User Reviews

The good: The acting, the storyline development (still early), the VFX and the score.

The Average to bad: The cast choice (needed more beautiful and charismatic actresses), the sort of emptiness in the plots (still too early to judge) and the cheesiness sometimes felt in the storyline (very minimal and that's good)

An entertaining pilot, developing characters and the somehow dark backgrounds (for some of them and still little seen), empathy and inner rage are well shown and the fairy magic world and the school within that world have so much to offer in the next episode(s). I just hope that it won't be repetitive, dragged and full of fillers...

A great start to the series, characters and backstory are interesting and I enjoy the diversity in the cast (it doesn't feel forced).

I think this is a great show sad there are only 6 episodes so far

The series lets you dream away for a while to another world. It is a series with a good story line. I had already seen many reviews saying there were no wings. But if you've watched Winx club, you know they won't come until a few seasons later. Many people also write that story line does not connect well with character series. That is not so bad and I think it is nicely done what they have done with the story line. Everyone is fully convinced that it would be exactly the same as the character series. Which makes them disappointed. But that is their own fault. You have to go into this series with an open mind. You don't know what will happen after this. Will they get wings next season 2 or only in season 3? In any case, I am enthusiastic, this could be a good hit. I think it should be promoted a little more. And I see many websites write their own reviews and turn out very low and I think that the people who write it were not big fans of the drawing series. Misleading Reviews. I think it is good that there are platforms where you can write your own reviews.

I fell in love with this series and hope there are many more seasons to come. The series looks away very easily. I hear from several people that they have already watched the series twice and cannot wait for next season.

It is sad it is only six episodes, and why is the age recommendation 16?

Well, anyway...

First of all, young me was a big fan of the nickelodeon tv-series Winx club. Therefore I was thrilled when I saw this new series on Netflix. Some people expected this series to be more like the original, but since it seems like they target an older audience, it is no surprise that it does not. Although some might say that the dialogues are a bit cringe, I find that quite charming. To not completely lose the feeling and character of the original series, those "cringy" dialogues and exaggerated teenage dramas served their purpose.

The world they have created is complex, and there is a lot of room for different storylines to develop. Although this is a fantasy world with supernatural elements, it seems to have some rules and thereby be more realistic.

The cast is good, and the characters' personalities and backstories get more complex for every episode. The characters have a good diversity, which supports the credibility of the world they created. Also, it is good because more of the audience will feel a stronger connection to the characters.

The main storyline is captivating and, the more information we get, the more complicated it seems. The end of season one came too fast! I wish they do not cancel this show. It has good potential to be in for the long run :)

Abigail is the only good actor. The plot is weak. The teen drama was over the top. I am not expecting much from the rest of the episodes.

Fate: The Winx Saga, like The Watch, lacks the Winx name's endearing charm and features character changes and a darker outlook. Instead of bright colors and wholesome relationships, the show presents a moody, angsty teen drama, lacking the endearing charm of the animated hit. The show appears to be a pale imitation of Harry Potter, lacking the compelling backstory writing and mischievous tone of the original. Instead, it is thrown straight into the moody clutches of Alfea with sporadic flashbacks in the middle. The depiction of "normal" and "fantasy" worlds is also problematic. In classic fantasy stories, the character journey starts with the familiar and ends in the unfamiliar, but in this show, there is little difference. The show could have been better served with flashbacks of Bloom beginning the show and seeing her uncontrollable magic. Instead, it looks like a boarding school in the middle of nowhere. While this is a mature reimagining, the magic of Winx is lost in favor of a fantasy teen drama. If one views it as an original show with little to do with Winx, they should find enough to enjoy. In Fate: The Winx Saga, a farmer counts sheep, encounters a maniacal beast after stepping through a portal, dragging him off-screen. Bloom attends a magical school for fairies and meets Stella, who explains the school's curriculum, which focuses on channeling and honing her magic. Bloom has the skills of a fire fairy and is about to begin lessons to shape the future of the Otherworld. She gets acquainted with her roommates, including Aisha, Earth Fairy Terra, and moody Musa. The set-up is reminiscent of Harry Potter, with Stella mentioning that magic is directly tied to emotion, with stronger emotions resulting in stronger magic. Meanwhile, trouble brews outside as Terra's Father uncovers the dead body of a shepherd, which he has char residue over, which Headmistress Farah Dowling worries could be a hint of something ancient and evil lurking again. The school is filled with theories about the death of a dead man, and teen angsts escalate as Stella warns Sky to stay away from Bloom. Bloom, a fire fairy, goes beyond the magic barrier to see the charred remains of her childhood home. She struggles to control her fire, resulting in third-degree burns on her mother. Aisha, a fire fairy, may have the answer to her magic. Bloom conjures up flames but struggles to control them.

Aisha, who experienced loss of control as a child, shows her water powers, extinguishing Bloom's flames. Aisha, who experienced a math test failure, knows what it's like to lose control. At school, Aisha suggests Bloom could be a Changeling, a fairy baby switched with a human one at birth. Dowling opens her secret bookcase, and the story unfolds as Bloom returns to the First World. Stella lends her ring to Bloom, encouraging her to go outside the barrier and meet her parents. Upon returning, she encounters a menacing beast called the Burned One. Despite being saved, Stella's ring is lost. Farabah informs Saul that they have tied down the Burned One and that there is a Changeling operating in the First World. The Burned demon snarls and growsls while chained to a chair. Beatrix, with her lightning abilities, shocks the creature. The story unfolds as Bloom's journey to the First World and her encounters with the Changelings continues.

The charectors are meant to be 16/17 - but look and act like they are in their mid 20s. The use of the word mansplain in the first few minutes lead me to despair - a 16 yr old non ironically using the word when a man is explaining something she has no idea about. The charectors were all dicks to each other at some point, and the Stella-sky thing is insaine. Stella in the cartoons was a redeemable charector for her fun personality, so far she just seems dickish.

All in all the writers must've never seen, met or spoken to any modern 16 year olds at all.

The action scenes were quite good. I'll be watching more, but the charector interactions left me mega cringing.

One of the opening lines coming from the protagonists involve accusing the "hot guy"/"obvious love interest" of mansplaining, and saying that "he looks like he does that a lot", even though he was only offering help after she said she had just recently found out about her condition. Nice start, but alright. There were a couple of lessons about standing up for yourself and having more confidence, but mostly, what stood out to me, was how every character was obvious and cliché. Their actions were telegraphed, and their every intention looked obvious. I'm hoping the rest of the episodes are better.

Netflix needs stop using the same tone in the teen series, because it wasn't about Winx, it was a pathetic mix of Riverdale and Shadow Hunters.

Not to mention that the characters lack charisma and the script is not the best

everything in this series is uninteresting, becoming one in many

Lasted all by 6 minutes before I got to realise this is another woke series that does nothing but attack men.

Full blown sexism by the lead female character attacking a guy. She straight up went for the "mansplaining". Disgusting!

All the guys need to band together and put an end to this onslaught against men. It's not okay to be sexist towards men. Boycott this series and don't watch it. The writer and the director of this terrible series needs to get cancelled.

I'm surprised that Netflix okayed this given how terrible they are doing financially. I am going to cancel my Netflix subscription. I won't stand for this nonsense.