Imagine having a successful book series handed to you with every single detail figured out and a huge fan base on a golden platter and f****** it up so badly.

@theDarkside798

9 ай бұрын

Happens when you dont give an f about the original lore and just laugh about it. And you dont care about the original fanbase either.

@georgebailey98

9 ай бұрын

It's because they disliked the original and wanted to "improve" it. They thought that it was too European, too Polish, too male, too Geralt-centric.

@Pearleace

9 ай бұрын

they seem to be doing this to quite a few stories lately, it's extremely puzzling to me! 🤔 i haven't figured out their motives yet. if they're actually trying to do something other than flop their project, it should've become quite clear a very long time ago now that whatever it is they're trying is clearly not working. yet they keep doing the same thing again and again expecting different results? really? why? can they be that stupid? or what the heck is going on?? 😵‍💫 i just don't get it.

@georgebailey98

9 ай бұрын

@@Pearleace It's a win-win situation for them because if the new "improved" version turns out to be popular then it replaces the older one in everyone's minds and if it flops then it has tarnished the reputation of something they dislike. They don't have the ability to be able to create anything original close to Sapkowski's work so it wouldn't have been possible to be involved without doing it this way. The only way they could have conceivably done it is to remain true to the source material but that still requires skill in adaptation e.g. the Lord of the Rings trilogy or the recent Dune film - otherwise it just produces the likes of The Rings of Power.

@HiddenStr3ngth

9 ай бұрын

@@theDarkside798 And you don't care about quality writing and storytelling. And actively go against it.

I'm asking Morgan & Morgan to sue Netflix for the mental damage we all had to suffer.

@jakub_paints6775

9 ай бұрын

The people who made this show are mentally damaged already so...

@SuperPico94

9 ай бұрын

can we do a group action? Because my brain is damaged since the first episode of season one 🤣.

@p0xus

9 ай бұрын

This made me literally laugh out loud.

@mickdanger

9 ай бұрын

@@SuperPico94 Unfortunately, the only ones who get anything from a class action suit are the lawyers... But it might be worth it just for the hell of it.

@lucack6348

9 ай бұрын

@@SuperPico94sæson 1 is not soo bad ??

I remember watching the desert episode and my sister walked in, looked at the screen, and said 'She's got a lot of fucking makeup on for someone in the desert'. If it takes someone a split second glimpse of a series to see something wrong with it, it really makes you wonder whether they actually bothered watching a lot of their scenes back.

@asverith

9 ай бұрын

Seriously though, what's up with the amount of makeup? It's way more than it was before and sometimes it's glaringly out of place. Barbie pink lipstick and contoured cheekbones at all times just seem like too much.

@roronoadzoro9429

8 ай бұрын

they are trying the good ole sex sells strategy@@asverith

@lorettabes4553

8 ай бұрын

​@@asverithagreed, the makeup (esp. The eyelashes) are too much in some situations like the desert

@Beer_Dad1975

8 ай бұрын

All the makeup this season was so horrific even I noticed it constantly - actually can't ever remember watching another show where I've spent even a second thinking about the makeup. The costuming was pretty awful too. One thing I don't agree with the video on though is that episode was NOT faithful to the books at all, and has contributed even further to eroding Ciri's character - Ciri does not get some ghost apparition of Falka appearing to her to convince her to use chaos magic - she decides to do that herself out of desperation and hubris - taking that decision away from her defeats the entire purpose of the whole desert plot.

@angstaaja1

8 ай бұрын

Also ciri's wig bothered me the whole season. she had the same braid for essentially the entire season and it just looked so fake

this show is proof, that even amazing actors, can't save bad writing!

@Dark_Mishra

5 ай бұрын

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and 4 also proved that a series can’t be carried on by only a couple of its most important actors.

@Mantelar

3 ай бұрын

They’re not even giving him a chance to try. They stand by the quality of their girlfriend fan fiction. The only two things my wife remembers from Witcher games is the alcoholic troll from W2 and the unicorn from W3. I’m surprised the unicorn hasn’t shown up yet. She could do a better job than these writers. She was in fact upset that there wasn’t an entire episode of Geralt helps grieving drunk troll slaughter the villagers that killed his wife. My wife could write this episode, without speculation as to the power of vagina, and it would be better than all of seasons 2 and 3 combined.

His videos are my way of watching the series because i can't bring myself to watch it.

@Lindoge52

9 ай бұрын

Same I was waiting for this

@PwnySlaystation01

9 ай бұрын

I could barely finish S1. It wasn't that bad, but.... Honestly I had a bigger problem with the casting than Neon Knight. And it really had the makings of something not to get invested in. I figured I'd wait until the following season was out, then everyone hated that so I just couldn't be bothered. It just had "Modern audience writing" all over it from pretty early on.

@JH-nb6nw

9 ай бұрын

Yeah same here, after the okay yet disappointing first season and the complete dumpster fire that was the second season I have given up. I love NeonKnight for reviewing this and blood origin for my daily dose of laughter.

@kevinboueri1051

9 ай бұрын

Exactly, every self respecting witcher fan cant stand the serie

@justinreynolds304

9 ай бұрын

Same

Bro imagining Henry sitting there on set watching all this shit with the image of what's actually supposed to happen in his mind. Fuck that can't feel too good.

@hl72296

9 ай бұрын

Probably had one of those ”F this job and FML” moments that majority of us call everyday life.

@miles6120

9 ай бұрын

Henry Cavill : 🗿

@userjarabecko

8 ай бұрын

Can't blame him for never want to see those fucks again

@bryna7

8 ай бұрын

You are giving someone you don't know too much credit

@Nemamka

8 ай бұрын

I'm happy he dropped this shit, and I'm happy that we got to know him as The Biggest Witcher Nerd ever. At least we have that. At least we KNOW how he would have played him and that he is still the perfect Geralt :')

One of my favorite things about this season was how as Gerald heals from his injuries, his pants healed too.

@anderslennartsson1828

8 ай бұрын

Those are high quality pants!

@Nubenhoofer

7 ай бұрын

Witcher pants baby!

@ScienceDiscoverer

6 ай бұрын

@@Nubenhoofer The Pants was mutated with mutagens too!

@bellissimo4520

6 ай бұрын

He bewitched them, I guess.

@TheOrignalTRockz

3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

My god, that entire episode with Ciri in the desert! I bet they thought they were doing some cinematographic masterpiece with that one.

@Beer_Dad1975

8 ай бұрын

And they totally fucked up the ending, taking all of Ciri's autonomy away by having ghost Falka show up to tell her what to do. Again, they just don't understand any of the book subtext, or they are deliberately trying to subvert it.

@rujekonyamande469

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 right

@Wade-1

7 ай бұрын

​@@Beer_Dad1975they understand completely and don't care. They have more money and resources to contact consultants than 99% of studios. So why do they do it? Because they hate the lore and text.

@Beery1962

7 ай бұрын

It's like they have no idea what makes a compelling scene, so they take scenes where nothing happens and make an entire episode out of it.

@hannahbaxter8825

6 ай бұрын

It was so boring

Watching margarita of all people wrestle a soldier like it’s a tavern brawl is the funniest and saddest thing I’ve seen in a while

@stc3145

9 ай бұрын

Politically correct Margurita

@Themightyfrogg

9 ай бұрын

It was Geralt crying for me, don't know why Cavill didn't leave right there. Geralt doesn't cry for VESEMIR because he quote "doesn't know how" yeaaah, the whole Witcher trials that every witcher is based on... let's forget that. Netflix is trash/ by trash/ for trash.

@chaotictuc

9 ай бұрын

@Themightyfrogg That’s just a game thing. He cries in the books

@Mere-Lachaiselongue

9 ай бұрын

@@Themightyfrogg The whole trials thing doesn't take away emotions. Geralt says he can't cry after Vesemirs death because it's an emotional scene with Ciri. He wouldn't cry in front of his daughter. And since you brought up the games, Geralt outright says that the statement "Witcher's doesn't have feelings" is an outright lie, before he slays the cannibals east of oxenfurt.

@garydevans4782

9 ай бұрын

Why do you care this much, kid@@UAGoWSuplexer

This kinda makes me remember how they screwed up Game of Thrones in the last two Seasons. Dijkstra, just like Tyrion went from being the smartest man in the realm to being a lobotomite.

@akechijubeimitsuhide

9 ай бұрын

GoT was already screwed up in S5, roughly around the time they killed Barristan who is not only still alive in the books, he BECOMES A POV. And earlier seasons had some random bullshit too, like Olly existing, whatever the fuck that Essosi OC they replaced Robb's wife with was supposed to be, and the Mountain Rescasting Olympics.

@sannyassi73

9 ай бұрын

@@akechijubeimitsuhide Yup, to me you could see the first cracks right when they ran out of Source Material. I'm sworn to never watch the Shows again and have accepted that the Books are finished until Martin dies so someone else can finish it- He is incompetent.

@FatManJackson

9 ай бұрын

@@sannyassi73 he is not incompetent. Just lazy af. When he writes, he writes good.

@asdfssdfghgdfy5940

8 ай бұрын

@@sannyassi73I thought the unfinished content was going to the grave with him?

@T1ttyLedz

8 ай бұрын

The issue with this is... the witcher books are actually fully written, GOT wasn't even finished. game of thrones actually had a genuine reason for fucking the story up..

It really is impressive how every change they've made makes the story worse. Like, you'd think with an entire team of "professional writers" they'd accidentally improve one or two things just with the volume of changes. But no, they have somehow done NOTHING but make the story worse. Seriously impressive.

@DennisHeikki

5 ай бұрын

😂 well said

@JohnDarksoul69

3 ай бұрын

Well you can't expect much when said writers don't even like the source material.

@benjaminkrouskop6046

2 ай бұрын

writing teams can be the worst if you don't have someone to give it direction. Even bad direction is better than none. This seems all over the place.

This is like season 8 of Game of Thrones. I have huge respect for Henry Cavill for leaving.

@IrchaMan

6 ай бұрын

No no, this is on another continent, maybe even solar system. 😂 I almost can't even watch these reviews, but I gotta support Neon Knight. Else his suffering was all in vain 🤮🤮

@darthsampo3022

5 ай бұрын

to Game of Thrones defense they didn't have any more books to cover, but the Witcher did, I guess producing and writing a show when you have the blueprints is just to hard.

@sldarwin5615

4 ай бұрын

@@darthsampo3022yeah I think the witchers fuck ups is way worse than GoT. Although GoT’s downfall was over 4 seasons after 4 incredible seasons, the Witcher is currently 0-3 in my opinion. The Witcher series genuinely could have become Netflix’s biggest franchise with so many potential all spinoffs and a main series for like 7 seasons. But they have fucked it beyond recognition to the point where the title doesn’t even represent half is the show

@tobias064

3 ай бұрын

@@sldarwin5615 Game of Thrones is the biggest fail in multimedia entertaiment history, GoT is the Titanic of series. They had plenty of source material but dumb & dumber decided to ignore it or cut it out, George Martin himself said that. They even refuse when Martin offered help. GoT had already reached a point where they had the biggest TV franchise and then they managed to drop the ball so bad that it was almost completely erased from colective memory, nobody talks about GoT anymore, no more memes, no more GoT fever. The Witcher never had that, TW was mid to fail since begining.

@sldarwin5615

3 ай бұрын

@@tobias064 what I mean is that a good Witcher series could have been Netflix’s GoT (tho not as good) imo. But of course, they hired writers that actively hated the source material

Wizards fist-fighting. An elderly spymaster getting into a knife-fight with a superhuman monster hunter that's built like a brick shithouse. Yeah, this was well-written.

@Evija3000

21 күн бұрын

Remember it's for tiktok brains so they probably wanted an action scene at least every 10 minutes and for that to happen everyone has to be a fighter. Also visual effects for magic are more expensive than fist fighting :D

This is truly the most expensive CW show ever made. The 2010 CGI along with mid 2000s Sci Fi channel lighting and costumes makes it even funnier

@RRRRRRRRR33

9 ай бұрын

Don't forget the wigs. Also garbage "actors" they found on random corners at Hollywood

@mrl2814

8 ай бұрын

@@RRRRRRRRR33 Yeah, the ugly actors got to be as bad as the writing, they actively picked ugly actors, chubby women, race swapping beautiful white characters into the "inclusive" chubby versions of what the woke believes is "healthy". Even Yen was below average, when she is supposed to be stunning, she literally gave up her fertility for it and it is part of her character arc.

@RRRRRRRRR33

8 ай бұрын

@@mrl2814 It's ironic to talk about this, considering how CW is the complete opposite on this regard, they hire people with super model looks, but they also can't act. So really, between ugly or beautiful people, if they can't act, if they are dressed like cosplayers... it's just pointless, waste of potential for nice universes... DC in general, the Witcher universe, etc..Luckily, somehow, someway, One Piece worked in liveaction. Extreme low budget just like these shows, but it worked... so this is not a lost cause it seems (to some extent, Sandman also worked... barely)

@ScienceDiscoverer

6 ай бұрын

@@mrl2814 Yes, there are many absolutely insanely horrible casts like Milva and DWARVEN RACE represented by humans with dwarfism... But all of them pale in comparison with the Yennifer casting. I just can't stand her as a character no matter what. It. Is. Not. Yennifer.

@RRRRRRRRR33

6 ай бұрын

@@KenBro05 At the end of the day, it's impossible to judge if the authors are really involved or not, especially Oda who is still active and he is struggling with his health for years now. Netflix made a fuss about the Witcher author giving his "blessing" for this abomination, so who knows... depending on the quality, we assume they are really involved or not. One Piece and Sandman, the author were involved to some extent (Sandman especially, Gaiman altered things to be more "woke" by his own interpretation, so whatever, he is the author, he can do whatever the hell he wants), now talking about the Witcher, of course the author didn't cared... however, if you play the Witcher games without knowing the background of their production, you will assume the author was involved. Do you see my point? Just because the adaptation is faithful to the source material, that doesn't mean the authors were truly involved or not, but in the end, Oda, Gaiman and Sapkwoski, they all cashed in their pay checks and moved on with their lives, that's the only constant

I will be forever greatful for Netflix. Hadn’t read the books or played the game before watching this trainwreck. I’m now reading the books (and enjoying them) and the games are next on my list 😊

@HisameArtwork

8 ай бұрын

then you're a happy situation because I saw what a wreck was wheel of time, not inspiring me to read the books. also how did you miss the books, games and the original TV show? it's such a world wide phenomenon.

@hl72296

8 ай бұрын

@@HisameArtwork Well, as a 40+ person who bought her first console a couple of years back and haven’t really played even on PC since Sims 2 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Someone-sk8cg

8 ай бұрын

im glad to say im doing the same, although im playing the games and then reading the books so a slightly different order :)

@ameliesrezensionen2631

8 ай бұрын

True, I played Witcher 3 because of it and it was one of the best games, I've played so far :)

@bastiat6865

8 ай бұрын

I never heard of the Witcher before I got hold of the second game. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is Magnificent.

If only they had a well established and popular story-line to recreate in a visual format...

I think I dropped 20 IQ points watching the last 3 episodes. If only Henry Cavill was also a writer on the show. Looking forward to more game or book videos from you Neon! “Winds howling”

@Michael-bn1oi

9 ай бұрын

Writer? Absolutely not. Showrunner? Yes please!

@streetside2833

9 ай бұрын

He should have been running the show

@RPG_Kyle

9 ай бұрын

@@Michael-bn1oi even better!

@jonfreeman9682

9 ай бұрын

Well that's what a good show does. It thinks for you so you don't need IQ points. But overall it's still a good finale with Geralt finally facing off Vilgefortz in an epic battle and Vilgefortz showing his bad assery fighting skills. It's not a bad ending except Cahill turning good is out of character. He played an evil guy even killing his BFF then turns good is weird. Not sure if that's in the books.

@JiMuKai

9 ай бұрын

Cahill? You mean Cahir lol@@jonfreeman9682

The best critique of this season by far. You obviously know what you're talking about in terms of the source material. It's like the writers were like "Well Henry, if you want us to honor the source material so much, we'll butcher it to drive you insane!"

@L.Reeves

5 ай бұрын

Guillotines would stop that thinking real fast

16:58 Watching that fight sequence with Ciri and Cahir is laughable. I can't help but remember the scene in the books after Ciri gets picked up from the desert and she sees these two knights fighting, and their physical strenght scares her as she realises she couldn't possibly parry a blow from one of them. Her fighting scenes in the books focus on her speed, agility and good use of her enviroment. She's a good fighter, but that doesn't mean she's as physicaly strong as her opponents.

@traviss9059

3 ай бұрын

She also doesn't become a full on badass with a sword till Bonhart gets a hold of her. She barely finishes any real training with Geralt and the other Witchers, Bonhart turns her into a savage so he can use her to make money.

@ghostface4167

3 ай бұрын

@@traviss9059 You don't have a clue what you're talking about. all her sword fighting training comes from before the 1st book, when she was trained in KM. She proves she's skilled when she slays a wyvern in Gors Velen in 2nd book, and absolutely destroys Cahir (altough he wasn't fighting her, just trying to catch her, and probably wasn't expecting her to resist). Then, after surviving Korath, and months before Bonhart, she has lots of practice in sword fight when she's part of The Rats (or however it was translated in english, I read the originals). Bonhart "had" her for few weeks at best, and only 3 times when she picked a sword in that time was their 1st meeting (where she held her own against one of the most dangerous people in that books, at least in terms of sword fighting), short "sparing" at Etchevery, and the arena in Geso. Bonhart didn't improve her fighting in any way.

@JarmamStuff

6 күн бұрын

@@ghostface4167 In the Rats storyline, the narrator even comments on how easily Ciri takes to killing and whether the Witchers knew what they were creating when they taught her how to do it efficiently. Bonhart 'improves' Ciri's fighting ability by fucking with her psyche, but the talent and skill was well in place at that point.

I really liked that scene where Gandalf killed Harry while Ciri and Geralt laughed in the distance, a true cinematic mastercraft. Oh and Yennifer did something important, Im sure.

To me, Cahir is one of the most interesting characters from the books and it pains me to know that most fans don't know him because he's not in the games.

@jejo63660

9 ай бұрын

You thought so? I thought his motivation for finding ciri was …that he had a crush on her. I recall that being revealed in the last book. All of his motivation amounted to a crush, iirc

@thelastcrow5660

9 ай бұрын

@@jejo63660 That's one way to put it, but I'm referring to Ciri's perspective here. The way she sees Cahir as this embodiment of all evil and it turns out he's just a young soldier doing his duty.

@justlivin2499

9 ай бұрын

He was my boi and now most people know him as a blood thirsty psychopath

@Barwasser

9 ай бұрын

@@thelastcrow5660 and he wasn't even doing his duty - he even helped her escape Cintra. But in her traumatized child-mind she confused him with all the destruction and death going on around her and painted him as the bad guy.

@thelastcrow5660

9 ай бұрын

@@Barwasser I know. What I meant is that the only thing he's guilty of is being a Nilfgardian soldier, despite her seeing him as the root of all evil early on.

That big battle was so bad it was practically a parody. I actually enjoyed myself watching it because it was hilarious.

@Karpfenkroete

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was the most "enjoyable" epsiode this season - albeit it being ironical. Most other episodes were just so boring. But this one... there was so much nonsense to laugh at.

@thelastcrow5660

8 ай бұрын

It reminds me of MK Annihilation

@smebbo6435

8 ай бұрын

The only thing I liked was how the husband elf filavandrel or what his name is was blown up and racist stregobor.

@Mirakolis

6 ай бұрын

It felt like the best part of the season but only due to the rest of the episodes being boring as hell.

An old man trying to fight a Witcher with a dagger is the most hilarious thing i've seen.

Stregobor racism being the last line of defense for the mage was the highlight of the season, soo funny

@arianewinter4266

3 ай бұрын

ITS so messed up

Agreed, Ciri cutting of Riences fingers on the ice lake using her ice skates in Tower of the Swallow is one the MOST MEMORABLE scenes in the books. Why in the world would they do this???

@ktom

7 ай бұрын

Man, when they teased Ciri skating at the beginning on the season I was low key excited for what they're gonna do eventually. Now, not so much.

@jkxmendr6633

5 ай бұрын

I literally wanna cry everytime i think of this fucking scene, when they cut rience's head, because it mostly means there will bo no tarn mira or maybe poorer version of it. one of the greater moment in books ffs. i believe they will make this poor clone of ciri kill bonhart when they meet each other...

@traviss9059

3 ай бұрын

Rience is easily handled by a more experience mage like Yennefer (or Geralt who's signs are better than Rience's actual magic) but Yennefer isn't in most of the books where Rience is tracking Ciri (who is on her own) and Geralt is being a badass with his gang of all stars, making it very suspenseful. Now the show is relying too much on Leo Bonhart and Skellen being the only suspenseful villains involved with Ciri...But there goes the meeting of Bonhart, Skellen, and Rience...

Stregobor killing elves with the power of racism made me burst out laughing 😂. I guess it was a good decision to drop the season after very weak episode 1 because things apparently only got worse

@ricardomeijer7164

9 ай бұрын

At least its some counter weight to the wokeness dripping down each and every corner of the show i guess😂

@jockeb2651

9 ай бұрын

That really had me laugh so bad. A very nice part in the mess

@NoelleMar

9 ай бұрын

It was funny and was meant to be like it was clearly tongue in cheek. Why are you all so “no fun allowed 😡.” Also why is that… absurd when most wars and battles are won with the power of psychopaths? Unfortunately!

@NoelleMar

9 ай бұрын

@@ricardomeijer7164Wait so you like it because you PREFER racism to “wokeness”, aka being aware of well anything in society? You prefer bigotry and ignorance to… that? Why are you admitting you want to be an angry sheeple?!

@DaPeasant

9 ай бұрын

​@@NoelleMarI don't mind elves being the victims of racism. They don't exist and its a cool back drop for the shows lore.

I need to say 3 more things: 1. The Stregobor moment was so funny, I actually burst out laughing. As a plot device, it wasn't great, but the actor made it up with his performance. His whole-body expression when he yells the "you filthy, disgusting mongrels" line is a moment worthy of several memes. 2. I "love" how Francesca doesn't even think about wiping the blood off her face for one second during the battle. I know, shock and all, but there's no way it'd splatter in a clean way, precisely avoiding the eyes and so on, and even then, it'd drip down on her eyes from her forehead. The very first instinct (NOT EVEN A CONSCIOUS THOUGHT) when sth lands on your face, is to wipe it off. And when the former-mage lady gives her the motivational coaching, she also doesn't think about wiping the blood off Francesca's face, which would be probably the first thing I'd do if I wanted to make sb focus on sth else than the loss of the person the blood and guts belonged to. 3. The Vilgefortz fight was pretty alright, but how he made his stick bigger twice was very funny. If the show didn't suck, that'd make for a great scene mockery, where he just makes it bigger and bigger, going like "it's not even my final form!" and by the end fighting with a 10-15 meter pole.

Myanna was absolutely amazing in my opinion, from the first scene I saw her as Tissaia I thought she stole every scene she appeared in. What a talented actor, and a stunner. ;)

@RickJoystick

7 ай бұрын

Freya too. Just as good as I am, just more successful. Also very hot!

@sldarwin5615

4 ай бұрын

@@RickJoystickI think most of the casting was nailed, and the performance are pretty good as well. But that can only go so far with Netflix show runners. Although, this may seem rude of me but idc, I think the sorceresses casting was awful. I get that it’s rude to deny actresses roles because they aren’t attractive enough, but they have literally shown in the show that sorceresses can alter their appearance and use their appearance to manipulate people. It’s a plot point they have highlighted, and yet it seems they’ve forgotten about it completely. However, this is such a small issue compared to the rest of the show so I really couldn’t give a shit cos I ain’t watching after Henry left

Truly sad, such potential lost for what? They had all of the world and story written for them and yet they still had to go and do their own thing. I dont know if it is the writiers ego or if som1 who is signing the checks that is pulling the strings, But either way its a tragedy to see.

@Bateluer

9 ай бұрын

The crux of the matter is that they never wanted that world, story, and characters. They wanted the built in customer base.

@puta3306

9 ай бұрын

there was never a potential. Turning books into movies/shows only works 1/10 of the time. this whole ass show looks fucking cheap, cringe, and not logical. Sapkowski got the bag, but lost a lot of respect. and fucking translating it to english is the 2nd worst thing

@adoniscreed4031

9 ай бұрын

I was reading the whole comment thoroughly until I saw that you wrote "som1" 😂 I already forgot what the comment was about, thats crazy

@noamias4897

9 ай бұрын

The potential was lost because of ego. That's all. You can't be incompetent enough to write a conversion from a brilliant book series to a show this badly by accident.

@raizan5946

9 ай бұрын

I wonder why they thought it was a good time to strike? "Let's (as a guild) make low quality work for years so people wonder why are we getting hired, paid or even why we exist to make a strike because we are oh so important and essential to society." I love writers, just apparently not those that do screenplay since there are far too few good ones in their ranks.

This whole "fire magic = bad and forbidden" is a trope entirely made up by Netflix. Only forbidden magic was necromancy. As for the fire, it had nothing to do with acttual fire final effects, but with the drawing from fire energy. The elemental veins were described meticulopusly in Blood of Elves during Yennefer teachings. They were meant to teach Ciri, but also accoplished exposition for the audience, about magic system in this world. In fact, Triss Merigold in the books were known as very talented magician with fire final effect magic and she surely showed this in the Battle of Sodden . But no. In this shit nobody can be talented who is not Yennefer, nobody could be right who is not Yennefer and Yennefer takes away whole Triss agency (and couple of other characters as well). But instead of completely scrapping those characetrs they still put them in the show. And - surprise - they got nothing to do.

@panzerschwan7902

8 ай бұрын

dont Geralt use fire spells in the games aswell?

@rajahava

8 ай бұрын

@@panzerschwan7902 Sign Igni is described in the books as well. Games are not cannon. They changed a lot of the source material (they destroyed Dandelion as did Netflix) and the story is entirely fanfic (while world has been slavicised)

@thatoneguywhosaysbyethenwa1720

7 ай бұрын

Goetia is the second banned magic

@rajahava

7 ай бұрын

@@thatoneguywhosaysbyethenwa1720 Is it though? What do you think Yennefer does in Last Wish exactly?

7 ай бұрын

​@@rajahava "(while world has been slavicised)" - maybe compared to the English translations of the books? Not sure. The originals pull VERY heavily from Slavic mythology. EDIT: and not just mythology. Half the Continent's names (of people and places) can be traced to some Slavic roots.

Thank you for making this video, you have saved my family so much time and pain watching this literal crime of a show. How. How could they do this? This could have been a love letter and instead I feel like I've had my dog stolen and had to watch someone try to surgically turn it into a cat.

@monkyznblondz

7 ай бұрын

This gave me a chuckle, so here's a like 😄

It would have been hillarious if the elves just went around him and went after ciri. Him just standing there like hey come back!😂😂

@th11ccbo15

5 ай бұрын

idk dollar store john snow shot is hillarious by itself

@sldarwin5615

4 ай бұрын

@@th11ccbo15that’s literally all I could think of lmao. Cahir even takes the exact same stance as Jon

I love the Stregobor moment during the big mage fight scene because you can see it as a call back to the lesser of two evils short story, except instead of choosing the lesser of two evils, he chooses the greater of two racisms

@s.elizabeth1753

9 ай бұрын

I don't get why he waited till the last minute to come out.. seemed dumb

@Rudi_Mentary723

8 ай бұрын

​@@s.elizabeth1753 he wanted the hero's entry

Part of me thinks that due to the shows failures, Liam Hemsworth might not even get the chance to play as Geralt in season 4 and beyond. The show is burning it's own foundations at a rapid and exponential pace

@jonfreeman9682

9 ай бұрын

Netflix has already signed off for at least 6 seasons to tell the first part of the books. After that they'll see. But give it a chance. Liam could be good although I've never seen him in anything good before. But it now gets interesting because it's girl boss mode with Yennifer leading the mages and Ciri becoming all powerful. I think the best way to bring Liam in is Geralt dies than Ciri uses her true power for the first time to extract Geralt from an alternate universe to help her.

@Ultragalactic_Space_Anarchy

9 ай бұрын

@@jonfreeman9682 I'm not worried about Liam, I'm worried about how poor of an adaptation the series has been. It's rather infamous. That's likely to continue and it kinda hurts to see a series you love be annihilated by the writers and showrunners ego's

@sibsek

9 ай бұрын

@@jonfreeman9682 ???

@sammyhonerd677

9 ай бұрын

@@jonfreeman9682 100% you're Lauren Hissrich or something. Actually delusional. Netflix is cancelling the show. It doesn't matter if they signed off for 6 seasons or not. They already halted production outright and won't allow filming. (Despite the scripts being done) They were literally about to start filming, then cancelled it lmaoo. The show is done. Netflix isn't going to shill out the budget for a season 4 when it's lost so much money on season 3. There's a ratings and viewership clause in the contract with the showrunners. If it is not met Netflix can terminate at any point they see fit. This might come as a surprise to you, but a 60% drop off in viewership is the definition of that.

@sammyhonerd677

9 ай бұрын

@@jonfreeman9682 And before you go there, filming being put to a halt has nothing to do with the writers strike. Again, this might be shocking to you. They stated the scripts were already finished and filming would begin as soon as season 3 airs, or shortly before. That is literally what the showrunners are on record saying. Mind you at the time of this interview, the writers strike was already in place. So none of the writers who are working on the Witcher are involved in the strike. Obviously. Critical thinking is a hard thing to just learn, I get it. I wouldn't expect somebody who uses "Girl boss mode" in a sentence to have an abundance of common sense.

I never saw this season and I'm glad I didn't. Djisktra is legit one of my favourite characters in witcher 3, thought he was an excellently realised "grey" character plus spymaster/mob boss, but the very last thing he would try and do is be so stupid as to try and kill Geralt in straight up single combat lol. I can imagine Cavill knowing this and being very sad, and reluctant to shoot, but giving it his best knowing full well how trash this was.

@EleiyaUmei

7 ай бұрын

Dijkstra is also my favorite character in W3 buuut that part: "the very last thing he would try and do is be so stupid as to try and kill Geralt in straight up single combat" is kind of what happens in the game during "Reason of State" and fans criticize that A LOT.

@TheAcad3mic

7 ай бұрын

@EleiyaUmei that's one of the ways it can go down if you choose that path. I happened not to so he never did that for me and its not something I've seen personally. I get the feeling that he must be pretty desperate during that time to be that dumb. it's been a long time since I've played though tbh. might have to revisit if my back log ever gets under control lol

@theforeskinsnatcher373

6 ай бұрын

dijkstra is also one of my favorite characters in the books.

@JarmamStuff

6 күн бұрын

@@EleiyaUmei That is indeed one of the dumbest things that happens in the game and it was dragged hard for it. Everything else he has done up to that point makes perfect sense, and then he pisses it away for no reason in the dumbest ploy possible.

@EleiyaUmei

6 күн бұрын

@@JarmamStuff And the whole Macbeth monologue was so moustache-twirling villain and out-of-character imo.

I want to thank the producer of the Witcher I always had sleep problems before but after watching the final season I always put it on before bed time it gets me to sleep after 5 mins of watch time, greatly appreciated it cured my insomnia please don't take it off Netflix I would no longer have my medication.

@mjg1708

8 ай бұрын

Great comment

@Final-Destinations

8 ай бұрын

@@mjg1708 💓

@who7645

4 ай бұрын

But your giving views 😢 they’ll think it’s popular!

I can't wait for Netflix to turn Ciri and Mistle into a "true love romance for the ages." We all know they'll do it...

@sortedevaras

9 ай бұрын

The easiest way to get your imdb ratings is to bait certain groups. Sure it was not really consensual in the books, but that doesn't fit the narrative plus women can't be depicted as predators dude.

@rasmusliedberg3489

9 ай бұрын

Oh my god, I didn’t even think of that. They’re definitely going to do that and it will be awful and insensitive. A heart wrenching story about sexual assault and Stockholm syndrome will be turned into a LGBTQ+ positive thing.

@itskyansaro

9 ай бұрын

Well they can't have gay sexual abuse and Psychological manipulation, can they?

@piotrd.4850

9 ай бұрын

Isn't Freya Alan too mature for unhollywierd / Netflix freaks for it?

@mrtvyanjel

9 ай бұрын

Turn r@pe into a love story, sounds like something those “creators” would love to do

I hate that my introduction to The Witcher universe was through the show. I knew of the witcher games but they never interested me at the time. I saw Netflix's The Witcher and was like, "i love a good series and Henry Cavill is a great actor". Watched season 1 and thought it was good even with flaws. I like to think of season one is Jaskier retelling Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer's stories but making shit up to for "dramatic effect" seems like something that he would do. That's when I read the books and played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and was amazed by the world. I was excited for season 2 and we all know how that went. I couldn't even finish the season. First time in my life that it happened. Theirs only a few things I actually liked from the show. • Henry Cavill giving a MILLION PERCENT as Geralt of Rivia • Joey Batey as Jaskier/Dandelion. I always liked him (not counting the stupid romance with FUCKING Radovid) • Geralt vs The Striga • The two song, "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher" and "Burn Butcher Burn". Those songs are still great. • The Butcher of Blaviken one shot fight scene. I wish the cast and crew the best because they are doing their jobs. I hope that the writers never get to work on another famous property again. Thank you for making this review. Sorry you had to suffer through this season for the review.

@MarcelloRodAC

9 ай бұрын

Though I do like Joey Batey's acting, I dislike what they did to Dandelion's character. I felt like he was being used for the comic relief trope (on top of this weird romance shit) throughout the whole series and to present some instagram/tik tok songs

@darkvortex2410

9 ай бұрын

@@MarcelloRodAC I do agree with you. I was alright with him being more of the comic relief. It would have been good for him to have his more serious moments to show that is more than comedy.

@MarcelloRodAC

9 ай бұрын

@@darkvortex2410 Yes, exactly. I guess I'm just allergic to the average comic relief, because it's always the same type of character. But concerning Dandelion there's such an importance to his serious side which is mostly missing and that just makes me sad

@garrettcooper58

9 ай бұрын

Ok, this is the first time I’ve really listened to anything plot wise about the Netflix series, so can someone please explain wtf the romance plot between radovid and dandelion is and why the writer’s thought that was a good idea

@saltytoast6669

9 ай бұрын

This is exactly how it was for me too. I never understood the hate for the show until I read the books. Theres still things I like about s1 though such as the different timelines u slowly piece together and I'll never not love the soundtrack. The music was actually amazing for s1, but for s2... Eww

I wonder if the publishers of the books or the developers of the games are able/willing to go after Netflix for "damages to the intellectual property"

I had so many issues with this and you nailed all of them thankyou for making this video

I won’t be surprised if characters like Zoltan and Regis just don’t appear in season 4. I’m actually surprised they even showed Milva

@soham6649

9 ай бұрын

Oh my god, I cannot imagine how they are going to destroy Regis' character. At this point the writers must be thinking, Vampire = Twilight. I want to see Regis in the show just to see how bad his portrayal will be

@joehanz9217

9 ай бұрын

​@@soham6649black Vampire 😂

@ThePersia450

9 ай бұрын

​@@soham6649fr🤣🤣

@rasmusliedberg3489

9 ай бұрын

@@joehanz9217a black sparkling gay vampire could almost be so awful its hilarious.

@OhHesCracked

9 ай бұрын

Let’s just hope with all the negative backlash and the pitiful viewers mixed with the writers strike they just pull the plug on the show it’s very possible even after they green lit season 4

We have to know why Morgan & Morgan sponsors videos. It’s more interesting than the Witcher TV series itself.

@silentlore2458

9 ай бұрын

Because its cheaper and more effective than a proper ad campaign

@SimuLord

9 ай бұрын

Because they see the writing on the wall for the death of traditional television as a commercial medium. The ratio of dollars in to revenue generated from advertising is just better on the algorithmically-driven, hyper-targeted Internet (at least for the big companies like Alphabet/Meta/Amazon/Apple) than it is on the general-interest cable TV networks.

Thank you for explaining me perfectly, what I hated so much about Thaned Coup. It didn't make any sense even though I read the books twice.

I haven’t read the books. Everyone kept complaining that the show isn’t following the source material. But nobody every tells us in what ways. Until now. Thank you…I really appreciate learnt how this is happening. The source material certainly sounds far better than what we got.

@JarmamStuff

6 күн бұрын

If you legit think this is the first time anyone has talked about why the books are superior, I refuse to believe you've read any complaints at all. It's been ongoing since s1

You’ve done us all a great service by watching this for us, thank you

Was hoping you would mention in the scene where Geralt kills Rience he literally teleports. If you look at all the shots leading up to his death Geralt is nowhere to be found, then half a second later he is directly behind Rience lmao

@captaincairoPT

9 ай бұрын

Gerald was all across the map throughout the series, with zero regard for geographical distance. When Ciri ran away, Gerald just showed up out of nowhere, and saved her from the wild hunt

@SchwaWasHere

9 ай бұрын

"nothing personal mage"

@me___5796

9 ай бұрын

@@captaincairoPT with aard

Thank you for this vid. This is about as much of this show that I want to know let alone watch.

The "people showing up out of nowhere when they need to" thing makes sense if everyone has waypoints like in the video games, so that's what i choose to believe

To see what became of Milva breaks my heart. She's my favorite female character from the books.

@rasmusliedberg3489

9 ай бұрын

The books have tons of good well written strong female characters. Quite rare for a fantasy series written in the 90s. The show wouldn’t have needed to emphasize that if they stuck to to the books

@itskyansaro

9 ай бұрын

@@rasmusliedberg3489 yeah, The Witcher would be one of the easiest Books to make a series out of for ''modern audiences'' Because it already comes with all the strong female characters, racial themes, gay relationships and doesn't need to be hacked and butchered. But it has become known, that the showrunner and the writers only have a surface-level knowledge of the books, probably didn't rea them but had them summarized, and they actively hated the story, so no wonder there, they crashed and burned.

@shawnhenderson2091

9 ай бұрын

What specifically was your problem with the show Milva? Break it down for us.

@sanbilge

9 ай бұрын

@@shawnhenderson2091 The way I remember her (it's been a while), she was still a spicy character with brutal honesty who quickly gained Geralt's respect and trust because of it. In the series she came out to me as a bored convenience store clerk, like that "AND THEEEN?" voice in Dude, Where Is My Car (if you know you know). She is supposed to be a caring person and that's where her brutal honesty comes from, as a virtue and not as meaningless sass. Her character has a lot of subtleties. This could be promised to the viewers a bit more by better presentation. Hopefully that still comes later in season 4.

@Karpfenkroete

9 ай бұрын

I know that feeling. Cahir is my favourite character from the books. Try explaining that to anyone who has only seen this mess of a show...

I was crying laughing watching part 2 of season 3 with my mom, especially the 6 episode. Fringila Was just all of a sudden there like even the elves thought wtf how come...

@jonfreeman9682

9 ай бұрын

She has a way of popping up everywhere.

@riasteria2399

9 ай бұрын

@@jonfreeman9682 and the writes will call it character development 🙌

@CommanderLost

9 ай бұрын

​@@riasteria2399well ask him. Jon free man Is one of the writers to the show. Not sure which one. Could be Lauren. But it's absolutely 100% one of the writers. He or she is on every post commenting and defending the show. No one unless they had a personal connection would go that far

@CommanderLost

9 ай бұрын

​@@riasteria2399he's also on IMDb doing the same thing

@s.elizabeth1753

9 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing. I also laughed when I saw the mage that looks like Lizzo

Thank you for making this video, saved me from suffering if i watch the entire series(just watched until ep 4 season 3) and don't continue to watch it any longer, forget season 4

"The ancient witcher potions were locked away for safety for no man nor witcher shall endure the fate of looking like liam hemsworth"

Rience’s death is amazing…..in the books

It's astonishing how the showrunners and creators ruined the show with absolute ego and hubris, they took Cavill who was the best part of the show and alienated him, shredded book materials, plastered diversity all over the show, and now have the gall to blame fans as if this is on anyone but them

@eamonnholland5343

9 ай бұрын

The meme "they cry out in pain as they strike you" holds true.

@owlteria5338

9 ай бұрын

They also blamed Cavill after he left. Lauren Hissrich said he was nitpicking and annoying, talking badly behind his back like the absolute trash person she is. She is a narcissist who needs to get fired by Netflix.

@jonfreeman9682

9 ай бұрын

Well showrunner Lauren was just trying to update it for a modern audience to expand the fanbase with a little girl boss that's all. Overall the story is still true to the source material and follows the book's plot. Believe it or not there's a book dedicated to Ciri lost in the desert which is supposed to be like Jesus going thru some kinda trial to become all powerful.

@pola2808

9 ай бұрын

@@jonfreeman9682 while the book does have Ciri in the desert, the netflix show is not at all true to the source material. please reread these books before commenting

@212mochaman

9 ай бұрын

​@@vergils_plastic_chair witcher fans whose last experience with the lore was released 7 yrs ago. Clearly no one that isnt a boomer has attention span that long. Apparently

"when they called me to play geralt i missed the first call, i was playing world of Warcraft and my priorities were straight " a man after my own heart

I actually really liked the first season. It followed the book of short stories fairly well while also kinda keeping it different to make things interesting. That’s how I enjoy movies based on books; as long as they keep to the original story as best they can, I’m happy. But then season 2 came along and Wtfff

@Chadius_Thundercock

7 ай бұрын

@@urgrandad4987 season 1 was not that good it’s just that compared to season 2 and 3 it’s a masterpiece

I'm honestly impressed how they keep making it worse

@12345.......

9 ай бұрын

It is truly impressive

@retematic2351

9 ай бұрын

It gives me the impression I'm correct in my opinion everyone with an IQ less than 120 needs to have their life drained from the genepool

The idea you called the dumbest possible option to introduce Liam as the Witcher sounds perfectly in-line with previous decisions made by the writers. I'm not even kidding, I genuinely believe they would do something similar. Great video as always though Neon!

I love your channel. I swear it’s one of the only channels I’ll watch every advertisement for. 🎉😂❤

Thank you for doing this, i dont plan to finish this season so this is a great way to ensure i wasnt missing anything

Stregebor is hilarious because he's so happy to kill elves by tapping into dangerous fire magic and... he maybe gets one elf? It's just so meaningless. Rience dying is just so bizarre. If Geralt had killed him earlier in the season, then the only thing that would have changed is that the "friends" of Geralt that he killed would have just lived. Cahir suddenly being remorseful was absolutely hilarious. And him somehow being relevant against the charging Scoia'tael had me laughing at the screen. Fringilla and Frencesca? Fair. Yennefer and "The Lodge" was so boring. And them talking about how they destroyed their home when it was really just one room and some furniture got knocked over. This show does did its best to make so many characters so uninteresting.

Can’t wait for them to reveal Geralt is a Time Lord and regenerates into Liam Hemsworth. Hell, maybe Cavil isn’t even the first one! Lots of fantastic ideas for these writers to play with!

@bartekkaczmarek2865

9 ай бұрын

lets create a poll to gather the stupidest ideas for a solution to the cast change and then laugh when one of them is used in the show

@CommanderLost

9 ай бұрын

Ciri Is going to use her true powers to pull him from another dimension after he dies. Jon free man Is defending on the show on every post here and on IMDb. Nobody would go that far unless they had a personal connection. They're one of the writers

@whyonthefall5373

9 ай бұрын

Might as well make him an Eternal Champion if they follow through with their 'multiverse' plan

@ThegreatMizuti777

9 ай бұрын

If I'm being completely and totally honest... I would actually prefer that over the way the show has been going so far. Like, if you're fully committed to going off the rails, at least go off wildly and in a crazy fun direction, I would absolutely take that over this exercise in misery.

This is the video I was looking for after forcing me through those last three episodes today.

Thanks for this recap. I didn't watch a single minute of season 3. Bullet dodged successfully.

I was so upset with this series, I love the games and books, so it's disappointing that they disregarded them pretty much completely

This review has more effort and thought put into it than the show.

You are a brave man for choosing to continue watching, mad respect and good luck.

How many tears of blood did you shed for us ? Thanks for the work 💪

I feel that Yennefer is being portrayed as more interested in sorceresses and the lodge than Ciri and where she is and what happened to her after entering the tower. In the books after escaping the lodge Yennefer set out to instigate and find Ciri as her primary motive and those who know, know where that lead her, but Netflix will probably just give her both motivations or something over the top. Ciri's motivations developed, at one point feeling betrayed and abandoned because so much time had passed and neither Geralt or Yennefer had found her yet. Then Ciri started getting visions of both Yennefer and Geralt in trouble and felt that she had to save them and set off to do so, but there's not set up for it and if any of it even happens it will no doubt be a just because moment.

@ColinWilliamsRGB

9 ай бұрын

Well, this show literally gave Yen, Geralt, and Ciri beach-side good-bye scene-ridiculous and antithetical. They don't even comprehend the dynamics of the core trio.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who caught Streg using his racism to fuel his fire magic like wtf

@MrAnderson5157

8 ай бұрын

"Evil racist white guy" is a necessity in 2023.

@unfetteredpatriot1000

8 ай бұрын

I BEEN WAITIN A LOOOONG TIME FOR THIS!

You said every thing that was on my mined thank you

i saw the interview of trio of anya, freya and joey, they were so sad they were already unhappy in season 2 but in season 3 it was depressingly sad.

How the hell is Ciri raising that huge stone? That thing would weigh more than Freya Allan in real life, but she is throwing it around like its styrofoam (which it probably is). If the writers didnt want to read the Witcher books, the least they could have done is read a physics textbook.

@lonewolf5238

9 ай бұрын

What, those idiots? Read books? 😅

Fringilla really hit Cahir with that “be your own you”

@gwynbleidd1342

9 ай бұрын

Which is funny because Fringilla and Cahir only interact in the books once Geralt and his hanse are in Toussaint, and they only throw verbal jabs at eachother.

@BLP04

9 ай бұрын

@@gwynbleidd1342 that too, but then again, everything about Fringilla in the show is funny compared to the books

@lishengshun2873

9 ай бұрын

​@@BLP04I still can't get over the fact that she looks like Tom the cat from the 1940 era Tom and Jerry.

@gwynbleidd1342

9 ай бұрын

@@lishengshun2873 woah. Take it easy, bigot. Our complaints aren't over race like some conservative chuds. It's over disrespecting the plot and character development. Gtfo with that vapid racism.

@RRRRRRRRR33

9 ай бұрын

@@lishengshun2873 You made me search for her on google... and oh boy, from a "beautiful" sorcerer described by the author, they hired a not so beautiful actress to play this role

I watched the first 15min of this season and went back to scroll TikTok. Thank you for this!

Thank you!! I also thought it was super weird that they made Stregobor's racism into his saviour moment??

They really massacred my boi Cahir and my girl Milva

I wonder. Will we ever get an opportunity to see the Witcher books respectfully adapted for a TV show in the future? It really upsets me deeply so much potential is criminally wasted.

@The_Libationist

9 ай бұрын

Not for a long time if ever. Think back to the terrible TV and Film adaptations of the past like Percy Jackson, Golden Compass, and Eragon never got another go. Those that did like Dune took almost 40 years before the memory of the original failure was distant enough for a new adaptation to get a green light.

@dickjohnson8578

9 ай бұрын

Netflix owns the IP so that’s a bit fat fucking no. If only HBO had bought it.

@user-gm4kv2my4u

9 ай бұрын

​@@The_LibationistThe Golden Compass did get a new show - notably better than the movie. Eragon isnt a great book anyway. Its basically Starwars in a fantasy setting.

@majeedmamah7457

9 ай бұрын

​@@The_LibationistPercy Jackson is getting an adaptation.

@nickllama5296

9 ай бұрын

Doubtful. CDPR owns pretty much all the rights, and Netflix would own the rights for a TV show, so I don't think there's any chance, really. Unless someone comes up to both parties with entire bags full of money.

Thank you for reviewing this, because I literally rather watch your reviews of Netflix now than watch the show itself lol. Also, omg, I can't wait for your KCD videos! :D

Thank you for your sacrifice

While the last few episodes suck, I really enjoyed MyAnna Buring as Tissaia. There's only so much she can do with the script and writing but she carried quite a lot of her scenes and has a nice gravitas as her too.

@jonfreeman9682

9 ай бұрын

Yes she was a good master sorceress training and leading the mages. I guess they needed a GOT moment to give her an epic death.

@brianwt1

9 ай бұрын

Yeah the actress for her was really good but like Henry like you said only so much they can do with a crappy script.

@leonrussell9607

9 ай бұрын

She also played duchess Anna Henrietta in witcher 3

@CommanderLost

9 ай бұрын

​@@jonfreeman9682Jon free man for the 20th time. This Person is a writer for the show.

@MrSilaneo

9 ай бұрын

@@CommanderLost She must have been happy "dying" in that season, not going to next

I'm gonna leave a like and a comment just out of respect for the pain you put yourself through for us.

I think in the end, your theory for how they'll handle the Geralt casting switch will look like pure genius XD

Henry knew why he was leaving

"I just can't wait to talk about things I enjoy again" lol your pain is palpable. I like to imagine Henry Cavill watching these videos because I think there's a decent chance he might

@iAsked900

9 ай бұрын

Plot twist: you ARE Henry Cavill

@PwnySlaystation01

9 ай бұрын

@@iAsked900 shhhh!

My biggest pet peeve of the desert episode was this: THERE SHOULDN'T BE AN ECHO! WITH SO MUCH SAND THE YELLS WOULD SOUND INCREDIBLY DEAD, WHICH WOULD FEEL EVEN MORE ISOLATING!

7 ай бұрын

Come on, now, let's not set impossible standards here! That would require the creators of the show to maybe visit a location. Or ask someone who ever was in a desert how does it sound. Or googling "sound in the desert".

Only from playing w3 i recall the reason for the capture of the mages was portrayed to happen because of radovids upbringing and his fear of betrayal and mages acumulating into those events. If i remember correctly its out of a book with a few pages from within Witcher 3.

Appreciated for taking the bullet, not going to touch this with a ten foot pole.

I saw enough in Season 2 to know that I absolutely had no desire to watch anymore of this show, and it sounds like I was right. Thanks for watching it for me and confirming. Your videos are better written and edited than that miserable excuse for a television show could ever hope to emulate.

Damn it, watching this 4 months late after watching your first part, waiting for it, but forgetting about this and what S3 was like, lol.

Regarding Stregobor, you see him explode himself and a bunch of elves a few scenes after his fire-threat scene. I don't remember why the elf queen survived though, probably a magic barrier or a big log.

@god6ix849

5 ай бұрын

Teleport I’m guessing

Dijkstra is a character which I feel both the game and TV series did wrong and failed to capture him as a mastermind and a great spymaster.

@brayanhernandez1548

9 ай бұрын

At least until the Reasons of State quest in the game.

@bartekkaczmarek2865

9 ай бұрын

nah games do it fairly well, not the best job but i think its alright (not counting ROS tho lmao). honestly to me djikstra is the worst casting in the entire show with fringilla, keira and rita being close behind, because in their cases you COULD argue, that "the skin colour is not specified blah blah blah" but djikstra is literally written as a genius looking like a dumb gorilla. and when i saw him in the show i thought he was visimir lol

@Asad-yk6ke

9 ай бұрын

Djikstra was written amazingly well in the Witcher 3. His personality and intelligence was intact up until reasons of state. That questline ruined everything about Djikstra.

@jgamer2228

9 ай бұрын

As a player of the first and third game, I can say I never picked up on him being a super-intelligent spymaster or anything like that. He was just a crime boss as far as I knew

@HB-zt1ed

9 ай бұрын

in the games he is a mastermind...

Somehow they continue to go lower than my lowest expectations.

"Masterclass in missed potential"... You just described "Dragon Dogma2" as well. So much fits into that description lately it's almost painful.

Listening to this review making me so happy I tapped out a the end of season 2

Ciri's make-up tho is hilarious, it really broke my immersion multiple times

I find it interesting that you sound so sure there will actually be more of this show, maybe even a lot. I'd give it like a 50/50 if we even get one more season

@teranmm

9 ай бұрын

Thought they already lined up a hemsworth for the next season

@skush9146

9 ай бұрын

they did, but they didn't even start filming yet @@teranmm

@teranmm

9 ай бұрын

@@skush9146 oh hopefully they just end it

You cannot convince me the desert episode was 40 minutes. I can swear that shit went on for at least 3 hours.

I just happen to have finished all the books yesterday. I could spoil every detail in the books without it spoiling anything in the show.

Since the writers decided to basically do whatever they wanted, I really thought they were going to utilize Geralt's death in the books to explain the transition from Cavill to Hemsworth, just done differently, where Ciri would have witnessed Geralt's death and cause her to have a freak episode like she did in the first season (with her scream and all that) and not only causes her to teleport to the desert but causes Geralt to teleport to a different dimension where everything about him as changed except his personality and goals, potentially reviving him and curing his wounds as he shifts dimensions, and if Yennefer were there for it, maybe she could have teleported somewhere else and they could finally give her the big gorgeous hair she deserves, so in a way, not only did Geralt change but so did Yennefer, but just less drastic.

@czechowa

9 ай бұрын

The book has an idea of multiverse and there are other versions of Geralt, Ciri and Yen, etc, so if they really wanted they could play around with that really...

@filipkyselica8041

9 ай бұрын

@@czechowa The books' idea of a multiverse isn't the same as a modern "Marvel-style" multiverse. The Witcher takes place in one universe with a multitude of different worlds plus some time travel shenanigans. There are no different versions of Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer, etc. However, I seriosuly doubt Netflix understands this, so it's not out of the question that they would try to explain Geralt's change of appearance this way.

@horriblyhonestchinchilla

9 ай бұрын

@@filipkyselica8041 I wouldn't want them to swap out Geralt for "Geralt" if that makes sense - definitely would prefer it if they just explained that while plane shifting he got seriously morphed lol

@nemofish3504

9 ай бұрын

@filipkyselica8041: THIS!!!! There aren’t different versions of Geralt out there, so idk what the hell they’re taking about saying Liam’s geralt is gonna be a different Geralt. The books never went into multi-verses, only the idea of different worlds. Idk I just hate it all together lol

@horriblyhonestchinchilla

9 ай бұрын

@@nemofish3504 they should probably just stick to not explaining it at all, we all know that Cavill left, so it's not like we need an explanation on why Geralt looks different, they can just treat it as he IS Geralt and that's it, Ciri and Yennefer don't have to be like "Oh wow Geralt, what a different face you have now." it doesn't even really need to be addressed.