How does this gif make any sense in this context?
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First Look: Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher revealed! (based on the books, no beard)
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How does this gif make any sense in this context?
I need a Chrome extension that blocks certain memes at this stage.
They still got shit on super hard after the trailer came out. The narrative around them hasn't changed since the set photos came out.
2 is my favourite of the games. I'm just somewhat surprised they're doing no scars Geralt, must be early in terms of the books they're adapting for this first season. I also imagine Geralt as a rather pale man as described in the books but the blending between skin tone and wig is not great on Cavill. Hopefully that wasn't just a screen test and they'll work more in the makeup and wig.
I mean, yeah, but when I mean is that people didn't change their tone about the costumes after seeing what they look like in the show compared to the set photos. People disliked them then and they still do.
"It's ok to cast POC is a WAY different argument and context than "Why doesn't this look exactly like the games?" Holy shit.
Geralt of Rivia's beard growth was a commentary on one point of the saga's travel. And as Sapkowski has said: the books are the ideal from which everything springs as quite clearly was the case with Witcher 3's setting and character relations. The basis of Netflix Witcher then seems to bring some more integral characters and relations into the story earlier so the question is not beard or shaved appearance but how the long story and themes are told which favours non-beard to begin with. During that journey I would bet they envision that Geralt's beard will grow and he will shave it also.
The ethnic backgrounds of in example wizards, elfs or dwarves wasn't very descriptive in the first place as the Witcher fantasy world is mostly written from the major viewpoint of people who are foreign to each other. I wouldn't relegate the book themes to be handled as heavily through Witcher 3's various minor medieval united village people narratives. There are even many concepts not central to our world's general imagination until 1800's or 1900's so the overall visual language could also take some liberties if wanted instead of being Monty Python's Holy Grail.
I'm not saying it's not okay to cast POC but by doing so they are taking liberties with the source material. And that's fine. And giving Geralt a beard if that looks better visually is also fine.
I don't believe the books ever described him having scars on his face.
Aged Legolas. Him looking young actually makes sense though. I'm more worried about his performance than anything else.
Meanwhile, in Literacy Land:
Showrunners: We're adapting the books
Readers: Sounds good it'll be just like the books
Showrunners: Here's the cast
Gamere: Hey, this doesn't look like Sapkowski's descriptions at all what gives?
Showrunners: Here's a makeup test
Gamers: UH... ON SECOND THOUGH, MAYBE GIVE HIM THE BEARD TO COVER UP THIS MILD-MANNERED MALE MODEL SITUATION HE HAS GOING ON THERE
Did I mention face? I can't remember. He has a big scar on his neck in the books right? He gets into a fight in the first book with a Stiga that gives him a scar... or am I miss remembering the first book? It's been a while.
hmmmmmm…...no......wearing a white hair wig does not actually make you automatically look like Geralt.
bunch of nerds arguing about a beard
Geralt was bearded in the first TV series and he was bearded in the movie as well. Get over yourselves.
Geralt was bearded in the first TV series and he was bearded in the movie as well. Get over yourselves.
bunch of nerds arguing about a beard
Geralt was bearded in the first TV series and he was bearded in the movie as well. Get over yourselves.
I don't know if that's the actors natural hair or really good extensions or something, but that's way better. It just looks extremely natural whether or not it really is.
That's more of a stubble, which Cavill also has:bunch of nerds arguing about a beard
Geralt was bearded in the first TV series and he was bearded in the movie as well. Get over yourselves.
And he could easily grow it a bit more for the part.
helps that the hair seems to be his (but dyed) while Cavill is clearly wearing a Halloween 3$ wig
Manu said:
he had a wonderful beard in Mission Impossible. should have kept it.
but here's Geralt in the 2016 movie (probably awful):
I know Matt Damon wore a wig for that one movie where he fought dragons at the Great Wall of China or whatever, even did press tours in it but later said that it wasn't real. It looks extremely good though, they could do something like that for Henry and then just dye it white.
I think that fight happens in the....I want to say second book? Sword of Destiny? If the series is starting with the Last Wish, he may not have that scar yet.
Yep, the scar over his eye is only in the games.. that's why Ciri in Witcher 3 ask him about her, because she never saw her before - https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/6h8pj6/all_geralta_known_scars/
Face - Cockatrice Of Spalla (game lore, not in the books)
Chest - Pitchfork
Arm - Voydnoi ( A little Sacrifice )
Thigh / Abdominals - Nekker ( Something More )
Neck - Striga (?) .. maybe
Fuck the games, as great as they are they're not canon and not what the show is based on.
