Vikings on Dutch channel FOX and new season 3

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Hail Vikings,

We feel pleased to  tell that Vikings is on the Dutch channel FOX on Monday evening at 22:00 hour or PM if you like it that way.

Don't you agree that there is a Post Traumatic Vikings Disorder I can say from the bottom of my heart I have this. I cannot wait to see the new series coming on the 19th February.

When it will return in February I  will write a blog every week it is on TV there will be a delay in this because of the rights and when it is on.

I will give my opinion on things and explain where necessary with mythology, what I think will happen next or character explanation. Feel free to give your opinion.

©TamaraBakx

The Hobbit World premiere

The Hobbit World premiere tonight green carpet coverage was amazing.

It gave the livestream a familiar face but it is a bit sad that it is the last one.

The wait is almost over here at the 10th of December I am able to see the film it will come to the film theatre near you in The Netherlands for a list of when it is in your film theatre go to http://www.thehobbit.com/

I did tweet about this and the picture above I got it amazed me to get this gift from them. I couldn't be there and this is an amazing gift to get. 

Thank you all amazing people who worked on all of the films.

Great news about The Mortal Instrument series by Cassandra Clare

http://www.karlasbookblog.com/2013/08/25/the-mortal-instruments-series-by-cassandra-clare/

Today Constantin film came with news after a wait for almost a year about The Mortal Instruments. The series wrote by Cassandra Clare. Would be conducted into TV series. When the news came out the questions came. While we expected to have the second film they announced to go for a TV show. We don’t know yet how the cast would look like or who of film is actually going to play in the TV series. Cassandra told trough Twitter she is excited as us but she don’t know what it is going to look like. She sold her rights of the book to Constatin. She doesn’t know more than we do.

Who is up for a whole season of Gotham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_(TV_series)

Are you all excited as I am. Gotham has a whole season to go on Fox in America and on MTV UK channel 5 in the UK and Ireland.

Gotham had done a pilot to see if the series would take enough viewers to go on for a whole season. and it passed the viewers test.

Fox is excited today to announce that Gotham will be there for at least one season.

Viking Panel and sneak peak season 3

The panel of Vikings did tell us

We are off to Paris, half way one of the main characters will die, there will be raids to other countries and yet again there will be bigger conflicts between characters.

The Paris attacks will continue if there is going to be a season 4 that is announced in the panel. Everyone thought at that moment season 4 was definitely a go, but they didn't hear it right. Everybody on twitter cheered that moment.

Also the rumours started who would be dead during the season. The trailer didn't give that information away. I do have a kind of opinion about this after seeing the trailer. I am not going to rumour about that.

"Bjorn will grow older, bigger and stronger". Alexander Ludwig who plays Bjorn told that.

The teaser trailer looks great and tells us a  lot about the storyline of different characters. It tells us a strategy and what the seer sees for someone it is not clear who or what was asked. it gives you an idea of what it will be in season 3 instead of giving big storylines away.  Go and see the teaser trailer for yourself.

Trailer:http://youtu.be/VVEZW1Jfwsk

If it is not possible to see in your country try: https://twitter.com/HistoryVikings/status/492846329488363520

Final season Vikings season 2

Photo credit: Jonathan Hession

This Sunday was the last episode of Vikings.

I am going to miss it, can’t wait for season 3 to arrive. They started shooting season 3 on the 30th of May after one week of preparation. In the preparation we saw new clothes, horse riding and new jewellery even I saw and heard things There is a new cast member. 

There where Emmy q and a’s with Rollo, Ragnar and Lagertha they made clear that they couldn’t resist it to get spoilers to the audience. Even the writer/creator of Vikings Michael Hirst couldn’t. I will try to get as many spoiler free information about the season. Everyone who wants to know more or want to be spoiled then use Twitter or Facebook and follow the actors and cast.

What I liked about the season 2 is that every main character has its own problem. The fighting scenes are shot from person to person. The way they used silent language between unspoken rules between Floki, Bjorn, Siggi and Ragnar. Ragnar sees almost everything but did he expect to have such a though component in King Eckbert? The mythology woven in every single episode told by each and every one is fantastic to know. The best part of season 2 are the first episode, the double wedding and the last episode.

If you want to follow the main characters this is their Twitter/Facebook account where I know of.

DO NOT FOLLOW IF YOU DON”T WANT ANY SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!

Season 1

Rollo/Clive Standen: @CliveStanden and https://www.facebook.com/MrCliveStanden?fref=ts

Young Bjorn/ Nathan O’Toole: @NathanOToole98

Lagertha/Katheryn Winnick: @KatherynWinnick

Helga/Maud Hirst:@maudehirst

Siggi/Jessalyn Gilsig: @JessalynGilsig

Athelstan/George Blagden: @gblagden

Auslaug/Alyssa Sutherland: @TheRealAlyssaS

King Horik/Donal Logue: @donallogue

Jarl Borg/ThorbjØrn Harr: @herrharr

Season 2

Bjorn/Alexander Ludwig: @AlexanderLudwig and https://www.facebook.com/alexanderludwigofficial?ref=ts&fref=ts

Porunn/Gaia Weiss: @gaiaweiss_

Torvi/Georgia Hirst: @gee_hirst

Thyri/Elinor Crawley: @elinor_crawley

King Ealla/Ivan Kaye: @IvanKaye1

Aethelwulf/Moe Dunford: @MoeDunford

Princess Kwenthrith/Amy Bailey: @amybaileytweets

Season 3

Kalf/Ben Robson: @RobboBen

My own fantasy film

Two years ago I did a one week summer school course at Forkbeard Fantasy in the Waterslade Studios in Devon.

The first three days were pretty theoretical. Then you had three days to choose to do your own thing. I chose to do lots of theory and to put that in my own fantasy film. It was great fun to do.

They have lots of expertise like film, editing, acting but also animation, animatronics and lots of other things.

I am still proud of what I achieved in 3 days of+ time. So I would love to share the stuff I made if you want to see what I learned this is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/user/tamarabakx/videos

If you want to know everything about Forkbeard and the Waterslade Studios:

http://www.forkbeardfantasy.co.uk/index.php

  

The Viking-Christian wedding

Photo credit: Jonathan Hession

A couple of days ago I watched Vikings episode 7. I watched it over and over again. In this episode something happened what I already knew from spoilers. But it surprised me although I did know Floki was going to merry his one and only Helga.

The creators of the series from Vikings did a remarkable job. They succeed to put a Christian wedding and a Viking wedding together with both rituals. The music they used only makes it better.

What I like about the scene is how they show the differences in marriage. The rituals are different from each other but both are well shown.

There are myths in the Viking marriage. We know the similarities but on different ways. For example Floki carries his Helga to the spot where they are going to marry. The Christians do this after the ceremony. The broom carries his wife to bed.

Another great ritual by the Vikings is the changing sword this is for protection and is a symbol of tradition the broom will always change the sword from his father and will be given to the next son. The bride will have a new sword to give to the broom. Christianity don’t have that we do that with names.

On the ritual changing the rings it is clear they both have the same ritual here but Vikings put the ring on the swords and exchange in the series.

The music that they used suits perfectly in the theme of the marriages. It has a bit of Celtic sound. I know that sounds funny but it is.

Do you want to know more about Viking or the Christian marriage?

http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/wedding.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_views_on_marriage

Also to be found:

Twitter @TamaraBakx @tamara_bakx

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamara.bakx

Q and A Clive Standen

Tonight there was a Q and A with Clive Standen who plays Rollo in Vikings.He did this because the first season and second episode in the UK was shown there.

I was able to ask him a few questions. He did gave me something to look up and now I know even more about the myth he liked.

Which other character would you like to play?

Clive: “I'm happy with Rollo but I can't wait to see where Michael takes the character of "Ivar the boneless"

Have you ever been in The Netherlands?

Clive: “I have...I did a theatre tour of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein in 2003 to Eindhoven, Utrecht,Gouda,Amsterdam and Rotterdam.loved it”

Which myth do you like most about the Vikings?

Clive: “look up the viking myth of how the phrase "cut your nose off to spite your face" was formed ... #Gruesome”

I then took the time to look it up and found out this:

There where nuns and the Vikings came there and in order to protect them from raping by the Vikings they cut of their noses. To find the full story click below on the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_off_the_nose_to_spite_the_face

If you want to now more about Vikings and the TV series follow me and others on:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/431157483635596/

Today I want to talk about Vikings episode 6. (WITH SPOILERS)

Photo credit: Jonathan Hession

Today I want to talk about Vikings episode 6. (WITH SPOILERS)

What I like about this episode is the on forehand complots they silently agree on. I will explain later what I mean with this. In this episodes the stories talk a couple of times about revenge, love (dis)loyalty, the game of war and knowledge.

Revenge

King Horik, Ragnar and Rollo seek revenge for different reasons. They want revenge both on Jarl Borg and King Ecbert. Lagertha on her husband. Ragnar because Jarl Borg put his family in danger. Rollo because he hate Jarl Borg although he fought at his side. King Horik because he dislikes him and his tricks.

Knowledge

The difference between the knowledge of art is also explained. In language there is more distance between the Vikings and Britain at that time. In Britain they already wrote and painted in the Viking world it were carvings and runes. Better known as the Anglo Saxon Futhorc.

Faith

In this episode they tell us that Rome’s attacks on Britain where good for the knowledge but when we decided to keep the Christian faith a lot of things got lost. Unfortunately we lost lots of knowledge when we did this. The faith of the Vikings in the gods is much older than the Christian faith. That said you could say that the believes in gods have similarities to our Christian faith explained in this Vikings episode.

Auslaug tells a story about Logi and Loki that I tried to find on the internet. Unfortunately this is not anywhere to find. Loki was also known as Logi. Although they took this story I liked the way it is told.

On forehand conspiracy they silently agree on

Rollo and Floki are allowed to get Jarl Borg and punish him to beat him up and bring him to the great hall. Ragnar tell his faith he will draw the Blood Eagle on Jarl Borg. Thorsten, Rollo and Floki kill the army of Jarl Borg by putting the shed on fire.

The game of war

They did a game of war in this episode a war mind game. If Jarl Borg knew why Rollo did came to get him to go to Kattegat he wouldn’t came. Jarl Borg asked Rollo if Ragnar seeks revenge but Rollo tricked him to say that Ragnar is different than he is. With this he mind gamed Jarl Borg. If Rollo didn’t tell the people in the shed to be quit they did. Then he decided to burn the shed down with the people in it.    

Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon art book

Today I got my art book of Smaug:  Unleashing the Dragon. The one thing with dragons is that they appear as mythical creatures. The book shows us how they created Smaug and how film, drawing, book and myth come together by computer animation.

The fire breathing dragon Smaug looked very different at first then the one we meet in the film. The one we meet in the film is fierce and sound like thunder and isn’t the one you would like two meet in real life.

If you see the first drawings of Smaug it has a snake head and it looked like Loch Ness. After a while it get the shapes of a real dragon. Especially when you see how they played with light.

As king under the mountain Smaug is scary and loves to kill by fire breathing. He hates everyone who come into the mountain. The treasure is his and he earned it by killing.

What I like about art books is the explanation on how they choose to make a creature like that and how they make the whole dragon work. It explains a lot why they choose to do it like that and how the result will be afterwards.

As we know they took Benedict Cumberbatch to do the voice of Smaug. Some people say he did only the voice but that isn’t the real case. They took his face by motion capture and let them do the facial expressions of Smaug.

The textures they made to create Smaug are wonderful and very detailed. Even if he breathe fire the texture changed.

There is even an explanation if you could fight with fire against this dragon. It is a great book if you like to know how things get created this time Smaug.

Weta Workshop announced a new art book about Cloaks and Daggers pre orders are available now. 

The things I like about the Vikings season 2 the journey so far

Photo credit: Jonathan Hession

This Sunday episode 5 of Vikings season 2 arrived. We are a bit behind, I know. What I would like to tell you is that everyone worked so hard to give us a great season. I found it hard to admit that I know already what is going to happen although I haven’t seen it yet.

I like it I can visualize it for myself first and then the surprise will be when the episode is finally there. The funny thing about that is that you can create your own opinion. I am happy to tell you I try not to spoil anything but fans who have already seen the episodes I will tell you this. I like the whole idea of Vikings and how they are in the old age. The point is based on facts and on creation everything is possible.

When I tell you I like the way they choose to get each character explain its own story. In every fight we see how they choose to fight. From beginning until episode 5 I got surprised every time I watched. The switching between characters. How they believe to be. Their denial, their fears, their fight with inner self most remarkable explained. I actually love these things. Each and every character in its own way have their love, fight, struggle and obstacles. The thing is they have it both in mind and on the battlefield.

I like the relationship between Bjorn and Floki that is extra ordinary and strange in a way. Floki has a kind of relationship with all of the sons of Ragnar.

The sight from Ragnar and Aslaug is also great to see. In episode 5 we switch from the one to another and into the battlefield it is something quite extraordinary I love the way they did that.

The anger Bjorn created in season 1 is still there in season 2 but different in many ways. I love the way we went from Nathan o’ Toole to Alexander Ludwig. Alexander did a great job the way he plays Bjorn you get to see where Bjorn now capable of. Support in battle. His kindness is one of the things I like about Bjorn.

Speaking of Rollo from warrior to drunken nobody to hero? I like the character Rollo in many ways he tried too hard and got disappointed in himself. Most of the people don’t like Rollo in a way. I like Rollo’s character in many ways. He took many steps and he could kill himself and his brother multiple times but he didn’t. If anyone could identify with him you wouldn’t unlike him at all. Is that a weakness I don’t think so. Sometimes we do things in an blink of the eye and then we regret that our whole life, Rollo is one of them who does exactly the same.

 

 

    

Sherlock Fans did you know what happened at 4 May 1891?

Did you know what happened at 4 May 1891?

Tomorrow 122 years ago Sherlock Holmes died his fake dead in the fight with Moriarty in the book we know as Reichenbach Falls. Still up to today the different local Sherlock Holmes society have titled this day as Reichenbach day.

What do they do on Reichenbach day? They mourn about the loss of their beloved book character Sherlock Holmes. How do they do that they gather in Victorian style clothes black. Where you might ask it is in  Multnomah Falls (53000 E. Historic Columbia River Hwy.) Oregon. Admission is free. If you would like to go. It is on 3 May 2014.

http://www.oregonlive.com/events/index.ssf/2014/05/mourn_the_death_of_sherlock_holmes_this_weekend_on.html

Vikings Episode 3 Season 2

Hail Viking Fans

I just saw episode 3 from Vikings the introduction of the older Bjorn played by Alexander Ludwig. Alexander is one of the three new introduced actors for Vikings season 2 He took the role Bjorn over from Nathan o’ Toole. Because of a time jump of four years he was able to take over the role. He is the first son of Ragnar and his former wife Lagertha When I asked him a couple of weeks ago what the challenge was he answered: “Wow, good question I think Nathan played the role very well. Because of the time jump I was able to do my own style but always kept in mind what Nathan would do so I could create my own style of playing Bjorn. Another challenge was that after season one became a hit the expectation where so high for season two. I saw season one on TV and liked it very much. Then coming in the second season is something very difficult.” 

I have seen his performance tonight for the first time and liked the character even more wright now. I loved Bjorn already but this role taken over is a great one. We take off with the same anger he had towards Ragnar but then towards the second husband of Lagertha. The anger itself is explained during the first scene in episode 3 where Lagertha is introduced again.

Rollo proves himself a great warrior in this episode again. But he will also remain one of the characters that want to prove himself with too much. He want to show his true side.

Ragnar will be gone the whole episode not gone in the way that they don’t show him. He is away from his hometown. It is once again a episode we love to see from Vikings.

Can’t wait to see the next episode.

Vikings Season 3

Vikings Season 3

Have I got news for you?

While Vikings season 2 is still on a couple of days ago they revealed that season 3 is a go.

By this news I made a dance in my room.

Yes more Vikings to come and I will love it.

So there will be a season 3 what would you like to see what happened?

What are your ideas?

Are there characters going to die in season 3 and who?

I would love to discuss it with you.

I will tell my ideas a bit later it will be July because the second episode over here is in a couple of days.

Hopefully the fans will get more episodes and more action, excitement and fun.

With more raids, intrigues and tears of joy or sadness.

If you want to discuss it I am to be found on Twitter @TamaraBakx @tamara_bakx or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/tamara.bakx

Vikings season 2

Hail Vikings fans. You got to see this season. Or first catch up season 1 and then start to see season 2. My expectations were high after seen season 1. I needed to wait for almost 5 months. The others much longer. But it is totally worth it.

On Sunday the 6th of April Season 2 of Vikings started in the Netherlands. After a wait for way too long and what seamed forever I was able to see what fans in USA and Canada already could. I already knew things because I read everything from Vikings. I don’t want to spoil anything for the fans who haven’t seen it yet. You need to see this.

I was happy to see the familiar faces in Vikings the main characters stayed from season 1 episode 9. I am glad they continued the series with introducing new person’s they have done that before and continue doing this. Although I am not sure what I liked about the first episode. They were able to continue the conflict in every character from scratch.

I can argue with what happened to a few characters. Although I love the way Michael Hirst did write this. It is in my imagination I had chosen differently. I hated when storylines get separated and not shown what happened in the meanwhile.

But before spoiling things I would like to say this series is going to be great, awesome, joyful and tears will flow it is going to be excited. Can’t wait to see episode 2 next Sunday. By the way this season got 11 episodes. So two episodes times more the fun.

Enjoy the raids, intrigues, happiness and tears to come!!!!!!!!

Oculus Rift 2

It is maybe way too early to write something about this. This will be our future of gaming, TV, movies, operations and all kind of other things.

Last week there were a few experiments with the Oculus Rift you might wonder what is an Oculus Rift?

I will tell you The Oculus Rift is an upcoming virtual reality head-mounted display

It is kind of 3D experience and it is going to be just like when 3d experiences started. People that are tested did fall because of the heavy material they put into. 

We like experiments like this. You get a new generation of experience although it is very new and just introduced by marks like Sony and OculusVR.  This shows us that games but also museums will get a new dimension.

Disabled Puppet Theatre plays Sherlock Holmes

I couldn’t resist  this but I needed to show this.

The Disabled Puppet Theatre is a theatre who play series or films with puppets.

Like Sherlock Holmes, Stratum, Awakenings and Dodgeball Mayhem

It is fun and enjoyable to watch go check this out.

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221B Con Sherlock gathering

From 4-6 April in Atlanta a gathering will take place.

For all you Sherlock fans out there.

It is representing from cosplay to books to panels.

This is another great website to stay tuned on.