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I've just marathoned my way through the two existing seasons of this show. (There's a 3rd shooting now, yay! It needs at least another season because it's got an overriding arc.) It's a Kiwi show and is also shown on the UK version of SyFy. (Per usual, I bought region 2 discs.)
Premise: The Norse gods decided to hide amongst humans and moved to New Zealand. The Johnson brothers are some of these gods. Their youngest brother, Axl is about to turn twenty-one and receive his god powers. Oh, and there's a prophecy; if he finds the goddess Frig then all the gods and goddesses get to shed their human shells and ascend back to their full powers.
It's a very blokey show. The trailer attached isn't particularly work safe. (sex and language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHpRkD6CK24
It's about how these guys, and the women who have to put up with them, deal with their mundane lives (one's a builder (and later barman) one's a refrigerator repairman, one's a PR Flack and Axl is a student, and try and cope with the additional pressures brought on by being gods at a time when things are in flux. It's quirky and different. Sort of a surreal dramedy.
For those of you keen on Dean O'Gorman, he's in there as Anders aka the god Braggi. I also spotted actors I recognized from Xena and Maddigan's Quest. I particularly like the younger characters: Axl, Gaia and Zeb.
If you are looking for something different, give it a shot.
Premise: The Norse gods decided to hide amongst humans and moved to New Zealand. The Johnson brothers are some of these gods. Their youngest brother, Axl is about to turn twenty-one and receive his god powers. Oh, and there's a prophecy; if he finds the goddess Frig then all the gods and goddesses get to shed their human shells and ascend back to their full powers.
It's a very blokey show. The trailer attached isn't particularly work safe. (sex and language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHpRkD6CK24
It's about how these guys, and the women who have to put up with them, deal with their mundane lives (one's a builder (and later barman) one's a refrigerator repairman, one's a PR Flack and Axl is a student, and try and cope with the additional pressures brought on by being gods at a time when things are in flux. It's quirky and different. Sort of a surreal dramedy.
For those of you keen on Dean O'Gorman, he's in there as Anders aka the god Braggi. I also spotted actors I recognized from Xena and Maddigan's Quest. I particularly like the younger characters: Axl, Gaia and Zeb.
If you are looking for something different, give it a shot.
