Norsemen
Season One 9/10
I
loved this show. I had seen that it was on Netflix but thought it was
another show like Vikings. I had watched the first two seasons of
that show and by the third thought to myself “This is the same
thing over and over” and lost interest. So thinking this was a
knock off version I never gave it a shot. Never mind the fact that
Netflix is notorious for having posters that make me actively not
want to give things a try. So while listening to the Joe Rogan
Experience comedian Greg Fitzsimmons mentioned this show and how
funny it was. I had no idea it was a comedy. None! More people need
to be watching and talking about this damned show but I am afraid the
advertising is hurting that possibility. This is a Norwegian series
and so far there are two seasons and unlike here in America where we
make seasons with damn near 30 episodes wasting 20 of them on filler
this one and the second have 6 episodes that are about half an hour
each. Love it. My spell check is gonna hate me when I start typing
the casts names.
Immediately
this show sets its tone. A slave on a ship heading to where the
vikings stay starts complaining and asking about pay and I said
“Okay, I'm in.” Everyone is easy to tell apart and has their own
weird shit about themselves. Arvid played by Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
loves to raid places and is super nice. I did not expect his
character to be so likable. He shouldn't be. He can't get an erection
unless he thinks the sex is taking place while raiding a village. It works! I know I sound
insane but this works. Silje Torp as Frøya who is the only woman
that goes on raids and rapes the men and collects their wangs. Loved
this actress. Want to see her in everything. Kåre Conradi is Orm and
is a total scumbag. He ends up killing his brother so he can become
chief even though the chief wanted Arvid to lead his people. Orm also
has very homosexual tendencies but pretends he is the most straight.
He is also running the village into the ground with bad ideas. The
slave I mentioned earlier is Rufus played by Trond Fausa Aurvåg. He
is an actor and trying to bring culture. There is also a guy named
Kark who is a voluntary slave played by Øystein Martinsen. There are
also a lot of other people I can't mention because then I would be
breaking down each of them and that is too much and you should just
watch the show anyway.
Is
this show violent? Yes. But in the funniest of ways. It has the kinda
violence like how that knight in Monty Python that gets his arms cut
off spurting blood but still wants to fight kinda violence. The
violence is so silly that it is silly to get upset about it. Plus it
is from another country and people tend to be more lenient on their
judgment in that regard. A man gets straight up cut perfectly in
half. I laughed my ass off. I saw a box of dildos and laughed. This
show made me laugh a lot and has the feel of something like Monty
Python, Black Adder, or Hot Fuzz. American shows do not do humor like
this. I plan on watching season two tonight and laughing some more. This show is written well, looks amazing, and stayed entertaining the entire season.
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