Are 'Vikings' the new 'Vampires' ?[views:6775][posts:33]____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 9:55am - arilliusbm ""] another horrible globe story. LOL@ the "only Viking heavy metal is real" comment http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2...07/30/are_vikings_the_new_vampires/ |
| ___________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 9:58am - arktouros ""] oh fucking jesus jew christ. mel gibson is making a wiking movie. |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 9:59am - arilliusbm ""] Zombies, werewolves, vampires, and . . . Vikings? Yes, the ferocious, globe-trotting rapists, pillagers, and marauders who traveled the known world of the Middle Ages as far as the Charles River � you have doubtless seen the Leif Erikson tower in Waltham � may be popular culture�s latest object of fascination. Consider: ■ Eric Northman, Sheriff of Area 5, a vampire district in Louisiana, and owner of the Fangtasia bar, is a star of the HBO hit �True Blood.�� The son of a Viking king, the fictional Eric not only has vampire crossover cred, but he recently learned that werewolves murdered his family a thousand years ago. Vamps, Vikes, and werewolves: the pop-cult trifecta. All hail the HBO script scribblers! ■ Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan is working on a Viking script for Leonardo DiCaprio, �The Departed�� producer Graham King, and, um, Mel Gibson, according to the Los Angeles Times. �There�s never been a good Viking film, not that I�ve seen,�� Gibson told the Times this spring. �The real problem is making those guys sympathetic. They were monsters.�� Watch who you�re calling a monster, Mr. Gibson! ■This week Brian Wood publishes the latest installment in his successful series of Northlanders graphic novels, which �explore the life and times of history�s most infamous civilization.�� Here is the plot summary of the latest release: �Erik, a blacksmith living in Viking-era Norway, meets Ingrid, a poor girl fallen in with corrupt Christian missionaries. When the unlikely lovers find themselves duly banished from their respective societies, they launch a crusade of violent retribution!�� ■New York Review Books has just republished �The Long Ships,�� Frans Bengtsson�s engaging 1954 epic that Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon claims to have read four times. �It is really good,�� he enthuses in a new introduction. ■ Chatham�s Bernard Cornwell says he plans to start writing the fifth volume of his best-selling �Saxon Tales�� shortly. (Volume four, �The Burning Land,�� appeared last year.) �The Saxon books are all about the Vikings, whatever we mean by that,�� he wrote in an e-mail, �or specifically the big Danish invasion of Britain in the 9th and 10th centuries which provoked the formation of England. They sell very well (thank god), and I�ll be starting a new one very soon.�� What�s the allure? The Vikings don�t take guff from anyone, that�s for sure. I�ve been reading �The Long Ships,�� and the Norsemen seem refreshingly unburdened by any bothersome moral codes, other than revenge, which is a recurring theme. If you lived near the coast � any coast � between 850 and 1000 AD, watch out for the guys in the goatskins and the funny helmets. If they decided to enslave you, that was a good thing. More often they axed first and posed questions later. �The Vikings knew what gave life meaning, behaving well under duress,�� says Farmington, Maine-based bookseller Kenny Brechner, an unabashed Nordophile. �Their emphasis on integrity of character, stark and unflinching, still calls out to us with the allure of an enchanted mirror.�� Brechner partly credits Stieg Larsson�s successful thrillers with reawakening interest in Scandinavian literature. �I am a huge saga fan,�� Brechner says, explaining that he managed to sell 15 customers a $300 Icelandic government-funded �The Complete Sagas of Icelanders,�� available in five volumes. �It seemed nuts, but my enthusiasm carried the day,�� he says. What else is Brechner pushing? He likes �Thief Eyes,�� a recent Random House release for younger readers that integrates elements of the Icelandic Njal saga into the modern romance of 16-year-old Haley and Ari, �a boy with a dangerous side.�� Other Brechner faves from the frozen Norseland: H. Rider Haggard�s �Eric Brighteyes�� (�A gripping tale of betrayal, blood-gorged blades, and the pursuit of heart�s desire��) and �Styrbiorn the Strong,�� which he calls �a masterpiece of world literature now criminally out of print. My goal in life is to see people reading that book again.�� |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:06am - arilliusbm ""] arktouros said:oh fucking jesus jew christ. mel gibson is making a wiking movie. you know the movie would be awesome up until the end, when all the characters convert |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:08am - arktouros ""] yeah. bennyhillifier |
| ________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:16am - ernie ""] arilliusbm said: arktouros said:oh fucking jesus jew christ. mel gibson is making a wiking movie. you know the movie would be awesome up until the end, when all the characters convert that movie would be awesome i hope it goes through!! |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:16am - the_reverend ""] http://www.thesuperficial.com/chris-hemswo...s-to-be-thor-and-other-news-07-2010 |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:17am - arilliusbm ""] Leo just dropped apparently |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:19am - the_reverend ""] yeah he did. I'm sure mel will make a great movie |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:23am - arilliusbm ""] I NEED TO BEHEAD BEFORE THE JACUZZI ARRRRrRr |
| _______________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:47am - Yeti ""] everything is gay. i'm just going to spend my days dreaming about better times. |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 10:52am - AndrewBastard ""] True Blood is actually pretty awesome.... |
| _________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 11:03am - m nli ""] true blood is hilarious |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 11:05am - AndrewBastard ""] hilariously bad but awesome at the same time...last sundays episode was fucking bloody! When Tara killed that brittish vampire with the mace...brutal. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 11:06am - arilliusbm ""] wish I had HBO instead of showtime |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 11:09am - DreadKill ""] arilliusbm said:I NEED TO BEHEAD BEFORE THE JACUZZI ARRRRrRr hahahahaha, great |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 11:10am - DreadKill ""] AndrewBastard said:True Blood is actually pretty awesome.... this season hasn't been good until the last couple episodes, but i'm a big fan of the first two seasons. |
| ______________________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 2:20pm - Stabby_McGunnakillya ""] Not the vikings........not the vikings. If they start sparkling I swear I'll.....I'll.. ...probably ignore the whole fad |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 2:22pm - arilliusbm ""] Common Viking misconception: they did not wear horns. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 2:38pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] i alwasy get sucked into watching True Blood because my roommates are into it. theres some cool parts and the bitches are hot but i could care less about all dramatic plot lines and shit. |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 2:41pm - AndrewBastard ""] its total soap opera-y but it doesnt take itself too seriously and is very tounge in cheek at times which i respect...its so bad its good and it knows it so its plays off it and pulls it off IMO... |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 2:44pm - #1 Opeth Fan ""] Raped by a Viking... sooo exciting!!! Do you think he'd look like Mikael Akferfeldt?! |
| ___________________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 2:48pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] AndrewBastard said:its total soap opera-y but it doesnt take itself too seriously and is very tounge in cheek at times which i respect...its so bad its good and it knows it so its plays off it and pulls it off IMO... True Blood has become self-aware |
| ______________________________ [Jul 30,2010 3:16pm - Yeti ""] arilliusbm said:Common Viking misconception: they did not wear horns. ONLY HAGAR THE HORRIBLE IS REAL |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 3:37pm - arilliusbm ""] ONLY LOST VIKINGS ON SEGA GENESIS IS REAL |
| ___________________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 3:42pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] how have i missed this? anyone play it? [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 4:01pm - arilliusbm ""] yes, very good |
| ___________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 4:11pm - DreadKill ""] AndrewBastard said:its total soap opera-y but it doesnt take itself too seriously and is very tounge in cheek at times which i respect...its so bad its good and it knows it so its plays off it and pulls it off IMO... agreed in full |
| _________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 4:18pm - Doomkid ""] Best Viking game ever, PC game from '96: [img] Adventure-strategy game, narrated entirely by Michael Dorn (Worf) which was sooo badass. |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 4:31pm - arilliusbm ""] MYTH |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 30,2010 7:04pm - Conservationist ""] Can someone genetically engineer vampires to crave semen instead of blood? |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 31,2010 12:51am - anonymous ""] [img] |
| __________________________________________ [Jul 31,2010 11:18am - ancient master ""] I want to see THOR when it comes out |
| ________________________________ [Aug 1,2010 12:15pm - lbpvd ""] viking... [img] |