The Witcher Netflix A Retrospective - What Went Wrong?
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- The Witcher Netflix A Retrospective - What Went Wrong? In today's video I will be going over what wet wrong with the witcher netflix. From Henry Cavil leaving to Liam Hemsworth joining, the showrunner's mistakes, a lack of respect for the source material and various other issues with the witcher netflix.
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You nailed it on what Netflix has done with this series and I agree, Henry Cavill is the only redeeming quality they had, at least he understood what the Witcher world represents.
Exactly, I'm happy we had at least one person who cared about the fandom and source material
Some of us didn't care about Cavill to begin with so we never put up with this show
Let's protest this! Now there are protests against Holowood, let's get together and do the same! Dress!
I understand Cavill wanting to do his best but the portrayal was nothing like Geralt in the books, it’s like the writers had 1 guy that played the Witcher 3 and read the glossary to get the backstory then ran with it.
I think the key to why these directors make terrible adaptations is that they genuinely still don't respect our tastes. They think "Well for some reason this is popular, so we'll fix it and make it better." Then when they ruin it they shrug and go "you're bad fans." Its stupid and I miss obscurity.
I remember first playing the Witcher 3 in the Summer/autumn of 2019. It was a magical experience. I remember finishing the base game and starting the Hearts of Stone dlc one week before the Netflix series dropped. I was so excited. When I ended up watching the Netflix series I was so disappointed. I had immersed myself in the games and read the first three books by that point and it was so frustrating to see such a great fantasy world so poorly adapted for the screen. It took me a long time before I could even stomach to interact with the Witcher fan base again. Still I’m at least happy now that the world can see the Netflix series for what it is. An assassination of the Witcher IP.
I saw season 2 and wanted to cry, never felt like that before. My blood was boiling cause I knew that hey had one chance and they wasted it , and who knows if any other producers will take over the rights in the future, many years will need to past and somebody that really loves the franchise should step in. I will no force myself watching season 3. Not even for henry, not giving them my views nor my time. Maybe henry can buy the rights in the future.
I tried watching the 3rd season and found my 1st problem within 5 min. The 1st fight with Geralt was done so terribly. They actually used a cheesy, slow-motion spinning camera effect while Geralt was killing a guy 🙄. Afterwards, the story was so bad that I found myself fast forwarding again and again until I just gave up. I don't even wanna read the books anymore 😕. I'll just wait for the next game 🙃.
Pure arrogance is to blame. The writers at Netflix really believed they could do it better than Sapkowski. When it backfired they had to blame someone, and that someone was unfortunately Henry Cavill and the fans. Henry was honestly way too good for this show. Despite Season 1’s problems I still thoroughly enjoyed it, it’s just a shame they completely dropped the ball with Season 2.
I didn’t used to like Cavill but I have so much respect for him now for standing up to what he, as a fan and an actor, believes is the right thing for the source material and the fans of the franchise and walking away risking his career and giving up the money he would’ve made. Respect Henry 👏🏻
I liked season 1 and it was Henry's enthusiasm that got me to buy the whole series of books and read them in one go. I was very excited for season 2. And then it happened... and man I was so disappointed. And that turned into frustration and even a bit of anger.
And now season 3, I watched the first 5 episodes for Henry alone and he is still the only bright spot. They literally adapted dialogue and scenes from the books but without the depth. They dont have the knowledge or understanding to write their own intrigue. Alk they had to do was read the books and rewrite them for screenplay. They don't care about the Witcher franchise or the fans. They only care about diversity and representation and putting their mark on it for future references.
This couldve been great. Henry proved to an almost perfect Geralt. I really hope Netflix will just end it now.
I'm relieved to be able to say that I gave up after season 2 episode 5.
I'm grateful that I had the strength to look away.
I'm saddened by the world i live in.
I'm disheartened by the fact that I gave up on The Wheel of Time as well after 7 episodes.
I was thankful that i didn't stoop so low that I watched The Rings of Power.
But most of all i remind myself frequently of the joy that the books have brought me and that the Witcher games are works of art.
We may as well celebrate good things in life rather than dwell on the poison on our tv screens.
I actually liked WoT and am a long time fan of the books having read my first one back in 1991 shortly after The Great Hunt was published. I get that quite a bit was changed but I also understand that a faithful adaptation of this gargantuan series is only possible by condensing and omitting a lot of material. I feel like they kept enough of the essential elements to be identifiable as WoT.
I'm a person of color and like to see diversity but only when it makes sense. I feel like the diversity in WoT felt forced and was more concerned with making a statement in service to our current culture wars rather than doing the books justice. Would love to see some of Rings of Power's budget allocated to WoT because unlike RoP, WoT is drawing from an actual narrative.
@phrozac They made Rand a lovesick puppy. They gave and killed Perrin's wife. They made Mat a common thief. They made the story about the women. They gave us stuff about Steppin that wasn't needed. They made resurrection almost a thing. There was delineation between Saidin or Saidar. No explanation as to why male channellers go mad. Judkins is merely making a feminist remake of an already matriarchal world. In my opinion a worse version.
I’m surprised anyone still watches this shit after they turned Eskel into a tree
@@phrozacI'm grateful to say I've never watched a single second of this show
number 1 desire is for there to be an animated show with the thronebreaker art style. would be phenomenal
My introduction to the Witcher universe, like many, was via the Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. I loved it, but wasn't motivated to read the books as I disliked most literary fantasy, especially "high" fantasy with its regurgitative settings featuring elves, dwarves, swords, and magic. What appealed to me most about the Witcher was the monster aspect of it, and how it weaved traditional folklore and mythology into that setting.
Fast forward a few years and Season 1 of the show finally comes out. I enjoyed it but felt a bit lost. By the time Season 2 comes out and the book fandom begins to rail against it, I finally picked up the books and devoured all of them in the span of a few weeks to figure out the source of all their moaning. I cannot believe how anyone could have genuinely read those books and then had a part in the creation of the Netflix Witcher show for they truly have nothing in common besides nomenclature.
The most egregious offense of the Netflix show is the liberty it took with casting, especially that of the sorceresses but also the elves, dryads, and Nilfgaardians. Triss, Keira, Philippa, especially Fringilla but even Sabrina do not share an iota of commonality with their literary counterparts. Emhyr is supposed to look shrewd and have an angled face, not youthful with a beard. Eithné is described by her silver hair in every scene she's in. Elves are tall, thin, and fair-skinned. Their shared physiognomy defines their race, distinguishes it from ours, and is a central point of conflict in the books. In the show they're just humans with pointy ears. 90% of the Continent is in the Northern Hemisphere and cold with winters bearing snow, meaning people with a dark complexion like the Zerrikanians accompanying Borch Three Jackdaws are truly a rarity in this universe.
The Netflix Witcher show is not an adaptation at all, and its failure has poisoned the chalice of live-action Witcher projects for at least a decade.
I'm going to stop after season 3 since henry cavill was the only reason I was watching it. His performance as Geralt got me to replay wild hunt with a mod that put his version of Geralt in the game. I didn't like the changes to the source material & calling him toxic for wanting to stick to the source material.
I kinda hate to say it but Netflix's The Witcher was my introduction to this universe. Beforehand I knew of The Witcher but it never really intrested me at the time, ironic because I am big into fantasy. I saw it on Netflix and watched a little snippet of it, through it looked interesting. I was like, "i like a good series and Henry Cavill is a great actor". Watched season one, even though it had some issues I enjoyed it.
After that I read the book's, watch a retrospective on the first 2 games, and play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. I literally said out loud "this world is AMAZING". Got excited for season two but didn't set my expectations to high and I'm glad I did. First episode was alright at best but everything after was a dumpster fire. I couldn't even finish the season, FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I HAVE EVER DONE THAT.
Even though he was the best part about the show, I'm glad Henry Cavill left. That man has for to much love, respect, and integrity for The Witcher that he didn't want to be a part of Netflix's version.
Their are only a FEW things I ACTUALLY like from Netflix's The Witcher.
• Henry Cavill giving a million percent
• The two songs by Jaskier, "Toss a Coin to your Witcher" and "Burn Butcher Burn"
• Geralt vs The Striga
• Joey Batey as Jaskier/Dandelion
I personally wish all the actors and crew the best because they are doing the best they can with what is given to them. I wish for the Showrunner and all the writers to be fired and to never work on any show that has a fandom attached.
I would love to see Netflix sell the rights to someone else like MAX. Yes Game of Thrones final season was crap but they would still do better than Netflix. They have experience with fantasy, they would have the money to pull something like this off, and could do great casting. Only IF they had people who gave a damn about it. HBO'S The Last of Us is a great example: they told the same story, made changes that fit the media it's being told, added new elements that still fit in with the world. As much as I love Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia and Joey Batey as Jaskier. They NEED to get all new cast, preferably unknowns or lesser known actors. That way we see the CHARACTERS.
I guess in a weird way i can thank Netflix for introducing me to The Witcher. Sorry for the long comment.
They had a golden ticket and shredded it...
I would say it’s so arrogant and disrespectful- to take someone else’s story that’s already established a true relationship with people and twist it to make it something completely different, while also trying to make money from fans of the original body of work.
Top 2 reasons - 1. Director blatantly not following the books/source materal and going with whatever "modern" trendy thing payed them the most. Number 2 (controversial but i don't care) rage casting - casting obviously geographically incorrect cast to appease to a small vocal audience. i.e. fringilla vigo by a Carribean woman and asian elves.
My disturbing take will always be about Yen. I'm sure Anya's a good actress but she's not how I pictured Yen and with Henry and Anya together (in scenes) just kind of weird me out lol. The chemistry alone just doesn't seem there either IMO.
@@KwispyZ I've seen her in other stuff, and she was good. However, I don't think she pulls Yennifer off - she's too young and innocent looking, and it's just weird. Even if a sorceress has control over her looks, I don't think she'd try to look that young. The game pulled it off much better, because game Yen is flawless and mature at the same time.
Imagine having some cool heartwarming scene in some tavern or road side inn after playing gwent...only to hear that whistling...and guy with yellow shirt walk past you with a wink...
The Expanse is a good example when showrunners change some parts of the books, but keep faithful to the spirit of the original. Sadly both ROP, Witcher and GOT showrunners showed that the only thing they cared about is big bag of money and creating something of their own, but slapping popular IPs name on it.
Is it worth watching bruh 62 episodes
the first 4 seasons of GOT are marvellous and excellent
If I was to get cynical, I would say that 'Muricans should never be creatively involved in the Witcher, because it results it results in a show/product like this. But in case of what Netflix is doing, I can say exactly that, because just look at this. We have "creative" team that doesn't understand nor respect the source material, and is interested in pushing their own message and excuse of a stories forward. This is, their hubris and blatant lies aside, the creators don't really know anything about anything that is outside of their bubble they live in. The rest of the world is not California and so not every project needs to conformt to what small percentage of 'murican populaton wants.
I remember the rumor that Netflix wanted to cancel the show after the season 2. It was before releasing S2 and there was much fuss about it, that Netflix cancels everything after 2 seasons. Looking back, they were very very right to do it.
You hit the nail on the head
At least now fans of the witcher, can understand what us Wheel of time fans are feeling. God there is a certain level of evil in butchering someone's artistic vision in this way. The people who make these shows are narcissist's, and in no way artists, art requires a respect for art.
Having played the games and reading the books I was looking forward to The Witcher on Netflix but they really don’t understand the source material. Cavil did a great job and I can see why he left. His next project will be great since he has more involvement with it. The guy is a great actor and has been through a lot these last few years with DC and now this. Thank you for the video and keep up the great work.
Wasn't aware of you - only of witchergeorge. Great material keep it up. Maybe review of each episode?
i forgot you had a second channel. Im still subbed to your main WitcherGeorge.
Great video man. Don’t be afraid to be honest with your perspective simply because the “let people enjoy things” crowd of toxic positivity would get their feelings hurt if you didn’t affirm their opinion of media.
Well it doesn't help that some people who call themselves "true fans" are toxic and will attack anyone with an opinion.
@@KwispyZ lol. Yeah. Being a fan and a mindless consumer of anything with a Witcher coat of paint are two very different things.
You are totally right. greetings from Poland.
I was in a strange minority that never liked the show since the start. I didn't read the books but I played the games. I know they are different styles but since the games are much more popular and loved that's what I expected from the series. I stopped watching the series on the 2nd episode of the first season because it was just too weird and it alienated me. Not even Cavill's jawline made me stay. Interesting to see even the book fans hated it.
Season 1 is what got me into the wild hunt game, and later the books, so I’m grateful for that, but the show went down SO FAST
It's funny....at this point I am sure the showrunners know that almost 70% of the people hate the show and still they are continuing with it and making it more worst. I really wanted a good adaption of this witcher saga. I mean the basic vibe that witcher games captured needs to be taken into consideration coz maximum audience are people who played the games or knows about them. I really want a show in this world. I really love the witcher.
Some people like it. Mostly people who never read the books or played the games.
HBO ahhh the potential
Witcher 3 is my favourite game and the books are my favourite book series, I really, really love the Witcher. The show is a horrible adaptation, no doubt about it and the showrunner is simply a liar looking for a paycheck. BUT while i despise bad adaptaions such as the Last Airbender movie, the Witcher Netflix does keep bringing me back. I do agree it can hardly be considered Witcher anymore but I do still find myself interested in the story and the characters and whats happening next.
Throughout the games, books, comics, movies, and the two shows, there has never been anything in the Witcher I don't like.
I definitely preferred it when it first started, it has dropped in quality massively. My ideal plan would be to end the show, have Henry be a showrunner or lead writer or something for an animated adaptation with the cast of the Witcher 3 back in their roles. Honestly adapt the books word for word with the Witcher 3 cast and a decent animation style and i'm happy
An animated series could be pretty cool. Pull a Cyberpunk Edgerunners, but keep the source material.
I feel sad cause the show has its moments (inspite of the rumours the writers hate it), and that we are losing probs the best actors to play the lead in this adaptation. Henry is to Geralt what Viggo Mortensen is to Aragron
They aren't rumours
I don't mind that they tell there oen story of plot. I take real issues with the characters not being or there behaviour being like they would act in the situations
Great balanced view of The Witcher. Season 2 was just so horrid, it's hard to figure out what Netflix had in mind. The books and games are fabulous, wonderful, encompassing....why would Netflix go with this bastard of a show.
Season 2.. vesemir trying to turn ciri into a witcher. So stupid and against his character
They hired people that couldn’t write & hated the source material… so just like with every other major franchise out there
Don’t worry about not wanting to speak out sooner.
95% of people in this fandom are Cavill fans. When we book readers dipped out and started demanding answers those first few days when season 2 dropped, 95% of these people now saying F Netflix were telling us to shut up and consume the show.
I swear if I had £1 for every time someone said ‘dOnT yOu kNoW wHaT aDaPtAtIoN mEaNs’ I’d be living somewhere nice and sunny right now.
I didn't like the first ssn, and only got through the second one by getting drunk. I ignored Blood Origin and have ignored ssn 3 thus far. It sounds terrible judging from reviews, but even if it was good, it seems pointless to watch since H.C. is leaving, and he was the only good thing about it.
What went wrong is that the show was never very good in the first place. It fails right from the start in telling a story as good as what can be found in the books or games. It was successful based entirely off the charisma of its leads. It didn't always suck but the structure of se1 was unnecessarily confusing and focused too much on building political intrigue when it would've been better off giving us cool Witcher monster hunting. Start off small and work up to the world events after we're all vested into these characters. My take anyway. I got a bit past halfway through se2 and just lost interest.
Imagine going into a burger place, ordering a burger, and than getting two small cucumbers. Does it matter that other people like cucumbers, no not really since you ordered a burger and you didnt get anything even close to a burger.... This is how i view netflix adaptation of witcher.
It's so sad what they've done with it. I barely got through season 3 (part one), and only because I wanted to see Cavill as Geralt for the last time. I've not read the books, only played Witcher 3 (and the DLCs), but you don't have to be familiar with it to see that the Netflix adaptation is terribly boring storytelling. It seems to happen with a lot of book adaptations, they just make something super generic with the character names and it loses the reason it became popular in its original form in the first place.
The new quest in Witcher 3 is just aesthetic, nothing about the show is canon to the games. I was worried about that too, but it actually feels like the Next Gen quest is actually MOCKING Netflix more than anything else.
They took a lot of the low-level/secondary characters from the books and tried to make them more important than the three to four main characters.
It doesn't even have to be faithful (that is it doesn't have to be a 1:1 reproduction). Just have good, logical writing, plots, and characters. The Witcher show feels like the last 2 seasons of GOT. Rushed, garbage writing, garbage plot. Like just give us characters that act, think, and make decisions as the book and game characters would. Or even just characters that do logical things at all. Netflix Yennifer went from "f*ck this Ciri girl" to "omg I'll sacrifice myself for Ciri" in like 6 minutes? That's not how real people work. At least give us a rationale for this change of heart, it could be a whole episode or more. Nah. 5 minutes with no thoughtful dialog is good.
How come this wasn’t on the Witcher George channel?
Witcher 3 wasn't an adaptation, they created their own story with the characters set in the witcher universe. And it was a billion times better than the show
I think the show is “fine” but could definitely benefit from the source material and not what they are currently doing… thought this new season started decent in the first half but once the second half released, I couldn’t help but wonder what they were even doing with it
There’s a reason The Last Of Us did as well as it did, because while they did change up some things for better narrative purposes and some things from games don’t translate well to TV/ Movies, it still followed the premise of the story more or less which is something the Witcher fails to accomplish after the first season
I was way ahead of everyone , I watched the show the moment it came out in 2019 and after the first episode I was already bored. Despite the game consuming 2 months of my life
Don't worry about upsetting me or anyone else man your opinions are your own. I liked season 1 season 2 sucked and I've only seen two episodes of season 3 and only like one of those so I can imagine how the rest is goig to go
I fully agreed with everything you said. I feel like the way the show has been being written is incredibly disrespectful to the books and the games. It's honestly vindicating and something of a relief for me to hear someone level-headed assess it the same way.
the biggest shame is that now i cannot wear my witcher medallion with pride...
Witcher 3 is a work of genius the fact that Netflix didn't stick to their formula means they lost their minds
I've read the books 3 times, played the 1st and 2nd games once (after I played the 3rd) and played the 3rd game more times than I care to admit.
So, yeah, I'm a fan. I'd say The Witcher universe is my favorite fantasy world. I know LorR and D&D people would stone me, but it is what it is. Anyway, that all being said I loved Season 1. It deviated from the books, but in a way I felt was ok. "Basing" something off the books and "adapting" it are fine after all. I'm a comic book reader and realize that any animation or live action adaptation are going to make some changes.
When Season 2 came around and I watched Episode 1, I was so excited. They did a really great job with that episode. In the books Ciri isn't there and so of course they needed to change things, but again, I thought it was well done.
Then the rest of Season 2 happened. Wow. The change to Yennifer and all of that really messed things up. Cavil as Geralt was still awesome though.
The animated movie with Vessimer was ok.. I didn't think it was needed though.
Blood Origin.. oh my god.. what a bunch of horse shit. That was like the worst fan fiction ever and I'd like to forget that crap ever happened. Making Avalach gay was so unnecessary and just cringy. Making the Lark, a black chick, Ciri's ancestor is just stupid and laughable. Oh and making the Elves just humans with pointy ears.. such crap. The "first witcher".. what?? They totally retconnedt he books there and again, why? Blood Origin should be removed from Netflix and never thought of again.
Season 3... I mean, honestly it is better than Season 2. They are doing things that are similar to the books but the problem is they are bastardizing them a lot. The "Dear friend" letters and Yen calling Ciri "my ugly one" come to mind. They worked how they were done in the books, but not on the show. I know a lot of people disliked the 5 episode, but I liked it. It was similar to the books.. I mean, the way it was done in the show was weird with the editing, but other than that I liked it.
BUT making Jaskier bi was unnecessary. Things like that divide the audience and that isn't a good thing. He was a womanizer in the books and NEVER in season 1 or 2 are we every shown that he swings that way. Radovid as the gay brother of the king instead of his son... weird and unnecessary.
Mistle, Kiera and Margarita all made into less than attractive plus sized woman is also a change that they shouldn't have made. In the books Ciri sees Rita's naked body and thinks she is the hottest woman she has every seen... the way she is portrayed in the show though.. ugh.
To fix the show I just wish they would stop making "woke" changes and just leave the story as is. Go back to being a bit more grittier... like in Season 1. Make more sense.. hey remember in season 1 how Ciri would dress up like a commoner boy to disguise herself?? Um... why can't she do that in Season 3? Don't have Geralt run through the portal to break Rience's hands instead of kill him I mean he could have snapped his neck then and there, but he goes back to just say he needs to track him down to finish him of... um.. ok. So yeah.. get better writers.
With Cavill leaving the show will suffer a lot though and I'm unsure it will be watchable or not.
If they cancel it though it will likely be a LONG time before its done in a show again though. :(
I’m done after season 3 because season 4 makes no sense with a new guy playing Geralt like all the bond Henry Cavill built up with Ciri and Yennifer is gone with a replacement dumb decision to me. 🤦🏾♂️
Even if they would’ve made the show EXACTLY like the game we would’ve been engaged and waiting to see what happens because even in the play through the outcomes are different.
What went wrong? Simple, the writers blatantly and openly admitting to hating and trying everything they can to mock and ruin the original source material
💯 accurate video
I actually liked season 1. But season 2 was just a big no no for me ans so far season 3 (I'm at episode 4) is just pointless.
I got into the Witcher world in season 1, played TW1, read all the books, then they revealed emhyr just before I had finished last book (got pissed off). S2 was a complete mess, however, I still like season 1 because it still tries to tie together things before BoE which they didn't care about
They don't have rights to adapt the game. Although the casting for Geralt of Rivia and Vesemir are inspired by the game.
Henry Cavill should reboot the series when he's finished with 40k
"Ah, the famous Hissrich, the butcher of Witcher." May she forever stub her toes.
The show is a tragedy. *Everything* from the entire casting, the screenwriting, the editing, and the godawful scripts are a cesspit of grief. They don't care for nor respect the source material, and it shows.
As for the horde defending Cavil, may I just say, he only played the third game, yet hadn't finished it, and had only read The Last Wish prior to his casting on the show. He said as much in several interviews, thus making him *not* a "source of endless Witcher knowledge" which has been claimed by several fans and by Hissrich herself. Granted, by whom in comparison he would be, as she *clearly* has no idea what the books nor the games are about, nor has the interest to find out.
Though I share the same opinion of Cavil being the *only* good thing about the show, he's *far* down the list of actors I would've chosen to fit the role. But I do like his enthusiasm. But Cavil is the sole reason for the Tv Geralt primarily communicating with grunts instead of words, like he does in the books, as Cavil's idea of Geralt is a "silent brooding type" instead of the intelligent, wise, and highly opinionated person Geralt actually is in the books.
And now, I rest my case.
Cavill begged Hissrich to get more lines.
Those are words of a true fan.
After swearing not to watch season three after the mess of two, I felt my loyalty to Henry compelled me to give him t a go! Got to episode three and really struggled to want to watch more. My husband, who has not read the books and seen the game plays( I live your takes on it) has tried to watch it but it has got more and more confusing for him and I think he has also given up. I too liked the first series but had not then read the books etc. sorry Henry but I can watch no more. Now listening to the audio books to comfort myself.
Before season 1 come out I was expecting it would be as bad as it is now, so I was pleasantly surprised. I think it was full of flaws but a promising start of Witcher novels adaptation. But cynic in me knew show will just go downhill and it happened as I expected. I don't know what personal changes beside composer happened after season 1 but show went downhill in every aspect imaginable when it comes to production and its keep going down in season 3. Just basic level stuff is appallingly bad, these people don't know how to write same as people writing The Rings of Power. I also hope it never goes beyond this season and it might happen. Season 3 has no buzz unlike good reception of season 1 that actually created a big buzz and expectation before season 2. Now nobody is talking or watching it. Even if it does not get cancelled Netflix will lose money for making seasons 4 and 5 and that's fine with me. I'm not interested in continuing after season 3 because Henry was the only good thing left in the show.
What went wrong - how about everything.
I have never liked the show but back in season 1 but I also didn't hate it. After season 2, I have actively started to dislike the show but I have always had this pragmatic approach to it.
Somebody might watch the show and decide to read the books. After watching the show and reading the books, they might decide to buy and play the games. When they buy and play the games, that means more money for CDPR. More money for CDPR should in theory make the next game in the installment better and even grander in scope. It's probably naive on so many levels but that used to be my thinking anyway. Now I just want the show to end, I want it to be forgotten and never talked about again.
I hated it from the start, and those who loved the Witcher books and games felt the same. I think it should've never happened and Henry deserved so much better.
The show was such a disappointment for me. I was absolutely excited about anything Witcher related and to have a show adaptation of the source material seemed amazing. Then I saw how they introduced Dandelion and I was very sad. By the end of season 1, I realised they didn't understand the core themes of the books and they would push it in a direction that I couldn't quite make out. Then halfway through season 2, episode 1 I started laughing out loud because that's when I realised what I'm watching is a poorly written fan fiction.
Season 3 was so pointless lol, almost nothing happened
Bad writers should stay the hell away from the witcher. If henry cavil ever gets his hands on the IP he would make the show right
Your expectations went wrong.
I liked S1, HATED S2, S3 is okay, not looking forward to S4 at all, but open to be surprised, but I don't think Liam is gonna pull it off in any way
I hate now that whenever I search geralt there's just pictures of the stupid show and not the books or the Witcher games they want to rewrite good products to make them trash this is not acceptable, I agree whatever point u made on the video hope more people stand up and make Netflix stop creating these abominations
To be honest is not being rude. Someone who doesn't understand that has problems of their own to deal with.👍✌
They should continue making animated movies i enjoyed it but after Henry quit as was done
I likes season 1 i was eh about season 2 and im not even gonna try season 3 the anime was pretty good and don't get me started on blood origin but all in all i liked the look of the show atleast garalts armor usually looks bad ass but ya thats about it
I couldn't even get past episode 1 of Origin. It sucked so bad. Season 2 ignores the books.
They've destroyed the characters; just Geralt resists because of Cavill.
I quit in the second episode in season 3
How can anyone not realize that making a show based on a material you dislike, is a recipe for disaster? How people like this are picked again and again for popular shows or movies?
I thought S1 was alright. S2 made me want to break shit. Some changes I appreciated, like letting the bard's name be Jaskier. I was honestly annoyed at the English interpretation of Jaskier being Dandelion, when it actually means Buttercup. Just let the poet keep his name, instead of creating an entirely different translation for it. Yes, I know that's a small rant, but it's my rant. S2 was really, literally, just a well-funded but questionably written fanfic. Though I agree with you, I'm not sure those in charge were fans. Now the first half of S3 is out, and I'm actually hearing good things about it. After the second half drops, if the fans I know are still giving good reports, I may watch S3. We'll see. Sometimes I'm a glutton for punishment. I agree, they could have stood to have a little more game in them either way.
Season 1 was truly terrible, so when people say the show got even worse later on, it's hard to imagine how. 🤮
Trust me it’s much worse now.
Let's protest this! Now there are protests against Holowood, let's get together and do the same! Dress!
Id love for the show to be cancelled and the rights sold to people who can actually make a good adaption. I wouldnt mind if its animated or live-action, I just want it to be good and respect the source-material. Seeing the Witcher being totally wasted like this is painful.
When Daniel Villeneuve talks about Dune he's not constantly reminding people how much he cares about the source material
I don't like the show
I think I enjoyed the first season mostly because I was excited to see more Witcher but I never gave it any praises,,the second season really showed me that this show isn't worth watching, it doesn't focus on the story and it doesn't know how to pace it self.
I am not mad about the changes I wouldn't care if the new story was good.
In all honesty the show quality reminds me more of the Hercules,Xera the warrior princess show,it's kinda ridiculous
I would like to see the TV series. Just a monster slaying t v series simple and dry With the playboy character Who gets all the ladies
As a Witcher fan, I’ve accepted that the show is unsalvageable and was never good in the first place. Now, I feel absolutely horrible for One Piece fans who are getting a Netflix live action adaptation soon.
Cd Project red collaboration with Netflix is good actually .. specially with cyberpunk 2077 .. so don’t agree with that
I can sense that u r so freaking annoyed...
Me too brother 😢
I'm a new fan, and I've only played Witcher 3 listening to audio books. But this show does not look good, I'm a stay away.
Spite-fiction, Witcher Netflix, just like many other "modern" adaptations, is spite-fiction.
Started good went awful
BIGGEST MISTAKE was hiring a writer who didn't know or at least respect the source material. I talked briefly with Lauren Schmidt Hissrich on twitter and she seems like a nice person but it was so obvious she had zero interest in trying to stick to the books. I think it was doomed to fail because of that. Strayed from the books, tried to make it a cookie cutter generic fantasy. I personally hate the "anti-sjw" types you find on the internet but even for me the diversity casting seemed really on the nose. I think everyone being represented is cool but I don't think The Witcher was the right choice for what they were trying to do.
If you really love the books, I think you would like season 3 more than the previous season. Its still weird, most of the times badly written but at least a bit faithful to the source material.
Why make dandelion gay. I have no idea
The makers of Netflix's Witcher are not creators, they are activists. The show wears the skin suit of the Witcher but is just a platform for "THE MESSAGE" and people are now wise to it and sick of it! once you're aware of it they can never fool you again.
I like the show as a show lore sucks but once season 3 is done I will not be watching season 4
I kind of watched the previous seasons just to see whats what but im not watching the 3rd, it just wasn't the Witcher. It was a turd maskerading as a cake. I said it before, dont push agendas on people that goes against everything that made the name Witcher great. They are failing as many "new" crap these days are, just look at tomb raider... Same bs is happening to that legend of a game character. Im bloody sick of it.