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@kreese-yi2nb5 жыл бұрын
@@cruelkid420 Now you can go away.
@johnrockwell58345 жыл бұрын
Netflix include many scenes and storylines non-existent in the book that are obviously feminist like how male society treats them so bad and women are just objects in one of the speeches the Yennifer makes in the scene when she had to guard the woman about to be assassinated for not bearing a son. There is also the armor design that is wanting.
@MLPDethDealr325 жыл бұрын
I recently started playing the Witcher 3, and man am i having fun. I love the investigative aspect of it as much as i love the combat aspect. Also, i think it was stated that Cavil is a fan of the books and games. More then the showrunner is apparently
@KegHound865 жыл бұрын
Drinker you magnificent bastard! I'd love to hear your take on Netflix's Lost in Space.
@braydoxastora55845 жыл бұрын
I guess Tywin is EFAPS Spirit Animal
@aguyfromnothere5 жыл бұрын
The only part of this show that was near perfect was Henry Cavill as Geralt. He was amazing.
@Acesahn5 жыл бұрын
Well... if he didn't speak in a Batman voice...
@misanthropicservitorofmars21165 жыл бұрын
Acesahn he should have gone for a more natural voice but it’s still not bad. Him and dandelion are good. Yen is the next best. Everyone else is basically garbage.
@vodkavecz5 жыл бұрын
@@Acesahn He played the game way before the series, and loved it. I'd say he took Doug Cockle's voice as Geralt as inspiration.
@Mungstein5 жыл бұрын
Iron Tusk Yes in the first episodes when Yen is deformed I felt for her and I think the actress did some great work. But once she became uber-sorcerer-goddess she lost her appeal and got kind of annoying.
@AB85115 жыл бұрын
@@Mungstein I found pretty much in line with female nature...
@Jason-jt3pz5 жыл бұрын
“The Fresh Prince of Rivendale” I almost spit out my drink on that one
@KeytarArgonian5 жыл бұрын
Wtf is rivendale? You mean Rivendell 🤣
@MrTheJo925 жыл бұрын
same.. also: *rivendell
@mrhed0nist5 жыл бұрын
@@KeytarArgonian Maybe thinking of Emmerdale :D
@lungbutter3615 жыл бұрын
@@KeytarArgonian how bout ramitupyourassdale?
@sammgaming6765 жыл бұрын
Haha yeah I nearly choked.
@yellowfellow72465 жыл бұрын
Henry Cavill lifted this average show on his shoulders when he killed that first monster in the first shot of the first episode, and proceeded to carry it all the way to the finish line like an absolute boss. This show's survival in the long run basically depends on him.
@Daniel189HLL5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was shite and he was the only good thing in it
@malcolmalden5 жыл бұрын
@Seaworth he's English
@rogthepirate45935 жыл бұрын
@Seaworth miscast? He absolutely nails the role, I doubt very much one could validly consider that "miscast".
@rogthepirate45935 жыл бұрын
@Seaworth Why the fuck is it relevant what other roles he plays? He's neither plump nor groomed, he plays a mutant guy who kills monsters for a living, who is adequately ripped as he should be with that kind of job. He also understands and plays an established character extremely well and on point, if you see this as a miscast you should probably get those eyes checked.
@rogthepirate45935 жыл бұрын
@Seaworth I'm not even a native speaker, but even so, it ain't my fault you're incapable of making a coherent point. Stop projecting.
@serioushamster3 жыл бұрын
Xenophobia is supposed to be a big issue in the Witcher world, yet it is barely even acknowledged in the show.
@dago64103 жыл бұрын
Hopefully, it will get better later ;P
@Effisso3 жыл бұрын
Lol not in today's political climate
@andreadebernardis43903 жыл бұрын
fr, wasn't a pretty good part of Geralt being kind of an asshole the fact that he was treated like shit at the start of his career as a Witcher?
@miikaIS3 жыл бұрын
@@andreadebernardis4390 Well, as @xoddamCXVII said, not going to happen as in books in todays political scene. It is okay to treat Geralt as shit as he is a male character and white. Don't expect anyone else to be treated so.
@tjlazer66313 жыл бұрын
@@dago6410 And it didn't
@sanguinius39385 жыл бұрын
The people from the forest were not elves, they were Dryads, but still, Dryads weren't black in the books, they have green skin, but their phenotype features are Northern European as well
@535phobos5 жыл бұрын
Not to forget that Eithné is described as "silver eyed", so naturally we get a black woman with dark, almost black eyes.
@UncleSev5 жыл бұрын
yeah it's pretty obvious this is made by "progressives" Americans with a hard on for the SJW mindset. They couldn't give less of shit about doing books from Europe correct.
@karlosthejackel695 жыл бұрын
You fired on Monday
@Vesnicie5 жыл бұрын
They had to fight really hard to get a blond Ciri because at first they decided to go BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic).
@wojtekwieczorek63975 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, they didn't have green skin, they painted it that way
@chbend5 жыл бұрын
Honestly I was amazed that their was a woman in a piece of media who's goal was to be a mother.
@logorex5 жыл бұрын
Hilarious though that she gives up the ability to have children, and now has regrets doing it. Love it.
@kevinclark91765 жыл бұрын
chhand true. She is kind of the anti-feminist in that seeking being a “strong, independent woman” left her empty and unsatisfied.
@oslafoirausuebutuoy54575 жыл бұрын
She also left a sensitive, nerdy guy who loves her for the good looking chad who kills monsters.
@Geiger3735 жыл бұрын
@@oslafoirausuebutuoy5457 The nerd rejected her after she had rejected him MANY times.
@Gauntlet12124 жыл бұрын
And it's totally "their" fault that she can't have babies anymore. "They took away my choice!" No, bitch, you had the opportunity to travel the land with a man who loved you, but that would be "slow suicide" according to you. You then begged a guy to do the transformation, dude told you the consequences but you didn't care. That she's blaming some ominous "them" and not herself is peak irony. Fvck that show and fvck netflix.
@benrig894 жыл бұрын
I really liked the striga episode. It felt like a very well-crafted mini horror movie.
@Ar1AnX1x4 жыл бұрын
it's the third episode, right? I thought it's just me but I enjoyed that episode more than the rest of the episodes combined.
@benrig894 жыл бұрын
@@Ar1AnX1x If this show was a more traditional network effort like X files that episode would make a pretty good case for 'monster-of-the-week' episodes fitting the Witcher really well.
@ThriceFan164 жыл бұрын
@@benrig89 Holy crap that would've been way better. And the beginning of the first episode kind of fools you into thinking that's what the show is gonna be
@ChoseDeath4 жыл бұрын
I'm with you all. That was my favorite episode by far! I actually did really like the show though. So we'll see how it goes.
@Mona-kg6hy4 жыл бұрын
@@benrig89 I would have worried that it would have become something like supernatural though. Spn was mostly that, with some plot in between, which then spiralled into fifteen seasons with shit like fighting Satan fifty times, killing death, constant "here is a big bad that's totally worse than the last one," ending with shit like god himself having a sister. It was shit, but brought in the money
@Boomer_among_Zoomers3 жыл бұрын
"The fresh Prince of Rivendel". This fucking killed me, well done
@DutchPlanDerLinde3 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA
@efxnews47763 жыл бұрын
Lol
@efxnews47763 жыл бұрын
I'm brazilian, and i got offended by that, it's pretty fucking stupid cast a bunch of pardos (this is what the government calls mixed people here) to interpret characters in a EUROPEAN FOLKLORE based story... Imagine if these woke retards discover that the native Tupi-guarini mithology is full of gods that have white skin and white hair, granted that this white skin gods are usually evil ones like Anhangua (although they would probably mistake him for a good one), but imagine this stupid woke folks screaming to the sky because someone decide to make a series about this gods and cast actors properly? Or if they discover that the african based religions like candomblé and umbanda, all these african gods here in Brazil are white like Iemanja?
@r.d.62903 жыл бұрын
Prince of Rivenhood
@Mikri902 жыл бұрын
Same. Had to pause to laugh it off :D
@jeck9885 жыл бұрын
The 2 bishes helping the dragons are the only use of “inclusion” that makes sense considering it explains they came from Zerekania which is Witcher Arabia/Africa
@Carphil075 жыл бұрын
Eli Odum I thought exact the same thing, all the others felt out of place except them. I don’t remember if they say where they are from in the show but by their outfit you can guess it’s some African inspired country, so it works
@jeck9885 жыл бұрын
Carlos Oliveira yea the giant deserts yen goes teleporting to is prolly close enough. The dudes who imprison you in the Witcher 3 dlc is from there as well it’s a hole thing that makes their seamless “diversity” even stranger
@dragonchr155 жыл бұрын
You could also explain Yenefer's appearance as she was a bastard child. Also, blacks are not from "Arabia."
@jeck9885 жыл бұрын
SD obviously not however its not “Arabia” at all but an analogue for the general “African eastern” vibe. Yen’s bastardy is between an essentially English peasant and an elfy boi she’s fine. If you wanna talk about unexpected appearance due to strange casting decisions look at triss.
@paulbenedict12895 жыл бұрын
They weren't black in the comic book.
@TheBskids4 жыл бұрын
I thought they were gonna give Yennefer the Captain Marvel treatment. I was surprised she actually had to work for what she wanted and wasn't just instantly good at everything.
@liampatrick31104 жыл бұрын
Captain Marvel DID have to work for what she wanted and was in no way PERFECT.
@River-pg1uk3 жыл бұрын
@@liampatrick3110 you mean where whenever she has any challenge she gets a power up and immediately wins. Or when she straight up gets power from an engine and is somehow more powerful than both Thor, hulk and base level thanos.
@zbarrett7273 жыл бұрын
But why bewbs at every chance possible. Sigh
@ThunderTaker12153 жыл бұрын
I also really liked how supremely selfish and unlikable she is.
@idreeskhan88853 жыл бұрын
Yennefer was complex and done well, The Witcher I guess is who he is, Ciri though omg I just rolled my eyes every time she was on screen. She had no originality.
@thelastminuteman75134 жыл бұрын
I heard Cavill is an actual fan of the games and this was his dream role. It's too bad the writers don't share his passion for the source material.
@NKraven884 жыл бұрын
Geralt i felt was done reasonable well...... The rest of the show was all over the place..... and time. Wizard fighting swordsman on top of hill/ cliff. Uses magic to keep summoning his sword, all i could think was Aard that bugger off the hill. Hell you are a wizard so your magic is stronger then a Witchers.
@thelastminuteman75134 жыл бұрын
@@paulandclaudia3765 I know, I've been waiting for a proper translation into english. With that said I'd bet that CDPR did a better job adhering to the source material unlike the writers of the show openly admitting they pushed their leftist agenda.
@thelastminuteman75134 жыл бұрын
@@paulandclaudia3765what are you saying "because the writers a woman" no because the writer is literally an SJW who brags avout using The Witcher as a saop box to push her ideology. Let's put it this way the writer literally commented on a scene they wrote in where a black and a white character have sex while a group of elite white scholars watch and applaud. She claimed this scene was to celebrate "diversity". I have no problem with interracial relations but WTF. On top of that even my friends who arent into politics love the game like the show but admit it focuses too much on Yennifer and the other female characters. Its literally called "The Witcher". Imagine if they made a remake of Cinderella that focused on the prince?
@thelastminuteman75134 жыл бұрын
@@paulandclaudia3765 as far as that sex scene I'll take the writers word for what she meant. As far as The Witcher in general I'll continue to play the games and wait for the books. Lol 2020 and people still claim to not know what an SJW is, I'm guessing you never went to college or haven't been on Twitter.
@thelastminuteman75134 жыл бұрын
@@paulandclaudia3765 then why are you here?you know that's kind of the "Critical drinkers" thing he calls out shitty writers of books movies tv and video games for putting social ideology over interesting characters and storytelling. That's why I like this channel. Do you think I care that you don't care your show far left propaganda? Enjoy it bro lap that shit up. Just don't waste my time like I give a shit about your opinion. Actually the last wish was the first to be translated to english in 2007 with the follwing 7 dropping every year or 2 until 2018 out order oddly enough as well. And I can tell you they weren't available in the U.S. last I checked probably 2016 or 2017 i couldn't find them but thanks for letting me know they're available I'd much rather read the books from the(a) real writer then waste my time with scrotum armor Nilfgaardians.
@Revz8bit2 жыл бұрын
I feel that the opening of Game of Thrones with the map, and how it changed across seasons, did alot more world building than people give it credit for.
@gregoryowain20732 жыл бұрын
Agreed, that opening was a stroke of genius.
@_Just_John Жыл бұрын
Having sense of a place and time is very important. I remember when I read Metro 2033-35 series having map inside the book helped immensely. So when I read Witcher books years ago, I had a massive map of the world in my phone to check where characters are and where they are going.
@stitch77100 Жыл бұрын
I think it changed at every episode, depending on what was going to happen during the episode. Not only between seasons. (But I'm not sure, as I don't remember if they show, for example, the wall every time, even when it did not appear in the show)
@DixieWhiskey5 жыл бұрын
Geralt: "I like Fringilla because she looks like Yenn and reminds me of her." Writers: "Better make sure she's inexplicably black with no similarities."
@kenhagler71665 жыл бұрын
And of course Fringilla is Nilfgardian who never went to Aretuza. I think it's best to just consider them two separate characters: Real Fringilla, and Affirmative Action Fringilla.
@kolbywilliams62885 жыл бұрын
How many times has a moron called you racist for making that comment? Lol
@lars99255 жыл бұрын
@@kenhagler7166 At least she's a bad guy and not a flawless mary sue.
@danisalusha57395 жыл бұрын
I swear this channel is safe heaven for racist.
@lars99255 жыл бұрын
@@danisalusha5739 It's much more racist to black wash characters than to criticize those methods and the same applies to gender swapping and sexism. Characters should match their templates!
@S1ipperyJim4 жыл бұрын
I can't help but notice you didn't mention Triss in the show even once...which is fitting because for me she was poorly portrayed and cast
@chalp12904 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Triss is powerful. Geralt cares for her deeply. Hopefully they delve into her character in season 2.
@sammyfreeway11024 жыл бұрын
There's no such thing as a "show" Triss, there are only 2 versions of Triss - Book Triss & Game Triss. Period.
@timothymcnamara60374 жыл бұрын
I am still so very annoyed about this... why change a characters race/gender for woke politics!?!?... may as well have a white blade, a black batman and a male mary poppins... stop catering to these ****heads! Stick to the god damned script!
@imperius884 жыл бұрын
@@chalp1290 I hope not. The casting and the direction they took this show has removed any and all fucks I may have given about this show.
@Redbeardblondie4 жыл бұрын
I honestly keep forgetting Triss was even in the show...
@therougechipmunk80585 жыл бұрын
Even as a black guy myself i was asking my self how wtf the some of these black characters get into the position they have because yea it doesn't make much sense in the context of the world.
@AggelosKyriou5 жыл бұрын
Personally, I really can't understand why they don't portray any location where practically everyone is white, or brown or black, or asian or native american. E.g. In Game of Thrones there were places in Essos where only Dany, Jorah and some minor henchmen of theirs were white. Variation (which equals diversity in real terms) doesn't harm at all.
@Selvokaz5 жыл бұрын
There is a "Africa" in that world, its called Zerrikania, and its even more savage, wild and magical than the continent the story of the witcher takes place on.
@mdomans5 жыл бұрын
Accessible magic and science. In GoT magic is hidden and unaccessible: dragons (dragons are magic because their lift/drag ratio sucks), mystic metals - all reserved to kings and so on. So all in all the rules are middle ages with some weirdness. In Witcher magic is so accessible a someone as powerful as Yennefer sees no problem selling magical boner pills to common folk. Magic and science lower the barriers to travel - hence people of obviously different race aren't as uncommon, yet still they seem to be limited. The worst part is really the whole "invasion" of Nilfgaard where a huge fortress is overtaken by .... army of footmen. Tell me, what's the point of a wizard defending a gate with a wall against ... arrows? Gates and stone walls require siege weapons - what's the point of magical barrier against arrows? Except for dumb drama? That's probably the biggest sin in the show - most battle scenes make zero sense.
@Geiger3735 жыл бұрын
As the Drinker said. They did a bad job of explaining the world geographically.
@Geraduss5 жыл бұрын
I think that in the book that inspired this first session the only characters that were genualy ment to be black were the two woman serving the gold dragon in disguise. Portrayed as exotic and beautiful yet powerful warriors in ther own right.
@samin903 жыл бұрын
The short stories are actually pretty good and are solid source material for a show. Problem is Netflix decided to ignore most of it and make 75% of the show Yennefer fan fiction, and the few short stories they used were abridged. And of course Henry gets the character of Geralt, he's a huge fan of the books and the games.
@shulminsama38202 жыл бұрын
i dont think there is a single person who would be a better cast than henry. he is just the perfect witcher. from the body to the voice plus he is a witcher fanboy
@encantarebelde2 жыл бұрын
S1 should have followed the short stories to establish geralts background and dandelions personality. Then everything with Ciri holds more weight
@killwind4 жыл бұрын
As someone who's read the books, while watching the show, I consistently thought "Wow, this is confusing as fuck. Will people even be able to understand what's going on?"
@erickbenavidez57244 жыл бұрын
I played the games and had no clue what was happening most the time. Pbbbt hoping for a better season 2
@nicokrasnow18513 жыл бұрын
"The Last Wish" also has a confusing timeline.
@iSeeEZEkill3 жыл бұрын
As someone who hasnt read the books, i didnt have that hard of a time understanding what was going on.
@k.bsworldofpets45743 жыл бұрын
@@iSeeEZEkill It took me a while to connect that they were different timelines going on all at once but once I got that I was good
@bobbyt94313 жыл бұрын
I watched it and thought '"wow why did they make a series that only those who read the books could understand". Turns out I even underestimated the clusterfuckery.
@josefcerny46205 жыл бұрын
Just to clarify a thing about Yennefer, during the events of this she is in her 70s-80s. I think that explains her getting bored fairly well.
@noneyabusiness32535 жыл бұрын
Josef Černý at one point she says she’s lived several lifetimes already or something to that effect right before the battle at the end so it seems like shes even older than that
@josefcerny46205 жыл бұрын
@@noneyabusiness3253 At least in the books around this point she was around her early 80s. We do infact get told by her that she is currently 90 in the 5th or 6th book I think.
@jmarra074 жыл бұрын
It's a shame the show doesn't really get into details like that
@josefcerny46204 жыл бұрын
@@bcount1 Iam fairly certain about Yen's age, but Triss could well be anywere from her 40s to 60s. It was sadly never stated safe for the fact that she is younger than Yen.
@jasont62874 жыл бұрын
@@bcount1 Yeah Yen is like a 100+
@aligmal50315 жыл бұрын
remember when fringilla was being mistaken to yen well that's not gonna happen in the show :D
@isakisak99895 жыл бұрын
Ali Gmal yep at least they left geralt and ciri alone, imagine a black geralt being called «pale as shit» imagine the cringe.
@jgw99905 жыл бұрын
@@isakisak9989 they were originally going to make Ciri black and only cancelled it when everyone criticised it.
@isakisak99895 жыл бұрын
Schar i refuse to watch the show, due to the pointless race swaping, so i don’t know what they skipped or left out. I only meant that they at least left geralt and ciri’s race’s alone, they actually resemble their game and book portrayals. Idk if they added feminazi stuff or some other random modern cancer.
@brianosterman4565 жыл бұрын
@@MrScharleyXV yea it was kinda weird how he never met her till the end but they knew each other
@RevanBC5 жыл бұрын
@@brianosterman456 They mixed The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny novels in 8 episodes. I imagine that's why they didn't show geralt abandoning Ciri. Time and budget.
@Foundprodigal2 жыл бұрын
Henry Cavill is great as Geralt and when he's, you know, doing Witcher stuff. The problem is thats like 5% of the show while the rest is Yenifer and and bunch of "diverse" characters that look extremely out of place. I don't know why Netflix is determined to ruin every great piece of writing they can.
@thedemonhater77482 жыл бұрын
What ruined Yennefer for you? I thought the actress did a decent job IMHO- definitely not a perfect 1:1 with the books and games, but there’s hardly an adaptation out there that does.
@Blindfold-Me2 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@antibull48692 жыл бұрын
The characters aren’t out of place at all😂. Thats just a lazy critique of diversity in a fantasy realm. Its not like they blackwashed any main characters.
@thedemonhater77482 жыл бұрын
@@antibull4869 yeah, when I first read this comment I tried keeping an open mind, but the explicit complaining about the fact that Yennefer and nonwhite characters existed and had significant screen time was kind of a giveaway
@HexenStar2 жыл бұрын
The characters are very much out of place indeed. Not as much visually, but in the way they behave and their personalities. Especially a combo between a Soviet-era old crone that sells fish on the market - and a pig, yet dressed in armor and occupying the throne. Nothing in common with the descriptions in the book. The games do justice to the characters, even if they are not identical, - yet they are believable and well defined. The very term" diverse cast" is an insult to a production, - meaning that it ignores the absence of talent, and actors are being shoved into the roles based on zero merit, - only to tick the checkbox on some bureaucrat's list. The Denzels of this world will NEVER go into any production, being considered for anything but their amazing acting ability. That's why they will never have anything to do with shows like this. So i'll stick to watching a master actor, like Denzel Washington - and not this shit.
@wafflingmean44774 жыл бұрын
"I honestly can't make up my mind whether I like this character or absolutely hate him." Fortunately that is the point of Jaskir/Dandelion.
@TheGodOfGravy4 жыл бұрын
I like him but I can see how he annoys people and gets on Geralt’s nerves
@dolnyslazak47214 жыл бұрын
*Jaskier
@chrisfremming21163 жыл бұрын
Yup could not stand him until I realized I was annoyed with him everytime Geralt was as well. If that was the intention of the writers then bravo.
@MrScrofulous3 жыл бұрын
Characters aren't there to be lied necessarily, they are there to create the conflict to drive the drama, or to demonstrate something about the protagonist. Jaskier serves as a comedic foil, without which it would get very dark. Dandelion fails to do that in the books, so they fall into a dreary and depressing mood. I prefer Jaskier too Dandelion. Dandelion can't make up his mind how old he is in the books, coming across as this really wise old man, then turns out he is only 40 and still banging chicks.
@K4g4m15 жыл бұрын
We need to talk about the fart sounds.
@resemblelife5 жыл бұрын
K4g4m1 indeed
@MultiTurdz5 жыл бұрын
hopefully someone will put together a montage in about a month er so.. 90 seconds of GOT farts, lol..
@dlscorp5 жыл бұрын
here's my thought : they are shite, meant to be like a drum rimshot "laugh here" but the jokes are missing
@Elgar3375 жыл бұрын
YES! I just scrolled down to comment that I laughed out loud each time.
@Embermaker5 жыл бұрын
Definitely. I like the wet ones. Sounds more dramatic.
@AlecFortescue5 жыл бұрын
Dryads of Brokilon? More like Dryads of Brooklyn.
@Debochin865 жыл бұрын
Just dont stop with the car...
@g.rogowski24625 жыл бұрын
LOLOLOLO
@LiftYagami5 жыл бұрын
I remember this on the Gwent subreddit and everyone lost their shit
@matthewmuir88845 жыл бұрын
I understand it; it's rather hard to paint a whole group of people green on a TV budget and have it look believable. It takes a lot of work and money to get people to look like Gamora does in Guardians of the Galaxy. But they still needed the Dryads to blend in with their forest home, so they took the pragmatic option. I get it. Ideally, we would've seen the Dryads be green-skinned and green-haired, but that would've been too much on a show that also needs to save money for the costumes, CGI, etc.
@munmunhazarika52475 жыл бұрын
Doney is the main villain and wants to bred chiri, his own daughter... Step up from GOT incest... God save me
@dougdiamond57743 жыл бұрын
I remember for the first five episodes, I actually thought the kingdom was called Milfgaurd. I'm like, that doesn't sound like too bad a place.
@jaydenslaptop3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah it doesn’t ;)
@jaydenslaptop3 жыл бұрын
*wink*
@vanillavillain33203 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that for the porn parody 😂
@svenschwingel86322 жыл бұрын
In Cyberpunk 2077 (created by the same company that also did the Witcher videogames), there's actually a porn movie called "Milfguard" 🤣
@ellen56032 жыл бұрын
Aye, lore has it that the cougars dwell in great abundance there.
@kyle8575 жыл бұрын
New Critical Drinker video pops up... Me: "Source of power, should draw from it."
@guywiththeprojector5 жыл бұрын
*place of power
@kyle8575 жыл бұрын
@@guywiththeprojector A video isn't a place so I modified the quote so that it actually made sense ;-)
@Sal36005 жыл бұрын
@@kyle857 Thinking ahead.
@gazzarover5 жыл бұрын
nice
@ausnahmenwerfer55704 жыл бұрын
06:23 "These people" are Zerrikanian women, guarding Villentretenmerth. That's actually in the books and them being black makes sense, because Zerrikania is supposed to be a country with huge deserts and savannahs where Zebras live. In fact, I guess these two are the only characters who were intended to be black at the time the books were written.
@moosejuice42314 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know that. But even still, the Show should have explained that so new audiences will understand. A piece of material should be able to stand alone, something LoTR did to perfection.
@UwUOwl4 жыл бұрын
@@moosejuice4231 i mean, if you played the games or read the books you would understand most of it lol. I hate the idea that every piece of media "needs" to be able to stand on it's own.
@moosejuice42314 жыл бұрын
@@UwUOwl uh no. That's a bullshit argument. People are coming to this completely new to the series with no background knowledge people will be so fucking confused about what's going on. Just cos you are a Witcher nerd does not mean everyone else who watches it is.
@UwUOwl4 жыл бұрын
Darnok Raerc well, you should be too. if you don’t like the canon, why are you watching to begin with? if you like it, you like it. if you don’t, sucks to be you. everything isn’t for everyone.
@UwUOwl4 жыл бұрын
@@moosejuice4231 wow, you are really upset lol. Maybe you should get a therapist. The fact that you devolved from intelligent arguing to throwing insults proves that you have much to learn as an adult lol. Also, Game of Thrones is shit. It's not for me, so I didn't watch it. You seem to dislike the Witcher, so why are you even arguing?
@squoblat5 жыл бұрын
It was good enough to keep me interested until Season 2, but none of the emotional beats landed at all for me. Henry Cavill carries the show almost entirely and he needs more screen time.
@PriestlyBlock675 жыл бұрын
@@bokrugthewaterserpent3012 his on screen time was abysmally low Like the last episode had 6 and a half minutes of him on screen
@PriestlyBlock675 жыл бұрын
@@bokrugthewaterserpent3012 Yep and not focused on "feelings" This showrunner is so incompetent that she originally wanted to make the show all about Ciri Its very clear that women should not direct shows about alpha males killing monsters and being badass
@beardedbjorn55205 жыл бұрын
He was the only character that I was interested in. I had to fight the urge to fast forward all the other parts, especially Yen.
@crimsonjedi5 жыл бұрын
I really liked Yens storyline.
@moira47075 жыл бұрын
@@PriestlyBlock67 I mean, Ciri does end up driving the narrative when the proper "main saga" starts. Geralt going around killing things is a fixture of the short stories and games, *not* the novels.
@sgregg52573 жыл бұрын
I agree about most of this. Except that medieval kings, and princes often took enormous personal risks in the thick of battle. Ask blind king John of Bohemia about that. Or the Black Prince or his dad Edward III. Or Francis I of France. Or Richard I or Henry IV or Henry V, or Edward IV, or Robert Bruce, etc. Also, if you look at extant effigies the knights were not that beefy. The Black Prince, who was one of the most warlike men of his age (or any other) was tall but also pretty thin.
@liamcollins91833 жыл бұрын
Like Tony Montana says in Scarface, balls give orders. Soldiers in medieval times respected their Kings and Lords a lot more when they saw them fight on the front line.
@honkhonk51503 жыл бұрын
All who were capable men. Not a middle aged grandma.
@hanskloss77263 жыл бұрын
@@honkhonk5150 John of Bohemia was blind when he asked his companions to lead him to his last battle. In more recent times gen. Rommel was often up front with his troops. It is not a general rule but it did happen often enough and has an indicated problem of a leader being killed but advantage of him knowing what is going on and leading the troops. The way Crecy went (where John of Bohemia died) shows that having the leaders in front may be a sign of bad leadership just as Rommel in Africa was example on how to do it well. I suspect it all depends on a situation, disposition of the leader, his troops etc. I think this is the reason why this argument does not hold.
@Tlevids3 жыл бұрын
Plus, as I recall from the books, Calanthe is basically forced into fighting due to the fact that they are completely surrounded and need to break out of the encirclement.
@pikebasss3 жыл бұрын
I know the Persians, Greeks, and Romans used to sometimes lead from the front too, for example Alexander the Great, Leonidis, and maybe Julius Cesar (I don’t remember for sure but I think he lead from the front against the Celts)
@mamasaymamasah87403 жыл бұрын
"The heavyhanded 'diversity' grates on the nerves after a while." Sums up eighty percent of television nowadays, doesn't it?
@stevejames92613 жыл бұрын
correct.
@dagtheger89933 жыл бұрын
If I remember right, everyone in this world are refugees from another world, implying they started with a melting pot.
@AimForMyHead813 жыл бұрын
@@dagtheger8993 Nothing implies they started as a "melting pot". The northerners are always depicted as white while people in the east such as Zerrikanians are swarthy.
@dagtheger89933 жыл бұрын
@@AimForMyHead81 Try reading the books
@kamilpotato37643 жыл бұрын
Netlix Witcher is so bad that it actually makes original Polish tv series a masterpiece 🤣
@TzarBomb4 жыл бұрын
Triss Merigold... Look How They Massacred My Girl... why Netflix... why?
@itmademesignup95084 жыл бұрын
Good grief, no kidding. Zero people would have any sort of conflict choosing between Yen or Triss in the Netflix version.
@gpsywolf4 жыл бұрын
I see you also are a man of culture. *brofist*
@sUstO4 жыл бұрын
I will pluck my eyes out when i have to see Henry Cavil choosing to bed to this Triss over Yen. And i choose Triss in the game but come on. I really hope they dye her hair fire red.
@theColJessep4 жыл бұрын
@@sUstO They won't. She's brunette in the books and those are the base for the show.
@TonyTwoBalls4 жыл бұрын
@@theColJessep Yes and no. The books describe it as "chestnut" with a hint of red. Sapkowski even said it's more red-ish.
@marcelleroux91725 жыл бұрын
The only reviewer I trust. You are doing God's work sir.
@nemesisastraea66595 жыл бұрын
Why did I read this in the Drinker's voice?
@rebeccaconlon97435 жыл бұрын
@@nemesisastraea6659 not the only one lol
@bryanm52335 жыл бұрын
Yup!
@ri31215 жыл бұрын
The only review you should trust is your own, otherwise you are just a sheep
@marcelleroux91725 жыл бұрын
@@ri3121 whenever I watch something the drinker recommends, I almost always agree with all his talking points, and when I watch things he doesn't like I also find common ground with his remarks, thus I have built an understanding of his critique. This my only reply to your sheepish comment.
@ksoddball3 жыл бұрын
“There’s a very logical reason generals lead their armies from the rear” *laughs in Julius Caesar and Hannibal Barca*
@reapordeath3 жыл бұрын
"If you've got scars, strip! And show them to me! I'll show you mine! There isn't a place on my body, the front at least that isn't scarred!" Julius called his men out on it too Edit: this quote is Alexander the great, not Julius wow lol
@MrPCMN-mi1zb3 жыл бұрын
@@reapordeath Pretty sure Alexander the Great said that
@reapordeath3 жыл бұрын
@@MrPCMN-mi1zb actually yeah, got the two confused i did.
@naunau3113 жыл бұрын
Even fucking Napoleon sometimes led his armies himself when the moral was low. Which it absolutely should be when your country is facing the fucking Nilfgaardine Empire
@manurr103 жыл бұрын
@@reapordeath there is nothing great about Alexander.
@tommyslavic8985 жыл бұрын
Hissrich: "The books are Polish and packed with Slavic spirit. It was important to keep that same tone in our show". SJW's: "Rheeeeeeeee!". Hissrich: "Slavs are Black".
@thisismyname39285 жыл бұрын
Non-linear chronology? How fucking unnecessary. That's even more du jour than Game of Throne knock-offs.
@bitchoflivingblah5 жыл бұрын
@Anthony Roic Apart from DNA studies that show the frequency of gene related to the Horn of Africa/West Africa and the Middle East appear with a frequency of 18% (1 in 5 males). Another gene sequence shared amongst those of North African/Middle East/Southern European descent is found with a frequency of 30% (1 in 3 males). Not suprising given Sciliy was under muslim rule for 200 years from 860 A.D.
@bitchoflivingblah5 жыл бұрын
@Anthony Roic Actually, you are wrong, that's exactly how you apply that principle. It only works when you apply it to populations, and this has been done for all the races of man on earth, so we now have a fairly accurate picture of migration patterns in early human history, and this DNA data coressponds to historical migrations/invasions, in the case of Sciliy's recent history (~100,000 years) Africa, Greek, Goth, Roman, Muslim, Norman, Greek. In fact the data is so accurate you can work from the DNA frequencies alone to work out the patterns of migration if no historical data is present.
@bitchoflivingblah5 жыл бұрын
@Anthony Roic Geneaology is tracing of family trees or lineages through birth/marriage/death records, and it's entirely legitimate way of tracing your ancestry. However, it isn't as accurate as DNA profiling. As a matter of fact we are all descended from Africa, so to state we have no African DNA is incorrect. It may be true that one family lineage may have a low frquency of a gene that is highly represented in Afican/Middle Eastern populations, but all I am saying in population terms, that is all 5 million inhabitants of Sciliy taken together, on average more than>30% have DNA that links them to close African/Middle Eastern heritage (we are talking in the past 100,000 years by the way - obviouusly this goes way past written records). There is no such thing as the top 20 genes, there are only markers that can be used to predict our likely genetic makeup. The markers can be useful to distinguish local populations or different races. I think the ones you are describing may be markers that distinguish local populations or distinguish Caucasian populations from each other - but I'm guessing here. No disrepect meant.
@ancientslav48635 жыл бұрын
Woke neo-liberal SJW fucks and the likes of Black Lives Matter racist anti-white movement dont care for the fact that if blacks were present in the north during the middle ages, theyd be killed on the spot or made slaves, not knights or anything. The woke culture sure likes to change historical aspects of everything. In 2075 they will say that blacks colonized America and had white slaves since 1600...hahaha but no, that is a real fine victim culture racism aspect they need to play the victim and demand shit from people of the 21st ct whom nobody of ever owned slaves. I demand justice from every black person in the US because of the white killed farmers in Africa by blacks who hate white people. Isnt it the same logic? Anyway, nice show, but intentionally turned woke for the SJW mind
@magorzatasamela43924 жыл бұрын
I am a huge fan of 'The Witcher' book series, and for me, this season was really, say, 'infantile' sometimes. What I mean is, some motifs or scenes, which were really developed and had a great sense in books were made stupid in the show. For example - the scene of Yennefer's transformation, when she becomes infertile. In the books, infertility is the price for magical power, not for beauty! And it's clearly explained in the books. There's a serious theory why magicians are infertile. Sorceresses were transformed into beautiful women merely to look more 'professional'. And in the show, they made it just incredibly 'flat' and stupid and I really don't understand why :/. Of course, I don't really think that they must do it exactly as it was in the books. But if they want to do it their way, I wish it had more sense :/.
@Ivan_Berni4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but maybe it doesn't need to be the same history or even the same logics
@magorzatasamela43924 жыл бұрын
@@Ivan_Berni of course it doesn't. I agree with you. But still, even if the story is totally different than it was in the books, it should have some logic. E.g. look at Sansa's story in GoT's season 5. I haven't read the books yet, but I've heard the story is entirely different in the show. Does it matter? Not really for me, because what the show did was extremely interesting. For "The Witcher', there were some motifs that I really liked although they weren't present in the books (like Yennefer's backstory). But there were moments I consider "flat" and dull (compared with what happend in the books).
@Ivan_Berni4 жыл бұрын
@@magorzatasamela4392 Yeah, thats really sucks, doing something worse when you have quality stuff, like the star wars new canon
@Valarius_J4 жыл бұрын
Blood of Elves actually references that not ALL mages are infertile. A lot are, maybe even most, but not all.
@magorzatasamela43924 жыл бұрын
@@Valarius_J Yup, that's true. Actually (*SPOILER!*) Geralt's mother was a sorceress.
@ZephyrusAsmodeus4 жыл бұрын
It irritates me that this show is clearly made for Witcher fans, evident by its lack of real world building and explanations, and yet it cuts SO much important content, delivers it in such a broken, poor way, and just expects us to clap because its The Witcher.
@otapi4 жыл бұрын
While it could be frustrating indeed, but this is just follow the books, which are not one long story, but a bunch of short novels which happens in same world, mostly with the same characters.
@Lavrec4 жыл бұрын
it isnt that much becasue it differs very much from book ;/ but it helps if you played any of the games
@HypercopeEmia4 жыл бұрын
@@otapi well i wouldn't say this is an adaptation of the book. It's more of an book inspired thing. like game of thrones were the show and book are 2 diffrent things
@The_Absolute_Dog4 жыл бұрын
Cant hear you, too busy clapping
@dolnyslazak47214 жыл бұрын
@@otapi Actually, the series does contain a long story, but it starts in the third book (,,Blood of Elves") and continues till the end of the series, but the writers decided that it'll be fine and they will try to adapt the first two books from the series, which are indeed, short stories
@brettrossi0342 жыл бұрын
Henry Cavill really got the look and feel and attitude right for the Geralt of Rivia role. Spot on in my eyes
@_Just_John Жыл бұрын
He did what he could with what he was given. Too young, too bulky and handsome but with butt nose, but damn, he showed he can portray Geralt. Mad respect for the guy nad trying to correct the course of the show. Too bad modern screen writing won.
@reveredkiwi61645 жыл бұрын
I want a Ricky Gervais Acton figure with big ball swinging action
@mosesdouglas43255 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@damianstarks33385 жыл бұрын
Revered Kiwi 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@TheHortond5 жыл бұрын
I'm stealing this.
@METALmurdererOG5 жыл бұрын
Make sure you splurge on the one that comes with a wheelbarrow. No other way for him to carry those massive balls of his
@edmundblackaddercoc85225 жыл бұрын
I want a set of sniveling Hollywood figures with awkward embarrassment on their faces, we can play together?
@jenniferrhoades89565 жыл бұрын
Diversity for..."reasons".
@aleksander84975 жыл бұрын
Reasons not to watch it anyway
@Artisttinge5 жыл бұрын
Sychlo Killent “2nd.” L.
@MT-eo6tq5 жыл бұрын
@@Artisttinge After just 10 streaming. The first one was "Stranger Things" season 3. You're delusional.
@LORDdrPepper5 жыл бұрын
@@MT-eo6tq most watched doesn't go into quality
@SETHthegodofchaos5 жыл бұрын
"Let me fight racism by making everything about race but hide it as "minorities" for my main argument to sound more convincing!" How to overshoot the goal and becomes the one thing you were trying to fight...
@MustardSkaven5 жыл бұрын
Toss a glass to your drinker Oh valley of whiskey
@Brantlins5 жыл бұрын
Show me the way to the next whiskey bar
@MWBalls3 жыл бұрын
Making Ciri interesting would have been a great challenge considering that she basically doesn't exist until the 3rd book, and spends that entire book in school in no danger whatsoever. This is also why the timelines are so screwy in season one, you would not have seen ciri until the last episode. The first two books are basically just geralt having random unconnected adventures, you get virtually no ciri, and little Yennifer. Great for world building but would not have done well on screen for new fans.
@alexanderzack37202 жыл бұрын
and the way the show did it makes someone who hasn´t read the books and knows the plot already take at least a quarter of the episode to make sense of WHEN this happens. and having 2 out of 3 POV characters not age doesn´t help that. some indication would´ve been helpful
@chloeainslie15134 жыл бұрын
After having a slog of Mary Sue female characters (namely one Star Wars character) Yennefer was SUCH a breath of fresh air: learns from her failures, struggles/isn’t a prodigy and earns her success and power. Then as you say the complexity of her feeling everything she fought for wasn’t worth her current situation and she’s jaded and now motivated to amend what’s she done to herself. Nothings given, everything is earned and that’s why I love her
@cconcannon51455 жыл бұрын
"The Fresh Prince of Rivendell" - Tea out the nose stuff.....
@monarchblue42804 жыл бұрын
@Titan Mechanism* SherHood
@cally777773 жыл бұрын
Yeah, racist jokes always crack me up!
@theanimeslayer39995 жыл бұрын
Cavill was the best thing about the show, its a shame we didnt get to see more of him. The limited episodes didnt help the show to breath and expand more on the world building or the need for witchers. They took alot of liberties with this license and we didnt get to see who or what witchers are about, if you have a star like Cavill - use him! Yennefer was the writers main focus and it showed, the limited screen time of the other characters and lack of story was detrimental to the show for me. The diverse cast didnt really bother me to much but as you say it could have been handled alot better.
@aguyfromnothere5 жыл бұрын
The Witcher was a side character in his own show.
@GentleHeretic5 жыл бұрын
@@aguyfromnothere Just like Trevor in Castlevania S2.
@JustAFan4442 жыл бұрын
Game of Thrones was also aided by a brilliant opening to each episode, highlighting where every scene will take place throughout. It was probably one of the best things it did.
@xara49855 жыл бұрын
Still a hell of a lot better than the final season of game of thrones.
@vlad4o8135 жыл бұрын
That's not a very high bar though.
@shahrezaziz32645 жыл бұрын
That’s not a huge feat at all though. Way better than season 8, but not as good as any of the other 7 honestly
@ravenwhiteduck31585 жыл бұрын
@@shahrezaziz3264 let's say 6
@st4ne4rmthevill635 жыл бұрын
Better then season 7 & 8
@FreedomAndPeaceOnly5 жыл бұрын
Nope - Blackwashing is the worst. The racism against Whites these days is out of control.
@noahmercy-mann43235 жыл бұрын
Hollywood's new slogan: "Strive for mediocrity!" When you've set the bar so low that "The Flintstones" is high art by comparison, there's almost nowhere to go but up. (And if any producers, writers, or directors are reading this...no, that is NOT a challenge!)
@chaos.corner5 жыл бұрын
New?
@admirjelegenda5 жыл бұрын
The obligatory black/minority cast in the medieval Poland was disturbing.
@wojtekwieczorek63975 жыл бұрын
If the Witcher takes place in Poland, then I guess Lord of the Rings takes place in England , right?
@sammcmanus58765 жыл бұрын
@Up To The Wolves what the actual fuck are you talking about lmao
@mrhed0nist5 жыл бұрын
@@wojtekwieczorek6397 Nope. Just the Shire.
@dgmetaxa5 жыл бұрын
@@wojtekwieczorek6397 Not sure about the Lord of the Rings, but the Witcher universe definately has alot of Polish elements in it, so the original comment wasn't just a 'the writer is a Pole, so the universe is Polish' thing.
@wojtekwieczorek63975 жыл бұрын
@@dgmetaxa having medieval Polish elements is still pretty fucking far from being set in medieval Poland. It also had a lot of Germanic, Celtic and even Asian influences, so it was a mixed bag. I'd say it resembled mostly medieval Europe, but even the historical periods from which the story drew its influences were mixed - for example, we didn't know shit about genes and genetics until the XIX century, but it's common knowledge in the Witcher's world. So yeah, despite elements of Slavic folklore and Sapkowki's upbringing, it has rather little to do with medieval Poland. Sapkowski deconstructed many European fairy tales in the short stories, most of them weren't even Polish. Too bad that aspect was omitted from the show. Especially the one that was mentioned in the story about the Dragon, because that was a typical Polish legend and Sapkowski basically did a parody of it, but I guess it wouldn't be interesting or funny to people unfamiliar with it, so I'm not surprised about this one. They could've left some of the others, though, especially that the story of Renfri was loosely based on Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
@simonandriessen87613 жыл бұрын
Well, leading troops from the front lines is a double edged sword. At one side it is incredibly dangerous, as the ruler dying is damn close to an instant loss, on the other hand it may grant great morale. Also, Calanthe has the reputation of being a hardened and skilled warrior. Perhaps they should've casted an actual ripped/ buff woman in the role, that would've been more realistic.
@jamesbizs3 жыл бұрын
Let’s not forget how many soldiers will die, not fighting the battle, but defending the leader…
@marcosmauricio78052 жыл бұрын
@@jamesbizs I'd wager about as much as would die to kill said leader while losing sight of their surroundings
@Yo_AB_Breaks2 жыл бұрын
She was such a bad casting decision. She's a really good actress but had no clue how to sell this character enough to make her believable.
@bukkebruse29362 жыл бұрын
a medieval buff woman? yeah sure.....
@theoneneo50242 жыл бұрын
@@bukkebruse2936 Actually there were many societies throughout history that had "warrior" women. Germanic tribes, Mongolians, and others had women who fought because they had to in order to survive. Yes, they wouldn't have looked like body builders but they would have definitely had more muscle and athletic ability than this actress.
@alobo20005 жыл бұрын
I agree the ridiculous pushed for “diversity” is getting ridiculous. The black knight in golden armor threw me off right away
@innocentferret23654 жыл бұрын
After watching the series it seems like that someone tried their hardest to as minimally woke as possible to satisfy the woke Gods of Netflix. To be honest I think someone in the production chain realised how bad an idea woke pandering is and instead try to come up with the most useless and obscure woke pandering possible to avoid having to implement the preachy woke stuff to appease the Netflix Gods of wokeness.
@LinoOverdrive4 жыл бұрын
They're not in Europe. It's a fantasy land.
@Kiloryn4 жыл бұрын
@@LinoOverdrive Wow no shit, but it's supost to have a slavic theme to it. And slavs isn't really known for being black or diverse are they?
@yamamancha4 жыл бұрын
@@LinoOverdrive Don't try to reason. People will find any reason to light the torches at even the slightest touch of color on screen. "Woke" and "anti-woke" have become opposite sides of the same pathetic coin.
@off_Planet4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I laughed my ass off when he first appeared on screen. 😂
@Elkatook6663 жыл бұрын
exactly, the Game of Thrones introduced olive and brown skinned people, from sunny, warmer climates, organically within its storyline now, we just have black people, because, well .. black people, yay
@hattorihanzo83853 жыл бұрын
The people from Himalayas are brown skinned. The native Americans in snow clad mountains are brown skinned...
@jorachamberwlfe36903 жыл бұрын
It’s a fantasy world I don’t see why it matters.
@eirei07893 жыл бұрын
@@hattorihanzo8385 Okay smartass. You neglect to mention the people in those areas are also not diverse.
@hattorihanzo83853 жыл бұрын
@@eirei0789 whether they are diverse or look alikes isn’t what I said. All I am saying is that there exist several native non white races in cold climates.
@scratchy9963 жыл бұрын
@@jorachamberwlfe3690 It matters because it's so obvious why they did it, it ruins the immersion. It's the reason why they cancelled "The Long Night" Game of Thrones prequel. A show placed in North of Westeros would look ridiculous with forced diversity, so they decided for a show placed in Essos, where they can have a diverse cast.
@dariusluknar48103 жыл бұрын
“Set in your typical medieval fantasy world...” exactly where the problem lies. The setting from the books was unique af. Nothing like you’d see somewhere else.
@Alecfisher013 жыл бұрын
The Witcher in itself is set in a typical fantasy world That’s literally the books
@AimForMyHead813 жыл бұрын
@@Alecfisher01 I wouldn't say it's typical. The type of developmental stages in that universe vary. For example, the northern realms are visually dark ages Europe while Nilfgaard is in an Italian style Renaissance period.
@kamilpotato37643 жыл бұрын
It's not typical medieval fantasy. It's heavily based on Central European Slavic culture
@dariusluknar48103 жыл бұрын
@@kamilpotato3764 what the show or the books?
@kamilpotato37643 жыл бұрын
@@dariusluknar4810 Books
@customersupportdeer61503 жыл бұрын
I absolutely detest what Netflix has done to the base material, they completely butchered the short stories to get to the saga as fast as possible. Out of the 14 tale-like short stories, which are connected and gradually introduce Geralt, his work, his skill, his character, his backstory, his personal phylosophy and problems, and later Dandelion, Yen and Ciri as side characters, Netflix chose to adapt about 7 of them, poorly, and inflated the rest of the show with Yennefers/Ciris backstories/fanfictions. You could compare Witcher to the Hobbit/LotR. You want to get to the juicy long story of LotR asap, so you trim down the Hobbit to only the most crucial parts: you introduce Gandalf and Bilbo, the ring and Gollum, and rush through the journey in about three episodes. Then you want to set-up the other places and characters important for LotR, so you fill the rest of your season with Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Saruman and Frodo-fanfiction. That is exactly what Netflix did with the first season of witcher, a major set-up for the real story of season two. To me, it shows an absolute lack of respect for the book material, and if the writers are not skilled enough to adapt the series without butchering the stories and characters in this way, they should never have been placed in charge of the project. I don't mind the acting, diverse casting decisions, cgi and other stuff, some of it is good, some not so much. But I hate how they carved up the story.
@msunicorn77833 жыл бұрын
I am watching 1st ep of Season 2 and have to stop midway because I'm so mad how they butchered the short stories and characters almost entirely. S2E1 introduces us to Nivellen, from chapter A grain of truth. Netflix just had to make Niv know all about the north-south war AND the Wild hunts. Then, when Geralt was asked why he came to look after a young girl, Ciri, "what changed" him, he answered "who" - "Yennefer of Vengerberg". And I just became speechless. Netflix just threw the "Child of destiny" out the window and made it a story about child adoption for a rom-com couple. I get that they want to "merge" characters and plots into the main saga plot but holy cow this is all bad and rushed writing. It just destroys Geralt's character entirely and the relationship between him and Ciri. In S1 they alrd made Geralt x Yen a rom-com thing with no chemistry, no bittersweetness nor passion like in the books, just merely LOLs. Damn, even Tissaia is having way more chemistry with Yen than Geralt with her. This may be the only thing I'm liking about the series.
@Tlevids3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, and this all comes down to the fact that they are copying the GoT formula. Unlike The Witcher, GoT is written from the perspectives of multiple characters. This is why it worked when the TV show did the same - they could show what Jon Snow, Tyrion, Daenerys etc. were doing in different places and had plenty of source material to do so. However, Sapowski's short stories are solely from Geralt's perspective, so trying to copy GoT and give Yennefer and Ciri comparable screentime and back stories was inevitably going to be a failure due to the lack of source material.
@notalmostfamous97735 жыл бұрын
I do like the lack of CGI for this one. It gives it an old school appeal that I find oddly refreshing.
@emytzu5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it felt like watching Xena or Hercules, but with modern after effects.
@notalmostfamous97735 жыл бұрын
@@emytzu ya exactly
@notalmostfamous97735 жыл бұрын
@200 subs with no video challenge ya thats exactly why I liked it. For some reason I thought of Dune or The Never Ending Story
@phillytheflyerable5 жыл бұрын
lack of cgi???????????
@notalmostfamous97735 жыл бұрын
@@phillytheflyerable well, lack of expensive CGI ya.
@Nomad-bl4yw5 жыл бұрын
I said "damn you all . Damn you all to hell" after i saw what they done to my girl triss
@JasperLane4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, ill miss the fire red head, but who knows maybe in season 2 when she actually gets to do something the actress will prove to be amazing. Fingers crossed
@Nomad-bl4yw4 жыл бұрын
@@JasperLane even her acting is gold She's ugly as syphilic dick
@bunnieskitties2934 жыл бұрын
Red hair and blue eyes with fair skin turned into just another mixed mutt with no ethnic roots in any race.
@osets21174 жыл бұрын
Every other character: looks like the so in the games (mostly) Triss: let's change her completely
@PierreLucSex4 жыл бұрын
@@bunnieskitties293 But technically she has more roots than you.
@GingerZombie294 жыл бұрын
Diversity just for the sake of diversity. Two words. Triss Merigold.
@HypercopeEmia4 жыл бұрын
what about her. I guess she could be more atracctive bec in the books withes are generally described as beutiful but if you talk about the hair I don't have a problem with it after reading the books. SHe is ohnestly such a minor charcter that i dont really care
@aniket83504 жыл бұрын
Ah queen etheline She wasn't magical at all
@noughsubjectivity36864 жыл бұрын
Fringilla Vigo, Yennefer of Vengerburg
@alexstrauss52644 жыл бұрын
you know nothing about movie making or casting characters they wanted a damn sorceress and since she didn't have giant ass tits and red hair you are mad.
@noiceman4 жыл бұрын
Shut this comment down!
@michaelmurphy21123 жыл бұрын
This was the first show in a long time that I actually had to pay attention to while watching. Even then I was about halfway through before I realized there were multiple time periods, and almost to the end before I actually figured them out. All in all, I thought it was pretty good. The fights were well choreographed and I liked the flawed characters that showed growth/redemption. I didn't notice the forced diversity, as I generally assume fantasy settings are made up of whatever (unless they're based on real world places), and so, when there's someone who wouldn't have been in a climate (like the black general), I will just accept it, unless it becomes overly forced or their character is poorly written.
@dash48003 жыл бұрын
There is a difference between having to pay attention because the world is so right and detail and having to pay attention because the story is told in such a scattershot way that you couldn't possibly make sense of it unless you took notes. Especially in a fantasy series where everything has weird names and there is next to no chance you will remember a characters name after 1 scene.
@roymunson13 жыл бұрын
@@dash4800 I was smashed out of my tree when it first came out and I didn't know what the fuck was going on when it all started to piece back into the original time period as one. Thankfully I was that blasted I couldn't remember half of what I watched and rewatched it recently sober. * honestly, I still haven't a clue what its about.
@davidandrews99143 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize the different times zoned until I rewatched it just before season two released and thought it was much better second time around.
@RaVNeFLoK2 жыл бұрын
Same her on all counts.
@mystii81342 жыл бұрын
I was watching it as background noise while working on some other things and every time I would look up I would be confused as hell by the plot line. If you couldn't completely pay attention you'd easily miss a bunch of important things. I had no idea who important characters were and what the heck was going on so I thought it was weird, and all the time things completely flew over my head
@Sajuek5 жыл бұрын
“Why risk your entire kingdom fighting on the front line where you could die at any moment?” *Cries in King Harold*
@thomasalvarez64565 жыл бұрын
Sajuek and Richard the III.
@FortuitusVideo5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, The Drinker ain't a medieval expert.
@robchambers66255 жыл бұрын
“Careful of those archers they’ll have someone’s eye out!”
@robchambers66255 жыл бұрын
Sargon of Akkad has a response to this 😂
@alasdairwatson7125 жыл бұрын
Not to mention Harald Hadrada in the same year. Or Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1643. Or Emperor Valerian in AD 260. Or Alexander the Great in every single battle.
@Ludvigvanamadeus5 жыл бұрын
6:23 these women are from Zerrikania, a land far away from the Northern Kingdoms and probably the only people in the entire saga that should most definitely be portrayed by black actors in order to be faithful to source material xD
@federrr74 жыл бұрын
The black elf really put me out of the narrative
@Ludvigvanamadeus4 жыл бұрын
@@federrr7 Except we're not talking about elves, but the human females from Zerrikania
@callum777124 жыл бұрын
Thing is though all land in the witcher is on one continent so no water inbetween kingdoms, basically if in the real world i could drive to africa from england then it is very likely that alll countrys would have people of many different races and ethnicitys so its actually accurate that the show is so ethnically diverse.
@Ludvigvanamadeus4 жыл бұрын
@@callum77712 not all land is on one continent - all of the story takes place on the single continent, but Zangwebar and Ofir are name-dropped as explicitly overseas and Zerrikania and Haakland might be on the same landmass, but are separated by desolate mountains and deserts from Nilfgaard, the Northern Kingdoms and all the other places that we know from books and games - so to go from Novigrad to Zerrikania is more like riding on a horse from Venice to Beijing through the Himalays and Tibet - possible, but not an easy and short trip. And to go from Africa to England in ancient times you only needed to cross something like 40 km of the sea - the English Channel. Remember that Africa and Asia are connected via the Sinai and Asia and Europe are also a single landmass, considered separate more because of culture and politics than actual geology...
@callum777124 жыл бұрын
@@Ludvigvanamadeus yes but you have to think in that universe the differnent groups of people from different kingdoms can get to each other by foot whixh would explain the diversity at this stage
@itsalwayssomething74905 жыл бұрын
I happen to like the show, I just couldn't get passed how unrealistically diverse it is. If anything, it made me pick up the game again.
@Leonson15 жыл бұрын
Seeing as all of the humans in the world came over from another world that might explain the diversity a bit. It might have helped if they'd started with a history of the Conjunction of the Spheres.
@CharlieWhite1015 жыл бұрын
The peasants perfect teeth kept throwing me off
@schnecks21805 жыл бұрын
You despicable monster! HOW DHHHHARE YOU!
@FeistyClown12295 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is there are ways you could do diversity and have it make sense. Ofier, Zerrikania, etc.
@problematicspaghettios5 жыл бұрын
@@Leonson1 wouldn't explain things like Fringilla or Triss
@honzasenbauer6123 жыл бұрын
Actually Calanthe died the same way in the books, she fought, was wounded and then she jumped out of a window so that she is not captured. Or was it Eist who died in the battle? I am not sure right now but Calanthe was a fierce warrior who stood beside their man. At least thats how I remember her from the books
@grisharotov97353 жыл бұрын
Indeed, she's known as "The Lioness" for a reason.
@ThePawcios3 жыл бұрын
Cintrians were outnumbered, she tried to save the day :P
@enotdetcelfer3 жыл бұрын
No shit right? how is this hard to understand. They were going to be overrun so they had to fight... besides we're going to criticize a middle aged woman fighting on the battlefield but not the fact that women have strong magic in the story? humans with magic can rise to high places and are powerful in this, ehem (checks genre again) FANTASY story? jesus lol, giant monsters are ok but women fighting, that's just unrealistic
@davidback21442 жыл бұрын
Lioness of Cintra. They called that for a reason
@abhrobhuniya50092 жыл бұрын
She also says she is not the type of leader who stands behind their men, she wants to lead from the front.
@maukka15455 жыл бұрын
"You're a wizard Harry" *fart noise* laughed way too hard at that, what the hell
@Red_Lanterns_Rage5 жыл бұрын
then perhaps you'll laugh at this joke kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaDahIaGpLmXl6c I saw this years ago LMAO!
@davidrobinson59155 жыл бұрын
"The Fresh Prince of Rivendale".....I died😂😂😂😂😂
@FutureAlien5 жыл бұрын
+1
@kotsifis2505 жыл бұрын
i fucking paused the video cause i was laughing so hard...he got us gud
@lawrencekeenan92345 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite lines
@cruz1ale5 жыл бұрын
*Rivendell
@MaciejuCz5 жыл бұрын
"Rivendale" Wut
@lukemighty40634 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realise that it wasn’t shown chronologically until the 6th episode.
@ProjectExMachina4 жыл бұрын
... and then, in a blink of an eye, everything came into its place.
@PaulKMF13 жыл бұрын
Same. I had to stop and rewatch it all.
@a.wilkerson2nd3343 жыл бұрын
I Had to watch the entire season twice to get it
@imaweeb55123 жыл бұрын
Really? I think it was obvious after the third episode if you paid attention to dialogues. Don't binge watch the series or you miss a lot of details, short term memory has a limit.
@jamesaurther11783 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realise until I watched this review 😀
@shara300002 жыл бұрын
One thing that stood out after i read the short stories was that Geralt's relationship with Dandelion is portrayed as more strained in the tv shows, whereas in the books they are far far more chummy (this is going by the first two short story collections - last wish and sword of destiny) . For instance, theres a moment at the end of sword of destiny where Dandelion's trying to cross a river and says to Geralt 'Don't leave me behind or ill drown!' and Geralt replies along the lines of 'I would never let you drown, dear friend' The portrayal of Geralt in the shows is more along the lines of 'reserved dickhead', but in the books he's actually a lot more human/friendly in interactions with the people *that are close to him*. Also one thing off about this review, I would say is your point about Calanthe only being shown as strong even though she's just a wamen. That was still fairly accurate to the books i thought.
@CatCheshire Жыл бұрын
In the book she was firce warrior queen, that needed to be pushed down the city wall by a few of enemy soldiers to be finally killed, because she was not giving up. In series... she just jumps out the window by herself when the enemy is knocking on her door... They assasinated her character pretty badly - the made her a coward >:(
@TrykusMykus Жыл бұрын
In the show every relationship of Geralt's has been butchered and I don't know which one was the saddest to miss. The way Jaskier/Dandelion was a good partner to Geralt, showing that even though he was a goofy troublemaker, he was also a very intelligent person with an ability to read people and a knowledge of the aristocratic world that a troubadour would possess over a witcher who mostly conducted business with villagers and townspeople. The way they haven't even thought of the relationship between Geralt and Ciri, stomping instead a big word of "destiny" over it, repeated pointlessly by every character who appeared on the screen. Or the way they completely changed the relationship between Geralt and Yennefer from their first meeting, where in the books she knows exactly what Geralt asked the Djinn for and in the show he apparently lies to her (?). I think the biggest character assassination has been performed on Yennefer, from being a sarcastic, intelligent, proud woman in the books to becoming a child in a dress who is supposed to be older than she looks, but acts younger in the show. People say the first season was good and that they kept close to the source material, but in my opinion these were the biggest signs of them actively hating the source material. None of the main characters were even similar to their book counterparts. Their relationships were completely changed and with them, the whole story changed.
@tommyslavic8985 жыл бұрын
As a Slav from Eastern Europe with a genetic disposition to alcoholism I cannot begin to say how much the Netflix portrayal of the Sapkowski's saga has been a bitter disappointment of near relapse proportions. Kurwa.
@Azraelseraphim5 жыл бұрын
We Slavs should be used to disappointment. Its our lot in life.
@mewre20625 жыл бұрын
yeah but slavs have sexy women that make it worth it. plus adidas is a style i wouldn't give up for a healthier liver
@based545 жыл бұрын
oh no you said the f word ... time to report
@DarkThagan5 жыл бұрын
@@based54 What f word?
@paulvalentine41575 жыл бұрын
@@Azraelseraphim move to the states, its the shit over here, and we need lots more slavs
@MakerInMotion4 жыл бұрын
Ciri was sent to find Geralt because he had earlier been there to take her away for protection. The whole "law of surprise" thing. Knowing that Geralt is a travelling badass and Nilfgaard was closing in, she thought he could keep her safe. Not her ideal course of action, but she was about to die and her city was burning.
@pankrysar16253 жыл бұрын
It's vice versa in books- Calanthe hated the idea of her princess becoming a witcher.
@KindredBrujah3 жыл бұрын
It's explained just fine in the show, you just need to be patient to let the story coalesce.
@MarcAlcatraz5 жыл бұрын
i haven't finished the season yet but it seems that Henry Cavill carries it for me, when he did his first "Hrm" i was happy with him being casted
@MMOhawked5 жыл бұрын
I mean, Geralt is by design a charisma and emotionless mutant. Anybody in Hollywood can play him well.
@wingy2005 жыл бұрын
He played a great supporting role in The Tudors.
@moe50205 жыл бұрын
No one in the show can swear properly though, they all put to much emphasis on their curses so rather than sounding gruff it makes them sound immature.
@C0pyPasta5 жыл бұрын
should've made this like mandalorian and focusing on geralt and jaskier traveling from town to town to find monsters and only hearing about what's going on about the kingdom that they're in from people chatting in a bar
@MustardSkaven5 жыл бұрын
@@MMOhawked I doubt anyone else in Hollywood went after this role like he did. He is passionate to play the character from one of his fav games.
@asgerbahnsennielsen7113 жыл бұрын
Don't know if you'll see this, but having a general/king/queen/whatever in the frontline can be a HUGE advantage, seeing as it gives a great moral boost to the men. The risk to the commander is also fairly small, seeing as that person would have the best soldiers around for protection.
@willthewisp24462 жыл бұрын
The Gladiator!!
@philipebbrell27932 жыл бұрын
The Battle of Goose Green in 1982 , where Colonel H Jones was killed leading the battalion, but led to victory.
@XTMachine15 жыл бұрын
You forgot all about that Black Triss Merigold.
@tprime27025 жыл бұрын
Shh we don't talk about that. In the next season, they'll just say she used magic to become a white ginger... I hope.
@salamandercleaverson75125 жыл бұрын
At least she was kinda hot
@barakobama81945 жыл бұрын
@@salamandercleaverson7512 she was not hot at all she looks like trash
@birchvand5 жыл бұрын
She isn't black. She is mixed heritage, I think. Quite liked that bit of casting, it was fairly close to the book? I think, been a while since I read it
@ABonafideSkeleton5 жыл бұрын
Black Triss Merigold who *ISN'T A REDHEAD.*
@malberolall4 жыл бұрын
''She struggles to master Khaos'' The Holy Orders of the Emperor's Inquistion would like a word with you
@malberolall4 жыл бұрын
@Wrulol the Witch(hunt)er would like to know your location
@alexl66444 жыл бұрын
We have a Strike Cruiser in orbit. Shall we purge the witches? Ave Imperator. Brother Alexandros, out.
@w4rpf1nnlad4 жыл бұрын
Emperor protects, brother.
@user-yo4bo5ww2y4 жыл бұрын
@@malberolall Witcher and Witch hunter are 2 completely different things in witcher world. Witch hunters are obsessed heretics serving to the chruch of inifinite fire by burning witches. Witcherd are witchers.
@saltking21333 жыл бұрын
Lmao somehow im not surprised 40k fandom made it's way here, we all just love grimdark and the Witcher has it in spades (the games and novels). The show was decent i liked it bois !
@blacknapalm21313 жыл бұрын
It felt more like *The Yennefer* than The Witcher
@silver9333 жыл бұрын
🤣
@Sosozanyway3 жыл бұрын
Nah
@TheFourthWinchester3 жыл бұрын
It would have been glorious if it was.
@kobiljonkamolov66553 жыл бұрын
she is so disgusting for me for some reason
@Sosozanyway3 жыл бұрын
@@kobiljonkamolov6655 disgusting? That's a bit much. You must be 11 years old or something.
@Charles_Bro-son3 жыл бұрын
Sapkowski's novels are a good read, dude's a decent writer.
@tyrannosaurusimperator2 жыл бұрын
The novels are terrible and the author is clearly a retarded sadist.
@vilthean4 жыл бұрын
If you can't tell whether you like Jaskier or hate him - that means they really got this character right.
@torokun5 жыл бұрын
“Fresh Prince of Rivendell” 😂😂😂
@jbolduc15005 жыл бұрын
I died!
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache5 жыл бұрын
I see. So you tossed your coin to The Witcher as well.
@kyle218432 жыл бұрын
"i do find myself hoping the gamble pays off" it definitely did not pay off
@MegaGangsta4life3 жыл бұрын
"I've dated worse to be honest "😂😂😂😂😂😂
@joaodeboni57355 жыл бұрын
By talking with people who both liked and disliked the show, i feel like the more you know and enjoy the witcher universe (mostly the books), the less you enjoy the show for its changes and addons to its myths and lore
@gilbes11395 жыл бұрын
You are talking to people who pretend to know more about it than they do. Playing The Witcher 3 does not make them the expert they think they are.
@fullswingin5 жыл бұрын
As someone who's read the short stories this season is based on about 5 times, I definitely enjoyed the show less than anyone else I know who hasn't read the books
@joaodeboni57355 жыл бұрын
@@gilbes1139 not really, i for one have read the 3 first books (including the last wish) and feel like i enjoyed less than my friends who didn't
@DarkThagan5 жыл бұрын
@@gilbes1139 People coming to the show from the games are more forgiving than those that have read the books. The generic crappiness and agenda-driven changes of the show are much more apparent compared to the original material.
@ElectromagNick5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, pretty much. Having devoured the books and short stories when I'd first heard of them, then reread then at least twice each, and put a truly unhealthy amount of time into games, I couldn't even finish the season.
@sjnix70445 жыл бұрын
"Its nice to see myself reflected on screen at last." THAT earned you a sub...lol "Ive dated worse to be honest." THAT rang the notification bell.
@highguard34893 жыл бұрын
I like how the "go away now" changes based on how good was the review
@SergeiBash5 жыл бұрын
How did Geralt end up in Wakanda?
@drb40745 жыл бұрын
On a magical SJW carpet ride.
@Kommiekiller5 жыл бұрын
We wuz medieval europeenz an shieeet
@TigreDemon4 жыл бұрын
Not a fan of the "elves of Brooklyn" ... Questioning the 2 black soldiers accompanying the dragon, they're actually from a tribe that is way more south, or east (can't remember) in the world of Witcher. So they're legit.
@FakedStick4 жыл бұрын
Only few places got "dragon" things, and Africa is not one of it.
@dolnyslazak47214 жыл бұрын
It's a country on southeast of known continent and it's called Zerrikania (idk if they changed it in the show or not)
@someguy99704 жыл бұрын
Zerrikanians aren't black.
@RidiculousDeath3 жыл бұрын
Tea and Vea are described in the book as blond haired, also they are wearing lynx hides(indicates more northern geography). So they are not black.
@connorbaz59803 жыл бұрын
@@RidiculousDeath IKR? Makes me sick how many people refuse to see that fact.
@ryostu14 жыл бұрын
Forced diversity really is an issue.
@unhinchamas75274 жыл бұрын
ryo stu Yeah I’m north african and I wanted to see a show from east europe and not the US.
@unhinchamas75274 жыл бұрын
kavros kavouri We don’t need the US again to fuck our cultures and our tales. It’s european so let be European. dumb ass
@FrshJurassicPrnceYA4 жыл бұрын
You just said that you’re North African dipshit. Smfh!
@theholyasdf35934 жыл бұрын
I... honestly didn't notice all the black people until it was pointed in this video. Some people around really just don't see the problem and don't think about it.
@psychokinrazalon4 жыл бұрын
kavros kavouri Not in medieval Europe.
@fatumteam3 жыл бұрын
5:45 they mentioned Queen Calanthe nickname which is the Lion and they mentioned also how many successful battles she fought, so I think it's a prestige for her to fight in the middle of the battle, as many leaders did in medieval times... (Richard the Lionhearted also did this many times) generals fought in the rear only become a common thing after the renaissance era (so I think the show has many flaws but this one I do not count)
@cornellius015 жыл бұрын
denying us a hot crazy redheaded Triss is hard to forgive
@KutluMizrak5 жыл бұрын
And she is a very minor character in books
@Cj-xt6tv5 жыл бұрын
#1 the games got her wrong #2 it won’t even matter as she’s a minor character
@cornellius015 жыл бұрын
@@Cj-xt6tv #3 poontang
@Kosh8005 жыл бұрын
@@Cj-xt6tv The games didn't get her TOO wrong, though. Yeah she didn't have blazing red hair, but she had chestnut with red. She also had blue eyes. That said the games were a HELL of a lot better than the damn show. But yeah, a minor character in the books because her role only got larger in the games when she started interacting with Geralt after he escaped the Wild Hunt when she used him like the cunt she is lol
@asgaard45 жыл бұрын
@Ivan nope she is reddish brown and had a lot of relations with man and woman alike
@JJ1805 жыл бұрын
The show should have been called "Yennefer" as she has more screen time and back story than anyone else in the show.
@ValveSpecial5 жыл бұрын
And it’s a real problem because as well fleshed out as her character arc is, the actress playing her doesn’t have the emotional range. Instead of depicting someone who has lived a life of great suffering, growing bitter, resentful, jaded and lustful of power we get a callow, pampered youth who struggles to emote beyond petulance and annoyance as if someone has unplugged her iPhone when it was charging.
@archstanton90735 жыл бұрын
@@ValveSpecial Thank you! She's not a good actress to warrant so much screen time.
@moniidzia5 жыл бұрын
@Wignat Fedposter The showrunner is a female jew
@Pikashades5 жыл бұрын
As someone who has read the first 3 books, the show should be given props as a visual media for SHOWING what was merely TOLD or just implied about Yennefer's past in the books. That's my two cents about your issue.
@austinwest65385 жыл бұрын
Yennefer is literally the third most important character after Geralt and Ciri
@JoJoJoker5 жыл бұрын
Drinker’s channel is growing faster than than a mutant kudzu plant.
@siyabongamnyoni16995 жыл бұрын
That's cause truth taste good in a belly full of lies
@JoJoJoker5 жыл бұрын
youtube fanboy sure that’s one way to do it. Another method is to produce a good product, which is what he did.
@Varangian_af_Scaniae5 жыл бұрын
Well who doesn't like a knowledgeable booze-hound.
@falkenphil5572 жыл бұрын
One thing I enjoyed about how they did the timeline, is it made it enjoyable to watch multiple times. Ive probably seen it through 8 times now and each time I feel like it gets better, which is because there is more I understand and catch.. But admittedly the first go through felt pretty bad. As far as just throwing you into the story, I felt that way in the games also... They were extremely hard for me to force myself to play and get into. But once I did I understood why people liked them so much.
@JohnDoe-yr3lm2 жыл бұрын
wrong. the decision was made to make it look smart for dumb people. you are the dumb people. Show creators laughed at you in season 2. Be better.
@falkenphil5572 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-yr3lm ummmm…. Ok…. I suppose no one else can enjoy an aspect of something you didn’t then.
@SouthernGuy5423 Жыл бұрын
@@falkenphil557 I liked it, too. It felt good when I figured out about halfway through the story that they weren't telling the story chronologically. I really liked the first season. It was the 2nd season where it kind of lost me.
@gyromurphy Жыл бұрын
I recently bought Witcher 3 ....for the Switch (it actually runs pretty well) ... anywho, I was looking for a game that was basically Zelda set in the Darksouls world. A friend told me to get Witcher 3 and within an hour of playtime it became one of the greatest games I've ever played. If anyone hasn't played it yet, my god... go buy it now
@LyleVSXyle4 жыл бұрын
I really hope Jaskier The Bard goes the “Merry and Pippin” route of being a silly and ineffectual comic relief at first but growing into a hefty role in later seasons.
@CommanderSharpEye4 жыл бұрын
I'm listening to the books, and it seems like he is so far
@kurosbelmont23554 жыл бұрын
I've only ever played the Witcher 3. Isn't that jaskier guy supposed to be dandilion?
@DrSarcasmo4 жыл бұрын
@@kurosbelmont2355 Yeah, Jaskier is Dandelion. I have no clue as to why they changed it in the show.
@astrojeet4 жыл бұрын
@@DrSarcasmo Jaskier is his official name in Polish. But the English translation is Dandelion. That's what the games use.
@astrojeet4 жыл бұрын
Dandelion is a very interesting character. Apart from comic relief he has some really interesting things to say about the world and Geralt in the books. This was explored in the Witcher 1. Unfortunately he was more comic relief in Witcher 2 and 3 which I didn't like all that much. Anyway, the real story hasn't begun yet and season 1 is just a backstory which wasn't told well in the show. In the short stories you can clearly understand what is going on and there is enough world building to keep you invested. It also focuses mostly on Geralt. Yennefer's backstory was only done for the show.
@caad52584 жыл бұрын
5:40 The books feature many warrior Kings and Queens that engage in combat personally. It's not without historical precedent. Many royals have desired to be seen as a strong warrior to bolster the loyalty of their subjects, or for their own aggrandisement. Or if they were desperate, they would participate with their bodyguard troops to win a decisive engagement.
@TimoRutanen3 жыл бұрын
Before the Romans, many cultures would sort of demand their leaders lead the charge or they wouldn't be seen fit to lead. Then the Romans came, hiding their generals in the back and proved very efficient with these new cowardly strategies. Sure, you could call them cowards but they did conquer your lands anyway so that was a small consolation. That is, with the exception of this tiny village in Gaul..
@joshuaseagondollar24953 жыл бұрын
@@TimoRutanen One tiny village, often championed by a shrewd cunning warrior, and his unnaturally strong friend who had a particular love of wild boar. And of course little Dogmatix too.
@TysoniusRex3 жыл бұрын
It's also true that the aristocracy of many cultures were much better trained and armed than their adversaries, and of course leaders have guards, even in battles. But yeah, leading from the rear seems to be a better long term strategy.
@Mrch33ky3 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons Alexander the Great was great was because he led from the front. So did his father.
@briantoreador35705 жыл бұрын
"Show is badly in need of a stronger backbone to hold it all together." *Shows several shots of Yen* I see what you did there..
@williamstockton55973 жыл бұрын
I was confused as well but after rewatching it, the whole show made so much sense and kinda built the world with each episode.
@Chris-qj5cs5 жыл бұрын
I liked the show overall but the forced diversity is absolutely stupid.
@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou.5 жыл бұрын
@witch blade No u
@rogthepirate45935 жыл бұрын
@witch blade he's right tho. Black or other ethnic actors? Sure. But where it makes sense. Did you see a lot of white people living in Wakanda in Black Panther? No? Exactly. You think we whined about that? You think we were like "muh representation!!"? Hell no. Because in that setting, random white people wouldn't have made the least bit of sense. Just as random black people in a slavic-inspired setting don't make the least bit of sense. I can forgive the dryads btw. They're basically earthen spirits, so the look fits.
@Gauntlet12124 жыл бұрын
@witch blade "Oh, this show totally needs more people of skin colour x, you can't have only people of skin colour y." You are the real racist here. Why are all Milfguard soldiers white, btw? If Diversity is so important? Only the foreign sorceress is black.
@tommyslavic8984 жыл бұрын
The Forced Diversity is Strong in this One
@bloodhat30974 жыл бұрын
@@rogthepirate4593 Dryads are green, cuz they are part of the trees, they are not earth spirits.
@danielroden94245 жыл бұрын
the diversity stuff is a fair point - and where are the chinese, japanese and native american actors? only black and indian? semi diverse.
@DanielDkzz5 жыл бұрын
I noticed it but didn't realy care bc thats how Hollywood is
@darkstraylily14775 жыл бұрын
Seems like these guys are doing same thing as what Troy did: suddenly half the greek gods are black somehow. ..gave that pile of garbage an honest try even after that.... Nope! Too damn woke. Gtfo. Dunno about the Witcher though. Not a fan of forced diversity.;
@TheStraightestWhitest5 жыл бұрын
@ And it doesn't make sense either way. I often see the argument being made that: ''it is only B A S E D on some Slavic cultures, it isn't actually Slavic.'' I find that funny, because all characters not from Zerrikania are already established as white, such as Triss, Yen, Fringilla, Istredd, Vilgefortz, and many others. So even if it wasn't an actual representation of Slavic culture from the 13'th century (which it is, but for the sake of arguing), it wouldn't even matter. The characters are still white. Replacing them with other ethnicities is still racist.
@haraldmax96855 жыл бұрын
Diversity as an expression of political correctness is racism in itself.
@danielroden94245 жыл бұрын
@ there aint no white people in wakanda. reeee
@LiftYagami5 жыл бұрын
The only black people in this show that were accurate are the 2 Zerikkanians
@ethank.66025 жыл бұрын
Sintra is a nation of immigrants! Zerikkanians have been migrating to sintra for centuries in search of a better peasant life. Also, this is based 10 years before the games, perhaps there was a massive purge? ;)
@eredin86745 жыл бұрын
Not even that. They had blonde hair in the book. If anything they were meant to be middle eastern, not sub saharan African.
@danielstys97945 жыл бұрын
You know, in Andrzej Sapkowski's books all characters are probably white, beacuse the author never wrote anything about non-white characters (but in interviews said, that they can exist on the Continent). However Zerrikania is described on the model of Africa. Tea and Vea have blond hair, but among Polish readers it has been accepted that they are dark-skinned (it's something like fan tradition).
@ragnar-usa36395 жыл бұрын
@@danielstys9794 . I was thinking the same , the writer is Polish so most of the characters would be Slavs
@danielstys97945 жыл бұрын
@@ragnar-usa3639 Not necessarily, Andrzej Sapkowski based on cultural heritage of all Europe: short stories from first two books are inspired by German and Danish fairy tales, and Polish legends (and one Arabish). In whole story you can find threads inspired by Arthurian legends. Celtic culture is clearly visible even in the names of the characters. The world presented is also diverse, e.g. Skellige is strongly based on Scandinavia. The most Slavic thing in books is the language they were written in, but it probably must be lost in translation. It's a pity, because Sapkowski is a master of the word. Secondly, some monsters come from the Slav bestiary.
@Valandor_Celestial_Warlock3 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: The elves in this world actually came from an alternate reality world that basically "collided" with this one during a very rare phase shift event thousands of years prior to this story. That's also basically how all the "evil" creatures appeared. This would have been useful information that could have been included somewhere in the show's narrative.
@ncrranger63272 жыл бұрын
I remember the narrator from Witcher 3 saying that, something like "Ahh the conjunction of the spheres". That narrative was great and well done
@reimundkrohn89382 жыл бұрын
Actually, the world of the Witcher was first inhabited by the Elves (the Aen Seidhe), some 2000 years before the arrival of humans at the time of the Conjunction of the Spheres. Humans, although late to arrive on the Continent, proved able to “out breed” the long lived elves, and so the Age of Elves would come to an end, and humans would become the dominant species on the Continent.
@AWZool Жыл бұрын
@@reimundkrohn8938 If memory serves, there is even a reference to humans originating from earth, and Ciri visiting a place with "humans with metal in their head", so some kinda cyberpunk world.
@Swat_Dennis5 жыл бұрын
As a fantasy fan, it wasn't bad. As a Witcher fan, this was shite.
@jdunnatl5 жыл бұрын
As a fantasy fan who hasn't read anything about the Witcher, I thought it was horrendous beyond Cavill.
@rogthepirate45935 жыл бұрын
I'm both and liked it on both counts. Maybe you'd have to differentiate between "Witcher games fan", "Witcher books fan" and just overall "Witcher fan". Since I'm definitely the latter, there was a lot to love there.
@jdunnatl5 жыл бұрын
@@liquidKi Yeah, I'm glad a lot of people enjoyed it, but I feel like season 1 was a massively missed opportunity.
@RedFloyd4694 жыл бұрын
@@liquidKi But that is what the books do, isn't it? All female mages are supposed to be incredibly attractive. (even though the ones in the show were sometimes just plain). The witches use artificial, magic-created beauty to influence the world. Yennefer transforming from a hunchback into one of the most attractive women in the world (in the lore) is an important event. If any statement was made, then it did not come from the writers at netflix.
@RedFloyd4694 жыл бұрын
@Dr. Ben Chode Why don't you just go back and play with the other toddlers, okay?
@clay_reznor6475 жыл бұрын
"Yennefer: special guest, The Witcher."
@Ant18155 жыл бұрын
As a fan of both the games and the books this became the biggest irritation for me. It became clearer as the series progressed that the biggest character wasn't Geralt, it was yennifer, It felt like a 'bait and switch' where 'the witcher' was relegated to a supporting character in what should have been his story.
@clay_reznor6475 жыл бұрын
@@Ant1815 The show was written and produced by women. And the man hating, Anita Sarkeesian types. The only way I'll come back for season 2 is if Renaissance entertainment (Sam Raimi and Robert Tappert of Hercules, Xena, Spartacus, and Ash VS the Evil dead) took charge of the show. The shit looked cheap anyways. Minus well shoot it in New Zealand with a veteran crew. That's just my opinion.
@kamizumoku4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of another show, ST: Picard with a special guest Picard
@kamizumoku4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of another show, ST: Picard with a special guest Picard
@kamizumoku4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of another show, ST: Picard with a special guest Picard
@Globox20045 жыл бұрын
"Not the kind of guy who agonizes about morality of what he does and he never indulges in pity and self-doubt" *laughs in novels*
@alteredbeast71455 жыл бұрын
Looks like we got ourselves a reader
@MilkBreakMinecraft5 жыл бұрын
Exactly why I disliked this Geralt. He doesn’t have any of the depth book Geralt has. The dilemma of “the lesser of two evils” is supposed to show how much Geralt suffers from his scruples.
@alteredbeast71455 жыл бұрын
The translations were shit and, tbh, game Geralt was more compelling