Vikings never had horned helmets - A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013) Discussion

[–] FreedomFighter08 11 years ago

No one really cares if they had horns or not, it's a myth written my monks, I prefer the look of horns on helmet, just like the Pathfinder movie.

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[–] Undutchable1939 11 years ago

Speak for yourself, I really care.

Complaining about mistakes is almost as bad as complaining about complaining about mistakes.

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[–] alex-upsidedown 11 years ago

Just so you all know, there are definitely no horns in the film. The poster was designed by people not involved in making the film.

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[–] Undutchable1939 11 years ago

What a rather sad situation, how on earth can you let something so important for a production be done by someone who has no idea what he's doing?
The main reason I'd probably not see the movie is because of that rubbish poster.
Letting something so important get ruined in such a big way does not give me much trust in the production.

Complaining about mistakes is almost as bad as complaining about complaining about mistakes.

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[–] alex-upsidedown 11 years ago

It is indeed sad on many levels. It is also sad that so many people are prepared to rate the film on the strengh of it. Watch the film, then rate it, otherwise what's the point?

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[–] Undutchable1939 11 years ago

Of course, rating a movie based on a poster is silly.

Complaining about mistakes is almost as bad as complaining about complaining about mistakes.

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[–] turkeybaster 11 years ago

It's not from Hollywood, the horned helmets come from Wagner operas from the 1800s.

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[–] Lokisgodhi 11 years ago

@ john_moody130

Where in this film does it depict the Norse as wearing horned helmets, moron?

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[–] Undutchable1939 11 years ago

On the poster?

Complaining about mistakes is almost as bad as complaining about complaining about mistakes.

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[–] Undutchable1939 11 years ago

Even if they did EVERYTHING else wrong, they managed to pick the BIGGEST cliche and mistake about the Vikings, the one thing even kids can point out these days.

Complaining about mistakes is almost as bad as complaining about complaining about mistakes.

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[–] chet19 11 years ago

Did you live in Viking era and personally oversee the manufacturing of every single viking helmet ever made? You have no idea if any vikings put a horn on their helmet or not. I'm sure someone, somewhere, decorated their helmets a little, and a horn might have been part of it.

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[–] TaraDeS 11 years ago

Some Viking leaders may had court jesters with horned helmets.

Joke aside....sorry to disappoint you but the Viking warriors really didn't have horned helmets.
Longer time ago i've read somewhere that it was a mistake by an excavation.
The drinking horn was put close to the helmet and the next one thought mistakenly that the horn was on the helmet.

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[–] Wuchak (8117) 6 years ago

While there's evidence for plain conical/domed Norse helmets, made mainly of leather, there IS one single piece of evidence for horned helmets: The 9th century Oseberg tapestry -- which is a fragmentary tapestry discovered within the Viking Oseberg ship burial in Norway -- suggests at least the ceremonial use of such. The relevant figure on the tapestry may not be representative of real Vikings or all Vikings, but could even be that of a god.

Nevertheless, it is a piece of actual Nordic art from the Viking era that clearly shows a human figure with a helmet that has two horns. In light of this, what Chet19 says above is valid: It's asinine to assume that every single Viking helmet ever manufactured during the 300 years of the Viking era (roughly 790-1066 AD) did NOT contain horns and that no Viking EVER put a horn or two on his helmet. As a matter of fact, in light of the tapestry -- ACTUAL ART FROM THAT PERIOD -- it's likely that a Viking or three DID have helmets with horns.

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