This is viking fantasy not history, history is based on facts. Still it isn't bad. It's just not history. And why is that important? Because with the logo of the History Channel you might expect something more true to facts.
The vikings were connected to the west for hundreds of years before Lindisfarne. The king asks Ragnar Lothbrok: - Is there more land to the west? But we know they were trading there slaves/goods. Also to the east - archaeologists found even Buddha sculptures amidst their treasures. Also there were more than one ship alone at Lindisfarne. Also the vikings did not sail too much on open see - they were mostly shore- hugging. Almost everything connected to gods and myths in this series is visually bullsh.t. The bald goth priests escaped from a The Cure concert or the old Marilyn Manson guy. They just wanted to make them look good, (that sells more), not caring about how they really looked like. The makers had the skeleton of facts and names (Lindisfarne, Yggdrasil, Odin, Walhalla, etc) and everything else was built around it from their minds. That is not a problem. Only it is not history. And there were other stupidities like burning corpses 20 meters away from their houses.
So, if you want an adventure set in the viking era, this is for you: good actors, actresses - the casting is great. The screenplay is OK, too. Mostly predictable, but OK. You'll have fun, but don't put your hand in the fire for the facts...
The vikings were connected to the west for hundreds of years before Lindisfarne. The king asks Ragnar Lothbrok: - Is there more land to the west? But we know they were trading there slaves/goods. Also to the east - archaeologists found even Buddha sculptures amidst their treasures. Also there were more than one ship alone at Lindisfarne. Also the vikings did not sail too much on open see - they were mostly shore- hugging. Almost everything connected to gods and myths in this series is visually bullsh.t. The bald goth priests escaped from a The Cure concert or the old Marilyn Manson guy. They just wanted to make them look good, (that sells more), not caring about how they really looked like. The makers had the skeleton of facts and names (Lindisfarne, Yggdrasil, Odin, Walhalla, etc) and everything else was built around it from their minds. That is not a problem. Only it is not history. And there were other stupidities like burning corpses 20 meters away from their houses.
So, if you want an adventure set in the viking era, this is for you: good actors, actresses - the casting is great. The screenplay is OK, too. Mostly predictable, but OK. You'll have fun, but don't put your hand in the fire for the facts...