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How would the Scandenavians like it if we took their Viking mythology and utterly changed it so that Odin was a weak, limp wristed shop clerk at Ikea and that Valhalla was somewhere down the M1 near Milton Keynes?
This, or something similar, is exactly what's been done to it all along. I assure you, the Vikings and their lore is entirely different from the image the average guy has of it. And as one of those people who has somewhat more than a passing interest in it I admit it does annoy me a little when I see fantasy presented as it was fact. So I get you. But you have to expect this from the entertainment industry, they always have blithely ignored fact and realism if they think it will improve the quality of their product.
I haven't seen this new series however, so can't say anything about if said quality was worth improving. ;)