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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

a hyper realistic Viking epic with a full Nordic cast, but they all talk like surfer bros

Jarl! My dude! We totally viking'd the shit out of that Irish monastery! It was fucking rad!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Duuuuude… King Ælla’s a total boner. We gotta roll up on Northumbria and fully hack these posers to bits, brah. Then maybe, y’know, hit the mead hall and get wasted with some totally rad shield maidens."

I swear to Odin, I would make this movie and only release a few short trailers with no dialog in them. Just brilliant cinematic shots of action, scenery, all the super authentic costumes and customs, and get some historians to endorse it (I know a few who would love the joke and the chaos). Then BAM, hit the audience with the most ridiculous shit ever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah! You gotta lull them into suspension of disbelief.

I'd invest some money into this. Someone has to be brave enough to write the script.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I would partner with a historian friend of mine to write it. I'm good with dialog, and he could keep it authentic. Write a rough draft like a normal script, then go back and fine tune all the dialog to surfer bro without changing anything else.

All the Nordic women would speak in Valley Girl.