Horrible
Bad acting, cheap sets...UGH!!
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shareI don't think the pilot is horrible.
The acting, sets, costumes, & CGI were fine to me.
Was it the dialogue/writing or the story part that you didn't like?
I did feel like the story was going all over the place & wasn't engaging enough to really pull me into the story.
For example; Beowulf & his friend escaping Beowulf's execution, to me this was lame/lackluster & didn't make sense from a story telling point.
There are more examples & I did manage to finish watching it.
I'll wait till the 4th or 5th ep; then watch 3 or 4 eps back to back. Sometimes this has a flow to it that tells more of the story than the pilot.
You have to admit that it IS really horrible. Badly made, bad acting, bad storyline...and, most of all, it is especially horrible that they have used the name "Beowulf" for it. That really pissed me off.
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The poem has historic significance and is roughly 1,000 years old. You really want to compare fast food entertainment like this *beep* show, which nobody will remember in 10 years, with that? Seriously?
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The poem has historic significance
No it hasn't.
Oh dear. The original work is without serious doubt the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature.
The second bit of ignorance. In the original Women were not thrown in as a bit of totty.
Though Beowulf is very much a tale of masculine deeds, women do indeed feature in the original epic poem. There are six women in Beowulf who have major roles: Wealhtheow, Hygd, Freawaru, Hildeburh, Grendel's mother, and Thryth. In the original Beowulf female characters are central to the story and within the society presented in the poem, and far from marginal, excluded figures. Women within Beowulf and early Anglo-Saxon society were not subservient to a patriarchal culture. Anglo-Saxon society placed equal value upon all members of a class within the community regardless of gender. Women in Beowulf are not insignificant excluded figures. Sometimes they are queens, peace weavers, hostesses, cup bearers and even blacksmiths. They can influence politics and take their own decisions which concern the fate of a kingdom. They can be independent like Grendel’s mother, evil like Thyrth, gracious like Wealhtheow, but they were never just totty.
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20 years ago it would be ok (Xena), but now it's just bad.
"Oh look he has a knife" said 5 men armed with swords
return to the sнiтlands more likely
It almost looks as if Game of Thrones got really drunk, then went on a heroine orgy with Lord of the Rings and 9 months later they had a crack baby, which they abandoned on the door step of those terrible D&D movies and the Dragonheart sequels, but even those refused to adopt it.
shareIt kinda reminded me as the unwanted and extremely untalented offspring of Mad Max and the Legend of Hercules crack baby etc abandoned and adoption refused etc etc :)
You spelled "heroin" incorrectly.
shareGood old political correctness and diversity: they've cast a female blacksmith, oh and black to boot!
shareThat's pretty much the only thing they got right in the pilot.
Women had that kind of jobs too, and Norse Society was far more racially diverse in real life than 19th Century nationalist imagery would have you think, what with those silly horned helmet wearing blond Vikings that Wagner was so fond of in Der Ringes des Nibelungen. The all-blond Viking is a relatively recent fictional persona with not much historical veracity.
Trades, raids, explorations etc brought a lot of people from all across the globe and spread them all over the globe. Migration is nothing new. There were plenty of black people in Scandinavia. It wasn't something people back then would think reflect much over.
Don't believe me? Believe DNA tests then: A big parts of the population of Northern Europe has genes that clearly show African ancestry. Where do you think those genes came from? That's right: black people mixing with the locals back in the days. Don't like it? Get over it.
We all have "African" ancestry in our DNA because it's the cradle of civilization (You are right about migration though)
shareThose genetic traits in question don't go back that far. We're talking traits that can be traced back to a few hundred years in ancestry.
shareEuropeans also have neanderthal sequences in their DNA but you dont find many tv shows featuring roaming bands of neanderthal warriors do you?
shareYou are utterly delusional leftard.
shareThe first part of your comment is correct, Women during the Norse era did if fact own property, run businesses, and where held in high regards. and horned helmets were NEVER worn by Viking, that was propaganda by Christians to demonize the Vikings, But the second part of your statement is incorrect, yes when they went Viking or were out on trade routes they did come across other races, evidence has been found all over the Russia, Germany, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Spain and of course through out Western Europe France, England, Scotland, Ireland, but not in Africa, they were the ones out trading, they did not accept other cultures coming to Scandinavia, Yes, they had slaves, Saxons..Black slaves were not introduced until after England's rule and the onset of Christianity, which was 400 years after the story of Beowulf was suppose to have happened. You must understand the Norse culture and belief that to preserve their culture and honor their ancestors their race needed to be pure.. You should actual read the Edda's and a few sagas to understand what they believed. Trust me, 90% of Scandinavia still believes that their culture needs to be preserved
shareLOL! Horned helmets were not "used by Christians to demonize the vikings." They were used by early 19th century romanticists to present a proud and glamorous image of their ancestors.
In all fairness, there actually were archaeological discoveries of helmets with horns, but they were later proven to predate the viking era, and they were most likely only used for ceremonial purposes. Greek and Roman writers also described Northern Europeans as attaching all kinds of junk to their helmets, including horns and antlers. But, again, that would have predated the viking era.
In the interests of accuracy... DNA studies have shown Northern European populations to be very white. I would sure like to know which studies you found that show otherwise. Southern Europe shows more African genetic components.
shareThe mother-daughter blacksmith team was played by Indian-British actresses, not black. You're thinking of the smelter. Pay better attention.
And it's obviously a fantasy setting, not meant to be an accurate portrayal of ancient times. A wider variety of people makes it more interesting. But I bet you also had a problem with modern portrayals of Thulsa Doom.
I guess I've been utterly spoiled by the depiction of the Norse on The History Channel's The Vikings as I hated this. Not a troll, just a viewer with high hopes, that were dashed in roughly 20 minutes.
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I disagree, after binge watching the series I find myself very much interested in a follow up second season.
You are entitled to your opinion but like mine that's all it is...nothing more nothing less.
For those interested in the genre I recommend watching the first season from beginning to end, all the while remembering this was not filmed on a $6,000,000 budget per episode like Game of Thrones production.
Great job ITV!
Too bad the second season never happened.
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