The Witcher (Page 2 of 2)

Wow, thanks for that.
I watched season 2 but was wondering what was going on - that helped me remember a lot of stuff.

Just finished it and I think it was Better Than Season One!

Who is playing Geralt now?

If you're like me and need a little reminder of what exactly happened in the previous seasons...

WATCH THIS Before The Witcher Season 3! | Henry Cavill | Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEWFCP28kA

One of the best - and funniest - recaps ever! Great editing.

waiting for the last 3 episodes before i watch so i don't have to watch the recap twice

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)

Now that's a cliffhanger!

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.

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...