Netflix Spinoff ‘The Witcher’ Epically Bad Rotten Tomatoes Fans Rating

“The Witcher: Blood Origin,” A follow-up to Netflix Series “The Witcher,” It is making headlines because it has a shockingly low audience score Rotten Tomatoes. 

The Christmas Day release of the new fantasy series has brought 33% to the table. critic rating The site has a 10% audience rating. Fans are not impressed by the prequel, which takes place more than 1,000 years before the events. “The Witcher.”

“Blood Origin” Follow seven outcasts from an Elven world. “join forces in a quest against an all-powerful empire.” It’s currently the most-watched show on Netflix, but not the most loved by a longshot.

“’Blood Origin’ is to The Witcher television show as a slapdash downloadable expansion pack would be to the massively popular Witcher video games,” The Variety review says. “Only completists need apply.”

Many reviewers mentioned how “The Witcher” star Henry Cavill isn’t in the newest iteration, which just serves as another reason not to see it. 

“Without the anchor that keeps the franchise grounded, it really is just a fantasy story without any of the things that make ‘The Witcher’ special,” The AV club review states.

Fans of the original version “The Witcher” They were as unimpressed with the critics as they were with them. 

“I can’t think of anything that could be worsened in this show. It is badly written, the plot is full of holes, the visuals are awful, even the performance of Michelle Yeoh is not up to her standard,” One person wrote.

“Those who made this mess should hide in the depths of the earth and never see the light of the sun again… Only by disappearing would they obtain peace in the face of this attack against everything that is good in this world,” A third person agreed.

Many of the negative comments were just as harsh. 

“I think that wiping your eyes with freshly cut lemon can bring you to deeper emotional state than this piece of .. show,” Another fan wrote. “The writers of Witcher, Rings of power and She-hulk are really showing the world that no matter how untalented you are, you can still pretend to be a writer.”

Some fans believe that review bombing is the reason for the historically low Rotten Tomatoes scores. This refers to people posting multiple negative reviews in an attempt to bring down the score. However, it’s unlikely this is the problem. “Blood Origin.” A Forbes reviewer noted how other popular titles which were supposedly review-bombed didn’t have audience scores as bad as 10%. 

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