Vikingane
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Seasons(3) / Episodes(18)
Plots(1)
A comedy series built on the contrast between accurate period scenery and modern language spoken by ancient Norsemen. Their relations, social hierarchy, and looting are discussed in a way that indeed does not correspond with the style that we all know from history textbooks. What it takes to be the village chieftain admired by all women, to gain imperishable honour and glory as well as privilege to lead warriors on a quest for prey? In this series, it may not be just a result of social status carefully constructed over the years. Sometimes a little is enough and rules once followed by all are creatively evaded and the order of things changed. The luck and honours fall simply into the lap of the person who does not have what it takes to be the leader. Women are forced to bow down before those who should not be glorified. However, they are more than capable of dealing with the situation in their own way. (Academia Film Olomouc)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user D.Moore (1)
Norsemen (2016)
Amazing series. A little bit Blackadder, a little bit Monty Python, a little bit Office... A war meeting can suddenly look like a classic Monday meeting with the week's plans; the condemned to die can wonder about the logic of sacrifice, talk it out with the executioner, and then get executed feeling good that they at least spoke up; the newly arrived slaves can complain about the meager pay. In addition to being wickedly funny, however, Norsemen is also quite sly – that's when the viewer discovers that incidents like the Ättestupa or the Holmgang, for example, which have already made him or her laugh to tears once, were actually not merelyisolated episodes, but the creators are happy to use them again to provide a second, even better punchline. I was entertained every half hour, and I was also interested in the characters and their (often quite unpredictable) fates.
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