Blood Origin launched on Netflix on December 25. The prequel to the series The Witcher (currently number one on the platform) did not convince both fans and critics. Renowned website Rotten Tomatoes gave Blood Pedigree a rather ‘rotten’ rating of 38% (at the time of writing) based on 24 reviews from critics. Even worse, which is rare, is the audience score, which is only 8 percent. This is the average of over 1,500 viewer ratings. In one sentence, Blood Origin ‘s scores are the lowest in franchise history. Apparently, the prequel turned out to be a ‘shallow’ mine of knowledge about the universe and the events that led to shaping the reality of The Witcher. Unfortunately, the series offers too little to become unforgettable.
The Witcher: Bloodline , set in an elven world 1,200 years before the time of Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri, will tell a story lost in the history of the past: the creation of the first prototype witcher and the events that led to the crucial Conjunction of the Spheres, when the worlds of monsters, humans and elves merged into unity.
– that is the official description. The four-episode prequel series features, among others, Michelle Yeoh (Scian), Jacob Collins-Levy (Eredin), Sophia Brown (Eile) and Laurence O’Fuarain.
Promotional material for the series “The Witcher: Bloodline” from Netflix
Although the vast majority of critics did not show enthusiasm for the new The Witcher , not every review was negative. Matthew Aguilar of ComicBook.com gave the series a score of 4 out of 5, writing:
The Witcher: Bloodline achieves its goal of laying the foundations of the universe and breathing life into an oft-discussed but rarely-explored period in the history of The Witcher world . First of all, it’s the characters and their short time together that I remember the most.
