The Witcher - Season 1 Review
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Published 2020-01-10
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Honestly I was amazed that their was a woman in a piece of media who's goal was to be a mother.
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There's no need to feel bad about praising the early seasons of GOT. They were legitimately great. Its only the later seasons that went down the toilet
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“Can’t make up my mind about whether I like this guy, or absolutely hate him” In all fairness, this is pretty close to how the other characters in the book perceive Dandelion
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Xenophobia is supposed to be a big issue in the Witcher world, yet it is barely even acknowledged in the show.
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“The Fresh Prince of Rivendale” I almost spit out my drink on that one
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The only part of this show that was near perfect was Henry Cavill as Geralt. He was amazing.
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"The fresh Prince of Rivendel". This fucking killed me, well done
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I feel that the opening of Game of Thrones with the map, and how it changed across seasons, did alot more world building than people give it credit for.
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Geralt: "I like Fringilla because she looks like Yenn and reminds me of her." Writers: "Better make sure she's inexplicably black with no similarities."
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Henry Cavill lifted this average show on his shoulders when he killed that first monster in the first shot of the first episode, and proceeded to carry it all the way to the finish line like an absolute boss. This show's survival in the long run basically depends on him.
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The short stories are actually pretty good and are solid source material for a show. Problem is Netflix decided to ignore most of it and make 75% of the show Yennefer fan fiction, and the few short stories they used were abridged. And of course Henry gets the character of Geralt, he's a huge fan of the books and the games.
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I remember for the first five episodes, I actually thought the kingdom was called Milfgaurd. I'm like, that doesn't sound like too bad a place.
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The people from the forest were not elves, they were Dryads, but still, Dryads weren't black in the books, they have green skin, but their phenotype features are Northern European as well
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As someone who's read the books, while watching the show, I consistently thought "Wow, this is confusing as fuck. Will people even be able to understand what's going on?"
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“There’s a very logical reason generals lead their armies from the rear” laughs in Julius Caesar and Hannibal Barca
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Henry Cavill is great as Geralt and when he's, you know, doing Witcher stuff. The problem is thats like 5% of the show while the rest is Yenifer and and bunch of "diverse" characters that look extremely out of place. I don't know why Netflix is determined to ruin every great piece of writing they can.
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I thought they were gonna give Yennefer the Captain Marvel treatment. I was surprised she actually had to work for what she wanted and wasn't just instantly good at everything.
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I really liked the striga episode. It felt like a very well-crafted mini horror movie.
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Henry Cavill really got the look and feel and attitude right for the Geralt of Rivia role. Spot on in my eyes
