The Witcher: Blood Origin - Everything Wrong With Modern Media

Well, it seems the one thing everyone can agree on is that The Witcher: Blood Origin is absolute garbage. In fact, it basically represents everything wrong with modern entertainment. So let's take a look.
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[@DOOMStudios]

This basically shows that Henry Cavill has read more of the source material than all of the writers, show runners, and Netflix combined.

[@KainaX122]

Probably not a high bar set for that one

[@papafet5757]

It goes to show that Henry Cavil has class. He's better than the Netflix Witcher staff.

[@missourimongoose8858]

By that metric he could of scimmed it in a dental office and your statement would still be true lol

[@marlom7882]

@@papafet5757 he’s too good for the shit stain hellhole we call Hollywood

[@marlom7882]

@Spacetrooper I have to agree even though I think having an all white cast is a bit bland. As a black person I absolutely *despise* race swapping and I hate even more that so many black people actually *enjoy* this patronizing bullshit

[@michaelbertrand6250]

As a fellow Witcher fan, Henry has earned nothing but my respect. He was probably the only good thing in the show and he just have been internally screaming watching those hacks butcher the source material.

[@reek4062]

I doubt people like you know what the source material is Edit: I haven't seen the prequel show. I haven't read the source material and I'm sure most of you haven't either. Edit 2: It's easy to bait Drinker hangers who can't think for themselves, and instead parrot his talking points.

[@whatsa635]

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[@jamescunningham4268]

@@reek4062 😂😂

[@kuriinaa6969]

I did not read the books. I did hear all the audiobooks. And this ain’t it .

[@cyborgchicken3502]

@@reek4062 wait... Did you like the show?

[@breakinggood3601]

As a Pole, this show hit us harder than the germans back in 39

[@ocboy5163]

Damn

[@janwelk177]

As a German, this needs an up vote cause this joke crushed

[@Kernwadi]

Dzień dobry, dobranoc i smacznego. Niech Bóg błogosławi.

[@Kernwadi]

@@janwelk177 Kraut?

[@irritatingtruth9121]

🤣

[@ldrockmusic]

Lauren doesn’t care about the source material. This was known in 2018 when she didn’t want Ciri to be white. She also wanted Ciri to be the lead not Geralt. She blamed trolls and racists when people objected. The article is online.

[@Hakokoro]

Funny thing about wanting ciri as the lead all they needed was to put in the work and put a good show. If they could get to where ciri is grown up like in the games ,they could have strong lead Ciri base on the game version

[@VAWM.]

Ciri is basically the lead in the books though. Yeah, the early short story collections focus on Geralt (and they're also my favourite Witcher stories) but once you move into the main series with Blood of Elves, the books are pretty conclusively about Ciri. She and Geralt end up on opposite sides of the world and the story largely focuses on her struggles, powers and rivalries from that point on. Geralt is still a major part of the books, and the interactions between him and his adventuring party are Sapkowski's best writing in the series imho, but I think it's wrong to say the books are definitively about him at that point.

[@jordangreene8125]

Ciri is the main lead in many of the source materials tho…you realize the games aren’t the only material right?

[@ind0g_nesia]

unironically they are racist to the culture that this was based on.

[@09ziyad]

She is a woman obviously she wouldn't care about the source material.

[@spectoestis3106]

My man Henry Cavill built his own computer, played the Witcher Trilogy on hard, and was the backbone of this full show. He is one hell of a guy.

[@spectoestis3106]

And by backbone of this I just mean The Witcher.

[@spectoestis3106]

Oh yeah, and he read all the books.

[@justlivin2499]

He’s also so passionate about his favorite franchises that he literally is now gonna be producing a warhammer 40k series, fucking legend

[@spectoestis3106]

So what I'm hearing is he's a gigachad and video game lover? If that ain't some motivation for us, I don't know what is.

[@cattraknoff]

@@justlivin2499 Having a fan produce something will be a treat. Imagine having execs who actually love the world they're producing in. It'd be like Arcane, created by the creators of League of Legends, who loved their own lore and created a little masterpiece in animated form.

[@EvilDoresh]

You know it's bad when even the professional critics can't bring themselves to like it.

[@CorePathway]

Like a camp wench following an army, screwing dirty, frightened men for looted cash they have to pretend to have standards.

[@Isnogood12]

Someone forgot to pay the right people.

[@nexusshark]

Well, they're not owned by Disney, so...

[@seelfire4725]

you do understand that a professional critics do not rate a show based on if they like it or not?

[@kylereece5511]

*Professional Critics™

[@ReidDesigns]

Kudos to Henry, like a true Gentleman, he just walked away. Made no comment, said, thank you, have a nice life, and looks for his next challenge. Good for him, this would have haunted him forever.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@THAT GUY Drinker is very rational and agreeable. God, i WISHED he watched some 'Some More News', at least the non-political videos. I just know and i would bet Money he would like uand understand things like the 'History of Austerity' by 'Some More News' and even laugh at the Part about the "Blah-People".

[@justinkennedy3004]

That definition of true gentlemen is lame af. True gentlemen have had sword duels for goodness sake.

[@demun6065]

@@justinkennedy3004 only when the argument reached a serious stalemate

[@willierants5880]

I can't wait to see who they replace Henry with. It'll be the only thing worth talking about and it's just going to be more horrible decisions giving us more to laugh at and shake our heads in disbelief that they just don't care "let it all burn" attitudes. Heck they keep getting paid so why would they care.

[@stevejames9261]

@@willierants5880 It will probably be a "diversity" cast, to fuck the show up even more.

[@Mouse_Metal]

Nothing says "medieval Europe inspired fantasy" as loudly as a black woman, a female samurai and a Wakandian king.

[@kurrwa]

maybe she was mongolian lol

[@jordangreene8125]

Not “Wakandian” 💀💀💀💀 like bro

[@ind0g_nesia]

michelle yeoh would stick to anything as long as it screams diversity. b!tch passed her prime a long time ago.

[@pasantosjacinto8176]

🤣🤣🤣

[@booytoyy69]

You are aware black people were around right?

[@matthewmills5423]

The unfortunate truth is that modern Hollywood has a writing problem. The problem derives from the fact that "modern" writers tend to interchange ATTRIBUTES for VIRTUES. It is a shame.

[@halofreak1990]

They also have next to no real-life experience to base their stories on, leaving them unable to write their characters as anything other than stereotypes.

[@phoenixhenson3689]

woke culture is the problem

[@2Bobbitz]

Modern Hollywood has a writer problem because modern Hollywood has a personality problem (or lack of it to be precise). They are all sheep to the woke anarchist cause and don’t know how or what else to write about.

[@Mario-kf3ej]

except those "virtues" aint even virtues. More like mockery of real virtues.

[@DeRussellMasina]

Bingo!

[@leon.benedict]

I remember when "The Witcher" was a semi-selfcontained, grounded, slavic/scandinavian tale of regular humans who have to live together with other regular low-magic beings and magic in itself was a wonder and rarity, and the WHOLE THING DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SOME ASS-END AFTERTHOUGHT OF AN EPISODE FROM THE NEWER SEASONS OF DR.WHO WHAT THE FUCK

[@Dirschau]

The Witcher (in books) was all about living together with different species, races, all colours and shapes. It was about tolerance (or lack of it) between humans, elves, dwarfs, magical beings etc. The stories had it all - and readers known it, makes the books so popular not only in Poland, but even internationally. Then comes netflix with its showrunner and writers, use the witcher brand and making it in their own, 2020s USA-centric version... And we know the rest.

[@rms1493]

"REGULAR HUMANS"?!?!? SOUNDS LIKE A DOG WHISTLE!!! EVEN THOUGH I'M THE ONE WHO HEARD IT, IMPLYING I AM THE DOG.

[@kaputasri]

Yeah in Witcher magic is supposed to be erratic toned down and a rare occurrence.

[@707romo707]

@@kaputasri exactly, why would you need a Witcher if every other person is a strong Asian or black witch who can kill anything?

[@FMK03]

@@Dirschau You're using the wrong word, tolerance is the act of accepting that which should not be accepted.

[@yesno9475]

The fact that Henry is now in charge of a war hammer 40k show basically proves that at least some higher ups are actually competent instead of pandering idiots

[@chriswhinery925]

I only hope that Amazon are giving him the creative freedom and not meddling too much. I don't know if Henry Cavill has any writing or directing talent but I'd rather watch something made by an amateur who loves the lore than someone with 100 credits under their belt who doesn't give a shit and just wants to push a message.

[@seaofenergy2765]

@@chriswhinery925 i think a big part of the problem the people getting these writing gigs have like *2 credits* under their belt and a hard on for forced representational box ticking in media. For some reason the absolute wrong kind of people (i.e talentless) are being fasttracked on to multi million pound productions. It's getting beyond bizarre.

[@daz2742]

Maybe, just hoping that it's not revenge for the Rings of Power. And that It's not a new ploy by Hollywood to attack fans. Like Henry Cavill? He's in our new movie/series.... Nah we changed our mind, not happening.

[@seaofenergy2765]

@@daz2742 yeah as a massive 40k fan myself, Cavill is about the only reassuring thing about the announcement. Amazon has done a number on a few 'how can they possibly fuck this up? - ohhhh, like that' IPs (Wheel of Time and LotR). Really need to hope lessons have been learned, but the doubling down of the 'we know best' attitude of these showrunner types this new witcher shit feels like it represents doesnt make me feel hugely optimistic.

[@rubbishopinions6468]

I know nothing of Warhammer but the fact that Cavil is not just in the show but is a producer and he's genuinely passionate about the source material makes me want to try it. It could honestly be the first adaptation in the last 10 years where the show runners actually give a shit (besides Dune). Here's hoping the rest of the producers don't coordinate against Cavil because if the show is good, it will also show what fans have been saying for years that you can only make a successful adaptation IF YOU RESPECT THE SOURCE MATERIAL.

[@kekceo3942]

"Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made" -JRR Tolkien

[@MagcargoMan]

He never said that, NPC.

[@TheWarmachine375]

Big oof to most live action adaptations nowadays.

[@CalamityM]

@@MagcargoMan Yes he did, lack-wit.

[@MagcargoMan]

@@CalamityM Nope, nice try fake fan. What was said by Frodo in the book was "The shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real things of it's own." Nice going projecting about yourself for parroting things blindly.

[@kedrickswain6509]

This deserves more votes

[@kitzkaz3238]

The most distilled way its been explained to me is; modern writers doing adaptations is like giving your action figures to your younger sister and she just has them do a tea party.

[@dennygunawan208]

more like your younger sister throw you beloved action figure to the wall and you saw the remains scattered on the floor, without chance to be repaired.

[@leudwigvonshwartsenhelm3624]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@CharlesChroniel]

Dunno, buddy, but action figures having a tea party sounds more fun than this thing.

[@demun6065]

Well said.

[@JonahsWail]

Yea that’s pretty much exactly what is happening

[@Feanor1988bis]

So basically this is rings of power without a budget.

[@wahajurrehmaniqbal3462]

Pretty much

[@lexnight8345]

🤣🤣🤣

[@studioalsar]

summed it up perfectly and thanks to the shorter runtime I was actually able to watch this one at least (without skipping tooooo much) :D

[@jimmyv3170]

They look about the same lol some money laundering going on because I'm sure this cost Netflix "$300 million" to make.

[@Zulanderr]

I thought it was marginally better than Cringe of Power, but that wouldnt be difficult.

[@MoonWielder]

What in their right mind thought they could make a good spin-off if they got zero respect for the main series by hiring people to do a show who despise the source material? Netflix is destroying itself.

[@rhysprendergast5842]

@Chad 007 no

[@Kernwadi]

"Hmm..." -Geralt of Rivia

[@LoFiAxolotl]

as source material i assume all the idiots who can't read mean the video games as the show is pretty close to the actual source material... and while Sapkowski hated the video games because as he said that's not his story he worked closely with the netflix show... so maybe actually read the books? i know it's hard so many words but i'm sure you can do it

[@blanexblaze6510]

@freak1337able Nah it's not. Even I can tell that the show doesn't follow the source material and I've only read the first book. There's no way the author is happy with the show

[@c.b.kansan1700]

Because the live in the delusion that everything they see they can make better with their ideologies because that's what people want. But that's not what people want. But they are too stupid to see it or simply don't care.

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

Henry Cavil fought long and hard to keep the integrity of the story universe together, and for that he has my utmost respect. Unfortunately, the showrunners and writers had other ideas, and ran the show into the ground from the start with malicious intent.

[@roddydykes7053]

Hah Long and hard

[@Roarke231]

I could not imagine the absolute headache Henry went through trying to keep the Witcher on track. I'm glad he quit, he was being wasted on the project, I give him props for trying though

[@elixier33]

@do not no its not. Not spamming

[@AEspiral]

His WH40K will ROCK tho!

[@theamericandream5917]

The Witcher: Woke Origins

[@ArturoPladeado]

I imagine Henry as Toby's Spiderman in the train scene and the absolute morons are the train and in this instance the train won and flatted Spiderman or Henry in this case into a find red paste.

[@dallmydest1117]

@@AEspiral yo, what!? Tell me all about this

[@gunstargizmo]

Henry was probably quite excited about being part of a franchise that he enjoyed and a lore he cared about. I felt bad for him when he discovered that he was the only one who did.

[@lordcorax6918]

Actually, one of the writers cared too apparently, then he got fired for it.

[@bakersmileyface]

He must have because he took a pay cut to play on this role

[@rey6708]

no he wasnt. there was one writer but he got fired, also the reason why he probably left after that.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

Henry literally told his agent to call the show every day to get the role he wanted it so bad.

[@davidmarrero9608]

At least he haves Warhammer now having complete and creative control while making sure they fully respect the IP.

[@MarxIsDeadAndRotting]

Netflix didn't want to be out-cringed by Amazon. It is basically the Witcherverse equivalent of Rings of Power.

[@Imperials3nate]

Lol

[@frankiestein78912]

Rings of Power is infinitely better than this

[@frankiestein78912]

That doesn’t mean it’s good, either

[@jonesen4395]

@@frankiestein78912 in rings of power it was at least losely based on a great story written by someone else, here they had to write everything by themselves so naturally it had to be even worse

[@izJordyGaming]

dunno why people hate on rings of power, i actually enjoyed it, far more than the house of the dragons

[@jaquitavulpix3418]

In retrospect it's so weird how everyone loved the first season. I think it was entirely because of Henry. He really *was* that show.

[@LemuriaGames]

Yes. I cared a little bit about the Yennifer parts and got slightly intrigued about Ciri - but it was Henry who single-handedly carried the show and I was looking forward to every of his scenes and fights.

[@dinok7630]

Yeah I was interested in the monsters and the fight scenes after I saw the story was shit and the looks of yen, triss, fringilla etc. Straight up skipped the yen storyline.

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

Now it’s making more sense why Henry Cavill left his passion project. Smart move Superman

[@swmtothemoon6660]

You mean James Bond. F in chat for Superman...

[@Zerashadow]

And then he got canned as Superman as well, since Gunn want to make a reboot with a younger Superman

[@crazyralph6386]

Yep, imagine having to work with this shyte?

[@Grigorii-j7z]

You mean The God Emperor of Mankind?

[@Grigorii-j7z]

@Hawkknight you don't understand: everyone wants to see Superman's origin story for the 10th time. They have to reboot.

[@ryant1506]

Hollywood is literally using a lecture structure to tell you what to think, not a storytelling. 1 intro:tell them what u will tell them 2 body:tell them what it is 3: conclusion:tell them what you told them After waking your audience up, convince them you dont think they're idiots

[@VishnuZutaten]

I laughed a bit, but this is sad truth.

[@C0m3TSw1tch]

Amazingly and painfully accurate.

[@ElanaVital83]

It's just like God to Baptists school when I was a kid: No entertainment was consumed if it didn't have ThE MeSsAgE!! 🙃🙃🙃 It's a religion

[@danielsweeney8164]

underrated post

[@seanthomas1552]

Its....always been like this? You just dont like what they are telling you now.

[@herbderbler1585]

It amazes me that they can score an absolute unicorn of a lead actor like Henry Cavil, with the perfect look, the perfect acting chops and absolute love for the source material, and piss that all away because they just can't get over their hate boner for the fanbase and their obsession with woke politics.

[@TheChocolateChamp]

I know right. It's like who put these idiots in charge?

[@Kevin_Street]

It's an ideology that colors the way they see the world. They're genuinely trying to make what they see as the best show possible, and can't understand why people aren't responding to it. Like any true believer they think there are millions of people out there with the same opinions as them, and the original fans are just a small minority.

[@Superabound2]

It's literally impossible for a Leftist Female to create anything of quality whatsoever

[@zm1786]

The goal of them is to destroy anything remotely white or christian How is it not obvious? Kayne talked about them .

[@maddux1188]

We live in Clown World

[@Mike-ul1xn]

The part that kept weirdly bugging me was how the musician/elf kept using small daggers in pitched battles. I don't care what kind of kung-fu they're going to pretend she knows, the first guy with a full sized sword, axe or spear and has a basic knowledge of how to use it is going to straight-up body her.

[@Za_Warudoh]

It could be that she doesn't want to fight but she brings some stuff of small size(so that it can be kept in the instrument an pass inspections unnoticed) with her so that she can defend herserlf at least

[@JewTube001]

to be fair it is fantasy. it's not suppose to be real life weapon simulation tactics. it's more like a dungeons and dragons campaign where you could make a effective dagger user. i know the witcher is somewhat realistic when it comes to medieval weaponry but this show barely has anything to do with the title it has.

[@christopheradams9440]

Strong female,gay,lesbian, black, handicap, interracial, it was like watching people act out a check list

[@majorpwner241]

Yeah that is the problem with modern "entertainment". I would personally dig a strong female lead in something, so long as she merits the role... not as some agenda.

[@All2Meme]

They can't create characters these days without trying to ingratiate themselves to pressure groups by adding labels to them. A good character shouldn't be based on ethnicity, gender, able-bodiedness, or sexual orientation. Memorable characters are that way because of how they act, not what they look like.

[@battsonbikes1919]

LOL so true, when the two guys turned out to be gay, I just turned it off laughing out loud and shaking my head.

[@seedyjobe2875]

So the only Race you have a problem with being on the show is Blacks?? I see where you going

[@jgirlLVR]

If they had only included a little Indian dude who realized that he was the only one who remembered the Beatles and made it his mission to introduce all of those Beatles songs to an astonished and grateful world, I would have so totally watched this.

[@Red0543]

“I don’t get it! We fixed all problematic aspects of the source material and adapted it for modern audiences, why does everyone hate us!?” - The dimwits that made this abomination and chased away Henry Cavil.

[@rhysprendergast5842]

@yo no

[@richardhockey8442]

a) the writers wouldn't recognise a good story if someone inscribed it a series of stone tablets and dropped them on the writer's head b) the writers: 'who cares bout the story or the characters, The Message is the important thing!'

[@ericenright9253]

My biggest issue is that they portrayed the elves as humans…. Yes humans…. The source material that they ignored does clue us in on how they should act.

[@pablito4762]

Reminds me of Amazons "Rings of Power" where they too just portray elves as humans with pointy ears.

[@stormryder4305]

I really hate modern day writers portray elves as nothing more than diverse human with pointy ears. To me elves are always the most beautiful being created with slender built and skin as pale as silver, or ivory. Yeap, that sound just like Tolkien's elves, but I get that illusion from other sources.

[@Fabianwew]

@@pablito4762 Rings of power did a far better job than witcher

[@ColoradoStreaming]

@@pablito4762 The hair styles they gave the elves in ROP was pure comedy gold.

[@sonofabitch95]

@@Fabianwew Absolutely not

[@Pawana_McKay]

I have the feeling that the only good parts from the first seasons of Witcher (that stayed true to the book) were only there because Cavill fought for them. But Blood Origin is reminding me too much of Rings of Power ... and that scares me

[@pablito4762]

The only good thing about Netflix The Witcher are scenes with Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia and Joey Batey as Dandelion/Jaskier.

[@JK-qn9qr]

I don't think I would say this but Rings of Power might be better than Blood Origin.....and that's just...fucked.

[@milansvancara]

@@JK-qn9qr Nah, definitely not. RoP is some next level shit

[@dsilverleaf4668]

Why r u surprised when it's happened over and over again. It's seems like Hollywood's Writers Guild jus keeps doubling down on injecting politics into stories that have no place being there! .

[@LaLaLoggins]

@@JK-qn9qr nah. i made it all the way through this, plodding along reluctantly. With RoP i was DONE after one excruciating episode. You can't force me to watch more.

[@cuccooverlord9812]

Netflix, Disney and Amazon are trying to outdo themselves with these shows

[@danielcaldwell1110]

cApItAlIsM iS gReAt

[@ExploderMaster18]

It is on purpose. The same companies own them. I down want to go down the old Kanye road or start mentioning a cool fella Herr Schwab... but we just don't even comprehend how malicious these elites are.

[@KingKien95]

Eh, Amazon actually got decent stuff tbh.

[@petrmiros9908]

@@KingKien95 Check their Wheel of TIme. Its one of the biggest works of fantasy literature along with LOTR. They turned into a low-cost lesbo-gay-diverse indo gangbang show, cutting away some 80% of the 1st book. Its faaaar worse than Witcher.

[@austinreed7343]

@@petrmiros9908 On the other hand there’s The Boys and Invincible. Meanwhile, the other services have crap like Big Mouth…

[@mikerooney7600]

"As believable and authentic as Steven Segal's hairline" may be the best Drinker line yet!

[@ΑναστάσιοςΠαπαζαχαρίου]

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[@timnor4803]

It's definitely top 10

[@keystrix3704]

As believable as his police training.

[@xminusone1]

Yet.

[@UserXIII7]

@user-tm9ho3bm4v literally just came from watching a few of those videos and was laughing my ass off

[@Haywired1]

Witcher fans: "We want Henry!" Witcher producers: "You meant Lenny Henry right?"

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

this THIS

[@hadeseye2297]

Hexer Fans Going The Books Way.

[@jackgaltress7790]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@user-vj6ws1op4u]

Game of thrones had diversity, there were strong male characters, strong female characters, light skin characters, black characters, disabled characters (the hound's burned face, Tyrion being a dwarf, Jamie losing his hand, Theon...), we had Brienne, a really tall/big woman who got bullied because of her height, we had gay/bisexual characters, but did it ever feel forced? no. Did it feel annoying? no. Was it the characters' only personality trait? no. That's because the story was great, and the characters were so well-written. Diversity is never a problem when it's well executed and when it's a subtle detail that doesn't change the whole direction of the story

[@EvilDoresh]

GoT did what this series _should've_ done: Give every region its own ethnic makeup, so all the different places and people are distinct and recognizable. Hilariously enough, this makes the show more diverse than these explicitly diverse "Every place looks the same" shows

[@herheartbeats5727]

This's spot on, plus GOT's writters didn't fulfill the need to get any representative character a "I'm the best" screen time, even to the point any distinctive character arc isn't to be found. . For example (as much spoiler-free as possible) Renly isn't interesting because he just kills every characters in his way with the left hand, while the right one is busy opening a Pepsy can then putting in to his mouth. He is interesting because...of the way he behaves, and specifically the way he interacts with other characters. . But even those simple story tricks look like flying way above the head of actual majors' movie-makers.

[@ethanstyant9704]

Glad someone understands

[@ozarked2363]

The worst part for me was the female dwarf carrying a big war hammer like she's somehow Wilt Chamberlain playing Bombaata in Conan the Destroyer.

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

The sad part in all this is I wasn't even aware she was a dwarf from this video... That tells you something

[@DakotaBecker-wg1gp]

😂 same bro that was too much. Who the fck made that decision to use a woman dwarf instead of a badass like Thor. Even Gimlee from LOTR was badass but the girl looks so cringe 🤮

[@unapologeticanti-feminist3205]

I would like a show all about African, Asian, South American, or Middle Eastern ancient lore. I like learning about other cultures and it would never occur to me to question that a show specifically dedicated to a specific people when travel was extremely limited would largely only contain those people. If they want to make a futuristic story where travel is extremely common, I would find it completely believable to have a cast of characters of varying races. I just want it all to be realistic and logical and I don't want to be told constantly that the only reason I want things this way is because I'm racist and misogynistic.

[@zionleach3001]

Well there's Trese on Netflix. The story arc is a little rushed compared to the comic. But the "strong female character" is much better than this.

[@WearyWeaver]

I'm still waiting for a proper Mwindo (as I believe it's written), it's a really cool story from Africa, with an AWESOME lesson about knowing you're a badass BUT not overestimating yourself. You'd think Hollywood would love it too, he's abandoned by his father and raised by his aunt.

[@hatman4818]

... If I have to read the same bot commenting "fr" in every reply section one more time, imma paint the wall with my brains.

[@ElanaVital83]

@@zionleach3001 It's called "Trese"?

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

I'd even be interested to see some futuristic story with a lot diversity, in the sense that different people groups have mingled to the degree that they've achieved a new level of homogeneity. Having a wide variety of distinctly different ethnicities really only makes sense in a time period of heightened travel, closely following a long period of severe segregation.

[@rabronin]

I always find it odd when mainstream critics don't positively review content that was clearly made for them.

[@JohnnyBurnes]

Check didn't clear.

[@Miranox2]

Probably Netflix forgot to pay the bribes.

[@rentstoohigh1587]

@@JohnnyBurnes LMAO

[@sneeringimperialist6667]

@@JohnnyBurnes I'd guess a lot of their checks won't clear, if they keep writing like this...

[@bhutehole]

@@sneeringimperialist6667 I doubt it. they are using your money after all lol. not theirs

[@pablodeleon7176]

I read the books of the Witcher series. It was impressive how much Henry remembered and even said the same lines word by word as the book did sometimes. It hurt how much they butchered some of the characters from the book. The one that hurt me the most was the beast man from the season 2. He was my favorite character who was the first to be in the first Witcher book. Here they made him a pussy. I was so mad how they also butchered Lydia. She wasnt just any villain. She was an amazingly beautiful character. So much suffering in her and all for what she thought right and for the love she had. Fucked her up too…

[@hawkthetraveler6344]

comment makes me curious to read the original.

[@762x51n8o]

When i watched that episode of Season 2 I was kind of confused, and was thinking, "this seams familiar but I just don't remember it like this." So I went back and read it, and yeah, Ciri wasn't even born at that point in Geralt's life, but Netflix put her in the episode.

[@lapimano2]

@@hawkthetraveler6344 I think the witcher books (at least the first half of the first book i read) arent that great tbh. The atmosphere of them is good though. Also liked the first witcher computer game which was super respectful to the books.

[@KaijinD]

I often wonder if the poor writing, bad set design, and half-arsedness of the production is a symptom of the writers' hatred of the source material or the cause of it. That being said, writers' hatred of the source material is so widespread that it has basically killed fantasy.

[@tomaskcz946]

No need to brood about it - these shows are targeted for no audience. Just create something to have something, paychecks, move on. Almost like we didn't expect anyone to watch it.

[@haroldb1856]

Q: What do the writers hate the most: The lore, the audience, the craft of storytelling, the reviewers, or joy? A: Yes.

[@62sy]

No, that’s just Netflix’ low budget… they have been cutting down on everything and even announced that they might put ads on Netflix and ban account sharing. :/ they are dirt poor now…

[@77wolfblade]

I see them more as cultural imperialists who see everything else as bad or problematic and they want to fix it in the most stupidest way they can do.

[@mk6315]

Not enough black ppl -writers probably

[@masterroasti5588]

If you look close at this it shows none of the characters gets any dirt, grime, soot or shmegma on them from battle at all. These strong female and strong diverse female characters are so strong that not even dust can settle on their stunning and brave faces.

[@bludj992]

I don't think shmegma means what you think it means...

[@TheHawk2210]

@@bludj992 i mean he was right i saw not one drop of old dick cheese anywhere

[@bollockjohnson6156]

@@bludj992 ain't no strong female character gonna be caught dead with shmegma on her face, it's gonna be cooch juice only.

[@vincentlaw9006]

It looks way too cheesy and for some reason it's way too hard to get immersed watching it compared to for example Vikings or Game of thrones

[@masterroasti5588]

@@bludj992 it’s a joke, Doctor. A funny. Those things we used to have before everyone jammed a stick up their ass.

[@Magneticlaw]

"The Witcher: Blood Origin is about as believable as Steven Segal's hairline" - the Drinker, 2022, paraphrased.

[@DenethorDurrandir]

The trailer made me go from "Hell yeah, more Witcher" to "Oh no, more Witcher" in about 5 seconds, nuff said

[@siljenka]

First and foremost - if you have a source material full of Celtic and Slavic influences that is loved by people, you leave the Celtic and Slavic influences in the adaptation, obviously. They even had a full soundtrack from the games ready to use as an inspiration. 😢

[@MrSlavikua]

Where did u found slavic influence in source material? According to pan Andrzej Sapkowski, witcher is no slavic at all, it has a lot of scandinavian and europe mythology

[@hugoslr]

@@MrSlavikua hell one part of the continent (Toussaint) is literally miniature France. Not very slavic...

[@kamikaziking]

@@MrSlavikua the whole monster lore is based in slavic paganism ffs have you even read the books?

[@siljenka]

@@MrSlavikua influence can be subtle, I never said it’s fundamentally Slavic. Even if it’s a classic fantasy with a pinch of Slavic, Celtic, Portuguese, Scandinavian or Andersen notes, these are important nevertheless. And the Netflix series are lacking in every department, from costumes to understanding any European mythology. Forgive me, but I’m not going to list all of them.

[@pallych]

@@MrSlavikua slavic aren't Europeans these days?

[@hatefuldisplay]

I loved the part where the dwarf marched into the city with the others disguised in the armor of a soldier they killed. No one on their side seemed to think that might be a bad idea and no one in the city seemed to notice the three-foot elf in the formation.

[@abc-yr8nf]

At that point everything was so bad I just said to myself, "why not"?

[@Za_Warudoh]

The problem is not about the city but about the other guards,since they mostly know their collegues (i think) they should know that in the army there is no dwarf or something,but most of the times other guards are usually killed almost right away so they don't even have time to point it out

[@_TheViewer_]

You can always find explanations, for an example that she was overlooked easily in the crowd and once in the city it’s too late, probably most people at the time not being smart by the way to make the connection and yell out 😂

[@ashdapr1]

Also, I was like, how did there just happen to be a uniform that conveniently fit the dwarf?Where did it come from? There weren’t any dwarfs in the original army. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@_TheViewer_]

@@ashdapr1 episode 4, 4:31 you can clearly see she just got the helmet plus this chain/emblem all other knights wearing. If people decide to follow the mass opinion you end up watching like this and add from your memory 😂

[@piotrd.4850]

"People with an axe to grind instead of a story to tell" are handed chainsword and faqton of cash.

[@OvAeons]

I bet "yass queen" was said at least 9 times during the writing.

[@AC-hj9tv]

And "fam"

[@mr.husbandoeu7254]

"slay it" 💅

[@EximiusDux]

"bro, that's so brah, bruh!"

[@dankmemes8254]

"yes yes let's do that that would be wholesome 100 moment"

[@ind0g_nesia]

slay queen or some sh!t these millenials says nowadays.

[@NoMusiciansInMusicAnymore]

I'm impressed that the writing team not only took advantage of the "bring your daughter to work" day but also let them do the writing

[@Imozart0341I]

.... at least you tried.

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

Quite funny.

[@michaelbrand1173]

At least children have an imagination...

[@NoMusiciansInMusicAnymore]

@@michaelbrand1173 yeah but there's nothing coherent or logical between the 2 random ideas haha

[@blacklight1104]

This was a new one. You made me chuckle. Thanks.

[@Lyubog997]

"This is the kind of shit that happens when rich liberal Californians that have never been in a fist fight or a working class pub, have to write a scene about both." On the head!!!

[@Knightfire66]

*gay rich liberal....

[@SweetMangoMuncher]

@@Knightfire66nope now you made it weird

[@malakimphoros2164]

​@@Knightfire66Homosexuals are canon in Witcher, cry about it

[@Whoknows285]

This isn’t a working class pub tho. The drinker and all you incels have Servette brain damage. Is this „liberal“ and this „diversity“ with you in your room?

[@mysocalledknife07]

LMFAO!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@rhyka101]

''This absolute cancer of a show!'' Love the honesty in these reviews!

[@overdose0074]

"People with an axe to grind instead of a story to tell", what a great line

[@Redpoppy80]

The Critical Drinker: "Wow, 2022 hasn't been a good year to be a Witcher fan." Me: "Wow, 2022 hasn't been a good year to be a movie, tv/streaming, or anime fan."

[@jamesk4195]

Mob Psycho tho

[@ridhorizqs1032]

Well for anime at least this season has a lot of certified banger tho

[@Hecatom]

There were plenty of good animes and mangas

[@fr-joey764]

Nnnnnope

[@majorpwner241]

"Man, I'd love to show this to a pub full of Witcher fans in Poland. It would be fuckin' wild." I laughed so hard at this line...

[@onastick2411]

You could have ethnically distinct countries, with a sprinkling of other races, from other areas, traders and whatever, but if you must have a diverse cast all in one place, here's a thought, why not have lots of the story set in port cities, or crossroads on trade routes, where the different races converge. Which usually makes for a interesting setting, for deceits, double crosses and heroism, and shady dealing in back street bars. Istanbul sort of thing, I'm not a writer or anything, but you know, it just might work visually and plot wise.

[@grantflippin7808]

Which city?

[@onastick2411]

@@grantflippin7808 Which city, what?

[@lubystkaolamonola529]

I am from Poland. I watch the very first Witcher adaptation with Polish actors (early 2000s). Back then I thought that it looked cheesy, but now I think it was the most faithful and so far the best Witcher adaptation. Just because it says production is made by Americans and has big names ( Although I think Henry Cavil was the best actor of modern series along with Jaskier, Ciri and Yennefer), does not mean good quality. What I liked about the Polish production, is that I felt immersed in the world the series has portrayed. And the Jaskier songs (voiced by Zbigniew Zamachowski) were fantastic. However it was the scene of Pavetta's rage where I felt the full magic of the show.

[@juliaj7939]

To prawda!

[@ZgermanGuy.]

Oh jeah i did a Review about that one ony Channel it speaks volumes about todays careless media that the stuff 10-20 years ago with low Budget and cheesy acting is still more faithfull to the source material than what comes out today. The best thing about the Netflix Adaptation was gerald and now he is gone so now the show lost all legit claim to the witcher Franchise

[@tanatonaut870]

I defend that series and love it to this day. Yeah, the practical effects and cgi are terrible and they left out or mixed up a lot of stuff from the books. But the atmosphere, the actors, the immersion, and the music are absolutely great. And Michał is unmatched as Geralt. Pity. So many millions spent by the Americans and the result is terrible. ( zdraví Pepík z Čech : ) )

[@milosstoiljkovic]

I agree, saw that adaptation on KZbin back when it was still available and I think it is far more convincing and faithful to the source material than any of the games, not to mention Netflix adaptations. It is easy to laugh today at practical effects in TV show from central-european country 20 years ago. Look at the western TV shows from the 90s. Michal was great as Geralt. I think anyway that short stories and novellas from early Sapkowski work are his best works, and maybe the first novel. But even from his later bloated and chaotic novels it is possible to get enough good material to have a decent show. But no one seems to want that.

[@albertwesker6153]

I’m so sorry that this has happened to the Witcher, just remember that there are actually Witcher fans who have read the books and played the games in other parts in the world

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

I know nothing about the source material, games or books, but just the fact that as an actual passionate fan of it Henry Cavill was willing to walk away from the lead role because they were butchering the lore has given me so much respect for the guy.

[@malyvo0]

I'm not sure how that's a valid point of view though. What if Henry started to support some shitty stuff, would you support it as well? Nothing a priori wrong about having role models, but not shaping your own worldview and your own opinions is almost a crime against reason. I would recommend using your rolemodes more like a tourist guides- see where they lead you, but you have to see the scene with your own eyes and try to understand it with your own mind...

[@RxYouth]

@@malyvo0 I think celebrity worship is stupid as well but did you read what OP wrote wrong or something? Dude said nothing about role models in any way. All he said was that he respects him for his actions which I do too. Playing Geralt was Cavill's literal dream role, he knows the books so well that he even ended up helping production with questions about the lore, so just the fact he left it all behind because of how bad it was getting says a lot about the guy. Thats it, nothing more, nothing less.

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

@@malyvo0 Nobody said anything about his personal beliefs outside the context of the show, quit reaching for straws.

[@alalvarez7301]

@@malyvo0 Did you seriously just made up an argument/problem out of thin air by bringing the conversation to something that wasn't even remotely related to what the OP said. Holy shit. Reading comprehension. *READ* before answering, you absolute doofus.

[@Snow4LifeNEver]

@@malyvo0 Yep you definitely misread the "actual passionate fan of it" part which was referring to Henry Cavill being an actual passionate fan of the Witcher, NOT OP being a fan of Henry Cavill lol

[@Condre3000]

My wife and I considered watching the first episode last night. She is a lot more open to trying a show than I am. After watching the trailer for the show, i have never seen her decide against watching something that quickly. Even the trailer looked like absolute garbage. How are these people getting paid?

[@rhysprendergast5842]

@yo no

[@Remi-Toruzen]

Simple E.S.G. That is all it takes just pander to a certain number of quotas and they get money for a pile of shit from last nights dinner.

[@natalierinehart7109]

Much appreciate you choosing to include some of the more tolerable scenes from S1 in this to get us through it, Drinker. You're a far more considerate fellow than the show writers who decided to hijack the popularity and excellence of good source material because their terrible story lines can't stand without something to parasitize.

[@denisskenderovic3707]

I absolutely love how more and more people are actually waking up and coming together united in the hate for shows like this! Makes me tear up.

[@Resvrgam]

I honestly have to laugh at the dwarf woman archer. In university, a classmate had dwarfism and couldn’t effectively use a shortbow because his arms were too short to fully draw it back. He ended up getting a crossbow because of his physical limitations. I see they’ve glossed over this limitation to make mini-Rosie O’Donnell a girl-boss. 🤣🤣🤣

[@SugaryPhoenixxx]

Were you in archery school? Why were you shooting bows at university lol?

[@cbcmime1]

So you are upset that a fantasy character fighting other fantasy characters ignore the science and physics of a real world. Lol ppl that want to complain will always find reason lol

[@trolleriffic]

@@cbcmime1 If you're going to ignore any kind of reality like the lengths of people's arms compared to a bow, why not ignore other things like gravity or the flow of time? Maybe the show could be set in space, or everyone could be a robot because why not? It's just fantasy after all so anything and everything can be changed at any time, whether it makes sense or not!

[@kepai584]

@@cbcmime1 also negating disabilities makes for a horrible story, like usually u want characters to overcome their flaws. It woulda made a really good character arc if ppl told her she would suck at archery only to have her invent a gun or smthin and prove them wrong. Also kinda feel like its rude to just straight up negate without explanation any suffering a person with that kind of condition would have.

[@fabiodastolfo1207]

Come to think of it, now it makes perfect sense why in all lores that had dwarves they use handguns or crossbows.

[@mockler.]

I think a lesson we're all learning is that if you own a particular successful intellectual property, don't sell it to Hollywood unless the give you total creative control. Or just don't sell it at all.

[@Vyury]

To be fair, Sapkowski would sell Witcher rights to the devil himself, if it meant getting that moolah.

[@ChibiViolin]

The author is a talented hack.

[@supernova00500]

The bad thing is that you have to fight like hell to keep an IP in your possession, apparently the system is designed to steal them from you if you don't sell it or put it in someone's else's hands eventually

[@HRGAMES-rw7yd]

@The Witch Of Long Winter smart .

[@Norbert_Sattler]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the witcher world completely devoid of magic until the Conjuction of Spheres brought it there along with monsters and Humans? So how can a sorcerer even exist prior to the conjuction and cause it? So what is it: Are they making a ridiculously predictable "twist" that this isn't the world of The Witcher, but the world from which the Wild Hunt comes from, or are they once again ignoring the established lore for their own convenience? Either way sucks...

[@Modie]

They are just not even interested in their own lore. They basically made up that there is "magic" and "chaos magic" which is supposed to be stronger somehow and comes from another world. Which is weird because in the actual series they only ever talk about "chaos magic" but there is literally no difference aside from "fire".

[@Kamo442]

That's what I was thinking. I thought the non-humans and monsters went to the human world during some event. (I can't really remember its been awhile since I looked at witcher lore)

[@Modie]

@@Kamo442 I mean they are right in the idea that humans came to the world of elves and dwarfs. That's why they are called "Elder races" because they lived there before. Monsters also came TO the world (which makes sense because they just cross). Though it isn't said that there were NO monsters before since you could argue whats the difference between monster and animal? I am not sure anymore if the books also said that this conjunction introduced magic to the world in general or just to humans (since I guess the idea is that these humans came from our world). I feel like both interpretations would be fair. Just stick with one and don't mix them up like they did in the show. Only other important point is that elves from the Witcher world also traveled to another world which are then the Aen Elle

[@DonPatrono]

You also forgot to mention the part where Witchers were created from human kids that were experimented on for years and years first by the wizards from the Rissberg order and then by the expert mutagenists Idarran, Malaspina and Alazur, all a long time AFTER the conjunction of the spheres....whereas in this shitshow the first "witcher" is an elf that drank a reinforced mojito and then did the oompa loompa bdsm dance with some monster entrails

[@RoboRoby321]

Haha good joke thinking the writers even know what the conjunction is, or how magic appeared. They know it's a medieval fantasy product so go to their Hollywood definition of medieval fantasy and just use that info, they don't care about little things like franchise lore

[@Aames32]

The fact the creator said that Cavill is basically the show him leaving means its done

[@Cypeq]

yep, they'll loose most viewers before, after and during season 4.

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

What do you mean that the Witcher is the core aspect of the show ‘the Witcher’?

[@rhoydplaz2853]

@@theylivewesleep.5139 What do you mean what do you mean

[@Viewable11]

_"It genuinely makes me question who this show was even supposed to appeal to. Oh yeah: modern audiences."_

[@py_a_thon]

Is that not the purpose of high-budget fiction? Artistic integrity means nothing if no one wants to consume what you create, and your goal is profit. The amount of people I have seen who wanted to be some brilliant auteur director and then no one watched their content could fill a stadium. I am sorry that art as a commodity is a racket, a game, a manipulation and often stupid. Create product. Sell product. Repeat. Otherwise: pick a non creative career, create art and distribute it with less monetary burdens. Go make 21 dollars an hour being the best bucket drummer in NYC. Or don't. I don't care.

[@kingsleywelch3360]

@py_a_thon: Shut up, dork.

[@ey1615]

@@py_a_thon The whole profit stuff isn't consistent wlth those woke modern movies and shows tho. They all flop financially because nobody likes watching that shit except a small minority. There is a reason why they all get cancelled withing 1 or 2 seasons.

[@petriew2018]

@@py_a_thon yes, the point is to make money Which is why you should target an audience that actually exists, not the one some disconnected ideologue wishes existed, which is what everybody says when they say 'made for a Modern Audience'.... the 'Modern Audience' is a fantasy cooked up by over-educated, under qualified hollywood execs who think they can change the world by making stupid movies and bad TV

[@py_a_thon]

@@petriew2018 Many films hated by critics and political pundits have grossed hundreds of millions or 1billion+ Example: Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness = 955 million dollars box office only on a 200 million dollar budget. That is an INITIAL return of 500%. And 75+ years of ownership of the product for subsequent monetization. That intangible is now entirely black ink on the balance sheet. Every year for 75+ years. To drive the example home: many critics hated the movie, this youtube channel person included. Doesn't matter. 500% return. Initially. Only on the box office run.

[@LeightonGill]

"It's what happens when people with an axe to grind instead of a story to tell are put in charge of a massively popular ip built by far greater minds than their own." Very eloquently put Drinker! You hit the nail on the head.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

"They are shitting on the shoulders of giants". Another magnificent Drinker quote.

[@myonionsmatter7843]

dude rants more about race and gender in the video than he has any real criticism of the story and writing, kinda ironic. the incel crew at it again.

[@snowcloudshinobi]

@@myonionsmatter7843 the show throws multiculturalism and feminism in his face and you're blaming him for taking notice? lol?

[@crosstie417]

If I have to see one more angry woman parading about like she can beat everybody down and know they couldn't beat a 13 yr old boy.

[@myonionsmatter7843]

@@snowcloudshinobi how does it throw it in your face? multiculturism exists everyday. in fantasy videogames you have dwarves, Drow, tieflings in a party and there is no seething crying SJW. weebs man

[@MFBooks-gy5nz]

One thing that I love when it comes to fantasy and sci fi universes is a well-realised and believable world where it feels like there’s already been centuries of events that have taken place before the story has ever begun. World building is an important facet of storytelling as it can easily destroy the story, the plot and every character in it all if somebody either forgets how an economy works or what it would be like to travel over a hundred miles on feet.

[@matthewmosier8439]

Respectfully, the kind of people who write shows right now have never walked even 5 miles and couldn't explain how an actual economy works because the closest thing they ever studied was a "Why Capitalism is Evil" class at their university.

[@JustinStrife]

@@matthewmosier8439 It's scary how spot on your comment is.

[@ryang2573]

I disagree. World building is important but it's secondary to a good plot. Granted, if there's poor world building, everything else must be that much better to compensate for it if you want people to like your work of fiction. But it's not THE biggest factor and a LOT can be overlooked if everything else shines. I like to use the original three Star Wars movies as an example. If you critically examine the feasibility of something like the Death Star, or whether a bunch of stone age walking teddy bears would really prove that much of a hindrance to a galaxy-spanning Empire, you can rule it all as absurd very quickly. But most people overlook those things because they're invested in the story's characters and want to see them succeed in spite of the odds stacked against them. The Witcher fails on BOTH accounts though. There was not a single character shown that I cared about and the lore behind events was a muddled mess. Things appeared to happen with no rhyme or reason behind them, nobody's motivations were clear or understandable, and overall everything had this "generic fantasy" vibe to it with little to distinguish it from the countless thousands of other stories just like it.

[@lastbeer]

That's why diversity don't work in terms of fantasy. Because diversity makes every city, every nation, every race, every world looks like California.

[@UziProSniper]

Henry Cavill is the ONLY reason that kept me watching the Witcher Season 1 and 2 i could tell he is that star player that makes the team better because he loves his role

[@SolracNexus]

Imagine celebrating the "reimagining" of a well-beloved franchise because it has a few changes in ethnicity. “If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.” - Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@endorbr]

I saw this in my Netflix recommended, just laughed, and then moved on.

[@sandman_says_runrunner4701]

You still have Netflix?!

[@harrydawson7986]

Same

[@theslayer1197]

​@@sandman_says_runrunner4701 not gonna lie I too still have netflix just for shows like lucifer and peaky blinders but I'm moving on from netflix soon as its simply not worth a penny to me anymore

[@sandman_says_runrunner4701]

@@theslayer1197 Honestly, I don't really judge anyone, I just am always surprised. I like early "Lucifer" too... I was just done with Netflix after "Cuties" no matter what else they had/have.

[@somakun1806]

@@theslayer1197 u can watch those shows for free ...why pay Netflix

[@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut]

Give this man a lead role in a different medieval fantasy show. He's perfect for these and it's greatly disappointing that his talents are wasted on Netflix' The Witcher.

[@Cinq_Cents]

You know it's bad when not only does it have a terrible audience score, but even a bad critic score. For those two groups to agree is next to impossible these days.

[@berfwellington2552]

Shows like this seem to solely serve as a reminder that life is unfair.

[@skylx0812]

To the writers that have to put a self insert into the story. To show how the big bad industry misogynist disrespected her, again and again.

[@karolinakuc4783]

To call it an adaptation is like calling cactus a tooth brush 😂🤣

[@s.p.8508]

In terms of the “diversity” you mentioned in every geographical area, they did the same thing with The Wheel of Time. In the first episode they are in The Two Rivers, which is a majorly secluded area which rarely gets visitors and the area has an ancient history. The book even describes what a Two Rivers person looks like and describes how weird it is that one of them looks different. It’s a major plot point in the book, because obviously this character did not originally hail from the Two Rivers. However, in the show it’s just a “diverse” hodgepodge. It literally made 0 sense.

[@watariovids1645]

You could tell that show would be trash the second you saw the casting, well really even before that when they put out the description of the show and it had the most feminist interpretation of the world of WOT possible. Ethnic conflict is an enormous recurring story point within the books and Rand being Aiel is also a core plot point. Having the two Rivers look like LA is retarded, It would be like having a show about some isolated town in NH or Maine and have it being racially diverse, it makes absolutely no sense.

[@s.p.8508]

@@watariovids1645 yup. But they had to check the diversity box. I quit watching about 5 min into episode 3. I couldn’t watch such a disgrace to Robert Jordan’s work.

[@Ilovegrunge123]

“As long as it’s not important to the story” explains like you pointed out. Them- You guys are just racist or they don’t always have to follow the story.

[@Henry-jp3mc]

Just wait for the Seanchan in season 2 😂

[@s.p.8508]

@@Henry-jp3mc I don’t have to because I won’t be watching it😂

[@timr6098]

Modern Hollywood is the reason y so many ppl are turning to foreign media to entertain them, ppl look towards anime/ manga for an actual good story and the success of squid game is the start of the downfull of the 'modern film'

[@timr6098]

@hope. Don't click this link it is a scam... Fuckin bots 🤦

[@MalleusIudaeorum]

The problem is that there’s lots of “westerners” influencing and making Japanese (and other countries) media now too and that’s even starting to get woke. Soon you will not be able to escape it.

[@AmnElIthTirSol]

this is why Manga is outselling the US comic industry 2 to 1

[@slumberbalu3098]

I would rather consume Korean man love movies then this shit!

[@rioluna6058]

im from costa rica i noticed that people nowdays at least my group of friends and acquaintances are watching more and more films and producitions from other regions, like south korea , japan( anime ) , even some indian movies, and productions from europe and latinamerica, whn i was a kid it was hollywood nowdays they dont seem able to a put up a good movie or series.

[@vormina9808]

99% of modern movies/series can be summed up by Jeff Goldblum's iconic words "That is one big pile of shit."

[@bartoszmajchrzak2225]

As a Polish Witcher fan: "Hollywood is going to do Witcher" (in 2008) :) "Hollywood is going to do Witcher" (in 2022) :(

[@Raedragonfae]

As a woman, I am so tired of the “woman don’t need no man” attitude. She is literally a musician, cook, assassin, professional badass. WOMEN ARE NOT PERFECT, WE ARE NOT AGRESSIVE, WE ARE NOT MEAN TO MEN. STOP…………No one looks up to women like this.

[@kingsleywelch3360]

Also, all this tough girl stuff is just bad as the macho man crap. Whenever I see men and women who think like that it reeks of insecurity.

[@ThisBirdHasFlown]

@@larrymunn5279 Dirty Harry and Rambo didn't undermine women and make political statements.

[@snailthelostcow63]

Congratulation on making the standard for women even higher lol I bet they never realized that when they never had to actually struggle in real life

[@danielc9967]

you're just a stereotypical dumb woman then. She was literally shown to be weaker than the male character, if anything her whole point in the show was to carry the child of the first witcher. She was as imperfect as it comes , but sure, think too much into it

[@Raedragonfae]

@Enoch Bullslayer I promise you, that is society talking, every woman in my life is respectful to men.

[@brianr5547]

His father hired the Skyrim mail carrier that is how he found him.

[@blindoutlaw]

Beat me to the joke 😂😂

[@matheusmartins3545]

Got something I’m supposed to deliver.

[@philipmocny6768]

I'm huge Witcher fan. I'm from Poland, so to me this series is very personal and close. I watch polish serial Witcher when I was a little kid with my brother and my uncle. When I was older I read all books and I fell in love with world created by Sapkowski. I remember first time when I play the first game it was a wonderfull experience for me, I use to weke up every morning and play this game, I waited for the second and third game like hell. When I was older and my mental helth was bad (I had depression), I used to get in my car and ride to the woods. I spend houres in wild reading this series, and this story helped my get through worst time of my life. Hell, I even nemed my dauther Cirilla. I wrote my batchlor about the Slavic coulture in Witcher, I have tattoos inspired by Witcher, I train sword fight. So you can see how much this series has inpact on my life, and now when I watch this shit, I feel ofended and in some way betrayed. This Netflix crap shoudn't by called Witcher, becouse this has nothing common witch the Witcher. It's punch to face to the Slavic coulture and spit in the face of fans not only here in Poland, but all over the world. I don't belive in coultural apropriatnion, but if it exist this netflix shit is best example of it. I hope only that oders great fantasy series don't get woke thretment like Witcher.

[@camilaalmiron5588]

Great

[@madkoala2130]

Wait, there is polish Witcher TV series?

[@philipmocny6768]

@@madkoala2130 yuup, but I don't recommend it. It od fun for me becouse I grow up with it. You can find it on KZbin, by searching Wiedźmin 2002 or 2001 I don't remember, and I don't think three is an english version.

[@madkoala2130]

@@philipmocny6768 look if anything is better then Netflix Witcher (or most of the Hollywood to be exact) or any movie that currently being made in my homeland then I can swallow it.

[@philipmocny6768]

@@madkoala2130 so check it, you can find all episodes on KZbin, but only Polish language.

[@roybragg9999]

Your solution to the use of diverse characters by putting different races in different tribes/nations/etc is something I've been whining about for a few years.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Play The Elder Scrolls.

[@wojtekwieczorek6397]

You don't have to show it to a pub full o Witcher fans in Poland, I assure you that's what we all were doing during Christmas and it was wild. In the first episode, I had to keep reminding myself that those burly bearded guys with Scottish accents are elves, not dwarfs. I also love how a bearded, Viking-looking guy (at first I thought that he is the human in that scene) at the end sees a human woman for the first time and has no idea what she is, even though the only difference between them is the shape of their ears, which wouldn't be able to see from that distance. You know, why spend time and money on design and showing the audience that they're different races when you can just shout at them instead? And I also like the point about the 1000-year war. When I was in college, I had to write a short sci-fi story for the final exam in my creative writing class, and I put there a throw-away line about two races being at war for a thousand years and the professor a bit sarcastically pointed out to me that that's a bit long time to be at war. Boy oh boy, if she only knew that people are paid good money by Netflix for writing shit like that. The dialogues were great too - I like how in one episode the guy with cleavers says that terribly cheesy line about thinking that he was done with killing, but the killing wasn't done with him, and the writers must have really loved it and thought it was the greatest line since Clint Eastwood's "Go ahead, make my day", because the narrator uses the same phrase about the dwarf girl and the elves ten minutes later. Speaking of, I love how they allude to slavery in the real world by adding the line about elves being responsible for their ancestors' crimes against the dwarves. White guilt much? Also, I wonder how many reshoots there were since that bug monster from episode 3 looked pretty good, but the main beast seemed like something taken out of Dinotopia. Or maybe they just wanted to honor the infamous golden dragon from the Polish version of the Witcher from 2001.

[@JamesRDavenport]

Nope. They were probably inspired by Dinotopia. Unfortunately. I did the same thing in a Star Wars Forum back in when Force Awakens came out. I asked why are there still stormtroopers 30 years later, the same factions? Wars end. Nations fade. Even the Hundred Years War wasn't fought for a constant century. They didn't have a clue what I was talking about.

[@limmeh7881]

I'd be surprised if this lot of writers actually wanted to honour any original or faithful versions/lore at this point tbh

[@KrzysztofDanielCiba]

I haven't got patience to watch 2nd episode, stopped at the end of 1st. And it looks like I was right: generic quest story that could easily be shot as western, kung fu movie or Bollywood musical, just by a weird, unlucky chance using the Witcher's world as a background. Not worth my time to watch anyway.

[@-Believeinyourself-]

If you continue to watch this crap, you are part of the problem.

[@Areinu]

Honestly the "thousand years war" is not so far-fetched. Reconquista is counted as a singular war, that lasted 781. Not that far from 1000. That said, it's more like series of conflicts. As which, 1000 years war is quite possible. Also, a war doesn't have to actively consist of military actions and constant killing and destroying. For example North and South Korea are at war since 1945. The war is at total standstill (as far as I know), and you'll only experience it by high military security at the border. Being anywhere else in South Korea you'd think the country is at peace. While there are peace talks going on, it would be possible to create plausible conflict that would go on for thousand(s) of years with little to no battle. Especially in fantasy/sci-fi setting where creatures might live very long, or distances might be absurd, or other factors are at play. With all that said I'm not protecting the Blood Origin series. The war presented there is just plain stupid. Someone just wrote 1000 because it "sounded cool", without considering practical implications as above.

[@villelepoaho4105]

Imagine having an actor that people like and who actually goes trough the source material, but then you make the first two seasons of the Witcher series....the way they are.

[@comradesam3382]

First one was... Digestable

[@BouXIII]

@@comradesam3382 The frist one was actually OK-Good 6/10 maybe 8/10 IF you consider it had to cater to Fans of the Game, Fans of the Books and new Fans. So i Understand that some Mistakes happened while trying to make everyone happy. (which might be a problem at its own) The fight Scenes in Season 1 were also good. I actually enjoyed the bits that reminded me of the game where they had individual monster stories like the one where one of his old friends falls for a Bruxxa. My Conspiracy Theory is that Henry Cavill had a lot to say in the making of Season 1, which is why it was OK/good. Then they had some backlash and not 10/10 reviews. So they decided to listen less to him just being an actor and let the professional writers and producers take over and made Season 2.

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@ind0g_nesia]

@@comradesam3382 the first one would be good if they cut out the screentime of bollywood yennefer and her beta wakandan boyfriend. and replace it more with geralt.

[@martindenham2207]

"Those with an axe to grind rather than a story to tell". Yep, that pretty much sums up the current state of things perfectly Drinker. Well said as always. Angry, entitled, spiteful, immature children in adult bodies. I've had the misfortune of working with such people and it's an utterly exhausting and soul destroying experience. You're looking at an adult but it's like your talking to a moody teenager who's screaming "it's not fair" at you for grounding them on the night of the big party.

[@keyser456]

Yep. They're doing it everywhere, sadly; sports, cinema, entertainment, academia, journalism, science, medicine, and on and on and on... They're more focused on signaling how virtuous they are than they are on providing their customers a quality product/service. Checking boxes and appeasing the woke but vocal minority is clearly their priority.

[@martindenham2207]

@@keyser456 Well said. For a long time this whole situation was very confusing, but now we all know what's going on. The word is out.

[@carried9130]

Very well put.

[@luizguilhermecortez3460]

Listen, I tried to write a book once, and after I finished it, it was so shit I decided to scrap it all. Yet somehow, I think i'd do better than the current directors.

[@sterger7]

Every year that goes by I'm just in mor eand more awe about how great Henry Cavil is when you see the absolute scale nad magnitude of his ability to absolutely rivet you while being surrounded by just awful cancerous nothingness. Just him being on the screen in a witcher scene is almost enough to make the show good. YOu can't take your eyes off him in anything he's in. It's kinda surreal cuz it creeps up on you. They didn't understand he was the only reason people were watching in the first place a show that was so awful.

[@seanthomas1552]

Dude is a very average actor.

[@lawlietriver8869]

@@seanthomas1552 Not gonna lie and say I think he is on the same plane as Bale or Phoenix. But he has this lovable charm and genuine quality about him, that for me goes a long way. A very long way. It shines through in his work, and therefor it becomes great. At least those are my 2 cents on the matter. I think his two most prominent roles were mishandled, but not by him. I should love his Superman and Witcher the most, but I find myself liking him better as the villain goon in Mission Impossible. Because Tom Cruise might be a bit nutty, but the dude just knows how to make movies and manage the talent that is hired.

[@kerrylawson7515]

@@seanthomas1552 So was John Wayne, until he was older.

[@BoozeAholic]

@@lawlietriver8869 I think it's mostly his presence. Cavil has a physical charisma to where you're drawn towards a scene that he's in because he makes it look more epic than it actually is.

[@siezard4663]

I thought yenefer was pretty compelling.

[@MrFallenone]

When Geralt finally getting offed by a farmer with a pitchfork is less dissapointing than whatever Netflix shat out...

[@marcogenovesi8570]

It will be a mercy killing at this point

[@CorePathway]

NINE PERCENT fan rating? NINE? As in one less than ten? Bloody impressive.

[@spideydew20]

"It's what happens when people with an axe to grind instead of a story to tell are put in charge of a massively popular IP built by far greater minds than their own." NAILED IT. This is absolutely the best description of the past few years of "entertainment" that I have ever heard. Keep on keeping on, Drinker!!

[@Imperials3nate]

I have no idea why studios don't hire writers who- at the very least -are fans of the IP to expand said IP. I guess they're using these IPs as free advertising for both the writers and diversity. If they hired actual fans, you'd have not only good IP expansions but also good diversity rep.

[@owenmaleski2203]

If anything, I think Mr. Cavill is probably more sad than angry about the whole situation. No matter what he plays, he brings his A game. Witcher, Superman, Mission Impossible, hell even the Count of Monte Cristo. The guy just seems to love good storytelling and wants to give it his all. And honestly, that's more than any of us could want out of a series anymore. Even if the story is average, if you can tell a lot of love went into it, you can appreciate it. So yeah, Henry probably just wants a good show just as much as any of his fans. Edit: I mean seriously, how does a company that made such a kickass adaptation of a game like Castlevania, flop so darn hard on everything else? Granted, that show had its own diversity quota, but the story and characters were well written enough that you didn't think much of it.

[@your_favorite_commissar2008]

At least in that show the diversity was generally sorta kinda explained? Few normal dudes were weirdly diverse in most places. Everyone from other places was known to have travelled via magic, or through other means that make at least some kind of sense. This has none of that, none of that at all.

[@mkocel]

Issac is a great example. Hes not from Europe and showing bits of his backstory in desert regions where hes from made it make sense and didnt give it a second thought. Still mad they ended at season 4 and that the two storylines didnt cross back over by the end.

[@myonionsmatter7843]

lmao my guy just named mission in impossible. literally got nothing

[@DavidDavyDavidson]

My wife and I felt lukewarm about the first season of the Witcher and we were pleasantly surprised by Season 2. We went into Season 3 excited, believing that momentum and learned lessons would result in further improvement. We were dead wrong. We couldn't even get past the first two episodes. The primary issue in those episodes is that Anya Chalotra (Yennifer) and Freya Allan (ciri) are black holes of charisma, and fail to sell any of the few emotions the script trusts them with having. Freya looks 10 years older than she really is, and her attempt to portray a 15-17 year old is hideous. The writing was terrible, the quips unfunny, the plot unengaging, and Jaskeir is a void of likable attributes. We basically endured every scene without Henry Cavill just so we can make it to the next scene with Henry Cavill. His departure from the show will leave nothing of value remaining. I think they should recast the show, replace all executives and creative talent, except costuming and CGI, and reboot this turn. Season 2 demonstrated potential.

[@MadamSavvy]

this breaks my heart because at least 2 of those actors are usually INCREDIBLE, which really does prove that directors matter.

[@rhysprendergast5842]

@hope. nope

[@Silverflower351]

Which ones?

[@artnull13]

Well probably the script

[@thomashanson6603]

I just feel so bad for Henry. He really cared about the character and was put in a position where he was forced to let this happen.

[@JasonKnight491]

I genuinely hope everything I've read about Henry Cavill is true, because the story I heard says he became the ultimate "toxic gamer", constantly bringing up issues about the source material, swearing off romance scenes and basically becoming super based. It genuinely sounds too good to be true.

[@Trespasser44tt]

It was written as twitter post, then soon deleted, as well as account, overall main problem is that theyre really trying from get go to put Witcher as not main point in story, but both girls as main point of series and add additional nudity or romance scenes that were not in books just to make Witcher be naked more, if we reverse roles and try make a female actor to be more nude and more in romantic scenes just for views, as its not in not in source material at all it would look a lot worse. Additional they cut a lot of Witcher scenes and words he said just to have more of other actors in it.

[@juvantae]

@@Trespasser44tt basically disney princess with geralt.. except now no geralt??? Lmao, sucks cavil quit cuz cant replace him and have no negative, but im glad he quit now i didnt know this is wut waz happening, i liked the gay witcher in the cartoon cuz tht realistic, but this is getting ridiculous, story should focus on z fighters of witcher not diversifying the whole ass universe and giving every1 a time 2 shine 😆 should just cancel show

[@TrickOrRetreat]

The twitter was taken down 2 days later. Cavils lawyers probably wrote a little nice letter, talking about defamation and going to court. Asmongold have 2 videos about that BS.

[@noway5266]

Henry Cavill is becoming so based he's gonna be goose stepping with the good guys, soon

[@g.strobl4458]

The woman who originally posted that later retracted, and some of the claims made were very, very obviously not like Cavill, so I honestly do not believe a word of that. However, if by "toxic" they mean "will keep asking to make changes in favour a version closer to the source material", then yes, that applies.

[@La-meiga-celtibera]

Asians and blacks wearing European Medieval clothes 😂

[@alexamg6675]

I hate it

[@heinricho]

I watched the first episode with my father-in-law and we relentlessly mocked it! Here's to Netflix bringing family together!

[@weaponson3-158]

They know it’s crap but make it anyway because they know you’ll watch and they get rich.

[@heinricho]

@@weaponson3-158 I wonder what the fall off will be after episode 1 🤣

[@ajatashatru4198]

First it was Resident evil and now this. When i start to think they can't get any worse they still find a way to surprise me.

[@npcimknot958]

Tbf the res movies weren’t even accurate with white actors lol

[@KeytarArgonian]

Pretty sure the Witcher season 2 came out before Resident evil 😂

[@toof987]

first it was ghostbusters.

[@LeoJay]

I blame Capcom for selling their soul to Netflix

[@MrMaxeemum]

It seems Lenny Henry (the guy who failed drama school) now fits in now that the acceptable level for acting has been lowered to 1. able to speak and 2. warm bodied.

[@GeorgeMonet]

I've watched Weekend at Bernie's. Neither of those are required.

[@samblack5313]

3. Not white

[@Red-Eyez420gaming]

@@samblack5313 poor sam

[@gregrodgers107]

It’s honestly wrecking my head how Lenny Henry has managed to show up in two big ips now, he was not funny in the 80s, I can still hear his daft put on laugh from all them years ago, stop being cast for fantasy features, can’t he get a job on eastenders or something

[@MrMaxeemum]

@@gregrodgers107 Maybe those films required a fake Frank Spencer character but eventually got cut and he hung around so gave him something else to do.

[@watchdog304]

"It's what happens when people have an axe to grind, rather than a story to tell"

[@cjellis1019]

Your point on ethnicities and sense of geography is spot on. Take Game of Thrones for example. From the North? You have a rugged look with a thick northern British accent. The Reach? You look very clean and well kept and have a typical “Sophisticated” British accent. Dorne? Spanish. Braavos? SE Europe. Free Cities? Middle Eastern. You should be able to simply look at the characters in a scene and tell exactly where they are in the story.

[@shawnmurphy9245]

You’re racist 😆

[@khaledhussein421]

Exactly. GOT is a good example. Because architecture, costumes, language / accent matter. Collectively they make up a big part of the culture of the place / country or people! In a medieval setting particularly, since in medieval times people could from one look tell if someone is from Baghdad, Beijing or Paris! Even in antiquities, a Gallic warrior doesn’t look and is not expected to look like a Roman legionary! Each had his own outfit, weapons, armor, etc., Because each evolved in different environment and adopted the arms that best serve their respective fighting styles and environment, etc. These woke modern shows ignore all these universal historical human facts which makes them tough to watch and follow.

[@danielc9967]

I feel like, you guys are too triggered by race and ethnicities . These are fictional worlds with magic monsters etc , you have no problem believing that instantly , but immediately diversity shows up, suddenly its unbelievable . I believe its time you stopped hiding and shared your real thoughts .

[@autotuna3805]

Free Lands beyond the Wall? Viking like w/ Scottish accent

[@susivarga7303]

@@pawanchandra5754 nope.

[@tezeswargupta8925]

This video got more views than the actual show so far. I am sure of it.

[@scratchy996]

People did hate watch it, that's the problem.

[@greghannibal]

Cavil was one of the only reasons I even started watching the show, he's fantastic in it. Every scene you can tell how much passion and love he has for the source material, but even with him I STILL couldn't get through the second season. Looking forward to 40k Henry! I remember some historian on Twitter DEFENDING "diverse" cultures in medieval society. Yes, everyone was so diverse and lived in perfect harmony with one another. There was no cultural clashes, no slavery, no racism, everyone got along, despite the fact, had they actually existed, they would have intermarried to the point there's be no difference between them now.

[@ganevo4788]

Tell that to African and slav people in Volga river. I mean, we can't judge medieval or ancient with modern mind.

[@OldUKAds]

"Every scene you can tell how much passion and love he has for the source material" Sure... "Look at that scene, he lovesss the source material with his face!" It's called acting, sweets.

[@greghannibal]

@@ganevo4788 You mean when the slavs were enslaved?

[@songcramp66]

They definitely had some diversity in places like Andalusia but most of Christian Europe would have been full of Europeans.

[@samwise1790]

@@OldUKAds whatever else aside, it is well known that henry cavill is actually a huge fan of the witcher source material/games on his own time, and it's been pretty well documented that during the making of the witcher series he was constantly at odds with the showrunners to get the portrayal of the witcher character to reflect the source material, despite their protests.

[@Jokerasmaw]

Sounded like you said “The Witcher: Blood Orange” which would have been a better title for this show.