The Witcher

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 20, 2019
Season #: 4, 3.5, 3, 2, 1
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  1. RichSpider
    Dec 22, 2021
    0
    This is the key for me. If you are going to adapt award-winning source material that's beloved by many fans, whatever changes you make better have either A) a great reason behind it or B) improve the story.

    So far I've watched The Expanse incredibly faithfully adapt the novels to TV as best as they can and why is that show so beloved? The quality of the story is extremely high. For the    This is the key for me. If you are going to adapt award-winning source material that's beloved by many fans, whatever changes you make better have either A) a great reason behind it or B) improve the story.

    So far I've watched The Expanse incredibly faithfully adapt the novels to TV as best as they can and why is that show so beloved? The quality of the story is extremely high. For the non-book readers that in of itself is great. But for the book readers, they know the quality is so damn high because the quality of the novels is so damn high and so the showrunner and writers room (including the book's authors) faithfully adapted it to preserve that high-quality storytelling. I have also watched Game of Thrones in earlier seasons where they were largely faithful adaptations of award-winning novels and how beloved were they? Intensely. Even Dune recently was made highly faithfully and the book readers have loved it.

    I haven't finished this season yet (almost there) but I'm scared seeing how many are saying the last two episodes are the worst of all. But so far, as someone who has read the books twice, loved them but isn't above adaptations taking a different spin (if it improves the story) I am really disappointed. Not by the visuals, the acting, or anything like that. It is entirely due to the showrunner and writer's decision to make changes needlessly that make the story WORSE, not better. Why do they feel the need to add their twists and their own touch? Likely fear or ego. They don't feel creatively excited about translating a story from one medium to another they want to make it "their own." The hubris of that when the source material is award-winning and they're just TV writers is incredible.

    It sucks because I could overlook some shakey acting here and there or a bad costume or average CGI, but when the story is what I have a problem with and it's a story that requires certain things in order to result in other things down the line, it makes watching the show so tough. I end up just feeling bad for Henry who considering what he's said in multiple interviews, just wishes the show was a faithful adaptation from the novels to the screen like The Expanse has been.    … Expand
  2. Turbodowg
    Jan 2, 2020
    5
    The Witcher is okay... it never gets close to brilliance, but it isn't terrible either. It's somewhere in between passable and average.
    It lacks the magic that made both the books and the game so brilliant, but it does have some strong points; mainly Henry Cavill. He play's Geralt to almost perfection and looks exactly like the character in the game. The series would have worked much    The Witcher is okay... it never gets close to brilliance, but it isn't terrible either. It's somewhere in between passable and average.
    It lacks the magic that made both the books and the game so brilliant, but it does have some strong points; mainly Henry Cavill. He play's Geralt to almost perfection and looks exactly like the character in the game. The series would have worked much better if the focus was on Geralt, taking on a new Witcher contracts and fighting a different monster of the week each episode.
    Instead the series attempts to introduce the viewer to a ridiculously large cast of characters over a long period of time within the eight episodes, which ultimately leaves each character feeling flat. The story feels messy and without any on screen dates, or a map it is very hard to follow when and where the story is taking place.

    The other major issue is that they made some strange choices with the casting of characters, forced diversity is squeezed into every shot to fill Netflix's bizarre and over the top diversity quotas. It just looks out of place having POC I a show based on Polish folklore. The show also focuses way to much on the female characters and side-lines Geralt.
    Triss was completely miss-cast and badly written and many of the other characters you will not care about.
    Visually The Witcher looks good, but lacks any grand vistas or scenes that made the game so spectacular. The CGI monsters are ropey and would have looked a lot better if they had been physically created.
    Apart from all the poor stuff mentioned above, I did really enjoy a number of the episodes, Betrayer Moon been amongst my favourites as it feels the most suited to a Witcher TV show.

    As a fan of the games and books I’m pleased they made the show, and hopefully if it gets a season 2 it will be improved. I’d certainly recommend it to fans to watch (for curiosity) but I can’t see any non-Witcher fans getting much enjoinment from it.    … Expand
  3. nbassano82
    Dec 24, 2019
    6
    The pacing and editing of the show are pretty bad. The multiple timelines are unforgivably confusing. Having read the books and played the games I knew what was going on but struggled to figure out why it was put together as such. A lot of it seemed really illogical. Overall the cast is fabulous and without them the show would not be watchable. I’m hoping as with the novels that after theThe pacing and editing of the show are pretty bad. The multiple timelines are unforgivably confusing. Having read the books and played the games I knew what was going on but struggled to figure out why it was put together as such. A lot of it seemed really illogical. Overall the cast is fabulous and without them the show would not be watchable. I’m hoping as with the novels that after the (fist two) things pick up and follow a more traditional narrative that makes for a much more compelling story. I’m hopeful.… Expand
  4. Kheliko
    Dec 23, 2019
    4
    Henry and Anya are great and the action is solid. That said the terrible time skips ruin any type of build up. Very little world building or lore is given. I guess they assume you should know? Ciri's story should of been put thru out the final 3 episodes instead of the entire season. 2 episodes could of easily been combined since they are almost exactly the same footage with Geralt beingHenry and Anya are great and the action is solid. That said the terrible time skips ruin any type of build up. Very little world building or lore is given. I guess they assume you should know? Ciri's story should of been put thru out the final 3 episodes instead of the entire season. 2 episodes could of easily been combined since they are almost exactly the same footage with Geralt being in one of them to show he was there. Just poor decisions when editing this togather. I do hope it manages a season 2 to give it the respect it needs.… Expand
  5. Neeedles
    Dec 23, 2019
    6
    Fight scenes are great. Henry is great as Geralt. Freya is a good Ciri, but im still not convinced Anya was the best choice for Yen, even tho her acting skills are amazing for sure. The music is absolutely great.
    The cinematography needs to improve in season 2 as well as a lot of the CGI.
    The camera work as well, and the effect where only the middle part of the screen is sharp while the    Fight scenes are great. Henry is great as Geralt. Freya is a good Ciri, but im still not convinced Anya was the best choice for Yen, even tho her acting skills are amazing for sure. The music is absolutely great.
    The cinematography needs to improve in season 2 as well as a lot of the CGI.
    The camera work as well, and the effect where only the middle part of the screen is sharp while the top and bottom are kinda blurred which is in every episode needs to go, its horrible. There are times at which the camera angle and sometimes bad CGI make the show seem amateurish.
    I cannot speak much about the writing as i've read the books and writing these stories the way they are in the show seems kinda easy and maybe even lazy.
    If you read the books you'll be dissapointed at how much this is stripped down and rushed to make room for Yen's origin story which is boring and irrelevant. Unnecessary changes to the story throughout. No room to breathe or soak in the witcher atmosphere. Too much focus on Yennefer cause she's a strong WOMAN character and don't get me wrong, her character deserves the attention just not this early in the story and not at the mercy of the short stories. Also making her the ultimate hero goes against the essence of the books where noone is really a hero.

    The show is quite decent but needs to improve in season 2 and follow the books more because even now in season 1 some things just dont make sense the way they are.(SPOILER) Like Ciri hugging Geralt who she'S never met before etc.

    Hope next season get's more episodes and doesn't have to jump all around and fleshes out the story more.    … Expand
  6. PowerfullPlayer
    May 15, 2020
    0
    Black villagers? Black elves? OMFG I just imagine that this **** doesn't exist.
  7. StephanL
    Dec 27, 2019
    3
    Perhaps this show is drawing in people who love soap opera's posing as fantasy and thus the discrepancy between viewers comments and critics. I love fantasy, and good storytelling. This is poorly made. Henry Cavill is great but miscast here. Sets too clean and boring. My disbelief was not suspended. Racial inclusiveness is important but at the cost of good storytelling? Poor choice in showrunn
  8. mad851
    Dec 28, 2019
    2
    This is one of the worst adaptation ever made, really disappointing TV show, nothing like the books, forcing diversity (blackwashing characters) in a polish European fantasy is horrible! Bad CGI, bad writing, bad acting, they didn't followed the chronology of the books, it's not the mature dark Fantasy that we want it's more like XENA level of tv show than game of thrones. Too bad
  9. MNEMENT
    Jan 2, 2020
    6
    It's ok. But it's NOT the real witcher. I like a people with money finally see goods in this GREAT witcher story. But they step away and loose sense of the original. In books there is much more moral, good jokes, hard actions, better fights and more real characters. In this TV show characters are good or bad. It's too simple. In books all characters have good and bad sides. This make toIt's ok. But it's NOT the real witcher. I like a people with money finally see goods in this GREAT witcher story. But they step away and loose sense of the original. In books there is much more moral, good jokes, hard actions, better fights and more real characters. In this TV show characters are good or bad. It's too simple. In books all characters have good and bad sides. This make to read so interesting, because it's not so predictable as TV show. If TV show auditory should be kids, then why are so many **** on the screen. If auditory should be 16+ (18+), then why characters and problems so simple and where is a real Witcher? I hope it will come some time, but not too late! Like "Lord of the rings" in it's time.… Expand
  10. sub-madara
    Jan 2, 2020
    3
    Okay so I give it a 3 because near the end or in the end its a little fixed, I hope they improve. You know game of thrones had a bad ending, hope this one( witcher) starts bad ends good. But no enviroment and no atmosphere. Two persons I liked was jaskier and tissaia. Geralt was meh.
  11. LordCrash
    Dec 28, 2019
    5
    People tend to compare the Witcher to Game of Thrones but that's probably the wrong take. The show never wants to be any serious and it never actually tries to achieve any depth or nuanced meaning that would elevate it above the usual cheesy sword and sorcery pulp fantasy. The Witcher is more like a 2019 version of Xena or Hercules. It's an anachronism that acts like Game of Thrones andPeople tend to compare the Witcher to Game of Thrones but that's probably the wrong take. The show never wants to be any serious and it never actually tries to achieve any depth or nuanced meaning that would elevate it above the usual cheesy sword and sorcery pulp fantasy. The Witcher is more like a 2019 version of Xena or Hercules. It's an anachronism that acts like Game of Thrones and other groundbreaking TV shows in the past 10 or 20 years never happened and that shows like Xena or Stargate were still the pinnacle of great TV entertainment. The show can only be seen as naive fun but not as anything with a serious message or story. It's only fitting that its budget seems to be severly limited, resulting in poor costumes, ridiculously poor attle scenes, completely unbelievable medieval weaponry and fighting and bad CGI and special effects.

    The Netflix adaption also shows no respect and has no understanding of its own source material. It lacks all the core strings of the novels, like the Slavic melancholia, its nuanced but very down to earth dialogues, its lifelike and nuanced characters, its complex political and societal elements, and most important, everything about Geralt's and Ciri's relationship and the true meaning of destiny. It only adds to the the show's mediocrity that it has a terrible "telling instead of showing" habit that results in bad dialogues and many repetitions. The show also only rarely cares to show its characters motivations. They just act because they plot needs them to act in a certain way.

    If the prospect of a shallow pulp fantasy show with the flair of the old cheesy sword&sorcery series of the 1990s and early 2000s the Witcher might be exactly your kind of thing. Or maybe you only want the characters from the games be part in a series? Have fun watching it, it won't do you any harm. Anybody looking for a deep and nuanced show that builds upon everything that happend in the genre in the past 10 years or a show that transports the core elements of its source material should maybe skip and watch something else - or just (re-)read Andrzej Sapkowski's fantastic novels.    … Expand
  12. QACritic
    Dec 23, 2019
    5
    TL;DR :Bad choices in story telling and casting make the Witcher series lose what made the Witcher books/games interesting.

    I see a lot of fans reviewing unrealistically either giving it a 10 because they ae fans and love the Witcher games/books and want this to succeed or a 0 by the fans who are pissed of that the show is kind of average virtue signaling bs that does not work with the    TL;DR :Bad choices in story telling and casting make the Witcher series lose what made the Witcher books/games interesting.

    I see a lot of fans reviewing unrealistically either giving it a 10 because they ae fans and love the Witcher games/books and want this to succeed or a 0 by the fans who are pissed of that the show is kind of average virtue signaling bs that does not work with the Witcher setting. The reality is that this show is just average TV with nothing to recommend to anyone new and disappointing for existing fans. So a rating of 5 to 7 is the best it cloud do given the production company the show runner that does not understand the source material and Slavic mentality that produced the Witcher books and what made them unique as compared to the **** of similar fantasy drivel available by native English speakers.

    The only character from this show that are good are: the actors for Geralt, Queen Calante, Mousesack, Eist.Pavetta and Tissaia everyone else is not portrayed well either due to directing/writing or bad acting (although this is not much of an issue).
    Very little left of what made the books and games interesting (read all and played all). I had low expectations due to the "diversity hires" (which make for some WTF moments) but that is the least of the problems in the show. The main problem is the story telling, you get most of the end at the beginning which could work if the series was a movie and moved way faster than it does. The bad interweaving of the different story line makes things even worse because it is just pointlessly confusing especially for people new to the series (if you are one of those please read the books they are much better). The really missed opportunity is that the first two books that this season is based on are composed of short stories that could have made good introductory season.. After that there is enough content for at least 2-3 seasons.
    Yennefer should have been a supporting character until she was needed for the story instead we got a lot of torture porn that ruined her character based on a few lines of guessing by Geralt in the books, it does not help that the actress cannot convey a character that has age and experience hiding behind a pretty face instead we have a petulant child as Yennefer.

    Comparing this to GOT is a joke since this is a 3 compared to seasons 1-4 of GOT and barely better than season 8.    … Expand
  13. sarisa
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    Well, what did we expect from Netflix anyway? They need to sell this product worldwide somehow. To be honest it could be much worse considering their agenda. And we all know it. Simply saying it's the only possible Witcher that could have emerged in XXI century. Its bad testimony of our times, but it is some sort of testimony.
  14. Penisman
    Dec 23, 2019
    3
    Henry Cavil turned out as amazing geralt and his interactions with Jaskier are on point. Those are, alongside good fights scenes, the only good things I can say about this mess. Yennefer turned out terrible. Instead of a confident stubborn female lead she feel weak and confused. The way magic is portrayed is a joke. Politics are confusing and not engaging at all. The story between threeHenry Cavil turned out as amazing geralt and his interactions with Jaskier are on point. Those are, alongside good fights scenes, the only good things I can say about this mess. Yennefer turned out terrible. Instead of a confident stubborn female lead she feel weak and confused. The way magic is portrayed is a joke. Politics are confusing and not engaging at all. The story between three people, with three timelines that are an immense mess and viewer can't rightly tell when did what happen untill later half of the series. CGI looks clearly like CGI, Villentrenthemerth is awful. Directing was another problem. Some scenes completely lack build up, others are just awkward (like geralts famous speech about greater/lesser evil). Even the Geralt/Jaskier interactions that I have mentioned are few and far between, especially when compared to books.… Expand
  15. AzorAhai98
    Dec 22, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A moment of silence for the slavic people. The TV Show is based on a slavic book series, yet there are more black people and Indians than slavs. The showrunners are using a beautiful slavic fantasy story for their political agenda.
    Horrible casting, costumes,music and boring storytelling. They even managed to make the battle sequences boring. Henry Cavill is the only good thing in this whole mess.    … Expand
  16. Sderton
    Dec 21, 2019
    1
    Помойка обоссаная. А вот это я пишу чтобы набрать символы для выставление лценке говну.
  17. vCount
    Dec 21, 2019
    1
    No, no, no, it's just ain't right. Also, sorry for bad English, it's not my first language
    I've watched 2 episodes so far and both were just terrible. I could call myself a fan of Witcher, I've read the books several times, I've played the games a little bit. The series so far is not worthy of books and games.
    Miscasts, black elfs and other stuff aside. the show seems incredibly cheap.    No, no, no, it's just ain't right. Also, sorry for bad English, it's not my first language
    I've watched 2 episodes so far and both were just terrible. I could call myself a fan of Witcher, I've read the books several times, I've played the games a little bit. The series so far is not worthy of books and games.
    Miscasts, black elfs and other stuff aside. the show seems incredibly cheap. The very first fight with the monster we see, said monster looks like it came straight from the 90s era television and the fight itself is rather anticlimatic.
    I could tell more, like how some characters are total opposites of books, how the writers keep missing key points in things people say, think or represent. Like, I can clearly see the attempt to make a nod towards the source material, but it just comes out wrong and completely misses the point.
    Maybe some people unfamiliar with the Witcher franchise will like it. But i don't think it's a work for those who are already fans.
    Like honestly, i wouldn't mind miscast, tolerancy which people are complaining about and all of that, if it atleast was interesting to watch AND stayed closer to the books plot.    … Expand
  18. wagabunga93
    Dec 23, 2019
    3
    The series is tragic and has little to do with books, many characters and stories have been cut out for new unnecessary threads. Black-skinned elves, kransoludy without beard, magic like Harry Potter - many wrong decisions were made, the series became another tube for liberal activists and the potential of books was wasted by them. Don't watch the show first! Read the books, they are muchThe series is tragic and has little to do with books, many characters and stories have been cut out for new unnecessary threads. Black-skinned elves, kransoludy without beard, magic like Harry Potter - many wrong decisions were made, the series became another tube for liberal activists and the potential of books was wasted by them. Don't watch the show first! Read the books, they are much better than Netflix. The Netflix series is tragic and has little to do with the book Witcher. If you don't like reading, at least play the game... Although you will miss a lot of great stories, your loss. Make no mistake - don't judge a book by show.

    PS. Henry Cavill is a great actor and even better Witcher (you can see that he understands his character), but all the rest (not counting sword fights) is not an agreement, people created the script and realized the series created something that has nothing to do with the great story written by Andrzej Sapkowski. Please, no - I'm begging you - reach for the books!    … Expand
  19. Ghua
    Dec 23, 2019
    3
    Cavill really fits the role. Thats about it - all good things I can say about the series.
    The rest is... mediocre. There are good moments, but rather due to good original book material than to netflix.
  20. TwiTu
    Jan 1, 2020
    5
    Its watchable. But not that great.
    The virtue signalling undertone is very present and destroys this fantasy with politics from the real world. Thats that. But even if you ignore that, the casting and actors arent that great either, mostly very bad actually. The actors playing Yennefer and Geralt are the best, yet they cant really save this series from mediocrity, and even if they are    Its watchable. But not that great.
    The virtue signalling undertone is very present and destroys this fantasy with politics from the real world. Thats that. But even if you ignore that, the casting and actors arent that great either, mostly very bad actually. The actors playing Yennefer and Geralt are the best, yet they cant really save this series from mediocrity, and even if they are good actors, they were still badly cast. Geralt simply doesnt look like He-Man, like this actor does.

    The writing is bad, too. You feel as if youre dropped into a hot pot of stuff you have to know but dont know. Especially if youre not great with names this will confuse you a lot at the start.

    You never get a feeling of epicness like in the games or books. It feels childish and cheap, best comparable to Hercules or Xena. Even though it uses a lot of nudity and gore. They think (judging from the sad music) that you feel for this or that character, that this or that character dies, yet you dont feel anything for them, because the series never establishes their character well and makes the dialogues very weird and awkward, unnatural. Its worse than on The Walking Dead. The story feels extremely rushed, as if they try to explain the whole Witcher universe in just a few hours. Maybe it should have had 24 episodes instead of just 8. But I guess thats just signs of the time. Characters and their personalities arent important anymore, because we live in a very anti-social time because people are mostly sitting at home, not having much social interaction anymore - and thats me saying, who isnt really the biggest social interactive person either.

    The jokes are unfunny, mostly because you cant really build up a relationship to the characters because of the reasons I already mentioned.

    People comparing this to Game of Thrones have obviously never watched Game of Thrones. I cried like a baby many times when people died in GoT or something bad happened to them. Here I dont even flinch.
    Its like comparing a Lada to a Maybach.
    I get that some people are starved for a fantasy series after the end of GoT, but this is in no way a substitute.

    Oh yeah, and the excessive use of colored contact lenses (sometimes they wear them, sometimes they dont, sometimes they are not centered, sometimes they are) also add to the childishness of this series. It looks completely unbelievable. Directors should know that in the age of 4K resolution.    … Expand
  21. RIPtheWitcher
    Dec 22, 2019
    0
    Атмосферы славянской нет. Каст отвратительный. За все время вы не увидите ни одной красивой женщины, а только уродин. Таймлайн очень кривой и запутанный. Мне как читавшему книги леко понять что происходит но вот знакомые мои которые с ведьмаком не знакомы дается сериал очень сложно. Плюс они еще добавилили кучу отсебятины которая релизована очень убого и по большей части не несет в себеАтмосферы славянской нет. Каст отвратительный. За все время вы не увидите ни одной красивой женщины, а только уродин. Таймлайн очень кривой и запутанный. Мне как читавшему книги леко понять что происходит но вот знакомые мои которые с ведьмаком не знакомы дается сериал очень сложно. Плюс они еще добавилили кучу отсебятины которая релизована очень убого и по большей части не несет в себе какого либо смысла. Чем думал сценарист не понятно, видимо как угодить SJW комьюнити. В итоге получилось не понятно что с запутаным, скомканым сюжетом, слитыми сценами котораые реализовали просто ужасно не до конца расркыв их. Карой ай. Я бы написал еще много чего но не хочу тратить на это время. Если сравнить с игрой престолов то у нетфликс даже близко не получилось хоть немного подобраться к ним.… Expand
  22. shurte
    Dec 23, 2019
    1
    Very weak show from Netflix. They absolutely do not understand what they are showing. Positive things are only Cavill, music and battle with Renfry.
  23. garnerc07
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    While I enjoyed the performances of Geralt and Ciri, there were some others who sort of ruined it for me. Yennefer and Triss' casting was not good at all in my opinion. Tried being an interesting character in the books and games came across as nothing but unimportant and a throw away character. Fringilla Vigo was also another character who I quite enjoyed from the books and movies butWhile I enjoyed the performances of Geralt and Ciri, there were some others who sort of ruined it for me. Yennefer and Triss' casting was not good at all in my opinion. Tried being an interesting character in the books and games came across as nothing but unimportant and a throw away character. Fringilla Vigo was also another character who I quite enjoyed from the books and movies but together with a bad choice of casting and a complete personality change, she also didn't stand out either. This as you might know comes down to the politics of the creators of the series. Back from when they put the casting call for Ciri for BAME actresses, i knew this would be a let down, and i was mostly right. I love the Witcher franchise so it's a shame for its legacy to be tainted with people trying to push their politics onto the fans of the series. They just had to follow the source material and the fans would love it, so it's a shame it is getting such a mixed reception. Let this show and the many others who have suffered the same fate be a lesson to those who think they can smear a well loved franchise to push a political agenda.… Expand
  24. Cesium06
    Jan 1, 2020
    5
    I'm a huge fan of the Witcher. I play Gwent regularly. I've read the some of the books. I've played all of the games. However, this show is still pretty mediocre. Odd pacing. Most parts fairly unenjoyable and unnecessarily drawn out. Anytime Geralt is on the screen it's an enjoyable adventure. I found myself skipping ahead to get back to the parts with him in it.
  25. DeN_DarK
    Dec 22, 2019
    1
    Awful casting. At first I feared Cavill will be bad as Geralt. Actually he isn't. But other actors... not even close to character.
    Sadly casting is lesser problem in this series.
    1. Writing no good. First two episodes was average but after that it is just bad. Scriptwriters add too much to the story and do it very unnatural for plot and characters. 2. Effects. Sometimes nice. But mostly    Awful casting. At first I feared Cavill will be bad as Geralt. Actually he isn't. But other actors... not even close to character.
    Sadly casting is lesser problem in this series.
    1. Writing no good. First two episodes was average but after that it is just bad. Scriptwriters add too much to the story and do it very unnatural for plot and characters.
    2. Effects. Sometimes nice. But mostly bad. Especially floodlights in Brokilon.
    3. Sequence of events. In one episode things mixed together and it is just a mess - not a storytelling.    … Expand
  26. julius98
    Jan 2, 2020
    6
    Fun enough, but dragged down by some really horrendous writing and poor characterisation of Geralt.
  27. Orion8725
    Jan 1, 2020
    3
    I neither believe in 0's nor 10's unless a show or game has a great impact on the genre. The books were enjoyable and on par with the Sword of Truth or GoT books. The Witcher 3 ruined RPG games for me. By that i mean I cannot think of another RPG that comes close to it and now find all others rather boring. That being said, The Witcher 3 for me was a 10 with the books being a high 7 or 8.I neither believe in 0's nor 10's unless a show or game has a great impact on the genre. The books were enjoyable and on par with the Sword of Truth or GoT books. The Witcher 3 ruined RPG games for me. By that i mean I cannot think of another RPG that comes close to it and now find all others rather boring. That being said, The Witcher 3 for me was a 10 with the books being a high 7 or 8.

    The more invested you are in the books and especially the games, the less you will find this show enjoyable. Casting, like others have mentioned, is poor for several characters. Henry does a good job, but he is not enough to save this series for me. I really wanted this show to shine but it simply falls short of expectations from missed opportunities with story to odd changes to the story that adds nothing to the show.

    if you have no clue what you are getting into, you will find this probably a 6 out of 10. If you read the books, perhaps a mid to high 4 or perhaps even a 5. If you are a huge fan of the games, you are looking at a 3 or lower. In a perfect world, HBO would have picked this up and contracted with some of the CD Project Red writers. Instead, we are left with something that is simply mediocre and not a TV series that I will watch a second time.

    A great review of the show can be found by someone I consider an even larger fan than myself, Witcher George on YouTube, who did a great job of revealing the issues with this series. For all the gamers out there, we still have Cyberpunk coming soon. For book fans, perhaps HBO will pick up The Sword of Truth and we can finally have our fantasy escape many of us are looking for after the end of GoT (excluding the last season) and whatever this is trying to be.    … Expand
  28. BillyBobSusanMa
    Jan 2, 2020
    6
    Henry Cavill does a great job as the Witcher, pretty good show generally, would of given it a 8 if it wasn't for the seemingly obligatory Wokey forced Diversity crap that permeates everything these days,

    seems Medieval Fantasy Europe was far more "Progressive" than 100% Black Wakanda?
  29. Hawk235
    Dec 23, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Как фанат книжной саги пришел в ужас от сценария и повествования. Смысл каждого книжного рассказа исказили почти во всем,а где не исказили приходиться додумывать самому. Ну и финальная сцена это что такое было вообще? Как можно было слить самую трогательную сцену в книге? Цири бежит обниматься к человеку,которого никогда не видела. В книге у них был мотив - они встречались в Брокилоне и привязались к друг другу. А тут добавили ту же сцену, но вырезали главное. При этом зачем-то еще вплели сюда Ренфри,что Геральт должен искать какую-то лесную деву и он поэтому побежал в лес,а Цири типо узнала его из снов и побежала обнимать незнакомца. Это равносильно,что я сейчас кого-то увижу во сне и потом встречу его в жизни и побегу к нему обниматься. просто гениальная завязка сюжета!… Expand
  30. Gor1945
    Dec 22, 2019
    2
    Западная толерастия и SJW диграданты еще одну франшизу загубили, негры где не поподя, ложа чародеек, ставшая ложей феминисток и прочая чушь современной повестки - в саге о средневековье восточной Европы пусть и в фентезийном обрамлении.
    Помимо этого - отвратительный каст актеров - Трисс, Кагырн, Йенифер - просто в утиль слиты - остальные в лучшем случае средне.
    Сюжет рваный и подан    Западная толерастия и SJW диграданты еще одну франшизу загубили, негры где не поподя, ложа чародеек, ставшая ложей феминисток и прочая чушь современной повестки - в саге о средневековье восточной Европы пусть и в фентезийном обрамлении.
    Помимо этого - отвратительный каст актеров - Трисс, Кагырн, Йенифер - просто в утиль слиты - остальные в лучшем случае средне.
    Сюжет рваный и подан кусками - в не хронологическом порядке, человеку не знакомому с вселенной в принципе что-то понять сложно будет, знакомый будет постоянно пробивать себе фейспалм.
    Отдельно стоит отметить костюмеров и декораторов, и постановщиков битв - доспехи Нильфгарда и битвы - просто донное днище.    … Expand
  31. MrNonono
    Dec 22, 2019
    1
    Might be interesting for people who played the game. Otherwise, skip this show and you won't miss out on anything. There are better quasi-medieval fantasy shows to watch in the limited time you have.
  32. ouideer
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    My problems with the new Wither series is the total lack of taste and creative design of every aspect of the episodes while it lacks authenticity and credibility. You can see no good acting neither, but I‌ could live with that if at least the creators of the show would have tried to make the characters look like they are coming from an age where they were fighting with swords and magic.My problems with the new Wither series is the total lack of taste and creative design of every aspect of the episodes while it lacks authenticity and credibility. You can see no good acting neither, but I‌ could live with that if at least the creators of the show would have tried to make the characters look like they are coming from an age where they were fighting with swords and magic. Like Game of Thrones attempted, where people are sometimes dirty and disgusting. Here nothing feels disgusting as even the protagonist is kind of a weird version of Barbie’s bf: Ken and the crippled girl in the second episode is basically Penelope Cruz with something in her mouth and some wadding under her clothes at her shoulders so she looks like Penelope Cruz dressed as Quasimodo for Haloween. It’s hard to let go that right in the first episode, first second you can see Gerald, the Witcher jumping like flying while you can be sure he’s in a studio connected to a rope in front of a green screen and as he struggles with the monster you can see the absolute worst CGI of 2019, in such a big title. His clothes are also more of an amateur comic con version and I'm pretty sure some has a better one, on the actual comic con. A good fantasy doesn’t have a bard singing Robbie Williams/bar style songs in the local pub and it requires tons more of careful touch to make it feel realistic and rich in it’s world. That includes well-chosen real locations, scenery, good lines of characters, so it won’t feel like it’s the 9 trillionths random cheap Netflix show.… Expand
  33. V0X_Populi
    Dec 28, 2019
    2
    Плохая экранизация книг. Всё переиначили и не в лучшую сторону. Логика местами вообще покидает данный сериал. Единственное что радует так это сам Геральт.
  34. Bulletsponge69
    Jan 1, 2020
    2
    It’s like Game of Thrones ;but without all the good acting and storytelling getting in the way of juvenile jokes and contemporary references and language that seem out of place in a setting that seemingly takes place in the past.
  35. ValentinOzhi
    Dec 21, 2019
    3
    И тааак, Ведьмак.
    Меня хватило на две серии и честно мне стыдно за Нетфликс. Начну с плюсов этого «сериала» так как их меньше чем минусов.
    Это озвучка актеров, она действительно классная и было приятно слушать персонажей если бы они не разговаривали друг с другом, потому что диалоги сосут огромный, невероятный, термоядерный... сенджигрон (я играл в Ведьмака и только я это пойму). Ну и еще    И тааак, Ведьмак.
    Меня хватило на две серии и честно мне стыдно за Нетфликс. Начну с плюсов этого «сериала» так как их меньше чем минусов.
    Это озвучка актеров, она действительно классная и было приятно слушать персонажей если бы они не разговаривали друг с другом, потому что диалоги сосут огромный, невероятный, термоядерный... сенджигрон (я играл в Ведьмака и только я это пойму). Ну и еще мне понравился персонаж Лютик - бард, его очень хорошо там показали. Ну и все, все остальное сплошные минусы. Даже я, настоящий фанат ведьмака, который перечитал все книги, прошел игры, в самом начале нихрена не понял. Я боюсь представить что случится с человеком который даже игру не прошел, не считая книг. Актеры подобраны ужасно, Йеннифер - чародейка, в книге ей 180 лет, но как говорилось в книге выглядит она на 30-40. Здесь Йеннифер выглядит на 14... Сам ведьмак Геральт, ну это пиздес, не многословный, понтовщик, и ваще ховно. Еще меня пробомбило с сюжета, они хотели сделать по книге, но вышло так будто они книгу читали задом наперёд или по диагонали, ну или я хз. Короче пиздес и ничего больше. Если вы не хотите читать книгу про ведьмака то в принципе с закрытыми глазами и закрытыми ушами можно смотреть. Ставлю 3 из 10. Очень пробомбило    … Expand
  36. superbmikey
    Dec 23, 2019
    2
    I am giving this a 2 only because Henry did a good job. The rest of the show is garbage. I am not sure why its called The Witcher. It should have been named 'The Yennefer show that does not give a **** about source material' WOKE edition gold. Plot is superficial, dialogues are superficial. I had my hopes so high and yet netflix delivered another sjw mush without any deep.
  37. ArhiDiablo
    Dec 23, 2019
    1
    Русский / English (google)
    Это сериал противопоставлялся "Игре престолов". Расхваливал себя на каждом углу! Потому снисхождения не заслуживает!
    Я не фанат "Ведьмака". Не читал все книги и играл только в третью часть ведьмака. Но даже у меня есть море вопросов по вселенной, придуманной сценаристами, не опираясь на вселенную книг и игр. Сценарий очень рваный и скомканный. Возможно его    Русский / English (google)
    Это сериал противопоставлялся "Игре престолов". Расхваливал себя на каждом углу! Потому снисхождения не заслуживает!
    Я не фанат "Ведьмака". Не читал все книги и играл только в третью часть ведьмака. Но даже у меня есть море вопросов по вселенной, придуманной сценаристами, не опираясь на вселенную книг и игр.
    Сценарий очень рваный и скомканный. Возможно его писали - просто вычёркиванием глав из книги, причём не особо задумываясь над тем, что остаётся. Потом, то что осталось - перемешали и вытянули наугад. Так получилась серия. Следом в неё добавили здоровое такое ведро феминизма. Из сильных (по логике здорового человека) женских персонажей сделали глупых куриц наделённых властью. Так получилась бабка Цири, например.
    Минусы этого сериала можно описывать бесконечно долго:
    - Отвратительная работа сценаристов.
    - Ужасный кастинг героев.
    - Слабая актёрская игра большинства персонажей.
    - Правильно сделали, что уволили костюмера.
    - Графика уровня прошлого века (вспомните резиновый костюм стрыги из 3-ей серии).
    - Ужасный монтаж с кучей киноляпов и, возможно, вырезанным чем-то важным. Ибо перескакивается всё настолько нелогично, что сложно проследить причинно-следсвтенную связь. Или это опять косяк сценаристов.
    - Очень глупый феминизм. Сильные женские персонажи из книг превратились в наиглупейших неадекватных истеричек наделённых властью.
    - Совершенно не уместная толерантность на грани тупой шутки, вызывающей недоумение.

    Этот сериал - оскорбление всем здравомыслящим людям, которых сочли за всеядных дураков авторы сериала.
    ---------------------------------

    This series was contrasted with Game of Thrones. Praised himself on every corner! Because condescension does not deserve!
    I'm not a Witcher fan. I did not read all the books and played only in the third part of the witcher. But even I have a sea of ​​questions about the universe invented by the scriptwriters, not based on the universe of books and games.
    The script is very ragged and crumpled. Perhaps they wrote it - simply by deleting the chapters from the book, and not really thinking about what remains. Then, what was left was mixed and pulled at random. So it turned out a series.
    The relationship of the characters, apparently, occurred on those discarded pages of books. Their motivation and logic remained there. The stupidity of the consequences spilled over onto the audience, which he must somehow try to realize and relate, having thought up the universe on his own. It is worth noting here that those who know the universe spit right away, and those who do not know spit a little later.
    Cons of this series can be described indefinitely:
    - The disgusting work of the scriptwriters.
    - Awful casting of heroes.
    - Weak acting of most characters.
    - They did the right thing to fire the dresser.
    - Graphics of the level of the last century (remember the rubber suit of the scruff from the 3rd series).
    - Awful installation with a bunch of kinolapov and, possibly, cut out something important. For everything jumps so illogical that it is difficult to trace a causal relationship. Or is it again a jamb of screenwriters.
    - Very stupid feminism. Strong female characters from books turned into the stupidest inadequate tantrums endowed with power. if I were a woman - I would be offended by such humiliation of female heroes
    - Absolutely inappropriate tolerance on the verge of a dumb joke that causes bewilderment.

    The authors of the series wanted to go on trends, but they don’t know at all how to do it. As a result - a series that offends any sane person.    … Expand
  38. Mangoost51
    Dec 23, 2019
    1
    В целом - отвратительно. Единственное что более менее радовало - боёвка и ряд второстепенных персонажей. Главные персонажи - просто отвратительные, чернокожие рыцари, Йен индийской внешности... Трисс какая-то мулатка с тёмными волосами... Чёрные эльфы... Смотреть противно лишь по причине того, что специально протолкнули свою токсичную толерантность во все моменты картины, причём этим неВ целом - отвратительно. Единственное что более менее радовало - боёвка и ряд второстепенных персонажей. Главные персонажи - просто отвратительные, чернокожие рыцари, Йен индийской внешности... Трисс какая-то мулатка с тёмными волосами... Чёрные эльфы... Смотреть противно лишь по причине того, что специально протолкнули свою токсичную толерантность во все моменты картины, причём этим не просто веет, а именно несёт... Расизмом не страдаю, но такое наплевательское отношение к здравому смыслу в скором времени это может изменить...Посмотрел весь сезон, единственное что хотел это напиться и забыть этот ужас, ну и поставить вообще 0 баллов из 10, но предел для этого сериала 2 из 10.… Expand
  39. DoctorFreed
    Dec 21, 2019
    0
    Вы серьезно? Типичное SJW говно. Ужасный каст полностью, видно что снимали только для того что бы отмыть денег.
  40. gorg
    Dec 22, 2019
    6
    I feel that the opportunity to make a truly great tv show based on the Witcher universe is utterly wasted. The writers butchered and cut very important bits out of the beautiful short stories of The Last Wish by giving them very little time to properly unfold, in order to provide time for the backstory arcs of Ciri and Yen, which are not really that necessary (although truth be told thereI feel that the opportunity to make a truly great tv show based on the Witcher universe is utterly wasted. The writers butchered and cut very important bits out of the beautiful short stories of The Last Wish by giving them very little time to properly unfold, in order to provide time for the backstory arcs of Ciri and Yen, which are not really that necessary (although truth be told there are some interesting bits in the new additions to the story). There are also several inconsistencies regarding worldbuilding and the geography of the Continent and the timeline is kinda broken. The writing is average and cringy sometimes, the performances are decent for the most part, Cavill is good as Geralt, Chalotra didn't really convince me as Yen, and Allan is alright I guess. I can't say the show overall is bad, but for a guy that has read the books before the show, it just wasn't enough, the books are a 9/10 where the show is a 6/10. The only thing that watching the show really did for me, was reigniting the desire to go back and read the Witcher Saga for the fifth time.… Expand
  41. GarlDeathHand
    Dec 23, 2019
    1
    Awful cast, hilariously bad acting, horrendous costumes and just a bad adaptation of the book.
  42. Tiberiy
    Jan 9, 2020
    3
    The series average. A lot of empty chatter about the unfortunate elves, the palette of the world is very gray, the graphics are not always at the level. One of the advantages of good fight scenes. Who played the game will be disappointed. But that's only in the first two series.
    However, by the middle of the series accelerates and becomes not bad.
  43. Schabomir
    Dec 20, 2019
    3
    The show is inferior in every way possible to the books and games and plays out like a bad fan-fiction
    It looks like cheap Game of Thrones wanabe.
  44. ReevJax
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    I did not hate the story, what I did hate was how everything has to be "diverse" at all costs. I guess we are lucky they didn't make Geralt gay .
  45. moothemagiccow
    Dec 21, 2019
    2
    If you want to listen to someone talk about sending fifty ships from Bryvidia with zero context, this is the show for you.
  46. JavaSquirt
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    Ждал сериал про вселенную ведьмака, получил киноиспражнение про лгбт, негров эльфов, негров дриад(с арбалетами, дриады, сука, с арбалетами, черные), нереально страшные актрисы, ЙЕн индуска, Трисс негр. Обычные славяне в деревнях тоже негры кста.Ждал сериал про вселенную ведьмака, получил киноиспражнение про лгбт, негров эльфов, негров дриад(с арбалетами, дриады, сука, с арбалетами, черные), нереально страшные актрисы, ЙЕн индуска, Трисс негр. Обычные славяне в деревнях тоже негры кста.
  47. ay1908
    Dec 22, 2019
    2
    I really wanted to like this but I can't. The dialogs are terrible, the GCI and the acting are not believable. The narration is all over the place, jumping from one character to another, one scene to another, moving between timelines, not building attachment to characters nor a proper dramatic arc.. I watched all episodes but I had to fast forward several scenes to be able to finish,I really wanted to like this but I can't. The dialogs are terrible, the GCI and the acting are not believable. The narration is all over the place, jumping from one character to another, one scene to another, moving between timelines, not building attachment to characters nor a proper dramatic arc.. I watched all episodes but I had to fast forward several scenes to be able to finish, especially in the last episode. The dramatic effects just fall flat. The books didn't had the best writing but this much worse.

    The whole thing is very Americanized and has lost all its Slavic color. The casting is just very awkward. I don't mind having different races present but make it coherent! The books contain several detailed physical descriptions of many characters and lineage/origins (you can also figure the origins by the names). Here you can't even guess where a character is from by watching the show unless you've read the books. This is a medieval setting with a Eastern European flavor and genetics traits are attached to geographical regions; it's not NYC in 2019. The world they created is not convincing at all.

    ...and Nilfgaard...what are those costumes????    … Expand
  48. TheDevilCorrect
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    Horrible casting, horrible acting and an absolutely incoherent story. I like the game, but these fan boys raving over this pile of crap is mind boggling. Most of them 12 year old males no doubt (or equal in mentality). Every actor in this series is totally forgettable. The fight scenes are pretty good, but short and better watched on youtube. If you have any taste at all-I'd seriously avoid.
  49. RupoR
    Dec 23, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. By the time the games were released - I had already read the books three times in a language - much closer to the original than some fans. I reshooted the games twice each, and re-read the book ten more times. I can quote any passage or quotation from a book from memory. And I am normal about adaptations - I am a fan of the game of thrones and calmly relate to the last season, which also has huge problems with the script.
    But the witcher of netflix is ​​an absolute disrespect for the original source and its fans. The authors of the series and some fans do not understand him at all. You do not understand the meaning, mythology and generally this culture. All that you can do is to make a horror story with religious fanatics and the struggle between good and evil from the analogy of Roman empire - Nilfgaard, cut off the deepest meaning of the original short stories of the first two books and shove the inarticulate story about the formation of a strong woman. You made this fast food like Marvel and other garbage like the Black Panther. Well, do it further with your culture. Do not climb and do not litter in our culture - if you do not understand it.    … Expand
  50. nnXstnc
    Dec 21, 2019
    1
    Since when are African Americans Slavs? I, as a person with Slavic roots, are very offended by the fact that the authors of the series are trying to violate the sovereignty of my nation.
  51. WildFireR2
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    I can only assume that people giving it a 10 have never actually read the books or played the games.

    Simply put here are some reasons to avoid watching this embarrassment of a show: - Really weak & cringe worthy dialogue - The Showrunner clearly cares more about diversity than being true to the source material - The best scenes are with Geralt in fight scenes, which you'll barely    I can only assume that people giving it a 10 have never actually read the books or played the games.

    Simply put here are some reasons to avoid watching this embarrassment of a show:

    - Really weak & cringe worthy dialogue
    - The Showrunner clearly cares more about diversity than being true to the source material
    - The best scenes are with Geralt in fight scenes, which you'll barely see anyway because this show is 75% about the women and their stories.

    This is just another example of a great story being **** ruined by a moron in Lauren Hissrich.

    It's WAY too much emphasis on the female characters... The Witcher is unique in that it's writing in the source material is SO GOOD that you already have established powerful female characters that aren't obnoxiously over the top and in your face.

    But of course, its 2019 so that's not enough, they have to make every little moment about how women are stronger, can overcome anything, and are inherently better than all men apparently.

    They've basically butchered Yen... & that leads me to another point.... Casting:

    - Black Fringilla
    - Black Eithne & Brokilon forest women are black
    - Mixed race Triss
    - half Indian Yen

    Are you taking the piss? ALL of these characters are supposed to be **** white, clearly listed as "PALE" in the source material.

    But it's 2019, and you're not allowed too many white people in the same room otherwise it's racist apparently... The casting choices for this are an absolute disgrace & are just so immersion breaking it's ridiculous.

    I feel bad for Henry Cavil, he is literally carrying this whole show on his shoulders & clearly is the only person that gives a **** about his character or the story.    … Expand
  52. Dantelion
    Dec 27, 2019
    0
    0/10 спасибо шитфликс,поел говна,тем кто читал книгу строго противопоказано к просмотру.
  53. Subtank
    Dec 23, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Просмотрев весь сезон я пришел только к одной мысли, как же мне обидно за Пана Сапсковского. Люди которые говорят что читали книги и знаю лор, да еще и в игры играли Вы вообще головой думаете?! Вашу любимую вселенную изнасиловал нетфликс как армия нильфов прошедших по землям севера. Столько лжи и надругательства я еще никогда не видел! Они все облили грязью, ВСЕ! В этом сериале нет ничего общего с книгами великого Пана и никогда не будет, из-за отсутствия фантазии нетфликс ничего не смог придумать своего, по этому они взяли всего по чуть чуть из книг и игр, смешали в котле, процедили оставив процентов 30 и остальное залили мочой из своих голов исказив все до неузнаваемости. До этого момента я был совершенно равнодушен к студии нетфлик, но теперь для меня это студия перестала существовать как таковая.Я неоднократно читал книги, это моя самая любимая вселенная на просторах фэнтези мира, Ведьмак первая из частей игры до сих пор вспоминается в самых теплых тонах, я люблю эту вселенную!Считаю то что сделала нетфликс это оскорбление и плевок каждому истинному поклоннику вселенной Ведьмака. Если бы можно было поставить -100 я бы с радость это сделал сотню тысяч раз.У меня все.… Expand
  54. howdareyou
    Dec 23, 2019
    0
    sjw propaganda , the cast choices , and other weird scenes , its just sad , boycott it
  55. Poisonedblade
    Dec 21, 2019
    4
    Henry Cavill did a great job as Geralt, and the effects and music are pretty good.
    But the writers are the Butchers of Blaviken. The story skips back and forth so much, it feels like you're reading chapters of the books in random order. I doubt people new to the series can follow the story. When you do this, you ruin the character and story arcs, so the audience stops caring.
    Another    Henry Cavill did a great job as Geralt, and the effects and music are pretty good.
    But the writers are the Butchers of Blaviken. The story skips back and forth so much, it feels like you're reading chapters of the books in random order. I doubt people new to the series can follow the story. When you do this, you ruin the character and story arcs, so the audience stops caring.
    Another issue is the forced diversity. Every group of people needs 1 black person. This is historic fantasy, not the Twitter offices in SF. It becomes a distraction and you aren't going to get black people to watch the show just because a few boring side characters are black. Nobody is that racist. This is like remaking the 7 Samurai with a Mexican, Black dude, a Woman, Gay White Guy, and 3 Japanese guys. Nobody cares about race quotas and it ends up being a distraction.
    The Witcher features:
    1 black dryad. Just one.
    1 black elf . Just one.
    1 black elite guard in Cintra. Just one.
    1 black sorceress. Just one.
    If Vesemir was in this, he'd probably be played by Kevin Hart to fill the 1 black guy quota.
    Netflix should have had Geralt kill a monster per ep, and in the season story arc, fill in the progress of the Nilfgaardian Army. Also post the year when you need to skip a head. 1272 Temeria... 1273 Cintra...    … Expand
  56. aksakal
    Dec 21, 2019
    4
    I finished all games and never tried books so I'm comparing show to the game series.
    Overall I can rate the show as average. Average for Netflix, not average overall. Picture is boring. I don't rate Game Of Thrones as high as others but I have to admit that it has a really nice picture and Witcher is not even close.
    There are no Polish/Slavic culture references at all. It was a nice pick    I finished all games and never tried books so I'm comparing show to the game series.
    Overall I can rate the show as average. Average for Netflix, not average overall. Picture is boring. I don't rate Game Of Thrones as high as others but I have to admit that it has a really nice picture and Witcher is not even close.
    There are no Polish/Slavic culture references at all. It was a nice pick for the in-game atmosphere and made it a bit different from other games. Netflix removed it completely.
    I feel no witcher spirit in the show too. It's just another typical middle age Europe with some magicians and creatures just like in many other tales/fantasy books.
    Geralt doesn't match with my in-game experience. He is too shiny and occasionally emits pathos. It's definitely not what I expect. I assume that he was Hollywoodized for the main audience but it came with the price of a lost spirit. Is it a Geralt of Rivia or Conan's The Barbarian little brother?
    Storytelling is too fast for me. I like to either know the story behind the character or just meet the stranger without any backstory. The choice obviously depends. Witcher show is right in the middle. I see some backstory but it's short and fast so it's hard to draw a reasonable picture of a character in the head. Also a horde of characters appear in initial episodes so it's hard to keep track of who is who. I want to see a slower pace! Make it step by step. Don't focus on just the main story. Give us some side stories for secondary characters too.
    All these problems are bad enough to make me pay zero attention to multiple missed casts and black elves. By the way, I haven't spotted any Asian people. Why are they missing? Isn't it a racism too? Why?
    I finished 3 episodes so far and that's it. I don't see any reason to continue at this point but I have to admit that it could be way worse so I hope that Netflix can improve it in upcoming seasons.    … Expand
  57. Droidorat
    Dec 21, 2019
    1
    Do you know the original books and the acclaimed game series? Now forget everything and taste this rubbish loosely based on the original content
  58. Jaybreasy
    Dec 21, 2019
    0
    If you haven't read the books it might be hard to follow. It was a lot of fun to watch these characters come to life and develop as the season went on. I thought it got choppy at times since the first two books are short stories and the show seemed to skip around a bit, but they did a good job in piecing it together.
  59. lonededalion
    Dec 21, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. why so many positive opinions. 10 out of 10, are you crazy guys? This show is average at best.… Expand
  60. NakedPeace
    Dec 21, 2019
    0
    Its...its...omg, I don't have enough worlds. It's horrible, it's ugly, pls stop it!
  61. Cinepa
    Dec 21, 2019
    0
    A Hollywood form take on a great fantasy world, shame they ruined this beautiful story.
  62. Akinori
    Dec 21, 2019
    3
    Black elves? Alright, why not. Ugly Triss? Well tastes are arguable (check Triss in the game and compare). But I understood why I've got this feeling of disgusting, the TV Show was made as those modern girl's novels like Twilight, Divergent, Maze runner, Hunger games and so on. The script and play have no sense, it filled with stupidness like when Ciri rescued, why all other havent thereBlack elves? Alright, why not. Ugly Triss? Well tastes are arguable (check Triss in the game and compare). But I understood why I've got this feeling of disgusting, the TV Show was made as those modern girl's novels like Twilight, Divergent, Maze runner, Hunger games and so on. The script and play have no sense, it filled with stupidness like when Ciri rescued, why all other havent there was a hidden path, it may be used by anyone, but no they overdramatically stuck knife into their throat. Dialogues made very poor and so smug. They do so many events in one time so they have to do a lot of cutoffs, like for example the fight with Falka, who without knowledge of the book will understand the motivation of Geralt to kill her, she didnt kill anyone in tv show, where are the reasons of characters' actions? Also the way creators make us hate 'evil' characters is very teenager-ish. On the moment when they showed Yennifer's womb I was started to laugh, creators think the viewers are so stupid that they will not understand what she paid for the beauty so they decided to show us bloody womb. I can enlist minuses of this show for hours. I saw 4 episodes and this is enough. No more Witcher TV Show for me thank you. I'd better go play the game again with reasoning, good dialogues, wonderful script and pretty women… Expand
  63. Dethar
    Dec 20, 2019
    1
    Another victim of political correctness.

    CD Projekt did so much better with the story, world and characters that it actually hurts.
  64. Tiakin
    Dec 23, 2019
    0
    So what we have here) it is not a medieval Poland and Slavic mythology, we see a trivial American film. The authors have absolutely no idea about the fantasy culture that was in the game and the book. Those who conducted the casting, you are zero. You don't create the new, you spoil the good. The elves are Negros? Black dryads? Gypsies? To hell with, this tolerance pisses me off. AndSo what we have here) it is not a medieval Poland and Slavic mythology, we see a trivial American film. The authors have absolutely no idea about the fantasy culture that was in the game and the book. Those who conducted the casting, you are zero. You don't create the new, you spoil the good. The elves are Negros? Black dryads? Gypsies? To hell with, this tolerance pisses me off. And Yes! If you want to see a good movie, the poles also made a 2019 film about Witcher. Yes, it's Amateur, but they took it off with the soul, not for the money.… Expand
  65. PlacidDragon
    Dec 31, 2019
    6
    Its a season with a lot of promise of what might be at some future point, but Netflix is not there yet. At this stage, its mostly a jumbled mess. Acting is a.. ,mixed bag, CGI is also a very mixed bag. Some of what they did looks very good, other things looks like it came from a computer game in 1995 (that the very first moments of the series, the Kikimora fight has terrible CGI doesn'tIts a season with a lot of promise of what might be at some future point, but Netflix is not there yet. At this stage, its mostly a jumbled mess. Acting is a.. ,mixed bag, CGI is also a very mixed bag. Some of what they did looks very good, other things looks like it came from a computer game in 1995 (that the very first moments of the series, the Kikimora fight has terrible CGI doesn't exactly sell the series to the random watcher)..

    The fight choreography is very good, and i'll omit the story entirely to avoid spoilers :)    … Expand
  66. EFRAM
    Dec 25, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When will any streamer, or for that matter any network at all create a show that has fantasy in reality structure and not based on a series of books which cannot ever be plowed into a reasonably watchable scripted series. Such is the case with The Witcher, an uneven oft times annoying treatment of the video game and subsequent books that came before it. A usually loquacious and amiable Henry Cavill is relegated to grunting monosyllabic answers and surly undertones. The storyline is a wandering mishmash of "you're supposed to already know the language and dialogue and dialects of the inhabitants of The Witcher milieu" tropes. I wanted to like the series, but again I was both annoyed and disturbed by the lack of great storytelling this kind of material needs. And lets not forget the Bard who makes his appearance in episode 2, to the dismay of both and Gerald of Rivia and everyone else I have canvassed. Come on Netflix, lets dispense with this adaptation of novels and video games and give some real show runner creators a chance to create something totally original and geared towards an audience that is hip, smart, and waiting for you and Amazon and Apple TV and Hulu and Peacock and everyone see to step up to the plate.(At least Amazon tried to do this with Carnival row, which I am sad to say was also a miss the mark presentation) the Wticher, for all its video game and novel appeal is a distinct disappointment.… Expand
  67. Redfrod
    Dec 20, 2019
    4
    if you are not familiar with Witcher. You haven't read books or played games, then you will like this series, but for me it's something strange and it's nothing to do with the names of the heroes here.
  68. donjcast002
    Dec 22, 2019
    6
    The only character I like on this show is Geralt of Rivia being portrayed by Henry Cavill. Jaskier (Dandelion) is alright and Yennefer is okay. The rest of the cast is meh and I must say, both Triss and Fringilla are horribly miscast. The fight scenes are entertaining, but not epic like LOTR. I wish they didn't modernize it and just stuck to what was in the books because it's hard to lookThe only character I like on this show is Geralt of Rivia being portrayed by Henry Cavill. Jaskier (Dandelion) is alright and Yennefer is okay. The rest of the cast is meh and I must say, both Triss and Fringilla are horribly miscast. The fight scenes are entertaining, but not epic like LOTR. I wish they didn't modernize it and just stuck to what was in the books because it's hard to look at some of these characters knowing they aren't supposed to be there. The last two episodes I started to get a bit bored and just wanted it to end.… Expand
  69. Olbery
    Dec 21, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The plasticine ears of elves and the red-faced features of the face of their king, who is dressed as a bum. Banquet hall in aretus with loft-style walls of broken brick and tables with crackers at the reception of all the kings of the north is also ok? And the fact that Gerart’s embarrassment simply dragged the castle all night, while she was gutting the rest in a split second, did she fall in love in any other way? And the mine in Temeria where they walked along the floor with a vacuum cleaner - otherwise it is difficult to explain that cleanliness. Black Elf. Nilphs who run scattered on heavy cavalry, and that in turn is waiting until they get closer to a distance of 20 meters are also normal? Yenifer, who fell into a couple of minutes to wait until they brought her sleeping pills and suffered infernal torment - is this justified right? The Volttest, which looks like a greasy unwashed drunk (he was even better in the Polish series) was normal too? Dryads with crossbows, and an intrusive incomprehensible glow in the forest. The dragon looks cartoonish. They killed Myshovur, who lives and lives in the book - why was this done? The battle at Sodden is generally some kind of shame - where is the epic, a hundred nilfgaards - is this the great battle at Sodden?

    P.S. I will add that Geralt, Buttercup and Cyri turned out to be very good. The color palette and the music are very good. The battle scenes look impressive and delight the general plans of nature and Cintra. I hope in the second season there will be more budget and more logic in the script.    … Expand
  70. Jenne
    Dec 20, 2019
    5
    It's not completely dumbed down and Cavill is actually great. But it looks cheap, writing is mediocre, music forgettable and the trademark Witcher vibe is just not there. It's clear the people responsible saw the show as just another job, instead of a spiritual mission like CD Projekt Red did with Witcher 3.
  71. Baluz0r
    Dec 21, 2019
    4
    Отвратительный каст актрис, только Цири хорошо вписывается (правда с возрастом косяк), Кавилл нормально вписывается, но ТРИСС, ЙЕН ПРОСТО УЖАСНЫЕ, это просто шок.
  72. Falorin1999
    Dec 28, 2019
    0
    I expected a lot more from the series. He expected that he would narrate the book well, or at least close to it.
    Instead, I got a disgusting plot, disgusting scenery and disgusting actors who do not know how to play their roles. It was necessary to shoot a normal series, and not to shoot a series in which they are trying to please someone. I am disappointed
  73. Halvard
    Dec 22, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I liked Geralt.
    Everything else was ****
    Ruining the story with race-swapping. Removing red heads from the story.
    Slow. Boring. The evil people not intimidating at all. Pathetic change of armor on soldiers. Stupid and useless people all around. Battle tactics nowhere to be seen.
    Identity politics wreaking havoc again.    … Expand
  74. wizards
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    It's poor distorted copy universe Witcher. For the efforts made, I will add three points. Rating 3.
  75. metacritiqueur
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    Redhead lives matter ! That cast... seriously Netflix, throw away your political agenda for God sake.
  76. CrimsonFlush
    Dec 20, 2019
    0
    This is terrible. Cavill’s totally inert and everyone looks like a cosplayer who stumbled onto the set of a SyFy show.
  77. Alexandy4545
    Dec 21, 2019
    1
    the casting decision feels like the power rangers. I get being diverse, but making this show such really takes you out of the polish atmosphere.
  78. Sayros
    Dec 20, 2019
    3
    I did not expect a miracle, but still it’s bad.

    Henry does a pretty good job, but the rest aren't very good at elves.
    I don’t even want to discuss the plot
  79. ivanchanel
    Dec 22, 2019
    0
    I would give the series 10 points, because this is a good series, I would even say excellent, but why would you push black people to the left and right? this is Poland and this Slovak fantasy there couldn’t be black people there
  80. Tim160294
    Dec 22, 2019
    10
    Maybe in the second season when we get a more linear story, the critics understand the story. But hey, they had problmes with 3 and then just 2 timelines in the end.
  81. mko0
    Dec 21, 2019
    4
    Show as its own medium wasn't terrible but disappointing for sure. Mostly misscast with exception of Henry Cavill who fit and i liked him as Geralt. Fighting scene and choreography was good. Cinematography was decent - enough for TV show. Scenography was acceptable but often uncreative and lazy. Music generic and lazy. CGI of monsters good with exception of dragons. Storytelling wasShow as its own medium wasn't terrible but disappointing for sure. Mostly misscast with exception of Henry Cavill who fit and i liked him as Geralt. Fighting scene and choreography was good. Cinematography was decent - enough for TV show. Scenography was acceptable but often uncreative and lazy. Music generic and lazy. CGI of monsters good with exception of dragons. Storytelling was chaotic which lead to lack of bond with characters and missed emotional impact on viewer.

    With this production team this show was destined to become disappointment. Script writer completely misunderstood the point of what first two books all are about and butchered source material. Those books are not telling about escaping Ciri for eight episodes. They are not about to show how strong and independent women is Yennefer. Those stories are about Geralt on the path and through his journeys build a world, characters and their relationship. Don't get me wrong i'm not against changing original stories or creating new ones to better fit cinematographic narration of the whole show. But what we got here is mostly chaotic non-canon bu****it that provides mostly suffering to fans of the franchise.

    As fan of books - avoid this show.
    As fan of games - decent but depends on your taste.
    As someone new to franchise - can be enjoyable but misleading about what The Witcher is about.    … Expand
  82. Turin_Vidsmidr
    Dec 20, 2019
    0
    It's pure cancer.
    They have rewritten the story, the characters and the world's lore to the point where it's got absolutely nothing to do with the books! THIS IS NOT WITCHER.
    Game of Thrones season 8 was the masterpiece of the decade compared to this horrendous garbage.
  83. notor12
    Jan 6, 2020
    4
    Clearly this show was done on the cheap, like everything else Netflix puts out these days..... It definitely suffers from it.

    Henry Cavill is a decently believable Geralt but pretty much everything else going on here is just convoluted and terrible. I couldn't get through the first episode the story and dialogue and acting are just so bad all around. Henry Cavill is seriously the    Clearly this show was done on the cheap, like everything else Netflix puts out these days..... It definitely suffers from it.

    Henry Cavill is a decently believable Geralt but pretty much everything else going on here is just convoluted and terrible. I couldn't get through the first episode the story and dialogue and acting are just so bad all around. Henry Cavill is seriously the only tolerable actor in the whole thing everyone else is just so bad you'll want them to stop talking. Nobody is remotely likeable aside from Geralt and there is very little character development.

    What a shame. The Witcher universe has a lot of potential for a television series but this definitely isn't it. I know people say it gets better further in to the season than i got but sorry if you cant make your first episode at least tolerable you are doing this all wrong and im not wasting hours hoping youll figure it out later on. First impressions matter and the first episode is the most important one if you wont invest in it your audience wont either.    … Expand
  84. Aryman
    Dec 21, 2019
    10
    A bit too theatrical (lighting, close-ups on faces ... Could use more broad plans), but generally a great series (I write this as a fan of books and games). Henry as Geralt sweeps, also great role of Yennefer and Ciri. The best swordfights I've seen on TV and movies - what a choreography! A few moving moments - the question about the choice in the Renfri case will be forever not only inA bit too theatrical (lighting, close-ups on faces ... Could use more broad plans), but generally a great series (I write this as a fan of books and games). Henry as Geralt sweeps, also great role of Yennefer and Ciri. The best swordfights I've seen on TV and movies - what a choreography! A few moving moments - the question about the choice in the Renfri case will be forever not only in the heart of Geralt ... I highly recommend.… Expand
  85. Nobilis1984
    Dec 21, 2019
    4
    So I don't really know what you wanted here.
    It's optically good and the consequences are all not bad.
    But why do the supporting roles get so little screen time? The supporting character from the first episode is very interesting but is eaten up in 20 minutes. Really great job.
    The three main characters are too much in focus.
    Therefore, this series is also only mediocre.
  86. Monges
    Dec 22, 2019
    9
    -
    Yen - she is beautiful, big eyes, etc, but miscasting
    Triss - same as Yen
    Where is the second sword on the back of Gerald

    +
    all other thing is almost pretty good
  87. Flipsyde27
    Dec 24, 2019
    10
    I don't get the negative reviews, this show is great fun. Henry Cavill was born to play Geralt, I was concerned with his casting at first but he nails it, all the way down to the voice. The action is great, the story can get confusing, that would be my only gripe. Can't wait for season 2
  88. wingslax22
    Dec 25, 2019
    10
    Great show. True to the important parts of the complex story, which probably confused the impatient critics.
  89. PepperPipka
    Dec 25, 2019
    10
    10/10.

    One of the best tv shows of 2019.

    Despite the skepticism the show surpassed all expectations.

    Script, casting, acting, soundtrack, visuals and atmosphere - OMG, it's great!

    Registered here just to say that this show deserves far more better score than it has.

    Give it max score and all my support.

    Thank you to creators!

    Can't wait for Season 2.
  90. nbt98001
    Jan 6, 2020
    7
    Cavill does great as Geralt. Nice special effects and swordplay. Storyline can be hard to follow even though you are familiar with the story and characters.
  91. capt_morgan
    Dec 25, 2019
    8
    Critics are wrong; this is a great series with each scene like a a new story. The lighting, scenery, and wardrobes top notch production.
  92. Tikomoro
    Dec 20, 2019
    6
    Скомканный сюжет (и я совсем не имею в виду иную трактовку книги, пусть), слабая операторская работа, дешёвые и не проработанные декорации, плохая и вызывающая вопросы игра актеров, дешёвая компьютерная анимация. Заявления, что это произведение затмит Игру престолов - так и остались заявлениями.
    Декорации напоминаю игру на пк Драгон Эйдж Инквизиция - такие же пустые и стерильные    Скомканный сюжет (и я совсем не имею в виду иную трактовку книги, пусть), слабая операторская работа, дешёвые и не проработанные декорации, плохая и вызывающая вопросы игра актеров, дешёвая компьютерная анимация. Заявления, что это произведение затмит Игру престолов - так и остались заявлениями.
    Декорации напоминаю игру на пк Драгон Эйдж Инквизиция - такие же пустые и стерильные декорации. Замки и дороги как будто построены за минуту до съёмок, нет ощущения жизни. Не пыли, ни грязи. Чистейшие ткани после возни в грязи. Камерное исполнение. Доспехи нильфов? Опасения о том, что это не фейк оправдались - они отвратительны.
    Включите первый эпизод игры престолов - сколько там впечатляющих кадров? Даже только планы стены многого стоят. Постоянно двигающиеся и сменяемые кадры персонажей. Что же в ведьмаке? Ничего. Ни одного запоминающегося кадра.
    Актерская игра как будто не сериал, а некие театр. Наигранные эмоции, переигрывание, просто без эмоциональность.
    Графика явно бросается в глаза. Монстры явно видны на «зелёном фоне».
    Вообщем. Очень слабый сериал. Многие опасения о внешности актеров оправдались. Эмоций и вау эффекта нет.
    Поставил 6 только лишь из-за попытки снять сериал. Иен и Геральт вроде удались. Хотя последний вызывает вопросы в первых сериях - ну чисто супермен. Порадовали сцены боев - очень крутые!    … Expand
  93. Lordwerneo
    Dec 22, 2019
    5
    No doubt, if Netflix were those who screen the Chernobyl tragedy, it would be full of asians and blacks. Same with witcher, did they even try to read the book?

    The special effects look good, the location is chosen more or less well, but the series deviates from the plot, there is no dating, the cast is horrible, the ideology of the characters is wrong, it's a failure!
  94. Username15max
    Dec 22, 2019
    6
    The overall quality varies heavily from episode to episode.
    Some are decently close to what I remember from the books.
    Others are straight up generic "hollywoodized" fantasy. Riddled with boring storytelling and character tropes you've seen hundreds of times in the most basic adventure flicks. The language for example, which at times is outright indistinguishable from modern day English.    The overall quality varies heavily from episode to episode.
    Some are decently close to what I remember from the books.
    Others are straight up generic "hollywoodized" fantasy. Riddled with boring storytelling and character tropes you've seen hundreds of times in the most basic adventure flicks. The language for example, which at times is outright indistinguishable from modern day English.
    Casting choices on the other hand are better than expected.
    As it was pretty obvious to everyone following the pre-release promotions and advertisement Henry Cavill carries the series all the way, giving an outstanding performance.
    The only other main character coming even close to this level of authenticity is Joey Batey's Jaskier.
    Anya Chalotra makes for a fine Yennefer most of the time but is also somewhat inconsistent in her portrayal. Especially her young age and lack of experience make her a questionable pick for a complicated and nuanced character such as Yennefer and she often pales in comparison to Cavil's Geralt when they share a scene. Freya Allan is ok but also notably not too balanced in her acting repertoire. Emma Appleton (Renfri), Lars Mikkelsen (Stregobor), Jodhi May (Queen Calanthe) are the more well rounded supporting character. Mimi Ndiweni (Fringilla) is also among the more notable side characters but has to struggle with stupid character building resulting in an implausible antagonist.
    The rest of the reoccuring cast is mediocre at best and in a few cases even below avarge.
    Netflix's need to fulfill diversity quotas does them no favors on this front and occiasonally backfires spectacularly.
    The imagery, costume design, make up, special effects and so on range from "awful 90s TV-show" to stunning. The biggest problem stems from those two extremes colliding in the same scene. When Nilfgaardians in terrible foam armor resembling dollar store halloween costumes swinging wavy swords clash with decently equipped knights it looks simply ridiculous and all but annihilates any suspension of disbelief.
    Fight scenes with Geralt are great. The ones without him are standardized sword swinging with a favorable camera movement to make up for many of the actors lack of training.
    The soundtrack is impressive and fits very well.
    Over all it's a generic western Fantasy show with little to no changes to an old formula only saved from mediocrity by the stellar performances of Cavill and Batey. If you are not too familiar with the books and looking for short lived entertainment you might aswell enjoy this one.    … Expand
  95. Vitaminxa
    Dec 22, 2019
    4
    Very disappointing. Dialogue is very unnatural and cringey at points. Timelines aren’t easy to follow if you aren’t familiar with the source matieral. Casting was only so-so. Poor production value really detracted from everything. Overall it’s a poor reflection of the Witcher series. Wish they did a better job when they had wonderful source material.
  96. Ivanchik
    Jan 21, 2020
    0
    Пофиг на актеров. Пофиг на толерастию. Но сюжета ноль. Съемка рваная. Диалогов вообще нет, просто базар вокзал не о чём. Декорации дешёвые какие то. Общих планов съемки нет. Вообще не объясняют кто такой ведьмак. Я играл во все части и потом прочитал Книги. А вот сериал как будто сделан учениками киношколы, которые прогуливают занятия. Если сравнивать с другими сериалами, то этот всегдаПофиг на актеров. Пофиг на толерастию. Но сюжета ноль. Съемка рваная. Диалогов вообще нет, просто базар вокзал не о чём. Декорации дешёвые какие то. Общих планов съемки нет. Вообще не объясняют кто такой ведьмак. Я играл во все части и потом прочитал Книги. А вот сериал как будто сделан учениками киношколы, которые прогуливают занятия. Если сравнивать с другими сериалами, то этот всегда будет позади, с каким не сравни.… Expand
  97. MichaelPraytor
    Dec 24, 2019
    10
    I liked Wild Hunt but didn't play the previous games and haven't read the books, so I've got no dog in this fight. And I was skeptical when I first saw Cavill Geralt. After 15 minutes I was sucked in. The first episode is really something with spectacular scenes, and every subsequent episode just keeps upping the ante. The critics, as usual these days, are not in touch with the audience. II liked Wild Hunt but didn't play the previous games and haven't read the books, so I've got no dog in this fight. And I was skeptical when I first saw Cavill Geralt. After 15 minutes I was sucked in. The first episode is really something with spectacular scenes, and every subsequent episode just keeps upping the ante. The critics, as usual these days, are not in touch with the audience. I suspect it's mainly political. Don't let that deprive you of watching a really great, fresh, and interesting show.… Expand
  98. Gulla1
    Dec 30, 2019
    3
    First episode was good. The rest are lowering your hopes for the next one. The technology in making is good - but the manuscript lacks pace and smartness.
    Sorry to say this is a great opportunity gone bad.
  99. ali_khunaizi
    Dec 22, 2019
    5
    it's good... surely worth its production and I believe it will get better and better in the future seasons, keeping in mind that it was a tough introductory season, what next is the best.
    unless they ignored what the audiences are saying.
  100. DenysVerizhenko
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    Игра актеров ужасная, сюжет скомканный и плохо изложен, слишком много ненужного насилия в сериале с постановкой уровня детей 6 лет. Полный провал. Все что сделал этот сериал - это удовлетворил лгбт движение. Показывать негров в Польше 13 века это моветон.Игра актеров ужасная, сюжет скомканный и плохо изложен, слишком много ненужного насилия в сериале с постановкой уровня детей 6 лет. Полный провал. Все что сделал этот сериал - это удовлетворил лгбт движение. Показывать негров в Польше 13 века это моветон.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Nick Hilton
    Jan 3, 2020
    40
    The Witcher is a messy tangle of plotlines in a world underdeveloped to the point of obscurity.
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  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jan 3, 2020
    60
    As a mindless fantasy rollercoaster, Geralt’s journey is five stars all the way to tea-time. Sadly, for those who like brains with their brawn, it may be more of a slog.
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  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Dec 20, 2019
    30
    It takes a while for viewers to learn how these characters are connected, via an exasperating Westworld-esque narrative knot that takes much of the season to unfurl. ... The Witcher heightens our confusion by fumbling details that would have helped it set a cohesive tone. Dialogue vacillates, from line to line, between theatrical fantasy-speak and modern colloquialisms (“Dragons are, in fact, a thing!”).
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