Series in the fantasy genre are gaining popularity. Probably even adults like to spend several hours watching TV. This is a great family vacation.
TV series of the fairy tale genre
There are several television projects worth seeing if you want to diversify your collection of multi-part television shows with something unusual.
Here are the fantasy series, a list of the best of which is given below:
- "Legend of the Seeker";
- "Supernatural";
- Merlin
- Xena
- "Camelot";
- Sleepy Hollow;
- Haven
- "Once upon a time, in a Fairytail".
What are they talking about? This includes only fantasy series. The list is based on ratings from official websites, which focused solely on the number of positive reviews.
Journey to the fairy kingdom
This is an American television series called The Tenth Kingdom, a script for which was written by Siman Moore. The creator is the British company Helmak Intertaimant. The plot is built around a girl who moves with her father to the city of New York.
Two worlds, real and fabulous, although they exist in parallel, but with the help of a magic mirror they can be made into a single space. In this fascinating world, viewers spent five nights using the NBC channel. In the year 2000, the series received an Emmy figurine.
The Legend of the Wizard of King Arthur
Merlin is a series dedicated to the character from the legends of King Arthur.
The television show "Merlin" is a new vision of the legend, where the future British king and the famous wizard are the same age. In the events described, Arthur's father outlaws magic, and the fire is punished. For this reason, the young sorcerer is forced to keep magic powers secret from all the inhabitants of Camelot, except for the mentor-physician Gauss.
The series is very popular, at the time of release it was very well received by the public. In 2012, the film-making company announced that the fifth season would be the last. The final chapter, divided into two parts, was to be released in December of the same 2012.
Monster Personal Records Series
The Vampire Diaries is a television show with a fabulous, slightly dramatic plot, in which Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson participated. The series itself is based on the popular series of books for teenagers from the writer Lisa Smith of the same name.
The premiere took place on the C-Double-U channel, which is directly related to two companies: CBS and Warner Brothers, in September 2009.
The series takes place in the fictional city of Mystic Falls in Virginia, where residents live side by side with werewolves, vampires, witches and other supernatural creatures.
The narrative in the film is on behalf of the main character Elena Gilbert. She falls in love with Stefan, nee Salvatore, whom she meets in an educational institution.
The series is qualitatively transformed with the advent of brother Stephen. After that, Elena becomes embroiled in fraternal hostility, which has been going on for centuries. The confrontation of the brothers leads to terrible events.
In the course of the narrative, the focus shifts to the past of the city, where the story of the evil double of Elena, Catherine, the former mistress of both Salvatore brothers, is formed as a whole . The appearance of Petrova, along with a family of ancient vampires, led to conspiracies against the city and the main character.
Thanks to an exciting pilot series (in 2006) of the first season, three and a half million people began to watch the series, and the following seasons retained an audience of two million viewers.
It was the first series of the television show "The Vampire Diaries" that became the most popular on the Web. At first, the series received mixed reviews, but critics agreed with a positive assessment, as the first season obviously progressed.
The film received many nominations for cinematic awards, while winning four audience awards.
In February 2013, the series received the continuation of the fifth season, and in April of the same year, spin-offs that talk about the family of ancient vampires were officially announced.
The sixth season was continued in February 2014.
In January 2015, the seventh part was created, but the main performer announced her withdrawal from the project, so the continuation of the franchise is a big question.
Fantasy series, the list of which was given above, can please the audience with an interesting plot and good acting, such as the film described above.
A new adventure in a fairy tale
The series "Once Upon a Time" (in the Russian box office - "Once Upon a Time") is an American fairy tale, which premiered in October 2011 on the ABC channel. The show takes place in the fictional coastal town of Storybrooke , Maine.
The plot of the series revolves around fairy-tale characters, transferred to the real world, where they lost their memories as a result of a powerful curse.
Episodes, as a rule, reveal the main and secondary (life before the curse) storylines of the adventures of fairy-tale characters in Storybrooke.
The film was created by the same people who presented the fans of the genre with the wonderful projects “Lost” and “Tron: Heritage”.
Fantasy series, the list of which would not be complete without this original fairy tale, are sure to appeal to viewers.