The Witcher Season 3: PART 2 FINALE WAS AWFUL! - Angry Review
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Our Angry Review of the Last Season of The Witcher on Netflix, how was the second part of the season? Worth Watching? And the overal score for Season 3? Find out!
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I always wonder how great this show could have been had it been on HBO rather than Netflix. Netflix is just awful.
an alternate universe is enjoying that show right now :(
cof cof game of throne last season
@@naruroGCS you understand the last book had not been released so the writers had to do their own thing that season. but the rest of the seasons and house of the dragon are great cause the books were there to take source from. SADLY THE DONKEYS AT NETFLIX cant understand how to have diversity and a good show even though they already have the books. tbh couldnt give a shit about diversity i just wanna watch something fun. why tf netflix of all companies took witcher
@@Hanfosha11223they already deviated fromthebooks in season 5 and 6 and flaws were coming up then although they still had books they could have covered
In this case , like so many others,Netflix just gave the go and the money , some other production companies made this for them . Netflix is hunting for content and unfortunately the quality standards when approving a project are very low it seems ...this is why some projects are good some are terrible on their platform ...it all depends on the creators
The amount of times on the show the main characters said we need to stick together, only to separate and rinse and repeat was frustrating.
In all fairness they keep getting separated in the books as well . From what I remember Geralt, Ciri. and to a lesser extent Yennefer spend more time trying to find each other then they spend together. Though I don't think anyone ever says we need to stay together. It's shown with how desperately Geralt and Ciri fight to stay together.
@@Legacyartist Yeah the last 3 books is the main story line of Geralt trying to get to Ciri and Ciri is talked about as the key to power of time and space repeatedly in the books and everyone is wants her dead or alive because of it, but the show does it in poor taste
You guys dislike the show yet you watch it the definiton of insanity
@@pedropierre9594 I watched part 1 of season 3. Saw all I needed to see to know that I’m not be interested in part 2…
@@pedropierre9594 I don’t dislike it, I just think it’s written by people that think they have to reinvent the wheel or don’t understand what makes the story good
Yeah that whole battle scene was weird af. People were coming and going, taking timeouts, having deep and meaningful conversations, no one dying and very little happened. It was basically a poorly directed soap opera.
took the DBZ approach
Which show did you watch? Not Witcher
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 Na, er hat recht. Super schlecht inzseniert.
@@solokom vielleicht habe ich niedrigere Ansprüche - und bin happy das es die Serie in dieser Form überhaupt gibt, ich habe alle Bücher gelesen und gehört - das Witcher Universum ist echt spannend. Die Serie ist für mich keine Kopie der Bücher (wäre auch nicht möglich) sondern eine Erweiterung.
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 Den Eindruck habe ich auch, dass deine Ansprüche sehr niedrig sind. ;) Die ersten beiden Staffeln fand ich noch gut, besser als viele andere. Die 3. Staffel ist aber objektiv schlecht.
So that "blaze of glory" the showrunners promised Cavill would go out in was...a fight with a checkpoint of guards?
I know, regardless of the situation with Henry, how do you end a season with 2 episodes of blatant filler and no exciting end? Almost seems like vindictive sabotage of Henrys last moments in the role.
and sadly, it was STILL the best action scene of the season.
Milva is a proper hunter/tracker/killer, not this tiny, wimpy annoying dick*ead. She is such a total badass in the book. What a s***y end, it's just unbelievable how they screwed it up.
There were two reasons that killed that scene for me: 1) it had no real impact or meaning to it, and 2) that bit at the end where those three Nilfgaardian soldiers "snuck up" on Geralt; he was "saved" by that annoying elven archer who keeps saying "you'd be dead now". Geralt just slaughtered a dozen soldiers single-handed and we're to believe he couldn't take the last three? PLEASE.
Also it kinda made Geralt look bad because Geralt from the books would NEVER kill someone with cold blood because they pissed him off. He killed when he was provoked, when he had to, not just because he didn't like someone's actions.
Thank god Henry left when he did. He knew how awful this show was becoming around this point and how badly they were changing the lore for the worst.
Its kinda bitter sweet that he left because they clearly need him and we want him back...but Im also happy he stoop up for what he belived in and didnt help these sorry ass writers destroying a beloved character.
That’s actually an interesting point . By him leaving , he is demonstrating that money can’t buy you, and if the writing sucks, stand up against it.
He didn't leave. He was thrown out.
He was fired
Lol
@@awolf2753 Considering they had literal advertisements while the show was running proclaiming "Henry is still Geralt for Season 3! Please watch!"...I very much doubt that they let him go willingly. If they did, then they would have been thinking of any way possible to get out of their arrangement with Liam, and sign Henry back on the instant that they realized their viewership was tanking.
Henry did not wanna be there and you can literally see it on his face.
Thank you Netflix, for absolutely butchering another loved IP ❤️
Yup, they should get the Title as the Butcher of Blaviken 😂
*hollywood
not just netflix how many IP is destroyed now ?
star wars
star trek
ghostbusters
terminator
lord of the rings
men in black
charlie's angels
*almost every single disney live action remake
MCU
willow
indiana jones
@@pedrino321 the butcher of the butcher. 😬
I disagree. Henry gave it absolutely everything he could. It was the writers making him into a little bitch because they were butthurt that he dare had standards for the show. Just look at the care they put into Geralt getting his ass kicked...
I mean he did great with what he was given for sure. Henry made this show what it was for sure.
Liam could do good but I think this shows doomed at this point
When Ciri hugged the illusion of her mother, and then 5 minutes later told the unicorn that she needed to touch it to know it's real.... I was fuckin done
The unicorn and desert is an important :
In The Witcher Season 3, Ihuarraquax finds and saves Ciri in the Korath desert after she portalled there accidentally while escaping from Vilgefortz. In the books, Ihuarraquax is just a colt when he meets Ciri, unlike in the show, where he appears fully grown. Ihuarraquax became Ciri’s guardian angel, helping rescue her when she finally got captured by the king of the Wild Hunt.
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 wtf did that have anything to do with what he said lmao
To be fair: When Ciri hugged her "mother", she said something like "I wish you were really here", implying she knew, it was fake.
@@janherfs3063 yes that was clear to me that Ciri was in the moment, found comfort knowing well it was just her grandmother and mother as an illusion, but a good one
Now, the unicorn Ciri meets in the desert was in the books, but he wasn't a very interesting part until later when he's full grown and saves her from Eredin and the Wild Hunt. I thought Ciri's wanderings in the desert were a very boring part of the books as well, and so it's a little disappointing that that's what they chose to adapt faithfully rather than the more interesting parts of the previous novels.
Agreed - but I don't mind since it is an important "growth" experience for her to be on her own and find her way
They do set it up as interesting that early on though. You know Little Horse will play a bigger role later - I suspected so anyway. Here it was some random-ass unicorn.
All of the ciri stuff is weak in the books tbh. Geralt and jaskier getting into trouble is the best content in the books by far.
Seemed like a really obvious jesus tribute, facing temptation in the desert. It was incredibly boring.
ya the entire time I'm like walking through desert for 40min boring.....
I thought episode 5 was bad, then here comes 6,7,8 saying “hold my beer.”! Fucking brutal
Imagine watching Secret invasion ep.6 after the second part 😭😭😭
Not saying that it automatically makes them better, but the last four episodes are probably the closest that the series has come to be being 1:1 with what happens in the books, aside from some of the short stories.
This season was pretty close to the books , peop,e who say different are flat out lieing
Shit became total disney
probably was drunk whoever allowed it, showing same story from 5 different angles over and over doesnt make it very exciting.
I so badly wanted a good adaption of this book series I love so much. Why does Netflix just change the story and create such a laughably bad script when the story has already been written down, on paper, for over 20 years?
At least I still have the books and the CDPR games. They can't take those from me.
now you know how comicbooks fan feel
The only good Witcher thing from Netflix was that Nightmare Of The Wolf anime they made back in the day. Its amazing how a simple movie is 100% better written than all 3 seasons of this show combined.
@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9rWell that's because that anime was made by the same crew who did the Castlevania anime. They actually give a shit about the franchises they adapt. I hope they make one for Doom
The casting was horrible, it was the biggest red flag from the get go.
The show writers admitted they didn't like the source material. I just don't get why they companies keep hiring people to adapt something they don't even like. Literally makes no sense.
Cahir is a favourite of mine from the books so I need to save his face. Netflix Cahir is COMPLETELY different to book Cahir. In the books he's tasked with protecting Ciri and bringing her to Nilfgaard, but in the process of that he never approaches her with any trace of cruelty or aggression. All the times Ciri sees him early on, his face is covered by a dark winged helmet that later caused her nightmares. Cahir pities the condition Ciri is in after the fall of Cintra and tries to comfort her.
When she encounters him at Thanned, he's there to take her away to safety and he's in a dark helmet again. Ciri bests him in a sword fight and knocks his helmet off, and its here that she discovers he's just a scared youth with soft blue eyes. That makes her hesitate and THAT is why she doesn't kill him during this scene. She realises the man in her nightmares was hardly older than herself and in that moment, vulnerable.
Don't even get me started on the character arc he has with Geralt after he joins the hansa that Netflix is inevitably going to screw up given the opportunity.
This version of the Witcher is nothing but a skin-suit for the writers' and show-runners' preoccupations and pet ideas, so they don't give a shit about the complex characterization of the novels, nor even the games.
@@rclaws3230 it´s nothing but a bad fanfic
Cahir had romantic feelings for ciri, if i remember right.
They're not even fans just sad imitation writers that want to inject their own crap into someone else's better works
I mean u could still say he the same in the show? besides the Thanned confrontation u not really a building a strong comparison in here buddy. Sorrys *shrugs*
I couldn't stop laughing when the old man was having a heart attack mid battle. I was like, WHO IS THIS GUY and... WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?????
Its the oldest wizard in continent, and he died on heart attack was thing from book.
@@konradpietrzak3842 Yep, but it was the first time we ever saw him
Dood and he was the said one
Eldest mage.....shouldn't he be the most powerful 🤧 😂🤷🏾♂️
Just finished the finale and one of the very first thing that struck me is how Cavill seemed to have a legit depressed look on his face. Like he knew he was already out of it mentally.
and Joey, that dude looked so miserable and checked out the whole season.
OMG. I thought I was the only one who noticed.😂
Yes henry has zero soul in this season. you can literally see the amount of fucks given. ZERO
and its deserved the writing is complete cheeks.
@@Tadicuslegion78 I think the other major actors in the series don't want to be there any more than Henry, but they are nowhere near as famous and may worry about what comes next after the series is over. They probably make good money on the Witcher and don't want that to go away even if they don't like the job much anymore. Henry is famous enough he can walk away while giving the showrunner a middle finger.
Yesss, he just gave zero fucks in some of those scenes... Bro was just so tired...
The bard singing "Things are not what they seem" may be the all time most pathetic attempt at foreshadowing I've ever seen. I physically rolled my eyes watching it.
OMG that was so awful and made the show look EXTRA cheap
The song wasn't the problem for me, the episode itself was what annoyed me in how it *wasted your goddamn time* and had the writers sniffing their own farts with how clever they thought they were.
All for a reveal everyone basically alredy knew
@@filipvadas7602I knew less than halfway through what was going on, just didn’t know for sure which players would be in which roles…. They absolutely thought they were extra clever, but it just came off as boring and a way to add filler to the episode to stretch it to an hour.
@@filipvadas7602 yeah that too! I'm so mad at this series
Episode 6 was comedy gold, the way they made everyone a marvel super hero and the way like 6 different people teleported to Ciri when she was missing and noone was suppose to know where she was ohh ohh and Cahill turning into a Ciri simp out of nowhere then standing there while 6 cavalry coming right for him
Yeah, that Cahill nonsense took me by surprise, especially since he killed one of his elf best friends to get to that point
It’s getting to the point that I dread hearing that a property I enjoy is being adapted to film. These days the studios just buy the rights to something only to use it as a veneer over someone’s original idea that they know is terrible and would never fly on its own.
I'm already at that point right now where I don't want anymore adaptations. If they don't care about the source material then I don't care about the show.
RIP Witcher, long live 40k.
For the Emperor!!!!!!
"While the enemies of the Emperor still draw breath, there can be no peace."
- Captain Gabriel Angelos
Unless ESGs also infect 40k 😂
With what they’ve done to the Horus Heresy and 40k I hope the writers aren’t involved in his project and he actually cares about the lore as much as people think he does.
For the emperor of man
Thanks for watching so we didn’t have to.
TRUTH
I couldn't watch the last episode. 10 min and I searched for angry joe's review. The series is dead
The show makes me want AI to replace all these writers...
Something many people I find agree on is the divergence from following The Witcher... Like literally following a plot line following Geralt. Had the show been focused on following Geralt going from village to village, seeing changes from place to place due to the wars and political unrest, and the story focus on how Witcher's are segregated socially from society like the show had done in a small way in season one then could this show have been a huge success. In my opinion, the sorceresses are weak side characters, the political side characters are weak, and the show is being directed in a way that it wants to focus on all the characters that are weak. The show could have been a success if it focused on a high action and performance via creature encounters. Had we followed Geralt, his close companion Roach, and had some gags and funny moments with his horse, an intimate plot with his struggle against creatures and all the heart string pulling moments of how towns people end up in situations with said creatures could the show have been better. Reference the sad occurrence of Botchlings (reference TW3: Wild Hunt) and how dark and sad and emotional that small side quest was. Each episode the audience could have been on the edge of their seat while watching Geralt solve problems of creatures invading the homes and lives of villagers. We want to hear their story, we want to know why they got there, and how Geralt will solve the problem using all the training and knowledge a Witcher of the Wolf School learns from Kaer Moran. The show sadly focused on all the plot points that helped develop the world outside the Witcher, and it should have been directed as a spin off from the main plot line if the art/plot director didn't care to follow the story of Geralt through to the letter. I don't believe everyone agrees, but as someone who read into the books and played the games, this is what I found was the most enjoyable parts of the world of the Witcher.
If they were not going to do a retale of the books or games, I thought Netflix was going the monster of the week route. If they wanted to turn the Witcher into generic fantasy action they would have had more success with that.
I noticed that compared to season 1 and 2 Gerald acted less like a Witcher and more like a stereotypical fantasy hero. For example, the potions and magic preparations that he uses in the books and videogames kind of disappeared and now he only fights with his sword plus sometimes Aard (where are all the other abilities?). The Witcher was unique also because of these small details, not just because he can punch and use a sword.
Let me fix it.
Step 1. Lightning spell and flame ring is used against the elves IMMEDIATELY killing 200 down to 30 enemies who are under the all the enemy sorcerers shielding together.
The lightning knocks out the caster.
The wizard vs wizard battle begins. Bam. Fight better.
Next Geralt assumes he is better at combat. He goes in without prep. He has 0 knowledge of the staff. He tries to aggressively parry the staff and go for a counter, but the staff expands and crushes Geralts main sword arm launching him backwards into a rock. Geralt fights one handed now with a crippled leg realizing his mistake and how he could have used Quin first. Casting yrden Geralt gains the upper hand. The staff boy runs after Ciri and Geralt cannot keep up nor win outside the circle while wounded. Bam.
We need Nick Cage as Geralt
Turing the show into a meme is the only thing that will save it now.
Honestly he's not a bad choice for the role lol
Make nick xage that old man witcher 3 and follow him
Exactly. It’s so obvious
the butcherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
WHOOOO!!!
OF BLAVIKEN! YEAH
*Henry Cavill, is honestly the best actor for adapting something* problem is from Witcher to Superman.. he’s working for people who don’t understand or care about the source material 🤦🏽♂️
yep
Thats why we hope for 40k show
And he's also a bad actor.
Cavill Geralt was also nothing like book Geralt, a lot of peoples seems to ignore it. I would even say it was polar oposite
@@imsentinelprime9279 I wouldn’t say he’s a bad actor, I’d say he’s pretty good at playing certain type of roles.
Alex being the untethered voice of reason is my favorite thing to watch
It's like they took random pages from the book and tried to connect them without reading what's in between. I don't know if they are missing the point of why things happen and why certain decisions are made but they mostly cut them off from the series without putting anything as substitute.
There were so many stupid decisions, but the wierdest one from this part of the series must be that Tris took Geralt to Brokilon to heal his wounds, but then Yen (and yeah they decided that she wont be missing after Thanedd) teleports in and heals him, then they say each other goobye and Geralt goes on his Trip to Nilfgard while Yen is back trying to create a Lodge (i guess).
Also there was a funny moment where all the mages stood next to each other in a face off with Scoiateal, at that point I was ready for "Avengers assemble" type of line.
It's definitely fun to watch it with friends who know something about Witcher just to have a laugh about how poorly those scenes were written.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought they were trying to do an Avengers team up shot during the battle
also thought, the writers didn't do their homework, not reading and not understanding the Witcher saga at all.
If I had to guess, they probably wanted Yen to have a bigger role than she had in the books.
IIRC, after she betrays Geralt in Aretuza, the author mostly forgets about her until the last book.
@@cloverjoker yea, she basically stands around like a statue for a few books
You know its bad when everyone in the thumbnail looks done lol
Its awful didn't give it away? 😂
God knows why they felt the need to hold these 3 episodes back it was naff as hell. Such a shame that Henry had to go out in such a lackluster ending to his role as geralt.
Netflix subscription renewal
at least his last scene was a cool fight.
Did he die in the end? I am Netflix user no more; P I didnt catch it
@@enrikekasijas705 no. We see him stride off victorious.
The funniest part is that the books are simple and easy to digest and it would have been easy to translate most of it to an accurate screenplay.
Meaning that the only way they could have made the show this bad is if they actively tried.
I shit you not Geralt vs Vilgefortz and the other smaller fight scenes the former got were literally the only good parts of these last 3 episodes, everything else was super indulgent, inconsistent and with characters making braindead decisions and going through massive character arcs out of the blue.
The first season was actually pretty close to the first book, probably why it was the best one idk why it's so hard to keep it going
The drop in the quality of the writing from part one to part two was so precipitous that it felt like a completely different show.
Cant belive the casting director admitted to hiring actors based on gender and skin colour, and even went as far as to call herself "a champion of diversity" like being racist and sexist makes you a super hero.
I’m one for hiring whoever is best for the job. When Henry Cavil got announced I was on the fence because he wasn’t who I thought Geralt looked like but I choose to wait and see how he did and was pleasantly surprised. Same with Yennefer. But to find out that they didn’t do it for whoever was best but because they weren’t white is just awful to me. I love Yennefer in the show she def won me over. Finding out that they just hired them to be “woke” is just such a let down. It shows the priority of these studios. The live action Snow White is a new example of this.
@@GinoGonzalez12 I honestly can't stand this Yenn. She's nothing like in the books or game, her voice gets very grating a lot of the time as well. Plus how Yenn was written is fucking terrible. She would never do so much of what they had her do in this show.
Sadly tv aint about entertainment anymore, this new movie thats comming with snow white and the seven dwarves about a love story, and now there making it into a women impowerment story no love. Just make a different movie dont call it snowwhite and making something totally different for the sake of diversity and empowerment
@@MagicBricklayers I literally had the same reaction. Just make it it’s own movie. I love Encanto. It’s an original story that they made and it was beautiful. Just fucking make another “princess” movie. But noooo they use the Snow White title for clicks and easy money
Oh God here we go...
All of you people b*tching & moaning about the diversity in the show, and blaming why the show failed on THAT, fail to realize that even if the cast had been ALL white people, but the writing & dialogue, etc. was allllll still the same:
THE SHOW WOULD STILL SUCK 🥴🤣 LMAO
Like, just because the director wanted to include People of Color in the show, does NOT have any bearing on whether or not the *story* will end up feeling hollow, or end up w/nobody caring about the characters, OR how the book readers will react to all of the changes getting made from the lore. Cuz the color of the actor's skin, has nothing to do with ANY of that sh*t.
Nothing would actually be f*cking improved, simply by making the cast all white! So it's really telling what you have decided to be so mad about here. Like, VERY telling. lol
It was the same issue w/"Rings of Power" when it aired too. You people kept b*tching & moaning about the diversity in THAT show as well... as if making the cast all white would have fixed ANYTHINGGG w/that bum ass show!
The main problem is bad writing, and people behind these projects not caring whether or not the characters FEEL true to their natures, according to the lore. Or, caring whether the lore is even followed at all! THAT is the real issue. And it is the reason we are seeing such a downgrade in quality of the content that we love nowadays. It's got nothing to do w/the color of the actors in these projects!
It's too many egotistical producers & directors taking an IP & deciding that they're gonna do whatever THEY want to with it, which fundamentally changes the *nature* of the content. Races of the actors is irrelevant!
Bottom line: bigotry isn't just evil... it's also really, really stupid too. We as consumers need to stay focused ffs, and start demanding better for the content that we love... instead of just getting online & constantly b*tching that theres too many black & brown people in our entertainment now. Cuz frankly, Hollywood doesn't have to listen to whack ass complaints like THAT anymore. 😒 It IS 2023 afterall.
you know theres something wrong when the protagonist had only 12 min screentime combined
Combined? As in whole season 3
Who are the main protagonists=? Ciri, Yen and Geralt - and Geralt got much more then 12 minutes - his presence is there the whole show
Ciri is protagonist of saga as books going on.
@@konradpietrzak3842 You clearly don't know what you're talking about.Its called The Witcher,not Ciri of Cintra.Andrzej has spoken about this many times.
Hard to support writers like this when they shouldn't have the job in the first place. I support good writers, but when the writers of this show and the writers of She-Hulk cry that they're not making money, i couldn't care less, because they shouldn't be making money. That's how it should work. If you put out a product that everyone hates, why should they be making money?...
@@SergyMilitaryRankingsbruhhhh i dont need other people to tell me She Hulk sucks.
Because from most watchers' perspective, it sucks. The writing is just horrible
Season 1 was an encouraging base to build on. They took that and went so far downhill I cannot believe it. What on earth was that writing and directing?!
One of the most frustrating things about movies and tv shows is that when they fail, the companies responsible for them can just blame the actors instead of taking acountability for ruining the thing themselves, along with the inadequate people they hired.
Or they just call the fans toxic and ists and isms
Well this one did not fail it was great
@@majorastorm well if they are toxic you must call them out. This channel here lives from shitstorm only - not from setting a positive tone.
One of the producers used the excuse that they had to simplify things for American viewers instead of taking blame
Joe is right when he says there are too many characters. Half of the time I have no idea who is being talked about.
In the shows defense there are a lot of characters, but they are done so much better the creator tried to add more sub plot for them and it just so crappy
You can have a bunch of characters and storylines, the problem is that you also need to invest time and effort to make them stand out and have people be invested. Something the show's writers fast forwarded through and expected to have the same impact.
There aren't - there's just too many for the writers to handle. Consider how many characters and factions there are in GoT, especially around seasons 3-5. And that was arguably peak GoT.
Have u read the books😂
The random guy in ep 6 having the heart attack had more screen time than the fire user villain who was after Ciri for like 4 episodes 😂. I was confused who that guy having a heart attack was or if he was important.
Gerhart of Aellem the oldest living mage and also introduced such in the show. He also died exactly from a heart attack in the books like in the Netflix show during the Thanedd coup.
My biggest hang up of everything they destroyed is the relationship of Yen and Ciri. How do you go from literally selling a kid for magic, to being everyone’s favorite mother figure in like 3 episodes.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A MONTAAAAGE (montaaaage)
The problem is the show course corrected at the wrong time.
I didn't watch S03, but the summary kinda resembles the book series. HOWEVER, the devil is always in the details. Execution is paramount in any kind of storytelling.
The show feels hollow, forced and melodramatic, while in the books things are intriguing, emotional, funny and they are impactful.
The books accomplish this because Sapkowski is a good writer. The whole thing at Thanned is EARNED by the narrative, from the short stories, to the slow developing character arc of Blood of Elves.
Yen, Ciri and Geralt get separated in the books as well, however, this is heartbreaking because the trio were on the cusp of living the lives they wanted in Thanned. Geralt and Yennefer get back together, but for good this time, to take care of Ciri, the girl that arrived in their lives, giving what they needed.
For everyone thinking the books are as bad as the show just because The Witcher S03 decided to follow it more closely, they are not. The show is a bastardization of the novels from top to bottom.
Exactly
The comment i was looking for
It’s been really frustrating listening to people complain about book accurate aspects in this season when ironically they’re asking for a more faithful adaptation. But their ideal adaptation is centered around the third game. There is MUCH more than just geralt and I don’t think a lot of people realize that.
Your comment is the best take I’ve seen about this messy season I’ve seen yet. It’s way more nuanced then people are making it out to be
I am ngl I really needed this comment. I am just starting to read the books and on Sword of Destimy atm. I was feeling so weird about feeling mad at the story and how everything turned out yet it was the same as the books. I felt maybe I was being incredibly biased and couldn't critisize the show because I like Henry.
This comment gives me hope that it wasn't just me. I hope when I read the books I feel and understand the story better than here. In all honesty I just felt like I didn't care about anything in this show.
As someone who has read the books, but hasn't seen the show, this comment explains a lot. Because a LOT of the comments I'm seeing on this video are of the form "I hate that they've done this, it wasn't in the source material" when what they're describing sounds EXACTLY like what's in the source material (Ciri in the desert, Geralt getting absolutely mauled by Vilgefortz, the main characters being apart a lot of the time, etc.)
Yennifer takes Geralt to the forest people to heal, for several days they try but can't heal him, Yennifier then turns up and heals him in a matter of seconds.
Ya don't remind me😢 this was not what happened in the books
That's shit seriously pissed me off lol
Was he there days or months? I thought I heard somebody say months but it did feel like days. Whatever. Doesn't matter. He's off to get a face-lift I guess.
true in the books he was knocked out for weeks and not days..
I would like to share some things I found stupid and annoying with episode 6 [spoilers]:
1: Tissaia stands there, doing nothing, whilst Vilgefortz casts a portal, and a small army walks into Aretuza. When everyone is through the portal, Tissaia decides its time to fight.
2: In the portal room, Mages got nerfed since 40 Scoia'tael vs 30 Mages, including some of the most powerful mages in the world, and mages lose that fight.
3: Of course Vilgefortz appears at the exact moment Istredd unveils the hidden book
4: WTF, Why has Cahir suddenly gone full simp for Ciri?
5: "The spell of last resort", "kills anyone Tissaia sees" except all the main characters
6: Mid battle, everyone stops fighting, mages and Scoia'tael suddenly come to an unspoken understanding that they need to all line up in front of each other, so they can have a few lines of dialogue
7: Geralt and Yen must keep Ciri safe! they escape Aretuza. Yen suddenly feels Tissaia is more important and goes back to Aretuza. Geralt senses something dangerous inside a cave and decides he needs to face it and send Ciri away. Ciri decides its a good time to run back to the place she spend half the episode trying to escape. These ppl are stupid.
8: WhyTF is Vilgefortz suddenly in a cave on the beach a mile away from Aretuza?
9: Back guard (where you block an attack by putting the sword behind your back) is stupid, not a actual sword block, its only used in dumb tv/movies.
10: Cant wait to see how Ciri survives an explosion to the face. Its probably the Deus Ex Machina she was talking to?
Great scene that perfectly sums up what I hate about the directing.
-Geralt is laying on the beach 50-100meters from the sea after loosing a fight.
Next scene:
-Geralt is suddenly floating in 20ft of water with god rays on max
Immediately next cut:
-Geralt is in 1ft of water with Triss kneeling next to him
Please tell a story that makes sense and stop teleporting people into the scene you want.
Read the books, the make so much more sense
Cahir is kind of a simp for Ciri in the books but the difference is that he saved her life in Cintra and fell in love with her there (he’s a lot younger, late teens or so, so it’s not as creepy), he didn’t just switch on a dime like he did in the show
@@justlivin2499 interesting to hear, it felt like such a sudden switch in the show, I wondered if I missed a scene or forgot something.
Just out of curiosity:
Freya Allan: 21 years old
Eamon Farren: 38 years old
And so much more. Even the parts that are actually from the books they show/explain/get to in such a shitty way everything is painful to watch
@@blammela not really - I find them very well adopted.
Some firing need to be done in the top management of Netflix. They hiring this type of directors and writers who ruin the source material and admitting it in an interview is insane.
OBAMAS OWN IT..should tell you everything
man what an awful last 3 episodes. Horrible way to send off Henry, but glad he's leaving this sinking ship
The Witcher 3 is literally my favorite game ever and I was enjoying the show but these last 2 episodes were awful the 1st one was pretty good tho
Netflix fumbled the bag big time with this one. This series started out so promising with so much potential but they made every wrong decision imaginable. Show died when Henry Cavill was out.
Show started dying before his departure...it was the cause for his departure. So much pitential forever wasted.
You must have seen a different show or not read the books. Season 3 is awesome - if you read the books before.
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722🤣 sure whatever you gotta tell yourself. Season 3 is a dumpster fire
@@vincentrock5601 well I am sorry that it is for you - not for me
As a hardcore Witcher fan (read books multiple times, played the games and seen Polish shitshow and movie). It pains me to see what Netflix has done... :(
I had a feeling after watching Blood Origin that this was going to be bad. And it was. It ended up being even worse than I thought it could be. The really amazing thing is they seem to be planning season 4. Fitting that they hire a bargain basement actor to play The Witcher to match up with the bargain basement version of Game of Thrones.
I wish we could make writers and directors realize that when they adapt something with established lore, we don't care about what or how you think the lore SHOULD have turned out. Just do your job and adapt the sh!t faithfully. That's how you can leave 'your' mark.
Nah, bro. Noone becomes a professional writer so they can adapt someone else's work. You can say all you want about "job" and "responsibility", but at the end of the day this is an artist and their art. The last thing they want to do is trace.
This show was straight trash and the writing is horrible, but they're still more proud of this then they would have been just telling someone else's story, even if it would have been better.
But we like the games and they don't stick to the plot of the books
@@seand7042 they stick with the plot of the books but need to adapt it to a screen play,
Go and try to write a screen play adoption yourself, make sure that it it works in a show and that you stay in a given time and budget. After we talk.
I just watched a 3-hour watch-along that Peter Jackson did for Lord of the Rings. Every writer should study that. They never made a change out of ego. All the changes that they made were for the betterment of the pace, the characters, and the structure of the film. All changes were carefully deliberated and argued. Highly recommended!
Poor Alex, you can see his pain in these reviews, and he never bothers to hide it. Such a trooper but give the man a bottle of good wine or something for going through these, I feel bad watching!
He moans about everything he ever watches. Literally he's never been happy about anything.
@@n4n1damnikr they must be new here
@@n4n1damn Thats not at all true, and clearly shows you dont watch alot of this channel.
@Judokast36 stop simping for Alex.
@@Judokast36 name 1 thing.
lol Joe missed Alex's joke about the kingdom of MILFguard 58:14
You are right, Joe. They are trying to show too many things into a few episodes and skip over a lot of detail.
100% agree, they did my boy Henry cavil dirty. In part 2 it seemed like he got less than 30mins screen time for a show that is called “the Witcher.”
They should cancel the show, that’s what I want 👌
You can just stop watching - your loss but then the show is cancelled in your mind, while we can enjoy it. solved
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 Explain how this garbage pile is enjoyable?
@@Nico78Notdon't worry he would be the only one watching for enjoyment 😂
Finale was not awful. Whole show was!
Series*
Yes gotta agree, a complete waste
First season was ok, good world building
@@brandonchutt312 I thought so too but after reading books they completely changed so many characters even geralt was fundamentally changed by writers
I disagree - the season 3 was by far the best
Why WONT someone tell Ciri that her dad is ALIVE WTF!!! (Cahir could have said something and didn't wtf!!)🤬🤬🤬🤬
Instead of the completely unbelievable Ciri Hulk out to kill the crab, that would have been a great moment to see a new witcher sign like "Yrden" (trap) or "Axii" (charm), or maybe even "Igni" (Fire) especially considering the previous fire mage scene in the desert... might have been more interesting, more believable?
I really don't get how they managed to make this show this bad from.that source material.
The books aren't great in comparison to some series, but it's an easy read and simple execution to the screen.
You'd actually have to actively try to make it bad, and they did.
100% agree. Honestly when I read the books they came across a lot like a screenplay. Each scene is very easy to digest and visualize, and to not be able to translate it all to film required some incredible incompetency.
Cause the writers think they can make it better
@@triggerfairy4070 and the crux of them thinking they can make it better, is by thinking making it more diverse and feminist will make it better. Like Rings of Power and so many other garbage modern movies/shows.
@@anon2752the books are already insanely feminist and progressive, it's crazy it came out so long ago and from flipping Poland.
@@xKalisto Yeah but not this much, geralt was still the main character unlike this show.
Season One wasn't Great but we gave it the thumbs up because we wanted it to succeed and improve, but they took that support as we would eat up any crap they gave us.
I agree with Alex, Cahir’s arc made no sense. He finally finds Ciri and then asks her to kill him, then he leaves saying “I’ll find you” 😂😂 like WHAT
That was the worst part for me it made no sense at all. All of episode six was so nonsensical I didn't finish the last two. What is that thing at the end Ciri was talking to? Vilgefortz was like you're not powerful enough?
And doesn’t bother mentioning “your daddy’s looking for you” …… so frustrating
I knew this show was going to be bad when they kill Eskel and not just killing him but how BAD they did it as well
I'm highly considering buying the books instead. Should be an interesting read.
they are so much better
Books are always generally better. Except for maybe shadow and bone, I heard the author made changes in that show because something didn't make too much sense in her books lol.
The books are really good. They're slightly different with certain names because things obviously get lost in translation, but they're still really good. And then you'll be able to realize which episodes this "show" decided to use...and then change...and how absolutely annoying those changes truly are -- and that's before the show actually makes up their own stuff in general. The books add a lot of character depth that the show lacked because the casting was so terrible and the writing was the worst you'll see. Enjoy the books!
Oh and might I add. There are also some really good graphic novels that have great art and really solid stories. 100% worth it.
they are amazing bro
The books are spectacular. You're in for a treat. I highly recommend buying the orbital hardcover editions of all the books which were published recently at the start of 2023. They all have beautiful lore-accurate artwork and even include a world map, and the first two books (Last Wish and Sword of Destiny) include several illustrations.
If you get annoyed that the characters keep getting split up, you can take comfort in knowing this is the last time they are split up in the story, cause they don't get reunited until the last book.
How can Angry Joe criticise the show for not respecting the source material when he doesn't give a shit about the source material enough to read it.
Alex as always spitting straight facts and logic.
Yennifer: I need to run out to save Ciri…
I need to leave you Ciri and return to where I just left from.
🤦♂️
Filavandrel and Rience's deaths felt pointless and frustrating, why have someone stay with you for 3 whole seasons just to get killed in the blink of an eye - The only thing Rience ever did successfully was rob the thing made with Ciri's blood at every other turn he was easily defeated like fucking Garou from One-Punch, I actually burst out laughing when Filavandrel was blasted to bits like Hughie's girlfriend
Blame the books mate
@@bjornlothbrok3604 why, they didn’t even happen that way in the books, Filivandrel didn’t die and Rience dies 2 books later with a far more satisfying death
@@bjornlothbrok3604someone didnt read the books and it shows bud
Filavandrel's death was fucking hilarious. My boy wanted out of this series ASAP and I don't blame him. How do you fuck up writing a story that's already been written for you ? Oh yeah, you try to change it.
@@TheMystKing999 I can’t take that scene seriously because all I can think of is “Get down Mr President!!!”
I thought the season was going to end where Geralt got injured. I wasn't expecting them to go as far as the desert stuff. Which has some changes but was the thing that was actually pretty close to the books
Desert when on for a long time in the book, Im glad NFLX shortened it.
@@clintonspx1200 The entire desert scene is about convey desperation from Ciri, uncertainty in the reader about what happened to Geralt and Yen at Thanned, and to lead to Ciri renouncing her magic...but the problem is that in the series that was no set up to that.
The writers can't handle the scope. Episodes that are smaller in scope - that just focus on one or two characters and a self contained story - they can manage. The second they have to deal with multiple factions, characters, agendas, locations etc. it all turns into a clusterfuck and characters just appear and disappear from locations without any explanation.
Episode 6 can be summed up in, "Things happen because wizards are dumber than shit"
1. Stop Phillippa's coup? Naw, we can just let her live.
2. V-Farts is opening the door to let the elves in? Better stand there like a dumbass and let him do it, do nothing to try and close the door, nor do anything to block the elves.
3. Oh no, I blew up the guy trying to kill me, better stand in the middle of a big fight all sad and mopey
and on and on and on and on.
I'm out, I quit on the Witcher, If Henry Cavill produces his own Witcher content on his own, I'll be there.
Also Cahir having a change of heart after having one little talk with Fringilla was just laughable.
@@christiancallahan348 And the Emperor going, after everything that's gone down in 3 seasons, you, Fringilla seem trustworthy enough to be put in charge. Instead of ya know, arresting her or executing her for being an escape prisoner?
@@christiancallahan348 I'm glad I didn't watch it from what I remember in the books it was Geralt sparring Cahir's life is what started his redemption arc. I don't even recall Fringilla and Cahir ever interacting in the books. Heck I don't even remember Fringilla being all that important in the books outside of villian of the week antics trying to get Ciri.
@@Legacyartist Yeah yeah because it's Geralt's with his trope after getting patched up by the Druids and they run into him
@@christiancallahan348 wdym? Changing sides to Ciri? No, I think that was his purpose from get go, but god damn that seems dumb so much work to essentially say sorry, wtf?
The firefucker end felt like some game of thrones shit. "we forgot about him and dont know what to do with him anymore, boop"
They dont have to come up with things to do with him, they can just follow the fucking source material. A retarded 10-year-old child must have written this show. I just dont understand how something so expensive can be done so poorly. I mean it cant even be worse, there is nothing good in this show.
His death In the books not only happens waaaay later in the story but is also way more satisfying
Garlt in the books ends up having a crew that helps him. Milva (Bow and arrow lady) is one of his crew members.
At this moment in time it wouldn't surprise me if Liam neeson makes an appearance and says' where's my family?? Give me back my family'
Stopped watching after season 2
I quit my Netflix account back in june. Best decision of the year.
Yeah me too. Netflix sucks
same
The whole thanedd plot in the books was done well and believeble. They used the dimeritium shakles to have a chance vs the mages. In the show mages switch to melee and some nonsensical double sword weilded by two guys at the same time?!? WTF? for whatever reason ... so powerful mages lose to some archers and melees ... makes no sense
i have never seen mages so weak as those in the fight against the elves, similarly, i have never seen elves with so much vitality that they survive the amount of lightning the headmistress threw at them ... and of course, the fight itself was so bad i was astonished how after every attack, the mages just stop functioning as if on cooldown (don't even get me started on the standoff between both parties with mages making shields instead of blasting the elves twenty feet ahead of them ......... i couldn't get past the first episode, this shit was was so bad it hurts ... i'll just go and watch jujutsu kaisen's newest episode, ma boi gojo got his lick back i heard
So, they got a story called The Witcher and yet they focus on 20 side stories giving The Witcher 5 minutes of screen time
To be fair as the books went on the focus did heavily shift from geralt to Ciri espicially the last 2 books
How hard is it to just stick with the source material? Like i just dont get why these companies hire people that dont even like the material they are adapting.
The first season was fun adventure stories. Wish we got more of that.
they rushed past this awesome stage of the books :/
@@IGarrettI It's sad because I would've totally been down for even a simple baddie of the week format. Instead we got feminist ideals and Netflix HR simulator
That is what Henry wanted
It sucks that I defended this show in season 1 when the plot was everywhere with no explanation. It was an indicator that the writers didn't know how to handle this story and I was blind by how much I love The Witcher. Thanks for watching season 3 so I won't have to. Throw it in the bin with The Hexer.
I mean... they pissed off the man whom the author approved as the ideal Geralt by deviating so much from the source to the extent that he left... how can anyone expect anything good from the storytellers at this point?
That description also applies to the amazing games.
@@skyman322 lol as much as that may be, the show was totally butchered... you could very well just call it some other show other than witcher and change all their names at that point and nobody would know any better... look at how shitty blood origin was when they were allowed to come up with their own bs...
@@teddybearclarence oh I know, just pointing out that good things can be made even if the original author hates them. And tbf his hate is more from he took a cash amount instead of royalties so he lost out on alot of money
@@skyman322 to be fair Sapkowski got alot of flak for suing CDPR, but he was right. They made a deal giving him a pittance, which surely he accepted, because something is better than nothing. Then they made bazillions out of his IP and they did not have the decency to say ''hey dude, I know we gave you less than what we pay our cleaning lady, take x millions as a token of appreciation for being the backbone of our main game''.
@@joek600lol what? CDPR offered royalties but Sapkowksi only wanted a lump sum because he's an out-of-touch old man. He deserves all the shit he got.
Melodramatic means repetitive and stereotypical. Soap operas are melodramatic because there’s stock characters that always do the same thing over and over again. “Melodramatic” is often confused with “over dramatic” or “over acting”
"Everyone had a plan til you get punched in the face" has to be the most cringey quote I have ever heard due to the amount of times people repeat it.
I felt the way they made Geralt seem so weak in the fight against Vegefortz dude..(lol)... was horrible...I mean Geralt got his ass kicked and was so weak in that fight.
Another issue that bugged me for a while now was how Geralt seemed to be completely out of the serum drink witcher take to enhance their senses, even when they literally just left the witcher compound at the end/ start of season 3.
I know they somewhat addressed it at the last episode of the season where Geralt made his own formula that wasn't as strong, except they never explained if Vesemir was unable to make anymore or any other reason. The fight against Vegefortz to prevent him from reaching Ciri, would be the ideal time to actually use one.
They just really jacked the writing in this season so bad.
You can literally predict what was going to happen with Ciri, knowing that she was going to do something so irrational that would endanger or completely negate any training she has done just to get trapped/kidnapped and then become all emotional about what she had done.... again.
Read the books of watch the making off - they explain it very well, you will understand
One of the Netflix writers hated and insulated Henry because he was a fan of the source material while they were not.
The behind the scenes drama was sad it basically, the writers wanted to write their own thing while Henry wanted to follow the source material.
How pathetic of them to disrespect the source material and Henry. Oh well GO WOKE GO BROKE I will certainly not be supporting this Dumpster Fire.
LoL. And Henry was right. Ironic. Palpatine noises.
As a Witcher game fan and a fan of fantasy/sci-fi in general, I am shocked at how this show has fallen apart little by little each season. They chased away the poster child for Geralt. Nothing about season three makes me want to see season four. They butchered so much of the lore and didn't even present what they did in a way to make most of it interesting. Season three tries to be the poor man's House of the Dragon, and it fails miserably at it. The show should have been a slam dunk, but at this point it needs to die. I am so disappointed to see what it has become. The showrunner has no idea what she is doing. Watching season three validates how correct Henry was in making the decision to walk away. I can only imagine how frustrated he probably was filming most of that trash.
You never read the books and it shows. Season 3, especially the last 3 episodes were a spot-on interpretation of what happened in the books.
@@cody9883 "Spot-on interpretation", Cahir getting down on his knees and begging Ciri to kill him because of his guilt never happens in the books. He chases her, fights her, and tries to capture her right up until she teleports to the desert. He doesn't have a face turn until way later. Nice try though.
@@trickstergod9179 Yeah, it was Geralt who fucked Cahir up and killed all the elves with him, in a beautifully described scene btw
Read the book mate! The plot was very well adopted into the screen play.
They try to make us care about the League of Diversity Mages, but man...they are annoying af. Also, aren't they supposed to be attractive via magic? Cuz I think a few of the members skipped that step.
It’s sad that it’s pretty much over and no one will probably be allowed to attempt to make a show from scratch related to the books/games due to legal reasons with Netflix. It could of been a show with 10 seasons and they ruined it just after 1. It really sucks.
The Yennefer show is what happens when you hire a bunch of writers who hate the source material.
There are two good things that came out of this season. A some-what-of-a-redemption for a Vilgeputz, that finally showed a glimpse of a true Vilgefortz during his fight with Geralt. Yes, no more losing to Cahir and other shworunner's brilliant ideas, Melitelle pe praised! And in the end of the 7th episode of the 3rd season actress that plays Ciri sings a little song "A little sacrifice". Nice song and a refrence to a wonderful short story from Witcher's world.
However, all things considered, Netflix's Witcher is a textbook example of how NOT to do an adaptation. With RoP and WoT being close seconds (i am yet to see what they did to "Foundation").
I was actually still kinda disappointed because that fight still nerfed Vilgefortz. What is it in the books? Something like in 4 moves Geralt is already taking blows to the head.
@@KeytarArgonian Sort of. And he did not use any "force push" either. Just enchanted staff. Though, I do think that show was able to convey that Vilge was toying with Geralt.
There's definitely a LOT in Foundation that isn't in the books. It depends on what your tolerance for stuff like that is. It's keeping my attention, but I view it as more "inspired by" than a direct conversion.
ciri in the desert was a great episode too imo
They changed the mechanic in which Hari Seldon predicts future. None of it makes sense in the show, none of it. Asimov's turbo rolling in his grave.
Imaging getting the perfect actor and the rights to some of the best fantasy material in existence and completely butchering it on every level…it’s almost impressive.
What we need is a witcher series based off the games with cd projekt red heavily involved and have power to say ok or no. And get henry back. It will be its own entity.
The writers shouldn't be on strike, they should have been fired before letting Henry go
Henry was in the last 3 episodes for like 2 or 3 scenes. In the final episode almost all his scenes were about the Asian girl and not about Henry himself. We were at all times following the stories of random side character women or Yen/Ciri, one whole episode was just Ciri crawling through the desert, it was mind numbingly boring, I thought they couldn't get more boring than that episode that repeated itself wtf.
No wonder Henry noped the fk outta there bro
Milva is an awesome side character though, shame we wont be getting more interactions between her and Cavil-Geralt
And the desert episode was great. Not only was it straight from the books, the show finally actually took its time with a character instead of trying to jump around to different pov's all the time. Scenes were allowed to sink in for a change.
so you want them to rewrite the book. because thats whats in the book.
@@clintonspx1200 Really, there is an Asian girl in the book? None of this shit except the desert stuff was in the book and even that was COMPLETELY Ruined. Even Kotaku got pissed by the desert and how they changed everything. gtfo bro
You desperate shills almost shamelessly trying to pretend like this garbage is book accurate when 99% is trash and completely different. Having a few scenes vaguely reminiscent of the actual story doesn't make it accurate.
The desert episode was an important as this was in the books. So I didn't mind it!
Straight talk: far more than I am disappointed in specific choices they made in terms of changes, and oh boy did they make some choices (some understandable for differing media conversion some not so much).
I’m sad that they are just getting to my favorite part of the books (yes in a perfect world this would have been like season 5 but that’s another debate) and it’s probably just not going to happen. ‘Baptism of Fire’ and ‘Tower of the Swallows’ are amazing to me. I love Regis and Vizegota. The framing narrative is chef’s kiss. The ‘troop’ stuff…And it’s just not going to happen.
I’d forgive so much of the bad if they got that right in the next couple of seasons. And it’s just not going to
Just watched you guys! Thanks for the heads up. Appreciate you three
The books are soooo good, it really took a great effort from the writers to ruin it this bad
Well - thats not true, or maybe just for you. I read the books - love them, but love the series too - they adopted to books well - good writing especially season 3.
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 shittest troll
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 to this I'll just repeat what you said: "Well - thats not true, or maybe just for you"
How cool would it have been if a whole season was just Geralt doing Witcher contacts for kings and towns until season 2 introduces Ciri and we start the kingdom hunt for her instead
Season 1 Mandalorian but Witcher instead, every episode is a new adventure with the feel of the Witcher 3 side quests to them with a little hints of the overarching story and with ciri being introduced later on, would've been perfect
First episode of season 2 fuck yeah
That's what the first 2 books basically are and netflix skipped over them to get to all the ciri plotline stuff.
A lot of the side quest and contracts were the reason I became a fan.
Ofc they needed a strong female lead... Well actually 2 and a sidechar like Henry
As someone who gave his son the name Geralt, as a middle name.. i am upset
Triss is a prop because Netflix can't have a love triangle where the man casually sleeps with both women and still goes about his everyday business while they both strive for his affection.
Thank you for finishing the show
I stopped at Season 2 Hats to you guys 🧢
I thought when Ciri was in the desert she’d landed near Tir ná Lia and we’d get introduced to the Aen Elle elves - especially because of the unicorn! We’ve seen hints of the Wild Hunt but it would have been nice to actually build on this plot. Instead it ended up being long and pointless. Yes, we learn more about Falka, but we’re not suppose to like Falka. She killed people ruthlessly in the pursuit of her father’s crown, and used her quarter Elven blood as a smokescreen- which unfairly vilified the Elves! She wasn’t an Elven martyr, she was a cold-blooded murderer out for power. Yes, she’s a descendent of Ciri’s, but very loosely. I felt like they could have made it interesting, show how Ciri is becoming very focused on her revenge and bloodlust, and set up a character arc, but I didn’t really buy it. I don’t like how they’ve made fire magic evil and forbidden in the show either, it feels a bit weird to me that they’re going with the whole ‘witch burned at the stake’ thing- like it’s a very forced feminist narrative. I think Jaskier and Radovid’s relationship dynamic is just odd too, why have this romantic build up, show the Prince betraying Jaskier to get to Ciri, and then Jaskier just forgives him?? Like what?? I don’t understand why they couldn’t just keep Vizmir as a competent King and Radovid be his son like in the books. They could just age Vizmir up so they wouldn’t have to get a child actor for Radovid, but it felt like because Radovid is there as an adult instead of a child they have to force some sort of story for him which felt slapped together. Although I do really love Dijkstra and Phillipa’s actors, I really don’t understand the whole BDSM, liking pain narrative, like huh?? At least Geralt got to break his leg, I guess.
I mean the whole Ciri in the desert arc was 1:1 book translation, on3 of the few things they haven't fecked up
She ends up in korath because the portal was warped. That’s what happens in the books, She needs to meet Ihuarraquax and lose her access to magic.
@@KeytarArgonianshe’s just relinquished her powers so you reckon they’re still including that storyline but later??
I dont think we are supposed to think Falka is a good person in the show either...
@@stefvanroey8191 yeah you’re right tbf. Personally, I just feel like the elf v human narrative is attempting to be an allegory for racism, and although that can work, I don’t feel like it fits with the lore or the stories original attempt, considering the fact no one is truly innocent and atrocities happen on both sides because of the shifting power dynamics. While we touch on it a little with Ciri wanting to unite them, both the elves and humans think they’re better than each other and we’re really being encouraged to sympathise for the elves in the show because the humans ‘colonised’ their lands like white people have often colonised, killed and discriminated against indigenous people. But for me, I’m not rooting for anyone, we were never really suppose to in the books, and the parallels aren’t working for because they feel a little shallow idk. Especially this whole woman empowerment thing, like making Calanthe this battle-hardened, swearing, racism woman felt odd to me. She was a good Queen because she was intelligent, fair-minded and strong willed. She didn’t hate the elves at all, and was quite progressive. This narrative that people hate what they don’t like about themselves I hate, like this whole idea Hitler was half-Jewish which was why he hated Jewish people is just false and harmful. We see it in Harry Potter with Voldemort being a half-blood, and here with Calathne being part Eleven. It’s false. And Francesca killing all those babies also paralleling the story of Moses, but in a fucked up perverted way. Idk, I know this is really long reply and no one cares haha but yeah, Ciri is a little disgusted by Falka but we kind of see her siding with her in the end, and leaning into that dark side (which could be good, no hate) but honestly, like so many events in my mind are so jumbled up and confused because I’m not really sure where everything is going I guess??
One of the biggest travesties of this whole series is the lack of magical signs that Geralt uses. He uses the Aard sign (to "force push" things) occasionally, and maybe Igni (the fire one) once or twice. Considering the number of fight scenes in 3 seasons of this show, it can only be put down to plot armor. There are so many times he could've tried doing the "jedi mind trick" sign on a minor character, or Igni on a group of enemies, but doesn't.
Well, that’s book accurate use of signs, unfortunately
You know what pissed me off they didn't even thank Henry cavill at the end of the credits to wish him the best and so on before liams Hemsworth takes over and the ending was ridiculous