@@ykwia1 the shots being bitten weren't real, but he was bitten by them, and pooped on. He mentioned it. No biggie, those are pythons and boas and their bites are just flesh wounds.
Really bothered me that they said that no cgi was used. Yes the boas and pythons were real but the shots with bites were obviously cgi, as the snakes biting were venomous.
I started watching Vikings because a friend told me it was a cheap GOT wannabe but damn he was wrong. I enjoyed and loved this show. Ragnar just has so many things that we can learn from him.
@@tristan9881 I know Travis said he was bit, but the director said most of the bites were cgi. you can see him getting bit from a distance, and those shots were nonvenomous bites and real. The close up bites from venomous snakes were clearly fake. i wrote a couple of the bites in my original response.
I haven't had the time to watch Game of Thrones, I think I got to se3. I did enjoy this project, I think I will pass on GOT after reading yr comment & move on to my next show on my list.
He was not bitten by any snakes. The snakes biting him were CGI and definitely are definitely venomous. There are, however, real ball pythons, a couple retics, and some boas. Hope this helps.... they would never use real snakes on an actor with the purpose of him/her getting bit. Thats silly.
To be honest, it seems to me that no one involved In makings this vid actually saw the show. That would explain thinking they were cameos or stating that Sigi FELL through the ice
What is "dived" Mr JW?? To jump in a thread to uncorrectly correct someone is one of the most cringiest someone can do. I mean seriously . Maybe u feel the same way I do n you've been in the hole u crawled into a year ago after ur "dived" comment.
The best Easter egg is when Ragnar is walking through the market place and two people are pushing a cart with a cage on it that contains an Australian native bird, a emu
@@domiiinik4320Getting too late here but still. The language was ancient Rus language, which is actually accurate. As a Ukrainian, I was delighted to see so many details pointing on Rus excluding Russian myths and propaganda
I live beside the set for Paris, its about a 20 minute drive and its called Cahir Castle. Fun Fact, it still has English canonballs stuck in the castle walls from the time that Oliver Cromwell genocided Ireland.
@@UrEvilAngel91 Pretty sure it was cahir castle, I may be wrong though, I saw the boats in cork for the show though. They were either being assembled there or were just in the area.
After every episode with him, the first name on the credits was "Guest Starring Adam Copeland", thought they should add him to the full cast after so many episodes, maybe he was meant to be a cameo, but stayed on
Ehh, I did grow up watching Edge"Adam", but I honestly couldn't stand his character. For me, it was mostly how he talked, that threw me off. He has the look tho, but didn't fit in my opinion..
Oh... My.. Odin... I've seen this show at least 6 times through and I NEVER noticed that Edge was Kjetill.... Props to Adam Copeland, shows how good his performance is that I couldn't recognize him at all!!!
Travis tried put for Floki, but Hirst preferred him for Ragnar. The 2 people who are Floki and Rollo wanted to be Ragnar but ended up with their roles. Awesome show 🔱
When the ships were being lifted up the cliff, as if their enormous weight was not difficult enough to lift, several times someone was adding another 200 pounds or so by standing on the edge of the ship.
You're pronouncing Ivar PROPERLY!!! Thank you! Lagertha pronounced it properly too, once (when Ivar was a young boy). Then it was "eye-var" for the rest of the show.
While I have been a fan of the show since episode 1 it needs to be said that there are many flaws, and as such there are flaws in this video. First, there is ONE account that suggests that the Norse wore eyeliner, the man responsible for the account was a Spanish Muslim names Al-Tartushi who visited the Danish city of Hedeby some time in the 10th century. Eyeliner MAY have been a custom there, but that does not mean Norwegians would have done the same thing or that they would have gobbed it all over half of their faces. Tattoos are another area where we have no physical evidence, and not even a word in their language that we can link to the word tattoo. The idea of Vikings having tattoos comes from the written account of Ibn Fadlan another 10th century traveled, who traveled from Baghdad up to the Rus kingdom somewhere around Kiev. While in Kiev he reportedly witnessed a chieftain’s funeral where he saw men “painted” (according to the translations I’ve read) with images of trees. These marks reportedly went “from fingernails to neck” meaning the face tattoos we see in the show are almost certainly not representative the custom. The Rus (originally Swedish) were also very much integrated into the local population by this point, so they may well have been practicing a custom borrowed from the Slavic people of the area. The costumes are nowhere near accurate, far too much leather and raw pelts draped over the shoulders, also bright colours were a way to show off ones wealth. Like stated the show is not meant to be historical, and it shows.
So structure of medieval societies, environment and their surroundings are pretty historically accurate. A lot of events also happened and a lot of characters were based on real characters. Now main problem from the historical perspective in this show is its pacing: In 6 seasons it covers more than 200 years history of the Viking Age and it the show it takes maybe 20-30 years. So that is the the biggest pitfall from this perspective, but otherwise this show is very historically authentic.
I would say it peaks interest into history though. I didn't know too much about vikings or the period until watching the show, and then I was intrigued enough to research more things. For that reason I see why it was placed on the channel.
I’m not bothered by creative latitude - I love some “what if” in my entertainment. Vikings didn’t have to be historically correct to be great - GOT didn’t have to follow the books to be amazing. My mind set is Entertain Me …and boy did they !
Historically accurate with the costumes? They would have never have worn that much leather armour haha, it would have been chain mail or literally just clothes
A cameo you missed was Norwegian Folk music singer Einar Selvik who's Group "Wardruna" has it's music featured in Vikings , Einar Selvik even appears in this video when mentioning the way the music was produced on the show.😎
I just got done with Vikings, the show was great, favorite Character's were Ragnar and Athelstan, their friendship was real and true and how friends should be, accepting and understanding. Travis really got bitten by some snakes. that is suffering for your art truly!! if that happened.
I loved this show. I was telling everyone I knew about it. None of them watched when it was airing on History. Now they’re all watching on Prime and gushing. 🙄
actually there is 5 dead languages: there’s Arabic too, the one they use in the show it’s a really old and ancient form that every arabic cultured person can read but can’t speak (like latin) which is now only used in the Koran
The one episode they must not have noticed in the background but some of the background fighters were swinging their sword soooooo slow and it made it to the final cut
Fun fact Vikings didn’t have any tattoos at all there is one written case where a man meet a Viking from western Russia who he described having art on his arms and face this is the only evidence that tattoos where in Viking culture they themselves never mention it nor is it in any of their legends
I wouldve never guessed that Flokis actor is the son of the actor that played in Chernobyl and Good Will Hunting. Its the beard. He seems older than his father xd
Norway was at one point also once part of kattegat In the Viking period and iron age Norway went all the way down to Halland So it could have gone be by Göteborg The town where the kattegat in Vikings was
Well, it gladens me ;) that SOME were seen.. but, from my knowledge, chainmail and other heavy armour were standard outfit for many Norsemen, in our museums over here they show finds of a lot of heavy armour that belonged to Norsemen - from even a long time before the Viking Age had started - a time known as the Vendel Age, and the armour and weaponry found from that time were probably present in those societies due to influence from the Roman Empire, and other Empires, around that time (influence through trading and doing mercenary work down on the continent, and also most likely influence through some wars between Germanic tribes at that time - in northern Germany/Denmark/Sweden/Norway). .. and in the Vikings TV-show they barely use helmets... hahaha.. helmets were kind of a big deal, even to "barbarians" like my ancestors :) Besides that, we actually have a "Gold Room" here in our Historic Museum in Stockholm, with amazing amounts of treasure that were brought to the North from all around the world, and a lot of the finds were from before the Viking Age (supporting the argument that trade and mercenary work were of huge influence/importance to the "Outback" of the North. These amazing finds are still being uncovered today, just about 3 months ago they found a huge gold treasure, from the Viking Age, that were burried in one of the fields of the area known as Täby, about 15 minutes car ride away from central Stockholm. //Sweden
@@brutii25 even when they used helmets, they used helmets from 15 century at least... This video was nice for giggles, if they put "fact" how they used as authentic weapons and costumes as possible at start of the video i would save myself time
@@brutii25 you had chainmail if you could afford it...id say the standard was padded armor jackets. We only have one or two confirmed Scandinavian "viking" helmets (the spectacle helmet comes to mind). At least if were talking 9th and 10th century vikings. This show is horrific in its depiction of them lol but its still entertaining.
@@syndicalist-0 true. One could fairly reasonably say that body protection for the poorest consisted of things made from wood, linen and leather. Though, it is difficult to condense facts, and reasonable guesses, about a few hundred years that regard anything from elite warriors (invasion force) to peasants/young lads (going occasionally on raids) to one simple yes or no answer. Depending on how you ask the question - you'll get a different answer. Were there advanced as well as basic armouring of the "Vikings"? Yes. But depending on the situation/person it varied. Look at the defeat at Stamford Bridge where it is said explicitly that the Viking force were caught off guard - away from their heavy armour. One might think that writing in commentary sections about this is unnecessary/idiotic - and yes it is - but still, even so, that doesn't make this here statement untrue: my ancestral history was in large written by their opponents - don't believe everything you read/see. In media my ancestors are often (all the time) portrayed in the way the Christian World views them - and that is important to remember.
It never makes sense to me how people like this youtube channel can make a video this in depth about a show but then doesn't know how to pronounce a main characters name. I don't care if you write the script or not did you not watch a single episode to see what your making a video about? Not mad still a great video its just always one of those tiny things that i think about.
At least now i know why i kept confusing Helga and Torvi to start with 😂 i thought they had to be sisters in real life as at certain times it wasnt the easiest to tell
Also In Sicilia they speak a dialect that what a little bit understanble by me as Greek , maybe it was Latin or Byzantines or ancient Greek with bad accent😅
It's a wonderful series, which i just binge watched this last month. Beautiful scenes with a dark and cold color, well done. But the series is crippled by historical inaccuracies.
...and then Kiyew Rus attacked Norway homeland with d-day style landing boats, cavalry charging out of them [which is some kinda historical LSD trip ] :DD
This is like comparing strengths of two different species,if you like politics and drama GOT is the best, but if you like action and adventure Vikings is the best