A warrior princess is put under a protective spell that puts her asleep, along with everyone else for miles. A thousand years later, a clean-cut, responsible, pacifist accidentally wakes her up with a kiss... by falling on her face. Then, because magic, he is contractually bound to protect her and be her champion.
Yes, it's silly. But they run with the silliness. This is one of those shows where the actors are obviously having a blast. They throw themselves into their roles, no matter how ridiculous they look. (And they often look very ridiculous.)
The characters are well-planned, too. They all want something and they all grow in different ways. I enjoy watching them interact.
Here are the reasons I took three stars away from an otherwise ten star show:
-The writing. This show is full of episodes that feel like fillers. There was an entire season, actually, that just felt like filler episodes. They were directionless and episodal. In a world where we can go back and rewatch episodes, we don't need episodal anymore. We need episodes that connect and build on each other toward a climax in the story, not float all by itself just in case no one has seen the one before it.
-The length. The best episodes were two or three episodes that worked together as parts of a whole. The others were just too short to get anything really good going.
-Corniness. There were some points where a serious, sincere tone would have helped the scene a lot. Don't overact, please.
-Missed opportunities. There were so many parts of the story they could have gone back to, but instead, they just kept bringing in new stuff. What happened to the escaped banshee? What happened to that entirely separate kingdom that they all befriended? Guess they don't exist anymore? Pretty disappointed.
All in all... I can't stop watching now. I'm too invested. So it gets plenty of stars. But it definitely could have been better.
Yes, it's silly. But they run with the silliness. This is one of those shows where the actors are obviously having a blast. They throw themselves into their roles, no matter how ridiculous they look. (And they often look very ridiculous.)
The characters are well-planned, too. They all want something and they all grow in different ways. I enjoy watching them interact.
Here are the reasons I took three stars away from an otherwise ten star show:
-The writing. This show is full of episodes that feel like fillers. There was an entire season, actually, that just felt like filler episodes. They were directionless and episodal. In a world where we can go back and rewatch episodes, we don't need episodal anymore. We need episodes that connect and build on each other toward a climax in the story, not float all by itself just in case no one has seen the one before it.
-The length. The best episodes were two or three episodes that worked together as parts of a whole. The others were just too short to get anything really good going.
-Corniness. There were some points where a serious, sincere tone would have helped the scene a lot. Don't overact, please.
-Missed opportunities. There were so many parts of the story they could have gone back to, but instead, they just kept bringing in new stuff. What happened to the escaped banshee? What happened to that entirely separate kingdom that they all befriended? Guess they don't exist anymore? Pretty disappointed.
All in all... I can't stop watching now. I'm too invested. So it gets plenty of stars. But it definitely could have been better.