Streaming The Witcher

[drd23]

Getting a bit annoyed by the Bard though.

That's the point

 

[King Elvis]

Don’t know books or game, am loving it, even if the time lines are confusing.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

6 episodes in. Not really digging it. The books and even the game (Wild Hunt being the only one I played) were imbued with an emotion and a melancholy that's missing here. It's fine but nothing special, mostly a generic fantasy-action show with the Witcher skin stretched over tight and not much soul.

Nailed it. A lot of the pieces are there but it’s tonally off.

 

[King Elvis]

Last episode was interesting.

 

[joelsyt]

Just finished all 8 episodes.

I loved it but I get why it’s going to really divide viewers.

It took me til episode 4 to realise how the story was being told and I’m a little familiar with the universe, no expert by any means but definitely not a completely new viewer, so I get why people not familiar with the universe would be confused.

Thought Henry Cavill was fabulous as the Witcher. Loved the actress playing Yennefer as well, Yennefer was probably my favourite character in this adaptation, also thought the actress that played Ciri nailed it and the guy that played Jaskier was freaking awesome!

This show definitely benefits from binge watching however, I also think it’s going to benefit a lot from rewatches.

 

[Richard Pryor]

I honestly wouldn't mind having a bunch of filler episodes about Geralt hunting a random monster without the Ciri/Yennefer stuff. The almost mystery-esque tone of the Foltest episode would make for a brilliant procedural (I guess production values would falter if they made a massive length part-procedural/part-overarching plot style season though).

 

[drd23]

I didn't think it was possible to be more annoying than Jaskia (who is purposefully annoying), but I think they've managed it with Fringilla.

Also my memory of the the events in episode 8 are a bit fuzzy but I feel like they took a fair bit of creative license with it as compared to the source material

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

Saw the first episode of this and to be honest I was not impressed. Pretty shit, I'll watch a few more to see if it improves but dang this was bad.

 

[Acinath]

Half way through the season, and hooked. Cavill is amazing.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

Watched it all today. I thought it was crazy good.

I think I'll finally get around to playing witcher 3 now

 

[Matera92]

Watched it all today. I thought it was crazy good.

I think I'll finally get around to playing witcher 3 now

Do it.

Word of warning, it will pretty much ruin all other games for you.

 

[gaskin]

Watched it all today. I thought it was crazy good.

I think I'll finally get around to playing witcher 3 now

Do. Do it now. If you do, make sure it is the Game of the Year edition with the expansions.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

You two have convinced me. I'll start tomorrow night.

 

[Jack Richards]

Loving the series. Cavill was amazing. I loved the Yen stuff as I havent played Witcher 1 or 2 and it is great to get her backstory.

Not a fan of ruining the redhead Triss with the actress they chose.

Episode 3 was amazing!

 

[Jack Richards]

Went to try and buy the books. All bookshops have only 1 or 2 of the seriee left. Same story when asking about them: "Been quite a bit of interest in last couple of days compared to previous weeks."
Lmao

 

[joelsyt]

Went to try and buy the books. All bookshops have only 1 or 2 of the seriee left. Same story when asking about them: "Been quite a bit of interest in last couple of days compared to previous weeks."
Lmao

I ended up buying Last Wish, which most of season one seems to be based on, for my kindle, added it to my Christmas/New Year reading list which is getting really really long. I didn’t see it in the stores on Saturday when I was shopping either.

 

[drd23]

Went to try and buy the books. All bookshops have only 1 or 2 of the seriee left. Same story when asking about them: "Been quite a bit of interest in last couple of days compared to previous weeks."
Lmao

Not in stock, but I'm thinking of buying this and reading them considering what I read was just a fan translation. First 7 books for $69. Should have jumped on it yesterday, because it was $57

Amazon product ASIN 912359795X
Just had a look again and there is a set of the 8 books on Amazon for $78 too

 

[Forward Press]

Just finished it.

Tapered off towards the end after such a strong start but still more than solid. I don't play the games or read the books so the multiple timelines of Geralt, Yen and Ciri was a bit confusing at first, but the three actors for them were good (Yen and Ciri) to excellent (Geralt). Still, a nice entry to the Netflix stable and looking forward to S2 (apparently in 2021).

 

[crafty_bernardo]

On the last episode.

Enjoying Geralt and Yennefer’s storyline.

I find Ciri’s story boring. I’ve completely tuned out on her plot. Oops..


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[Forward Press]

On the last episode.

Enjoying Geralt and Yennefer’s storyline.

I find Ciri’s story boring. I’ve completely tuned out on her plot. Oops..


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Naive heir apparent of a kingdom forced to flee after attack, goes on journey of self discovery then meets destiny.

There, I saved you 7 episodes or so of plot.

 

[Pedantic]

On the last episode.

Enjoying Geralt and Yennefer’s storyline.

I find Ciri’s story boring. I’ve completely tuned out on her plot. Oops..


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Ciri isn't interesting yet because she has no agency (yet) and for the bulk of the first season she is also not with any other characters who do either.

Presumably she will become more interesting once she gains some control of her powers and is able to make decisions other than "I have no idea what's going on and I'm going to run because I'm scared".

 

[skipjack]

"**** off, bard". Hahahahah

Loving it. 6 eps in

 

[skipjack]

Do. Do it now. If you do, make sure it is the Game of the Year edition with the expansions.

My Xbox crashed when I was halfway through about three years ago. Got a ps4 and thought the game if the year edition... but never got round to restarting. This show inspired me I'm back into it and loving it

 

[bok_party]

I wish I could play the games agaib

 

[BarcusMontempelli]

Henry Cavill. Good lord! I will watch anything with him in it from now on. He’s amazing.!