Unfortunately, this is not the first - and probably will not be the last time a show that I love is broken by the screenwriters. Actually, I think the true culprits are the Hollywood executives who want to have a say in the way the show is made. More action, more sex scenes. These they tend to add since they haven't got any skill in how to do any work on a film project.
That's the feeling I get after watching this season and the flop finale to the season. There was just that many things that were utterly wrong. It is as if someone had tried to copycat Game of Thrones, but the director was blind and the screenwriters plagued with the same drug that Ragnar was supposed to take in the show.
There were just that many events that failed a simple logic test called why? Even the start of the season, Rollo betraying his brother after all the events in the first three seasons. Why? Progressing with the next episodes. There was never a justified or realistic reason for people's behavior. There were the internal squabbles of Mercia/Wessex which were of little interest in this season. Why show them at all? The Vikings had nothing to do with these kingdoms. Because Magnus was Ragnar's son? A plot twist that would have been explained by a single line in a dialogue at the end of the season.
The internal squabbles of Franks. Why show them at all? They were utterly boring - and illogical. It felt as if these were in just to show some tits and spanking scenery. In ep9, the emperor is the best buddy with Roland, in ep10, he kills him and his sister for apparently no reason at all. Why?
Then there was the Harbard character. His return to Kattegat was pointless. Why? Death of Siggy? Why? Floki suddenly becoming a seer that sees events that happen at Kattegat? Why? Come to think of it, have you ever seen lamer opponents for Ragnar in the show? King Harald Finehair and his brother? They told the queen that Harald wants to become the next "high king" by displacing Ragnar. What they did in the show? Killed a few unarmed folks. Why? Their characters added nothing to the show. Why then bring them to the show at all?
And then the final episode. The sacking of Paris that everyone was waiting for? The Vikings haul their ships overland to pass the two forts, then apparently build a battle arena that they drag on the river so that the lead characters can have a boxing match there that was on par with a F-category action movie. Certainly not on par with a B- category action movie, truly an action scene from the bottom of the barrel. Why? Why have a sea battle that is so idiotic and well... unlike anything that would resemble realism at all.
And then the show hit the rock bottom. Skip next few years, have Ragnar's sons grow up almost overnight. Anyone else had a Bold & Beautiful moment there? None of the other characters had aged, yet the boys had become grown men. Nice touch. For me, it was bad enough to quit this show. There are better things to do with my life. Like rolling my eyes in disgust or twiddling my thumbs.
That's the feeling I get after watching this season and the flop finale to the season. There was just that many things that were utterly wrong. It is as if someone had tried to copycat Game of Thrones, but the director was blind and the screenwriters plagued with the same drug that Ragnar was supposed to take in the show.
There were just that many events that failed a simple logic test called why? Even the start of the season, Rollo betraying his brother after all the events in the first three seasons. Why? Progressing with the next episodes. There was never a justified or realistic reason for people's behavior. There were the internal squabbles of Mercia/Wessex which were of little interest in this season. Why show them at all? The Vikings had nothing to do with these kingdoms. Because Magnus was Ragnar's son? A plot twist that would have been explained by a single line in a dialogue at the end of the season.
The internal squabbles of Franks. Why show them at all? They were utterly boring - and illogical. It felt as if these were in just to show some tits and spanking scenery. In ep9, the emperor is the best buddy with Roland, in ep10, he kills him and his sister for apparently no reason at all. Why?
Then there was the Harbard character. His return to Kattegat was pointless. Why? Death of Siggy? Why? Floki suddenly becoming a seer that sees events that happen at Kattegat? Why? Come to think of it, have you ever seen lamer opponents for Ragnar in the show? King Harald Finehair and his brother? They told the queen that Harald wants to become the next "high king" by displacing Ragnar. What they did in the show? Killed a few unarmed folks. Why? Their characters added nothing to the show. Why then bring them to the show at all?
And then the final episode. The sacking of Paris that everyone was waiting for? The Vikings haul their ships overland to pass the two forts, then apparently build a battle arena that they drag on the river so that the lead characters can have a boxing match there that was on par with a F-category action movie. Certainly not on par with a B- category action movie, truly an action scene from the bottom of the barrel. Why? Why have a sea battle that is so idiotic and well... unlike anything that would resemble realism at all.
And then the show hit the rock bottom. Skip next few years, have Ragnar's sons grow up almost overnight. Anyone else had a Bold & Beautiful moment there? None of the other characters had aged, yet the boys had become grown men. Nice touch. For me, it was bad enough to quit this show. There are better things to do with my life. Like rolling my eyes in disgust or twiddling my thumbs.