Damn, it looks fecking awesome.
Television The Witcher | Netflix | There are book spoilers here
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I can’t wait to enjoy watching it and then have all the fun sucked out of it by reading this thread afterwards where people are questioning the most benign logics in a programme about magic.
I agree, I still don't see anything impressive.
I think book Geralt was supposed to be tall and thin like in the game, but there's not really a lot they can do to make Cavill like that. I still think animated or CG is the best option to bring that world to life.
Nah, he’s definitely Mirin of Rivia.
Looks awesome, consider me hyped.
I like that they gave him back his silver chain. He only used it once in the books that I remember, but it was a cool weapon.
That or revive Bruce Lee to play the role instead.
Even a frail angry woman is still an angry woman. That alone is scary.
Re the music: it's a teaser trailer - doesn't necessarily mean the music used will be like anything we ll hear on the show.
Aye, trailer music tends to be pretty bland. Game of Thrones had incredible music and yet if you watch the official season trailers the music is bland as feck.
Looks great. Geralt’s been getting into steroids apparently, but does look great in armor. Also not completely sold on Yennefer yet. But mostly feel positive about it.
And the last shot with Geralt on a potion...
And the last shot with Geralt on a potion...
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Henry Cavill is on my fiancees list, which means if she ever meets him she gets to feck him. I personally find it quite sick but fair enough; if Henry wants to shag my missus while my cocks up his arse then go at it mate.
If you’re swinging a sword fighting monsters all day and riding not to mention having supernatural abilities I think it’s more believable that you’d be jacked. Have you ever tried to swing a broadsword? Damn things are heavy. As a child I once got my hands on two claymores and tried to have a sword fight with my mate. Could barely lift the things.
So are these going to be based on the video games, the books, or both? I know basically nothing about this series but I fancy getting into another fantasy show to tide me over until the Game of Thrones prequel turns up.
Books. It’s based on the first few short stories in The Last Wish, iirc.
Swords aren't that heavy, most are around 3lbs. The supernatural abilities and riding around being unpaid and underfed would lead to being leaner in my eyes. If you're stronger than a normal human, then would you not have to lift more than a normal human to get bigger? It's why Superman having huge muscles never made much sense to me, he's so turbo charged with strength that surely he'd have to be lifting cars before he feels any burn.
It's all moot anyway, it would be asking a bit much to get Cavill to slim away down and look like a deadly hobo for the whole series.
Looks really good, I love the game series and was worried it would look shite on screen but the trailer was really impressive.
I liked the trailer quite a bit. There's tons of book stuff to see here, especially details that never made it into the games.
Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency
Atypical
Sex education
Dark
Stranger Things
Not quite masterpiece level mostly, but very good entertainment.
Hope they cast the two guards from the bridge going into crows perch :-
- “....got his arse whipped like a novigrad whore”
- “You surprised? He tried to dance with a Witcher!”
- “....got his arse whipped like a novigrad whore”
- “You surprised? He tried to dance with a Witcher!”
I wouldn't be surprised if there are quite a bit of recognizable quotes in there - Henry is a massive fan clearly and they must have realized how geeked the GoT crowd got when certain things from the books were said verbatim etc. And the Witcher wouldn't be the Witcher without some very sharp and very NSFW humor. Tyrion would have felt at home.
I very much doubt we'll see any obvious references to or quotes from the games, as Sapkowski in turns ignores them or wages war against CDPR to get more money out of them. He has said at least once that he doesn't care one bit what they have done story-wise.
Guess that depends on your tastes but they’ve produced lots of good shows. They may just not be to your liking.
Didn’t realise they were Netflix produced. I liked both of them. Haven’t watched the others.
Well there you are
I loved the trailer, but still don't like the Yennefer actress. She looks like a teenager, and is nowhere scary enough.
Cavill looks fantastic as Geralt IMO, don't understand the criticism.
Cavill looks fantastic as Geralt IMO, don't understand the criticism.
Suburrah too
Ah, Triss was in the trailer. Don’t know how I missed that.
As for good Netflix originals: Ozark.
As for good Netflix originals: Ozark.
Looks interesting enough for me to start watching at least.
Money Heist also
In the books Yennefer is described as an almost perfect beauty but for a slightly receding chin/jawline. The actress playing her clearly does not possess this defect. I won't watch this for not being true to the books. Disappointing. Am I doing this modern criticism thing right?
Looks good tbh. As someone who’s played Witcher 3 but doesn’t quite get the overall arch.. can someone summarise the main themes and plot points of the Witcher Saga?
Almost definitely.
What the hell was that monster at the end? Also was that Geralt on potions?
Apparently in the books she was born deformed. She was abused by first her father and then her mother who blamed her for her father leaving.
A Claymore is a pretty big fecking sword to be fair.
She's a 94 year old hunchback. Mages can change their appearance through magic and live for hundreds of years.
I think at the time it was a lot taller than I was
Still the man is fighting monsters, riding horse’s and he’s supposed to be a good hunter. It also says even before they go through the trials they are trained to near inhuman levels. He’s going to be hench.
They didn’t have protein shakes though. It’s an obvious historical error.I think at the time it was a lot taller than I was
Still the man is fighting monsters, riding horse’s and he’s supposed to be a good hunter. It also says even before they go through the trials they are trained to near inhuman levels. He’s going to be hench.
My fear is their image of him is Conan the Barbarian rather than the lean and heavily scarred Geralt I was hoping for.
My hope is that there's a decent enough budget and enough promise in the trailer to think this could be decent
would love for some 'how do you like that silver' and 'Damn, you're ugly' to creep in during combat
My hope is that there's a decent enough budget and enough promise in the trailer to think this could be decent
would love for some 'how do you like that silver' and 'Damn, you're ugly' to creep in during combat
So Melisandre then?
Sex appeal, it's understandable. A fecking jacked regularly topless Henry Cavill will pique the interests of plenty of demographics.
Christ I'm straight and I'll probably find myself staring at the handsome bastard.