Kelt Blioux

I have not read the books, however coming into the story for the first time through the series I love it. The special affects are outstanding as is the acting. In this day and age I find myself watching more and more fantasy related material. The more fantasy the better and anything with witches, even better.

First off this woke idea of blackwashing history is wrong, Cleopatra was not black, she was of Macedonian-Greek ancestry with some Persian and Sogdian Iranian ancestry. You can't have a docuseries about someone when they can't get her identity right, just as when they remade Anne Boleyn who was also blackwashed, which is laughable. There would be an uproar if they were to make a docuseries, or film saying Martin Luther King, Jr. was a white man. There needs to be truth in telling stories of the past. You can race swap all day long, but it will never change the fact an actual historical figure was what they were. It's become so ridiculous next they'll be saying Marilyn Monroe was also black. I think instead of race swapping characters in movies and on series, either an actual person or a character, create and write new stories. Swapping out a race is the same as saying the race isn't worth the time or money to create something new, let's save money and time by throwing a black person in its place. That's basically what's happening.

To be honest I wasn't sure I would like the series based on the name, and kept putting it off. I knew there was a book, and movie with the same title, and though I did not read the book, I saw the movie and hated it. That unfortunately had me thinking the series would be a waste of time. However, I decided to give it a try and was pleasantly surprised. I like that it's a slow burn at first, and with each episode builds with suspense. I tend to find series that start slowly if given a chance tend to be the best long-term, much like The Handmaid's Tale, and Penny Dreadful that started slowly, but later grab hold and you anxiously await for the next episode. As for the majority of negative complaints I read, I'll say are from being impatient and not waiting for things to unfold. It's a series, not a movie. The story presents itself overtime and once all is revealed the story ends. I watched the first season in two days, and I am ready to start season two, but knowing me, I should wait until the season ends to watch all at once. I get impatient waiting for following episodes to air.