I know, I know, it's Rollo, not Borg. Listen, they all look the same to me after a while. And my criticism stands regardless.

It has made my entire week to know that a real viking walked this earth rocking a pink faux-fur cloak. Why do they have to make up a bizarre fake viking aesthetic when the truth is a million times more interesting?

Anyone with half a brain knows that the History Channel is currently as accurately named as MTV

Jfc. I've done more research for fanfiction than she did for that show.

Knowing she won literally any award for The Tudors is physically painful.

Man, if she was trying to portray Vikings as "not barbarians" I would think the first step would be to refrain from hanging badly tanned pelts over your characters like macabre doilies. Also, in the encampment scene that gambeson is so clearly the wrong size for the actor. You can see the strain and puckering in the stitching channels that it's far too tight to be functional, much less comfortable. I mean, how can you fight if you can't even lift your arms?

The idea that men can’t wear colours and be taken seriously really grinds my gears

I actually don't agree with the statement that "people want entertainment and not boring historical accuracy". Firstly, accurate clothes are not boring. Colourful tunics and cloaks looks so much better than this biker gang look they had in one of those pictures. Secondly, I think it is a dangerous thing to try and separate education and entertainment. You are implying learning something is necessarily boring and can't be fun. Really? Come on...
Nice video, and keep up the good work! :)

I think the most insulting aspect of all this is the idea that, in order to make something look *handmade*, it must look shitty. It's shorthand for a modern audience that covers up the fact that skilled craftsmanship was better in literally every other era of history than our post-industrial world.

Ah. Yes. “I did research” so often code for “I watched a couple clips of GoT and LotR”.

I personally don’t mind when historical dramas make costuming/hair/cosmetic choices that aren’t historically accurate. Like, there’s nothing inherently wrong with making choices just for the sake of appealing to modern audiences.

But... be honest about it??? “Yeah we thought the black bear rug cape thing with the elf clips looked more badass than the historically accurate pink option” is fine, in my opinion. But “I did a lot of research” implies that the choices made are actually accurate, and that’s clearly not true in this case.

I somehow love the fact that in the creator's attempt to make the characters clothing more masculine by modern standards, they historically speaking (the brooches, showing your chest, etc.) have made the clothing more feminine 😂😂😂 The irony

"Bondage gear has its place, but it's not early medieval England" goes right into my collection of "sentences I never thought I'd hear".

"He looks like a black wicker dustbin" 🤣🤣🤣

It always makes me worried when you hear that the costume designers did extensive research... and you see the final costumes and wonder where did they do their research...  I did most of season 1 and didnt continue, partially due to the costuming and partially because it was obvious they had no real concept of how important people were in small communities, I mean killing the blacksmith because you were annoyed?  Really then how is anyone going get tools mended or repaired?  Oh and the camera wobble wasn't an issue in this one :)

This was pure comedy gold. When you break down over the penis flap...  I almost spit out my tea. 😂

It's disappointing that The Witcher, a magical fantasy show taking place in a completely fictional setting, has more historically accurate costumes than something on the History Channel. Tim Aslam, the costume designer, even has a whole mood board section on his website showing which historical and cultural fashions inspired all the characters' costumes. One of the character's brooches even looks similar to the second one you showed from near Dublin at 22:35.

"Where's this set in, Quebec?"

Bonus points for a non-Canadian knowing some Canadian history 😃

ah yes research, done on the three main resources about vikings: LotR, GoT and Skyrim

Ragnars facepaint is literally Road Warrior Hawk from the Road Warriors in 90's WCW