There are only a bunch of fantasy serials on TVs. Some are produced for pay-TV by spending a fortune for each episode, like Game of Thrones of HBO. And some are produced with a moderate budget, and you know what you can expect from them.
In this case -as always- 99 percent of the audience just watched the first or first two episodes, and just decided they have the right to judge and give 1-2 stars for a series that they don't actually care.
But there is always a group of people, that really admire those kind of productions. If you can see how the budget effects the production, you can still admire it. It is NOT so easy to produce a medieval fantasy serial without a Lord of the Rings budget. Design and production of all the settings, costumes, CGI are not childs play. And definitely not cheap. That of course restricts the story and the scripts. Which means, do not expect epic war scenes or huge indoor settings for example.
So yes, when I watched the first two episodes, I also saw the elements borrowed from other popular serials like GoT and Vikings. But that is not a reason for not watching. And to all the people that pulled the IMDb rating down after watching 15 minutes of this: you have missed a very good 10 episodes. And just because of your feckless and arrogant behaviour, this serial may not continue. You won't gain anything, but the ones that loved it will lose.
For anyone who is considering watching Beowulf, you should know that this is a British TV serial. Nothing you should compare with US series that have such budgets to employ celebrities, or shoot it in New Zealand or on Mars! But still... There are many good actors like most of other British productions, settings are very realistic and modest, computer generated monsters are really designed, modeled and blended so amazingly that you cant even decide what is taken to video and what part is generated. And the most important thing, starting from the third episode, the story deepens greatly. There is politics, human relations, fascism, hate, power, struggle, battles and fights. Music is awesome. Settings and sights are awesome. Cinematography is very good. There are many eerie and dark mysteries going on about the races and monsters. So instead of waiting for Game of Thrones for 10 months for just 10 episodes, or as far as I ve heard we are going to wait even 22 months at some point, you can easily watch Beowulf if you are really a fantasy lover.
If you are not, please don't rate something that you don't understand. Cos its unjust!
By the way, it is not a children's series but still naive in some ways, so you should not expect harsh elements like extreme blood or full frontal nudity.
And in short, as someone that have almost finished the first season, I can say this is definitely one of the best fantasy series/serials I have ever watched, and believe me I have watched at least 99 percent of that genre from medieval to futuristic.
In this case -as always- 99 percent of the audience just watched the first or first two episodes, and just decided they have the right to judge and give 1-2 stars for a series that they don't actually care.
But there is always a group of people, that really admire those kind of productions. If you can see how the budget effects the production, you can still admire it. It is NOT so easy to produce a medieval fantasy serial without a Lord of the Rings budget. Design and production of all the settings, costumes, CGI are not childs play. And definitely not cheap. That of course restricts the story and the scripts. Which means, do not expect epic war scenes or huge indoor settings for example.
So yes, when I watched the first two episodes, I also saw the elements borrowed from other popular serials like GoT and Vikings. But that is not a reason for not watching. And to all the people that pulled the IMDb rating down after watching 15 minutes of this: you have missed a very good 10 episodes. And just because of your feckless and arrogant behaviour, this serial may not continue. You won't gain anything, but the ones that loved it will lose.
For anyone who is considering watching Beowulf, you should know that this is a British TV serial. Nothing you should compare with US series that have such budgets to employ celebrities, or shoot it in New Zealand or on Mars! But still... There are many good actors like most of other British productions, settings are very realistic and modest, computer generated monsters are really designed, modeled and blended so amazingly that you cant even decide what is taken to video and what part is generated. And the most important thing, starting from the third episode, the story deepens greatly. There is politics, human relations, fascism, hate, power, struggle, battles and fights. Music is awesome. Settings and sights are awesome. Cinematography is very good. There are many eerie and dark mysteries going on about the races and monsters. So instead of waiting for Game of Thrones for 10 months for just 10 episodes, or as far as I ve heard we are going to wait even 22 months at some point, you can easily watch Beowulf if you are really a fantasy lover.
If you are not, please don't rate something that you don't understand. Cos its unjust!
By the way, it is not a children's series but still naive in some ways, so you should not expect harsh elements like extreme blood or full frontal nudity.
And in short, as someone that have almost finished the first season, I can say this is definitely one of the best fantasy series/serials I have ever watched, and believe me I have watched at least 99 percent of that genre from medieval to futuristic.