I love learning about Vikings, its one of my favorite time periods of history. 
Vikings are cool and there is a lot of mythology around their culture. They are Norse seafarers speaking old Norse language.
Yea there really is.  For example apperantly they never wore horned helmets.  I always found that interesting. 
I guess movies tend to get carried away. They are known to have raided and traded throughout Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.
Yep I agree.  However the recent history show called "Vikings" seems to be fairly accurate historically. 
Yeah, I think we are currently heading towards a more accurate historical recount rather then some made up fantastical notion.
I love that I think history is cool enough and there is no need to drastically alter things when you are making a show/movie. 
The term viking  also extends to modern English and other vernaculars to the inhabitants of Viking home communities during what has become known as the Viking Age