The Witcher

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Season 2
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 20, 2019
Season #: 4, 3.5, 3, 2, 1
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3.9

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  1. PickleRickBaby
    Jan 1, 2022
    2
    OK, I admit I'm a huge fan of the original book series. I loved the games too. But I'm not judging the season just on its differences vs. the source material. I understand that you can't simply take several pages of dialogue from the book and insert it straight into a movie material. I can also accept some alterations to the main storyline to make it more "compact" or "robust" (althoughOK, I admit I'm a huge fan of the original book series. I loved the games too. But I'm not judging the season just on its differences vs. the source material. I understand that you can't simply take several pages of dialogue from the book and insert it straight into a movie material. I can also accept some alterations to the main storyline to make it more "compact" or "robust" (although after timeline magic confusing to people not knowing the original books I wouldn't say the show creators cared about it much).
    But my problem (and not only mine - my wife who knows only some of the first short stories agrees with me completely) lies elsewhere. The writing is so absurd and chaotic that you scratch your head and murmur "wtf?".
    The first season parasited on the source material and pushed woke culture on us but at least the main characters had _some_ character.
    In season 2 the writing is so off that you no longer know what the hell is going on, who's where and where this where is, characters meet at random and noone knows why... the list goes on and on. It's no longer the original saga based on greatly written characters - there's almost none of that left. It's not even a hack and slash show. It's some weird GoT wannabe written probably by some interns.
    The only thing I liked about the show was the visuals. I liked the cyan-yellow colour range, I like the lighting in most of the shots. It was pleasing to watch. But that's all.
    I didn't like Geralt's new contact lenses!    … Expand
  2. triumphtinltcdg
    Jan 5, 2022
    2
    I have a big grudge against the creators of this series, the source material was treated by them without respect and understanding, there are no emotions between the characters, only pompous lines spoken to each other...no world building... they took the easy way and made a generic fantasy series without the depth of source material
  3. smolny1
    Jan 8, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Show is unlogical, have for the most part nithing to do with book. Changes made (Emhyr reveals that Ciri is his daughter, Yennefer kidnapping of Ciri etc) makes impossible to comeback to main plot of book and force writers to continue making up their own week story.… Expand
  4. busiek
    Jul 3, 2023
    2
    I watched second season - it was bad, but Henry Cavill still was good as Gerald.
  5. admad
    Jan 8, 2022
    1
    This is pure crap. The new story is just boring and stupid, it might be acceptable if it weren't for the original stories which are there for the taking, but they decided to go their own way which is very bad. You had one job Netflix, and you failed.

    The only way season 3 might recover from this is that the season 2 was just a nightmare that Geralt was having, he wakes up and says    This is pure crap. The new story is just boring and stupid, it might be acceptable if it weren't for the original stories which are there for the taking, but they decided to go their own way which is very bad. You had one job Netflix, and you failed.

    The only way season 3 might recover from this is that the season 2 was just a nightmare that Geralt was having, he wakes up and says "Damnit, what a nightmare" and the life goes on from season 1 as per the books.    … Expand
  6. DexEngineer
    Dec 24, 2021
    1
    This is not Witcher. It has its title, that's it. Producers missed the opportunity chance to create great experience. Henry tried, kudos to him. Him alone couldn't save the show. Moving forward.
  7. Steyraus
    Jan 2, 2022
    1
    There was one thing that Made The Witch Season one good, Henry Cavil as Geralt , every gruff word, every sword fight ,was compelling and entertaining. Henry gave his all for the performance and pulled of The Witcher perfectly.. The show was riddled with other issues , but Henry made it great.
    SOOOOO what do they do in the Second season??? Focus of the female side characters!!!! It is 2021    There was one thing that Made The Witch Season one good, Henry Cavil as Geralt , every gruff word, every sword fight ,was compelling and entertaining. Henry gave his all for the performance and pulled of The Witcher perfectly.. The show was riddled with other issues , but Henry made it great.
    SOOOOO what do they do in the Second season??? Focus of the female side characters!!!! It is 2021 after all , we cant have nice things..
    Henry is still great, but his great performance is interlaced with boring Stories about the female sides characters that are nothing like the books or games. Yenifer in this show is just an embarrassment to the Franchise here, she is nothing like the Character from the books or Games.    … Expand
  8. White_Bear
    Dec 24, 2021
    1
    It is quite difficult to watch if you read the book. Main characters are missing depth and motivation for their actions. The main story from the book is simplified but idiotic new story is introduced. What is Baba Yaga doing here? She is from Russian tales, probably they read the wrong books by mistake.
  9. ScienceAdvisor
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    Witcher in name only. This does not have anything to do with the books or games. The intersectional feminism and bad CGI duel for being the worst part of the show, but are just elements of the entire team making this. They chose to corrupt a great story just for their own person agenda like a cultural cancer.
  10. Lekhter
    Dec 23, 2021
    1
    That's not witcher. Plot is f***ed. Miscast and no books atmosphere. Netflix, please, change showrunners.
  11. leviathanarg
    Jan 4, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the Witcher 3 game and I liked Season 1 (although I am not fan of black-washing characters).
    Season 2 is bad. Save for episode 01. Also for Geralt and Ciri, both actors fill their roles perfectly.
    My two cents, the series is called The Witcher, so put more witcher in it. Also, there is no need to censor boobs in a TV show not aimed for children. Finally, the author of the books and the developers of the games wrote interesting stories, why don't you bring those to the screen.    … Expand
  12. willerkiller
    Jan 16, 2022
    1
    Feels like a bad fan-fiction. Only, the writers of this show evidently aren't fans of the original source material. Just turn your brain off while watching to laugh at what it is: More woke trash from Netflix.
  13. OlivierPiel
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    Season 1 was fun and light, Season 2 is utterly badly written/dumb and the most convulated and stupid story I have seen on screen in a long time. Bye Witcher! I dropped after 3 episodes
  14. Kunray
    Mar 30, 2023
    1
    I’m really hoping they keep the good quality going and explain more of the lore eventually. I loved the characters and how human they are despite their fantastic powers. Here’s to season 2!!
  15. LeandroB
    Dec 26, 2021
    1
    Terrible decisions all over the season, it completly departures from the books, kills beloved characters just to subvert expectations and so much more...
    Its was a very disappointing season after a very good season 1.
  16. Arcello
    Dec 23, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s just bad. I read all book and payed games long before the series. Creators told us about books but the series has nothing to do with them. Terrible attitude of the authors. Many illogical moments in the script. Very bad graphics. The death of Eskel, constant teleports of the characters over long distances, the loss of Yennifer's magical abilities, and so on, much can be said. I am very sorry that my favorite universe was destroyed in Netflix’s creation. After watching the eighth series I was extremely disappointed and there was only one thought “Just how? How?”. Only people that didn’t read books or played games can barely enjoy the series. But even as a stand-alone product it’s awful. Of course 140 million views (2 minutes of watching counts as view already lol) is an indication of good job (no). Funny that nothing will change and they will continue to make another strange things in their series.… Expand
  17. ay1908
    Dec 26, 2021
    1
    Practically unwatchable. Not only I was incapable of making it to the end of the season, I did fast forward several scenes as they were too embarrassing to watch. As if stripping the books of all their polishness to make a generic American woke fantasy series with no flavour wasn’t enough, they even messed up the story and the characters. Contrary to the books, they created an incoherentPractically unwatchable. Not only I was incapable of making it to the end of the season, I did fast forward several scenes as they were too embarrassing to watch. As if stripping the books of all their polishness to make a generic American woke fantasy series with no flavour wasn’t enough, they even messed up the story and the characters. Contrary to the books, they created an incoherent world filled with shallow characters. The writing and pacing is terrible. The show is all over the place as they try to squeeze in as much as they can in too few episodes instead of focusing on the main aspects of the story. It results in cheap shortcuts, lack of character development, lack of context of many scenes, superfluous side stories that don’t make sense when it’s not straightforward butchery of the books and characters. I understand taking liberties from the source material when you adapt a book to make a tv show but here is it done very poorly and it doesn’t make sense.

    The only decent thing in this show is Cavill’s acting.

    I stopped watching before the end of ep. 4    … Expand
  18. WreckWren
    Dec 22, 2021
    1
    I enjoyed the first season enough to re watch several times. Sure, it was a bit hard to follow at first, but otherwise the quality was just barely enough.

    This is nowhere near that "good". The casting is somewhat better but the acting has dropped through the floor Metacritic's mobile site is as bad as this season, so I can't finish that sentence. I can't add any more below this either,    I enjoyed the first season enough to re watch several times. Sure, it was a bit hard to follow at first, but otherwise the quality was just barely enough.

    This is nowhere near that "good".
    The casting is somewhat better but the acting has dropped through the floor

    Metacritic's mobile site is as bad as this season, so I can't finish that sentence. I can't add any more below this either, also because their site is as bad as this season.
    2/10 at best.    … Expand
  19. V0X_Populi
    Dec 19, 2021
    1
    Ещё дальше уходят от книг в погоне за бредом и у них это получается. За Эскеля особенно обидно.
  20. xbudx
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    cons - another show that suffers from being too woke. the writing in witcher seems like they just tossed out everything great about the books and asked a 4-year-old what an encounter between fantasy characters might be. (fire **** this fire **** that mixed with the bards cringe commentary) this show also decided to include classic Disneyesque quick quips that are so lame it makes me wondercons - another show that suffers from being too woke. the writing in witcher seems like they just tossed out everything great about the books and asked a 4-year-old what an encounter between fantasy characters might be. (fire **** this fire **** that mixed with the bards cringe commentary) this show also decided to include classic Disneyesque quick quips that are so lame it makes me wonder if the creator isn't 4 but is actually a 55-year-old suburban woman ripping from big bang theory. Netflix likes to "consult the algorithm" and see how many random demographics they can attract while making the show just good enough to be not good but passable. you would think with GoT being so huge and LotR being the best trilogy of all time they'd actually hire someone who isn't a dullard to make the show. some of the acting is so bad my head hurt as I thought I was in some sort of distorted mental hell but realized this is just the current state of tv. they should have just given geralt blue hair, made him trans, and then cast anyone from a google search of "woke actors" and called it complete because they're not far off. dummy bird brain **** for little guys.

    pros - cool monsters    … Expand
  21. kycapuk1
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    Is not problem when you adjust plot of books, you can't create tv-show exactly the same like books. It's problem when your aim to show people oppression of the elves and how Jasker fell in love with Geralt. The atmposhere of Witcher was destroyed
  22. pikan
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    Разочарование года, снимали 2 года и вышел кал в продакшен. Актеры не выразительны, моменты с наиграностью актеров, а драки это просто показуха какая-то просто нужно было вставить и все. 1 сезон лучше намного раз чем этот. Я молчу уже про каст актеров, сцены с цири просто скипал ибо вызывала отвращение, рвоту и уныние.Разочарование года, снимали 2 года и вышел кал в продакшен. Актеры не выразительны, моменты с наиграностью актеров, а драки это просто показуха какая-то просто нужно было вставить и все. 1 сезон лучше намного раз чем этот. Я молчу уже про каст актеров, сцены с цири просто скипал ибо вызывала отвращение, рвоту и уныние.
  23. oneofmany
    Dec 27, 2021
    1
    I enjoyed The Witcher games, the books, even enjoyed Season 1 of this show. Season 2 however feels like a huge disappointment. It's like the showrunner, writers and netflix asked what the true fans of the books and games like about them and changed 70% of that just to "capture a wider audience". The sad part is I would not mind changing the story if the changes they made were good, but theI enjoyed The Witcher games, the books, even enjoyed Season 1 of this show. Season 2 however feels like a huge disappointment. It's like the showrunner, writers and netflix asked what the true fans of the books and games like about them and changed 70% of that just to "capture a wider audience". The sad part is I would not mind changing the story if the changes they made were good, but the writing and execution was very poor.… Expand
  24. OmerKaya
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Creator be like I would like to kill Eskel and Roach for some reason...
    Tissaia be like Yen is like a daughter to me for some reason...
    And people be like I like this show for some reason...
    Eskel maybe but what did you want from Roach you monsters :(    … Expand
  25. Hekke
    Dec 19, 2021
    1
    I'm huge fan of witcher universe. First I read all books (in summary six times now) then I played all 3 games, each of them on the premier day. 1 season of the Witcher has a lot of flaws but they managed to show the roughness of the world and a bit of dry humor similar to that found in Andrzej Sapkowski's prose. In Season 1, the stories were very flat, but it stuck more or less to theI'm huge fan of witcher universe. First I read all books (in summary six times now) then I played all 3 games, each of them on the premier day. 1 season of the Witcher has a lot of flaws but they managed to show the roughness of the world and a bit of dry humor similar to that found in Andrzej Sapkowski's prose. In Season 1, the stories were very flat, but it stuck more or less to the source material.

    All what was good in season 1, season 2 is lacking. Yes few things improved like CGI, costumes but that is all. After 1 episode of season 2 i was exited, yes they change a lot but it felt ok and I was hoping for more. However, the following episodes were some kind of misunderstanding. All characters except Geralt and Jaskier depict completely different characters that have nothing to do with Sapokowski's prose. The same goes for the story, the writers stick to the overall frame of the story, but at the same time turn everything else into empty and weak stories. When Henry Cavill who is a huge fan of the witcher world, in interviews says that he had to intervene in order to smuggle more Geralt from book, you should know that something is going wrong with the show. If in subsequent seasons they continue to maintain the level of departure from the source material and a simultaneous misunderstanding of it, the series will be a disaster or another weak Netflix adaptation.    … Expand
  26. Pietrazsko
    Dec 23, 2021
    1
    I have very negative emotions after watching the season. The plot is completely broken. The main messages are displaced. The characters are not revealed. There are a lot of bloopers throughout the entire series.
  27. Koderwj
    Dec 27, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A lot has changed this season, but you need to choose the main one. The series began to revolve around Tsiri, I certainly understand everything, but what the hell if the name of the series is The Witcher? Tsiri and Yenefer studied magic for a long time and it didn't take long for her to see here "You are strong, you are a WOMAN, you can believe me" and you build a bridge and teleport to the other end of the world. Geralt needs a second somewhere only 2 m?… Expand
  28. Stefanobed
    Jan 7, 2022
    1
    Another slow and boring series, wrong . Brooks and game are so many funny and Deep but this telefilm Is focused on Henry canvill. No ,wrong transposition
  29. Zhilkata
    Dec 18, 2021
    1
    Giving a 1 simply because Henry Cavill keeps this **** somewhat intact. Can't afford to give more though - dipped in wokeness, you're constantly hit with "progressiveness" you can't ignore. Even with the politically correct agenda aside, there simply isn't anything worth the time to watch this show - extremely poor casting choices for 95% of the actors, the script tries to change stuffGiving a 1 simply because Henry Cavill keeps this **** somewhat intact. Can't afford to give more though - dipped in wokeness, you're constantly hit with "progressiveness" you can't ignore. Even with the politically correct agenda aside, there simply isn't anything worth the time to watch this show - extremely poor casting choices for 95% of the actors, the script tries to change stuff around, succeeding by completely losing the point of the characters and the world they live in, music is forgettable, effects are admittedly better, but still not breathtaking for the $15+ million-an-episode budget. An expected disappointment for every fan of the real Witcher story and atmosphere.… Expand
  30. outsider2000
    Dec 24, 2021
    1
    смотреть эту naPawу с c_HerPaMu, если хоть чуть шаришь в лоре и играл в игры, себя не уважать. Блин слить Эскеля, гениально. Я просто похлопаю.
  31. Murkwood
    Dec 17, 2021
    1
    From game and fame to lame and tame -- most disappointing to see blatant censorship at work -- missed opportunity for the show to continue to impress, dashed upon the rocks of cowardice.
  32. CEOofPwnage
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    The only positive about this season is Geralt’s casting. The show simply isn’t an adaption of the books and takes extreme liberties in butchering the stories told in them. There was no need to shoehorn in an entirely new plot into blood of elves when you have such strong source material to work with… I don’t get it…
  33. KeraTerra
    Dec 18, 2021
    1
    This show is so bad it's even awesome. It shows that screenwriters are perfectly aware of the source material which is a book and game series beloved by many fans across the world. But instead of adapting the source, the authors consciously decided to use a famous franchise to tell their own (very mediocre) story.

    Even if we put aside that the series is not true to the source, the show    This show is so bad it's even awesome. It shows that screenwriters are perfectly aware of the source material which is a book and game series beloved by many fans across the world. But instead of adapting the source, the authors consciously decided to use a famous franchise to tell their own (very mediocre) story.

    Even if we put aside that the series is not true to the source, the show completely flops as a standalone material. Character plotlines are completely made up and lack motivation, the pacing is so chaotic that trying to figure out what's happening is exhausting, and there is no logic in character dialogues or actions whatsoever.

    When the show was announced, it was expected to be a successor to the Game of Thrones in the fantasy genre. The books and games proved it has such potential. With Netflix's budget baking up the series, it had everything necessary to define the genre... besides the showrunner who would love the world and the characters as the fans do. Unfortunately, it is not the case.

    As another reviewer here mentioned:
    "Everything that I loved was worn out and mutilated before my eyes. For those who have read books, it will be very painful to look at it. I have one question: Lauren, why did you treat us so cruelly?"

    I sign under every word. Us, fans, had one chance for the true TV adaptation of the story and characters we love. There will be no other series, not after this disaster the show turned out to be. Why Lauren? You just had to adapt what was already there. Did you think that you may handle twisting the characters so badly to push whatever agenda you had instead? Well, that didn't work out. Crafting a cohesive story requires some storytelling skill, so it would be better for us all if you just stuck to the source.    … Expand
  34. Tavin93
    Dec 18, 2021
    1
    Eight hours of my life that I’ll never get back. Not so much an adaptation as a frolic of its own, the Netflix show has departed from even the core motivations of Sapkowski’s characters in favour of a cheap, generic fantasy story. If the show had either kept a semblance of the source material (like in S02E01, the strongest episode of the season), or enjoyed a modicum of internalEight hours of my life that I’ll never get back. Not so much an adaptation as a frolic of its own, the Netflix show has departed from even the core motivations of Sapkowski’s characters in favour of a cheap, generic fantasy story. If the show had either kept a semblance of the source material (like in S02E01, the strongest episode of the season), or enjoyed a modicum of internal consistency and logical decisinmaking, it could’ve been a passable Witcher story. It wouldn’t have made any sense after the first season was an adaptation, but it might’ve still been enjoyable.

    But for the first episode, I would’ve given it a lower ranking.    … Expand
  35. vitmush
    Dec 18, 2021
    1
    Story is boring most of the time, if that's not enough - dialogues are awfull, very cheap. Fight scenes are dumb, original story and atmosphere is ruined. Instead of this just some nonsense unrealistic action most of the time. Don't spend 8 hours on this
  36. Tetrion
    Dec 18, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is not a good plot writing to take a character from the book and just make him opposite. Crafty Riens, helpless Yennifer, emotional Tissaya, clumsy Franceska? Fire magic does not require self-destruction, just talent? Ancient witch (reference to game 3 Mother and 3 Sisters characters) to fiil the gap in plot? And Ciri, who has to remain incognito to avoid tracking, but declaring her princehood and name to all and everyone along the road? Well it was a monumental task for a team but they really managed to make worse season than previous one.… Expand
  37. salp
    Dec 19, 2021
    1
    They destroyed all characters from books and logic of they actions. One point only to Henry.
  38. Ergi
    Dec 19, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Eskel is dead
    Yen meets Cahir
    xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD    … Expand
  39. Stone2730
    Dec 19, 2021
    1
    Хисрич высрала сценарий из преисподнии. Сделать из такой книги, такого сюжета - такое дерьмо, как она... Это действительно нужен талант! Сапковский продался сообщив, что ему понравился сериал - никаких принципов у мужика! Пачка долларов заткнула ему и рот и рассудок (((Хисрич высрала сценарий из преисподнии. Сделать из такой книги, такого сюжета - такое дерьмо, как она... Это действительно нужен талант! Сапковский продался сообщив, что ему понравился сериал - никаких принципов у мужика! Пачка долларов заткнула ему и рот и рассудок (((
  40. Lothia
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well....Henry did a good job to interprète Gerald, thank you for that....but the show is garbage, why ? because it's not an adaptation, it's an interpretation, a fanfiction. The story, character background and personality are changed so deeply that is not The Witcher story anymore, 90% off the show is a total rewrite and never happened in the book and it's not even a good rewrite : so generic, boring and lazy fantazy stuff with many fail in narrative schem or events.

    Let take few exemple (spoil alert) : - Yennefer saving Cahir in front of many magiciens and kings of the north with all their guards because of (????) ....nobody do anithing to stop Yen, she just run away so easly that is just....THE POWER OF THE SCENARII
    -Vesemir wanted to made more witcher, seeing the new generic witcher being killed so easly, getting mad about the possessed ciri and try to kill her....and 2 min later totaly forget about all of that because of THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP....What a bipolar character !!!!

    - The evil cabin in the wood sorceress who manipulate powerfull sorceress to being deliver to take possession of Ciri (one of the main character) to make them kill eachother but fail because of THE POWER OF MAIN CHARACTERE.....

    ARGGG COM ON !!!! and there is a planty of moment like that

    Take the Lotr, kill aragorn, make gandalf a douchebag and sauron the good guy and you got what this show is......a trahison to all The Witcher fan's and a bad rewritte of an existing story and pretending being better because base on the book. It's a lie !    … Expand
  41. Woffae
    Dec 26, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To those who read the books, the series is broken, incoherent and full of pale drama.
    I will dive directly into the ****

    1-Vesimir is weak in morals, physic, and personally. And gess what...he wants to make NEW witchers !!!.
    2-Elskel starts a whore party at Kaer Morhen...really!!!, Kaer Morhen should be kept secret and only very selected few have access to it. The get killed by Gerald. A major wicher get killed in one episode by Gerald. This is bad joke.
    3-Yennifer has weak non arogant personality, she almost betrays Ciri under the effect of a Gaunter O'Dimm-like female devil. That devil then possesses...gess who...the Wild Hunt.
    4-Cahir gets arrested and tortured then saved by.. Yennifrr…WTF.

    Only point goes for Henry C. Who puts his best in this show...but that will not save it unfortunatly.

    For me this is a dead series. It seems to me that NETGLIX stuffed the writers mouth with dollars that he can’t speek about this terrible drama

    This reminde my how another ''modern era female'' show runner destroyed STAR WARS. This will happen again.

    My hope: non exist, but to make my last wish: wished the show was run up by a fan who played the games and read the books and made a faithfull adaptation, coz as they keep saying ''there is alot of source material''' yet they keep inventing a pale non-exciting drama out of those epic materials.

    Feel really sad to witness my beloved franchise being mutilated and twisted.    … Expand
  42. ron2244
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    Done watching the season 2. Its awful. The storyline is a drag. Actors and actresses talking awkwardly. Geralt fight scenes from episode 1 to 5 and also the ending is anti climatic. The characters feels disconnected to the first season. Huge dissapointment !!
  43. TiJ
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    Henry Cavill and some remainings of the great original story save this series from complete failure but screenwriters are utterly incompetent (all their changes are almost always much worse than the original). Geralt-Ciri interactions were the best part of the season, Joey as Jaskier is great as well but everything else in terms of storytelling is comparatively bad. Screenwriters areHenry Cavill and some remainings of the great original story save this series from complete failure but screenwriters are utterly incompetent (all their changes are almost always much worse than the original). Geralt-Ciri interactions were the best part of the season, Joey as Jaskier is great as well but everything else in terms of storytelling is comparatively bad. Screenwriters are definitely wanted to piss the books and games' fans (like whores in the Kaer Morhen, Vesemir agreeing to poison Ciri, Yennefe almost betraying Geralt and trying to sell Ciri - everything bad didn't exist in the books) We need to start a petition to change the showrunner while it's not too late (or is it?)… Expand
  44. CrimsonMoth
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    I read books, played games and me like season 1. Its not best what i was see but it still good season.
    But second season... Its just a pain. If the first season more or less followed the canon and characters (Hello miscast), then the second is a total failure. It hurt me mentally to watch what they did with the characters.
    There was news that Sapkowski was watching over the production so    I read books, played games and me like season 1. Its not best what i was see but it still good season.
    But second season... Its just a pain. If the first season more or less followed the canon and characters (Hello miscast), then the second is a total failure. It hurt me mentally to watch what they did with the characters.
    There was news that Sapkowski was watching over the production so that they did not make a trash. But the only thing he looked at was the money in his hands.
    I will not wait for season 3 if they do it "With our vision of the series"    … Expand
  45. epictroller
    Dec 22, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Show had its moments, but 'm not a fan of pointless changes in the story. Sorry but Eskel was totally different person in books, also his death ugh. Plot around Yennefer... That was mistake. WTF happened to Vesemir? He looks like him but... WHY IN THE HELL HE WANTS TO CREATE MORE WITCHERS?! In books Vesemir didn't want to create more witchers. Btw about the witchers, there was no money to make them look like ones? Also Where are other schools?!… Expand
  46. deruto
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    Why people who never created a story of such a lvl and lots of fan … Think that they know the better way to tell a story . God we should creat a petition so they can’t that prank show The Witcher …. I
  47. HappyNoobek
    Dec 22, 2021
    1
    Tragic history mrs Lauren Schmidt Hissrich should be fired i dont be enemy changes but changes in this serial is very very tragic
  48. PatrykKeska4
    Dec 22, 2021
    1
    I had a huge hope that they gonna fix what they messed in 1, but i feel like they just start ruin witcher world. 1.I would accept changes compare to books if they were good, but they are not.
    2.I know this is adaptation but what you netflix done is fck joke. If there was no Witcher in title that is just ordinary fantasy nothing more. 3. Characters looks so plastic, and act like has no    I had a huge hope that they gonna fix what they messed in 1, but i feel like they just start ruin witcher world. 1.I would accept changes compare to books if they were good, but they are not.
    2.I know this is adaptation but what you netflix done is fck joke. If there was no Witcher in title that is just ordinary fantasy nothing more. 3. Characters looks so plastic, and act like has no emotion. Where is this connection beetwen this characters ? There is none.
    Vesemir which was a "smartest" and most experience act like dumb kid, Yen which kiddnap Ciri ? Eskel was ruined, just why? A main plot twist about Emhyr show in the beggining ? WHAAAT ?
    Dwarfs which was WARRIORS,(LOTR could be a good example)
    ground was shaking when they they marched to war(from books) looks like ANOTHER FCK JOKE. Fringila? I Have no words... Cahir ? How did you dare to mess this character so much.

    4.Costiumes, some locations looks like tooken directly from the store or theathre. Where is this DARK, BLOODY WITCHER WORLD ???
    Why they look so CLEAN ???
    Im so sorry about HENRY.
    He is a Gamer, book lover and if he says "Have to fight to have more Real Geralt" sounds bad. And he is complectly right!
    5.Why game of lights is so poor? Why we can't feel a darkness?
    This is not a fck colorful family fantasy movie...


    We were waiting so many years for trully good movie/series of Witcher and got this ? All your positive comments comes from people who has no idea what they lost compare to oryginal story. I WISH HBO HAS RIGHTS TO WITCHER TO DO IT RIGHT,    … Expand
  49. Alikta
    Dec 23, 2021
    1
    It's really owfull.I can understand why did they decide to make from dark fantasy a childish stupid story? It has no scene! I'm an audience for this story, not middle school children! They haven't got brave to make real harsh story with personality's in characters.
  50. Damiankolec
    Dec 23, 2021
    1
    Tragedy. I haven't seen such a bad series for a long time. All characters act like they don't have a brain.
  51. ICQHannibal
    Dec 24, 2021
    1
    Haven't seen this **** in a while. Obviously, before writing the script, the writers did not see the original source in their eyes and wrote a retelling under the influence of psychedelics, it is impossible to explain this nonsense from Netflix.
  52. Rudyhell
    Dec 25, 2021
    1
    The writing is just dumb. It’s hard to understand some decisions and I don’t think the writers understand them themselves. If not a famous franchise, no one would watch it
  53. SebTotti
    Dec 26, 2021
    1
    Creator of this went complete off the rails if it comes to world building, lore, characters & logic. It is complete insult to the source material & middle finger to book & game fans. They changed most of the characters & made them so two dimensional it just hurts. None of them makes any logical decisions. Forget about explaining the world its geography. For sake of checklisting diversityCreator of this went complete off the rails if it comes to world building, lore, characters & logic. It is complete insult to the source material & middle finger to book & game fans. They changed most of the characters & made them so two dimensional it just hurts. None of them makes any logical decisions. Forget about explaining the world its geography. For sake of checklisting diversity option this. show throws ever race, colour, size & disability everywhere. So we have black people deep in northern territory with constant cold & snow, we have small people portraying dwarfs that could not run properly not to mention of wielding any type of heavier weapon. It's just complete insult to those people. Plot & writing makes no sense whatsoever. Everyone in this world is moving along hundreds of kilometres in matter of minutes. Characters are completely destroyed or killed off fo no reason at all. It feels like more expensive version of Xena or Hercules series from 90's. If you are a fan of book or games & value good show then stay away from this rubbish as it doesn't bring anything valuable into the lore.… Expand
  54. Wilk33
    Dec 29, 2021
    1
    Oczekiwałem adaptacji książek Wiedźmina a nie całkowicie nowej i na domiar złego, to słabej historii ni jak związanej z światem i historią z książek.
  55. Rydhar
    Dec 30, 2021
    1
    This thing can only be called a profanation of Sapkowski's work, the script looks as if it was written by a 12-year-old on the basis of the book's cover. If anyone expects to see in this thing... a good Witcher story in a cruel, racist, greyish world full of deep moral dilemmas and intrigues, it is better not to even start it, and best to forget that such a thing was ever made.
    The plot is    This thing can only be called a profanation of Sapkowski's work, the script looks as if it was written by a 12-year-old on the basis of the book's cover. If anyone expects to see in this thing... a good Witcher story in a cruel, racist, greyish world full of deep moral dilemmas and intrigues, it is better not to even start it, and best to forget that such a thing was ever made.
    The plot is completely chaotic and nonsensical, while the first episode is quite good, the following episodes make people completely brainless (do you really have to explain every emotion and event to the viewer because the viewer is, according to them, so dumb that he does not understand it?). Construction of characters and the world does not exist, it lacks any authenticity, the kings are shown as total pigs without brains, generally the image of the world saying "look how patriarchal and chauvinistic it is, but women are strong and the greatest" and probably that's all that **** focused on, but the best thing is this, But the best part is that the effect is completely opposite, as a viewer it felt like the women in this fanfic were ridiculed, shown in the most stereotypical way possible, devoid of any elegance, seriousness, calculating and intelligence that in the book basically controlled the world from the back seat. This series only leaves some of the more clever donkeys in the form of women further portraying them as annoying mood swings. Also if Lauren's goal was to promote strong women then something went wrong.
    Another issue regarding world building is. the distance, all the scenes feel like they're just across town. For the uninitiated, kaer morhen was far to the north in the keadween, the only people who knew the way there were the witchers of the wolf school and those to whom the witchers had told the location of their habitat, the rest of us could not have known, but anyway it took months to get to kaer morhen from cintra, and according to the series it was a small castle maybe 20 minutes away from the larger cities that even the whores knew the way to.
    All of the above are just the tip of the iceberg of **** that this series is. Lauren is telling fans of the books and games that she doesn't care about their opinions, that she doesn't care about making a good series based on the book and keeping the level. It was created by a person who doesn't understand the Witcher phenomenon, doesn't understand why people love it so much, she despises the source material, doesn't give a damn whether it's going to be good or not, it's obvious that she has no idea what this world looks like, so she created another generic fantasy series as if it was based on Xene or Hercules but with the Witcher tag attached to it, so it's just a cash grab and it's just a way to kill the popularity of the title.

    The good part is of course Henry trying to save it as much as he can, but he can't do it. The special effects are also on a good level, and that's about it, because everything else is hopeless if you still call it The Witcher, but if you call it something else and don't refer to the world of The Witcher then it's just a generic fantasy series that you can play in the background.    … Expand
  56. konraddddd
    Dec 30, 2021
    1
    There is no logic in decision made by characters and results of them. Racism problem reduced to long ears = embarrassing simplification. And so on, and so on. Movie Makers resigned of books and they goal to stupid audience.
  57. jurkiewka13
    Dec 30, 2021
    1
    This season is a PROFANATION of everything the Witcher has to offer. The world of The Witcher is multidimensional, and each character is not unequivocally good or bad. The series looks realy flat against the background of books - everything is black and white, and the viewer is treated like an idiot. Everything that is good in the books has been turned into a vision of screenwriters thatThis season is a PROFANATION of everything the Witcher has to offer. The world of The Witcher is multidimensional, and each character is not unequivocally good or bad. The series looks realy flat against the background of books - everything is black and white, and the viewer is treated like an idiot. Everything that is good in the books has been turned into a vision of screenwriters that is illogical and bland. I appreciate the work of Henry and Joey, but the rest of this show is a tragedy. I'm not waiting for season 3. I go back to books and games to forget what I saw in season 2 of this thing.… Expand
  58. AIhuF
    Jan 1, 2022
    1
    Tragedy.
    Nonsense.
    No logic.
    Pathetic plot.
    Badly chosen characters.
    Boredom.
    Embarrassment.
    Only the title has something to do with the witcher - the rest is a plain, weak fantasy series.
  59. Delryc
    Jan 2, 2022
    1
    An insult to the work of Andrzej Sapkowski. The new plots are uninteresting. The characters distorted by these changes. I felt like I was watching a fan fiction.
  60. KryptoHuman
    Jan 4, 2022
    1
    the only thing that has to do with the witcher are the names of the characters
  61. matteostanzani
    Jan 6, 2022
    1
    There are two types of reviews in this case: 1. is the reader and the fun of witcher books and lore
    2. is the casual that maybe only played "the witcher 3", the first doesn't like the show, the second might approve it, and I say "might", because exept the problem with being an adaptation that is not an adaption there are MANY, and I say MANY problems with the logic of the plot. People    There are two types of reviews in this case: 1. is the reader and the fun of witcher books and lore
    2. is the casual that maybe only played "the witcher 3", the first doesn't like the show, the second might approve it, and I say "might", because exept the problem with being an adaptation that is not an adaption there are MANY, and I say MANY problems with the logic of the plot. People can travel region on horseback in a scene, while there are miles and miles of road full of bandits and scoiatel. People that knows where a certain place is while is said that nobody (exept few people) where it is.
    I don't know what's gonna happen in the next season (s?) but I'm sure they won't recover from this, they can no longer use the source material anymore because if they would, they're gonna tear apart everything they have done with these two season and that would create even more plot holes that they already have (and there are a lot of plot holes). This is another netflix trash adaptation, hope one day someone else will reboot this series.    … Expand
  62. psupaulb
    Jan 10, 2022
    1
    After a great Season 1 they deviate so much from the source material by completely making up major plots and changing the majority of the characters so much they are unrecognizable other than their names.
  63. ForGreatDemacia
    Jan 11, 2022
    1
    It's hard to believe they could have made this story terrible considering the source material, but hands off to the showrunner for doing it. The series is NOTHING like the books or game, and none of it is improved over the original.

    Yennefer is clearly a Mary Sue for the showrunner, having more story than Geralt. You know...the namesake Witcher. She's amazing and perfect and everyone    It's hard to believe they could have made this story terrible considering the source material, but hands off to the showrunner for doing it. The series is NOTHING like the books or game, and none of it is improved over the original.

    Yennefer is clearly a Mary Sue for the showrunner, having more story than Geralt. You know...the namesake Witcher. She's amazing and perfect and everyone loves her, and oh yeah, there's this Witcher guy who gets a scene or two. Cavill does a herculean job with impeccable acting but it's not enough to save it from the utterly terrible dialogue and writing.

    Won't be watching season 3. This isn't a good show.    … Expand
  64. Darksolunicorn
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    Disappointing.
    Same locations.
    Jumpy plot.
    It's barely about Gerald, more about everyone else but him actually.
    CGI is still bad, but not as bad as in S1.
    In general everything looks cheap, it could have worked for a show with a good plot but unfortunately there isn't.
    If S1 was confusing for you, buckle up
  65. Waco1994
    Jul 2, 2022
    1
    My expectation wasn't high, but as something that was about to adapt the witcher lore and story t is a profanation. That is weak even as a separate series for those who dont know the witcher books. I'm sorry for Henry Cavill because he tryes his best, he can't rescue that.
  66. Brilz152
    Dec 5, 2022
    1
    Lauren ruined the show! Its not only about "read the Book". Its random Situation in random place with random people in this movie.
  67. Angar
    Aug 3, 2023
    1
    I was too dumb to understand plot, please dumb it down more. +1 point because of Henry Cavill still beeing Geralt.
  68. Hellspeller
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    Not gonna bother writing a review since they didnt bother to write a script
  69. KEMPERO4EG
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    A gruesome creation that slays the beautiful legacy of the book and game series. The authors simply mastered the money allocated for the series, simulated the workflow. There is no creativity in their work, only the tearing out of separate plot lines from the book series and their subsequent awkward mixing. Acting at an extremely low level. Shame and shame for such a job.
  70. TwiTu
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    I didnt think highly of the first Season, yet it was enough to wait for and try Season 2.
    Long story short: I stopped after 10 minutes, because the wokeness (actual definition: modern fascism) was even worse than in the first season and the atrocious writing and horrible acting was even apparent after such a short while.
    If they want to wage a war in entertainment and art against    I didnt think highly of the first Season, yet it was enough to wait for and try Season 2.
    Long story short: I stopped after 10 minutes, because the wokeness (actual definition: modern fascism) was even worse than in the first season and the atrocious writing and horrible acting was even apparent after such a short while.

    If they want to wage a war in entertainment and art against imaginary racists, misogynists, etc, and sacrifice their culture for totalitarian equity/quotas, then they can do that. But I am not forced to watch it.    … Expand
  71. ypablo
    Dec 28, 2021
    0
    Absolutely nothing makes sense in this show. The story is ridiculously illogical and has nothing to do with the original story. it simply doesn't add up. Whoever created that script is either incompetent or dumb or both. It was painful to watch it. Unbelievable garbage.
  72. BUBISHI
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all I have to say I have read the books, so it will be hard not to compare the series to them.
    But as the creators promised to stay close to the originals, it's only just and reasonable to do so.
    I don't care for all the diverse cast changes, women in charge and wokeness stuff people complain about. If the actors get a good script and do it right, I'm fine. I would be glad if the show's only problem for me would be some forced real world politics and characters that don't fit my personal imagination.

    Leaving this aside, the show is a very bad piece of generic fantasy writing with awful pacing, logical errors, dull dialogues, bad jokes and (mostly) uninspired cast. I wonder how people can not see that and pretend it's a great show? I have spoken to some friends that have never read the books but watched season 2 and wondered why it's such a piece of trash. When I asked them what they think, they answered: it must have been written that way in the original books...

    The script is so horrible, I don't know where to start. I can live with the decision to deviate from the books because it's a TV show, they didn't have time and money to show everything to us or else.
    So create something exciting. Something that fits into the world and makes the characters shine. No, they failed and we got awful storylines.
    They have ripped out good and coherent parts of the original story and replaced them with made up, unpolished and forced "ideas".
    The confusing multiple timelines storytelling from season 1 was replaced with ridiculous fast-travel where the protagonists jump from one city to another in seconds.
    The huge world created in season 1 suffers badly from this, you have to guess hard if scene take place in Cintra, Oxenfurt or Nilfgaard - everything looks the same and is only a day's ride away. Does it even matter? Everything could have taken place in the same town. This reminds me of the final seasons of GoT, when the world was shrunk, so the protagonists could move from one part of the continent to another in the blink of an eye. There are even two saddled horses ready for Yen and Ciri after they teleported to the hut - how convenient, luckily they didn't starve to death after their owners were killed weeks ago.
    The remote and secret Kaer Morhen has been transformed into a clubhouse where wandering whores and teleporting mages stream in and out? What the hell?!?

    Some scenes are bare of any logic: How did Rience know where to teleport to find Ciri? Why did he imediatelly knew to take the new created witcher-potion? Yen helps Cahir to escape, but no one even tries to stop them. There are no guards in a place where all northen kings meet, and all the master mages are so surprised they forgot how to cast spells.
    The actors, except HC who IS Geralt, hardly try to breathe life into their characters. Ciri wears tons of make-up whether in training or wandering in the woods.
    Characters have been changed in such a way they don't even deserve the names of the originals. Vesimir and all the witchers are a good example - pathetic.
    Scenes that were meant to be emotional and forge bonds between the characters are lifeless and spoiled with stupid jokes (Ciris nightmares in episode 1).
    Even the nice locations lose their beauty if actors pretend to walk in a cold winter night seeking shelter from a snowstorm but wearing a shirt and a gown.
    The dialogues are childish, written by immature writers for an immature audience. Dialogues consist mostly of explaining the confusing story, bad jokes or swearing.

    In my opinion, they missed a great chance to bring the Witcher universe to the screen. It's a pity, because there was much hope after season 1.    … Expand
  73. imthenoob
    Jul 2, 2023
    0
    Insufferably long and uneventful. This season butchered the character development of so many and did nothing with a lot of them. This could have easily been cut down into 4-5 episodes. Dragging it on as long as they did with such a mediocre story did far more harm than good.
  74. MixenFix
    Jul 9, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The director and screenwriters decided to imagine that they are better writers than Sapkowski, so they decided to radically change an excellent story and make THEIR CREATION. Geralt all season does nothing but talking to much (according to his statements, one might think that he is a philosopher), it seems that in the Netflix series, his main vocation is not to kill monsters, but to talk. There is practically no fight, they look inorganic, the stories are fictional (the arc with Ciri is just a laughing stock, they invented some kind of ancient old witch who was nowhere else, told us a meanless story about Fringilla, which does not affect the on the plot in any way, invented monoliths with monsters, oh gods you are just "great" writers, you've created what we never seen at Witcher's books and games.
    Key characters (Eskel, Myszowór) have already been killed in two seasons. How Eskel was killed - oh, what an absurdity it is, supposedly he got infected from Leshy and became Leshy. Do you even know why witchers are tested with herbs? They are immune, and can never be infected from monsters and become monsters. (vampires, brooks, Leshys, and so on) They came up with an uninteresting story with Yennefer, made all the sorceresses unattractive (which fundamentally contradicts the book, where they made beauties out of themselves with magic, specially).
    And God, why did you put a 20-year-old guy in the role of Emhyr? Do you even understand that he must be 40 years old as least? By adding stubble, you haven't made it look older, because in the scene before, he was a 20 year old boy!
    Liberal elves - a separate chapter in this absurdity invented by the director and screenwriters. Why would the elves changed their skin color? Why do the inhabitants of the Arabian East and Africa play elves?

    Just 0 out of 10, absolutely deserved, as the authors think they are better writers than the author of the original story. Everything was rewritten, everything was changed from original The Witcher.    … Expand
  75. Ninja_Se7eN
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    The writers took the name of the characters and locations and invented their own story with little regard to the original one.
    The result is a mess that doesn't make sense nor fits with the original Witcher universe.

    This is fan fic, and not a very good one...
  76. Vlaho
    Dec 26, 2021
    0
    Piece of sh*t! This is an insult for books fans... Netflix please cancel this show.
  77. Zer0TheHer0
    Dec 24, 2021
    0
    I'm a big fan of the books and the games. What I think: Henry Cavill is absolutely great. His portrayal of Geralt is excellent. He really is a gem and the one redeeming quality of this show. All the rest, I'm afraid, is a mess. Bad writing topped with some feminist/woke propaganda, terrible casting, bad acting and so on. What a disappointment.
  78. Ravn7
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    The story is just ridiculous. And because of that also very boring. I fast forwarded many scenes. It's a very bad show and a disastrous Witcher show. Only Cavil tries to make it as close to the source material as possible. But still it's not even close.
  79. AngryShark92
    Feb 10, 2022
    0
    Amazing how my critical reviews of woke political nonsense movies and shows get deleted, but thousands of 10/10 bots supporting this trash do not.

    Season 2 improves over season 1 in one singular aspect, CGI got a decent upgrade. Everything else is a downgrade. Episode 1, which was based on a short story within Spakowski's novel called "Grain of Truth" was the only episode in this    Amazing how my critical reviews of woke political nonsense movies and shows get deleted, but thousands of 10/10 bots supporting this trash do not.

    Season 2 improves over season 1 in one singular aspect, CGI got a decent upgrade. Everything else is a downgrade. Episode 1, which was based on a short story within Spakowski's novel called "Grain of Truth" was the only episode in this throwaway of a season that has any relevance or faithfulness to the source material. The love story between Nivellen & Vereena is one of those parts of a book that become memorable years after reading it, and while the show does a good job of depicting it, there are even a few errors and missing elements (albeit forgivable ones) that take away from the darkness of it all.

    After that, the creator takes the show in a completely different direction, a story she feels she needs to tell. Problem is, your audience isn't a bunch of progressive sissies without an ounce of comprehension or understanding for narrative storytelling... your audience are loyal fans of Sapkowski's work, whether by his books or CDPR's adaptation of the games, you did not earn this fanbase or following, what you did is get thrown into a position you have no business being in because you are a progressive female "producer" and coast on the coattails of a writer that actually possesses talent.

    You are the female version of DB Weiss & David Benioff, except you are starting at Season 8 of GoT and pulling the IP down with you. Henry Cavill is the only saving grace from this disaster you call an "adaptation", and when he has to step in and remind you that Geralt is the main character and should probably show up on the screen more often, perhaps it is time to acknowledge that you lied when you said you were going to "remain faithful to the source material”. The diversity casting, altered characters, awful pacing, terrible storytelling, political injections, and even this user score and universal condemnation from the community, tell me you are not a “Witcher fan”.

    Step down, delete this abomination, keep Cavill, hand the keys to HBO or someone with some sense of awareness, and go make your own IP with your own ideas and let us know how that works out. The only reason this show has not been canned is because of the gigantic fan base and its loyalty, again, something you did not earn. Oh, and this upcoming spinoff? Cancel it. Nobody cares about your diversity hire fan fiction.

    + CGI improvement
    + Henry Cavill is an excellent Geralt and actually cares

    - Terrible writing
    - Terrible casting (outside of Geralt & Dijkstra)
    - Character portrayals are inaccurate
    - Source material abandoned
    - Contrived plot that is a jumbled mess
    - Story is riddled with plot holes and none of the plots make sense
    - Diversity casting makes no sense for the relations in the narrative
    - Creator's political views are pushing important characters to the side
    - Pacing is all over the pace, show gets really boring
    - Another beloved IP torched by Netflix

    Overall, it is what you have come to expect from Netflix shows & showrunners, talentless hacks that have no business being in the position they are in and decimating beloved IPs in the name of political positions and money. Originally a 2/10, but Metacritic deletes my reviews because they have progressive bot moderators who delete well-deserved criticism, here’s a zero.    … Expand
  80. nicoSF
    Jan 1, 2023
    0
    More of the same anti-white bs agenda. And it continues to ignore the actual Witcher story. I could maybe forgive the casting of black and brown people in roles of white characters, if in fact the cast had good actors in it. Frangila, for example, is so vulgar as a person, it keep taking me out of the show. Vesemir looks like a used car salesmen which I think they found somewhere in CarsonMore of the same anti-white bs agenda. And it continues to ignore the actual Witcher story. I could maybe forgive the casting of black and brown people in roles of white characters, if in fact the cast had good actors in it. Frangila, for example, is so vulgar as a person, it keep taking me out of the show. Vesemir looks like a used car salesmen which I think they found somewhere in Carson City, NV. This show is a mess and the creators are pathetic spineless marxist chumps.… Expand
  81. Rekso
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    The actress playing the main role of Ciri knows what acting is? Even no emotions at the sight of monsters
  82. moonknight93
    Jan 21, 2022
    0
    Blood of Elves, the third book in the saga of Geralt of Rivia, witcher by trade, is not the easiest books to adapt. It contains a lot of worldbuilding and it doesn't have a clear main antagonist to create drama. Despite this, But an adaptation can expand on elements that are only mentioned in the book. It can create additional action, or transforming monologues and thoughts in dialogueBlood of Elves, the third book in the saga of Geralt of Rivia, witcher by trade, is not the easiest books to adapt. It contains a lot of worldbuilding and it doesn't have a clear main antagonist to create drama. Despite this, But an adaptation can expand on elements that are only mentioned in the book. It can create additional action, or transforming monologues and thoughts in dialogue between the characters.

    But this season is not an adaptation. It contains a lot of fan fiction od dubious quality, which create plot contrivances and changes characters compared to Season 1 or the anime spin-off. It feels rushes, the worldbuilding is almost non existent. All different cities in different kingdoms feel culturally the same. Dialogues are more a generic declaration of intents by the characters, rather than confrontations on issues or feelings. Travelling feels like teleportation, and the whole pacing is off. Rushed, almost like the showrunner is afraid of boring the viewer. They are treating this show as a generic teen fantasy made for CW, rather than the mature dark fantasy it's supposed to be. The Sapkowski's saga is one where the characters take center stage and drive the plot forwards. But this show doesn't take its time to establish the characterizations of its characters and their relationships with each other. In some way, it's reaping the fruits of what they did in Season 1. Skipping important character moments to rush the story forward.

    Season 3 cannot save this, because the entire show is build on rotten foundations. A terrible show, and a terrible disappointment.    … Expand
  83. love2kick
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    Garbage.
    First season at least tried to be a "Witcher", now it's just another generic netflix fantasy series.
  84. BloodAndWine
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    By the end of the season it has deviated almost completely from the books. Entire plotlines gone. Pivotal characters dead. Completely new characters invented. Dynamics and relationships altered entirely. All these awful changes are written together sloppily and with poor talent. Absolute disrespect for the classic and beloved stories. Why not just make an original show if you don't wan'tBy the end of the season it has deviated almost completely from the books. Entire plotlines gone. Pivotal characters dead. Completely new characters invented. Dynamics and relationships altered entirely. All these awful changes are written together sloppily and with poor talent. Absolute disrespect for the classic and beloved stories. Why not just make an original show if you don't wan't to actually adapt the story? Netflix once again proving to be a joke. Might as well have called this 'WitcherDale'.… Expand
  85. 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.
  86. D45T4N
    Dec 26, 2021
    0
    Some people say that Netflix Witcher haters are people who are racists or fans who can't get over dissimilarities with book canon. Well, no. This series is huge pile of garbage written by people who don't know what fantasy genre is and don't even like it. Season 2 contradicts season 1, netflix anime, and itself. Nobody was putting any effort into making this show, even makeup artists, theSome people say that Netflix Witcher haters are people who are racists or fans who can't get over dissimilarities with book canon. Well, no. This series is huge pile of garbage written by people who don't know what fantasy genre is and don't even like it. Season 2 contradicts season 1, netflix anime, and itself. Nobody was putting any effort into making this show, even makeup artists, the only exception is Henry Cavill (he has my condolenses).… Expand
  87. MacDuff
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    Netflix, why has it got to be this way? I feel sorry for Henry Cavil & Freya Allan who were great in their roles.
    But how can you possibly make the Witcher boring as hell? Way too much time given to secondary characters, or if they are not secondary, they are actors with zero charisma to hold your attention. Fringilla, the Elves, Aretuza all had me checking my phone (and I never do that!)    Netflix, why has it got to be this way? I feel sorry for Henry Cavil & Freya Allan who were great in their roles.
    But how can you possibly make the Witcher boring as hell? Way too much time given to secondary characters, or if they are not secondary, they are actors with zero charisma to hold your attention. Fringilla, the Elves, Aretuza all had me checking my phone (and I never do that!)
    Maybe it was the very poor writing which seemed to make everyone behave very one dimensionally.

    Yennifer - Ruined
    Vesimerir - an idiot
    The haunting Slavic/Celtic music - Gone!

    Someone else mentioned this, that key to the characters that is they are loyal to Geralt. He has earned this loyalty by being the man we know and love. To think that Yennifer or Vesimerir of all people would put Ciri (his daughter basically) in harms way is ludicrous!

    That's ruined those character interactions for me, how can Geralt ever trust them again?

    I will say episode one was good, it felt like how the Witcher universe should feel, but that was a one off. The rest of the season felt like it was made but a completely different team.

    I don’t understand it! I loved season one.

    I did notice the scene when Jaskier was sneaking onto the ship, and there was a telling comment along the lines of “that if you don’t like my entertainment, create your own”.

    Gives us some indication that the writers seem to be more interested in fighting a culture war, rather than creating a great TV series.    … Expand
  88. Lord_Volta
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    If you know anything about the source material, don't watch this.
    (Episode 1 is ok though)
  89. toxicbits
    Dec 27, 2022
    0
    Woke garbage by a writer whose priority is to indoctrinate the viewership with her demented agenda.
  90. Lamcza
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    WTF is this? Someone even read the books out there? The source is good, and they decide to change everything lol like what's the point...
  91. tehJo
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    Yet another atrocity. They really loosely used books. Changing the meaning of stories, added more and more. The script is really bad, dialogs are horrible, characters are butchered. Season one was really bad and due to changes made to the story, they are going deeper and deeper into the world of terrible confusion and at the same time feeding us horrible experiences. Dialogs are writtenYet another atrocity. They really loosely used books. Changing the meaning of stories, added more and more. The script is really bad, dialogs are horrible, characters are butchered. Season one was really bad and due to changes made to the story, they are going deeper and deeper into the world of terrible confusion and at the same time feeding us horrible experiences. Dialogs are written once in the tones of fantasy and in other times modern talk. The political correctness that changed the plot and characters in season one now just makes it unwatchable. The story of Ciri was a story of a child and clearly here she is a woman. I do not see redemption for this series. I like Henry but he should know better not to be part of this atrocity.… Expand
  92. Slav84
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    Lauren should create another part fast and furious insted witcher. Tomek bring me coffe!! Now!
  93. Przybyslaw
    Dec 22, 2021
    0
    2 season - one word : CRAP [or joke? does not matter]

    ish = total talentless
    scenario = tragedy, tragedy, tragedy.... ...tragedy
    parody of the witcher's world.

    don't watch without a large dose of alcohol or thc
  94. Faradeyyy
    Dec 17, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They just cut out all the hardcore, cool fights and nudity from the series, and we have to take it and keep silent.… Expand
  95. Thecrazyjoke92
    Dec 17, 2021
    0
    This is a disgrace! people cannot be serious watching this garbage? the acting is bad, the cgi is even worse! the series jumps from one place to another in such a bad way that it is actually gut wrenching watching this! its so far from the books and even the games that is laughable! why change the story from the books this much when the books are great? the thing with Eskel is not accurateThis is a disgrace! people cannot be serious watching this garbage? the acting is bad, the cgi is even worse! the series jumps from one place to another in such a bad way that it is actually gut wrenching watching this! its so far from the books and even the games that is laughable! why change the story from the books this much when the books are great? the thing with Eskel is not accurate at all... so stupid that i had to write a review.. i will rather watch the old Hercules series or samurai cop than this low budget crap.. they even have a transformers looking monster.. horrible… Expand
  96. Asiia
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    It can't be adaptation because it's not a Witcher. Except names all rest have no sense .

    I feel sorry for Henry Cavill because I know that he tried his best to make it a worthy show. Great respect for him for that.
  97. wojtekbe
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    So bad, that I haven't even finished watching season 2... I just can't watch it...
  98. Ff7re_violates
    Dec 29, 2021
    0
    Why?
    Lets make sex and the city for men and The Witcher for women... or whoever this adaptation is supposed to cater to. Why try and make a square peg fit a round hole? This show has this exact disconnect. Trying to force a "fix" onto something that wasn't broke. Look at the witcher video games and try to figure out why they are beloved even though they have unique stories in the world and    Why?
    Lets make sex and the city for men and The Witcher for women... or whoever this adaptation is supposed to cater to. Why try and make a square peg fit a round hole? This show has this exact disconnect. Trying to force a "fix" onto something that wasn't broke. Look at the witcher video games and try to figure out why they are beloved even though they have unique stories in the world and why this show is not loved the same way. Please just try and understand what you are doing wrong here Lauren    … Expand
  99. AZone
    Dec 17, 2021
    0
    Everything that I loved was worn out and mutilated before my eyes. For those who have read books, it will be very painful to look at it. I have one question: Lauren, why did you treat us so cruelly?
  100. Jurfy
    Apr 3, 2022
    0
    вот что бывает, когда ставят бесталанного шоуранера который думает только про повесточку.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Polygon
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rivera
    Jan 6, 2022
    80
    The show has earned a sizable amount of goodwill in an impressively short time, and even if we can no longer see the destination, The Witcher still feels like a hell of an adventure.
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  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Dec 19, 2021
    67
    Watching the foundation get laid isn’t always exciting, but it does feel like showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich is building toward rousing sequences and cares about each of the characters equally. Whether you feel the same doesn’t really matter. “The Witcher” is in it for the long haul, and even if Season 2 feels longer than it should, you won’t regret the ride.
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  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Dec 17, 2021
    50
    “The Witcher” constantly struggles to balance its dialogue-driven scenes with pushing the plot forward. It can be an exhausting show in terms of pace—every single episode feels longer than it actually is.
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