Hes frustratingly stupid It amazes me that someone as dumb as he was could formulate successful battle tactics..Most episodes involves him going full retard.
shareAre you basing his behavior on what you think makes sense in 2016 or what makes sense in the context of the time and place? Is it his refusal to play by the rules of the church? His stubborn attitude toward keeping one's oath? His naïveté of some of the manipulation and deception going on around him?
shareHe's hot headed but to me everyone on this show but Uthred is stupid. These idiot Christians are obsessed with their ridiculous rituals.
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ese idiot Christians are obsessed with their ridiculous rituals.
I agree but not to the point of sheer idiocy as the Christians. Not wanting to let a healer treat your child because you believe your prayers to be stronger? Having your king malnourished and weak during a time of crisis so he can prove how devout he is? I mean c'mon.
shareThat's just what they believed. I mean get over it. Sure religions all have their crazy interpretations, but is that a reason you hate the show or is it you just sounding ignorant to old religious customs ??
THERES NO ROOM IN MY CIRCUS TENT FOR YOU !!!!
You cannot judge rituals from that time. They lived in a period that you will never understand. Death was everywhere. Of course they looked to a higher power to make sense of the randomness.
shareThen they were stupid. End of story. Just like the modern day morons who refuse to get medical treatment for their kids because they believe prayers are stronger. The sad thing is that it's their children who die instead of their dumb @sses.
shareWhich is exactly how it should be. I'm sick of shows portraying historical/medieval settings and giving them 21st century ideals and behaviors. The threat of constant war and death makes wasting time pondering the things we waste time thinking about today a death sentence. This is realistic.
Most people today who live somewhere where the threat of death hung over their head everyday would find their actions become much more "stupid" than normal trying to deal with the situation. I put you in a life or death situation, you are gonna do some stupid *beep* I guarantee you.
What? Alfred was known to have stomach problems hence the milk and apples.
And the Queen's distrust of foreign medicine/remedies is no different from westerners today no matter their creed of their distrust of foreign medicine. C'mon.
His character is supposed to be a stupid kid, he is only like 19 at this point. In the books he gets wiser when he gets older but his older self even acknowledges how stupid he was when he was younger and it was a miracle he succeeded. But he was always quick thinking when it comes to war/fighting he has more instinct than intellect and that is what make his character who he is. I think it is interesting I can't stand shows where the hero is a know it all from day one.
Well stated.
shareIn the books he was 19, on the show he was in his 20s.
shareMy mom and I find him infuriating. In the first season, after the death of Ragnar, he and Brida immediately go back to Bebbanburg instead of going to Ubba to be the first to give his side of the story. You can't say he's unfamiliar with Danish culture as he's lived with them for over 10 years. But fine, an understandable mistake, at least he could use it as a lesson learned. He will know next time.
And then what happens? He doesn't learn. In the battle of season 1 episode 5 which they win because of his acts, he is advised to go straight to Alfred before anyone claims his victory. Did he listen? Nope. He goes home to his wife and when he finally goes to Wessex, he is surprised the Younger Odda has claimed the victory to be his. Sigh. So what does he do? After years in England and learning their culture, he confronts the king in Church in front of everyone acting like a wild buffoon bringing his weapon in his presence and makes threatening gestures towards the king. How exactly does this guy have enough marbles to strategize when something as simple as learning from your past mistakes )with his unrestrained impulsiveness) he cannot do nor control?
Does he learn from this episode? Again no. He decides to go raiding pretending to be a raiding Dane (so they won't get in trouble, hush hush you see). Then proceeds to NOT wear a mask and gives his REAL NAME to everyone who can hear. So what a shock that Alfred eventually hears of it. Really? All his achievements were taken from Alfred's so it simply isn't believable that they are his. Btw, he decides to scam the king and the priest and to side with the problematic raiding Danes only to be swindled by them yet again on the end! If it wasn't for Iseult, he would've left empty handed.
And he never ever ever learns, from one episode to the next, he acts like Homer Simpson in that famous mouse test. An idiot to behold on our screens. Completely unlikable. And this examples are only a minute example of his asinine actions within season 1.
It is not a superhero movie where the characters are virtually invulnerable. They wrote the character in this hsow to have flaws. to have flaws - Uhred is a brave and skilled warrior that isn't adept at diplomacy or the subtle art of persuasion.
shareIf that's the case then why are all the great and legendary achievements of Alfred the Great and King Edward attributed to this buffoon?
Also how exactly does he get baptised 3x? This is against Church teaching for 2,000 years now. Even if a heathen or even a pagan baptises you, as long as the rite and form is valid, then it is recognized and cannot be rebaptized unless it is in question as to it's validity.
This show is so infuriating, especially how they dumb all the other historical characters just to make dumbo Uhtred look capable.
He gets smarter as the show goes on. I thought it was a good progression from 1-3 showing how he loses some of his hotheadedness and replaces it with a little experience and wisdom.
Of course, season one Uhtred frustrated the crap out of me with his dumb from time to time...
I hate everything about this thread. You clearly don't understand what is happening and why.
shareTo be fair most of the kings he deals with are also village idiots. But yes, he ain’t the sharpest tool in the box.
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