Reviews Hit Rock Bottom - The Witcher Just Got Worse
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Netflix's The Witcher season 3 part 2 is here with three of the worst episodes yet. May the suffering commence...
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Episode 6
10:23 - Episode 7
15:21 - Episode 8
19:22 - Conclusion
19:55 - Outro
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I’ve never understood how people can be handed something like the Witcher , with it’s built in fan base, on a golden platter and fumble it as hard as they did. But as far back as I can remember whenever mainstream writers and directors get their hands on nerd culture they change whatever they want to run it into the ground and then call us toxic for not enjoying the massive turd they left on our doorstep
They do it to insert identity politics and antagonise those fans. The people with money don’t believe in identity politics they believe in capitalism. So they invest the money into turning shows into crap with identity politics so you’ll conflate that with “left thinking” and join their side in politics. The people who own these studios and these productions are not left wing. The owners are always conservative.
Such tactics have already been seen in places like 4chan. Where conservatives try to gather fans because people who are nerds and like this kind of stuff tend to be people who are lost politically. A blank state that can be tempered into becoming “anti left”
You can see that in every video of this kind. People are alienated. Next time they hear a feminism say something they’ll remember how they felt when the feminists butchered their favourite franchise and come back to this moment and pick the opposite side.
It’s a dirty tactic and it’s working very well.
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Many franchises have faced the same kick in the nads. Halo, willow, star wars, marvel phase 4, just to name a few 😂😂😂
Uwe boll at least tried...
@leon3589 you're either insane or dumb. Having trouble figuring out which
They had a beautiful hunk of a man who was incredibly passionate about the subject matter, whose fans love the fact that he has passion, and these narcissistic assholes threw it all away.
Obviously because he was not a WHAMAN xD My theory is that, Lauren wanted probably from Henry to have private teaching of his holy "bible" but he refused hence she did him very dirty and even allowed some biatches to make false rumors of him being a biggot and a sexist behind the scene. That woman who "leaked" the script of this blasphemy should be crucified but eh, we live in a World where female is not only Future but also Justice and Inpunity apparently.
"hunk of a man" - That's sexist ! You are objectifying men ! And other triggered woke noises !
He's a complete windbag. You don't know him behind closed doors. You just wish you did. I'm sure he's just as cracked up as the rest of them.
"You shitty fans, yous should consume our stunning and brave shit" Netflix probably
So stunning, so brave.
Your reviews are about 100x more entertaining than this season
I’m new and I agree just the first min has made me burst out laughing
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@@sammythebull8238 SAME!
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This is why I watch them instead of the show (bailed on S03E3). :D
Most of what you said - Geralt being wounded in Brokilon, Ciri wandering around the desert, the attack on Arethusa... - are actualy in the books. But they forgot to put the rest of it, that will tie it together. It's like they use plot points when it suits them so they can point "look! We use the books! Now shut it" but making whatever they want around the points making them make no sense whatsoever
The coup could have been a cross between the Red Wedding and Joker robbing the bank in dark night, building that suspense. Instead it was dogshit.
They spend two seasons ignoring the books, then when they realize they cant turn this around, they give in to the fans like "all right, all right, we'll use your precious books, sheesh", except now the books dont work because everything is set up wrong.
Oh yes, this show, the witcher. I love watching shows where titular character is sidelined for 10 random different plotlines that I don't care about.
Exactly nobody cares about all those mages or royals being bisexual. I mean only reason what makes Part 2 of season three good is the sword fighting of Geralt 🤤
That moment he doesn’t care anymore at the end hahahah
Unfortunately, this is the way how Sapkowski has written this. So you are criticising books. And yes, you have rights to do this, but after Season 2 the authors were criticised for going as far from as they can and in Season 3 they tried to go back to the direction as close as possible. Your comment means, that their decision of changing lore was good to you.
@@tapikuv Except a book and a TV show are 2 different media. They can be true to the source material without dedicating 80% of the screen time to non-Geralt stuff.
@@tapikuvyou’re right that the novels do follow several perpectives. Doesn’t change the fact that they’ve somehow changed their stories completely, making them boring somehow, and inserted their own woke trash to really sink it.
@@MustardSkaven hardly in this case
I'm Polish and I hate what Netflix done with the Witcher read all the books and omg how I respect Cavil for his decisions
Deus ex Geralt? More like Deus ex Triss... her entire purpose is to just pop up like a gnome anywhere someone needs help and solve the plot problem
You are spot on with Triss take. She senses danger and appears when plot needs her.
The Two Towers is a great example of convenience working. The final battle is lengthy and tense, characters die with enough attention to convey emotion and regret. Audiences are on the edge of their seat and it's only when all hope seems lost that Gandalf appears with another army. THIS is effective convenience- because it's earned. The audience had to go through a lot before they got relief and that satisfying rescue
and also it paid off because it was already established there was an army of horse-riders that we saw on screen earlier, and Gandalf separated from the main characters explicitly to find them for the final battle.
Here’s the issue. About 70% of the story beats are actually book accurate. The execution, however, is not. This could have been something somewhere between the Red Wedding, and the Joker robbing the bank scene in the dark night. It’s a build up, it’s tension, it’s shock, it’s plots it’s Guerilla action. Yes, the coup happens, yes Geralt literally stumbles into it all going for a piss, yes, Dijkstra and his men detain unarmed Geralt, yes Geralt escapes and breaks his leg, yes everyone is split up, yes the conspirators are first caught, yes Tissaia makes a massive error and let’s them escape when she learns the war was instigated by the kings of the north, yes that’s a mistake, yes that let’s them free to let the Scoia’tael in and start fighting outright again, yes ciri is chased by Rience who is with the Scoia’tael, yes cahir is also there after ciri, yes the goes apeshit on him and hacks him bloody only to spare him, yes Geralt then arrives and spares him too seeing him broken and hearing he saved her life in Cintra, yes Vilgefortz arrives and they fight, yes, Geralt loses, yes ciri enters the tower and escapes Vilgefortz through the unstable portal, yes Triss rescues Geralt, yes the tower collapses. Yes Tissaia commits suicide (with no mention of Yennefer ofc and her not even being there).
But it’s so badly done that it’s boring. It’s just a boring rendition of it, with as you said, too much stopping and leaving and coming back and convenience. And there’s also a bunch of other crap added that doesn’t happen.
Rience doesn’t die, Cahir doesn’t wish for death, Yennefer disappears at this point, captured and compressed by Francesca but nobody knows, *NOW* it’s thought she works for Nilfgaard not like in season 2, Filavandrel isn’t even there, neither is Fringilla. Geralt goes to Brokilon but Yennefer is nowhere to be seen. Milva is brash but not half the total bitch she is in the show. Dijkstra isn’t some weird soppy sub begging for death.
Bang on execution is everything when it comes to an intricate plot like the coup of aratuza. I'm so glad I tuned out of this series after what they did to eskel in the second episode of season 2
With each episode, it felt like the writers were delivering a series of escalating blows, starting at our knees and rising higher and higher right to the crotch.
Where did the Social Justice Warriors touch you?
Can't wait for seasons 4 to 8. Legendary stuff is about to happen.
There was absolutely no reason to leave Geralt suffering for a week when Triss or Yen could've healed him. The writers deliberately left him there just so they'd focus on Ciri in episode 7
Geralt being wounded for a long time is in the books but of course most things happen completely differently there so... they use the Canon when it suits them and when not they make shit up
To be honest as unbelievably bad as this season is. There are a lot of people criticising things that actually are source material 😂
Wrong, Triss leaves Geralt at Brokilon and goes back (because she’s a total coward scared of the Mages/Redanians and hides she helps him) and Yennefer is captured at this point.
@@LeutnantJoker Absolutely and weren't the waters of Brokilon talk up to have incredible healing properties? We won't mention though how long it takes for everyone to actually reunite in the books, though I feel like you could drop a bunch of spoilers and each one will have a 50/50 chance of actually happening. Except for the Fringilla romance in the Toussaint, I feel that plot line is a burnt bridge.
Nope, it is just pretty close to lore. So you criticism should be send to Mr. Sapkowski.
Rumor is the strike could delay season 4 up to 3 years. Plus you have the spinoff involving the rats…Yeah just cancel this already.
I am struggling to see why there is a writers strike, there should be a fans strike.
At this point I guess chatGPT could write more coherent and good story for 20 bucks a month...
I hope we will get better writers out of this
Luckily A.I. would be a better choice to create a script instead of the current script writers of The Witcher
16:10 Yennefer founding the Lodge is the exact opposite of what book Yennefer would've done.
The "hee-hee! Fuck!" Bit still cracks me up. It's honestly hilarious!
I gave up after season two and my only regret was watching past season one or ever hoping they would do the books justice.
The scene where Ciri is found in the middle of nowhere by Yennefer, Geralt appears from thin air to kill fire mage .... This is the quality writing i have seen done by Disney recently in Mandolorian with people trackers. They can detect target across universe but by season two they are not in show anymore. Plot breaking and immersion destroying things.... Then i spoke with my friend about those two tv shows and he loves them... And i am like bruh there are soo many things that don't work in those tv show if you tirn your brain on.... I can't watch this , its soo bad in my eyes.
A lot of people watch the shows in the background of their life. I guess that explains finding it enjoyable. Binging also lets the show be worse because you're not processing it for a week and choosing to return. I didn't realize how bad S3 P1 was until about halfway through the last episode when everything started repeating
It just baffles me, constantly that they could take this golden egg laying goose and make this.
They had an extremely popular book/game franchise with one of the biggest fan bases on earth.
They had a beloved actor who is ridiculously passionate about the series.
The source material was all fucking there!!
And they decided to make it about diversity, identity politics, feminism and social justice. Oh also they chased off their one decent actor and replaced him with wish list Thor.
(Slight Spoilers) The "Bird" by the way is Philippa Eilhart. Dandelion singing on the edge of Brokilon so he doesn't get shot by an arrow is book accurate (Netflix execution of that scene like all of them may vary). Geralt will be given grief by his leg injury for the next two and a half books, same with there actually being no "witchering" till Lady of the Lake and there isn't even really a lot to begin with in the books. Looks like they're doing another character dirty with shit writing, this time being Auntie Milva. I all ready dread what they are going to do Regis and Zoltan.
Let's all hope season 4 won't happen, because me and many others wouldn't survive them butchering regis.
@@fajnejhajnejcz2668ughh They'll probably make him a gay Chinese woman
Not the Milva....
Yet, I wonder how that scene after Regis potion will go.
@@fajnejhajnejcz2668 I'm still trying to recover from what they did to Eskel and basically the entirety of season 2.
What do you call a Netflix writer for Witcher?
An Activist
soon to be without a job?
OK but the important question is: how did Fringilla lose over what seems like 30 pounds from volume 1 to volume 2? WTF is going on? It is so obvious.
That at least makes sense. All the sorcerers use magic to make themselves more beautiful so she would have just used a spell to get her to her previous weight.
@@SugerSprinkledFun I guess that makes sense... then why didn't she do it in the bar scene where she's laughing and dancing.
@@elck3 in the same vein who cares about impressing peasants in a bar? The only hill I can die on this season.
@@202cardline what's the point in dying on the hill when the writers regard you as a "toxic fan"
It’s funny that you mention Mike Tyson when one of the episode’s titles is literally a Mike Tyson quote “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face”
I love how they kept the most boring parts of the book (Ciri in the desert) but they changed the whole conclave at aretuza to something that is utter trash. The conclave was in my opinion the best part of the entire Witcher books. (I am currently reading tower of the swallow)
Once again, I still can’t figure out how villgeforts gets his ass kicked so badly by Kahir in season one, yet still manages to cripple Garalt in season 3🤪🤪🤪….someone is changing the story (although I know that happens in the books)…come on now…make it make sense 😂😂
because they never build villgeforts, you see he was mercenary that rejected his magic but in the pursue of power he embraced it.
As mercenarie he was quite proficient with weapons but only started to excellent with staff, thats were is potencial started to shine.
Lazy writing in previous fights he never used staff until the fight with gerald and magically we are suposed to deduce all that boring stuff, anyway lets get back to girl bosses shall we? after all this is the witcher.
@@heldersantos2714tThank you! You made it make sense😊. My apologies for misspelling Geralt
Bahahah "Killists and Stabbists". Your recap of that "battle" was absolutely spot on.
And, incidentally, vastly more entertaining than the actual show!!!! 🤦♀🤦♀😂😂
**Edit: Good gods. I have to admit, I didn't watch the last couple episodes. I started, but I just couldn't handle it. That final episode... You sat through all that so we didn't have to. Thank you for your service 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I stopped watching this series when it became the Yennifer and Ciri show. Luckily I haven’t returned. Lol
I don’t even watch most the shows you skewer, but I enjoy your humor so much that always tune in.
This show could have easily been quite good. If only it had a team of competent writers and producers who were fans of the books and skilful in their jobs, and held respect for the fans of the ip.
Also, an important thing to note, the Ciri actress is 21 now. Just thought some may be interested in that fact in case any of you felt weird at all.
Yea.. felt kinda weird when she was acting like a child around Henry Cavil, even jumping on his back in a scene in the first episode. Thats all i could watch from season 3 , i deleted all of the remaining episodes imediately.
the finale felt like they tried to shoot it all in one day, and took the first take everyone did. Actors who have had such better scenes, just look like they showed up in LA yesterday for their first big gig. That's a shit team of writers, directors, producers
Oook how did Jaskier came from in Magic Academy, wasn't it in the island? Maybe he and Ciri were hiding on the ame island but the enviroments seemed completely different
Caville: Hey guys, let's stick to the source material. It's a great story with a lot of deep lore...
Female Witcher writing staff: But we wanted to put in our girlboss Tumblr-style fan fiction! QuIt BeInG sExIsT!
Its not like the Witcher-saga isnt filled to the brim with girl bosses anyway. Ciri, Calanthe, Yennefer, Renfri, Essi, Meve, Milva, ... there are plenty of powerful, interesting women. No need to invent stuff. Maybe understand the existing ones first.
And regarding the last fight in pub where Ciri did her first kill - you missed the biggest plot point - the young marauders, Rats, went there to free their comrade Kayligh. Without knowledge of the lore - it is definitely a director's big mistake that you were not able to catch this. from my POV, it was one of the best scenes in the show - Freya did a damn good job in last five second of the season 3
I have to agree that while the rest of the episode annoyed me to no end the exact bit where Ciri kills the bounty hunter for me was excellent.
Yennefer isn't supposed to have a sword or even know a thing about sword fighting. Most dumb character assassination ever.
Oh you haven't seen extraordinary fumbling dagger fighting skills of the most stunning of them all,
macho man galadriel...
@@kkkk_kkkk_kkkkThe comment was hilarious but Galadriel at least had extensive training and was a proper soldier..,
This actor who plays Vilgefortz would be perfect in appearance to play the character Jahan from the game Divinity Original Sin.
God bless you for bringing humor into this garbage!!!!
My pleasure Yarn Witch!
Its not hard to make an interesting fantasy story. There's been an entire decade or two of just pure fantasy world building. It was honestly an easy layup and having Henry Cavill would have made it so easy to milk this for 4-5 seasons. It seems like Netflix is allergic to making money.
I dont understand where that arrow came from. I replayed the scene of Triss getting shot in this video and I'm confused? It appears to come from the left which is a wall..... So im guessing it came through the flame filled opening behind the green mage, but where the the archer? I looked all over and i dont see someone aiming at triss? It's a big ass arrow, someone drew a large bow for that arrow. Are we saying an archer deeper in the room who couldnt even see her shot blindly through the smoke and hit her?
I dropped season 3 vveryquickly and i'm so glad i did.
Hope to see you at the Nerdrotic meet-up in the UK
It is indeed disheartening to see the missed potential of "The Witcher" series. With all the resources at their disposal, such as the captivating books, a devoted fan base, and the talented Henry Cavill, it's unfortunate that the creators' ego hindered them from delivering something truly exceptional. It's perplexing that a series titled "The Witcher" would relegate its central character to a side role.
The decision to introduce current politics into a fantasy world is a contentious one, as many fans prefer their fantasy narratives to be an escape from real-world issues. Perhaps, the creators could have chosen to remain loyal to the source material and explore the rich stories from the books, which could have pleased the devoted followers. It's saddening to witness a missed opportunity like this when it seems like the primary goal should have been staying true to the essence of the original stories.
6:47 -- the most pointless introduction to a random character ever - who even is this? and what was the point of casting this guy, hair, makeup, acting, writing all to just killed off in 10 seconds by a **ing owl hahah
I loved "The Demon Cycle" by Peter V. Brett in my early teens.
Back than I had a lot of "Lord of the Rings" style Kopfkino about the first books. Sitting down and starting reading was like entering a magical place where all the greatest endless budget things of cinema would be brought into my mind.
Kopfkino is german = head cinema.
It's when you read a book and see the story as a movie in your head.
I am 21 now and I just wish that "The Witcher Situation" doesn't happen to The Demon Cycle....
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🍻🥨
Regarding Jaskier (sorry I use Czech translation Marigold sometimes) and dryads - he sings one of the most lyric song known by old rases (dryads including). Imagine he will sing something a song about Beren and Lúthien (by Aragorn in FotR). I understand that you do not know the lore.
All the points that pissed me off. I'm just a casual watcher that hated that some guy with bad eye makeup spanked Geralt on the bum with a piece of rebar and it brought him near death while Triss took an arrow to the heart and was okay.
I always was someone who liked story-driven games. But when i played the withcher 3 ... that was just.. incredibly legendary epic... I've been a gamer since decades, but never expierienced that. Then Netflix stole this priceless story, almost priceless. And Netflix did THIS to us. Imo, Vesemirs animated Story was the best. Netflixs show is so bad, it really hurts Especially witcher-fans.
How time flies... I remember when you reviewed each episode individually.
Either way, this year's slop is making me look forward to Things of Power: Season 2.
Yep, there was a couple scenes, where Ciri's head was side by side with the unicorns big balls! I was laughing so hard!😂
I used to have the shirt you’re wearing and i haven’t been able to find it in like 3 years i’m pissed
I’m not giving it back…
Aaron Taylor-Johnson wearing a baseball cap is right. I just started rolling my eyes at all the convenient coincidences. Very good commentary.
"What do you call a spymaster when all of his spies have fled?" {dramatic pause} "the answer is dead". Some epic writing right there i bet they took that straight from the books.
The weird thing is that I saw some of these mistakes in Season 1 but overlooked it because of Henry's passion of the books. I was looking for aomething similar to my love of the LOTR series and found this. I love those books. Despite these problems I really look forward to reading these books, but I am abandoning the Show. It's so sad that I'll be only seeing its trolling. 😢
Actually the Redanian coup did happen that way in the novel. Tissaea de Vris backed the wrong side. Having said that, the show is now pants.
Spoiler for people who did not read the books yet:
1. The bird defending Dijkstra was supposed to be owl, ie. Philippa Eilhart.
2. Magic was not effective on Geralt´s leg in the books (he had severe injury to the knee due to the fight with Vilgefortz, who had enchanted staff at the moment iirc). So, Triss took him to dryads of Brokilon and they attempted to heal him, which was partial success.
Of course, these would make sense if the series followed the books, but here we are.
If when you’re watching this season, you perceive each scene to scene as different scenes from a half decent local theatre group it makes much more sense and feels more natural.
Outside the main cast, some of the side characters are truly some of the worst actors I’ve seen in a thing in ages. They honestly deliver lines
Iike they’re in Hollyoaks, or something of similar ilk.
That Asian chick in the forest has the worst line delivery I think I’ve witnessed in fuck knows how long. Also, well glad you dropped that reminder of that little prick who looks like MJ. Brought me a moment of amusement.
“British sense of negativity” always bringing the fun!! I’m so glad I didn’t watch this season so I can enjoy your review.
You’re looking good. I like your threads this video. Have a cracking weekend
It's hard now for people to go and sit down and watch a movie book TV show and turned into shit and to be blamed its there fault what weird world are we living in now it used to movies TV shows had to be good to make money and bad movies TV show didn't money and these movie companies keep making them if the witcher dies and goes away they find others books TV shows movies and do the same the thing again and again crap
Been waiting for this one 🔥🤘 Keep em coming, man!
Here is a criticism of the show that sums up how i feel about The Witcher: Blood Origin , The problem that underscores the entire series is that there simply was not enough time for the characters or the plot to mature over four episodes. The Blood Origin ending does not feel earned because the plot is so badly underdeveloped and the characters follow woefully generic arcs.
The Witcher: Blood Origin also seems to have rushed through its production, which constitutes another case of underdevelopment. The unnamed monster that wipes out the monarchies during the pilot episode is a particularly bad example of CGI. The CGI issue is present throughout the series.
Blood Origin’s Characters Lack Depth , Another critical issue for The Witcher: Blood Origin is that the characters come off as one-dimensional stock fantasy characters. unoriginal characters still come down to poor writing.
As such, these new characters require time on screen and relevant dialogue to set up their backstories and make the audience care about them. Instead, they are given vague and generic backstories that provide minimal depth and cause the show to feel unimportant, creating a massive problem for Netflix. For example, Éile, also known as The Lark, is given a very vague story about needing to redeem herself to her clan. However, it is never clear what exactly she needs redemption for. Moreover, The Lark's clan, as well as all the other clans, are never explained in any detail. Instead, they are simply thrust into the story to provide a paper-thin form of background. Without more information about the Lark's past, she comes off as just another fantasy warrior seeking some sort of ambiguous redemption. In fact, virtually all the characters in Blood Origin come off that way.
Fjall Stoneheart, who ends up becoming the first version of a witcher, is given the same amount of minimal background. In the span of perhaps his first 5 minutes of screen time, Fjall goes from a quick battle scene, to sleeping with Princess Merwyn, to being expelled from his clan. His arc is accelerated so much that his story is unable to take on any individual meaning. Fjall is essential to the plot of Blood Origin, as The Lark is, however, neither of them is important on their own because of their lack of depth. The characters ultimately come off as placeholders in a loose framework of overused fantasy tropes.
Blood Origin Lacks Originality , The aforementioned lack of depth, in terms of the show's characters, the plot, and the world building, causes The Witcher: Blood Origin to come off as painfully unoriginal. Blood Origin uses narration in an attempt to provide depth and make the show feel more important, but this is simply disastrous. Jaskier appears briefly as the narrator's audience, but that does little to make the show feel relevant, or make the narration any less corny. The mysterious narrator also seems to be used in self-defense of the show's lack of originality in a conversation with Jaskier, but its defense only serves to underscore its lack of creativity.
The Witcher: Blood Origin ends up feeling like a collage of worn-out fantasy tropes driven by a skeletal plot. everything from the generic plot to boring character arcs, displays the show's singular underdevelopment in all aspects of writing and production
I don't know how the mages fought decently with a variety of spells in the battle of Sodden Hill & now the only spells they know is shield and push. WTF. Episode 6 of Season 3 of the Witcher could have been very good instead of just ok but the writers are so lazy that they just refuse to put any effort into their jobs
Okay, I thought The Witcher went downhill over a year ago. I thought we let go of this Henry Cavile selfie a long time ago. Season 1 wasn't bad, but to be fair, I never play the video game, and I had a very hard time understanding what was going on because it was all over the place. But regardless, if you really want to know what's destroying filmography, I will tell you. They are hiring pretty people, to look good on camera, and read a script. They're not worried about actual talent anymore. That's why all these idiots keep getting all these roles, like Timothee Chalamat (or whatever the hell his name is) play Dune and Wonka in one year, even though he has almost no professional portfolio of his own.
THE WITCHER SEASON 2 ,
one of my biggest problem with season 2 was that i was looking for character interactions & some good dialog but nobody talked about anything except for some witty small talk. i blame the writers because they had an opportunity for some character development & wasted it. they didn't development CIRI & GERALT relationship in the right way when they had the opportunity. the writers rushed to get to KAER MORHEN when they didn't need to. they should have taken their time to let CIRI & GERALT build a relationship. don't even get me started on the on the fact that they skipped the time when CIRI was a child [ 6 or 8 years old ] & GERALT saved her. it was the first time , they met. how could the writers skip that. the writers completely character assassinated YENNEFER by having her betray CIRI & GERALT. i don't care if she changed her mind & saved her in the end. none of YENNEFER choices or actions make any sense in season 2. there no way that YENNEFER would ever allow any child to get possessed just to get her magic back. she might do something like that to an adult but never a child. i can't understand why YENNEFER would save CAHIR , i can see someone like TRISS not wanting to murder CAHIR but i don't see YENNEFER being bothered about killing some Nilfgaardian she doesn't know or care about. plus i'm shocked that GERALT didn't kill YENNEFER for putting CIRI in so much danger. that's really out of character for him. its really weird that he's so forgiving at the end of season 2. i will be the first to admit i don't like YENNEFER after she left her magic school. i really liked her character when she a hunch back. she interesting & not such a bitch. it seems like instead of trading her womb for her looks , she traded her ability to have kids to be a bitch. i don't have a problem with her being sassy & a slight bitch but her being queen bitch all the time makes it seem like her only character trait. i don't know what GERALT see in her honestly. even in the books & games , they have nothing in common other than CIRI. a child is not enough to make a relationship work. i have no clue why the writers killed ESKEL. they brought in a bunch of new witchers in season 2 but choose to kill ESKEL. instead of killing a new witcher off. that's nonsensical
Please do the Wheel of Time too. Amazon needs to get roasted much more than they are.
is there gonna be a part 3? i thought that was it
No :(, there ending was that, disappointing as it was
I like it how not only did the fire mage sneak up on Yennefer and Siri in and open field. But also Geralt managed to do the same thing.
What aboslute garbage writing.
I am really hating these bait and switch shows. Where the title main character brings in the fans for a base audience and then the show not so subtly transitions it to a different side character that is 99% of the time a girl boss. The Witcher, Loki, The Moon Knight, Thor: Love and Thunder, Obi Wan, He Man, Hawkeye, The Mandalorian, etc. Its getting old really fast and quite honestly I've stopped watching them until someone tells me it's good.
My favorite part was when the show turned in to Forspoken
My goodness, so I wasn't the only one who got distracted by the unicorn's... horn lol😂
LOL they even let Geralt with a scratch HAHAHA i was think for once they are going to be canon and put Geralt from the head to the feet with bandages because in the book kinda that happens (the head and chest are broken)
AND THEN put the new actor for Geralt like "the druids use the water and now i have a new face and voice" lmao no is just Henry with a scratch just like Superman v Batman AGAIN
6:38 Triss was allergic to healing magic. She could use it on sb but not on herself. I don't think it was mantioned in the show, so I guess it is not a case here.... We would have know that if Triss not Yennefer was with Geralt and Ciri in first episode as Triss had a stomach flue and couldn't use magic just herbs to get better. Not even potions made with magic.
Vilgefortz leaves Geralt not dead as he was just an obstacle between him and Ciri and he needs to get to her as fast as possible.
14:33 Jaskier in the books acculy gets into Brokilion by singing but it was by a plan not chance. Geral was crippled but when we get to him in the books threw Jaskiers point of view he is not dieng, he has beeng walking around Brokilion with Direds for some time and he is ready to go even if not as capable as befor. In the books he often has issues with hos broken leg thereafter.
I completely agree, an unbelievable amount of wasted potential, it’s honestly such a shame.
I'm so happy I found this channel. Your reviews have such a playfully bumbling vibe that reminds me of early JonTron.
I think coincidences can be used in writing, but mainly while setting up the plot/conflict rather than resolving it. Coincidences happen all the time in real life, but stories are not real life and we tend to have certain expectations from them, EG. hard work and sacrifice paying off, actions having consequences, good guys overcoming the odds, etc. When the happy ending is caused by something out of left field, outside of the control of the heroes, it's jarring, anticlimactic and it lowers the stakes. Why get invested in something when the rules can change at any moment?
That said, if the point of the story is to be a subversive deconstruction, then yes, you could have all of the heroes' efforts be a complete waste because of some unforeseen and unforeseeable (or completely coincidental) intervention. Not everyone will like the twist ending, but in the right setting, with the right setup, it can work, for example Warhammer 40k; not so much Star Wars.
We may have taken a battering, but we're used to rolling with the punches now and we'll inevitably win with a knock-out when all this shit doesn't get renewed...
I love the witcher but im not sure about the show 😢 i wanted to give it a chance forreal
They really ignored the amazing lore and stories that are in the Witcher games and books and gave us this garbage for 3 seasons. I sure do hope these Netflix writers do not return to their jobs as writers after this strike bs. They should have just done scene to scene recreations of what happened in the books or games instead of whatever the hell this has been.
Much like Rangs O'Powa, doesn't matter how solid the foundational IP is...one bad writer, one bad show runner can destroy any interest in it.
They don't want The Witcher...they just want the brand recognition to tell terribly written, nonsensical messes.
I really disliked the ending. Far too much girl power stuff & less focus on The Witcher. But we already knew we hit an iceberg from the start. I think the show should just stop now until they get a new writer or 2 or 3 who actually stick to the source material 😅 I just wanna read the books now or watch/ play the games. You really hit every nail solid here! Keep up the great vids! ❤
Every single piece of story ‘added’ by Netflix was cringeworthy. They even managed to completely remove the mystique and intrigue from the Thanedd coup. Impressive really. Got where it needed to get (mostly) in the most boring method possible.
Even the action scenes were garbage. Remember season 1 with Renfris gang? Visceral and demanding respect of a witchers skill…. Haven’t seen that for a while now. The battle scenes now look like a trashy marvel knockoff.
Ps saying ‘fuck’ constantly doesn’t make you cool and edgy. I swear this was written by teenagers.
......Netflix has made a mockery of what a Witcher is, and nothing in the show are told from the Witcher perspective, who are the main character in these books. They are spitting on Andrzej Sapkowski's awesome writing, and in my opinion they have only one focus with making this ...money and personal gain! I hope they don't get any of it! The books from Andrzej Sapkowski's hands are 1000% better than this junk! I don't blame the actors! They can only act their best from what the writers give them....sigh. CANCEL THIS SHOW ....NOW!!!
Yeah, the unicorn balls were a bit odd. I don't understand why they couldn't use a mare or make the shots from a different angle. It is a small thing to complain about but this is supposed to be a dramatic episode...not a funny one.
A Show build on Hate of Source Material will be Hated by Fans of Source Material.
Showrunner must be wondering "where are my fans?" :P
Everything happens BECAUSE DESTINY, apparently. They took this thing too literally. Also, in these three episodes people act randomly and dialogues are particularly ill-written - not to say garbage, cliché and banale. Moreover, in a show called The Witcher the witcher does almost nothing. What can I say? BEST SEASON EVER 😅 (GoT cast before S8 aired quote)
The whole point of the books was that Destiny may exist but *IT WASNT ENOUGH.* That’s the whole point, the books are one big subversion.
What this show got so wrong, is that then then tried to subvert a subverted piece of work and made it the most Generic piece of Fantasy you have ever seen.
I have no need to watch season 3. I just need to watch you reviewing it for me haha 😂. I love the fact we are from the same country. I do love your videos!
Great video mate, thanks for including all the show footage, now I can just watch your video instead of watching this garbage on Netflix
I feel watching this season will just leave me depressed.
Previous season didn’t really made me make me interested to watch this season.
Knowing how controversial this season made me stay away from watching it.
The dozens of CC covering their reactions for this season cemented my impressions.
I feel like even watching this season even for a critical POV, I will just get depression. Which is sad because at s1 this was such a great series of great potential.
To answer your question I think blood origin will still maintain its title of the worst one in the Witcher series
I cannot agree. There is nothing worst than Ciri with the shot of her own blood. Season 3 is going to fix many things and they did. And only few things went against the lore. I know, there were many missed opportunities like the Yarpen's "What have you done to us?" in Shareawedd or much much better battle at Thanedd, but only few things are really bad, like dialogue between Dijkstra and Radovid after queen Hedwig murder and, of course, Jaskier with Radovid. Season 2 had nothing to do with the lore, just names of the characters.
Off topic, but Ive been watching Foundation, and although it's deviated from the books quite a bit, the visuals are stunning and I'm quite enjoying it. Made me think for the first time that, if Apple got the rights to Mass Effect, they could make an awesome show...didn't think it was possible before seeing this. 👊
Foundation is good, so far.
I agree. Surprised more people haven't been talking about it really...
I’d only take Mass Effect from one team, and that’s whoever made Altered Carbon season 1. Not Netflix specific, but that production team.
Absolutely love your breakdown 😅❤
There's a part 3 as well?! Good lord, make it stop!!
The silly thing is is that Rience stays around until the penultimate book
Was that real ?! "What do you call a spy master...." And thesee same people have the nerve to cry and go on strike ?!
Season 3 of the witcher was the first time in my life i actually turned a series off mid episode as i was so pissed off. I can't believe how much of a dumpster fire this show has become, casting, writing, plot decisions all absolute sh*t
Also, a lot of people have picked up on geralt being crippled in episode 7 and 8, but that is what happened in the books, he is taken to brokilon because his injuries are so bad and Triss can't heal him herself, albeit because he had fought off a whole unit of nilfgarians and scoia tael, rather than just having his arse handed to him in a one off fight. But it is the reason Milva becomes such an important character. Unfortunately the show just did a rubbish job of portraying this, they didnt even clearly show why Milva (who is not a druid) was even at Brokilon. (but of course they got in an Asian actress who can barely speak/act in english, well done Netflix)
Also the scene of Ciri in the desert in the books is brutal, Ciri gets ground down to the point of absolute despair, it made me cry, but in the show it was cringe and boring, again just rubbish lol
One of the things the show was going to struggle with was how they transitioned from geralt being the main character to ciri as this is what happens in the books. Instead the way the show did it was they just decided to basically undermine him and just leave him out. I was hoping they would add more monsters for him and his assembled crew to deal with as they journey after trying to rescue Ciri, but i doubt that will even happen.
"what do you want to watch babe?" "Bit tired from work, something we can switch out brains of for while watching?" "The Witcher maybe? Heard it's based on some good books that I never read" "Cool" =Target audience
14:35 We’ve already established that their standards for singing are quite low - remember The Lark from Blood Origin?! 😂
I always love seeing that micheal jackson joke lol
"what do you think is going to be worse: The Witcher without Henry Cavil or Blood Origins?"
I'm pretty sure The Witcher without Henry Cavil _is_ Blood Origin...
One thing that I hate in this garbage is Keira, in Wokeflix, it seems like they can’t fit her role in so they just let her encourage other mages with a lame pep talk.
While in the book I can even imagine how bad the chaos inside Garstang Castle, mage and elf battling each other, Keira fight like hell and got tossed by a mage through the window, fell on Geralt and begin to tell the situation to Geralt from her perspective. It was more epic than this crap.
"Tell me. Where is the Witcher, for i much desire to speak with him."
the desert part was actually in the books and it was as long and boring as in the show 😂 I almost quit the books at that point cuz I was sick and tired of Ciri wandering in that stupid desert