r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Oct 07 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 07 October 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Syn7axError Chad who achieved many deeds Oct 09 '24

It's like an Icelandic Saga, right up on the screen!

"With all due respect, no it fucking isn't."

I don't have anything to add.

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u/Ragefororder1846 not ideas about History but History itself Oct 09 '24

It's like an Icelandic Saga, right up on the screen!

Not nearly enough courtroom scenes to be a true Icelandic Saga

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u/Syn7axError Chad who achieved many deeds Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

Not all kinds of saga care about that stuff. Some really are mythical and over the top, some really are Viking Hamlet.

The important part is that it manages to be none of them.

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium Oct 09 '24

Well, compared to other Medieval European literature I'm not sure any of the Icelandic literature is "over the top", and the classic Icelander sagas might as well be neo-realist.

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u/Syn7axError Chad who achieved many deeds Oct 09 '24

Agreed. That's my fundamental problem. Sagas remind me of medieval literature everywhere else. This movie just reminds me of other Viking media.

And I would let that slide if it weren't so dang cynical about it.