The Witcher Season 3: PART 1 - Angry Review

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[@zerocool5395]

"How does it feel to have lived long enough to see all your favorite franchises go down in flames" - Rich Evans.

[@michaelknox3715]

I'm so sick and tired of that dumb quote

[@zerocool5395]

@@michaelknox3715 I also hate it when a hack fraud is correct... 😡

[@Cenot4ph]

​@@michaelknox3715reality is a bitch

[@PikaLink91]

Well half of my favorite franchises are going down in flames (Resident Evil and Zelda come to mind), the other half have been long dead because they were so niche. Even Project Zero is only hanging on by a thread. Having been granted two ports on the Switch, but not seen a new installment for 8 years.

[@foxeh123]

"Feels Great." - late Mike Stoklasa

[@dossie7944]

The end of the season finale fades to black… Cut to Geralt waking up under a tree. Vesemir: “You alright?” Geralt: “Agh…had a nightmare.”

[@Wisdawms]

HAHA that would be great

[@thinkingsoutherner9911]

Vesemir: “About?” Geralt: “Take forever to explain.” Vesemir: “Dawn’s someway off. We’ve got time.”

[@sidewinder2057]

And since it's Netflix, then they kiss.

[@thinkingsoutherner9911]

Yeah, I would try to continue lifting spirits by reciting the two witchers’ campfire chat, but my memory’s not that good. And if I try to go into the game again, that’s a good 110 hrs of my life gone

[@dossie7944]

@@thinkingsoutherner9911 haha yea I dove back in… after starting the game again I won’t be watching this season as the game is top tier stuff 👌

[@RobTheDoodler]

Blood Origin made it clear what kind of stuff these writers are really interested in. How they got people who don’t like The Witcher to be in charge of making it is just incredible.

[@disgaealikerasapOG]

It's like bad fanfiction but by someone who actively hates the series

[@jonbaxter2254]

Blood Origin is the show they wanted to make.

[@volvot6rdesignawd702]

@@jonbaxter2254 blood origin is the show the thought they could sell as a spin off the witcher franchise that failed epically .. Im not quite sure what Netflix is doing but i would suspect their goal is to throw whatever shit they can at the wall and see what sticks regardless of what stories the butcher in the process !!

[@65firered]

They just wanted to make their own fantasy show but needed a big name because no one would watch it otherwise. Which should explain pretty everything when it comes to these shows and movies just doing whatever they want and then wondering why people don't find them very good.

[@acheron16]

That's just modern US media in a nutshell. A bunch of people (probably hired thanks to "positive" discrimination) who hate what they work in and want to change it to be less "problematic".

[@TheZombieN8]

Going into Season 3 I felt they lost the plot already but when Geralt breaks the sorcerers hands, grabs his sword, then just hops through the portal only to say he needs to find and kill that sorcerer, I knew the writers of the show were just failing completely.

[@coldfire2753]

Lol yeah. That was so fucking stupid

[@Георг-л5л]

Then the fire sorcerer get his hands fixed right after .

[@AlphaLuna]

Instead he could have snapped the sorcerer’s neck and save the day 😂

[@garrycotton7094]

My girlfriend lost it here as well 😂 - it was so ridiculous. He could’ve easily killed him as he ran to the portal even.

[@techmaster9123]

That was one of the most stupid things I've ever seen in TV's history

[@gabereichenbach5662]

I feel bad for Henry Cavill. Dude probably fought hard againsyt every terrible decision made on this show and he got canned for it.

[@dicedoom7162]

Didnt he quit? He did not get canned right?

[@st.lucient4755]

​@@dicedoom7162 It's extremely difficult to know the truth of that, since these stuff have NDA signed so nobody can be honest without repercussions. But no matter which, we stand with Henry

[@nokturnallex2160]

@@st.lucient4755 Yea, you just got to read between the lines and analyze what's put on screen. Facts: Henry Cavil carries the show, every scene not involving Henry is usually just butchering the Lore and ruining side characters. Apparently, the writers complained that Henry would show up on set and give them a new script because theirs was so bad. One writer who no longer works on the show even said the rest of the writing team are not fans of the source material. It definitely looks like the showrunner herself calls herself a Witcher fan but from how she's portrayed major characters, she sure doesn't respect source material. Henry is basically the only reason this show got off the ground and with him leaving it's going to turn into a dumpster fire, I'd honestly be amazed if it didn't. Reason for him leaving? No doubt animosity from both sides. Henry wanting to make a faithful adaptation and the Writers and Showrunner wanting to ruin it. Hell, look at how bad the prequel crap was, Blood Origin.

[@trident8480]

Imagine if he didn't push back and what we would of got

[@filipvadas7602]

​@@dicedoom7162he saw where the show was going and didn't want any part of it. But its also rumored, based on how they tried to slander him, that the showrunners tried to push him out of the show as much as they could.

[@DeltaDragon79]

The wasted potential is what really annoys and bewilders me. Like Disney with Star Wars, they could have made The Witcher larger than even the games success. What a huge disappointment. The Witcher IP itself and Henry deserved better.

[@edgybravo4287]

Lol this isn't even the Witcher this is some weird thing that has characters with the same names and it's awful

[@awsomeboy360]

Netflix got it. That's the problem. It would have never match the quality of the games in terms of adaptation nor the actual source material of the books.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

​@@awsomeboy360So far, the only decent one for me is HBO. Netflix, Amazon and Disney have been butchering franchise after franchise.

[@awsomeboy360]

@@akmal94ibrahim Yeah, HBO seems to be the only consistent studio since they trust the source material.

[@Relixification]

@@akmal94ibrahim Thats because HBO showrunner is producing side by side with the Author himself. The downside? We're never going to get Winds of Winter, and Song of Spring

[@CrimsonFIame]

I'm honestly terrified to start this..a proper Witcher series had the potential to reach Game Of Thrones level during it's prime but soon as I heard Netflix had their hands on it I knew this would be it's future

[@GreenFalcon926]

So true. Can you imagine how good this series could have been if HBO had it?

[@brandonchutt312]

You must be forgetting season 7 and 8 from GOT 😐

[@GreenFalcon926]

@@brandonchutt312 He did say during its 'prime' and regardless of what you thought of seasons 7&8 they were still remarkably well made. With some of, if not the Greatest production on a series ever. Best director, production designers, music, visuals, make-up ect

[@Oaksycontin]

@@brandonchutt312got is still insane stop it

[@brandonchutt312]

@@GreenFalcon926 Best production designer, music, visuals and still terrible terrible seasons. The fact the HBO greenlit those scripts gives me zero confidence in HBO. Ruined the ending of the best show ever.

[@SourRobo8364]

My favorite episodes in the first season is when Geralt was just just hunting monsters. I miss those days.

[@Giovanni_Lippert]

It's hard to f that up you know

[@grilledleeks6514]

​@Giovanni_Lippert then they should have stuck to that. Because everything else about this show sucked

[@RenegadeJames]

The conclave scene where Yennefer was calling out all of the iconic sorceresses was hilariously bad. I didnt even recognize any of them and what's bad is that none of them look like their book/videogame counterpart. The look on Geralt's face during that scene was the exact representation of how he felt and I knew he was like, "Yeah... this show is f*cked."

[@MultiKamil97]

Nothing beats Margarita. In the books she was described as having a sexier body than Yennefer and that even nymphs would be jealous of her. In the show we got an overweight actress 😆

[@ForTheFREEMAN]

Changing Henry Cavill is like changing Robert Downey jr. before Endgame. They should have spent every penny in keeping him.

[@ausar567]

The problem most likely isnt money, most of the writer team are against henry because he want to stick to the source material, the writer team went as far as accusing henry of being a misogynist toxic "gamer", dont know why they add gamer there, but yea thats the gist of it.

[@MasterJack2]

@@ausar567 If the jackstraps washers had a fight with Shohei Ohtani over trivial shits the obvious choice would be to fire the jackstraps washer and do everything to keep Ohtani

[@goofball1_134]

@@ausar567 because it fits their toxic agenda. all gamers are probably misogynstic, racist, sexist neckbeards in their eyes.

[@sapier]

@@ausar567 probably added gamer because Henry loved the games as well.

[@volvot6rdesignawd702]

what has ruined it is the writers not staying true to the source material negating the game , shoving diversity into it ( just for refence the guy who wrote the books was a white polish guy) so the premise of the books were based on polish medievil type lore .. even the games has triss as a couldnt get any whiter white woman and fringila was never black .. then i dont even remember radovic being gay like ever in the books or the game !! and while Dandelion ( jaskier ) is a bit of a party boy he never kissed radovic near the cabin in the books or was it ever mentioned in the books or games he liked both men and woman .. pure pandering to different groups !! Im not surprised cavil has told them to f..k off .. 100% there are alot of dull i guess for the lack of a better word boring parts in the books which wouldnt make for great TV but they have made alot of BS up yet ruined other parts by not explaining!!

[@thecatriona2409]

As a reader of the books and huge Witcher fan, Alex absolutely nails it 100%, everything he said was right

[@youtubeistryingtocensorme]

No unfortunately, they’ll give it some black woman

[@juicewilliss]

​@@youtubeistryingtocensormeWhat?

[@plumbussmith]

​@@juicewillissI think they meant to reply to someone who said they wish cavill would get the James bond role.

[@martymcfly88mph35]

​​@@youtubeistryingtocensorme black trans Bond is coming next. Maybe disabled as well. To make a good movie? No... that isn't important. For political reasons, now THATS important! Imagine if we all brought our politics into work like these lefty hollywood elites do? "Sorry lady, I can't fix your furnace until I know we share the same politics."

[@Luck1N]

that's quite a common thing with Alex, he's pretty much always right in things he says... and even though OJ hides it behind a facade of lovable doofus, his opinions are pretty spot-on as well

[@diegoperez3526]

Yes Joe, give in to the anger. The rage. Join the Dark Side

[@marc4282]

I can feel his anger

[@PEDRELVIS]

Unlimited powah

[@chrxs61632]

@@PEDRELVIS⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@darthcinema4262]

The Dark Side does have cookies after all

[@gokrtkd816]

UNLIIIIIIIMITED…………POOOOOOOOOOWER

[@miyoko_17]

100% with Alex. Idk who the fŭçk this is supposed to be for anymore & they lost me in Season 2. Season 3 is just me watching them burn it all down themselves.

[@cosmancho2959]

They lost me right from season 1.This show was mediocre from the start and doomed to fail.Not even Cavil could had saved it.

[@leatherDarkhorse]

im glad im not watching this dumpsterfire. im not paying sub for this.

[@Uenbg]

I enjoyed season 2 more than season 1. I'd rate season 1 at 5 and season 2 at 6, this season is no more than a 3 at most. Which would give this show an average rating of 4.7 overall if you take the average like that. But I guess it feels more of a 4 overall, 5 seems too much already.

[@tellmewhatsir]

It’s for CW fans lol… that riverdale shit

[@sy-ky_buddy4603]

I really really enjoyed season 1 and i quit midway through S2

[@SoldierSpiderx]

the man literally terrorized his agents to get the role before the show was even greenlit, that how much he want to play Geralt, and still they somehow managed to chase him away, incredible like what are the odds that Netflix split up season 3 into 2 parts to maximize their last bit of Cavill hype as much as possible? and

[@MultiKamil97]

Yeah, people thought that it's because he wanted to be a Super-Man again and that's why he turned down being Geralt in the next season but the thing is, Super-Man wasn't even 100% confirmed to be made and even further, it wasn't confirmed that Henry would be playing him again. I don't think Henry would leave the show for such uncertain role. It's not what a professional like him would do. It was evident that he left the show because it sucked. Maybe we'll learn more if he finally has the possibility to talk about it.

[@bdbgh]

They already had a ton of source material along with a decently sized fanbase, they already had Henry Cavill that was passionate for the role and understands the source material, I finally understand how it feels when someone says "I'm not mad, just dissapointed", because it's not even worth being mad at this level of incompetency. Hope Warhammer 40K treats Henry better.

[@Dee3Tears]

I hope so. He is a producer on it so fingers crossed.

[@jonathanmensch9698]

Witcher fanbois: stick to the source material!!! Also Witcher fanbois: where's my Irish pale, redheaded Triss from the video games?!?!?

[@alus992]

@@jonathanmensch9698 i mean... Either of these choices (sticking with the books or games) would be 100 times better decision than what they did with this series. With this show they did not get new fans and made both games and books fans angry. Netflix is a joke

[@jonathanmensch9698]

@@alus992 you guys were already butthurt when Triss looked like a normal person and not an Irish supermodel. Fanboi rage is nothing to listen to

[@Evilshtt353]

Considering that Games Workshop is VERY protective of their IP, when they choose to be, I think Henry will be fine. They know he loves the Warhammer universe.

[@CidsReality]

I like how Andre sold his works twice, but the medium he trashed did his series more justice than the show he attached his name to.

[@chromesucks5299]

without the games no one would know what or who the witcher is on a global scale. Shame author is a massive asshole

[@CidsReality]

@@SuperFlawless2010 I didn't know that. That's interesting.

[@KanyeT1306]

He made the mistake of disavowing the video games and selling the rights for a measly sum instead of royalties. He had zero faith in video games as a medium, and boy was he wrong. He took CDPR to court for it and got paid out if I am not mistaken. He isn't going to make that mistake again. Literally anything with the Witcher label he is going to suck the dick of in the hope he gets paid the big bucks.

[@borislaans9343]

His books have a serious case of tell, don't show, loved the games. please be good Witcher 4.

[@filipvadas7602]

​@@KanyeT1306he didn't get paid out butnI think CDPR did basically hire him to help work on future projects

[@drewdevlindd]

Alex said it best, "We gotta figure out what happens to Dandelion, does he ever make it down to the ball?" That's the real cliffhanger of these 5 episodes. Lmao! keep up the good work guys.

[@AppHero123]

I thought the hunt scene was a dream sequence. How did Geralt find her on that road at that time? How were they so close together? Wasn’t Yen supposed to be watching out for her? Did Yen not know she was missing? How did she know Geralt found her? Why didn’t Geralt go back to Yen right away because the scene before Ciri and Yen were together… I felt like I fell asleep right before these scene and I missed an episode.

[@MultiKamil97]

They tried to explain it with this medallion that Ciri talks to, calling Geralt to help her but it still didn't make sense. It's not like Geralt could teleport to her because of that. In the books it was much better explained because Ciri knew that Geralt was not far from Gors Velen where she stayed with Yennefer so she asked that boy that was guiding her across the city, how to get to where Geralt is. The boy then tells her how to get to that village where Geralt had some job. Then she left Gors Velen and got to him. In the show they just didn't care about setting it up, they made Geralt appear because they thought that it would look cool. In the past season it also was present, especially when Geralt finds Yen and Ciri right in time before they're slaughtered by Cintrian soldiers. The show writers just don't care about logic, they just like to teleport characters whenever they need them in a certain scene.

[@radosawkrzemien2589]

I have read the books almost 20 years ago, back when I was in middle school. I loved them so much that I kept saving my pocket money to go to the book store and buy the next book in the series. Since then I've read them multiple times and they carried me through some tough times, like when I spent almost 2 months in a hospital due to an illness. I've played the games multiple times too and liked them, since they were mostly faithful to the spirit of the source material even if the stories they told were loosely based on it. The Netflix show however... I was hopeful before it started, slightly disappointed after season 1, but still thought that with some minor improvements it can be really good. I stopped watching in the middle of episode 2 of season 2. It is not an adaptation, it is a poor fan fiction that completely fails to represent the nature of characters involved. Not even that since the writers allegedly are definitely not fans of the source material. If someone likes the show - good, I'm happy for them. But I do not like it, and I refuse to continue to watch it on principle. I'm just sad that an opportunity for a great show has been wasted and that the original story did not get the justice it deserves

[@MrSilaneo]

I also read the books over 20 years ago spending days in Empik bookstore to read them for free ;p This was a great time,the story was fresh and entertaining, not like this show

[@jonfreeman9682]

Well you can't expect that show to follow the books exactly. It's common for changes as books are adapted for a modern audience and to improve the source material.

[@radosawkrzemien2589]

@@jonfreeman9682 I don't expect that, and I never said I do. Books and TV are different mediums and some changes are necessary to make it work, that's what adaptation is. Besides, I said I liked the games even though they told a completely different story, loosely based on the original one, but they were faithful to the source material - established characters behaved similarly to what was established, the world was similar enough to believe it is the same world, etc. As for improvements - I'm all for it, if it's done right. LOTR trilogy deviated from the books quite significantly, but never contradicted them and in the end the improvement worked well for the movie. Netflix writers fail miserably trying to improve the original story and that is what I complain about. As for adapting source material for modern audiences - I disagree. I don't think that "modern audience" is any different than past audience and shouldn't require stories to be watered down and simplified to understand them. In my opinion an established story should be told as it is and let it succeed or fail based on its own merits

[@sneakygloworm]

@@jonfreeman9682 A good story is timeless. You don't need to be 'Modern' to enjoy it and if the show sucks, how has it improved on the source material? The core lore and feel of the story and characters should remain unchanged, even if the show didn't follow the books but set a new arc. If the writers of a show start changing everything about a very deep rooted set of books and it's characters, then why even bother? If people haven't read the books, why would this point them to the source material if this is a hollow, shadow of what made the books so inspiring?

[@jordinagel1184]

@@BobDevV”this is the reason every show and movie fails” No, the reason movies and shows fail (and not “every,” as you claim… Seriously, not all media that comes out nowadays is bad, far from it) is because of bad writing, pure and simple. Focussing more in women, being more inclusive, all of that can work if done right… The problem is when writers can’t do their job well, or try said things in a way that actively goes against what they’re trying to adapt (say, making Achilles black or Genghis Khan white)

[@knight-mares]

With all the BS Henry’s been through, I hope he gets the Bond role. He’d be perfect and deserves it.

[@pdjinne65]

I've read Lizzo was just cast as the next James bond. Cannot wait!

[@mikesemus9773]

They don't deserve Henry for Bond, it's already heavily tainted by woke writers, most likely he'd be emasculated and upstaged by a black, lesbian girl boss, really don't need to see that lol.

[@armangeddongaming9237]

I don't care about Bond and I hate the fact that they're talking about another reboot when the last one came out not too long ago. I mean Daniel Craig was amazing and they should let his portrayal of the character to be remembered. Instead, I want Caville to focus on Warhammer. Furthermore, if I were to give my opinion on Caville as Bond, I don't think he's the right choice. See, to me Bond should be someone who is rough around the edges. Henry looks too clean and handsome if that makes sense. However, if he gets casted, I'd be for it.

[@roguescn8843]

bro . . who cares about james bond role . . Warhammer is more important . .

[@captaincaptain2128]

​@@roguescn8843Bro, that Warhammer show is dead before it even began. It's being made by the same studio that made Rings of Power. Let go of your expectations for that show.

[@DexLuther]

"Henry was difficult to work with" because he actually knew the story and lore. He played the games. He read the books. He was an actual fan. Meanwhile, the writers and producers didn't and actually made fun of the books. Henry was difficult to work with because he was trying to make "the Witcher" TV show while they were trying to make crap and slap the "witcher" label on it.

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

forgot the part where he was refusing to have his shirt off anymore

[@milosstojanovic4623]

Exactly like this shit review. They dont care nor they know shit about anything apparently.

[@tomstar1800]

@@creatorsfreedom6734get some help

[@tomstar1800]

@@creatorsfreedom6734get some help

[@kristmn]

​@@tomstar1800I think you need help

[@SoranotRoxas]

*Geralt shouldn't/CAN'T CRY!!* That was a sad, and a major aspect of his character. The fact he couldn't cry, but feel sadness all the same made him unique 🙄

[@Sol-hd7pz]

He cries in this season????

[@TheOnlyWay2Go.]

sounds like a common macho bro trope actually

[@souljiagrey]

i knew that felt off. that and when he told yen he loved her and she didn’t say it back. i was like i don’t remember this in the games

[@skyman322]

@@alexhein1738 literally cries when he finds ciri and thinks she's dead

[@CrimsonFIame]

​@@TheOnlyWay2Go.False. It's due to his mutations. His emotions are suppress not gone

[@KeepitABuck50]

One thing good came out of this season......I decided to replay The Witcher 3 and oh my God, I fell in love all over again.

[@techmaster9123]

Me too! 🤣🤣

[@robertdascoli949]

I might even make it past the bloody Barron this time

[@CaptainWiggins]

Same here too haha the next gen update is so refreshing!

[@joshs9375]

​​​@@robertdascoli949 Bro! That's like going to the beach and dipping your toe in the water, then leaving lol The game is super long and massive (I chipped away at it a little at a time b/c I'm busy, took almost 2 years playing on & off) but it's absolutely worth your time and attention if you can get through the less interesting and to the many great parts of the story

[@brianwt1]

@@CaptainWigginsthe only thing I didn’t like is they nerfed most of the abilities like don’t nerf a single player game or do it in an optional update. Also spell out the changes you’re going to make.

[@zeanith5313]

Lefist identity politics ruining the witcher, who woulda thought it🙄

[@sebastianfiel1715]

Alex's spitting facts so hard that you can feel the splashes of truth through the screen. Nasty.

[@Reimu_Kirisame]

It's so sad. I remember quite liking season 1. And then so much bad stuff started coming out about it during and after S2. I love Henry for trying to keep the show on track but this should not be his job. That's got to be stressful as hell to constantly correct it not being lore accurate. They need to start having lore experts or the original writer on set to keep it a faithful adaptation. Sometimes it's okay to change the story a bit for TV series/movie purposes but the way they've changed entire personalities of characters and the story is too far. It's EXTREMELY selfish as a director to be like ''How can I add my agenda, baggage and other junk into this series that isn't my work?'' They're adapting someone else's work and not treating it with the respect it deserves. It bothers the hell out of me cause Amazon did it too with LOTR. This really has to stop cause I'm tired of it.

[@sprintstothebathroomdaily2429]

Yeah season 1 I was still optimistic Yes it had the obligatory diversity and inclusion race swaps and a few odd choices but overall interesting. Went off the rails quickly in season 2

[@HULKHOGAN1]

@@sprintstothebathroomdaily2429Netflix was likely trying to double down on the diversity and inclusion BS rather than focussing on faithful, good storytelling. The show is dead.

[@martymcfly88mph35]

​​@@HULKHOGAN1hats more important in current year? Good and faithful entertainment or black gender fluid actors? Answer: #2 all the way. We are ruled by Twitter activists opinion, and people need to quit rewarding these shows with their attention. Otherwise nothing will improve.

[@TomoEriGoto]

Got a five to bet the people who butcher these shows would raise Caine if someone butchered their vision in an adaption of their work.

[@medalgear654]

the bad started half of season 1, lost interests after such a great start and Henry was captivating as Geralt.

[@terrorinthesky1]

I'm glad everyone got to see the showrunner's true colours. What a hack. I had a bad feeling about her from the beginning.

[@KeytarArgonian]

I’ll be honest, I had a _good_ feeling about her from the beginning. Worked on Daredevil, promised 7 seasons, promised there was enough source material to not need to make anything up, was actively working with Henry Cavill on it before it was even Greenlit. Oh boy. How naive I was.

[@claydavis8924]

i remember seeing the casting 2 years before the airing of season 1. and even back then i knew that woman is incompetent. her husband is really connected she is there purely because of nepotism. they dont call he Lauren Fisstech for nothing.

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

@@KeytarArgonian As soon as I saw the actress for yen, I knew it was going to be trash. Race swapping for what? For Deflection of criticism so she can create "Her own version" of the story. She then spent all these seasons making Geralt slowly become the background character. It was her plan from the start.

[@Dannick1234]

Netflix asked me for more money, and then the witcher came out. I can do without Netflix, and this season can KMA.

[@kelechiezealaji4202]

@@refugeehugsforfree4151 There was literally nothing wrong with Yennifer's actress in this show. The problem was with the showrunners deviations towards the source material for pivotal moments. Let's stay on track here

[@japaneseimmersion566]

The should have just hired the CD Project Red writers from the start. They probobly wouldn’t have stuck to “the message” though.

[@borisfeinbrand8937]

Ciri being a snot nosed, spoiled princess that lashes out against authority and generally being a pain in the ass for everyone around her (with the exception of Dandelion and Triss tbh) is actually very faithful to the books. Thing being that book Ciri is quite a bit younger. I mean I get why they aged her up, given how she's basically seen as a brood mare by every faction after her. But in the series no character has room to develop or grow, so it just feels like they're repeating the same character beats over and over again. This season so far has been the closest they've gotten to the books... not faithful mind you, but closest.

[@FilipMoncrief]

She was never a spoiled princess in the books, especially after burning of Cintra.

[@MultiKamil97]

​@@FilipMoncrief She was. Remember that she had a lot of disputes with Yennefer when they both were in Melitele's Temple. Yennefer showed her who's the boss and then Ciri stopped being an ass when she spent more and more time with Yen.

[@FilipMoncrief]

@@MultiKamil97 that’s true, and also when she was with the rats (idk the name in English) But never ever in the way seen in this shitshow

[@KeytarArgonian]

The reason they had to spend so much time redeeming Cahir and Fringilla is because they changed their characters to be cartoonishly evil in season 1.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

Just shows you that the writers never cared about the books they're supposed to be adapting. Hell, they probably didn't even read them all before writing the show.

[@shortshins]

Henry seems like the unluckiest actor especially as he seems to take on roles he genuinely cares about .

[@TheycallmeMrWonka]

Eh?. He got the roles he would love and that's GOOD. It's a shame they don't last but I guarantee you he won't view the experiences as unlucky.

[@freddied8479]

At least he made lots of money, so you don't have to feel that sorry for him. And he's still getting roles

[@SiriusV23]

Maybe its the Superman Curse. Actors that plays as superman seems to take a hard fall later.

[@TheForever206]

We all know how this ends for Netflix.

[@Rahn-ft6qo]

Being the best thing ever

[@downhill1222]

​@@Rahn-ft6qoummmmmm no

[@adamvifrye2690]

one series that you like has 1 bad season? somehow i'm inclinded to think that wont kill a billion dollar company.

[@TheWefikus]

@@Rahn-ft6qonice try Lauren

[@TheForever206]

@@adamvifrye2690 You dont need a billion dollar company to die. You just need them to burn enough cash and for either investors or management to realize that the " audience" that they are trying to market arent big enough to warrant financial losses.

[@Lestat21500]

After seeing Blood Origin, you have to take Henry's side. We've already seen what Histrich has done to the show when abandoning the lore.

[@Ultrared1901]

Netflix had gold in their hands ... And to put it blunt , they pissed it away

[@krispyasfk2567]

Having Dandelion fall in love with Radovid who is supposed to be 13 at this time is so fucking re+@rd€d and on a similar level as Yen sacrificing Ciri.

[@skornatimmy]

Yeah I stopped watching at this point, they murdered this series.

[@mattj2692]

Wait did the gender swap radovid or....?

[@skornatimmy]

@@mattj2692 Don't remember about Radovid, played all games a read all books and this sh.t contradict everithing. Basically they made Dandelion gay. No wonder Henry left. Don't say that they should strictly follow the books but this is way too much.

[@mattj2692]

@@skornatimmy that's what I was afraid of, the self anointed ladies man of the Witcher is now gay huh. Damn and I just renewed Netflix to watch it lol

[@Punkertoon]

Alex’s cutthroat opinion is the perfect take.

[@thee_morpheus]

This show needed Alex’s hard review, garbage handling of what could’ve been a tent pole franchise

[@compatriot852]

I see Joe still hasn't fully recovered from Indiana Jones' funeral

[@kevinmillerwaynejr5852]

And lord of the rings Game lol

[@trevorgreenly4589]

nice this is how i find how indy dies when im going to see it tomorrow night

[@cleodux]

He didn't die, the op just said as a metaphor, because indy 5, indy char actually died of assassination.... lol I mean yeah he died but not die die... why you even wanna go pay money and watch indy getting butchered. Save it for mi7.

[@kreonish]

​@@trevorgreenly4589dude you shoudlnt support that trash with your money at all

[@Ytomany]

Insane how they had the books and they just said nope fuck them yennefer yennefer yennefer. Yennefer gets giant moments in the books to herself but they couldn’t wait and phased out entire areas dedicated to developing Geralt and ciri. This show could’ve been the easiest layup ever and instead we get the biggest failure due to director ego.

[@seraphthegatekeeper]

And showrunner and writer room egos

[@jonfreeman9682]

What so you're saying they railroad Geralt to the background and tuned this into the Yennifer show?

[@Ytomany]

@@jonfreeman9682 Bro the entire 3 first books are geralt Dandelion stories always ending with a big impact, yennefer is in like 3. Ciri and geralt meeting was scrapped from the show and we got a yennefer episode instead, which completly killed the whole plotline of Geralt not wanting ciri at first running from fate and the biggest impact after he thinks she is dead, finding her and saying she is more than just his destiny. The 4th book or 2nd main story book is mainly yennefer and ciri with very little Geralt the first book midway through also becomes alot of ciri and Yennefer as Geralt is gone because people are following him to get to ciri so we get Yen and her bonding, the show instead made most of the show Yennefer and dumb scenes of ciri running around the woods for no reason when its like these 2 characters have hugeeee moments to shine later on, ciri literally becomes the main character for some books while Geralt is recovering and Yennefer is presumed dead. Its sad the scenes we will never see done justice like Geralt becoming Geralt of Rivia best scene ever next to when he and ciri finally met again in the last book.

[@kriscarroll3281]

I wouldn't even mind if they spent more time on Yennifer if they didn't fuck up her personality so badly.

[@blippitybloo]

An the massive irony is......yennifer is barely in the books! You pretty much have to make stuff up for her character but to make her character this involved is insane.

[@pjpleiss]

I'm still trying to figure out how all these people are teleporting from place to place. By episode 4 I was like "what the hell? How did she suddenly travel so far that it is going to take a week and a boat ride to get back?" Or on the "Shopping Trip" where it changed from day to night to day in a single shopping trip. Exactly how big IS that market? They tried way too hard to make this into knockoff Game of Thrones

[@oodlesofnoodles7620]

CD Project should have made a Witcher TV series. They just understand the world and characters better than anyone else there. It's just that simple.

[@BedbugGaming]

Geralt dressed up like a witcher, Yenn dresses up like a sexy dark mage, and Ciri holds a mask about 3 feet in front of her face and runs around. Great costumes! 😊😊

[@ChadWinters]

She only held the mask for like a minute, then ran around just her face and hair acting like she’s disguised….it made zero sense

[@KeytarArgonian]

Even having it as a Masquerade Ball was fucking redundant because everybody already knew each other.

[@skyejacques]

Lol... It's like watching Sabrina the Teenage Witch the TV show 😂

[@nicolas.grisanti]

They fucked up a perfect book/game to be a TV show, another good one from Netflix. This one hurts because I LOVE source the material, and because of Henry, he really was the best of the show.

[@skyejacques]

Character building and maybe we'll all have a spiritual awakening as a result 😊

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

HALO ?

[@sleepup7931]

you can not save a show when you have the director and writers mocking the source material

[@skboog]

The moment Henry had an issue with the show runners and writers, they should have gotten new show runners and writers.

[@kated3165]

Gotta say it was hard for me to get into the story of Geralt taking back his ex gf who previously tried to murder his daughter, but its all forgiven now cause she said ''sorry'' and explained she was a different person then... then being a year or two ago at most. WTF were the writers thinking??! Fathers like that you typically only ever see on JCS crime channels...

[@Listek01]

As a Pole, I hope that Witcher series came back home.

[@bulldog6545]

Man I feel bad now. I hope Poles themselves do this show and do it justice.

[@Mohnatchenko]

@@bulldog6545 Well, can work. Last attempt failed (imho) cause it lacked budget. Like REALLY. Though Michał Żebrowski was great as Geralt. Maybe this time it will be different. Good luck to Poles.

[@nolilado5452]

This feels more like a eulogy for the series than a review.

[@JonDoe..]

The best scenes, as throughout the series, are when Henry is on-screen, sadly Geralt has been reduced to making cameos in his own show. This season so far, boring af.

[@lindvi0r]

I've never gotten into Warhammer but I know it's got a huge following and Henry is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to learning about that universe. I really hope they do him right, how does he keep getting screwed by these roles.

[@TheJJ42]

I can't have been the only one to know that it was Vilgefortz since the beginning of the season. It seems like they are finally doing something after his sussy behavior at the end of the first season.

[@SurfNinjas]

I couldn't even finish Part 1. I'm not surprised Cavill quit.

[@BedbugGaming]

The pacing and world-building are a disaster. Hissrich and team had absolutely no idea what they were doing. The early seasons of GoT did this masterfully.

[@GrandCrusader]

On the internet no one is addressing the fact that they made Dandelion gay I have nothing against gay characters there's several in The Witcher universe, but Jaskier is not one of them. In the books and games he's a very well known womanizer He's been with many many many women including Anna Henrietta the Duchess of Toussiant. Heck Even his cross-dressing elf friend, Elihal states that dandelion never got with him because he wasn't "into that".

[@itshobogoblin]

Screenwriters are clueless just trying to push their owns view points on how iconic characters SHOULD be

[@DracoMonge]

Probably because it doesn't matter and doesn't change the character at all.

[@itshobogoblin]

⁠@@DracoMongehow do you turn a womanizer character gay wtf 💀💀💀

[@The_Gravemind]

​@@DracoMongeyes, yes it does.

[@DracoMonge]

​@@The_Gravemindhow? Tell me one thing that changed his character. I'm not trolling or anything, I legit wish to know because at least for me he was just like he was on the last 2 seasons. They could made the kings brother a women who try to seduce him and it wouldn't change a thing.

[@A.J._Bennett]

I just want to say thank you to Angry Joe and Alex for getting me into the witcher years ago (because of the Witcher 3 review). Never heard of it until watching that review. Absolutely love the lore of the witcher. I just Don't understand why Hollywood hates the source material for all of these movies/shows. Also, the missed treatment of Henry is unconscionable...I hope he does great things with the war hammer series.

[@wingedhussar1453]

Netflix is at fault they hired a drama showrunner who made teen dramas not fantasy shows. Even the showrunner refused to do it as she had no experience in fantasy shows yet they hired her

[@Creski777]

Gave up in season 2 when Eskiel was red shirted. Everything this series has done has pushed actual fans away chasing the tumblr crowd. The only people who care are Jaskier/Geralt shippers.

[@darthcinema4262]

I gave up by Season 2 as well. Same with The Mandalorian

[@kylelenertz5509]

Not that the season 2 changes were great, but they gave eskel and the other witchers way more screen time than they should have gotten. They are completely unimportant to the story.

[@KabbalahSherry]

​@@darthcinema4262- What's wrong w/the Mandalorian? 🤨 I thought season 3 wasn't as good as the first two seasons... but it wasn't so bad that I felt like giving up on the show entirely or something.

[@darthcinema4262]

@@KabbalahSherry It felt like it started relying too much on guest characters, the storyline got dull and repetitive, and just sheer loss of love for Star Wars as a whole

[@faiyazahmed1029]

You guys managed to make the review more interesting than the show. Loved all the character name changes, specially Radovid to Raditz 😂

[@m16dude967]

DBZA Krillin: So that means you'll be sticking around for a whole series of adventures??!! Now Raditz: *internally and externally screaming*

[@4589dude]

As a fan of the books, the political intrigue and time spent on other characters is something you want. Issue is the show waters it down so much and does a poor job pacing it. Most of the scenes concerning politics are kinda treated like jokes sometimes. There's also character assassinations happening left and right. Dijkstra is a clown, Yen is a jolly teenager, Ciri is a self centered brat, Geralt sometimes acts uncharacteristically childish and emo, Emhyr is a frat boy (he's supposed to be more like Tywin Lannister in demeanor), Vizimir is being played like he's in a stage comedy, Philippa doesn't have her commanding presence and she rivals Padmé Amidala in how many stupid looking wacky hairstyles she has scene to scene, Jaskier has too much angst and lost his poetic wit (also what's with the make-up?), and I'm sure im forgetting some more. There are a few nuggets here and there where a small scene from the books is actually adapted relatively well, but it's amidst all this hogwash. It feels like those are the moments that Henry had to fight so hard to get in the show, because they're the only things with any heart or respect for the source material. It's not supposed to be the Geralt show. The novels were always about Ciri and the grander plot with the mages and kings, and Geralt is the audience vessel and the one having to navigate this world while obviously having deep stake in it. The games are like this too, especially Witcher 2. I wish they DID just endeavor to make a serialized "Witcher adventures" kind of show where every episode is a new monster hunt and moral dilemma, because at least that would be easier for these writers to tackle.

[@keaneder]

I completely agree with what you said about a show with monster hunts every episode.

[@thanotos3013]

ALL OF THIS is a prime example of how to maturely critique a show. Blaming it on wokeness instead of pointing out the sheer arrogance of the writers room to make the many core changes you mentioned for the sake of leaving their mark on the IP only serves to validate their whole “Henry and the fans are just toxic righ-wing gamers” defence. The problem was never that the fictional fantasy show released in 2023 had black and bisexual people in it, it was that the writers didn’t use their screen presence effectively to tell a compelling story. Deviating from source material isn’t an automatic disqualification, but the changes have to improve the story and aid in adapting it to a visual medium. Nothing these writers did ever accomplished that, or anything for that matter.

[@callofsweden]

I never comment on anything, but this is so spot on. I had to fast forward, some scenes were unbearable.. It feels like a bad school play at times. And these aren't the characters from the books as you so accurately point out.

[@_revan9226]

Thank you! been waiting for someone to have the right take.

[@Synlidwirh]

A well mad take... I would only disagree that the moral dilemma from netflix would likely boil down to Geralt wrong, monster good cause the writers hate the source material. but a witcher adventures with monster of the week could be awesome and kind of wish Henry could buy the rights to the series to make it proper. I'd even donate to him crowdfunding it for the fans.

[@dragonuv65]

I bet all the writers and actors who aren't into nerdy stuff were always like "ugh he's such a nerd, just go play with your miniature toys."

[@MrYadiy]

Imagine Peter Jackson as the showrunner & Henry as the executive producer.

[@Ioganstone]

SNIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFF. That's some good Copium

[@bustcard]

come for AJ, stay for Alex. i love it when Alex just climbs to the top rope and pats his elbow.

[@SJ45acp]

The girl who stole Ciri's money during the Wyvern fight might be Mistle. Mistle was one of those Rat bandits that Ciri joined in the books. I bet she will be Ciri's love interest in the next season or 2 since they almost did that in the books.

[@canadious6933]

God I hated the Rats in the books...and I can't remember why lmao. It's been so long since I read the books but I remember them taking up a lot of time with Ciri and that annoyed me.

[@qbel4255]

​@@canadious6933maybe because Mistle saved Ciri from being r*ped by their leader and then assaulted her herself, Rats were actually dubious people and their relationship was a Stockholm Syndrome throughout

[@kylelenertz5509]

If anything that would (or at least should) be Iskra not Mistle.

[@KeytarArgonian]

‘Almost did that in the books’ Uh… they 100% did that in the books 😂

[@Revan-eb1wb]

there was no love interest between them both in the books. Mistle raped ciri. There was no romance

[@KeepitABuck50]

Sad thing is you can see the chemistry the cast has with Henry. Without him this show is done. It's obvious he's the glue.

[@TheKickass85]

He's the only reason why anyone is watching the show, he brings gravitas to the characters in the show without him the show gong to tank and I'm sorry Liam Hemsworth is not on the same level as Henry Cavill

[@emhu2594]

Just cancel the show. I don't need to see part 2.

[@KeytarArgonian]

The show was done the moment they finished writing season 2. With, or without Cavill.

[@jonbaxter2254]

The cast interviews with him are always fun, everyone has good banter and back and forth.

[@whodatninja439]

He and yen has no chemistry

[@Kazanko28]

Episode 5: Djikstra sneaks up on Geralt and holds a knife to his neck. Episode 1 or 2: I didn't dodge, because I heard you aiming to miss. Hmmm...

[@manynukes11]

I couldn't finish it. Episode 1 was promising but halfway through episode 3 I gave up, and I felt like doing that during episode 2

[@gthakur17]

oh boy you should watch episode 5 , you will burn down your entire house in anger

[@skyejacques]

You saved yourself time and heartache ❤

[@iridiumoxide.5273]

This never should have happened. Netflix had another GoT level show on a silver platter...but the ego of they showrunners got in the way. Christ sakes.

[@niccolomanahan7775]

Episode 1 getting an 8/10 was a big surprise. It felt like a 5 to me, so I'm really afraid to know how the other episodes fare given the gradually diminishing grades. Funny to hear Joe say he doesn't care for political intrigue and factions because the books are, like, 50% political intrigue (at least in this part of the story, haven't gotten past to the other books yet), in fact, they're even more intricate and deep than what we see in the show. I don't envy the writers their tough task of balancing the political drama with the fun/emotional drama of the books. I just dunno what made them think it would help if they mangled the original story and invented boring intrigues of their own XD. Like Joe speculates, maybe a better writing team could have made the original story work with an exciting pace. Who knows?

[@IGarrettI]

Overall this season was much better than season 2, that tbh I don't remember much of. It still had the same underlying issues of not following the books, cheap effects, bad pacing, confusing story. It's awful

[@niccolomanahan7775]

@@IGarrettI good to know, season 2 was painful to watch. I’m with you on not remembering much; I forgot what they did to Cahir 😅

[@IGarrettI]

@@niccolomanahan7775 same lol

[@sy-ky_buddy4603]

If im being honest Other Joe is a bit dumb and wouldn't understand the political intrigue.

[@myname6386]

good writing of political intrigue doesn't seem like political intrigue. Whole point of it, but it was just done very poorly here. It should make you feel like on the edge of your seat and like what is going to happen next excited.

[@radis_noi_r]

Personally I'd love to see a more episodic format (which worked great for ST strange new worlds) and see more of the "sidequests Geralt". One or two episodes quests. Lot of monsters lore, witchers, vampires ... you know everything awesome about the game in a TV show ... mehi'm not so much into those court intrigues

[@hairtrigger8317]

I watched part 1 of season 3 and I barely even remember anything that happened because it was just that forgettable. It's such a shame the writers and people in charge ruined this but not at all surprising, I pretty much expect them to ruin everything at this point. Props to Henry for doing everything he could to make it work though.

[@chewychewbacca203]

Oh boi after watching the first part of the season.... lets just say ive been looking forward to this vid.

[@akehaiov]

If only they have some books or something to follow

[@mix1ro]

I wonder what the viewership dropoff will be for season 4. it would be interesting to see the stats

[@ElderNewt]

Can't even call this a bad fan fic.. it's not even written by fans.

[@starhammer5247]

Even bad fanfics are normally written with passion by fans of the source material.

[@Uenbg]

There's a new Galadriel on the rise, Ciri.

[@thebutchersboy1138]

When did Margarita become a plus-size sorceress?

[@Grimzilla32]

That goes against the whole point of Sorceresses! They're supposed to be breathtakingly beautiful because it's another way for them to manipulate Kingly Courts!

[@gokrtkd816]

@grimzilla32 exactly!! These “body positive” sorceresses are just shit

[@BoddickerOCP]

Cause "yassssssss queen" is why.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

Because whoever is in charge of casting on this show is addicted to snorting tweets

[@fredjonest2834]

The books are incredible, and contrary to popular belief, the events in the books DO NOT OVERLAP WITH THE VIDEO GAMES The Video Games take place as an original story after the event of the books. The books end very well, but leave a lot of loose ends and unanswered question, and the video game answers them perfectly. I was so excited to see the fans of the games experience THE REAL WITCHER story. Now I am so sad to see all of you will never experience THE REAL WITCHER unless you read the books. The Audio Books are really good.

[@NarutoSSj6]

Peter Kenny is a menace. Some of the ultra British voice with extreme pitch are downright toxic. It was killing my mood whenever i need to listen to something to relax.

[@Shertowin]

I’m glad I read all the books and played Witcher 1 after beating Witcher 3 for the third time They’re way better then the show

[@3choblast3r4]

Just read the books people, reading is good for you. And unless you have a good reason, I would suggest reading over listening.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

I highly recommend reading the books. They're a joy to experience.

[@mmehdi3437]

I've read some of the books, they are not world class. Unlike Witcher 3 video game which is the main reason why we have this show right now

[@itz_x_salvation395]

It's sad to think this story could have been just as legendary as the books and the games. The people who wrote this should be absolutely ashamed.

[@Talcor]

Based on how henry said he had to fight really hard to get more lines as the main character i think its pretty clear theyve been mistreating him for a long time

[@gmorkins6006]

Its so depressing watching these incompetent studios and directors just WASTE the talent and potential they are given time and again.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

I swear this first volume restarted the story 7-9 times within each episode like someone had filmed 24 episodes, chopped it all up, sewed 5 episodes out of the carnage, and called it good.

[@deganhardt77]

it was definitely going on during season 2. never forget lauren hissrich wanted to make Roach's death a comedic scene and Henry refused to allow that.

[@skyejacques]

Daymn.

[@tovek77]

I was not aware of that. Man I would have been so passed if that scene happened. All the original content the show has added has been trash. Unfiltered trash.

[@Ioganstone]

These psycho directors you never know what you're gonna get. Usually they use animals to tear jerk you, but now they show their true colors, just using the animals to mock humans. The animals always lose, though.

[@jameskennedy9232]

Lauren Hissrich is basically Satan.

[@ethanm142]

As a long time fan of the Witcher I can gladly say that I have not watched season 3 at all. I will not hate watch it, nor will I watch after it gets cancelled. I initially wanted to watch the show for Henry and give him some support but with how the second season was I am not even remotely interested in watching season 3. You have been given a Goose that is able to make golden eggs and they decided to kill the goose. We need more people like Henry in the acting work place and we need people who actually know the source material and who like the source material to actually produce something that people like. I would say it was fun while it lasted but the headache I've gotten from the show is simply not worth my time.

[@totticosta2977]

Honestly this series is the main reason I dont give a fuck about the writters strike, they want to be paid more when they're making shit like this

[@Kerek77]

As someone who never played the games or read the book I spend half the time trying to remember all the side characters and what their motivations are.

[@mmehdi3437]

As someone who had played the witcher 3, while reading some of the books, i confused people and their motivations too

[@Ioganstone]

Milfguardian leviosa!

[@Mocakola]

Joe is way too lenient on these scores. None of these episodes deserved higher than a 4/10. Below average on all counts.

[@SombraCheeks]

its because he worships Henry Cavill

[@nathanielhoban5235]

We hope Henry plays as James Bond I feel so bad for the actor he’s been screwed over so much it’s not fair

[@Vysedragon]

This season felt very Gerlt lacking and that’s the saddest part

[@TheMelancholicWriter]

Here are my thoughts: Margarita; - I’m so angry with how they ruined the Sorceresses. Margarita (Lizzo in the show) is one of the most beautiful women alive, and a genuinely kind and compassionate person. In the show? Nah she’s a fat black chick that physically and emotionally abuses her students… Even slaps Ciri upon their first meeting! A girl she was determined to help and train without an ulterior motive. Politics; - The political stuff is essentially trying to emulate GoT, however there’s no weight or substance to it. We don’t really see the Kingdoms. We’re told Redania is the strongest Northern Realm, but there’s no display of that strength. Show us their military being built up subtly throughout the show? Show us their industry and establish the economic importance of the Kingdom. When we’re introduced to Redania it’s a scene where 2 nobles try to assassinate the King, but we don’t know why. And Vizimir appears incompetent despite being strong in the books. We’re also given a “shocking” scene where his Queen is killed this season, kicking off the war. Okay…. Shouldn’t that be important? Why not have a subplot where she’s actually a good ruler trying to avoid war and undermine Djikstra? Establish the diplomat, Ambassador Var Attre, and explore Nilfgaard as an Empire, not just a big cult. Then when the Queen is killed it’s actually impactful because we sympathise with her being the rational and compassionate leader. - Now, Radovid. Making him an adult was the biggest L. His extremism and sociopathy is caused by Philippa abusing him over his childhood. What they should have done was cast a late teen, and have him as the son from Vizimir’s first marriage. But instead of the typical disdain between son & stepmum, have them actually love each other. So when the Queen is killed we see it affects Radovid, and a series of flashes showing he was assisting her secretly throughout her subplot! Thus he knows Djikstra & Phil are responsible, and it’s the catalyst for his tyrannical journey. - Him being gay? It’s pure diversity quota. There’s no narrative reason for it to be written that way. It’s done because there aren’t any gays in the books, AND to give Jaskier more screentime. Even though they could’ve had him helping the Queen. What’s worse is that the Radovid actor looks like he’s constantly on the verge of tears and sounds like a whipped dog. Elves & Nilfgaard; - Cahir has basically been doing nothing since Sodden. In the books he doesn’t actually do anything until the Thanedd Coup, where he tries to help Ciri, then later joins Geralt’s Hanse. So as a means to drive a wedge between him and Emhyr he’s demoted and forced to murder his friend and a valuable ally to the Empire. Why would you trust him Emhyr? He’s just proven he’ll betray anyone! Even worse is that Emhyr chose the wrong Elf to kill. Francesca wants Ciri which makes her a threat. Rebel Elf wants to actually focus on fighting the North and doesn’t care about Ciri! Perfect ally… - Fringilla is worthless. She’s so unimportant we don’t even see her planning and executing her escape. In the book she’s identical in appearance to Yen and sent to seduce and distract Geralt in Toussaint for a few months, and that’s it. So they obviously can’t do that in the future seasons. They should have had her and Cahir escape, try and live in exile, then he kills her to get back into Emhyr’s favour. Perhaps she meets Ciri, plans to kill her for revenge, and Cahir’s intervention leads to tracking Ciri and proposing the Thanedd attack. That would have actually given characters shit to do! There’s just so much wrong with this show. The “writers” should honestly be ashamed.

[@Azazin187]

It's amazing that the writers, who didn't learn anything from their mistakes in season 2 and Blood Origin, keep continuing to write some of the worst, nonsensical stuff, and Netflix is like: "Yeah, do at least two more seasons".

[@MrREAPERsz]

Netflix is just weird. Really weird. Weirder than me and that's saying something.

[@NgaBalkan]

Well ciri wanting to save her friends is of the books, she really does take stupid decisions. Although, that scene with the white roses. I have no idea why yennifer and rience was there. Triss should have been there after spending a winter at kaer morhen, she was very sick and yarking (spell) was the only one that wanted to help so they rode with them. This is from the blood of elves. Pls pls pls for everyone, read the books! They are truly amazing and every action MAKES SENSE!

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

Remember in Blood of Elves when Geralt and Dandelion are at Oxenfurt University? Yeah that entire part of of the book is completely cut from the show. But they still kept the fight between Geralt and Rience, which is supposed to happen in Oxenfurt but without any of the context that leads to it. That's how nonsensical and insultingly bad this show is.

[@NgaBalkan]

@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation helt enig!!

[@Daniel__Nobre]

It’s going to be interesting to see how cinema and TV history will look into these last couple of decades. Probably it will highlight how despite the me too movement having pushed for questions and conversations and topics in scriptwriting that were long overdue it also overstayed its welcome and quickly became a marketing tool to sell media products. The other point I think it will highlight from these recent years is how incredible franchises are put in the hands of incompetent people with egos the size of skyscrapers. People who despite their lack of skill and passion clearly believe they can do better than the authors of the source material themselves.. it’s so crazy.

[@TEEANVEE]

I think about this too. I think a comebacks coming in the next 10-15 years

[@simonl2072]

The age of 30 something writers from a generation of ivy colleges who all end up in LA that believe ethnic diversity and unsubtle blunt ideology messaging is so important that it trumps story structure, historic context, interlectual property significance and respect for the needs of their audience.

[@casualrider983]

@@simonl2072 That's exactly what they learned at those schools lmao

[@simonl2072]

@@casualrider983 I cannot understand how they get such good jobs without nepotism. A writer used to argue about the conflict in Chaucer and Shakespeare's works..now they talk about having read all the Harry potters and twilight and saying they don't like to read source materials because they "want to use their own ideas." It's mental.

[@stefvanroey8191]

Tbf i think this will be looked upon as a very capitalist time. Tropes that will generate discourse are prioritized over making art. But the effects will be great.

[@edboymovies]

There's a new season of Star Trek New Worlds, ya'll going to review that? Would be good for streaming reviews and really enjoyed the reviews for the first season

[@tomtodd7020]

The Witcher lore is built for a Monster(or quest) of the week type of episodic series. With an over arching plot that can conclude over season(s). Instead we just get a mess with not enough Witcher, and 50 different side plots that felt pointless and confusing. I need one of those thread-boards trying to figure out what the heck is actually going on.

[@seanmacha2668]

Not that it matters, but in my mind as a book reader and even in the show. Geralts mother being a powerful druid is why he succeeded in the witcher trials, maybe its just me hoping she wasn't as bad as we think. Seeing visions of the future were so common for some magic users in the lore, she saw his success as a witcher, maybe the alternative she saw was far worse.

[@sailaway30]

I have slowly been noticing and seeing Joe come to a realization that Hollywood keeps screwing up properties that he cares about and I can tell he’s starting to get really tired of it

[@janirobe]

Water is wet

[@zact4980]

He's a little late to that realization, Hollywood has been doing this for years now

[@sailaway30]

@@zact4980 Better late than never I guess

[@KanyeT1306]

He's taking his sweet time, and maybe he will _finally_ understand why this keeps occurring.

[@sailaway30]

@@KanyeT1306 Knowing Joe, he probably eventually will

[@2dualshott23]

This review is more entertaining than season 3😂

[@jajssblue]

Cancelled Netflix in May. Haven't missed anything.

[@AndreiKapsamun]

Having read all the books several times and played through "The Witcher" video games series, when I heard about Netflix making a TV show adaptation of the books (and let's not forget, guys, they initially promised us an adaptation of the books) I really had some hope for it, as I really wanted to see a better adaptation than the old Polish one, known as "Hexer". However, as we started getting news about the requirements for the cast, I began feeling that the showrunners would not make an accurate adaptation, but I still hoped that the show would be a success. And then the first season came out. Having just watched it, I did not think it was really bad, I was just sitting and staring at the screen thinking that it felt odd, that there were some "wtf?" moments, not fitting the script and the characters from the books I remembered very good. Then, when I started to reflect on those "wtf" moments, that's when I realised that it was bad, as I realised that they managed to ruin or at least portray in a wrong way all the major and minor characters and events (take, for instance, the way they screwed up Geralt and Dandelion's friendship or how they dealt with Mousesack/Ermion), let alone all them changing some of the topics of the original work with the ones they deemed relevant (which in fact were not fitting the Witcher's world at all). After this realisation, to say I was disappointed would be an understatement and I decided that I would wait the community and reviewers' reaction to the 2nd season before watching it myself. I thought it could be worse than the first season was, but I couldn't even imagine the bloody scale of "you done f-d it up", the quantity and "quality" of the changes these people made. So I didn't even watch the series, because based on a really detailed review it was clear to me that it is not "The Witcher" anymore, I mean the names, the brand, the labels seem to be correct, however what's inside is anything but what was described by Sapkowski, and all the problems the TV show had in the first season got way worse. I understood that Netflix's "The Witcher" series is dead from this point of view and there was no sense in wasting my time to watch it and to destroy my impressions I had based on books and games. I consider the animated series and the "blood origin" to be a profanation of the decaying corpse Netflix's show has become and nothing more than a desire to make some dosh out of the franchise while there is still some audience, the animated series having no respect whatsoever for the source material and being rather an adaptation of "Monstrum, or a Portrayal of Witchers", a perfect demonstration what the showrunners and writers think of "The Witcher" franchise. The 3d season, despite the promises to correct things, clearly was unable to unf*ck all the f*ck ups of the series and, based on what you're telling us here guys, it failed; even worse so, it has some flaws of its own. It pains me to see how this amazing universe has been disfigured by some incompetent, lacking creativity and respect, arrogant showrunners and writers. To all people who desire to get acquainted with the Neverland, I recommend to go and read the books and play the three games that exist to date (as luckily those, I guess, cannot be destroyed), and never touch the Netflix's series, even with a ten-foot pole, as it is not worth your time and money. Even the old "Hexer" TV show is way better, though it's quite outdated nowadays.

[@zepenance9571]

Imagine having the ability to animate one of the greatest gaming RPG's in history... and you botch it so bad that your extremely passionate lead actor leaves and your fans revolt. Tough times

[@victorvankrupp8137]

Thanks as always Joe this video confirms I won’t bother watching it