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StraightSilver wrote:
for a show that has a lot of flaws it more than makes up for that with fun.

This sums up the show as a whole well. While it is far from perfect, the way the show leans into the quirky fun adds a charming appeal instead of detracting from it further, resulting with an end result that is fairly enjoyable to watch!

This is a show that must have been great to be involved in making.
The dialogue doesn't always come across quite right at times, but when it does, it works.

The modern music jarred. The end-of-series reveal of the baddie army was spoiled by the start of the closing song. It was a nice idea, to close with songs people know, but they could have waited for the talking to be over.

I'm glad I sat though it, and am looking forward to the next two series.

Finally watched the finale. A bit predictable. I agree some of the dialogue is off and the music is jarring… but the fun bits carry it.

So final episode - not great not bad, just like the entire series. Would I like to see the second season? No, but I would like to see a proper movie instead. I think it would work better, without the time for useless filers like woodswomen etc. Also a bigger budget could give us a properly epic fights given that we saw a truly nasty army of bad guys incoming.

I really enjoyed it. I'm going to watch the entire thing in a single run through at some point but honestly this was a very well done finale and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Mirroring others. This show is just fun. Loved it. Will watch more.

Don’t mean to alarm anyone….but that’s this and Andor where Dakka, which is on the interwebs….has been….positive!

Who’d have thought we’d live to see the day!

(Edited to read less critical of Dakka, as it’s not justified)

Both Lucas Film products to boot! What a world.

Particularly Willow, as the consensus is “enjoyed despite its manifest flaws”. I mean, Andor wasn’t just good, but a breath of fresh air for the franchise. But Willow was a wonky show which somehow, against the odds is seemed intent on stacking against itself, just, worked.

I am up to episode 4.

This is fun enough Fantasy. It is competently made, and fairly well executed. It is not ground breakingly awesome, but it is not awful bad either. Some parts are better than others.

I am always surprised when they drop any foul language though, as it seems superflous to the story they are trying to tell, needless, and breaks this out of being a family-friendly fantasy show.

The character of Kit is really annoying though.

 Easy E wrote:
The character of Kit is really annoying though.

Aww, she's my favorite Disney princess. To each their own, I guess.

The standout bad moment to me will be the two gals and their cabin. That entire thing was just weird and out of place, like it was Something, but turned out to be nothing, just weird and out of place.

 AduroT wrote:
The standout bad moment to me will be the two gals and their cabin. That entire thing was just weird and out of place, like it was Something, but turned out to be nothing, just weird and out of place.

See, I kinda loved it. It was so weird and so out of place that it felt like part of the world. This is a world where a midget people somehow managed to survive all this time along side humans, trolls, brownies, and who knows what else. Why wouldn't there be a weird pocket in a dark forest inhabited by good people. Their clothing though I'll agree with.

Could be something written in to set up the next couple of seasons?

It definitely felt like they were meant to matter.

Their clothing, the way the sun shone only on their little cabin, their general mannerisms. Just so out of place for what was going on at the time. Not because they were good people.

I don't know, in a magic heavy fantasy setting with corrupting evil a sunny spot of good in an otherwise monster infested forest doesn't seem out of place, thematically.

Sure thematically, it represented that the evil could penetrate even the most "idyllic" of places in the Willow-verse.

i.e. Nowhere was safe to run to, you have to fight.

I still think it’s gonna be a callback in Season 2 or 3.

Perhaps it’ll turn out they’re Good Gods or something - and manifested to give the hero a breather?

And then made her watch in helpless horror as they’re cut down in her name?

The trouble with foreshadowing, is the lesson isn’t necessarily immediately apparent.

I wonder if it's a nod to the 'does not really fit in the universe' Tom Bombadil and Goldberry from Lord of the Rings,

I also wondered if it was due to the walls between worlds weakening. They talk of the Crone/Worm threatening more than one and there is a portal forming.

People and places may have drifted across, and it seems woods are liminal places there making easier. They might find somewhere the wood cutters fit later.

Or just find them as they were at the start in another wood, adding to mystery.

Reports coming out that it's been cancelled. Which, to be fair, isn't hugely surprising, considering the budget these shows need and the largely mediocre response to it.


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https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/willow-series-canceled-disney-plus-1235555335/amp/

Booooooooooooooooo!

Boo I say!

Booooooooooo!

All we are saying, is give Willow Season 2 a chance!

that's a shame, whilsy s1 was mehh I thunk another season might have ironed it out a bit (ie ditch most of the scoobys, keep Elona and Willow and brng in Mimms)

Super sad. That show was a lot of fun. Maybe a movie to follow up instead?

Sad indeed. The problem is a LOT of series need one season to settle into their story, roles and what they are doing.

Bummer, particularly considering the article said Willow was largely well received.

The problem is you can review well but have low numbers; or you can review poorly but have high viewing numbers.

In the end the viewing numbers often speak the loudest. Sadly whilst Willow is a classic film its been a long time since it was last on the screens and its not as powerful as something like Starwars. So its niche.

Like Dark Crystal, these shows suffer from the fact that studios/suits will go with what has the greatest chance of a return and that means beating viewing thresholds and such.

That's a surprise, and a disappointment. That was a fun show. A victim of D+'s consolidation no w they realize they're just another streaming service.

Trouble is, the less shows I like, means bigger gaps between those shows means I'm more likely to jump in and out, rather than let the subscription roll along.