Well, this production is definitely different.
Set design, costuming, scene details, and casting are all incredibly well detailed, which is what makes this series so . . . odd. Just by aesthetic appearance, one would think this is going to be a serious, edgy drama centered around Viking raids, plundering and pillaging, lots of gratuitous violence and so on.
But no, that's not where this production goes, although there are definitely more than a few moments of Viking violence sprinkled about in this saga. What does actually happen instead is a bizarre, twisted comedy, wrapped around the vicissitudes of daily life, much of which parallels said vicissitudes of modern life, but extruded through the mandrel of 7th century Viking village existence management.
There is definitely a sort of quasi Monty Pythonesque motif woven throughout this production.
Maybe it might not be for everyone, and most certainly, if you are looking for a more "traditional" sort of Viking adventure / drama type of series, this is definitely not that.
But, if you happen to have a passion for offbeat, way outside the box comedy set in the most unlikely of circumstances, this might be just the cup of tea you're looking for.
Speaking for strictly for me, my primary motivation for watching this production is to watch the astonishingly striking Silje Torp, who is absolutely spectacular to look at and perfectly matches her Viking persona.
So OK, aside from my infatuation with the spectacular Ms Torp, the ongoing comedy and plot threads, such as they are (the plot threads are mainly just a scaffold for the perpetual ongoing humor vignettes and character studies) are enough to keep me with this, at least for a few episodes. I could see where this might eventually start to run out of fresh material . . . but for the moment, still quite entertaining.
If anything, just for original concept, I'm good with seven stars for this.
Set design, costuming, scene details, and casting are all incredibly well detailed, which is what makes this series so . . . odd. Just by aesthetic appearance, one would think this is going to be a serious, edgy drama centered around Viking raids, plundering and pillaging, lots of gratuitous violence and so on.
But no, that's not where this production goes, although there are definitely more than a few moments of Viking violence sprinkled about in this saga. What does actually happen instead is a bizarre, twisted comedy, wrapped around the vicissitudes of daily life, much of which parallels said vicissitudes of modern life, but extruded through the mandrel of 7th century Viking village existence management.
There is definitely a sort of quasi Monty Pythonesque motif woven throughout this production.
Maybe it might not be for everyone, and most certainly, if you are looking for a more "traditional" sort of Viking adventure / drama type of series, this is definitely not that.
But, if you happen to have a passion for offbeat, way outside the box comedy set in the most unlikely of circumstances, this might be just the cup of tea you're looking for.
Speaking for strictly for me, my primary motivation for watching this production is to watch the astonishingly striking Silje Torp, who is absolutely spectacular to look at and perfectly matches her Viking persona.
So OK, aside from my infatuation with the spectacular Ms Torp, the ongoing comedy and plot threads, such as they are (the plot threads are mainly just a scaffold for the perpetual ongoing humor vignettes and character studies) are enough to keep me with this, at least for a few episodes. I could see where this might eventually start to run out of fresh material . . . but for the moment, still quite entertaining.
If anything, just for original concept, I'm good with seven stars for this.