Siren Review: A Very Promising Mermaid Series
Weaned on folklore at an early age, I love listening and reading to stories
about vampires, witches, dwarves, and mermaids. I find them so interesting that
in a little corner of my mind, I believe them to be true. Watching all the movie
and TV versions of the Pinay Mermaid Dyesebel is fun, as well as seeing Splash
and Aquamarine among others. But the closest I get to witnessing a true Mermaid
story is seeing the Lorelei up close during the Rhine River boat tour when I was
in Germany. Hearing a story about Mermaid luring seafarers with their song is so
fascinating.
But what we know about
this folklore creature is about to change with television’s most anticipated
new fantasy-thriller series – Siren. This series is based on a story by Eric
Wald and Dean.
Being one of the lucky
few who got invited by Blue Ant Entertainment to have an exclusive first look last
May 23, 2018 at MyCinema, Greenbelt 3, I must say that this newest take on mermaid
is unlike any we’ve seen before. During the first two episodes of Siren, it
does a fantastic job of getting me, and of course, several of my friends who
were with me, to fall for this newest
series.
With our eyes riveted to the screen,
(Spoiler Alert…), we watched the series unfolded with the capture of a mermaid
as a storm is raging at the sea. From there, the story goes on and we were
brought to the coastal town Bristol Cove on the
Pacific Northwest, once believed to be the home to mermaids.
Folklore proves more than fiction when a mysterious young woman
who calls herself Ryn (Eline Powell) suddenly appears one night. The strange
visitor soon catches the interests of local marine biologist Ben Pownell (Alex
Roe). Together, along with Ben’s fellow marine biologist Maddie Bishop (Fola
Evans-Akingbola), deep-sea fisherman Xander McClure (Ian Verdun), town
eccentric and folklore expert Helen Hawkins (Rena Owen), and another mysterious
woman who calls herself Donna (Sibongile Mlambo) unravel tensions between the
denizens of land and sea as predatory mermaids seek to claim their birth-right.
My thoughts after the two-hour special screening? I love this new
series! Siren has characters that for sure, we will come to love and the plot
is new and show lots of potential. Word of caution – just forget what you know
about mermaid and be open to the possibilities of this new wonderful
fantasy-thriller series. It’s about time for this new kind of mermaid story.
Be sure to catch the
two-hour special premiere of Siren on Monday, 4 June, at 9:45 P.M.(8:45 P.M.
JKT/BKK) first and exclusive on Blue Ant Entertainment.
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