richardratliff
It is just not possible. It would defeat the whole purpose of a shield wall. This simple fact dropped it from a 6 to a 3 for me. If you are a woman , and you think you can fight in a real shield wall, I suggest you try it. There are real medieval fighting leagues in existence today. Try it out.
rtwomey-10039
This is a horrible show. I wonder if they took some inspiration from the 2007 crap adaption of Beowulf. Again, the vikings themselves are, >again<, portrayed to the fact that men, women excluded, are a bunch of sex-obsessed, violent nut jobs that make the women do everything. This show is made by History Channel, and they're being historically inaccurate! New discoveries have proved that there were women viking warriors, so whatever 'women are better' stereotype you were trying to add History Channel, real history just shattered it. Booyah. In addition, the main character, Ragnar Lothbrok, is not likable in any way. Neither is his even worse brother, Rollo, who perfectly proves my previously stated point by raping and murdering a slave girl on only the second damn episode. I couldn't even watch more than the second episode! The only good things I can give this show is, the depictions of Norse scenery and viking lifestyle are great, and It does stick to history. Kind of. Unfortunately, this just isn't done right. "Vikings" somehow now has 6 damn seasons(god knows why), and is one of the highest rated shows on tv today. For all the true viking lovers out there, I can only say that this is not a show for you.
