I happen to agree with the majority of the reviews. This was a well done documentary. It was, for me, an excellent glimpse into the history of exploration and Lief Ericson. Just as the title explains, it is about discovering "A New World". To all those poor misinformed people that do not understand that the term 'viking' comes from the Old Norse word for going on an expedition, it was used as a verb. It has since been used to describe all the Norse peoples of that time. My father is a scholar in the field of Norse history and he would find some of the comments here quite funny because of the misinterpretation that Vikings were barbarians or lawless looters. The Viking people were actually quite advanced for their time. An example would be as another reviewer stated that women had rights and there was a type of democracy. As for the movie itself one person mentioned also the attention to detail in the garb (clothing) was nice and he is probably correct that some anachronistic group helped. I also enjoyed the CGI that showed what the ruins would have looked like over a thousand years ago, was amazing. On the whole not only did I enjoy the movie but I also got a laugh out of some of the reviews. Thank You everyone

This was a well enacted film depicting the Vikings and their explorations. Firstly, I must add that Christopher Columbus was an Italian from Genoa but the only financing for his exploration was found under Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
Secondly, contrary to one reviewer's remarks, there has been found a stone in the Minnesota area . . . a stone which depicted a Catholic symbol . . . a stone apparently of Viking origin.
Well done, Hulu. Thank you for a film with no blood and gore, no vampires, no horror
and no obscene violence as the majority of hulu films are demonstrating. I have spent a lot of time going from page 1 through page 67 in a quest for a good movie. There are not many. Thanks Hulu for your free movies online.

Am I the only one on this site who has half a brain!?! These Vikings were unneccessarily brutal and outright thuggish!! The Vikings DID NOT DISCOVER ANY LAND but the Scandinavian where they actually started on. They did not discover so-called Greenland, Iceland, nor N. America!! Don't some of you have any common sense??!! They saw new land and they simply destroyed any other civilizations that were already present on the land. Later, they would simply rename the land. The Vikings never TRIED to negotiate with other cultures, they just took whatever they wanted. They are the worst civilization and a bunch of barbaric bullies!!