First of all I'am a huge fan of the history tv series "Vikings", second of all I'am very happy to see that somebody thought of making more viking tv shows and movies. Norsemen even though doesn't seem something great in the beginning it is in fact a really enjoyable comedy about the viking lifestyle and behavior.

As a huge fan of Monty Python, I couldn't help but notice the stylistic resemblance, and if you like their approach, this comedy is a must see.Summary: modern life issues in a Dark Ages set, as seen through the eyes of a few Viking villagers.Then, as if the contrasting modern issues and the medieval set were not enough, there is another hilarious clash, the cultural differences between the Norse village inhabitants and the rest of the world, through the ideas come from afar, with the slaves they bring with them after a successful raid.This series also reminds me a bit of Woody Allen's Love and Death, in a sense that one of the main characters is a total misfit, having a completely different philosophy compared to the rest of the villagers. He seems just trapped in a time and place where he doesn't belong (the irony!).All in all, I love Norsemen, a sarcastic take on all that's wrong with us today. It is rather a micro-social kind of satire, but I wouldn't be surprised if some current largely debated global issues made their way into the series at some point.

Norsemen surprised me; I was expecting a straight up ripping tale of sea-borne plunderers setting upon unfortunate towns and villages in search of spoils, sustenance, and given the current climate on the 'small' screen, perhaps some carnal conquests as well, I quickly realized that I was instead watching a fusion: a comic sensibility uniting personal growth, self-examination, and a bunch of navel-gazing 'crap' I'm too broken and un-caring of the current trends in twisting yourself into knots in search of new depths of sensitivity, guilt, generosity to your partner, community, world-with a narrative entirely in keeping with its Iron-Age setting....bloody, under-adorned life devoid of any modern accoutrements apart from the very aware dialogue, which renders the whole deliciously comic...love it!!!!

The characters are different, but the parallels are undeniable.It's Norwegian, but it's done in English. It's currently showing on Netflix.There is plenty of explicit gore, so those who dislike horror comedy had best avoid it.