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The Witcher: Blood Origin is a fantasy television miniseries created by Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and loosely adapted from the Witcher book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. [1] It serves as a prequel to The Witcher. The series premiered on December 25, 2022 on Netflix, and consists of four episodes. [2]
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The Witcher: Blood Origin: Created by Declan De Barra. With Sophia Brown, Laurence O'Fuarain, Mirren Mack, Lenny Henry. More than a thousand years before the events of "The Witcher," seven outcasts in an Elven world join forces in a quest against an all-powerful empire.
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Dec 3, 2022 · Taking place in the elven Golden Era, 1200 years before the time of Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri, The Witcher: Blood Origin tells the story of seven strangers w...
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Set more than a thousand years before the world of "The Witcher," seven outcasts in the elf world unite in a quest against an unstoppable power. Netflix Season 1. Watch The Witcher: Blood...
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By David Griffin
Updated: Dec 17, 2022 5:26 am
Posted: Dec 12, 2022 12:01 am
This is an advanced spoiler-free review of The Witcher: Blood Origin miniseries, arriving on Netflix on December 25, 2022.
Following the recent news that Henry Cavill is leaving The Witcher after its third season airs in 2023 on Netflix (Liam Hemsworth will take over the titular role in Season 4), it’s easy to assume that the popular fantasy franchise could be on the decline. However, Netflix proves that there’s still plenty of enjoyable stories to tell set in author Andrzej Sapkowski’s imaginative universe with its entertaining prequel miniseries, The Witcher: Blood Origin. Set 1200 years prior to the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, in a time before monsters and humans roamed The Continent, Blood Origin packs a powerful punch, with a captivating band of misfits wonderfully reminiscent of the popular American western films, The Magnificent Seven.
Blood Origin’s story excels in its buildup to the Conjunction of Spheres and the creation of the first prototype Witcher more than the actual payoff in the end. Some of the story is hampered by the political machinations in the ancient city of Xin-Trea (sin-tray-ya), where young princess Merwyn (Mirren Mack) and low-born sorcerer Balor (Lenny Henry) conspire to obtain the ultimate power in The Continent. We’ll let you discover what that power is for yourself and why the Golden Empire desires it. While Mack and Henry deliver fine performances throughout, their characters lack the dynamism and development of our band of misfits.
IGN's Kat Bailey gave The Witcher Season 2 a 7/10, writing that it's "still inconsistent at the best of times, but The Witcher remains a light and entertaining adventure through a unique fantasy world." Read the full review here.
The seven outcasts and their respective adventures are definitely the highlight of Blood Origin and are worth the watch alone. Each individual has their own unique backstory and personality to boot. If I had one complaint about the group, I just wish we were able to spend more than four episodes with them.
Nah, Cavill is the only live-action Geralt for me
Yeah, I'm curious to see what Liam Hemsworth will do!
The recasting doesn't matter to me; I was going to watch regardless
The recasting doesn't matter to me; I wasn't going to watch regardless
Action aside, creator Declan De Barra (The Witcher) – alongside directors Vicky Jewson and Sarah O’Gorman – also make superb use of Iceland’s jaw-dropping scenery. Every scene with Fjall, Scian, and Éile traversing the gorgeous landscape on their journey adds to the show’s otherworldliness, transporting us to a fantasy land unlike any other. The excellent use of on-location setpieces with our heroes outshines the less interesting aspects of the story once it centers on what’s happening in Xin-Trea, where luscious landscapes are traded in for prebuilt sets that look… well, like sets.
Speaking of the visuals, the special effects shots, especially when it comes to the monsters, are not as polished as what we’ve seen in The Witcher or more recent high-budget fantasy series such as House of the Dragon or The Rings of Power. But while some of Blood Origin’s creatures may lack some refinement in the VFX department, it never took me completely out of the story.
The Witcher: Blood Origin delivers an action-packed and memorable look into how the Conjunction of Spheres and creation of the first Witcher prototype came to be. While the villains and political storylines surrounding the Golden Empire are less interesting, the series is bolstered by its engaging band of misfits as they journey across The Continen...
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Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin proves that there is plenty of narrative meat left on the bone of Andrzej Sapkowski’s imaginative universe, with dynamic heroes and an action-packed story.
David Griffin
A spoiler-free review of the Netflix miniseries set 1200 years before The Witcher, featuring a band of misfits and a powerful Witcher prototype. Read about the action, the scenery, the Easter eggs, and the flaws of this fantasy prequel.
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IMDb provides the episode list of the TV mini series The Witcher: Blood Origin, a prequel to The Witcher. The series follows Éile, Fjall and Scian, three warriors who embark on a quest in a fantasy world.
