Why does Disney insist on destroying beloved shows? Even by Disney’s account, this isn’t a story about WILLOW, it’s a story “centered on a queer romance”. So it becomes a virtue signaling agenda based show instead of a fantasy show - and if it has a gay character, whatever, but does it need to be “centered” on that very small portion of the viewing audience? Guess so, according to the shows creator Jonathan Kasdan.

It's not that this queer theme wasn't 150% obvious in the first 5 minutes of the first episode, you just knew when you saw the two girls sword fighting (an interesting metaphor when you think about the slang meaning of that term) on the rocks and see the way in which the redhead was looking at the princess that there was going to be a strong underlying gay theme happening there. Which, fine, I can deal with that if it's not too over the top and not central to a story that isn't about queer folks, but when I read the interview with Kasdan that it's "queer centered" that was all I needed. I watched the rest of the episode and it continued as expected, a queer romance novel, not Willow.

It's irritating that Disney does this bait-and-switch: promise you a story about a fantasy world of wizards and demons only to give you a "reimagined" version where it's a only slightly about the original topic and more focused on the Disney political and social agenda. It almost feels like an attempt at indoctrination, why not make it an entirely new show with a new name and make it all about queer life, then it's spot on and those that are into that kind of show tune in, those that aren't don't.

As a fan of the original movie, I had high hopes for the series.

Tragically, I’m sorely disappointed :cry:

I’m at a loss to how Disney could have made such an utter mess.

The original movie is funny, magical and told so well. It’s one of my favourite children’s fantasy movies. But, the series hasn’t captured even 10% of what made it so special and loved by so many.

There’s only two people holding the series together and they are of course Warwick Davis and Amar Chadha-Patel.

I’m also disappointed how grumpy they’ve made the character, Willow and well, everyone. Where’s the light hearted comedy?

They’ve literally ignored that unique charm the original film possessed. It’s tragic :cry:

It’s actually difficult to write this review; I know I’ve not paid attention whilst watching, due to boredom. Although at times, even when I felt I’d missed something and rewinded, it still felt as though the story hadn’t been told properly.

Is it just me? Or have they crammed in too much information in a short space of time? 20 years ish has passed and there’s numerous new characters and so many events passed, such a lot of information thrown at us incoherently. They’ve also failed to build up characters, for the audience to bond with.

This may not be a popular opinion, however I do feel they’ve tried too hard and spent too much time trying to be politically correct regarding the LGBTQ community, rather than on the actual story. The relationships come across forced, there’s no chemistry, it all feels too awkward.

I’ve no objection to them having romance in the show, between whoever, after all part of the original film’s magic was the romance between Elora’s parents. But, it was fun and enjoyable, something they failed on epically. Not only on the romance, but overall. It’s actually depressing!

I could go on and on with my disgruntled rant, there’s so much wrong with the show :cry:

Perhaps, if you’ve not had the opportunity to watch the movie, the series may not seem that bad.

However, I do implore you to find the time to watch the film, you will not be disappointed.

Fingers crossed, if there’s a second season, Disney will make a humongous effort to write the wrongs of season one and make any future seasons worthy to be called Willow.

I'm writing this with 1 episode left of season 1.

Pros

- Enjoying being back in the world of Willow
- Mostly a fun show that doesn't take itself too serious
- I like the actors in this on the whole Ellie, Erin and Ruby I think are excellent
- Warwick is always great even if his acting isn't the best in the world
- Good visuals and character design

Cons

- Sometimes the writing/acting is a little hammy. It has some odd sequences in it that aren't really in line with the movie
- Strange choice in music, often I'm a little thrown when I hear it seeing as this is a fantasy
- They jumped in very early with the lesbian relationship and while this doesn't bother me I feel they should have given it a few episodes to ease in to the characters so it doesn't feel like a forced message of hollywood. This means a lot of people will call it woke whereas I like their relationship (Kit and Jade) but it needed a bit more ease and natural flowing in to bring it in.

I doubt this will get a season 2 but it's been fun to enjoy season 1

This is a wonderful TV show about a boring lesbian couple that really don't do anything in the face of great danger as the titular character is shamed at every turn for living with the disability of masculinity.

Once upon a time Willow, the movie, was a fun epic of adventure and magic. Now it's two lesbian women having endless and forgettable conversations that add nothing to the plot, virtue signal the political position of the creators, and leave the show void of adventure and magic.

Was awesome seeing Warwick davis return to this role, he nailed it in the original. Was expecting to see an experienced powerful presence, rather he seemed to bumble allot and not achieve any epic battles. Felt like too much went into character development for the new audience and perhaps overlooked some of whatade willow great. Would still recommend tho and look forward to more.