‘Vikings’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ are some of the shows that have been very successful since they came out, but even though they usually have the same action-fans, they have some major differences on their quality of makeup and costumes, fight scenes, and film genres. Several people agree that both, ‘Vikings’ and ‘Game of Thrones’, are very graphic in their scenes, and they all like the action plot these television shows have.
The costume and makeup, in ‘Vikings’, make the story representative. In this show, all the characters experience changes that reflect a more realistic story. Ragnar, the main character, has changed so dramatically from season to season that someone could easily know in which season he or she is based on Ragnar’s hairstyle. The characters, in ‘Vikings’, also have elaborated tattoos or scars that shows how months or even years have passed. Unlike to ‘Vikings’, ‘Game of Thrones’ does not really show major changes on the characters, and more important, the way that they might have changed overtime. Jon Snow, one of the main characters, has not really changes his outfit throughout the story.
Unlike ‘Game of Thrones’ that commonly build anticipation for practically every battle, ‘Vikings’ shows in almost every episode a well-planned and descriptive battle, and the writers keep doing that battle after battle! It seems the characters are always ready to kill; they seem to be always dirty or covered in blood.
Something that naturally makes ‘Vikings’ more interesting is that the story is taken from real-life legends and mythology that has been passed down from the Viking Age into modern times. The legends of Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons: Bjorn Ironside, Ivar the Boneless and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, are presented in this show, along with some other details and characters that make the plot even more interesting. On the other hand, ‘Game of Thrones’ had to rely on George R.R. Martin, the writer, to dictate the plot. The main design builds up this show to demonstrate how some of the powerful families of Westeros fight for being the leader of the Seven Kingdoms. Although it is a quite difficult to compare the plot, I think that in this battle of facts versus fiction, the factual story of ‘Vikings’ has to be in the first place.
In conclusion, even though both, ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Vikings’, are really good entertainment shows, ‘Vikings’ is more likely to offer a more realistic experience than ‘Game of Thrones’.