Thank god. Episode to episode, the overarching plot was a bit hard to watch at times, as entertaining as some bits were.
Television The Witcher | Netflix | There are book spoilers here
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Agreed. Recommended the show to some friends and they enjoyed it but were very confused by it.
The timeline jumping back and forth with no clear explaination didn't help at all, I think they've learnt from that mistake as the director admitted as so.
Hopefully.
Dylan Moran in The Witcher? What?!
Lenny Henry and Dylan Moran, so it's gonna be a comedy?
A few posts have been deleted folks, as there was a potential spoiler.
Huh what? Ive read all the books, but these characters (apart from Eredin ofcourse) all dont ring any bell for me.. Curious about how Eredin will be portrayed.. I hope they will succeed to create this sinister aura around him..
Just came in to post that it's bullshit that spoilers are allowed in here. It's a thread for the TV show, and we should be able to read it without having things spoiled.
It's a spin off show, so they're probably going to make their own story?
It's sometimes easier to just make up new characters too - we've seen already that people were unhappy with the casting of original characters, as they already have an image of them due to the games in the heads.
Ah makes sense yes.. Didnt know it was for a spinoff, didnt know they were making a spinoff! Awesome
Why are there book spoilers here if this is the tv show thread?
So I watched The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf yesterday, and it was bloody awesome!!
Ah! Brings a misty tear of nostalgia for the GOT thread to the eye.
Yeah I've been worried to come in here ahead of the new season thinking there will be book spoilers everywhere.
I see this on netflix as a recommendation, looks like ill watch it as it seems like its a 90 minute movie?
Yep just watched it yesterday. Vesimir is a badass and had a lot of personality. So opposite to Geralt.
yeah correct.. The story about Vesemir becoming a Witcher - and some other gaps being filled...
I'm half-way through the book series, will this spoil anything?
Nope, Im not done with the book series myself (almost though) and I didnt encounter any spoilers.
Its really a prequel...
Damn, another series I need to rewatch to get up to speed for the new season. Also, looks like Vesemir is being played by Kim Bodna, a Danish actor.
I think he was a great alternative to Luke Skywalker.
Looks like Netflix tossed a lot more coins to the Witcher this season!
There is something quite silly about selecting a Kanye song for an epic fantasy series trailer. Especially when you have to take out all the swear words.
Yes!
Looks great, I love that there's a bigger budget. I enjoyed the first season, but I feel like its similar to 'Doom Patrol' for me. While I enjoy it, I know its not for everyone so I can only recommend it to certain people (whereas I feel like a show like 'The Boys' I can recommend to anyone)
Looking forward to it. Hopefully its not monster of the week type stuff like the first season kind of was.
I know what you mean while at the same time the Witcher is 2x better than they boys overall. For whatever reason superhero is considered a much more accessible genre than fantasy.
I seriously don't get Netflix' obsession with binge releases. Between episodes you're not able to reflect for yourself, or even discuss with others online (without risking spoilers in return). There really is no hype or excitement built up when you immediately can jump to the next episode. First season was good but the hype was dead two weeks after release because everyone had seen the entire thing over Christmas. Horrible concept.
I think it works with most shows but for their bigger, more popular shows like this and Stranger Things they'd probably benefit from the Amazon model of releasing 3 and then weekly after that to build up the hype machine. Releasing in full for newer shows makes sense as a lot of people love a good weekend binge and won't lose interest. It's a model that's been very successful for them.
It's ruined things for me, there's very few shows I can be arsed with if they're released weekly anymore, only really, really good ones. Anything that's not overly special I just lose interest, and most of their content is watchable but nothing great.
The boys season 1 was 9/10 for me I could barely finish Witcher it was a complete mess and hard to followYeah, it's why we will never have another game of thrones type deal.
No matter where you went or who you spoke to they had theories, or questions about what was happening and ideas how it was going to pan out. In the pub everyone would be talking about it between episodes.
Now it's "did you see that Witcher series?" "Yeah it was cool, I liked when he sang that song".
Really? I do get what you mean about the Witcher being confusing especially if you haven’t played the games/read the books. That will change in season two though as it’s following a linear story now. Also the Witcher was so much better in second viewing too.
The Boys barely registers for me as a show, easy watch but pretty trash I’d say.
I’m so hyped for season 2 but I’ll have to do my best to try and stagger it and not just rush through it all. If it’s decent I’ll probably watch it all twice like I did with the first one.
True but waiting weekly is hell. Also the Netflix set up kills any reflection of the show. It won't let you just stew for a minute and take in what happens. Just jumps you right tot the next episode. Even worse when you finish the show or the season and it says "hey let's try this other shit show immediately".