The latest episode in Netflix is growing witcher franchise, The Witcher: Origin of the BloodIt was recently released to a loud “meh” from critics. But the fan response is even worse, as the four-episode limited series has a dismal eight-percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The low scores are a result of a few different factors related to the show, the original books, and former Superman actor Henry Cavill.
The Witcher: Origin of the Blood is a limited series set in the same universe as Netflix’s main series witcher Show, and both are based on the original novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski. However, origin of the blood is set a thousand years before the events of the original television series and “depicts the creation of the first witcher and the events leading up to the conjunction of the spheres”. Michelle Yeoh also stars in the lead rolewho definitely deserves better than this underrated, underrated fantasy prequel.
Over on the movie review collection site Rotten tomatoes, origin of the blood Sport an approval rating of 36 percent among critics and an even worse approval rating of eight percent among fans (h/d forbes). While the critic rating is poor placing it under some of the lowest rated original shows With Netflix, it’s the historically low 8 percent viewership that’s really wild.
Of course, it should be noted that some fans are bombarding the series with criticism for various reasons. Some are angry supporters of Henry Cavill still angry about his Exit at the end of October from the main show. others are witcher Fans who remain frustrated with Netflix’s handling of the original source material in its witcher projects. Viewers getting upset about how a series is handling the source material has become a hot topic among many video game fans, with complaints about it Netflix is short lived resident Evil series and Outstanding gloriole show Both stray too far from the original works on which they are said to be based. This is probably why Amazon recently made a big deal about how it is upcoming God of War tv show “staying true” to the games.
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Still, it’s hard to ignore very low eight percent audience share Rotten tomatoes. Even Netflix is said to be despised resident Evil has show a 26 percent approval rating from fans. (gloriole sits at a comparatively outstanding 52 percent.) origin of the bloodThe rating of , at least as far as I can tell, appears to be the lowest viewer rating of any Netflix original show. It’s even lower than some other movies and shows with notorious reviews like Disney and Marvel’s She Hulk (33 percent) or War of stars: The Last Jedi (42 percent).
With all of this in mind, my reading is that this isn’t just another case of a property being bombarded with reviews by chuds, just a really bad show that’s even persistent witcher Fans don’t enjoy it. Reading fan reviews, many complain about the shoddy CGI, boring pacing, boring writing style, and an overall lack of direction. This also reflects similar complaints from critics. This can’t be a good thing for Netflix, and doesn’t bode well for the future of its monster-slaying franchise in a post-Henry Cavill witcherVerse.
