The Witcher: Blood Origin

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 25, 2022
User Score
1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 180 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 180
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 180
  3. Negative: 156 out of 180

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  1. Sugarymedal
    Dec 28, 2022
    10
    Now I understand more the lore. Really good , but to short.
    I watch in one shots unable to stop
  2. MX1341
    Dec 26, 2022
    10
    Love this show. Must see! Haha good acting, beautiful scenery and action! Little bit short.
  3. buhu
    Dec 29, 2022
    10
    A great but short series. It shows that the world has huge potential outside of the main plot
  4. dr_zoidberg590
    Feb 8, 2023
    9
    I don't get the hate on The Witcher Blood Origins. Despite a slight (15%?) drop in production quality/budget this is better than The Witcher by every other metric. Michelle Yeoh in it too which always adds gravitas. Episode 2 is like twice as good as ep 1 at least, less grimdark, better story so far.
  5. paradsecar
    Dec 26, 2022
    8
    I don’t and never will understand what exactly fans want from this series. Stick too close to the source material and you end up with the live-action Cowboy Beebop. Stray too far and you get LotR: Rings of Power and The Wheel of Time. Is this mini-series perfect? No, and almost nothing is, hence my 8/10 rating. The only real crime this show commits is being too short to give it a chance toI don’t and never will understand what exactly fans want from this series. Stick too close to the source material and you end up with the live-action Cowboy Beebop. Stray too far and you get LotR: Rings of Power and The Wheel of Time. Is this mini-series perfect? No, and almost nothing is, hence my 8/10 rating. The only real crime this show commits is being too short to give it a chance to fully breathe, resulting in some rushed plot points and relationships that feel unearned, similar to the recent and also fantastic Dragon Age: Absolution. I love the Witcher universe, played the games, and read the books. Just relax and take it for what it is: a brief but enjoyable romp that gives us more Witcher, which is never a bad thing.… Expand
  6. Balorn
    Dec 29, 2022
    7
    I liked the show as a show, but not really as a Witcher show. Some of the actors were fantastic, like Francesca Mills, Sophia Brown and Lautance O'Fuarain. I think they did the best job they could with the scrip, time and direction they had.
    I know they cut the series from 6 to 4 episodes, and I think this was the wrong choice, it didn't allow for enough character development. The final    I liked the show as a show, but not really as a Witcher show. Some of the actors were fantastic, like Francesca Mills, Sophia Brown and Lautance O'Fuarain. I think they did the best job they could with the scrip, time and direction they had.
    I know they cut the series from 6 to 4 episodes, and I think this was the wrong choice, it didn't allow for enough character development. The final first Witcher transformation was stupid. Balor and his relationship with his mute aprentice Fenrik was not established, just told.    … Expand
  7. ethicsbeanie
    Dec 31, 2022
    6
    Average. Not as bad as most people say. It's a decent background filler whilst you're doing something else.
  8. NerdHaus
    Dec 26, 2022
    5
    Harmless fun that give the watcher a vague understanding of the Witcher lore.
  9. AlfaMode
    Dec 26, 2022
    5
    This is the most objective review.
    The show was very mediocre. The main disadvantages are poor directing, dialogues and staging. I was expecting a dark and violent backstory with Sapkowski's philosophy of what true evil is, but instead I got a typical American action movie with goofy jokes and sarcasm. It's just disrespectful to the original source.
    On the positive side, I will note    This is the most objective review.
    The show was very mediocre. The main disadvantages are poor directing, dialogues and staging. I was expecting a dark and violent backstory with Sapkowski's philosophy of what true evil is, but instead I got a typical American action movie with goofy jokes and sarcasm. It's just disrespectful to the original source.

    On the positive side, I will note the excellent work of composers, artists, those people who were engaged in costumes, scenery with such a budget and deadlines    … Expand
  10. Onlyclassicvg1
    Dec 25, 2022
    4
    That isn't The Witcher, is a cheap knockoff branded as "The Witcher" to ride a success books and games titles. Shame
  11. Neeedles
    Dec 26, 2022
    3
    Why? just make your own IP if you dont give a damn. Not to mention how poorly this is shot and cut together. CGI is also quite bad but that would be fine if the rest was decent

    Music is good
  12. MetacriticOnur
    Dec 25, 2022
    3
    bad
    [ bad ]

    adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
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    bad
    [ bad ]

    adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
    not good in any manner or degree.
  13. Kai82
    Jan 7, 2023
    2
    Sadly just another generic fantasy show with a poor script that has not much to do with the source material. I feel sorry for the actors that are trapped in the script especially Michelle Yeoh who is awesome. It does not much resemble the books or games which to be fair is not a receipt for disaster per se. Unluckily the plot and script are not that good. Like I said it is generic andSadly just another generic fantasy show with a poor script that has not much to do with the source material. I feel sorry for the actors that are trapped in the script especially Michelle Yeoh who is awesome. It does not much resemble the books or games which to be fair is not a receipt for disaster per se. Unluckily the plot and script are not that good. Like I said it is generic and feels like a D&D adventure story quickly constructed. Also it feels like they cut parts out of the story and it seems like that is even plausible (I read it should have been 6 episodes which were cut to 4). By the way nothing in the world seems Elven. It is set 1000 or more years before human arrive (Dwarfs, Gnomes and other races were there even before both other races if I remember correctly). They look, feel and act like humans that have pointy ears. A huge waste of potential. I will not blame the actors. They did the best they could and even the best actors cant save a bad show or lets say completely turn the tides. The saving grace is the soundtrack which is enjoyable. Overall you should avoid this and play the games or read the books instead.… Expand
  14. GmanHuagh
    Dec 26, 2022
    2
    Yikes. Definitely looks like 4 episodes cobbled together from what was meant to be a longer season only to be cut to shreds. This doesn't bode well for post-Cavill witcher.
  15. AAEllingsen
    Dec 26, 2022
    2
    I watched this to see what the future of the Witcher show on netflix will look like without Henry, and after seeing this I know that I will not even bother watching the first season without Henry.
    It is filled with all the things that Henry fought against, it is not true to the lore but I am not surprised since it was said, by a former writer, that the show runner and most of the writers    I watched this to see what the future of the Witcher show on netflix will look like without Henry, and after seeing this I know that I will not even bother watching the first season without Henry.
    It is filled with all the things that Henry fought against, it is not true to the lore but I am not surprised since it was said, by a former writer, that the show runner and most of the writers dislikes the games, the books, the lore, and thing they can do better. These episodes show that they are wrong.

    The only redeming thing about this show is that most of the actors are doing the best with what they are given and that lift it from 0 to a 2, but noone can make diamond out of a pile of ****

    The show runner and writers alike needs to go, and I now more then ever understand why Henry left.    … Expand
  16. Talbis
    Dec 26, 2022
    1
    I'm Polish. I've read all the Witcher books 8 times in my life. I played the games. I watched a terrible Polish movie and TV show... I even played the tabletop RPG game. Michelle Yeoh is among my favourite actors ever. With all this said: this show is **** It has nothing to do with the Witcher, it's a poorly written fanfic. The main series took so many terrible changes, unnecessaryI'm Polish. I've read all the Witcher books 8 times in my life. I played the games. I watched a terrible Polish movie and TV show... I even played the tabletop RPG game. Michelle Yeoh is among my favourite actors ever. With all this said: this show is **** It has nothing to do with the Witcher, it's a poorly written fanfic. The main series took so many terrible changes, unnecessary changes, that I just could tell that this won't be good. And Michelle Yeoh - after amazing Everything Everywhere All at Once and singlehandedly making Star Trek Discovery watchable... even Michelle lacks the talent and charisma to save this nonsensical story. I am entirely convinced that Netflix lacks the talent to properly adapt anything unless the talent comes to them with an idea, like Tim Burton with Wednesday...… Expand
  17. ILoveDV
    Dec 29, 2022
    1
    I'm just so bored about all this politics bs ... but this is really not the only problem with the show actually, this is so bad written, the actors are so so so bad it's just crazy to me. Let's forget everything about this.
    The Witcher serie was already bad in some points but it's a masterpiece compare to this.
  18. starkiller9
    Dec 27, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've long accepted that this franchise would stray from the books. I didn't really care cuz Cavill sold me and Nightmare of the Wolf was actually really good. So color me a bit shocked that Blood Origin is so awful. Here we have the lore and the conjunction and that's lost with so many unnecessary plots that appear to be created just for diversity. Now I'm not opposed to diversity, but if you're gonna make a miniseries focusing on a major event then that should be the focus. Put the diversity there and give characters room to breathe.… Expand
  19. Andrelb2k
    Dec 27, 2022
    1
    This TV Show is not only worst thing originated from The Witcher universe in fact, it is worst thing Netflix ever produced. Nothing on this origin series fits in the regular The Witcher Series. The writers change everything they could change, but in wrong way. I dont know how they intent to explain Tir na lia, Lara Dorren, Auberon. Sad end from wonderful source. Netflix, please stop.
  20. AzorAhay
    Dec 30, 2022
    1
    I didn't expect it to be that bad, I simply have no words, they mocked us Witcher fans. Simply everything is bad in this series, when I say everything I really mean everything, very bad. I'm done with everything else that comes along.
  21. Nathuriel
    Dec 27, 2022
    1
    I wasn't expecting much from blood origins since it's not based on a novel or a game from the Witcher series. Blood origins is the example of why showrunners and the majority of tv show writers should not mess with original material from well known and critically acclaimed novels. They cannot surpass the authors of the novels and the lore from the games. They don't even come close. TheI wasn't expecting much from blood origins since it's not based on a novel or a game from the Witcher series. Blood origins is the example of why showrunners and the majority of tv show writers should not mess with original material from well known and critically acclaimed novels. They cannot surpass the authors of the novels and the lore from the games. They don't even come close. The dialogues of the show were poor written, the script is unoriginal and full of the latest usual Hollywood trends for diversity, romance and we'll throw a bit cgi fighting. It simply is a bad tv show and I'm really nervous for the season 3 of the Witcher. Hopefully it won't be another debacle like season 8 of GOT.… Expand
  22. KeyboardCowboy
    Dec 29, 2022
    1
    If you’re a fan of the Witcher games and novels, do yourself a favor and skip this. This is not The Witcher. I want my time back for watching the first half of this garbage. It’s impressively bad.
  23. h3op
    Dec 26, 2022
    1
    Bad, very bad, very very bad, play Witcher 3 instead. Plot , story , main caracters all this is terrible
  24. Njoka90
    Dec 26, 2022
    1
    This is a strange one. On one hand the costumes, landscapes and some actors are really great. On the other hand you have, at some points, bad writing and a lasershooting monster that must have come through a portal from a playstation 2.

    Recommend? For free. Why not(at best). Pay money? Hell no.
  25. maxclearance
    Dec 26, 2022
    1
    More woke trash, move along people.
    Honestly if these sort of people keep churning out this sort of garbage I'm gonna give up on films/media altogether. I'll just stick to gaming
  26. bigb159
    Dec 28, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What missed potential. The Witcher universe is ripe with stories to be told, but instead we got modernist dogma.

    I tried to stick it out, I really did. For Michelle Yeoh, for the Witcher story we all have come to like, for the landscapes and fight scenes. But I was out when the dwarf starts whining to the elves that they took their land - yikes, conquest is basically the entire subplot of the whole Witcher universe. My woke radar immediately booted up, and it became obviously the writers were more interested in preaching, than in storytelling a medieval fantasy. I have work and family and school responsibilities, no time to be educated by my TV. It was over for me.

    Also, how does it speak to the character of a person who hates a man for killing her sister, then falls in love with him over the course of a few days, and ends up wailing forlornly over his dead monster body. Huh?    … Expand
  27. Ropedancer
    Dec 26, 2022
    1
    Witcher universe? Nope. Script? Nope. Idea? Nope.
    Garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage etc.
  28. tantei
    Jan 13, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have never been so personally offended by a plot twist. Building up the first witcher and turning him into a I wanna kill roid rage "beast"(as the show calls him) that rips his friends to pieces and tries to choke to his daughters mom to death really disgust me and is really a spit in the face in my opinion .

    I can only conclude that the writers hate the titular witchers and autistic coded charcters like them.    … Expand
  29. imthenoob
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    People are ripping apart this show and rightfully so. From the awful-looking production, terrible writing, and the laughable "acting" by the cast, Blood Origin is as low effort and bare-bones as you could possibly imagine. Don't bother wasting your time on this trash.
  30. AthanasiosT
    Dec 29, 2022
    0
    Xena and Hercules are much much better... Dear writers, just leave the Witcher brand alone and write a stand alone fantasy (if you can...).
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#8 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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Metascore
45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Jan 3, 2023
    30
    The show’s derivativeness falls somewhere between depressing and embarrassing.
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  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jan 3, 2023
    40
    Creakily-assembled and fuelled largely by silliness, Blood Origin is for devoted Witcher watchers alone.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Jan 3, 2023
    50
    “Blood Origin’s” limited use of its strongest asset illustrates why the serviceable series never rises any higher — and sets a troubling precedent for what’s next.
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