daorestes
Different plot and good time passing show especially the season one. Season one is really well. Cast did their job very good but you can not say that they acted superbly but yeah..ok..satisfying. Disappointment starts from season two. Season two is completely average if you compare it with season one. Actually, I think Mako has 3 season, not four. Season two consists of 26 episode. I stopped watching the show from episode 2, season 3 (season 4 in IMDb). Btw Amy Ruffle is cute. love her smile <3
supersqr
I love anything related to the sea. I had never seen H2O, but I decided to give it a chance. I loved Ivy Latimer (Nixie), and was sad to see her go after 1 season. Lucy Fry (Lyla) was good. The only season one mermaid (except for Zac and Rita) was Sirena (Amy Ruffle). Isabel Durant (Ondina) was pretty good. Allie Bertram (Mimmi) is one of my favorites. Chai Romruen was great playing one of the title roles. Everyone is great (although Ivy was my most favorite, and I wish she didn't go so soon). The one thing that doesn't make sense is the whole "mermaids don't go on land" thing. Sirena, Nixie, and Lyla use their moon rings to enable them to walk on land(have legs). However, it is uncommon for other mermaids to do so. However, we can clearly see Veridia constantly going on land. This is, however, with the exception of Rita, Zac, Weilan, and Evie. All in all, good show with lots of drama and laughs.
Hardcoremixer
*Contains Spoilers! Proceed only if you don't mind*Mako Mermaids is a spin-off series to H2O: Just Add Water and I didn't know about the fact this title was coming up, until I watched all 3 seasons of H2O last year and decided I wanted to see more. My passion for magic and the supernatural drove me to watch H2O last year, even though I'm a 20 year old guy. Let's talk about what I thought of H2O first...I always though the supernatural was awesome, mermaids included and even though I knew it was meant for younger people than me, I gave H2O a shot. It first was what I expected, but also a little more than that: I saw it was for all ages actually; it deals with the every day struggles in life, with that harmless magical touch. The first season was enjoyable, but did not have much suspension in it. Still, I could give it a 6... the actors/actresses appeared to get better in acting itself during the seasons progress. In season 2, it was all better than the first one, until the end. I write stories myself and I hate it to not eventually get all answers, but Charlotte getting more powerful than the other 3 without explanation was ridiculous to me. And then she could even make water snakes that made sounds, so I wasn't too happy with the end. Magic, okay. But my opinion is that they shouldn't have done that. Maybe it was to add extra suspension, but even with magic to explain it, I felt it didn't belong in these series. The third season made up for the lack of suspension, but I became annoyed by plot holes. Too many things were left unanswered and I also didn't like some other things. Attacking water (what???) that eventually appears to be friendly and carrying a message with the Moon Pool functioning like a projector (seriously???). And Emma had left the series, but was only mentioned once; I thought they could've done a better job at making the audience believe she hadn't left the show by I don't know... contact between 'Emma' and the others by email and such. Her voice, nor her face would then be needed. But I tend to think too complicated about these things and let's not forget, the aim of the series is not to make 20 year old men happy about the complicated story lines...I enjoyed it, that's what matters, even though there were some irritating facts. Still I wanted a season 4, it could turn out to be better, right? In stead Mako Mermaids was coming up, a spin-off. I did not know what to expect and didn't want a spin-off because I expected that to be more like a reboot, an H2O with other characters. I was positively surprised when I had watched season 1 on Netflix, which just recently has come to The Netherlands, where I live. The first episode I saw a cave appearing out of nowhere and a someone falling through a floor and I was like "O, no, not this... sigh, here we go again...", but it turned out that that was the only annoying thing about the magic in this spin-off. No attacking water to be seen. But there were many positive things throughout the story: I noticed a better initial acting performance from the cast in comparison to H2O season 1, Mako Mermaids had more suspension and decent plot twists that made me doubt myself and that's how I like to see it. Of course, there are some unbelievable things too, like how can the 3 main characters be 16 year old mermaids, if merman hadn't been there for almost a thousand years, mermaids feared merman and were not allowed on land either. How then, could new mermaids ever be born? Did they just make themselves pregnant, or was it magic? This intrigues me more than it should, I know, but it's like I said, I like to have answers for everything. In the end Mako Mermaids was an inverted H2O, like a user before me mentioned and I thought it was a good thing. It wasn't more of the same. It had a different look at mermaids and Cam's plan at the end, I didn't see it coming until about 4 episodes before the ending. All good things. I give this an 8, because it has it's flaws and it certainly isn't what I normally watch (horror and all that), but it's far better than I expected. Good story, good acting, nice special effects, good for all ages, nice new look at the H2O concept (mermaids coming to land) and I could go on for a little while. I'm awaiting season 2 now and I hope it doesn't go downhill from there, that would certainly be a waste. I recommend Mako Mermaids to anyone who loves the supernatural and doesn't mind skipping the super-violent series. Watching this should be very rewarding, if you give it a chance.
