I loved the show. I wondered what made this show different from many others that are mere "products".
I found couple of items, that make this one unique: 1. Characters.
Many individual character with their own attitudes, stories, goals and presentation. My favorite character is Ivar the Boneless. Why? Because of the complexity of the character.
2. Cast Very good cast. Each character is well played and there are plenty of good actors who brought great input. Ivar was played by actor who was able to made this character living, sometimes insane sometimes genius.
3. History lesson This is the only TV series or movie that is a very pleasant history lesson. I am aware that there are lots of omissions and simplified facts yet..... it is a great walk through history of this part of Europe. I really enjoyed that mostly because of it. Mostly because all of mentioned things happened. They way were presented is a different thing. Especially because most events were based on sagas and legends.
Great great show.
I found couple of items, that make this one unique: 1. Characters.
Many individual character with their own attitudes, stories, goals and presentation. My favorite character is Ivar the Boneless. Why? Because of the complexity of the character.
2. Cast Very good cast. Each character is well played and there are plenty of good actors who brought great input. Ivar was played by actor who was able to made this character living, sometimes insane sometimes genius.
3. History lesson This is the only TV series or movie that is a very pleasant history lesson. I am aware that there are lots of omissions and simplified facts yet..... it is a great walk through history of this part of Europe. I really enjoyed that mostly because of it. Mostly because all of mentioned things happened. They way were presented is a different thing. Especially because most events were based on sagas and legends.
Great great show.