As I recall, she said, "I never you forgave you for taking my husband, taking my world… and look what you've done with it."

I think Lagertha taking Kattegat is completely in line with her character; she knows how to nurse a grudge for a very long time, as evidenced by her murder of Earl Kalf.

Yay, science!

It would not be out of character for Lagertha to get revenge on Aslaug. Remember, this is a character who killed a man she had grown to love (or at least develop a strong affection for), who saved her life in battle, and who was also the father of her unborn child. She has shown that she's perfectly capable of…

I'm 100% Team Lagertha, but I don't see cause, at least at this stage, for the depth of Ragnar's contempt. He wanted sons, she gave him sons. She didn't demand he discard Lagertha; she was game for a polygamous marriage. She slept with Harbard, but he was fucking Kwinthrith.

How would he know that Little Siggy was dead, though? As I recall, she died during the last failed raid of Paris, which he didn't return from.

I found the conspicuous absence of Aslaug to be really profound in this episode, and I'm trying to figure out why Ragnar is avoiding her. Does he blame her for the destruction of marriage to Lagertha? Does he not want to deal with her judgement? Or does this haughty Queen who is the daughter of two legendary heroes…

For everything they had to cram into a single hour, I think they did the characterizations of the brothers rather well, although it's true that Ivar is the most distinct and compelling.

Well, since you mentioned it, the slaves who gathered for the first slave revolt in Haiti in August of 1791 predicated their acts with a voodoo ritual (known as the Bois Caïman Ceremony). Also, many prominent leaders in the fight for Haitian independence were voodoo practitioners.

I think you meant: Yay! Predator! Again!

Honey?

That would be way better.

More importantly, the character is supposed to be a raging alcoholic who has long since given a single fuck about her appearance or manner. You would think Hollywood has seen enough walking train wrecks to know what one looks like.

So basically the movie retained all the flaws of the book.

As said in the comments for the AV Club review of the book (which floored me when it was listed as a must-read for the summer and damn good book) it's such a comical scooby-doo ending.

That's what I thought as well.

From the sounds of this review, my suspicions about this film have been confirmed: It's simply too damn soon to make this film. Not enough years have passed to really see the long-term impact or create enough intellectual and emotional separation to examine Snowden and the events that surrounded him with a clear…

Winger's "Seventeen"

I love that it was Gunnar who tried to coax her into the threeway… I wasn't sure if his "evil twin" persona was just for the stage. Question answered!

The only thing that was imperfect about Predator was the opening shot of the rocket traveling towards the Earth… without that, there would've been no hint as to the otherwordly nature of the horror until the mystery began to unfold.