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This is the second Turkish series in recent times that I couldn't watch after a few episodes. The previous one was Protector. This started out great, and the lead actress is super talented and sensual and would give any of the "oscar" actresses a run for their money. But the script is tediously slow and boring often focusing on petty personal drama than the actual theme, maybe it's a way to ease the budget because drama comes cheap. It could've been so much better. The Protector suffered from the exact same shortcomings. The characters and everything else is fine but the script needs to be revised.

Watched it for Jared Leto, as I don't have much hope for these shallow junk from Marvel and DC stuff. And I was right..the premise was good, but a terrible amateur script was unbearable. Where do all the bats come from in the end? A hastily packed garbage bag of incoherent script is what this is, and the immediate creation of good vs bad polarity is so amateur. They should've also let the movie breathe, make it longer to 2 hours at least. The redeeming aspect is the special effects. Seems like the story would've been more befitting for Batman rather than make him look like a clown with the bat suit.

For some reason, I could never get into the original Vikings, it felt too pretentious and soft. Valhalla is much better albeit it still tries to soften the brutality of Viking raids, and as usual sex and nudity is replaced with gore as they feel it is more acceptable and palpatable..which is horrible. How has society come to accept so much gore and violence in mainstream, but sex and nudity is such a taboo? Ridiculous! Anyway, the series is engaging enough, and its strength derives a lot from the characters which was not the case with the original. The story line also moves at a good pace with steady tension.