surivivor to let drugs, his tiredness make him lose to his enemies. He is at his best when his enemies think he is weak, that he can be killed easily. Its not only the drugs taking their toll, i think the loss of his Norse faith to Athlestans religion and the fact his interior injuries hasnt healed completely. Next eps preview is going to raid on Paris again and we will see how Ragnar is really then. Its difficult because you cant kill him too soon and still Björn is legendary for raiding, conquering north France i read. They have let to Björn become the legendary viking that recked havoc on severail mainland European cities and still keep the magnetic Ragnar as the lead long for more seasons. Someone on the EW site was speculating that perhaps Jonathan Rhys Meyers would be playing Alfred the Great. If they skip ahead several years again, this could be a possibility. Yes, I'm fearing that Ragnar may become a drug addict, robbing him of his great fighting ability when he really needs it. And ya know... I'm not too upset about that, because he's not exactly the most sympathetic character, to put it lightly. At this point I'm most sympathetic towards Lagertha, of all the characters on the show (maybe Bjorn Ironside too). That being said, I too am glad she took what was rightfully hers. I was fearing that she would get the knife in that scene, actually, so I was pleasantly surprised when the opposite was true. I'm really enjoying this season so far.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 20, 2016 21:16:31 GMT -5
I liked this weeks ep more than last weeks ep. I understood Ragnars need for the drugs,the need to trust someone and tell her his secrets since all the others in Kattegat he cant trust except Björn and cant share his guilt. I enjoyed seeing him feel tired,old and lack the hunger to go on wars,conquer as his younger more hungrier self was. Its understandable and i think Ragnar is too great a man, too much of surivivor to let drugs, his tiredness make him lose to his enemies. He is at his best when his enemies think he is weak, that he can be killed easily. Its not only the drugs taking their toll, i think the loss of his Norse faith to Athlestans religion and the fact his interior injuries hasnt healed completely. Next eps preview is going to raid on Paris again and we will see how Ragnar is really then. Its difficult because you cant kill him too soon and still Björn is legendary for raiding, conquering north France i read. They have let to Björn become the legendary viking that recked havoc on severail mainland European cities and still keep the magnetic Ragnar as the lead long for more seasons. Someone on the EW site was speculating that perhaps Jonathan Rhys Meyers would be playing Alfred the Great. If they skip ahead several years again, this could be a possibility. Yes, I'm fearing that Ragnar may become a drug addict, robbing him of his great fighting ability when he really needs it. And ya know... I'm not too upset about that, because he's not exactly the most sympathetic character, to put it lightly. At this point I'm most sympathetic towards Lagertha, of all the characters on the show (maybe Bjorn Ironside too). That being said, I too am glad she took what was rightfully hers. I was fearing that she would get the knife in that scene, actually, so I was pleasantly surprised when the opposite was true. I'm really enjoying this season so far. I'm down with that in regards to him playing Alfred the Great. I think they're going to have to skip ahead at some point after Ragnar dies. That way Bjorn can play the older warrior and all of Ragnar's kids, including Magnus, and Athelstan's son Alfred, will take center stage as adults. I also think Ragnar is going to have a child with the Chinese "princess" sooner or later. Oh and how about "Ivar!" ? He's more viking than any of them, a little berserker.
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Post by Erik on Mar 21, 2016 10:13:15 GMT -5
Someone on the EW site was speculating that perhaps Jonathan Rhys Meyers would be playing Alfred the Great. If they skip ahead several years again, this could be a possibility. Yes, I'm fearing that Ragnar may become a drug addict, robbing him of his great fighting ability when he really needs it. And ya know... I'm not too upset about that, because he's not exactly the most sympathetic character, to put it lightly. At this point I'm most sympathetic towards Lagertha, of all the characters on the show (maybe Bjorn Ironside too). That being said, I too am glad she took what was rightfully hers. I was fearing that she would get the knife in that scene, actually, so I was pleasantly surprised when the opposite was true. I'm really enjoying this season so far. I'm down with that in regards to him playing Alfred the Great. I think they're going to have to skip ahead at some point after Ragnar dies. That way Bjorn can play the older warrior and all of Ragnar's kids, including Magnus, and Athelstan's son Alfred, will take center stage as adults. I also think Ragnar is going to have a child with the Chinese "princess" sooner or later. Oh and how about "Ivar!" ? He's more viking than any of them, a little berserker. Yeah, you're probably right. Now that Ragnar has discovered that she's a princess, he probably feels an overwhelming desire to impregnate her. Floki has his hands full with Ivar, no doubt.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 22, 2016 15:17:15 GMT -5
Yeah, you're probably right. Now that Ragnar has discovered that she's a princess, he probably feels an overwhelming desire to impregnate her. Floki has his hands full with Ivar, no doubt. Yeah, you can tell Ragnar is really drawn to her. Despite already having several sons (and he doesn't even know about Magnus yet), I think he wants to spread his royal seed far and wide. LOL, yeah, the look on Floki's face was priceless. He's probably thinking, "This kid's nuts. What I have got myself in to?"
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Post by Erik on Mar 22, 2016 20:35:14 GMT -5
Yeah, you're probably right. Now that Ragnar has discovered that she's a princess, he probably feels an overwhelming desire to impregnate her. Floki has his hands full with Ivar, no doubt. Yeah, you can tell Ragnar is really drawn to her. Despite already having several sons (and he doesn't even know about Magnus yet), I think he wants to spread his royal seed far and wide. LOL, yeah, the look on Floki's face was priceless. He's probably thinking, "This kid's nuts. What I have got myself in to?" "Chain me back up in the cave!"
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 26, 2016 11:08:42 GMT -5
After last week's episode....I think it's officially on. I'm really anxious to see what defenses Rollo has built to repel Ragnar's forces. I also think Count Odo is as good as dead now, so Rollo is going to be sitting mighty pretty.
That's interesting that young Alfred the Great is heading to Rome with his dad, while King Ecbert stays at home with the mom. With him in command of the armies against Mercia, one would thing victory is a must, due to his tactical brain.
I'm guessing Odin is once again visiting Kattegat to do something to Ivar? Perhaps he'll at least make it so the kid can walk?
Either way, this format of a 20 episode season has been an improvement I think, so far anyway.
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Post by Erik on Mar 27, 2016 13:21:10 GMT -5
After last week's episode....I think it's officially on. I'm really anxious to see what defenses Rollo has built to repel Ragnar's forces. I also think Count Odo is as good as dead now, so Rollo is going to be sitting mighty pretty. That's interesting that young Alfred the Great is heading to Rome with his dad, while King Ecbert stays at home with the mom. With him in command of the armies against Mercia, one would thing victory is a must, due to his tactical brain. I'm guessing Odin is once again visiting Kattegat to do something to Ivar? Perhaps he'll at least make it so the kid can walk? Either way, this format of a 20 episode season has been an improvement I think, so far anyway. Agreed. I'm eager to see Ragnar facing off with Rollo, or at least exchanging angry dialogue from across the battlefield. I believe that Rollo thinks he finally found a way to step out of the shadow of his brother and finally make a name for himself. Do you think it's possible that Alfred and Aethelwulf will encounter a besieged Paris on their journey to Rome? It seems very likely that they'll have to cross through France on their way there.
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