Epic!
A couple weeks ago, I watched the movie Valhalla Rising. It started out promising enough, in the land of the Vikings, with a tight-lipped, one-eyed prisoner forced to fight in death matches for his masters. He quickly escapes, killing several people in spectacular fashion.
Epic!
And then…nothing happens. Go ahead and watch if for yourself. I mean…nothing happens. Sure, there’s some spectacular scenery, and a whole bunch of metaphysical prattle about a person’s place in the world. But when I sit down to watch a Viking war epic, I expect bloodshed. And lots of it.
I bring this up because I was eating lunch the other day with two of my DJ friends, DJ Jacques Cousteau, and DJ Fuck You. I realized that I needed a DJ name of my own.
So from now on, I will be known as DJ One-Eye.
Epic!
Please Note, this post in no way implies that I have any musical talent.
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dude i watched this on netflix and it was disappointing. all though the movie its nothing but him walking and then getting on a ship with some Christian’s that just killed pagans and then stripped the women of their clothes and I’m pretty sure that the guy who later rapes the old guys son in the mud, raped a couple of though women too, as far as I’m concerned that movie did nothing for anyone. if anyone wants to see a awesome viking movie watch Path Finder its kick ass and has lots of epic scenes where every one gets killed or they get their eye slashed out so look it up dude cause Valhalla rising was crap. 🙂
exactly! you and i are of one mind, sir. i expected pathfinder and instead i got scandinavian avant-garde. when i’m watch a viking movie, i want less male rape and more fights with native americans!
–DJ One-Eye