Witchblade

One of the worst half-hearted attempts at fantasy, Witchblade was a clunker all the way.

The real question is why doesn't anyone bother to read the scripts before getting into production. It's especially sad for Yancy Butler whose career was eradicated by Witchblade. Did they switch the scripts on her before shooting? Did anyone warn her of what she was getting into? In a world where a number of truly bad actresses get film after film it was truly disheartening to see Ms. Butler fight against a mountain of clichés and bad lines and try to swim upstream against nonsensical plots, all rolled up in ugly, ugly, ugly cinematography.

She may never be seen again except in supporting parts on cable movies, and it's really a shame because she is talented.

At least the awful Ralph Hemecker, the man behind the bad scripts and the ridiculous look of Witchblade, seems to have completely disappeared too. Maybe there is some justice.

When La Femme Nikita was cancelled on USA, I was very upset because I enjoy seeing females in action roles. My husband told me he had seen previews of a show called Witchblade that he thought I might enjoy. I watched the movie and now I'm hooked. This show has definitely proven to be as good as Nikita, and now I don't miss her anymore. Yancy Butler does a wonderful job portraying Sara. I was disappointed to see that there are only 11 episodes in the making. Hopefully the ratings will be so high that more will follow. Thank you for giving me something to enjoy watching.

Let's be real; this show is nothing spectacular. BUT there is a lot to appreciate in this series. The environments, sets and overall aestehtics of the show looks great. It really captures that dark early 00's vibe. Nancy Butler does a good job portraying her character and makes her very empathetic. The early episodes are really strong imo, it's just too bad that it doesn't keep up that momentum.

I liked Witchblade as a TV series and I was disappointed when it was canceled. If this were released on DVD, I'd gladly shell out a few bucks to acquire it for my collection. There are far too few strong female characters on TV. Plus, Yancy Butler was freaking hot.

Now I do know that it departed from the story line from the comics but I also understand that sometimes that's necessary to make the show accessible to non-comicbook nerds. It was a little frustrating how they reset the entire story line after the end of season 1 but I've been asked to believe far more ridiculous plot points on other more well respected shows.

Perhaps one would appreciate the series more if one was familiar with the mythological history that invigorates its story. I enjoyed the series tremendously for this reason, and because it presented a vital alternative to the usual fare. A different story with all the same tropes of the genre would have been unexciting. Also, the series tries to cross two genres (fantasy and cop dramas) that probably don't cross well in the American cultural consciousness. The people that enjoy high fantasy and ancient mythology (to put these two together) likely aren't the same people who enjoy gritty cop dramas. That is, the audience is not sufficiently large to justify the show's continued existence.

Likewise, though for different reasons, I attribute the demise of Farscape. It was innovative in ways that a large audience did not sufficiently appreciate, though I would have thought that its audience was sufficiently large for continued production. Again, the danger of breaking conformance to cultural consciousness.