MerPeople

The intro took my breath away. The triumphs and realness of the merpeople stole my heart.

I have been a fan of mermaids forever. These stories deserve to be told and I loved every minute of it! I wish there could have been 6, 8, or 20 episodes because I was fascinated the entire time.

We watched all four episodes in the span of two days and we are now following all the people on social media!

I wish we had gotten to know some of the other mermaids featured. They all looked amazing and a lot of fun. I want to meet more nonwhite non-skinny merpeople.

Seriously Netflix, you had better give us more mermaid content please.

I wish there were more of diversity in skill level and not just ELITE groups. No one mentioned Fin Fun, Finfolk, Vancouver mermaid, Sparklegirlcostume, Jurassicmerman, ETC. There are a lot more tail makers. This documentary is mainly focused on mertailor being the best tail maker and Circus Siren Pod as the best performance group. They should look more into all skill levels and resources for each state and around the world. There are merpeople all over the world! Each state has their pods (groups) who plan get together and events. The conventions that happen like Illinois sunset convention, mermagic con, California mermaid convention, afro mermaid convention, flordia spring splash. This land locked plus size mermaid loves the idea but show more skill diversity and tailmakers. Not just ELITE groups.

I didn't think this series would hold my attention, going into it, but decided to keep an open mind and give it a whirl. After all, I enjoy documentaries, and I watched Tiger King, so surely I could sit through 4 episodes learning about mermaids. I'm so glad I did! I found it much more entertaining than I would have guessed. I would never have dreamed how extensive this whole world is! There's a whole community that have dedicated their lives to living life like a mermaid, for various reasons. This includes film footage from the 60s, from the OG mermaids, which I found very interesting. Like almost any series produced recently, I feel like it could have been edited down a bit more, but I still enjoyed it.

Shello! To keep it short and sweet, this show was a surprise all around for me! I don't think I really knew what I was in for when I started watching it and I couldn't turn it off. I obviously enjoyed learning more about the world of Mers and had no idea it even existed. Outside of the fun vocabulary, I actually loved to see the diversity, and joy these folks have in their spaces! Especially because it shined a light on a group of individuals that are living their authentic selves. At times it can be uncomfortable because of how out of the box it all seems, but I think it's important to have perspective switches and discomfort as it can broaden your horizons. This certainly did!

I rated it an 8 only because I felt some of the stories were rushed.

A good collection of stories, and they followed the MerPeople chosen from start to finish. But it was poorly edited and some things got left on the cutting room floor.

Overall 6/10 because bad editing cuts the audience interest.

I give the stories 8.9/10 because they did do a good job of showcasing all the variety and being honest.

I mean, who didn't dream of being a Mermaid? I think anyone who did should watch this. I support the dreams of bringing more beauty into this world, and MerPeople do that and this documentary showcases how the dreamers never give up.

Be Fintastic, Be Mermazing!!