The Witcher - Netflix **Spoilers**

Slydice

6: So like, this episode just

brought Geralt and Yennefer together just to split them up again and we're still not near Ciri. I dunno. Seems like the baddie is on the move and so the endgame is being setup. Though maybe we're not even close maybe that's all for season 2 and beyond. Could this season just be to introduce Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri and maybe just get Geralt to meet Ciri for the first time?

aside: lol, when the

women guards reappeared in the cave, I literally said What The ****! just before Yennefer did

Sonics2k

Slydice wrote: »

6: So like, this episode just

brought Geralt and Yennefer together just to split them up again and we're still not near Ciri. I dunno. Seems like the baddie is on the move and so the endgame is being setup. Though maybe we're not even close maybe that's all for season 2 and beyond. Could this season just be to introduce Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri and maybe just get Geralt to meet Ciri for the first time?

aside: lol, when the

women guards reappeared in the cave, I literally said What The ****! just before Yennefer did

Season 1,

really just introduces the main characters, the general backstory of each and what's going on in the world as a whole. Season 2 is where the **** hits the fan.

Fun fact though:

We've already met one of the "baddies" as you'd call him

Padre_Pio

Sonics2k wrote: »

Season 1,

really just introduces the main characters, the general backstory of each and what's going on in the world as a whole. Season 2 is where the **** hits the fan.

Fun fact though:

We've already met one of the "baddies" as you'd call him

Yah, S1 of GoT was sort of similar.

There was a good bit of faffing around, getting used to the characters.

Slydice

7: Alright, I like how they are

bringing it all together with the different times and stories. Thinking this is definitely a universe creation and backstory season. That's fine. Definitely looks like the point at the end is to bring Geralt to Ciri. Yennefer still a wildcard as to what she's gonna do.

I must say.. Jodhi May as Queen Calanthe has put in a star performance any time she's been in the show.
Had to look her up..
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562003/
Shocked she hasn't gotten more high profile work since she was in The Last of the Mohicans 28 Years ago (1992)!

Paddy Cow

Slydice wrote: »

7: Alright, I like how they are

bringing it all together with the different times and stories. Thinking this is definitely a universe creation and backstory season. That's fine. Definitely looks like the point at the end is to bring Geralt to Ciri. Yennefer still a wildcard as to what she's gonna do.

I must say.. Jodhi May as Queen Calanthe has put in a star performance any time she's been in the show.
Had to look her up..
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562003/
Shocked she hasn't gotten more high profile work since she was in The Last of the Mohicans 28 Years ago (1992)!

I watched that movie recently and didn't recognise her. I loved Calanthe's story.

In the beginning I thought she was great but by the end I realised she was deeply flawed and her arrogance and pride played a huge part in her downfall. I like that there aren't clear cut baddies. It's like GOT with different groups looking for power and fcuking each other over in the process. It makes it more interesting when people can be both good and bad.

Slydice

Finished!! Overall: Really enjoyed that show. Went in with low expectations but it delivered well.

I don't know how the audience will react to it. I usually go-in for shows like this but audiences can be picky. Looks like they held it together enough and kept a hook at the end to go for season two!


8: Ohhhhhhh man! I was like

FINNNALLLYYY!!!!! I'm pretty sure I called out that this was gonna happen all the way back in episode 1!!

That cart driver dude

did decent enough given he only had a small role

in the grand scheme of things.

Now just .. what happened

to Yennefer.. yeah yeah, tune in next season, i get it. I bet she'll be around somewhere. Cool special move with the fire.

Lots more backstory to cover and universe to build I get the feeling.

Sudden Valley

Finished three episodes. Not too bad but really although it is good it is nowhere near the quality of Game of Thrones. GoT had very good supporting actors and the sets and setting were mostly, and looked, authentic. The supporting actors in Witcher are mostly very weak and I doubt any of the scenes were shot outside a sound studio. Only played some of the games but the series would not prompt me to pick up the books.

Slydice

Grassey wrote: »

7 seasons planned, and 3rd has got the go ahead I saw online last night.

:eek:

Sonics2k wrote: »

Fun fact though:

We've already met one of the "baddies" as you'd call him

Oh... well the... that's something for the future. My guesses (2):

either the sorcerer sword-fighter or the king from the north who turned up at the end with the army.

Paddy Cow

Slydice wrote: »

That cart driver dude.

The cart driver dude was Yoren and he was going to take Geralt to The Wall :pac:

nix

I think for me anyway, The Witcher series will easily pass GoT's as they have finished stories to pluck from, GoT carried strong for a number of seasons but ultimately failed and had no end game pay off, as the show runners had no idea what to do when they ran out of books to guide them, so they just rushed for the finish.

I tend to watch shows again that are good from start to finish, but GoT finished so poorly i dont see myself ever watching it again..But i cant see this happening with the Witcher, it can only get better..

noodler

I enjoyed it.

The acting of Yen was very weak I thought.

It's muddled, I watched with subtitles on etc but hopeful S2 will progress.

StringerBell

Finishing episode 3 now, starting to feel like I have an idea of what's going on more, first epsiode was tough to get into for me, second a little easier to follow and the third has been very good so looking forward to the 4th now

ItsHoggie

Onto episode 6 now, just a couple of quick questions though.

I’ve heard that Geralt’s, Yen’s & Ciri’s storylines are taking place in different times so how does Geralt and Yen meet at the same time?. And regarding the law of surprise episode is Ciri the child of the princess?

Slydice

Geralts Sword!

https://twitter.com/zestylime/status/1211863411518320641

Paddy Cow

Slydice wrote: »

Geralts Sword!

https://twitter.com/zestylime/status/1211863411518320641

Best day ever!

ItsHoggie

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

It's their timelines meeting up. Yen is way older than Geralt but they both don't age or at least age very slowly.

So is the whole catching up with Yen’s backstory done with now? Feel like she came on awful lot in such a short space of time, unless I missed something.

brevity

Hmm.

At first I didn’t really like it but it started to grow on me. It reminded me of Xena or Hercules.

Cavill carries it quite a bit but the actress who plays Yen was good as well I thought. As was the bard who annoyed me quite a bit. I did feel sorry for him when Geralt told him to **** off.

Not a bad series at all. Looking forward to the second

Sonics2k

ItsHoggie wrote: »

So is the whole catching up with Yen’s backstory done with now? Feel like she came on awful lot in such a short space of time, unless I missed something.

It's one of the poorest aspects of the show, but Yen's story takes place a good 50/60 years before what's going on with Geralt and a lot of Geralt's stuff is a good 10 years before Ciri escaping Cintra.

Grassey

Sonics2k wrote:

It's one of the poorest aspects of the show.. .

I reserve that for keeping the silver sword on roach

Tazzimus

Just finished episode 4 and the timeline thing is starting to become a bit clearer now. At least for Geralt and Ciri.
I assume it'll do the same with Yennefer shortly as well.

StringerBell

Finished it up this morning, must say after a shaky start I really did get into it and enjoyed it a lot. Feels like it was just really getting going too which is a shame, but obviously good in the sense they keep you wanting more. Hopefully they follow up with season 2 in a good time and capitalise on the hype.

Have never played a Witcher game, though now have a massive urge to! or read a book so went in totally blind when it was described to me as being more LOTR than GOT.

Cavill was good, that song is stuck in my head, the actress who plays Yen was pretty good I thought. Some of the supporting cast weren't fantastic but nothing you couldn't live with

Probably do a rewatch in a week or so, episode 1 will surely make a lot more sense second time round

ERG89

StringerBell wrote: »

Have never played a Witcher game, though now have a massive urge to! or read a book so went in totally blind when it was described to me as being more LOTR than GOT.

Reminds me of this tweet which is pretty accurate description of The Witcher

https://twitter.com/DarkJiku/status/1211081477946892288?s=19

notobtuse

I gave up on it after the third episode.

Cantona's Collars

notobtuse wrote: »

I gave up on it after the third episode.

You gave up too soon,once you get your head around the time jumps in the story you're grand.

lozenges

Just finished season 1 yesterday. Wasn't sure about 1st episode but got really into it after that! Thought eps 4-6 were the best, episode 7 was rubbish, half of it was stuff that had been shown previously and didn't add anything IMO.

Overall though I love it - it is a bit cringe at times but that's part of the charm. I was already familiar with it from Witcher 3 and had read a fair bit of the background - my partner who watched it with me has no prior knowledge and definitely didn't enjoy it as much.

Finished it last night and was also wondering if people without some knowledge of either the books or games might get as much from it

Sonics2k

Deleted User wrote: »

Finished it last night and was also wondering if people without some knowledge of either the books or games might get as much from it

My parents watched it on my recommendation, neither of which really knew anything about it. They originally planned to watch the first episode but ended up watching six instead.

Potential-Monke

I honestly believe if they said at the start that the 3 stories are in separate timelines up until the last episodes, it would have been received a lot better. Or some camera trickery to make each 'time' appear different. Either way, it's due another watch soon imo. Great show, and I expect it to be even better in the second watch.

johnnyskeleton

I thought it was a good show, in particular it left me wanting to know more about the story which is always a good sign.

My main gripes would be the acting, set design/costumes and pacing.

I thought Anya Chalotra was brilliant at the start as a hunchack. But there was almost no transition between downbeat hunchback and cynical courtesan type. Her desire to regain her fertility didnt really scan for me - she sacrified it easily and nothing on screen shows how she changed her mind. And a lot of the time she looked more like someone about to go out on thr town in modern London than a fantasy character. I dont mind some of the neoligisms such as the bard holding his lute like a modern rock star or modern day curse words, but I felt she looked out of place trapsing over the mountains.

I know Henry Cavil is getting a lot of praise for this but I found his performance inconsistent. Great in the serious parts, but wooden and uncomfortable when the script has him as the quippy adventurer. Thats probably more the script than him though. But in one scene he puts on a leather jacket and its just out of place.

In terms of pacing, I didnt mind the three timelines so much as Id been forewarned. However, there was a lot of stuff that felt like it ended too soon and others that went on too long. Stuff that hadnt been properly set up seemed sprung from left field e.g. the golden dragon made no sense and was told very badly. Actually that whole episode was dreadful.

Overall, I look forward to season 2 and hopefully with a bigger budget and more care we will see production levels znd a real world feel like early Game of Thrones. At the moment its more like a good Sci Fi channel, 90s sky one fantasy romp!

Skerries

ItsHoggie

Slydice

https://twitter.com/WitcherUniverse/status/1211535160807702528

Slydice

Kinda works...

also:

Tazzimus

Just waiting for Leo Moracchioli or Rob Lundgren to do a metal version now.

Venom

Tazzimus wrote: »

Just waiting for Leo Moracchioli or Rob Lundgren to do a metal version now.

fritzelly

Loved the Dan Vasc version

Not bad, but those songs would be better without the overdriven guitar and screaming voice :P

Grassey

Deleted User wrote:

Not bad, but those songs would be better without the overdriven guitar and screaming voice

Take that back

I felt like the Dan Vasc version would be right at home playing aways as the title song for a bond movie, had that kinda vibe.

noodler

Slydice wrote: »

https://twitter.com/WitcherUniverse/status/1211535160807702528

Especially pertinent to me given I was watching with subtitles.

Slydice

noodler wrote: »

Especially pertinent to me given I was watching with subtitles.

I almost live by subtitles these days! Sometimes they have stuff I miss or translations not shown to the audience.

Dyr

Venom wrote: »

F**k that ****, there's already a metal anthem for the Witcher.

Slydice

There'll be a bleedin anthology of Witcher metal at this rate.

Tazzimus

Venom wrote: »

There it is

fritzelly wrote: »

Loved the Dan Vasc version

Reminds me a bit of Bruce Dickinson, especially when he goes high. Dude has a great voice.

Deleted User wrote: »

Not bad, but those songs would be better without the overdriven guitar and screaming voice :P

Shush you :pac:

iwillhtfu

Thread's getting a lil bit nerdy now

Relikk

I must be the only one who watched that episode and thought the song was completely forgettable.

fritzelly

Relikk wrote: »

I must be the only one who watched that episode and thought the song was completely forgettable.

Who are you again?;)

noodler

Relikk wrote: »

I must be the only one who watched that episode and thought the song was completely forgettable.

You aren't.

Can't understand the fuss at all.

THe song passed me by at the time, but listening to it back, I love it. The original version and not those metal versions that is.

Paddy Cow

noodler wrote: »

You aren't.

Can't understand the fuss at all.

I wouldn't call it a musical masterpiece but I definitely found it catchy and it stuck in my head. Toss a coin.....

pixelburp

noodler wrote: »

You aren't.

Can't understand the fuss at all.

It's an earworm of a tune, that's all. Not a masterwork, just a composition that easily slips into your brain. Obviously not in all cases, but definitely has had that effect on folks.