The Monster Hunter universe returned on Netflix on December 25 with the prequel project The Witcher: Blood Origin.
The Witcher: Blood Origin is set more than 1,000 years before the events in The Witcher – Photo: Netflix.
With the success that The Witcher has achieved after the first two seasons, it is no surprise that Blood Origin is one of the names that received the most attention on Netflix in 2022.
The Witcher: Blood Origin was a complete failure in the eyes of both experts and the mass audience
Released during the year-end holidays, The Witcher: Blood Origin quickly dominated the Netflix charts in its first week of airing.
However, Forbes magazine has commented that this is essentially a double-edged sword, because the higher the number of viewers, the more serious the level of failure will become.
The Witcher: Blood Origin continuously receives poor scores on major review sites – Photo: Rotten Tomatoes.
Specifically, on Rotten Tomatoes, The Witcher’s prequel received a `withered` rating with a score of 32% (professional score) and 13% audience score.
Accompanying a poor score will of course be extremely negative comments from a series of reviewers of major newspapers and news sites.
Writer Narayan Liu also agrees with that opinion and thinks that Blood Origin has forgotten the most unique elements of The Witcher: `Netflix has tried to bring a new and different continent.
Ani Bundel, editor of NBC, said that Blood Origin is a step backward for The Witcher and could affect the future of this series: `An unnecessarily violent movie.
The Witcher: Blood Origin was accused by artists of violating image copyright
Netflix was accused of using paintings by artist Shawn Cross in the final scene of The Witcher: Blood Origin – Photo: Netflix.
Unfortunately, when the failure in the eyes of critics and audiences has not yet subsided, The Witcher: Blood Origin continues to receive bitter consequences from the artists.
On his personal Twitter, Cross posted a photo of the final scene in Blood Origin and confirmed that the production team arbitrarily used his works to describe new monsters appearing on the Continent.
Cross commented that this is not entirely Netflix’s fault.
Netflix edited Cross’s work to illustrate the new monsters appearing on the Continent after the Cauldron event – Photo: Twitter.
Shawn Cross’s post immediately received attention from the online community on Twitter, with nearly 500,000 views, more than 1,000 comments and more than 7,000 favorites.
“As a content creator, I think you should turn to the law.
“Netflix Witcher continues to score points.
Up to now, Netflix has not yet made an official announcement regarding this incident.
The cause of the bitter failure of The Witcher: Blood Origin
The Witcher: Blood Origin encountered too many problems in both content and image – Photo: Netflix.
The Witcher: Blood Origin encountered a lot of major problems during production.
Besides, the technical quality of this series is not overrated, especially after The Witcher season 2 brought too flattering and realistic images.
Because of the limited film time, Blood Origin decided to exploit 7 different characters, not to mention the villains.
Therefore, they need to be exploited more, need to have more acting space, need to have lines containing more information to help the audience better visualize their background and background.
However, what Netflix brings is too superficial, vague and does not leave an impression on viewers.
The Witcher: Blood Origin was released at a rather sensitive time, when fans were still not over the news that Henry Cavill would withdraw from The Witcher – Photo: Netflix.
Another reason why Blood Origin did not achieve the expected success came from its launch time.
The fact that the scriptwriting team created the script too far from the original, especially in the second season, is said to be the main reason why Henry decided to say goodbye to his passionate role as Geralt of Rivia.
However, Netflix continues to go down this path with Blood Origin – a series in which they completely control the content from beginning to end, even changing many details compared to the witcher world of writer Andrzej Sapkowski.
The Witcher’s main series will return with its third season in mid-2023. However, with recent controversies, plus the complete failure of Blood Origin, the audience will certainly be especially demanding.
Source: GameRant, ScreenRant, Netflix