Ok, I'll start by saying the show is quite entertaining and that the script is quite well written. It's a show you can't miss a moment of or you'll be lost , as there is always something happening.
With that said I'll admit I understand the times the show takes place in quite well; but, I find Uthred actually a rather unlikable and seemingly predictable character. His personality is actually rather offputting and I'm not sure if this is Dreymons true accent; but it seems rather forced in parts and even jarring; though not in a fun way. Also, Dreymon is a good actor ; but he doesn't quite seem to fill the role of Uthred at all, and would have been better suited to be in films like Kingsmen or The Gentlemen- not as a blood thirsty half Dane / Saxon warrior.
There isn't really a character on the show that differs from others. The Danes are all pretty cookie cutter, with even Brida being a good deal of the time a bit too much and again seeming overacted.
I love a nice complicated storyline and found that the names also being very close in sounds (Uthred, Guthred) made it at times a bit silly trying to figure out whom was being spoken of.
The show seems to have a repetitiveness to it in knowing that Uthred will always come out alive and ok somehow and that there will be one big battle in the last episode of each season. Also, the soundtrack was ok the first episode or two but hearing the same three songs repeated EVERY EPISODE made it feel lazily put together.
Overall it's worth a watch and at times quite entertaining - especially those battle scenes , very well done. But it certainly isn't a masterpiece. Some more character range , and better casting and soundtrack would VASTLY improve this series.
With that said I'll admit I understand the times the show takes place in quite well; but, I find Uthred actually a rather unlikable and seemingly predictable character. His personality is actually rather offputting and I'm not sure if this is Dreymons true accent; but it seems rather forced in parts and even jarring; though not in a fun way. Also, Dreymon is a good actor ; but he doesn't quite seem to fill the role of Uthred at all, and would have been better suited to be in films like Kingsmen or The Gentlemen- not as a blood thirsty half Dane / Saxon warrior.
There isn't really a character on the show that differs from others. The Danes are all pretty cookie cutter, with even Brida being a good deal of the time a bit too much and again seeming overacted.
I love a nice complicated storyline and found that the names also being very close in sounds (Uthred, Guthred) made it at times a bit silly trying to figure out whom was being spoken of.
The show seems to have a repetitiveness to it in knowing that Uthred will always come out alive and ok somehow and that there will be one big battle in the last episode of each season. Also, the soundtrack was ok the first episode or two but hearing the same three songs repeated EVERY EPISODE made it feel lazily put together.
Overall it's worth a watch and at times quite entertaining - especially those battle scenes , very well done. But it certainly isn't a masterpiece. Some more character range , and better casting and soundtrack would VASTLY improve this series.