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- Netflix
- Dec 25, 2022
- Netflix
- Dec 25, 2022
- Netflix
- Dec 25, 2022
- Netflix
- Dec 25, 2022
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
45
13% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
20% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
45
13% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
20% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Stellar characters, great performances, killer action, and — once again — some of the best costuming work on television can go a long way in covering up structural flaws. This year, I was promised a badass fantasy show, and I got one. It just wasn’t the one I expecting.
The Witcher: Blood Origin certainly does suffer without the muscular anchor of a Henry Cavill-type, as its writing simply isn’t strong enough for the splintered tale it’s telling. That said, punchy, memorable performers like Mirren Mack and Sophia Brown elevate this origin story to something still worth unwrapping on Christmas Day.
User Score
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 178 User Ratings
1.4
9% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
4% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
87% Negative
154 Ratings
154 Ratings
User Score
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 178 User Ratings
1.4
9% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
4% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
87% Negative
154 Ratings
154 Ratings
Ardent fans of “The Witcher” might welcome any related content to pass the time between seasons, and there’s certainly been no shortage of big fantasy prequels this year, including “House of the Dragon” and “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Nevertheless, “The Witcher: Blood Origin” basically feels like a mildly diverting snack between meals, and at four episodes essentially a longish movie.
Creakily-assembled and fuelled largely by silliness, Blood Origin is for devoted Witcher watchers alone.
Despite its undeniable production values, everything about “Blood Origin” feels minor. There’s a romance that’s bland despite the charisma of its stars, and Driver and Yeoh aren’t given nearly enough to do. ... It’s for hardcore fans only, and even they will be bored.
The dazzling depiction of the event ["conjunction of the spheres"] conveys its unfathomable scale and implications, its profound reorientation of space and time. But both the upheaval and Blood Origin itself end shortly after they begin. Having, at last, built up a head of steam, the series ends in a fizzle.
The show’s derivativeness falls somewhere between depressing and embarrassing.
Average. Not as bad as most people say. It's a decent background filler whilst you're doing something else.
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SEASON 1
bad
[ bad ]
adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
bad
[ bad ]
adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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