Vikings: Valhalla

From start to finish, Vikings: Valhalla Season 2 is a non-stop, breathtaking, utterly relentless foray, following beloved characters into the unknown as they seek their destinies. It is both utterly satisfying and so rich and packed with even more to come down the line that the wait for Season 3 now feels longer than ever.

So, sure, the show can sometimes feel like a montage of strapping, bearded men introducing themselves to each other before beating each other up. But “Valhalla” also demonstrates enough ambition and handle on its characters and pivotal time period to justify diving into its world, no matter how much you may have known about it before taking the plunge.

If anything, “Valhalla’s” eight-episode first season improves on the original show — as it should, since it takes place in more interesting times.

It is, rather, fiercely emotional, often overwrought and populated by characters well-acted and fully engaging.

I watched the second half of the eight-episode season being relieved that even if Valhalla never quite reaches the heights of the Vikings mothership, the show it settles into becoming is pretty strong and satisfying on its own.

Valhalla is promising, offering an exciting new batch of characters, it needs to fix its pacing issue and lean into more of its strengths rather than trying to retread the path of history.

After a well-paced opening episode the plot starts to drag, mainly when it focuses on a female character, Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), back in Scandinavia while the main action takes place in England. It is much better when giving us battle scenes, or the machinations involving Æthelred's callow son, Edmund, and shrewd widow, Emma of Normandy.

I was going to give this show an 8, but after all the hate it’s getting from legit racists, I’ll give it a ten. There’s one black chick in here, and all these dudes are so unbelievably butthurt about it that they give this show, that has so many great qualities, a 0. If you’re rating this show poorly based off of what you believe a loose history based show should consist of, go look up how true-to-events the original Vikings show was. This is a story to be enjoyed, not a history textbook to be correcting.

Muito bem feita, vale a pena assistir, masnão tem a mesma intensidade e emoção como a série anterior, Ragnar é um personagem difícil de ser superado.

If ever there was a show that showcased over-acting, this is it. There are times when it just looks like a bunch of actors, standing around looking like they are acting. It lacks the subtle nuances that truly great shows have, there is no need to read between the lines. This is a great show for people that only get jokes that rhyme.

Honestly, Vikings: Valhalla is a big letdown, especially if you’re a fan of the original series. This show feels like a low-effort knockoff, stripped of the grit and intensity that made Vikings so good. The characters? Flat and predictable. The story? Same old, recycled tropes but with none of the raw edge that kept you on the edge of your seat **** let’s talk about the woke factor. They went all in on it, and it just feels forced. Instead of staying true to the brutal, survival-of-the-fittest Viking culture, they shoehorn in modern ideas and characters that feel totally out of place for the time period. It’s like they were more focused on ticking boxes than building an authentic story. Even the battles are just... bland. It’s like they’re afraid to go all-out, and that kills the whole vibe.

Barely any story happening in this show, missing a strong character like Ragnar. Characters arent that deep or developping. Ragnar carried the first show when it started, when he was gone, the show went downhill. This show just starts low and never rises. I'd say to the makers: let it go and move on