Battleship + Vikings
I am saddened that Battleship sunk like a stone so that there won't be Battleship 2: The Aliens realise they've been conned. (Seriously? You can send interstellar ships to earth, but your entire plan of ultimate domination depends on one single satellite relay station? Whatever happened to back up plans? Lines of communication? Not quite sure why that was the bit I got stuck on given how magnificently dumb the entire film was, but there you go.)
Also I finally saw Vikings, a show of bad hair and even worse weather. I am saddened to say that despite the fact that it is filmed in my own fair country of Ireland (which explains why the place looked so miserable all the time) this was not a show that lured me in. FOR ONE THING THERE WAS NO VIKINGING AT ALL IN THE FIRST 50 MINUTES. Why else do we watch shows like this except to see people pillage and plunder across Europe? I know that next week we are promised some horrified monks but I WANT THOSE MONKS NOW. Also, I am afraid that one cannot feel very confident in Vikings who appear not to know that the British Isles - or anything in the west - exists. It does not give you confidence in their sea-faring abilities no matter how awful their hair and how grubby their houses.
Also I finally saw Vikings, a show of bad hair and even worse weather. I am saddened to say that despite the fact that it is filmed in my own fair country of Ireland (which explains why the place looked so miserable all the time) this was not a show that lured me in. FOR ONE THING THERE WAS NO VIKINGING AT ALL IN THE FIRST 50 MINUTES. Why else do we watch shows like this except to see people pillage and plunder across Europe? I know that next week we are promised some horrified monks but I WANT THOSE MONKS NOW. Also, I am afraid that one cannot feel very confident in Vikings who appear not to know that the British Isles - or anything in the west - exists. It does not give you confidence in their sea-faring abilities no matter how awful their hair and how grubby their houses.