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I quite enjoyed it since I have zero expectation having neither read the books nor played the game.The writing could be improved. Maybe I should do a drinking game whenever anyone say 'destiny'.
The casting was good. The FX was okay. The episodes were uneven, some felt reaaaaly long. I enjoyed episode 3 the most.
The finale (view spoiler)
Not Netflix's best fantasy show, but I am still invested in the show and looking forward to the next one.
Trike wrote: "Solid ending. I assume they will do a second season.I don’t think it’s a GoT killer, but to me it was more interesting than Carnival Row. Still not impressed by Cavill, though."
He needs to do more than just growling
I enjoyed it. I haven't read the books, but I did play the last two games. I found myself looking up book information because Geralt of the show was slightly different than the game (e.g. he carries both swords in the games, but Roach carries the silver sword in books/show). I hope they have another season, but I definitely felt GoT pulled me in faster with one season than The Witcher.
I liked it. Cavill was fine in the role (for ALL definitions of fine, please note). I was impressed with how the writers manged to tone down some of the more erm... 80s/90s fantasy elements from the one book I read. I'm looking forward to a second season and I might throw the show on again at some point.
We've watched 5 episodes so far. Bambi & I are loving it!I listened to the audiobook for The Last Wish a little over a year ago. I loved it & decided to wait for the show to read more (as is my habit when I can exercise patience).
I think the casting/performance of the characters that I remember is excellent & the adaptation to screen is pretty faithful.
The separate timelines caught me by surprise & I love being surprised.
I assume that later books are larger tales & the show may change a bit.
Witcher soundtrack (on Youtube)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Poqm...
or just listen to Jaskier's hit tune
Toss A Coin To Your Witcher
https://youtu.be/uHoIQa_kXkA
It took me a few episodes to get into it, but I'm enjoying it now. Haven't played the games or read the books, so just going in blind.The one thing that's really bothering me is the obvious age difference between Yennefer and Geralt. The grey hair ages Cavill, while Anya Chalotra looks like she could be a sexy teen on a CW drama. I know they're both supposed to be magically youthful or whatever, but seeing them together still kind of squicks me out.
For those wondering, Cavill is 36 and Chalotra is 23.
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By the time Yennefer meets Geralt she is portrayed as a very strong woman who does what she wants. The characters are both much older than normal humans. In the books Yennefer is about a decade older than Geralt. They are both around 100 years old.
If he'd got it on with Piglet it might have "squicked" me out ;-)
I wasn't bothered by the relationship either. I think a lot of that has to do with the maturity and confidence Chalotra gives off in the role. She doesn't come off as being as young as she is - I certainly wouldn't have guessed she was that young based on her performance.
Stephen wrote: "It is based on the Ciri Saga . Book One - Blood of Elves
Book Two- The Time of Contempt
Book Three-Baptism Of Fire
Book Four - [book:The Tower of ..."
Thanks for the list. I'm enjoying the Netflix series but I'm imagining the books are probably better.
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People over 50 have poor taste in music ;-)
Except me :-)
I watched the first episode last night, and rather enjoyed it. I'm not saying it was perfect - there were parts that I think were meant to seem brutal that looked rather silly and cartoonish to me - but it kept my attention and left me wanting more, which isn't a bad start. I must confess though, I did keep squinting my eyes (and my ears, if that's possible) to try and make Geralt look and sound more like the Geralt of the game. That's the trouble with watching a tv adaptation of something you love, especially when that something already has a visual element.
Episode 3 really got me into it. I'm on episode 7. I was confused by the different timelines. Check out this over-analysis of the big fight scene in the first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfUPf...Toss a coin to your witcher!
I’ve watched the first two episodes and I love the aesthetic of this show - the music in particular is really well done and the look of Aretusa was great. The wig is much less distracting than I thought it would be.I don’t have a very strong idea of what’s going on, but I’m willing to keep watching and hope it all becomes clear in time. One thing I would really like is a map of the world incorporated into the show - I understand that they don’t want to be too like GoT but that opening credit sequence map was a really helpful aid to understanding what was happening in the world of GoT. The Witcher gives you no sense of how any of the locations shown relate to each other.
There are a variety of maps available, from different creators...https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/World...
Mark wrote: "There are a variety of maps available, from different creators...https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/World..."
Thanks for sharing this link... although I feel like the show should make sense of its own geography without the viewers having to look at the wiki.
(Also the existence of radically different maps is adding to my confusion)
Oh, I didn't get what the first wish was. I had to watch a youtube video to explain it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Khl...
Ruth wrote: "Mark wrote: "There are a variety of maps available, from different creators...https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/World..."
Thanks for sharing this link... although I feel like the show should make..."
Yeah, having so many maps does add to the confusion. The Witcher has had more incarnations than other properties, and they all bring their own view of the story.
Update:We finished watching the season last night. I love the series & The Last Wish so much that I have the Sword of Destiny audiobook on hold from Libby. I just bought the 1st 2 games (enhanced editions) on Steam for under $5 total & the 3rd for free with Game Pass for Xbox One. I'm going to keep an eye out for the soundtrack too.
Weird. Henry Cavil starts reading The Last Wish at chapter 3, then jumps to chapter 1. Then he skips a little on a page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUST_...
Woah, Polish audiobook samples with full cast and music and sound effects, with closed captioning in English. The narrator's voice is fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHgv... Sexy times in some of them.
Finished the season over the weekend. It definitely has potential but I didn't enjoy it excessively. But hey! There's a character named Dara! And that's cool.
And was the bard using a three ring binder to write down his thoughts at one point. I swear I saw it...
Reading the first book now. All the stories are in the show except one. They make more sense than the show, lol.
I have now picked up the audiobook of The Last Wish and I am enjoying it - it does help with some of the details of the stories in the show, although they're presented in a different order. Never mind! Maybe it will all make sense at the end ... and if it doesn't I'm sure they'll be an explainer online somewhere.
I wish I understood Polish. The Polish audiobooks are like Graphicaudio with full cast, music, and effects. There's some subbed clips on youtube. The first wish is much different in the book, lol.Wikipedia tells you which episodes are based on which short stories from the first two books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wit...
I enjoyed the first season. I have no complaints about Cavill's performance, since he pretty much emulates the flat affect and monotonous tone of the video game version of Geralt - although I guess I don't remember if I got that same vibe from the original book version of Geralt or not.The show did a decent job of eliminating much of the rampant misogyny present in the books.
Interesting that they apparently couldn't stand to name the bard Dandelion?
The CGI was pretty sad (lookin' at you, gold dragon).
I fell in love with Yennefer of Vengerberg. I've only read The Last Wish (for S&L), so I was not familiar with her back story prior to watching the show. I admit, though, that I don't really get how she went from being a failure of a student to one of the most powerful mages. Something about embracing versus controlling your chaos, I guess?
Anyway, I liked the show, although I did think it was a crap way to end the season, but felt better once I learned that the second season was somehow already green lit and announced before the first season even aired. I plan on taking the other Witcher books out of the library now, and have finally gotten around to buying and playing the third game, which is loads of fun!
Hmm, Ciri is much different in the book. (the short story "Sword of Destiny" in book two). She also meets Geralt an earlier time.
There is now an official interactive map/timeline combo available to peruse. Looks great and works fine on my iPad.https://www.witchernetflix.com/en-gb
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https://www.witchernetflix.com/en-gb"
Thanks :-)
I love maps for made up worlds. LoTR, GoT etc
I had great interactive one for Game of Thrones until I upgraded my iPad and it now won't work.
Trike wrote: "There is now an official interactive map/timeline combo available to peruse. Looks great and works fine on my iPad.https://www.witchernetflix.com/en-gb"
That map/timeline is great! Thanks, Trike!
Just read "Something More" from Sword of Destiny, and it was very good. It has a lot of time jumps, but the text makes it obvious. Although you can be lost in the audiobook. I'm actually doing both at the same time. The last 2 episodes of the tv show take things from it. That wasn't a dream, that really was his:(view spoiler)
Tamahome wrote: "Just read "Something More" from Sword of Destiny, and it was very good. It has a lot of time jumps, but the text makes it obvious. Although you can be lost in the audiobook. I'm actually doing both..."So good. I got emotional at the end of Sword of Destiny. However, I think that Ciri is much more likable on the Netflix show.
Henry Cavill breaks down the fight scene from the end of the first episode. It's interesting stuff -- for one thing, apparently they do a lot of their fighting with half-length or otherwise incomplete swords & other weapons, with the missing sections added in post.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqlUW...
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Hey Ciri ;-)
I am surprised that didn't set my iPad off. It's weird what she responds too.
Trike wrote: "Mark wrote: "Mmm?"Hm."
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I enjoyed The Witcher, I really did, but now I know what it was missing.https://youtu.be/Nhuf-wS1CbI
This autoplayed after Ruth's video. It really belongs over in the Mandalorian thread, but maybe the cat should have it's own thread.https://youtu.be/dh4uUt3Bbjs
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I don’t think it’s a GoT killer, but to me it was more interesting than Carnival Row. Still not impressed by Cavill, though.