Ren: The Girl with the Mark now has two seasons released on YouTube. Fully funded by their Patreon, the team has done a spectacular job of making a low-budget fantasy series ($35,000 a season) feel like a major studio project. In an age of overly expensive but underproduced and developed fantasy series’ (House of the Dragon, Rings of Power), Ren is a bright spot in the dark. Here is our review.
https://templeofgeek.com/ren-the-girl-with-the-mark-review
The most important part, of course, is the story itself. With 10-12 minute episodes, the pacing and the writing has to be incredible, and it is. The first season does an amazing job of building tension, raising the stakes and telling a complete story in just an hour of total screen time. Season 2 might be a little jarring if you are coming straight from season 1 as our lead actress is, in fact different. The seasons were filmed nearly a decade apart, and therefore, audiences do have to suffer some continuity adjustments. From a story standpoint, season 2 continues the story seamlessly. It picks up right where the 5th episode of season 1 left off. We even get more time to explore the story in season 2 with slightly longer episodes.
It is clear that this production team has a plan, and they know where they want to take this story. Hopefully they gain the following and the funds to realize their vision. Watch season 1 and check out season 2 now!
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