i cannot pray this show enough a tale dark and grim finally we have a tv series that tells
fairy stories the way they're meant to be told this is a netflix tv series or at least it's on
netflix that was released earlier this year and i'm only discussing the first episode because
that's all i've seen this is my initial opinion and i will just say but i'm not going to withhold
this this verdict until the end i will say right now i will continue watching it the first episode
is called chapter the first hansel and gretel now interestingly i thought it would look at different
fables and fairy stories but from what i can see hansel and gretel are basically in every
episode in this first season so i'm not sure if the plan going forward is to focus on a different
story and then expand that characters universe
when the next seasons happen but certainly i hope there will be another season
but hansel and gretel starts off with this one episode that tells us their origin story now there
are certain aspects in this that i'm aware of that i've heard being told in other stories but i'm not
100 sure how much this speaks to the original story of hansel and gretel i feel like there are
probably some creative liberties taken again but if anybody knows specifically
you please let me know where where that lies but this is fantastic this first episode we see hansel
and gretel running away from their parents because their parents or their father cuts off their heads
and then stitches their heads back on and we have this beautiful imagery of the stitching
around the necks holding their heads on and very strong very strong thread because they're able to
carry on as normal once they wake up realize what has happened and they flee and they're fleeing
because they're trying to find a new family a new home somebody who is going to love them
the way they believe their parents used to and of course in doing so they come across
the woman who owns the gingerbread house and i won't say what happens after that
just in case you're not familiar with the story of hansel and gretel but
assuming you are familiar it's it's pretty standard what happens after that
it's um it's a pretty interesting tale that basically says if you eat too much
junk food because it's all basically cakes and unhealthy healthy bakery goods you won't be able
to run away when somebody tries to eat you but will they get away what happens next well since
i've already said that the rest of the season seems to follow their story you can come to
your own conclusion it's fabulous the animation style is beautiful it's absolutely exquisite
the way the story is told i think is fantastic it's very easy to follow so if you weren't
familiar with the story i think you'd be able to cope quite well with understanding
what's going on with it i cannot fault it that may change as it progresses this is obviously me
reviewing a story that i'm very familiar with whereas once we get to chapter the second and
chapter the third and we enter territory that i'm not aware of my opinion may differ and i may find
that the narrative maybe isn't as good or the characters are dragging i don't know hopefully
that's not the case but if you do have an opinion on the other episodes you know please let me know
i'd love to hear what you think but this is beautiful hansel is voiced by andre robinson
gretel by rainy rodriguez it's a great voice cast as well i honestly can't fault it i'm very
excited to see what a tale dark and grim has in store going forward both with this season
and hopefully a season after it beautiful animation really engaging narrative style
i can't fault it if you get a chance to check it out on netflix definitely do i i think regardless
of whether you're generally a fan of animations i think this is one that you will really enjoy