Based on the best-selling fantasy series, The Witcher is an epic tale of fate and family.
Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But when destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress, and a young princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent together.
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Oh gawd, what an ending... I hope they can keep it up without Cavill?!
by some_one posted 6 months ago
bvereshagen said:
Would that make Geralt the maitre d' or Mr. Creosote?
Well, thanks for the entirely unwanted reminder of that particular skit. Actually... somehow a comedy troupe managed to create a more effective example of body horror than whatever the afforementioned "flesh monster" was more than 30 years ago.
lighton said:
The princess' and the Witcher's physical suffering in the last two episodes was too long-drawn-out for my taste, but other than that I enjoyed season 3.
It really wanted you to keep track of all the dozens of characters and their names this time around, yet gave at least me absolutely no reason to care about any of them. Not good, that. Then again, GoT was kinda the same and everyone seemed to enjoy it there...
by lighton posted 6 months ago
The princess' and the Witcher's physical suffering in the last two episodes was too long-drawn-out for my taste, but other than that I enjoyed season 3.
by bvereshagen posted 7 months ago
some_one said:
fassy said:
e.g. the flesh monster
Oh right,
Surely I can't be the only one who saw those stalk face things and immediately had to think of these guys?
I partially get your criticism, fassy, but are there any fantasy shows that hold up to your high standards? :) I find The Witcher quite enjoyable (story, acting, settings, costumes, ...)!
Well, depends on what we rate as "fantasy". If we look at high fantasy, yeah... not too much here which I really like. If we count GoT in that genre... then I think I enjoyed the first couple of seasons. And like I said, I like the first season of The Witcher.
So, what do we have? Rings of Power? Awful! Wheels of time? Yuck! House of Dragons? Meh.
Are there any more noteworthy medieval fantasy shows? Don't think so. Even though I did not like the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies when they were released... by now I actually like them a lot and for me are a good example how medieval fantasy should look and feel like.
Going away from medieval, there were some quite decent fantasy shows around like Carnival Row or Penny Dreadful. Or Supernatural (up to some point), or Van Helsing, or ... quite a lot of others.
But back to the Witcher:
I just don't like the way of storytelling in Season 02 and 03. They kind of give a crap on the lore and world-building or consistency. I could even live with that if the story would be told well. But it isn't! The whole "scheming" of the political actors including the council of mages is just a mess. It is hard - I would argue actual impossible - to follow who is doing what and absolutely no word of why. It is hard enough to follow who is supposed to be who (especially having the books - not the game - in mind), but then some of the afore mentioned creative additions are just ridiculous attempt to appease a certain audience.
And about the acting... in my opinion, the only one doing a good (actually awesome) job here is Cavill. The rest of the cast (including Batey) is quite weak. Not sure if is really the acting or the bad dialogues/weak scenes. But I am not impressed. e.g. I liked Chalotra in season 01, not so much 02 and 03... quite bad.
Yes, settings and costumes are mostly alright. And one or the other monster fight pretty awesome, e.g. the flesh monster. Actually... just the one... the others were not that impressive (baby wyvern, aeschna, jackapace)
by jimslim posted 8 months ago
I've really enjoyed this season so far, although episode 5 was a little boring.
Bring it on!