The Vikings
I just want to admit straight up that I know next to nothing about the Viking Age besides the few factoids from history class, so I can't comment on the historical accuracy of The Vikings and given History's fascination with the whole ancient aliens theories, one might be forgiven for assuming the show carries as much weight to the subject as God of War does to Greek history.
Run off sentences aside, I do think this is a pretty good show with a lot of great cinematography, sets, and an intriguing story. It reminds me of the HBO series Rome in a lot of ways, and not just for the historical setting with a tolerance for huge liberties with the historical people present in the show, but for the grand sets and real sense of immersion that I didn't get from other shows like Spartacus which was just green screened to death. Gonna catch the second episode tomorrow night, but I will definitely be keeping up with this show.
The only gripe I have is less with the show than its delivery method. I saw it was on HuluPlus which I use to keep up with weekly installments for network TV shows, but despite this show being on HuluPlus, I can only watch it on my computer, not on my 42" TV that's hooked up to my Xbox. First world problems.
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