If I was to look at this series just as a swords and sorcery science fiction show then I would be amazed. The storyline is rather good, and it works well for its episode by episode basis, with each episode being a story in itself, but belonging to a larger story that run through the entire season. The acting are decent, the special effects are not bad. Some have complained that she show is full of cliché characters and situations, and that is true, but I for one do not think that something being cliché automatically means that it is bad. Yes you have the pretty magic wielding heroine, the pheasant boy who discover a great destiny and a wise elderly wizard fighting a evil overlord with black hair, magic powers and red robes. Yes we have seen all this before, but there is a reason why this is imagery which have become so cliché, it works.