Starts the 20th
Anyone going to watch it?
I'm probably going to hold off and see how much "social justice" is in it first. If it's just a platform to push ideology I'll pass.
I'm definitely watching it.
Quote from: Ubercat on December 04, 2019, 03:00:32 PM
I'm probably going to hold off and see how much "social justice" is in it first. If it's just a platform to push ideology I'll pass.
I always go into a new franchise with wide-eyed innocence,
hoping to find something worthwhile. I wouldn't be surprised if your fears are realised though, and I would bow out if it came to that as well.
I'm not the biggest fan of the material but it will scratch more or less the same itch that Game of Thrones scratched, so I will watch at least the first couple of episodes with my family.
Quote from: Ubercat on December 04, 2019, 03:00:32 PM
I'm probably going to hold off and see how much "social justice" is in it first. If it's just a platform to push ideology I'll pass.
Dude have you played the game? Its all about social ideology with no one side being virtuous. Every decision is between crap and crappier you have a narrow path to weave if you want to end up with any level of personal happiness. Plus the threesome path ends badly for you >:D
I just got my E-Mail from Netflix... December 20th. So, Star Wars or Witcher? Or both? Been a long time since I had a three-way. ^-^
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Have any of you watched any of this yet? We watched the first episode last night. It was alright, nothing spectacular but it didn't suck either. The battles were very well done, I have to say. Definitely some of the best sword play I've seen on screen. Also I thought Henry Cavill pretty much nailed the role. Geralt could've had a better introduction though, showcasing more of what he can do. I'll never forget the intro to the game The Witcher 2, for example.
Is it just me or was some of the dialogue hard to make out? Some people's speech was kind of breathy, and I feel like I missed a couple of important lines.
As I said earlier I'm not keen on the books, so I missed any fangasms there might have been. I have never cared about the political situation in this world; I think the individual stories about Geralt and whatever contract he's taken are far more interesting. Can any hardcore fans comment on how faithful the show is or isn't?
Hmm, no one cares?
We watched episode 2 tonight. It was better than the first. Geralt still not being Geralty enough yet, but the writers are clearly taking their time building up the story. I'm still interested, so far.
By the way, apparently Henry Cavill actively sought the role because he's a huge fan of the games!
My wife and I plan to watch it - sometime. No hurry and lots of other things on the agenda including watching the last season and a half of Father Brown.
I watched the first episode yesterday too. I enjoyed it and also enjoyed the battle scenes. I will watch more of it too. I don't get some of the harsh reviews it is getting, like from Entertainment Weekly, for example.
Watching it now while also reading one of the books.
I read somewhere that they are taking the storylines only from the books and ignoring the video games entirely. I wonder if that had to do with the rift between CDPR and Sapkowski that had been going on for years until very recently.
Overall I'm liking it so far.
Also read online yesterday that CDProjekt renegotiated their contract with Sapowski and that a new Witcher game, not necessarily a 'Witcher 4,' may be in the works.
I've dabbled with Witcher 3 on my PS4 but jeesub....does he grunt this much in the game/books?
Well we just watched episode 3 and wow! Now we're cooking with gas! Much, much better and an absolutely thrilling episode, with excellent direction too. I was almost literally on the edge of my seat the whole time.
It's absolutely bizarre that a well-marketed TV show like this would assume a certain amount of world knowledge from its audience, which is what The Witcher appears to do. Even being kind of familiar with the lore, I was definitely confused through episodes 1 and 2. But hell, give me more like episode 3 and I'll be hooked to the end!
Quote from: LoganismyHERO on December 23, 2019, 09:45:56 AM
I've dabbled with Witcher 3 on my PS4 but jeesub....does he grunt this much in the game/books?
He's definitely not the most verbose anti-hero
Quote from: Gusington on December 22, 2019, 08:00:07 PM
I watched the first episode yesterday too. I enjoyed it and also enjoyed the battle scenes.
+1 O0
i got me a FireTV4k stick and a Netflix (free for a month atm) subscription just for watching The Witcher in the holiday season
have had read some of the novels 4 years ago too
My only criticism of this show right now is the constant jumping back and forth between two timelines. It's irritating because there's absolutely no indication it's happened. Even knowing it's a thing, and even having at least a passing familiarity with the lore, it still confuses me. I can't wait until the timelines merge and the story can settle down. It's absolutely bizarre that the showrunners are doing this; I don't look at review sites but I bet the show is being slaughtered because of it.
That really is my only complaint though. Other than that I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
I know nothing of the books or the video games, but am thoroughly enjoying the show.
I don't mind that multiple time lines, once I caught on.
Like most fantasy stories, they just throw you in the deep end with respect to lore and you just have to go with it a catch up from the tid bits in the conversations... which means paying close attention....
Plus...boobs!
Quote from: Barthheart on December 26, 2019, 06:32:28 AM
Plus...boobs!
There have been some rather nice boobies, yes. Always a plus!
My wife and I watched the first 2 episodes. This is very good, but very grim.
Good but exceptionally bloody combat scenes.
My wife thought the boobs in the first episode were unnecessary for the plot. I though that if a wizard was going to set up a big illusion - it made sense.
Binged all of the episodes yesterday. Well done series but was confusing until I figured out the timelines. Season 2 is supposed to be more linear.
Boobies are always necessary.
i delightful had consumed all episodes in the meantime :bd:
the atmosphere is spot on with the novels (the short story collection in this case for season 1)
and Geralt is great
cant wait for season 2 :D
knowing the novels and the last game my only complain is with the choice of the female cast
here Yen looks like a stunning princess from a Bollywood movie, killing a little the immersion.
Yennefer of Vengerberg character looks like a tough Snow White aged into her prime ...maybe remember the Selene character from the Underworld movie (impersonated by Kate Beckinsale in 2003)
Triss Merigold is close, but to old and a little chubby, the Merigold character looks more like a fragile pale Irish redhead, short before her prime (looks, biological age ...not the colloquial meaning of that term today ;-) )
Quote from: Huw the Poo on December 25, 2019, 05:52:55 PM
My only criticism of this show right now is the constant jumping back and forth between two timelines. It's irritating because there's absolutely no indication it's happened. Even knowing it's a thing, and even having at least a passing familiarity with the lore, it still confuses me. I can't wait until the timelines merge and the story can settle down. It's absolutely bizarre that the showrunners are doing this; I don't look at review sites but I bet the show is being slaughtered because of it.
That really is my only complaint though. Other than that I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
I'll second this. My wife and I finished the series this evening. The constant jumping back and forth from timelines, with the same characters, was unnecessarily confusing. My wife thought there was too much gratutious sex and boobs. I was OK with it given the general nature of that world.
It was very good and worth watching. But it would have been better if told in a more linear fashion.
I watched it too and agree overall it is good but very confusing, hard to grasp what Geralt is saying most of the time, and not a lot of monster-killing for a monster-killer. But I'll watch Season 2 cause I'm not picky. ;D
Quote from: Sir Slash on February 18, 2020, 11:43:07 AM
I watched it too and agree overall it is good but very confusing, hard to grasp what Geralt is saying most of the time, and not a lot of monster-killing for a monster-killer. But I'll watch Season 2 cause I'm not picky. ;D
You don't understand grunt language?
Seriously, we have everything on closed caption since my wife went deaf in one ear and has difficulty hearing with background noise. Since the Sheltie & the Miniature Schnauzer watch with us, there is generally background noise.
Many of the closed captions from Geralt are "grunt" or "grunts."
"Grunts with an English accent sounds like.... a grunt. But classier.