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Sequel?

posted 9 years ago by Teutonsommelier
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The thing about The Long Ships that puzzled me was that there was never a sequel. It was certainly no critical success but it did OK at the box office. The reason I expected there would be a sequel lies in the final scene of the movie: Rolfe tells King Harald about another legendary treasure he knows of (the Three Crowns of the Saxon Kings), which to me when I first saw the movie (in the late 60s I think) implied that they were setting things up for a sequel ... but it never eventuated. I guess one reason was that by the mid 60s the Viking sub-genre had just about run out of steam.

[–] Jamal-Nazreddin 9 years ago

A sequel might have happened if there was a different cast.

Widmark is a short weasel-looking man and quite unconvincing as a Viking

[–] !!!deleted!!! (2212087) 9 years ago

I must say I disagree with you there.

I liked Richard Widmark in most roles he played. At 5'10", he's tall enough to not be labelled as short, and certainly wasn't "weasel-looking."

Do you think that anyone who plays a Viking has to look like Stellan Skarsgard or Dolph Lundgren?

[–] Jamal-Nazreddin 9 years ago

A virile Viking leader should look and sound like a virile Viking leader.

Rampaging Vikings on the warpath don't want to led by a superannuated, skinny, squeaky-voiced, shortish Minnesotan.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (2212087) 9 years ago

Okay, so you're channeling Viking leaders? Well done - what a useful skill!

Don't live in US, so can only go by secondary sources, but I thought the majority of Minnesota's population were the descendants of German or Nordic settlers, so being a Minnesotan should not preclude one from playing a Viking.

Anyway, I like Richard Widmark and find him a more than competent actor. Obviously, tastes differ, thankfully, or the world would be even more limited than it is.