Willow

No Kilmer (for obvious reasons) and the cast is sorely missing a hero character. The one single thing this serie have going for it is Warwick, but the rest of the cast is so uninteresting, even he has a hard time saving this from becoming a 1 season flop. As of this writing, there has been 3 episodes released of the 8 in total. But I highly doubt the last few will make any difference to this review. If by some magical trickery, the next half of the season will burst into some sort of awesome storytwists or hugely entertaining action sequences, this review will be edited, and hopefully, the show will bloom into something worthy of watching.

Warwick is ok, the rest of the actors, accents and all the rest is so far terrible. Willow was a childhood favorite including the books but this does not come remotely close to capturing the magic that was the original Willow.

This how ever starts so poorly in episode one and just keeps getting worse. The sword play is laughable, sets below average and the costumes are a complete joke. If you loved the original movie I recommend steering well clear of this joke of a show which I had high hopes for. Warwick and the music are ok but everything else is a let down with Val Kilmer unable to reprise his role as Mad Mortigan due to his previous cancer struggles and loss of voice.

Its a pity as this could have been a wonderful and amazing show.

If you disliked the acting and dialogue, you clearly misunderstood what was going on in the show. It's not meant to be a serious and heavyweight fantasy like LoTR for example, but a fun ride that you can sit, relax, and enjoy for 40 mins. For me it even felt a little bit like fantasy satire. At some points it was almost breaking the fourth wall even, like when they were talking about "the quest" they were on (as if it's a video game) and mocking the tropers they were getting themselves into.

So having said all this, acting and actor choices were spot-on, especially the Graydon actor - he did an amazing job with the role.

I really wish this gets past the audience thickness and score bombing and renews for volumes II and III.

I don't know if people were expecting a masterpiece or something but I found the series enjoyable. Is it cheesey? Yes, but so was the movie. Many of us Willow fans were kids when it came out. You have to watch the series with the eyes of the kid you were and think of this as a fun, family, fantasy series. The special effects aren't bad, better then the 80's for sure. Yes it's a little YA, but that's because they are trying to reach a new audience, a younger one, and I don't think there is anything wrong with that. Stop trying to take everything so seriously and just enjoy it for what it is. It's not supposed to be another Game of Thrones, which could work in it's favor considering the ending of that show.

I was sooo looking forward to this series, but sooo let down when I watched it.

We have some returning players here but we are completely lacking the original fun and magic from the movie with Kilmer and honestly, I think that's because we can't have Kilmer's unique style, timing, and wit this time around.

This series feels formulaic and it just doesn't work. Aside from the formula being very easy to predict, the performances are lackluster and dull. Warwick Davis tries, but even he can't bring back the spark that Willow Ulfgood once had...and again, that comes down to the absence of Kilmer's, Madmartigen.

I watched the first season, but I really doubt I'll be back for season 2.