torgulsmith-225-355486
Joined Jan 2015
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The usual enjoyable, ahistorical Viking romp from the crew. Lots of sexy people, swords, blood, ships, scheming, screaming, post apocalyptic road warrior armor, dubious imaginings of Norse rituals, etc. They've dropped the ridiculous pseudo Scandinavian "accent" for the most part, thank Odin, replacing with a vaguely "Eastern European" one, sorta like a Bond villain, which is less cringe inducing.
Just a note for all the folks complaining about "wokeness" and POCs...if that's what's got yer panties in a wad, and not the disregard for the actual history, the historical characters who were not contemporaries, the ridiculously WRONG armor, costumes, etc, then I think we know what your actual objections are. To clarify, if you are upset about the "inauthenticity" of black female jarls, or female Viking warriors, because of your "knowledge" about historical authenticity, but you are not equally upset by the fantasy armor, the fact that Harald Sigurdsson was only 2 years old at the time, or the horrifyingly bad Saxon costuming, then it's not "inauthenticity" you are mad about.
Just a note for all the folks complaining about "wokeness" and POCs...if that's what's got yer panties in a wad, and not the disregard for the actual history, the historical characters who were not contemporaries, the ridiculously WRONG armor, costumes, etc, then I think we know what your actual objections are. To clarify, if you are upset about the "inauthenticity" of black female jarls, or female Viking warriors, because of your "knowledge" about historical authenticity, but you are not equally upset by the fantasy armor, the fact that Harald Sigurdsson was only 2 years old at the time, or the horrifyingly bad Saxon costuming, then it's not "inauthenticity" you are mad about.
So this afternoon the recent abominable reboot of Conan the Barbarian was on broadcast tv, so, against my better judgement, I watched some of it. Every bit as terrible as I remembered. I love the Milius Conan, of course, even though it's about different guy named Conan, apparently. So I ran across this thing on Netflix, and I thought can't be worse that what I just saw, so why not?
And what a pleasant surprise! A perfectly serviceable sword&sandals&sorcery film! Obvious these people love the Schwartz Conan, several sly references. Handsome production, good art direction, far better than the recent Conan, better fight choreography. In fact, pretty much a Conan adventure, with a different lead.