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The Witcher |OT| Something More (Dec. 20th Netflix) - TAG SPOILERS WITH EPISODE
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think one issue I have with the show is that I can't really tell which story is in which time.
Until now I thought Yen's story was set in the same time as Geralt doing his thing for Cintra and the butcher business, then I see Yen talking about how she's been doing her job for 30 years, so apparently there's a time skip and this is the same time as Ciri escaping and Cintra's downfall? Are any of Geralt's scenes until episode 4 set in this more current timeline post Ciri?
Okay, what is up with the single floodlight shining in the scenes in Brokilon Forest from out of nowhere? What is the artistic intent?
It looks like a lighting bug in Fallout 76.
It looks like a lighting bug in Fallout 76.
That quest is about her turning into a Striga again. It's not the same event. The original event happened long, long before the game's storyline.
i wasn't talking about actual plot. i meant the striga and coffin and such.
I'm only familiar with the games, yet I feel they made excellent casting choices, especially Yennefer and Ciri. Cavill IS Geralt, he's that good.
It appears this way. This contradicts the books, where sorceresses normally come from the very bottom of society, typically those who are deformed or otherwise unable to function normally. In the show, it appears their main reason for recruiting someone is that they've already demonstrated magical aptitude.
I think in the books they all go thru that process but they probably cut back on it for practically / budget reasons.
Episode 2....
Some of the dialog is.......
"Your mother fuck a goat?" "you're a dick, with balls"
- Geralt
"Did your mother fuck a snowman?"
- the other person
I put crazy hours into Witcher 3, Geralt never ever said anything as cringe as this. Doubt he's like this in the books as well. Boy this part is just bad.....Henry's acting is real cheesy here too.
Some of the dialog is.......
"Your mother fuck a goat?" "you're a dick, with balls"
- Geralt
"Did your mother fuck a snowman?"
- the other person
I put crazy hours into Witcher 3, Geralt never ever said anything as cringe as this. Doubt he's like this in the books as well. Boy this part is just bad.....Henry's acting is real cheesy here too.
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You may not like her casting for legit reasons, but plenty of people that "feel that way", that had an issue with casting, was because they weren't all white.
I also don't get the complaints about the show looking cheap; it looks stunning to me. Dodgy CGI aside, nothing looks cosplayish, I think it looks sufficiently lavish as far as sword and sorcery films go.
Yennefer is perfect and I was worried about it at first.
Till episode 4, it does not seem so.
The first books were like this too, different timelines. Basically short storties
The first books were like this too, different timelines. Basically short storties
You know, that's another thing I find refreshing about this; the casting of characters is so diverse. The people of color are not just relegated to being background noise or slaves.
It does this at least one more time. It hasn't gotten clearer a few episodes later yet.
LMAO I'm just at that part. Little prickly prick with his potent seed bullshit
They REALLY focused on one of them having big boobs at the dance in a way that made me think you're supposed to think she had them beefed up from enchantments.
I like her a lot. Also, I don't know if this is actually considered spoiler material or not, since it's just a question about the source, but I'll tag it anyway.
Is Ciri's backstory/ancestry in this more in line with the books, or is it radically different from them like it is with TW3?
After being conditioned with nonlinear storytelling since Lost (and everything that followed), it's usually not a thing for me, but sometimes in this they just do a random time jump and you have to wait a minute before you realize where they actually are, and sometimes they seem abrupt.
I am pretty sure in the show all the mages prepare for court as an idealised version of themselves, not just Yen. If they were happy with their appearance already, it's unlikely they will go through much change. But they all have to pay the toll.
Truth be told, the exchange between the Sylvan and Geralt (and Jaskier) is filled with expletives in the short book story this scene is based on. It falls flat in the show because they didn't really flesh out the Sylvan sufficiently, but in the source material, he's a fairly amusing and extremely foul-mouthed individual.
Watched the first 2 episodes...I like it,whish there was a little more action but its still in the introducing parts so hopefully it comes later...way better then I was expecting... ***phew***
Oh and that Geralt ''Hmmphh'' at the end was perfect lol,just like the game.
Oh and that Geralt ''Hmmphh'' at the end was perfect lol,just like the game.
What the sorceress do is to use magic or elixirs in order to remain young; cause sorceress are decades old. They also use magic to hide physical deformities, even mutilation.
Some get affected by war some others not.
Yeah that part was super brief yet in the books it was actually a fairly lengthy story. Though I understand why they wanted to keep it short.
Torque's CGI wasn't very good... and they wanted to limit how much they had to show it... Honestly they should have just gone with makeup instead of CGI.
I was already crying after "vengeful royal chuckholes" but that just finished me.
"you should let me marry your daughter because I can knock her up real good"
in honour of ep 4 please change your name to PotentSeed
Hah, I'm going to watch episode 4 in a bit, so it needs to pass the approval process. 😆
Omg the triss casting is even worse than yennefer, cdpr literally made the perfect template for them to copy and they messed it up big time
I won't lie at first the actress who plays Triss definitely seemed a bit miscast and I blame myself for that due to the game, because I straight up loooove Triss from the games. It was a bit jarring. Show Triss was good though, so I'll get used to it.
Show Yennefer is fucking perfect tho so far. My favorite character right now
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Watched the first episode and though I liked it, I found the dialogue was really corny. It looks really cheap at times as well. Armor and costuming looks fine but the Nilfgardians look absolutely comical. My brother and I were laughing cause we were imagining how upset we would be if we got bodied by a bunch of raisins like them. Shout out to Mousesack for the most unfortunate name in the continent as well.
I really started to roll my eyes when
The sword fight choreography is great though. Geralt's a badass.
I really started to roll my eyes when
characters started to describe horrific acts. Like we get it, this person is bad. Or they do awful stuff. We dont need you to drone on about how they gouged peoples eyes out or whatever else.
The sword fight choreography is great though. Geralt's a badass.
So is Triss demeaning and hard on Yennifer because she can tell that Yenn has more potential than any of the other girls, even though she struggled a bit?
Also I don't really understand -
Also I don't really understand -
The dandelion thing with Istredd. Yenn opened a portal on her very first try, but she was using Istredd and this was somehow a test from Triss? I'm not sure I followed that very well.
I really wish people would stop bringing up the damn games. And I say that as someone who considers Witcher 3 to be the best game i have ever played.Omg the triss casting is even worse than yennefer, cdpr literally made the perfect template for them to copy and they messed it up big time
The way that the characters are portrayed in the games have basically NOTHING to do with how they are portrayed in the books. And the show is based on the books not the games.
A brief spoiler about the books and how things with Ciri, Cintra and Brokilon are handle on the books.
From what I remember from the books; they are taking all the ancestry stuff exactly as the books. However, the timelines and events are being handled quite differently.
In the books, Ciri did not get into the Brokilon Forest and met Geralt after the fall of Cintra; this was way before the fall of Cintra. Instead, Ciri was escaping Cintra cause she did not want to be married with a royal boy her grandmother imposed, so she fled and got lost into the Brokilon Forest after being chased by Cintra's scouts and guards. Geralt was in Brokilon at that moment, so he rescued her and got her back to Cintra despite beinf aware she was the "She is your Destiny or "your child lf surprise" thing
Fast forward a couple of months and the fall of Cintra happens, Ciri already knowing who Geralf was
In the books, Ciri did not get into the Brokilon Forest and met Geralt after the fall of Cintra; this was way before the fall of Cintra. Instead, Ciri was escaping Cintra cause she did not want to be married with a royal boy her grandmother imposed, so she fled and got lost into the Brokilon Forest after being chased by Cintra's scouts and guards. Geralt was in Brokilon at that moment, so he rescued her and got her back to Cintra despite beinf aware she was the "She is your Destiny or "your child lf surprise" thing
Fast forward a couple of months and the fall of Cintra happens, Ciri already knowing who Geralf was
3 episodes in. So Yennefer's story is way in the past right? Are any of these storylines in the present?
I think the attack on Cintra and Ciri looking for Geralt is present time.
Yen is old as hell in human years so it's in the past.
Yen is old as hell in human years so it's in the past.
Triss seemed off to me at first, but that was all entirely on me because of the games. The casting in this has been pretty good.