Pathfinder: Will Scandinavia arise in protest?
POSTED BY: Geezer
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 17:18
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Originally posted by citizen:
As long as all the Vikings have English accents everything is correct and hiristocrical.
Not always- there was this cheesy cornball movie from the '50s, simply called 'The Vikings,' where all the Vikings were played by Americans and the Saxons were (strangely enough) English. Not very convincing
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052365/
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The Native Americans that the Norse settlers met were not like the ones portrayed in your average western and were refered to by the Norse as "Skrealingas" which roughly translates as "wretches".
The Norse were trying to settle but that does'nt mean they were'nt prejudiced or self-opinionated.
That being said the film sounds like a take on Pocahuntas to me.
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Originally posted by Shieldmaid:
Saw the preview. Gonna pass on this one, especially after reading the blurb. Thanks for the heads-up, Geezer!!
Yeah. I saw the traler waiting to see "300". It made the Persians in "300" seem the models of decorum, compared to the Vikings.
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Originally posted by Shieldmaid:
For any who cares, the Viking-Age Norse voyages to Vinland were actually launched for purposes of settlement, not war or slave-gathering or plunder or terrorizing the locals.
And in case anyone's interested, "Viking" is, strictly speaking, a verb, not a noun.
Hehehe, not to mention, the Norse did not wear helmets with horns on them! Nor did they look like they just stepped out of a Warhammer catelog...
I would love to see an attempt at an Historically accurate movie, as opposed to yet another 'modern graphic novel' interpretation.
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A viking we will go, a viking we will go, high ho the derry oh....
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If anyone has a reason to complain it's native Americans, because the villain, hero, and victim roles are all occupied by white folks and the natives are once again reduced to backdrop.
You know, like those 400 crew members of the Enterprise that must have been stoking coal or sumpthin' in the bowels of the ship 'cause you never saw them... unless the plot demanded a disposable character.
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Originally posted by 2x2:
I would love to see an attempt at an Historically accurate movie, as opposed to yet another 'modern graphic novel' interpretation.
Did you ever see the "house" series of shows on PBS? Colonial House, Pioneer House, etc...? They are a little slowgoing, for example the highlight of a day in Colonial House was finding blueberries. Our overstimulated psyches would be bored by a full length historically acurate movie of just about anything...so it wouldn't sell...and thats why they don't do that so much.
It's a good idea though!
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Did you ever see the "house" series of shows on PBS? Colonial House, Pioneer House, etc...? They are a little slowgoing, for example the highlight of a day in Colonial House was finding blueberries. Our overstimulated psyches would be bored by a full length historically acurate movie of just about anything...so it wouldn't sell...and thats why they don't do that so much.
It's a good idea though!
I've never seen any of those shows, unfortunately. They sound intriguing. I'm a bit weird, cuz I'd probably love a full length historically accurate movie, but then I'm into history a bit so.. *G*
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Originally posted by Geezer:
Evil Viking killers attack innocent freedom-loving Native Americans. Are we going to war with Scandinavia?
No, the Norse gods don't say that it it's OK to kill non-believers so we're probably good.
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Quote:That country are Christian now, and the Christian God DOES say it's okay to kill non-believers, it's in the Bible.
Originally posted by fredgiblet:Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:
Evil Viking killers attack innocent freedom-loving Native Americans. Are we going to war with Scandinavia?
No, the Norse gods don't say that it it's OK to kill non-believers so we're probably good.
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