As a Pole, this show hit us harder than the germans back in 39

@ocboy5163

Жыл бұрын

Damn

@janwelk177

Жыл бұрын

As a German, this needs an up vote cause this joke crushed

@Kernwadi

Жыл бұрын

Dzień dobry, dobranoc i smacznego. Niech Bóg błogosławi.

@Kernwadi

Жыл бұрын

@@janwelk177 Kraut?

@irritatingtruth9121

Жыл бұрын

🤣

This basically shows that Henry Cavill has read more of the source material than all of the writers, show runners, and Netflix combined.

@KainaX122

Жыл бұрын

Probably not a high bar set for that one

@papafet5757

Жыл бұрын

It goes to show that Henry Cavil has class. He's better than the Netflix Witcher staff.

@missourimongoose8858

Жыл бұрын

By that metric he could of scimmed it in a dental office and your statement would still be true lol

@marlom7882

Жыл бұрын

@@papafet5757 he’s too good for the shit stain hellhole we call Hollywood

@marlom7882

Жыл бұрын

@Spacetrooper I have to agree even though I think having an all white cast is a bit bland. As a black person I absolutely *despise* race swapping and I hate even more that so many black people actually *enjoy* this patronizing bullshit

Nothing says "medieval Europe inspired fantasy" as loudly as a black woman, a female samurai and a Wakandian king.

@kurrwa

Жыл бұрын

maybe she was mongolian lol

@jordangreene8125

Жыл бұрын

Not “Wakandian” 💀💀💀💀 like bro

@ind0g_nesia

Жыл бұрын

michelle yeoh would stick to anything as long as it screams diversity. b!tch passed her prime a long time ago.

@pasantosjacinto8176

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@booytoyy69

Жыл бұрын

You are aware black people were around right?

Lauren doesn’t care about the source material. This was known in 2018 when she didn’t want Ciri to be white. She also wanted Ciri to be the lead not Geralt. She blamed trolls and racists when people objected. The article is online.

@Hakokoro

Жыл бұрын

Funny thing about wanting ciri as the lead all they needed was to put in the work and put a good show. If they could get to where ciri is grown up like in the games ,they could have strong lead Ciri base on the game version

@VAWM.

Жыл бұрын

Ciri is basically the lead in the books though. Yeah, the early short story collections focus on Geralt (and they're also my favourite Witcher stories) but once you move into the main series with Blood of Elves, the books are pretty conclusively about Ciri. She and Geralt end up on opposite sides of the world and the story largely focuses on her struggles, powers and rivalries from that point on. Geralt is still a major part of the books, and the interactions between him and his adventuring party are Sapkowski's best writing in the series imho, but I think it's wrong to say the books are definitively about him at that point.

@jordangreene8125

Жыл бұрын

Ciri is the main lead in many of the source materials tho…you realize the games aren’t the only material right?

@ind0g_nesia

Жыл бұрын

unironically they are racist to the culture that this was based on.

@09ziyad

Жыл бұрын

She is a woman obviously she wouldn't care about the source material.

As a fellow Witcher fan, Henry has earned nothing but my respect. He was probably the only good thing in the show and he just have been internally screaming watching those hacks butcher the source material.

@reek4062

Жыл бұрын

I doubt people like you know what the source material is Edit: I haven't seen the prequel show. I haven't read the source material and I'm sure most of you haven't either. Edit 2: It's easy to bait Drinker hangers who can't think for themselves, and instead parrot his talking points.

@whatsa635

Жыл бұрын

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@jamescunningham4268

Жыл бұрын

@@reek4062 😂😂

@kuriinaa6969

Жыл бұрын

I did not read the books. I did hear all the audiobooks. And this ain’t it .

@cyborgchicken3502

Жыл бұрын

@@reek4062 wait... Did you like the show?

So Hollywood, Henry Cavill is cancelled because he wanted to respect the lore, played games and wouldn't pop his top off constantly. Meanwhile, Ezra Miller can burgle homes, groom children, abuse drugs, get arrested countless times and choke women to the ground. Either he has pics of Zaslav naked with a donkey or hollywood has lost the plot and my money.

@TheMASTER4real

Жыл бұрын

More like both my friend…more like both 😂😅

@wojciechkowalik4949

Жыл бұрын

Cavill cancelled? I don’t think so. He signed up for a Warhammer show recently and I’m sure he will land some pretty big roles in Hollywood. He didn’t say anything wrong, just walked away from sheety Netflix series (and I don’t think Netflix is well respected within big movie studios anyway).

@emirlsanchos6302

Жыл бұрын

@@wojciechkowalik4949 But merely as an Executive Producer. In the end, it's down to the writers, directors and cast. And remember, Amazon has final say, too, so he's up against a lot.

@Stone7C1

Жыл бұрын

@@wojciechkowalik4949 theyre still trying to smeer him. there were some attempts at labeling him "gamer bro" and "difficult" towards the female employees or some bullcrap. its just pathetic how low they will stoop.

@zappodude7591

Жыл бұрын

Wicked minds think alike, and opposites don't attract.

as a Polish witcher fan, i can confirm that I’m indeed upset that directors decided to shit on our culture and mythology and even typical slavic look (which means rather fairer complexion) because these charasteristics weren’t „woke enough”. The ethnical background is what makes the orginal witcher unique. There is no ✨flavor✨in this new „all in one” remake. When we try to include everything so noone can get offended, the final product is simply nothing.

@danyyilbun6736

Жыл бұрын

I am ukranian)) I really liked Witcher books cause it hits close to home, styling and all. Even tv show , Cavill in my opinion is tooo western. Should have been some slav dude, and preferably like really really slav. But Cavil was alright even though the western style kept breaking my immersion.)

@histhoryk2648

Жыл бұрын

"include everyone" except Slavs because they are white

@blank-mq8ef

Жыл бұрын

@@danyyilbun6736 its whats making it super hard for me to watch the show, he just looks so western that it kinda kills it for me

@tkaleczyc

Жыл бұрын

these shows are not intended for Slavic audiences though - they're intended for westerners. Making the characters look western to appeal to western audiences is basic marketing - I'm afraid Americans are not really interested in watching a show with bunch of Slavs running around (we can always watch the Polish series if we need that 🤣). Of course they could've done this a lot smarter instead of mixing every culture representative possible in every possible group but that's another story.

@blank-mq8ef

Жыл бұрын

@@tkaleczyc personally i mean how Cavill looks as geralt, it's just so jarring. i know my mom watched the whole thing, no idea about blood origin but for me its just too off putting

"Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made" -JRR Tolkien

@MagcargoMan

Жыл бұрын

He never said that, NPC.

@TheWarmachine375

Жыл бұрын

Big oof to most live action adaptations nowadays.

@CalamityM

Жыл бұрын

@@MagcargoMan Yes he did, lack-wit.

@MagcargoMan

Жыл бұрын

@@CalamityM Nope, nice try fake fan. What was said by Frodo in the book was "The shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real things of it's own." Nice going projecting about yourself for parroting things blindly.

@kedrickswain6509

Жыл бұрын

This deserves more votes

Cavill seems like a genuinely nice guy. It must have been soul-crushing for him to slowly realize that the show-runners weren't just ignorant or incompetent, but malicious liars who actually enjoy destroying the creative legacy of others.

@jwroot

Жыл бұрын

If I worked my way to becoming an actor in Hollywood and get asked which actor do I want to work with the most, it's Henry.

@Afflictamine

Жыл бұрын

sums up modern Hollywood quite well really

@longtsun8286

Жыл бұрын

What's worse, these c***s are trying to defame him the exact same way Amber Heard defamed Johnny Depp!

@mikeellchuk3787

Жыл бұрын

if Henry Cavill gets through his career without some big scandal, and continues to be a stand up guy that just seems genuinely likeable and interested in normal things, he will go down as the biggest chad actor in history.

@aVerySillyBilly

Жыл бұрын

anyone with a brain knew they were that from the get go. he has a contract and to earn money, so he has to be involved, but no one had to watch it...but normies will watch anything with a brand. no wonder we are losing the culture war

You know it's bad when even the professional critics can't bring themselves to like it.

@CorePathway

Жыл бұрын

Like a camp wench following an army, screwing dirty, frightened men for looted cash they have to pretend to have standards.

@Isnogood12

Жыл бұрын

Someone forgot to pay the right people.

@nexusshark

Жыл бұрын

Well, they're not owned by Disney, so...

@seelfire4725

Жыл бұрын

you do understand that a professional critics do not rate a show based on if they like it or not?

@kylereece5511

Жыл бұрын

*Professional Critics™

I am a Witcher fan from Poland. The second I heard Netflix is gonna do Witcher I knew it would be a disaster. There is actually really old Witcher tv series(1996), based on books, which was considered pretty mediocre, but now looking back at that it and comparing it to the abomination by Netflix, that series is a fucking masterpiece. I recommand watching it for anyone interested.

@jonfreeman9682

Жыл бұрын

Really TV show back then? But without Hollywood big budget and no fancy CGI it's gotta be a poor adaptation. You can't do good fantasy shows without money.

@Nick-zp7ot

Жыл бұрын

@@jonfreeman9682 It has terrible CGI yes, shotout to episode with Dragon, but it's still pretty decent when it comes to acting, especially since it was made here with respect for source material. It's not perfect or some masterpiece mind you, but still way better than modern day propaganda adaptations.

@magdam1508

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick-zp7ot In the polish series at least you can feel it's slavic, not American.

@kurrwa

Жыл бұрын

@@jonfreeman9682 for me old series was really good especially during the 90s when Poland had nothing but dirty roads.

@dmytro-skh

Жыл бұрын

hello from Ukraine, I loved that old Witcher series a lot)

Henry Cavil fought long and hard to keep the integrity of the story universe together, and for that he has my utmost respect. Unfortunately, the showrunners and writers had other ideas, and ran the show into the ground from the start with malicious intent.

@roddydykes7053

11 ай бұрын

Hah Long and hard

My man Henry Cavill built his own computer, played the Witcher Trilogy on hard, and was the backbone of this full show. He is one hell of a guy.

@spectoestis3106

Жыл бұрын

And by backbone of this I just mean The Witcher.

@spectoestis3106

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, and he read all the books.

@justlivin2499

Жыл бұрын

He’s also so passionate about his favorite franchises that he literally is now gonna be producing a warhammer 40k series, fucking legend

@spectoestis3106

Жыл бұрын

So what I'm hearing is he's a gigachad and video game lover? If that ain't some motivation for us, I don't know what is.

@cattraknoff

Жыл бұрын

@@justlivin2499 Having a fan produce something will be a treat. Imagine having execs who actually love the world they're producing in. It'd be like Arcane, created by the creators of League of Legends, who loved their own lore and created a little masterpiece in animated form.

Strong female,gay,lesbian, black, handicap, interracial, it was like watching people act out a check list

@majorpwner241

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that is the problem with modern "entertainment". I would personally dig a strong female lead in something, so long as she merits the role... not as some agenda.

@All2Meme

Жыл бұрын

They can't create characters these days without trying to ingratiate themselves to pressure groups by adding labels to them. A good character shouldn't be based on ethnicity, gender, able-bodiedness, or sexual orientation. Memorable characters are that way because of how they act, not what they look like.

@battsonbikes1919

Жыл бұрын

LOL so true, when the two guys turned out to be gay, I just turned it off laughing out loud and shaking my head.

@seedyjobe2875

Жыл бұрын

So the only Race you have a problem with being on the show is Blacks?? I see where you going

@jgirlLVR

Жыл бұрын

If they had only included a little Indian dude who realized that he was the only one who remembered the Beatles and made it his mission to introduce all of those Beatles songs to an astonished and grateful world, I would have so totally watched this.

In retrospect it's so weird how everyone loved the first season. I think it was entirely because of Henry. He really *was* that show.

@LemuriaGames

10 ай бұрын

Yes. I cared a little bit about the Yennifer parts and got slightly intrigued about Ciri - but it was Henry who single-handedly carried the show and I was looking forward to every of his scenes and fights.

@dinok7630

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I was interested in the monsters and the fight scenes after I saw the story was shit and the looks of yen, triss, fringilla etc. Straight up skipped the yen storyline.

I'd just like to add that since Henry is clearly a bit fan of the books and games, and that a former writer of the netflix series admitted in a recent interview that several of his co-writers openly showed their hatred and mockery of the source material just supports my theory that at least one of the reasons Henry left was because he did not want to be a part of his butchery of something that he loves any longer. Mr. Cavill, I tip my hat to you, and I wish you nothing but the best going forward.

@opinionsarenotfacts.920

Жыл бұрын

Such a fair point. You know for all the shit talked about the Witcher, I kept my head down & followed Geralt's story, & I enjoyed it. If i looked around too much or too deep into other characters, well that's not my point. Mad respect to Mr. Cavill, an actor who, like the greats (Pacino, Di Nero, 90% of the original Lord Of The Rings cast & 97% of the original Star Wars, & hell Star Trek TNG) cared about their characters & treated them as entities who deserve respect, actually found a way to enjoy the Witcher. I tried, I really did, to enjoy Blood Origin, Christ my phone had an alarm set for when it came out. But the acting was so over the top or stunted. 1 of my biggest cringe parts was b4 the made the 1st Witcher, stone fart & Lady Lark pretending to be sexually attracted to each other when they "kissed" there was a sound I heard, a romantic/charismatic black hole opening up in the space/time continuum. Anyways, we'll be ok. Maybe these are all learning sessions for future writers, Gods Please, Make It So. Peace fellow human...

@jackmesrel4933

10 ай бұрын

@@opinionsarenotfacts.920 This is all a cycle my friend, sooner of later the hacks get kicked out of any industry and quality returns. Just remember, if you look for it, there's amazing stuff out there still being made, waiting for people who cares about quality to enjoy

The unfortunate truth is that modern Hollywood has a writing problem. The problem derives from the fact that "modern" writers tend to interchange ATTRIBUTES for VIRTUES. It is a shame.

@halofreak1990

Жыл бұрын

They also have next to no real-life experience to base their stories on, leaving them unable to write their characters as anything other than stereotypes.

@phoenixhenson3689

Жыл бұрын

woke culture is the problem

@robertmaughan7872

Жыл бұрын

Modern Hollywood has a writer problem because modern Hollywood has a personality problem (or lack of it to be precise). They are all sheep to the woke anarchist cause and don’t know how or what else to write about.

@Mario-kf3ej

Жыл бұрын

except those "virtues" aint even virtues. More like mockery of real virtues.

@DeRussellMasina

Жыл бұрын

Bingo!

The most distilled way its been explained to me is; modern writers doing adaptations is like giving your action figures to your younger sister and she just has them do a tea party.

@dennygunawan208

Жыл бұрын

more like your younger sister throw you beloved action figure to the wall and you saw the remains scattered on the floor, without chance to be repaired.

@leudwigvonshwartsenhelm3624

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!!!

@CharlesChroniel

Жыл бұрын

Dunno, buddy, but action figures having a tea party sounds more fun than this thing.

@demun6065

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@JonahsWail

Жыл бұрын

Yea that’s pretty much exactly what is happening

Can we have our own characters please? I’m an old ass Caribbean woman and I fucking love the Witcher books in all their Slavic glory and the games for bringing my favorite characters to life. The books are unique for their complex and deeply flawed female characters and remain a testament to the lasting impact of the women who helped rebuild Poland after the war. Their influence is all over those books. It’s also refreshing to see a stoic, strong yet genuinely good male character with depth and charisma. I crave seeing people that look like me and my family in more entertainment but we deserve our own stories and the fans of these stories want to celebrate what makes them uniquely Polish. This pandering is basically corporate trolling as a marketing ploy and unfairly makes these actors take the brunt of manufactured rage for no good reason than free publicity.

@sweetwonkahallelujah7016

10 ай бұрын

I’m Black American and if goofy Hollywood wanted to do a new series about Shaka Zulu and Shaka was replaced by a slender female character who could easily defeat 15 strong men in 55 seconds and many characters in the Zulu nation were white dudes and LGBT people I wouldn’t watch that BULLSHYT

@WhatTheFriedRice

10 ай бұрын

@@sweetwonkahallelujah7016 ok hear me out…….I want to hate watch this while high af

@ConfusedGeriatric

10 ай бұрын

@@sweetwonkahallelujah7016they already did this shit with Wakanda. It’s woke Zulu

The part that kept weirdly bugging me was how the musician/elf kept using small daggers in pitched battles. I don't care what kind of kung-fu they're going to pretend she knows, the first guy with a full sized sword, axe or spear and has a basic knowledge of how to use it is going to straight-up body her.

@Za_Warudoh

Жыл бұрын

It could be that she doesn't want to fight but she brings some stuff of small size(so that it can be kept in the instrument an pass inspections unnoticed) with her so that she can defend herserlf at least

@JewTube001

Жыл бұрын

to be fair it is fantasy. it's not suppose to be real life weapon simulation tactics. it's more like a dungeons and dragons campaign where you could make a effective dagger user. i know the witcher is somewhat realistic when it comes to medieval weaponry but this show barely has anything to do with the title it has.

I could not imagine the absolute headache Henry went through trying to keep the Witcher on track. I'm glad he quit, he was being wasted on the project, I give him props for trying though

@elixier33

Жыл бұрын

@do not no its not. Not spamming

@AEspiral

Жыл бұрын

His WH40K will ROCK tho!

@theamericandream5917

Жыл бұрын

The Witcher: Woke Origins

@ArturoPladeado

Жыл бұрын

I imagine Henry as Toby's Spiderman in the train scene and the absolute morons are the train and in this instance the train won and flatted Spiderman or Henry in this case into a find red paste.

@dallmydest1117

Жыл бұрын

@@AEspiral yo, what!? Tell me all about this

I'm Polish,and I blame Sapkowski for everything ,his greed has destroyed his work and it's inexcusable in my opinion , he was still bitter for selling the right to the books to CD Project back in early 2000's (fixed sum ,no royalties, and it was pennies) that when Netflix approached him he was more than ready to sell his soul even though he knew exactly what the show would become if he did. Shame on him for recommending 2nd season of the witcher before it came out too, most of witcher fans in Poland cannot stand him.

@PeteTheGrouch

Жыл бұрын

And all because he apparently didn't think video games were 'serious' enough as an entertainment medium... _lmao_ - talk about sour grapes! Silly old boomer...

@imyoursuperbeast8220

Жыл бұрын

I hear he still hasn't admitted that he got his ideas of Witcher from Michael Moorecock's Elric of Melinbone

@moonknightish

Жыл бұрын

@@imyoursuperbeast8220 The similarities between Elric and Geralt are few and mostly superficial.

@warhammerist4597

Жыл бұрын

Honestly,I cannot feel that bad about the old man. He is old, wrote some good books and yes he has a shitty character but wouldn't any of us would like at the end of their life to rip off some rich American idiots a couple of millions to live your elder years in comfort? But I feel dread if on an another attempt to cash in on Witcher the Hollywood will take his Hussite trilogy (I think this books are actually better than the witcher and it's clear he was way more interested in writing those and not the last Witcher books) the Hollywood treatment of Narreturm, Reinevann and all that historical atmosphere would be catastrophic.

@19Evangelion96

Жыл бұрын

Old man hate video games and this is why the success of CDPR's Witcher was pain in his a$$, but only he by himself is a guilty of this small payment. And now Netflix pays more than he received (by own stupidity) from CDPR, and thats why he saying: "how he likes this show". That's fkn sad.

The worst part for me was the female dwarf carrying a big war hammer like she's somehow Wilt Chamberlain playing Bombaata in Conan the Destroyer.

@nothereandthereanywhere

Жыл бұрын

The sad part in all this is I wasn't even aware she was a dwarf from this video... That tells you something

@DakotaBecker-wg1gp

8 ай бұрын

😂 same bro that was too much. Who the fck made that decision to use a woman dwarf instead of a badass like Thor. Even Gimlee from LOTR was badass but the girl looks so cringe 🤮

The trailer made me go from "Hell yeah, more Witcher" to "Oh no, more Witcher" in about 5 seconds, nuff said

Kudos to Henry, like a true Gentleman, he just walked away. Made no comment, said, thank you, have a nice life, and looks for his next challenge. Good for him, this would have haunted him forever.

@loturzelrestaurant

Жыл бұрын

@THAT GUY Drinker is very rational and agreeable. God, i WISHED he watched some 'Some More News', at least the non-political videos. I just know and i would bet Money he would like uand understand things like the 'History of Austerity' by 'Some More News' and even laugh at the Part about the "Blah-People".

@justinkennedy3004

Жыл бұрын

That definition of true gentlemen is lame af. True gentlemen have had sword duels for goodness sake.

@demun6065

Жыл бұрын

@@justinkennedy3004 only when the argument reached a serious stalemate

@willierants5880

Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see who they replace Henry with. It'll be the only thing worth talking about and it's just going to be more horrible decisions giving us more to laugh at and shake our heads in disbelief that they just don't care "let it all burn" attitudes. Heck they keep getting paid so why would they care.

@stevejames9261

Жыл бұрын

@@willierants5880 It will probably be a "diversity" cast, to fuck the show up even more.

Netflix didn't want to be out-cringed by Amazon. It is basically the Witcherverse equivalent of Rings of Power.

@Imperials3nate

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@frankiestein78912

Жыл бұрын

Rings of Power is infinitely better than this

@frankiestein78912

Жыл бұрын

That doesn’t mean it’s good, either

@jonesen4395

Жыл бұрын

@@frankiestein78912 in rings of power it was at least losely based on a great story written by someone else, here they had to write everything by themselves so naturally it had to be even worse

@izJordyGaming

Жыл бұрын

dunno why people hate on rings of power, i actually enjoyed it, far more than the house of the dragons

I read the books of the Witcher series. It was impressive how much Henry remembered and even said the same lines word by word as the book did sometimes. It hurt how much they butchered some of the characters from the book. The one that hurt me the most was the beast man from the season 2. He was my favorite character who was the first to be in the first Witcher book. Here they made him a pussy. I was so mad how they also butchered Lydia. She wasnt just any villain. She was an amazingly beautiful character. So much suffering in her and all for what she thought right and for the love she had. Fucked her up too…

@hawkthetraveler6344

Жыл бұрын

comment makes me curious to read the original.

@762x51n8o

Жыл бұрын

When i watched that episode of Season 2 I was kind of confused, and was thinking, "this seams familiar but I just don't remember it like this." So I went back and read it, and yeah, Ciri wasn't even born at that point in Geralt's life, but Netflix put her in the episode.

@lapimano2

10 ай бұрын

@@hawkthetraveler6344 I think the witcher books (at least the first half of the first book i read) arent that great tbh. The atmosphere of them is good though. Also liked the first witcher computer game which was super respectful to the books.

I love that Lauren Hisrich said she wouldn't use anything from the games in the TV show and would stick strictly to the books (as if she's too good for the games), then proceeded to completely butcher the books.

Ooh, perfect description of so much of modern media: “People with an axe to grind, rather than a story to tell”

@whatsa27

Жыл бұрын

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@snowcloudshinobi

Жыл бұрын

that's plaqueworthy

@myonionsmatter7843

Жыл бұрын

lmao reapply the logic to this video and you realise the criticism is less about the the writing and story and more of his obsession with races and factions

@snowcloudshinobi

Жыл бұрын

@@myonionsmatter7843 races and factions are relevant in fantasy genre.

@ems390

Жыл бұрын

@@myonionsmatter7843 naw the stories just flat out suck bruh. Quit being a cuck sotboiiiii

It is heartbreaking to see the state of Witcher series. The books are easily convertible into a show (unlike some other stories like Foundation for example), the themes of the book are quite deep, it talks about war and xenophobia and racism without glorifying it and it has multiple strong female characters to keep everyone happy. Yet, they somehow fucked it up.

@Mantek430

Жыл бұрын

Just recently saw Hypnotic breaking down the fight scene.Ppl in comms where upset about Michelle Yeoh wasting her potential. And then comes one more riddiculus thing - 1000 reasons why you should watch "witcher: woke origin".

@harrydawson7986

Жыл бұрын

It's because the main character Geralt was white and male

@nokturnallex2160

Жыл бұрын

It's funny that the showrunners who seem to be pro-diversity and anti-racism, can't even fathom that the original source material was that as well and in their attempts to create a diverse cast end up failing to tell the story correctly. So their attempts at creating a diverse world actually make the racism, sexism and xenophobia in the original material no longer be educational in the slightest.

@cyborgchicken3502

Жыл бұрын

@@Mantek430 it's a damn shame... Because Michelle Yeoh is the epitome of a badass actress, she's done majority action based roles since her breakout in the Hong Kong industry in 1985, always does most of her own stunts and overall is just a highly skilled and highly talented actress even in dramatic roles , none of these woke f**ks could ever reach her level.... She is the truest form of an empowered woman and the roles she plays are the truest forms of empowered female characters, but you can't wokiewood to understand that.

@LadyIno

Жыл бұрын

Same thing with Wheel of Time. Those books also have many heroic female characters, but the Amazon show destroyed not only the men but the women too. Modern showrunners have zero idea what they are doing (or they know exactly and fuck it up on purpose). I don't get why they hate the source material that much. Mind-boggling .

The Critical Drinker: "Wow, 2022 hasn't been a good year to be a Witcher fan." Me: "Wow, 2022 hasn't been a good year to be a movie, tv/streaming, or anime fan."

@jamesk4195

Жыл бұрын

Mob Psycho tho

@ridhorizqs1032

Жыл бұрын

Well for anime at least this season has a lot of certified banger tho

@Hecatom

Жыл бұрын

There were plenty of good animes and mangas

@fr-joey764

Жыл бұрын

Nnnnnope

You could have ethnically distinct countries, with a sprinkling of other races, from other areas, traders and whatever, but if you must have a diverse cast all in one place, here's a thought, why not have lots of the story set in port cities, or crossroads on trade routes, where the different races converge. Which usually makes for a interesting setting, for deceits, double crosses and heroism, and shady dealing in back street bars. Istanbul sort of thing, I'm not a writer or anything, but you know, it just might work visually and plot wise.

@grantflippin7808

11 күн бұрын

Which city?

@onastick2411

10 күн бұрын

@@grantflippin7808 Which city, what?

I remember when "The Witcher" was a semi-selfcontained, grounded, slavic/scandinavian tale of regular humans who have to live together with other regular low-magic beings and magic in itself was a wonder and rarity, and the WHOLE THING DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SOME ASS-END AFTERTHOUGHT OF AN EPISODE FROM THE NEWER SEASONS OF DR.WHO WHAT THE FUCK

@Dirschau

Жыл бұрын

The Witcher (in books) was all about living together with different species, races, all colours and shapes. It was about tolerance (or lack of it) between humans, elves, dwarfs, magical beings etc. The stories had it all - and readers known it, makes the books so popular not only in Poland, but even internationally. Then comes netflix with its showrunner and writers, use the witcher brand and making it in their own, 2020s USA-centric version... And we know the rest.

@rms1493

Жыл бұрын

"REGULAR HUMANS"?!?!? SOUNDS LIKE A DOG WHISTLE!!! EVEN THOUGH I'M THE ONE WHO HEARD IT, IMPLYING I AM THE DOG.

@kaputasri

Жыл бұрын

Yeah in Witcher magic is supposed to be erratic toned down and a rare occurrence.

@707romo707

Жыл бұрын

@@kaputasri exactly, why would you need a Witcher if every other person is a strong Asian or black witch who can kill anything?

@FMK03

Жыл бұрын

@@Dirschau You're using the wrong word, tolerance is the act of accepting that which should not be accepted.

So basically this is rings of power without a budget.

@wahajurrehmaniqbal3462

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much

@lexnight8345

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@studioalsar

Жыл бұрын

summed it up perfectly and thanks to the shorter runtime I was actually able to watch this one at least (without skipping tooooo much) :D

@jimmyv3170

Жыл бұрын

They look about the same lol some money laundering going on because I'm sure this cost Netflix "$300 million" to make.

@Zulanderr

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was marginally better than Cringe of Power, but that wouldnt be difficult.

Much appreciate you choosing to include some of the more tolerable scenes from S1 in this to get us through it, Drinker. You're a far more considerate fellow than the show writers who decided to hijack the popularity and excellence of good source material because their terrible story lines can't stand without something to parasitize.

This is far more entertaining than the actual show. 😅Thank you. 😁

@DavidsSanity

Жыл бұрын

Fr

I can't imagine how Henry Cavill must have felt going on set every day after realizing that his dream job turned into an active role in the destruction of something he cares about. His contract might have been a golden cage, but a cage nonetheless.

@whatsa27

Жыл бұрын

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Made by people “with an axe to grind rather than a story to tell” - This!! Spot on 👌

@jakenake3401

Жыл бұрын

I watched witcher with Henry Cavil out of respect to the actor & he's love for Witcher, series were total abomination, at the end of series I had so much bad feelings I could compare it when you are sick and have tempreature of 38.5 celcius

@The_Mighty_Fiction

Жыл бұрын

That about sums up modern show writers.

@The_Mighty_Fiction

Жыл бұрын

@@onezero350 Well, that's just it, isn't it? These clownshows don't even represent the people they _claim_ to represent whose voices they merely appropriated decades ago in service of their spectacularly shitty politics. They're made for absolutely no-one _except_ the people who make them.

@stanislavp1739

Жыл бұрын

The writer just want to build a name for themselves and become famous, not tell a good story and respect the author.

@The_Mighty_Fiction

Жыл бұрын

@@onezero350 If that were the case, they would've wised up long ago. No, this is being funded. The way it was explained to me is that it's more like 'Go broke, get woke,' that is, the studios get into financial trouble _first,_ make themselves ESG complaint so they can cast around for funding, approve a slate of these woke dogshit 'Message' movies and shows and wind up alienating the rest of their paying audience. This is why WB are now the first to begin trying to steer out of the skid now, because they were the first studio to get into the shit, take the ESG dollar and catch poison woke. For example, Netflix's latest modest hit, 'Wednesday' is now facing legal trouble because MGM, the studio that owns the Addams Family rights, were purchased by Amazon back in March. If they get their fingers into that show, you can virtually guarantee the second season is going to be a dumpster fire. They're already set to ruin the Bond franchise.

Inclusivity or not these writers would’ve given us absolute dribble.

Never forget the strong female character. So strong she can sink a movie

@oNiicegramTheCriticalDrinker20

Жыл бұрын

DM me 🎁🎁👆👆...

@tonilee9949

11 ай бұрын

Racism at it's best

The fact that Henry is now in charge of a war hammer 40k show basically proves that at least some higher ups are actually competent instead of pandering idiots

@chriswhinery925

Жыл бұрын

I only hope that Amazon are giving him the creative freedom and not meddling too much. I don't know if Henry Cavill has any writing or directing talent but I'd rather watch something made by an amateur who loves the lore than someone with 100 credits under their belt who doesn't give a shit and just wants to push a message.

@seaofenergy2765

Жыл бұрын

@@chriswhinery925 i think a big part of the problem the people getting these writing gigs have like *2 credits* under their belt and a hard on for forced representational box ticking in media. For some reason the absolute wrong kind of people (i.e talentless) are being fasttracked on to multi million pound productions. It's getting beyond bizarre.

@daz2742

Жыл бұрын

Maybe, just hoping that it's not revenge for the Rings of Power. And that It's not a new ploy by Hollywood to attack fans. Like Henry Cavill? He's in our new movie/series.... Nah we changed our mind, not happening.

@seaofenergy2765

Жыл бұрын

@@daz2742 yeah as a massive 40k fan myself, Cavill is about the only reassuring thing about the announcement. Amazon has done a number on a few 'how can they possibly fuck this up? - ohhhh, like that' IPs (Wheel of Time and LotR). Really need to hope lessons have been learned, but the doubling down of the 'we know best' attitude of these showrunner types this new witcher shit feels like it represents doesnt make me feel hugely optimistic.

@rubbishopinions6468

Жыл бұрын

I know nothing of Warhammer but the fact that Cavil is not just in the show but is a producer and he's genuinely passionate about the source material makes me want to try it. It could honestly be the first adaptation in the last 10 years where the show runners actually give a shit (besides Dune). Here's hoping the rest of the producers don't coordinate against Cavil because if the show is good, it will also show what fans have been saying for years that you can only make a successful adaptation IF YOU RESPECT THE SOURCE MATERIAL.

It amazes me that they can score an absolute unicorn of a lead actor like Henry Cavil, with the perfect look, the perfect acting chops and absolute love for the source material, and piss that all away because they just can't get over their hate boner for the fanbase and their obsession with woke politics.

@TheChocolateChamp

Жыл бұрын

I know right. It's like who put these idiots in charge?

@Kevin_Street

Жыл бұрын

It's an ideology that colors the way they see the world. They're genuinely trying to make what they see as the best show possible, and can't understand why people aren't responding to it. Like any true believer they think there are millions of people out there with the same opinions as them, and the original fans are just a small minority.

@Superabound2

Жыл бұрын

It's literally impossible for a Leftist Female to create anything of quality whatsoever

@zm1786

Жыл бұрын

The goal of them is to destroy anything remotely white or christian How is it not obvious? Kayne talked about them .

@maddux1188

Жыл бұрын

We live in Clown World

Give this man a lead role in a different medieval fantasy show. He's perfect for these and it's greatly disappointing that his talents are wasted on Netflix' The Witcher.

…”it feels about as believable and authentic as Steven Segal’s hairline.” 😂

“People with an axe to grind instead of a story to tell” brilliantly said sir, bravo

@scratchy996

Жыл бұрын

Literal quote from one of the Witcher head writers : "I insist on inserting my queer trauma into everything I write." This says everything there is to know about modern Hollywood.

@Winterascent

Жыл бұрын

@@scratchy996 The weird thing about that is, "Queer" is a political identity, like Democrat. This is literally saying they insist on forcing their politics into everything. What about that is entertainment or desirable?

@JK-qn9qr

Жыл бұрын

@@scratchy996 oh fuck....

@scratchy996

Жыл бұрын

@@Winterascent It's not meant to be entertaining for the public, it's meant to be entertaining for the writers. It's like : "If I'm miserable, everyone else should be miserable too." But the real problem are not the writers and the producers, but people like us who don't unsubscribe from Netflix. As long as we keep paying for shit, we will receive shit.

What in their right mind thought they could make a good spin-off if they got zero respect for the main series by hiring people to do a show who despise the source material? Netflix is destroying itself.

@rhysprendergast5842

Жыл бұрын

@Chad 007 no

@Kernwadi

Жыл бұрын

"Hmm..." -Geralt of Rivia

@LoFiAxolotl

Жыл бұрын

as source material i assume all the idiots who can't read mean the video games as the show is pretty close to the actual source material... and while Sapkowski hated the video games because as he said that's not his story he worked closely with the netflix show... so maybe actually read the books? i know it's hard so many words but i'm sure you can do it

@blanexblaze6510

Жыл бұрын

@freak1337able Nah it's not. Even I can tell that the show doesn't follow the source material and I've only read the first book. There's no way the author is happy with the show

@c.b.kansan1700

Жыл бұрын

Because the live in the delusion that everything they see they can make better with their ideologies because that's what people want. But that's not what people want. But they are too stupid to see it or simply don't care.

To call it an adaptation is like calling cactus a tooth brush 😂🤣

I think I speak for all of us when I say the real audience looking at this want a series/movie that closely follows the source material and has internally consistent, fact checked story. We want psychologically fleshed-out characters, realistic physics, consistent non-physics (magic) mechanics, and a captivating scene rhythm. Everything else is a bonus: good graphics and effects, pretty people, battle choreography, music, costumes, and even above average acting, Id say. Sometimes you can get away with mediocre acting and not ruin the immersion. We don't care about the color of anyone's skin, as long as it's the skin the source material describes. And if it doesn't, and it's a good fit for it, you can make them green for all we care. This is literally the formula. Its that simple. And in a world where the movie industry is so powerful and wealthy this is trivial to make. I know people that can make computer algorithms that can write book adaptations with such parameters and spit them out daily. But Hollywood can't be bothered.

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Hollywood is literally using a lecture structure to tell you what to think, not a storytelling. 1 intro:tell them what u will tell them 2 body:tell them what it is 3: conclusion:tell them what you told them After waking your audience up, convince them you dont think they're idiots

@VishnuZutaten

Жыл бұрын

I laughed a bit, but this is sad truth.

@C0m3TSw1tch

Жыл бұрын

Amazingly and painfully accurate.

@ElanaVital83

Жыл бұрын

It's just like God to Baptists school when I was a kid: No entertainment was consumed if it didn't have ThE MeSsAgE!! 🙃🙃🙃 It's a religion

@danielsweeney8164

Жыл бұрын

underrated post

@seanthomas1552

Жыл бұрын

Its....always been like this? You just dont like what they are telling you now.

My biggest issue is that they portrayed the elves as humans…. Yes humans…. The source material that they ignored does clue us in on how they should act.

@pablito4762

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Amazons "Rings of Power" where they too just portray elves as humans with pointy ears.

@stormryder4305

Жыл бұрын

I really hate modern day writers portray elves as nothing more than diverse human with pointy ears. To me elves are always the most beautiful being created with slender built and skin as pale as silver, or ivory. Yeap, that sound just like Tolkien's elves, but I get that illusion from other sources.

@Fabianwew

Жыл бұрын

@@pablito4762 Rings of power did a far better job than witcher

@ColoradoStreaming

Жыл бұрын

@@pablito4762 The hair styles they gave the elves in ROP was pure comedy gold.

@sonofabitch95

Жыл бұрын

@@Fabianwew Absolutely not

We couldn't finish watching this mess. Two episodes in, we were looking for the silhouettes of robot heads at the bottom of the screen! Loved the series with Henry in it and the animated ones as well.

Your solution to the use of diverse characters by putting different races in different tribes/nations/etc is something I've been whining about for a few years.

@Dennis-nc3vw

Жыл бұрын

Play The Elder Scrolls.

Now it’s making more sense why Henry Cavill left his passion project. Smart move Superman

@swmtothemoon6660

Жыл бұрын

You mean James Bond. F in chat for Superman...

@Zerashadow

Жыл бұрын

And then he got canned as Superman as well, since Gunn want to make a reboot with a younger Superman

@crazyralph6386

Жыл бұрын

Yep, imagine having to work with this shyte?

@user-hb7py7xy7b

Жыл бұрын

You mean The God Emperor of Mankind?

@user-hb7py7xy7b

Жыл бұрын

@@Hawkknight you don't understand: everyone wants to see Superman's origin story for the 10th time. They have to reboot.

“I don’t get it! We fixed all problematic aspects of the source material and adapted it for modern audiences, why does everyone hate us!?” - The dimwits that made this abomination and chased away Henry Cavil.

@rhysprendergast5842

Жыл бұрын

@yo no

@richardhockey8442

Жыл бұрын

a) the writers wouldn't recognise a good story if someone inscribed it a series of stone tablets and dropped them on the writer's head b) the writers: 'who cares bout the story or the characters, The Message is the important thing!'

Throughout the first two seasons I skipped so often to Geralt parts and had the feeling of missing nothing 😅- just annoying modern insanity can't keep their fingers out of great fantasies.

Polish series from 2002 makes way more sense and has way more climate of the books than any Netflix creations. Plus Żebrowski is so good there as Geralt and so is Zamachowski as Jaskier

Henry was probably quite excited about being part of a franchise that he enjoyed and a lore he cared about. I felt bad for him when he discovered that he was the only one who did.

@lordcorax6918

Жыл бұрын

Actually, one of the writers cared too apparently, then he got fired for it.

@bakersmileyface

Жыл бұрын

He must have because he took a pay cut to play on this role

@rey6708

Жыл бұрын

no he wasnt. there was one writer but he got fired, also the reason why he probably left after that.

@ColoradoStreaming

Жыл бұрын

Henry literally told his agent to call the show every day to get the role he wanted it so bad.

@davidmarrero9608

Жыл бұрын

At least he haves Warhammer now having complete and creative control while making sure they fully respect the IP.

"This is the kind of shit that happens when rich liberal Californians that have never been in a fist fight or a working class pub, have to write a scene about both." On the head!!!

@Knightfire66

Жыл бұрын

*gay rich liberal....

@SweetMangoMuncher

Жыл бұрын

@@Knightfire66nope now you made it weird

@malakimphoros2164

Жыл бұрын

​@@Knightfire66Homosexuals are canon in Witcher, cry about it

@Whoknows285

Жыл бұрын

This isn’t a working class pub tho. The drinker and all you incels have Servette brain damage. Is this „liberal“ and this „diversity“ with you in your room?

@mysocalledknife07

Жыл бұрын

LMFAO!! 🤣🤣🤣

"It's what happens when people have an axe to grind, rather than a story to tell"

I feel really bad for Henry cavill. This whole series could have been so great and something he could have been really proud of. I hope he’s at least proud of his personal performance cuz he really did do an outstanding job. It turned me into a Henry cavill fan as I’ve never seen any of his other stuff, but now I think I’ll finally give Superman a try. I thoroughly enjoyed the Witcher season 1, not knowing anything about the lore. But season 1 in my opinion was pretty good, even though Witcher fans had issues with it. Season 2 was an absolute punch in the gut and I was so confused about how bad it was. It barely had their one shining star involved in any scenes! Wth?! I won’t be watching the Witcher anymore and I hope cavill can get his chance to be excellent again in something more worthy of his talent and enthusiasm.

If they were at war for 1000 years, it stands to reason the populace of each state would be rather homogeneous and speak the same and thus be different to each other. Even North Korea and South Korea have a different accent and they have only been separated for about 70 years

@zackwaffen9210

Жыл бұрын

Their only priority was 'diversity', telling a cohesive story is probably as far down as 10th on the list.

@coolnut99

Жыл бұрын

Real life had the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France. Since elves live for a much longer time, maybe...? (Of course, there is much more context for the HYW.)

@kathleenhensley5951

Жыл бұрын

They wouldn't be intermarrying, that is for sure.

@hebanker3372

Жыл бұрын

It depends.England and Scotland were constant rivals for more than 300 years,until the kingdoms united in the early 17th century.And you could find Englishmen and Scotchmen on both sides.The Romans and the Persians shared borders for more than 600 years and they were at each other's throats all the time.What Blood Origins,and many fantasy shows and stories fail to do is present the complex relationships of the various people involved in these feuds.That requires knowledge of history and creativity,a lot of creativity.Americans are arguably the most inappropriate people for medieval settings because:1)They are so poorly educated,they can't even imagine a world without modern comforts.2)They are so sensitive on social issues,they won't even use political incorrect material to create tension and conflict in their stories. And no,don't anyone mention Frank Herbert and George R.R. Martin.These people are the exceptions,not the rule.

@drifterone5115

Жыл бұрын

@@coolnut99 England and France. And it wasn't continuous.

I have the feeling that the only good parts from the first seasons of Witcher (that stayed true to the book) were only there because Cavill fought for them. But Blood Origin is reminding me too much of Rings of Power ... and that scares me

@pablito4762

Жыл бұрын

The only good thing about Netflix The Witcher are scenes with Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia and Joey Batey as Dandelion/Jaskier.

@JK-qn9qr

Жыл бұрын

I don't think I would say this but Rings of Power might be better than Blood Origin.....and that's just...fucked.

@milansvancara

Жыл бұрын

@@JK-qn9qr Nah, definitely not. RoP is some next level shit

@dsilverleaf4668

Жыл бұрын

Why r u surprised when it's happened over and over again. It's seems like Hollywood's Writers Guild jus keeps doubling down on injecting politics into stories that have no place being there! .

@LaLaLoggins

Жыл бұрын

@@JK-qn9qr nah. i made it all the way through this, plodding along reluctantly. With RoP i was DONE after one excruciating episode. You can't force me to watch more.

Hello Drinker. I just finished reading Ghost Target - another great book - thanks. I'm having a problem finding Second Chances and Trial by Fire - interested only in a paperback edition, not a kindle or audiobook. Could you help, please? Greetings from Buckhaven.

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Sounded like you said “The Witcher: Blood Orange” which would have been a better title for this show.

"As believable and authentic as Steven Segal's hairline" may be the best Drinker line yet!

@user-tm9ho3bm4v

Жыл бұрын

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@timnor4803

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely top 10

@keystrix3704

Жыл бұрын

As believable as his police training.

@xminusone1

Жыл бұрын

Yet.

@Femboy_Lover

Жыл бұрын

@user-tm9ho3bm4v literally just came from watching a few of those videos and was laughing my ass off

I always find it odd when mainstream critics don't positively review content that was clearly made for them.

@JohnnyBurnes

Жыл бұрын

Check didn't clear.

@Miranox2

Жыл бұрын

Probably Netflix forgot to pay the bribes.

@rentstoohigh1587

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyBurnes LMAO

@sneeringimperialist6667

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyBurnes I'd guess a lot of their checks won't clear, if they keep writing like this...

@bhutehole

Жыл бұрын

@@sneeringimperialist6667 I doubt it. they are using your money after all lol. not theirs

Henry Cavill is the ONLY reason that kept me watching the Witcher Season 1 and 2 i could tell he is that star player that makes the team better because he loves his role

My wife and I felt lukewarm about the first season of the Witcher and we were pleasantly surprised by Season 2. We went into Season 3 excited, believing that momentum and learned lessons would result in further improvement. We were dead wrong. We couldn't even get past the first two episodes. The primary issue in those episodes is that Anya Chalotra (Yennifer) and Freya Allan (ciri) are black holes of charisma, and fail to sell any of the few emotions the script trusts them with having. Freya looks 10 years older than she really is, and her attempt to portray a 15-17 year old is hideous. The writing was terrible, the quips unfunny, the plot unengaging, and Jaskeir is a void of likable attributes. We basically endured every scene without Henry Cavill just so we can make it to the next scene with Henry Cavill. His departure from the show will leave nothing of value remaining. I think they should recast the show, replace all executives and creative talent, except costuming and CGI, and reboot this turn. Season 2 demonstrated potential.

Netflix, Disney and Amazon are trying to outdo themselves with these shows

@danielcaldwell1110

Жыл бұрын

cApItAlIsM iS gReAt

@ExploderMaster18

Жыл бұрын

It is on purpose. The same companies own them. I down want to go down the old Kanye road or start mentioning a cool fella Herr Schwab... but we just don't even comprehend how malicious these elites are.

@KingKien95

Жыл бұрын

Eh, Amazon actually got decent stuff tbh.

@petrmiros9908

Жыл бұрын

@@KingKien95 Check their Wheel of TIme. Its one of the biggest works of fantasy literature along with LOTR. They turned into a low-cost lesbo-gay-diverse indo gangbang show, cutting away some 80% of the 1st book. Its faaaar worse than Witcher.

@austinreed7343

Жыл бұрын

@@petrmiros9908 On the other hand there’s The Boys and Invincible. Meanwhile, the other services have crap like Big Mouth…

I would like a show all about African, Asian, South American, or Middle Eastern ancient lore. I like learning about other cultures and it would never occur to me to question that a show specifically dedicated to a specific people when travel was extremely limited would largely only contain those people. If they want to make a futuristic story where travel is extremely common, I would find it completely believable to have a cast of characters of varying races. I just want it all to be realistic and logical and I don't want to be told constantly that the only reason I want things this way is because I'm racist and misogynistic.

@zionleach3001

Жыл бұрын

Well there's Trese on Netflix. The story arc is a little rushed compared to the comic. But the "strong female character" is much better than this.

@WearyWeaver

Жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for a proper Mwindo (as I believe it's written), it's a really cool story from Africa, with an AWESOME lesson about knowing you're a badass BUT not overestimating yourself. You'd think Hollywood would love it too, he's abandoned by his father and raised by his aunt.

@hatman4818

Жыл бұрын

... If I have to read the same bot commenting "fr" in every reply section one more time, imma paint the wall with my brains.

@ElanaVital83

Жыл бұрын

@@zionleach3001 It's called "Trese"?

@eyesofthecervino3366

Жыл бұрын

I'd even be interested to see some futuristic story with a lot diversity, in the sense that different people groups have mingled to the degree that they've achieved a new level of homogeneity. Having a wide variety of distinctly different ethnicities really only makes sense in a time period of heightened travel, closely following a long period of severe segregation.

You know something is bad when it is super woke and even the critics hate it

Imagine the lengths one has to go through, the effort one has to put in, to create something that could rival "Rings of Power" in terms of suckage.

Funny how when critics openly give a movie or show low ratings for political reasons, it’s “expert opinions,” but when fans who’ve known and loved the original source material for decades hate it, it’s “review bombing.”

@mrelba9176

Жыл бұрын

This entire "all modern everything sucks" shit is just white men going off because their want power fantasies now have a few more black people in them. Just be honest about it.

@mrelba9176

Жыл бұрын

@Joël You all care massively as you never stfu about it. You think black people doing anything but playing criminals is "woke". So just be honest about the bigotry so us black folks know who to avoid in society.

@harvesterofstorms4932

Жыл бұрын

@@mrelba9176 As someone who considers Toni Morrison and Richard Wright two people who opened my eyes to a broader world view, I find your generalization to be intellectually lazy, at best. Most people today, myself included, are more put off by the fact that everyone is told they're (insert accusation here) if they lazy, committee produced bastardizations of things they've enjoyed long before all this woke nonsense took off. Nice try. Way to think for yourself, Mr. N.P.C.

@ajasilikonreffkmimmon

Ай бұрын

Language is the currency of politics.

First and foremost - if you have a source material full of Celtic and Slavic influences that is loved by people, you leave the Celtic and Slavic influences in the adaptation, obviously. They even had a full soundtrack from the games ready to use as an inspiration. 😢

@MrSlavikua

Жыл бұрын

Where did u found slavic influence in source material? According to pan Andrzej Sapkowski, witcher is no slavic at all, it has a lot of scandinavian and europe mythology

@hugos5114

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSlavikua hell one part of the continent (Toussaint) is literally miniature France. Not very slavic...

@kamikaziking

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSlavikua the whole monster lore is based in slavic paganism ffs have you even read the books?

@siljenka

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSlavikua influence can be subtle, I never said it’s fundamentally Slavic. Even if it’s a classic fantasy with a pinch of Slavic, Celtic, Portuguese, Scandinavian or Andersen notes, these are important nevertheless. And the Netflix series are lacking in every department, from costumes to understanding any European mythology. Forgive me, but I’m not going to list all of them.

@pallych

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSlavikua slavic aren't Europeans these days?

Lenny Henry is so ashamed about Rings of Power and Blood Origin, that he doesn't even have them in his movie portfolio 💀

Modern Hollywood saw Southpark's Gooback episode and thought, that seems like a realistic goal we can push. "They took our jobs!!!" "Da Duk Da Dur!!!"

Game of thrones had diversity, there were strong male characters, strong female characters, light skin characters, black characters, disabled characters (the hound's burned face, Tyrion being a dwarf, Jamie losing his hand, Theon...), we had Brienne, a really tall/big woman who got bullied because of her height, we had gay/bisexual characters, but did it ever feel forced? no. Did it feel annoying? no. Was it the characters' only personality trait? no. That's because the story was great, and the characters were so well-written. Diversity is never a problem when it's well executed and when it's a subtle detail that doesn't change the whole direction of the story

@EvilDoresh

Жыл бұрын

GoT did what this series _should've_ done: Give every region its own ethnic makeup, so all the different places and people are distinct and recognizable. Hilariously enough, this makes the show more diverse than these explicitly diverse "Every place looks the same" shows

@herheartbeats5727

Жыл бұрын

This's spot on, plus GOT's writters didn't fulfill the need to get any representative character a "I'm the best" screen time, even to the point any distinctive character arc isn't to be found. . For example (as much spoiler-free as possible) Renly isn't interesting because he just kills every characters in his way with the left hand, while the right one is busy opening a Pepsy can then putting in to his mouth. He is interesting because...of the way he behaves, and specifically the way he interacts with other characters. . But even those simple story tricks look like flying way above the head of actual majors' movie-makers.

@ethanstyant9704

Жыл бұрын

Glad someone understands

If you look close at this it shows none of the characters gets any dirt, grime, soot or shmegma on them from battle at all. These strong female and strong diverse female characters are so strong that not even dust can settle on their stunning and brave faces.

@bludj992

Жыл бұрын

I don't think shmegma means what you think it means...

@TheHawk2210

Жыл бұрын

@@bludj992 i mean he was right i saw not one drop of old dick cheese anywhere

@bollockjohnson6156

Жыл бұрын

@@bludj992 ain't no strong female character gonna be caught dead with shmegma on her face, it's gonna be cooch juice only.

@vincentlaw9006

Жыл бұрын

It looks way too cheesy and for some reason it's way too hard to get immersed watching it compared to for example Vikings or Game of thrones

@masterroasti5588

Жыл бұрын

@@bludj992 it’s a joke, Doctor. A funny. Those things we used to have before everyone jammed a stick up their ass.

When you're writer-director or producer you are constantly improving your skills. Self-awareness constructive criticism are so important going into that. But I feel that there is many of coming writers and directors who simply do not see anything that they need to improve that what they have is enough who they are is enough and no one but themselves can tell them otherwise.

I'm a Polish Witcher fan that started with books, went through the games and must now deal with profanation of all 3 his most beloved universes: LotR, SW and Witcher. I'm not even angry that this is so shitty. I never dared to expect anything else from this. I hope at least some will get to the original books and get into this world of Sapkowski after watching this or the Witcher series.

I bet "yass queen" was said at least 9 times during the writing.

@AC-hj9tv

Жыл бұрын

And "fam"

@mr.husbandoeu7254

Жыл бұрын

"slay it" 💅

@EximiusDux

Жыл бұрын

"bro, that's so brah, bruh!"

@dankmemes8254

Жыл бұрын

"yes yes let's do that that would be wholesome 100 moment"

@ind0g_nesia

Жыл бұрын

slay queen or some sh!t these millenials says nowadays.

Witcher fans: "We want Henry!" Witcher producers: "You meant Lenny Henry right?"

@kenricnarbrough8191

Жыл бұрын

this THIS

@hadeseye2297

Жыл бұрын

Hexer Fans Going The Books Way.

@jackgaltress7790

Жыл бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅

The visual effects though, at 1:00 I was like why is there no bounce light anywhere? Why is that man hugging the purple eel? Are they not a full blown VFX studio?

@SirKurt25

Жыл бұрын

Lol, I literally thought that was a behind-the-scenes shot.

Ohh this is hilarious, becoming a very distinguished warrior at a so young age that you already retired from it and go to your fine arts at young age.

Imagine having a Netflix budget, set of talented actors, already built fanbase and then you're like "nah, who needs the source material"

@rhoydplaz2853

Жыл бұрын

Yeah who needs money what are we a business

@nautilaz

Жыл бұрын

Yep literally shitting on the hand that feeds them.

@TheStraightestWhitest

Жыл бұрын

Talented actors? 95% Of the cast are pure diversity hires who are there exclusively because they're not white.

@KM-dk5gn

Жыл бұрын

Disney Star Wars Sequel Trilogy: *hold my beer*

@Smokey348

Жыл бұрын

typical hollywood narcissists

I'm impressed that the writing team not only took advantage of the "bring your daughter to work" day but also let them do the writing

@Imozart0341I

Жыл бұрын

.... at least you tried.

@RichardMontgomeryYT

Жыл бұрын

Quite funny.

@michaelbrand1173

Жыл бұрын

At least children have an imagination...

@NoMusiciansInMusicAnymore

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbrand1173 yeah but there's nothing coherent or logical between the 2 random ideas haha

@blacklight1104

Жыл бұрын

This was a new one. You made me chuckle. Thanks.

It is said that Lenny Henry is still opening portals to worlds in the hope that he finds one that thinks he's funny

A lot of new stuff is even losing critics. Velma had like 53 percent approval which is bad considering

I often wonder if the poor writing, bad set design, and half-arsedness of the production is a symptom of the writers' hatred of the source material or the cause of it. That being said, writers' hatred of the source material is so widespread that it has basically killed fantasy.

@tomaskcz946

Жыл бұрын

No need to brood about it - these shows are targeted for no audience. Just create something to have something, paychecks, move on. Almost like we didn't expect anyone to watch it.

@haroldb1856

Жыл бұрын

Q: What do the writers hate the most: The lore, the audience, the craft of storytelling, the reviewers, or joy? A: Yes.

@thebitch9224

Жыл бұрын

No, that’s just Netflix’ low budget… they have been cutting down on everything and even announced that they might put ads on Netflix and ban account sharing. :/ they are dirt poor now…

@77wolfblade

Жыл бұрын

I see them more as cultural imperialists who see everything else as bad or problematic and they want to fix it in the most stupidest way they can do.

@mk6315

Жыл бұрын

Not enough black ppl -writers probably

I kind of liked the beginning when the bard says “it is a boring story, told thousand of times” … and how right he was!

Drinker, you summed it up beautifully. Woke has put another audience to sleep. And Disney is still blaming COVID on the almost halving of their audience, stock price, and bottom line.

Wow, I almost didn't notice you came out with a new video of the Witcher! I mean, I can't tell the difference between "Disney willow", "Amazon rings if power" and this. I thought this was just another video of the latter.

''This absolute cancer of a show!'' Love the honesty in these reviews!

"People with an axe to grind instead of a story to tell" are handed chainsword and faqton of cash.

Don't forget they ruined willow too

I don't think modern audiences are the people that Hollywood thinks...

"The Witcher: Blood Origin is about as believable as Steven Segal's hairline" - the Drinker, 2022, paraphrased.

Wait, Drinker….I think you are being very unfair because this show contains the first kiss between two men in the Witcher lore!!! It was so brave, yet also so stunning. 100/10

@lostcivilizationz

Жыл бұрын

don't forget about THE first mute actress and the sign language in a fantasy, as well as the first character with a cerebral palsy in a fantasy!

@alastairatcheson1407

Жыл бұрын

Tiny man vomiting meme.

@CorePathway

Жыл бұрын

Men kissing men onscreen is TIGHT!

@janvs666

Жыл бұрын

definitely one of the moments in cinema history

@bradleymcdonald6273

Жыл бұрын

66/6

I'll never forgive what they did to Eskiel

I watched it on the weekend 3/4 of my way through a bottle of chilli chocolate rum. I was hammered enough to quite enjoy it, right up to the last episode. Every time they were calling that wet lettuce 'Eredin' I was hearing 'Elrond' I kept thinking why is Elrond in the witcher. It didn't click until he dug that mask out of the sand. That was when it hit me just how shite what I'd just watched is. That animated movie is no better.

@alsmith9853

3 ай бұрын

Chili chocolate rum sounds pretty good. Unlike the show😂