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Vikings on RTE?

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    #122
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,885 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    How much of these landscape shots are Irish? Is it just his little farmstead and dock that filmed up in the Sally Gap?


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    #123
    BoJack Horseman
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    Thargor wrote: »
    How much of these landscape shots are Irish? Is it just his little farmstead and dock that filmed up in the Sally Gap?

    Backgrounds are digital..... Wicklow isn't steep enough for those teetering fjords.

    Fields & open areas are real.


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    #124
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,885 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    I know but is it all Irish? The forests/fields etc?


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    #125
    BoJack Horseman
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    Thargor wrote: »
    I know but is it all Irish? The forests/fields etc?

    Yep, all that is local


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    #126
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    this is building up nicely...plenty of battles ahead :)

    btw did they really crucify people in england back in those times?


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    #127
    Mr.Prodston
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    I'm really enjoying the 2nd season :)

    I'm also enjoying watching it at rte weekly pace too for a change.


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    #128
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Jarl Borg got his comeuppance last night


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    #129
    Autonomous Cowherd
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    fryup wrote: »
    Jarl Borg got his comeuppance last night

    No spoilers! No spoilers! :D haven't seen it yet. It is all really great, although as a female of a certain kind i have to keep covering my eyes..the battle scenes are very gory. Jarl Borg is (was?) a nasty piece of work anyways. :P


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    #130
    Kav0777
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    fryup wrote: »
    what is the language they speak in england? was there an ancient language before english?

    It's anglo-saxon or old english.


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    #131
    Galwayguy35
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    I'm hoping Athelstan will make his way back to the Viking way of life, I think he is having doubts about his former life and faith, time to get himself a woman.

    Wasn't expecting Jarl Borg to be taken down after inviting him to join in the raids.


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    #132
    Autonomous Cowherd
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    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    , time to get himself a woman.

    .
    Nothing a woman likes more than a guy having religious hallucinations :rolleyes:


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    #133
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,355 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Autonomous Cowherd wrote: »
    Nothing a woman likes more than a guy having religious hallucinations :rolleyes:

    Ah I think he is getting past that stage now.


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    #134
    fryup
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    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    I'm hoping Athelstan will make his way back to the Viking way of life, I think he is having doubts about his former life and faith, time to get himself a woman.

    i wonder will he have a gay relationship with the king ?

    that king is a bit suspect don't you think having baths with men all the time ;)
    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Wasn't expecting Jarl Borg to be taken down after inviting him to join in the raids.

    ya poor ol'jarl borg felt sorry for him, double-crossed like that


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    #135
    looksee
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    If its a good programme and you are enjoying it, go for it! But it is fantasy Vikings, the costumes etc don't have the slightest relationship to any historical evidence. Just so you know :-)


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    #136
    Galwayguy35
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    looksee wrote: »
    If its a good programme and you are enjoying it, go for it! But it is fantasy Vikings, the costumes etc don't have the slightest relationship to any historical evidence. Just so you know :-)

    Maybe, but it's more realistic than Game of Thrones all the same.

    One of the most overrated series on TV, just my humble opinion of course.


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    #137
    neris
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    Wonder will the animal rights loons be on joe duffy tomorrow giving out about the rat been skinned


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    #138
    fryup
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    janey mac! poor ol' Jorg Borg ..done over twice in one week

    nasty execution, would prefer to be beheaded meself


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    #139
    Red Pepper
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    Jeez that execution scene last night has haunted me. Gruesome stuff!!
    I would have screamed :)


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    #140
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^

    went on way too long i thought


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    #141
    neris
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    Whats the story with the baby?


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    #142
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

    the baby was born with a deformed leg...and Ragnar was contemplating killing him..i presume was that the done thing back in those days??

    i wonder did king Horik sanction that attack at the end or did his son do it on his own volition??


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    #143
    rok
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    good episode last night.

    That King Horik is some pr!ck, turning Floki away from Ragnar too.


    season finale sneak previews here:
    https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=520013868103492

    https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=519062781531934


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    #144
    Autonomous Cowherd
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    King Horik plays a brilliant role though. The actor really landed on his feet there. Sometimes Ragnar with his squinting and gurning can irritate me. He is just too pretty I guess to be a convincing baddie otherwise :P


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    #145
    miamee
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    Red Pepper wrote: »
    Jeez that execution scene last night has haunted me. Gruesome stuff!!
    I would have screamed :)

    I was actually hiding behind a pillow for most of it :o


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    #146
    Autonomous Cowherd
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    miamee wrote: »
    I was actually hiding behind a pillow for most of it :o

    Tobe honest I walked away from the screen and did not watch and kept asking my husband ''Is it over? Is it over yet?'' (He has the patience of a saint :rolleyes: ). I know lots of people are liking the second series more because there is more realistic violence, etc. I am loving the series...the cinematography is sometimes breath taking...just not the prolonged gore.:eek:


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    #147
    miamee
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    Autonomous Cowherd wrote: »
    Tobe honest I walked away from the screen and did not watch and kept asking my husband ''Is it over? Is it over yet?'' (He has the patience of a saint :rolleyes: ). I know lots of people are liking the second series more because there is more realistic violence, etc. I am loving the series...the cinematography is sometimes breath taking...just not the prolonged gore.:eek:

    No, once he told his son earlier in the episode what a Blood Eagle was, there was no way I was going to watch it - I didn't think they'd show so much of it to be honest. Well from the top corner of the screen I could see! Gack. Otherwise I do love the show.


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    #148
    fryup
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    rok wrote: »
    good episode last night.

    That King Horik is some pr!ck, turning Floki away from Ragnar too.

    king Horik will get his comeuppance sooner or later, Ragnar will see to that i'm sure

    janey that english princess is right randy nymph, wanting to shag all around her :D i'm sure Ragnar will only be to happy to oblige


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    #149
    Galwayguy35
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    Excellent episode last night, pity the series is only 10 episodes, other series like The Blacklist run for double that and it's not as if there is no material to work with considering the history associated with the Vikings.


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    #150
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    fryup wrote: »
    king Horik will get his comeuppance sooner or later, Ragnar will see to that i'm sure

    i told you ;)


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    #151
    jimpump
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    Anyone else think the main character is the spit of conor mc gregor when conor had the mohalk. Separated at birth!


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