For a while now, I have been wanting to watch a series or movie of the dark fantasy genre. A few weeks ago I came across this series and decided to watch it straight away. I didn't have any foreknowledge about the background of this series or watched the trailer before. I started watching this series with high expectations, but in the end, it left me with a basic experience and feeling afterwards.
Fate: The Winx Saga is an American dark fantasy series that was adapted from the animated series Winx Club, created by Iginio Straffi. This series is a darker version of the Winx Club animated series. Writers from the Vampire Diaries series participated in writing some of the episodes of this series. This series is a blend of Riverdale, Sabrina, and Vampire Diaries all rolled into one.
This series was created by Brian Young, it starred Abigail Cowen, Precious Mustapha, Hannah van der Westhuysen, Eliot Salt, and Elisha Applebaum. It was filmed in Ireland and distributed by Netflix which premiered in January 2021 which later was canceled after the second season. It revolves around a young girl Bloom who is a fire fairy who was raised by human parents but later found out that she was a fairy with magical powers after a devastating accident. Bloom was offered the opportunity to go to Alfea (fairyland/academy) to learn how to use and control her magical powers.
Bloom finally accepted the offer and upon her arrival at Alfea, she found herself in the company of three fairies who would soon become her roommates and, more importantly, her dearest companions. Among them were Stella, a Water fairy, Eliot Salt, an Earth fairy, and Musa, a Mind fairy. So Bloom discovers that she was not an ordinary fairy and decides to seek answers to the questions that makes her doubt her existence.
In the quest of seeking answers, Bloom did anything to get answers even if it meant she worked with some bad fairies. She was eager to know who her parents are after she learned that her present human parents were not her biological parents. During her hunt for answers, she went as far as releasing Rosalind (antagonist) the former headmistress of Alfea who was incarcerated for her crimes (led the crusade against the Burned Ones sixteen years ago which led to the massacre of blood witches).
After Rosalind was released, she disrupted the school, killed the headmistress. Will Bloom succeed? Or will Rosalind be successful with her dark agenda?
My Review And Rating.
This series is entertaining and enjoyable to pass time if you feel you are bored or jobless, but if you are a fan of the dark fantasy series you will not be impressed with this show. The first two episodes were pretty interesting and solid until the screenplay's quality was watered down. The show had potential but it wasn't explored; rather it was turned into an amateur and silly teen series. For me, this show was a disaster.
The producing and directing crew did a messy job with this show, I must confess. The plot arrangement was manageable, and the scene arrangements terrible, but the setting was okay, and the location for the show was something that kept me around while I was watching because I enjoyed the view of Ireland. The action scenes were not directed accordingly and it all looked cringy.
The script was poorly written by immature minds. It was easily predictable, but the mystery that was said to be in the storyline did seem like a mystery because as each scene unfolds one could easily tell what was coming next. The romance scenes were terrible and it didn't feel romantic to me, rather it felt like children playing parent roles for fun. There was no suspense, subtle action, subtle and countable kills.
The characters were okay for me except that their dialogues were thinly written. The protagonist was the big flaw of this show. If it were left to me, I would suggest the protagonist get an award for the most annoying protagonist ever. She was irritated, arrogant and by far the most disobedient character I have ever watched. She made the show dull. All the characters were poorly developed, lacking a good story background and poor connection between the actors and their roles.
Finally, the CGI was badly done and one could filter out some mistakes that should not be seen in a show in this era where technology is advanced. Rating this show, I will give it 2.5 out of 5 stars. It is just a basic show with a lot of flow and amateur work. If you easily get irritated or annoyed, don't watch this show. Honestly, it is the worst show ever. There is nothing spectacular about this show and it was cringy. I would not recommend this show for anyone to watch.
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