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. Sto98
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    Мда, я не смог досмотреть сезон, остановился на 4 серии. На сом деле нужно было очень постараться чтобы снять так плохо, такого бреда я давно не видел, сюжет ужасный, персонажи неинтересные, ведьмаков превратили в сборище каких то идиотов, ну и конечно было невероятно важно подчеркнуть актуальную повесточку.Мда, я не смог досмотреть сезон, остановился на 4 серии. На сом деле нужно было очень постараться чтобы снять так плохо, такого бреда я давно не видел, сюжет ужасный, персонажи неинтересные, ведьмаков превратили в сборище каких то идиотов, ну и конечно было невероятно важно подчеркнуть актуальную повесточку.
  2. Zeitgeistical
    Dec 28, 2021
    0
    Honestly I have no idea how the official critique got better score than Season 1 in some platforms. Season 1 was decent, I could accept the changes from the source material and the pace in that one. Season 2 however, every build-up from the previous season, quickly turned sour.

    Season 2 was all about character arcs corruption, and also of the Witcher universe. The stories are    Honestly I have no idea how the official critique got better score than Season 1 in some platforms. Season 1 was decent, I could accept the changes from the source material and the pace in that one. Season 2 however, every build-up from the previous season, quickly turned sour.

    Season 2 was all about character arcs corruption, and also of the Witcher universe. The stories are meaningless, character choices are irrational, the world means little and less considering the characters just simply go to extreme distances in a scene cut (and no, not using the conventional teleportation methods laid by the show).

    The worse character development (if you can even call it that) was by far from Yennefer. Not only she lost all the build-up from Season 1, from wishing to be a mother so hard that she'd almost kill herself to protect a random baby, to go to extreme lengths to chase a dragon for that kind of power, even to consider giving up HER OWN CHAOS to do so. What does she do instead in this Season? - I'll spoil it for you, because it's that bad - when she loses her power, she decides the only thing that is reasonable is to sacrifice a child to get the chaos back. Not only a simple child, Geralt's child.

    And why did Lauren do that? Because, as she said herself, she wanted "women to be at the center of the story" and to "create another story for Yennefer" which she found more fullfilling. And by doing that they created a terrible, meaningless, clueless, irrational story, in which the script is so bad the acting feel like a submediocre soap-opera.    … Expand
  3. Mully79
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    Absolute garbage. This was no mere tweaking of source material. A complete alteration and defilement is a better description. Truly sickening to watch Sapkowski’s masterpiece ruined.
  4. Nick111
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    Решил дать шанс 2 сезону т.к. все критики им восхищались, афроэльфы эт сильно), более унылого сериала не видел, еле еле смог посмотреть 2 сезон, вот что бывает когда планируют отснять сразу 10 сезонов или сколько они там запланировали, просто дико унылый сериал, жаль потраченного времени, лучше бы сел и просто посмотрел в стену 8 часов, может до чего умного бы додумался...Решил дать шанс 2 сезону т.к. все критики им восхищались, афроэльфы эт сильно), более унылого сериала не видел, еле еле смог посмотреть 2 сезон, вот что бывает когда планируют отснять сразу 10 сезонов или сколько они там запланировали, просто дико унылый сериал, жаль потраченного времени, лучше бы сел и просто посмотрел в стену 8 часов, может до чего умного бы додумался...
  5. smartinvestor30
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    It was tough to watch, for their credit some of the fight scenes with the monsters are pretty good. The story is ruined and of course a lot of things were changed for it to work in the wokeness era (aka the dark ages). They threw in some token black people to check off the diversity boxes but that's about it. All women are in power for the obligatory "women in leadership positions"It was tough to watch, for their credit some of the fight scenes with the monsters are pretty good. The story is ruined and of course a lot of things were changed for it to work in the wokeness era (aka the dark ages). They threw in some token black people to check off the diversity boxes but that's about it. All women are in power for the obligatory "women in leadership positions" propaganda. Ciri is a strong female character and Geralt is almost like a side character in this supposed Witcher series. I knew it was going to be ruined as soon as Netflix got the rights to it but I still wanted to give it a chance.… Expand
  6. SilkWorm
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    After watching the first season, I expected the second one to be **** but it turned out to be much worse.
  7. Wiesmak
    Dec 22, 2021
    0
    This sh** is just disrespectful towards the books and the games. The world building is broken, it’s not the Witcher universe that I know for sure and fist and foremost the story is just stupid, Netflix took one big dump on the books.
  8. Docent89
    Jan 12, 2022
    0
    Просто испортили и книгу и игру, ужасный подбор актеров, ужасный сюжет, ужасные спецэффекты
  9. NoOne90
    Dec 26, 2021
    0
    This season was literally garbage. Between games and books the writers had so much good material to work with and yet they completely ignored It.

    I don't see how anyone who likes books or games can Watch thia thing.
  10. xn_Buba
    Dec 30, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To coś nie powinno zostać nazwane Wiedźminem, bo obok Wiedźmina to nawet nie stało.
    Gówniana gra aktorska większości obsady (tylko Henry Cavill odegrał swoją rolę bardzo dobrze), scenariusz ulepiony z błota posklejany na ślinę, zamienienie Eskele w Lamberta v2 a potem w drzewo.
    TEN SERIAL TO J***** żart.    … Expand
  11. Rethar
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    To jest dramat tej. It's a disaster. C'est une catastrophe. Es ist ein Desaster.
  12. Rizzmer
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    Showruner has butchered whole series with her stupid decisions with story changes. She has destroyed characters, plots, intrigue and logic. If they would make adjustments to the book story, it would not be as painful, but the writers instead decided to make a high-school low IQ fantasy show for kids. Episdoe 8 of season 2 was WAY WORSE than GoT Season 8. In one episode you ruinedShowruner has butchered whole series with her stupid decisions with story changes. She has destroyed characters, plots, intrigue and logic. If they would make adjustments to the book story, it would not be as painful, but the writers instead decided to make a high-school low IQ fantasy show for kids. Episdoe 8 of season 2 was WAY WORSE than GoT Season 8. In one episode you ruined characters, plots and the rest of the whole story. Good job Hissrich, you have butchered Polish novel legacy. I hope Sapkowski recieved a lot of money. Also - poor Henry Cavil, as a book fan and games fan he has to be disgusted with a role he is playing right now.… Expand
  13. Gongora
    Dec 17, 2021
    0
    What even is this garbage? This is the worst series off all time! Terrible cgi! The acting is so bad.. The story is horrible, everything about this show is crazy bad, advise people to not waste their time on something this bad, trust me you will waste time if you watch this!
  14. Artyon
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    I didn't like they went over the whole original story of books and games and tried to create a new story that destroyed the foundation of lore So they forgot that aren't the I didn't like PATHETIC
  15. Ajam686
    Dec 17, 2021
    0
    It was very bad. had no commitment to the book. This series should be canceled.
  16. VayhanRin
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dead Eskel ?
    Rly?
    Are u mad?
    Do you destroy the Witcher universe as easily as you drink coffee?    … Expand
  17. madmentat
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    It's a disaster. For those who read and loved the books it's just unbearable to watch. The characters, plot, the world have been drastically changed without any coherent reason. Somebody thought they can create something more interesting and engaging then Sapkowski did. They were wrong. This is at best amateur level fan fiction writing - only fans do not mutilate the original as much.It's a disaster. For those who read and loved the books it's just unbearable to watch. The characters, plot, the world have been drastically changed without any coherent reason. Somebody thought they can create something more interesting and engaging then Sapkowski did. They were wrong. This is at best amateur level fan fiction writing - only fans do not mutilate the original as much. Everything is dumbed down, the dialogue is atrocious. Every single time someone exclaimed **** with a serious face and full of emotion - it was predictable at least 2 seconds in advance. The games took the book material and expanded it with love, respect and great care. They created new plots, recreated the characters' personalities from the books almost perfectly and made the book characters perform in those new plots in mostly exactly the same way they would've if it's been written by Sapkowski or so it felt. It is incomparable to the hack job that the netflix did. The only things that are half-decent are the ones directly reused from source - everything that is added on just doesn't even make any sense on its own and doesn't fit with the source either.… Expand
  18. Noe11
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    Loved the books, loved the games. The show is unfortunately an utter garbage. I had minimal hopes after a terrible 1st season but somehow they managed to make a story, acting and characters even worse in this one.

    Lauren Schmidt (shows director) should seriously consider a change of career as anything creative apparently isn't her cup of tea. Seriously what sort of a mental midget you    Loved the books, loved the games. The show is unfortunately an utter garbage. I had minimal hopes after a terrible 1st season but somehow they managed to make a story, acting and characters even worse in this one.

    Lauren Schmidt (shows director) should seriously consider a change of career as anything creative apparently isn't her cup of tea. Seriously what sort of a mental midget you have to be if cant even copy from an excellent sources material such as the books and games.

    The director has no understanding of source material, what makes it attractive and so compelling and whats worse even has no understanding of her own craft, story and character building, camera, script etc.

    Cavill the only spark of light in this abomination does what he can but cant fight alone against an idiotic directors decision. In Henrys position i would leave this show as soon as possible even if I had to cancel the contract just to not have my name attached to it.

    The beautiful world built in a book series by Mr. Sapkowski deserves much more than this stinking heap of excrements.    … Expand
  19. Gervantri
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    «Основано на книгах» - шикарная надпись. Основано на книгах - это взять имя персонажа и полностью изменить его характер и историю, сделав из рассудительного ведьмака - идиота, который даже не знает, как лешего убить. Основано на книгах - это изменить характеры почти всех положительных героев в отрицательную сторону. «Дядюшка Весемир», который ненавидел создание ведьмаков и не хотел«Основано на книгах» - шикарная надпись. Основано на книгах - это взять имя персонажа и полностью изменить его характер и историю, сделав из рассудительного ведьмака - идиота, который даже не знает, как лешего убить. Основано на книгах - это изменить характеры почти всех положительных героев в отрицательную сторону. «Дядюшка Весемир», который ненавидел создание ведьмаков и не хотел смотреть, как из-за этого страдают, теперь просто жадный старик, который может ставить эксперименты на Цири ради создания ведьмаков. «Сестричка Трисс» - теперь вместо помощи Цири, будет кричать на неё «ТЫ УНИЧТОЖИШЬ МИР». Ламбер - идиот. Эскель - идиот. Весь Нильфгаард - не империя, которую все боятся, а сборище идиотов. Маги - не высший совет, а сборище кретинов. «Вырезать все хорошее и добавить плохое» - девиз нетфликс. Первый сезон я ещё мог смотреть(благодаря геральту и лютику), но второй - невозможно. «Мы учли ошибки первого сезона и сделаем все отлично» - это значит ещё больше изменить персонажей. Если персонаж не подходит характером и историей под книжного, то зачем ему давать такое же имя? Почему нельзя просто взять и дать ему другое имя, введя нового персонажа.

    «Сериал основан на книгах, а не на играх» сказали жадные нетфликс на фоне популярности игр. Притом от «основан на книгах» есть только имена персонажей. Зато из игр они спокойно украли броню нильфгаарда + вид каэр морхена + некоторые элементы внутри него + ещё очень много. Из книг же они взяли только название. Так на чем основан сериал? На жажде наживы и лени. Создатели сериала больше заботились, чтобы впихнуть как можно больше меньшинств, чем о том, как бы сделать хороший и интересный сериал, не затронув фанатов. На чувства фанатов им пофиг, зато если Цири - белая, то это расизм и так нельзя. Смотря сериал, не ощущаешь этой истории, не ощущаешь, что Цири кому-то дорога, поэтому не переживаешь за персонажей, ведь они все твари. Нетфликс, как всегда, огонь - 0/10. Не советую смотреть, если не хотите потратить 8 часов в пустоту.    … Expand
  20. your_own_quest
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    Смертная скука, дешевые эффекты, изобилие чернокожих персонажей! Пустые диалоги, напичканые штампами.
  21. grubbykiller
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    Disappointing season, story was modified in every worst way comparing to the books.
  22. MERT22
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    Watching this after reading the books and playing the games feels like having a frontal lobotomy done by a rusty metal **** attached to Lauren Schmidts hips.

    Seriously, if you had even limited experience with the source material and you still think that this is a quality show then you have some problems, most likely with assessing the quality of the product that you are being fed.    Watching this after reading the books and playing the games feels like having a frontal lobotomy done by a rusty metal **** attached to Lauren Schmidts hips.

    Seriously, if you had even limited experience with the source material and you still think that this is a quality show then you have some problems, most likely with assessing the quality of the product that you are being fed.

    After watching first season I thought that Lauren Schmidt, director of the show is just lazy and therefore doesn't care much about the accuracy to the source material. After watching the 2nd season I am convinced that she must actively hate both the books and the games and most likely even their fans.

    There is no logical explanation to any of the drastic changes that she has done in the script compared to the books. The changes serve no purpose to the story, they don't simplify it for the wider audience, they don't make it more compelling, cool or attractive. They made changes for the sake of changes and all of them made the story worse compared to if they would just copy & paste. Utter lack of talent from the shows creative team.

    The director had it all for this season, budget, great source material for the story (books) great source material for the costume design and how the original characters should behave outside of the original story (games), Henry Cavill, etc. but she still couldn't do even half decent job of bringing this to the screen.

    I have honestly tried to like it but this is beyond disappointing for the fans.    … Expand
  23. sassy_girl
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    Beautiful books source material destroyed and degraded to a marvel level. And to top it of they made some really bad casting choices.
  24. Flessless
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    Not loyal to source material, total trash filled poc:s. Elves that are fat, ugly and black, wtf is wrong with netflix.
  25. MrMic
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    WTF!? This is non logical super stupid piece of **** Please someone take back rights from netflix!
  26. D1monn
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    Первый сезон был отвратительно толерантный, второй ещё и феминисткий, где 80% всего времени показывают бабсовет магов с пустой болтавней и ну просто омерзительными актерами, жаль что сумели испортить сериал с неплохим потенциаломПервый сезон был отвратительно толерантный, второй ещё и феминисткий, где 80% всего времени показывают бабсовет магов с пустой болтавней и ну просто омерзительными актерами, жаль что сумели испортить сериал с неплохим потенциалом
  27. plen
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    Ужасно. Выключил сериал на 2 серии, когда увидел развалившегося быдлана Эскеля и толпу шл*х в Каэр Морхене. В том самом Каэр Морехене, куда ведьмаки собираются на зимовку по сокрытым от лишних глаз тропам...

    Персонаж Эскеля просто отвратителен. В книгах - спокойный и разсудительный, тактичный и "брат-близнец" Геральта (так как почти одного возраста), в сериале - гопник 20 лет,    Ужасно. Выключил сериал на 2 серии, когда увидел развалившегося быдлана Эскеля и толпу шл*х в Каэр Морхене. В том самом Каэр Морехене, куда ведьмаки собираются на зимовку по сокрытым от лишних глаз тропам...

    Персонаж Эскеля просто отвратителен. В книгах - спокойный и разсудительный, тактичный и "брат-близнец" Геральта (так как почти одного возраста), в сериале - гопник 20 лет, агрессивный, отчужденный. Про доброго "дядюшку Весемира" вообще молчу.

    Цири в фильме получилась уже совсем не той маленькой девочкой, которую обучали ведьмаки. С виду ей лет 20, мне кажется в таком возрасте уже физически проблематично изучать все те пируэты которых требует ведьмачье ремесло..

    Забавно как авторы умудрились полностью скопировать из игр дизайн крепости ведьмаков, при этом полностью изуродовав личности его обитателей на свой манер. Это как вообще??    … Expand
  28. Winters1986
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    Pathetic. the script is audience rape. killing an eskel is a rape of fans. finish it
  29. Shrigma
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    Is it a good fantasy show? It's decent. Is it a good witcher adaptation? Definitely not. If you're new to the witcher franchise you might enjoy it but if you played games or read the books, watching this show will be very painful. The plot is ridiculous and has nothing to do with original story. CGI is mediocre and the casting is just bad.
  30. TomaszHead
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    Netflix should close this…for books lovers is torture. This tragedy they can’t repair im next seasons.
  31. slawomirus
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 10 for Lauren showrunner
    "This is the person I care about the most — that our adaptation protects his novels, honors his stories, shares his world with a wider audience — and that he loves how we’re doing it? "    … Expand
  32. rita_duh
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a parody of the book and mocking of all the Slavic culture, with no understanding or any will to understand it. I guess the scriptwriter never opened the original.
    Looks like people at Netflix that have approved this did not read the books either and therefore they saw nothing wrong.

    Even if reading is too much of an exercise for someone, you still see how the scenes are off, the dialogues are illogical, the design is of a vague generic fantasy and has nothing to do with Poland or any other Slavic country. Aa an example of bad design, there is Leshiy. If the showrunners felt such a strong urge to add him to the show, although there was no stock scene in the book, he should have been at least interesting.
    They obviously wanted to improve the book, otherwise why change it at all, so something should have been improved... Eh, what exactly is better now?
    Their Leshiy is but a clot of tentacles with no shape, color, interesting animation. Was there even a concept art? Have you even seen any of our illustrations? Baba Yaga is... the most offensive thing I ever saw on Netflix. I cannot... Such a generic design, speech, lighting, acting, the whole scene. With this cast combined, this is utterly disrespectful towards us.
    All of us who saw it were enraged. We wanted to throw something at the screen when we saw the first 3 episodes and we can't watch this any further.
    _No one in Russia likes these scenes_. This is not how Baba Yaga looks like in our mythology, this is not what she does, this is not how it all works! The hut is awful too! Why couldn't you at least get a Consultant? This is an amateur attitude to other people's culture which the showrunners do not understand because they've never even been here, never read our mythology, they steal our heritage and use it as they think fit and it looks Terrible and out of place.

    Further on. Crying Yennefer. That never ever cries, this is her essence. This is not Yen. But they never opened the book, as we already understood. The full-grown glamorous Ciri always wearing full makeup. This imposter does not act. She wears the same facial expression all the time. She is not a war child, she's not Ciri-brat, that angular, curious, rogue kid, but she is rather a rich and well-fed woman from Instagram that never feels cold and walks around in the snow undressed, with her long wig always styled. This is not Ciri.
    Put her into a Siberian wood in Winter. We'll see how she will look then without warm clothing. She's never seen harsh life, that American woman. It shows. Neither did the costume designer and the makeup artist. I could go on forever scene by scene, tearing this nonsense is a show apart, but I gotta stop at some point. All in all, very bad writing, lots of cringe scenes, inappropriate cast and costumes. I am deeply disgusted by this adaptation and its authors and I cannot watch it any further. My personal cancelation.    … Expand
  33. vergiliy62
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    I'm just a silly internet person, but me and my friends, book and game fans, don't want a third season led by Lauren Hissrich. We're not going to watch it. I will start a petition to have the showrunner removed from this project before it is too late and there is hope for smart people. She's filming the show from her own fantasy, barbarically distorting the story from the book.I'm just a silly internet person, but me and my friends, book and game fans, don't want a third season led by Lauren Hissrich. We're not going to watch it. I will start a petition to have the showrunner removed from this project before it is too late and there is hope for smart people. She's filming the show from her own fantasy, barbarically distorting the story from the book. We wanted to see a book come to life, not a crazy fantasy. I am utterly despairing. To make a heroic fantasy about a man allowed a man of radical views to change the plot to include female characters who were already important in the original, but they didn't have enough. If HBO can be forgiven a little, because they didn't finish the books and they came up with the end of the story themselves, then Loren can't be forgiven. If they don't fire the showrunner of the witch, the show can be closed, she managed to twist the whole plot, to distort all the events. If in the first season it was done partially, here she decided to go full throttle.… Expand
  34. Andy164
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    All those people watching the Witcher serial and loving it (what is totally ok, maybe i would enjoy it more too but it's also not very good anyway imo...) , but never touched one of the books or played the games. Won't understand the hate real fans have and how bad it actually is... Even worse than the stretching of the Hobbit for example... It's a based on not a Adaption. The ShowrunnerAll those people watching the Witcher serial and loving it (what is totally ok, maybe i would enjoy it more too but it's also not very good anyway imo...) , but never touched one of the books or played the games. Won't understand the hate real fans have and how bad it actually is... Even worse than the stretching of the Hobbit for example... It's a based on not a Adaption. The Showrunner and Cavill calling themselves big fans of the books and games who also told they will stay very close to the lore... Are only liars who are telling **** Otherwise they wouldn't deliver such a rape of a show...btw the diversity cast don't fit the Witcher universe also is sapkowski very clear how the people look in the books... I think also Sapkowski saying he likes the show is only very good paid. Because if somebody would do something like this to a fantasy world i would have created i couldn't enjoy one second of it, period!… Expand
  35. Marones
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    No words about it. Same with all the other negative reviews. They butchered the atmosphere of the books and of the 1st season.
  36. MrZashkvarMan
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    Говно тупого говна. Нетфликс снова всё проебали. Мискаст даже хуже чем в первом сезоне, сюжет был выкинут в помойку и вообще никак не связан с сюжетом книг. Черные ведьмаки, черные краснолюды ,черные дриады, черные эльфы, ПОЧТИ ВСЕ МАГИ ЧЕРНЫЕ!!!!!!! Я не расист и не против наших темнокожих друзей, но можно было сделать новых персонажей которые лаконично встраивались в сюжет , а неГовно тупого говна. Нетфликс снова всё проебали. Мискаст даже хуже чем в первом сезоне, сюжет был выкинут в помойку и вообще никак не связан с сюжетом книг. Черные ведьмаки, черные краснолюды ,черные дриады, черные эльфы, ПОЧТИ ВСЕ МАГИ ЧЕРНЫЕ!!!!!!! Я не расист и не против наших темнокожих друзей, но можно было сделать новых персонажей которые лаконично встраивались в сюжет , а не заменять белых на черных. У меня такое ощущение , что весь бюджет ушёл на Генри Кавилла. Единственная проведённая работа над ошибками - доспех нильфгардцев и всё.… Expand
  37. dstnR
    Dec 22, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Butcher of Blaviken is nothing compared to the butchers from netflix xd
    I only respect Henry Cavil for doing the best he can to portrait Gerald better than the lame showrunner wants.    … Expand
  38. SirkkaAurinko
    Dec 22, 2021
    0
    Uwaga!. Ten koszmarny wytwór chorej wyobraźni skazuje Was się na 8 odcinkową torturę polegającą na oglądaniu wierutnych bredni obrażających czytelnika Wiedźmina. Intelektualnie i wizualnie. Nie wspominając o totalnej nudzie, drewnianym aktorstwie, drętwocie postaci i bardzo kiepskiej realizacji.
  39. xemulu
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    После первого сезона и его косяков, я сомневался получится ли второй. И второй сезон поистине меня удивил. Настолько смешной и сумбурный фанфик я давно не встречал. Есть ощущение, что моя десятилетняя сестра и то лучше смогла бы адаптировать книги под ТВ формат. Как только ты начинаешь видеть хоть что-то в этом "произведении искусства", тут же появляется какое-то очумелое создание(Йен безПосле первого сезона и его косяков, я сомневался получится ли второй. И второй сезон поистине меня удивил. Настолько смешной и сумбурный фанфик я давно не встречал. Есть ощущение, что моя десятилетняя сестра и то лучше смогла бы адаптировать книги под ТВ формат. Как только ты начинаешь видеть хоть что-то в этом "произведении искусства", тут же появляется какое-то очумелое создание(Йен без магии, Весимир, пытающийся сделать из Цири ведьмака, смерть Эскеля и так далее). Создатели явно решили пойти по какому-то своему особому пути. Если хотите настоящего ведьмака, то лучше книжки почитать или ознакомиться с серией игр, но никак не с этим порождением отбитого наглухо графомана.… Expand
  40. Death_Kronos
    Dec 22, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Францеска - вбився дітей на расовій основі. Це ж треба до такого додуматися. В мене горить від цього відснятого моменту.

    Мутаген відьмаків - створюють на основі старшої крові
    Йен вела Цирі "на смерть".
    Таких поворотів сюжета в нормальному серіалі, навіть адаптованому серіалі не повинно бути. Це просто якась реклама: тіпа не обіжайте ельфів бо це інша раса.

    З серіалу тільки назва "відьмак". І навіть один Генрі Кавіл його не витягне.    … Expand
  41. dadigriggio
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    So sad how they ruined a masterpiece of story...
    Just why? Why do people think they need to change something that is already solid?
    "Hey, lets pick a best seller and make an adaptation, so we can destroy every aspect of it"

    Disapointed.
  42. RichBH
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    One of the worst book to show adaptations I've ever seen.
    It was poorly acted directed and contains some of the most logically incoherent scene on streaming today.
    This show pales into insignificance and irrelevance against the the vastly superior books and games..
    I would give it to miss and go with the latter.
  43. Wikermetal
    Dec 24, 2021
    0
    Destrukcja całego świata przedstawionego książkowego oryginału i próba żerowania na nostalgii. Recenzja skierowana do tych co czytali książki. Fabuła znana z książek nie istnieje, postacie poza wspólnymi imionami i nazwiskami też. Świat przedstawiony: jego historia, prawa nim rządzące nie istnieją. Jest to czyste 'fan"fiction jeśli tak to można nazwać. Jeśli dla kogokolwiek ten serialDestrukcja całego świata przedstawionego książkowego oryginału i próba żerowania na nostalgii. Recenzja skierowana do tych co czytali książki. Fabuła znana z książek nie istnieje, postacie poza wspólnymi imionami i nazwiskami też. Świat przedstawiony: jego historia, prawa nim rządzące nie istnieją. Jest to czyste 'fan"fiction jeśli tak to można nazwać. Jeśli dla kogokolwiek ten serial miałby być poeodem kupienia netflixa tl stanowczo odradzam. Poza tym to co wymyślił sobie netflix samo w sobie prezentuje denną jakość i nawet dla tych którzy książek nie czytali nie jest to na pewno wybitny serial.… Expand
  44. Eneodita
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    1 Point only for super music and decoraties in the locations.
    Its not a witcher, but ugly parody. The nightmare, that i want to forget.
  45. JohnClean
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    So PC so Woke. They've pulled no stops chasing Hollywood's political feminists' agenda. Can't remember the last show I watched with so much man hating and vilification. Rank my brain to think of a male character who isn't portrayed as a scumbag, villain or beta male.
  46. Freeman10
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    You gonna love this "work of art" if you are stupid. Otherwise dont bother.
  47. Ksanazzz
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    Это ужасное позорище! Переврали абсолютно всех персонажей, что вы сотворили с Эскелем! Весемиром! Горите в аду за это. Хуже ничего не видела за последний год! Плевок в лицо фанатов Ведьмака!
  48. Weles
    Dec 24, 2021
    0
    Bad , stupid written show. Waste of time. Not intrested of season 3 any more. Bye l.
  49. Office27
    Dec 24, 2021
    0
    Hisstech created amazing shlt. I wanted to cry. But ok . Another star wars. World need another star wars. F@ck slavic folklore.
  50. RainMX
    Dec 25, 2021
    0
    Netflix spits in the face of the Witcher and fantasy fans, sends books to hell, and writes a silly plot with an SJW agenda. OMG black and fat elves... Stop weaving politics into the fantasy genre!!!
    Pathetic, boring, stupid, cheap is The Witcher from Netflix
  51. marskorek
    Dec 25, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, well, well. Where to start? I will ignore the fact that we cannot call it adaptation as beside main characters names there is nothing in common with books - I can ignore that if quality of script and narration would be good. But it's poor as hell. From logic gaps, instant transportation or people and horses, poor dialogs and idiotic conversations by weird weak play with light, general plastic of whole world, and general poor reliability (simply yeah - bunch of elves is coming into big city and kill children with magic - I'm sure that all people decided to remove themselves from the street... it's so idiotic that it reached level of parody at this point). There is no climate, inside world is not interesting and sadly there is no inside world logic in it. It's just boring - I literarily felt asleep on it. I'm done with the Witcher series - there is no point waiting for another season. I rather like to wait for someone else to buy the rights from Netflix in 30 years as it's obvious they decided they want to produce B/C class fantasy shows. And for B/C class fantasy show it's good. But you know - B/C is not something I watch to watch. I would say it's like Xena - but Xena had much better narration and at least a little bit of storybuilding behind it - here I fear the show writers (and showrunner) were on drugs - it's so chaotic and without inside logic - that I can only receive it as parody at this point. Considering it all old Polish (look for it) one was weak because of lack of money. Netflix one is weak because it's a show about teenagers imprisoned in adult bodies, written by adults with the mentality of teenagers.… Expand
  52. thevilnside
    Dec 25, 2021
    0
    Watched it with my mom and we both tried to keep each other awake because the episodes were boring as hell. It's so disappointing to wait for S2 that long and seeing this garbage. Season 1 was okay but Season 2 is a disaster.
  53. KateJaden
    Dec 26, 2021
    0
    LAUREN SCHMIDT HISSRICH - THE REAL BUTCHER OF THE WITCHER UNIVERSE. Season 1 of The Witcher had its flaws, I know, but I wanted to give the writers a chance. They attempted to write parts of the story, that Sapkowski only had mentioned in the short stories (like Yen's for example), it wasn't easy, but they managed well. I had such high hopes for season 2, they seemed like they understoodLAUREN SCHMIDT HISSRICH - THE REAL BUTCHER OF THE WITCHER UNIVERSE. Season 1 of The Witcher had its flaws, I know, but I wanted to give the writers a chance. They attempted to write parts of the story, that Sapkowski only had mentioned in the short stories (like Yen's for example), it wasn't easy, but they managed well. I had such high hopes for season 2, they seemed like they understood the universe and what they really needed was a little bit of time and patience from fans. I gave it to them. And I regret it. You see, The Witcher is not 'a complicated story', 'difficult to adapt to screen' - it's really not. Unless you miss its point. Unless you let your ego get in the way. Unless you think the show's popularity is your own achievement. It isn't Lauren! It isn't! All those, who love the witcher universe are gamers and readers. These people came to you to watch the story they know and love because someone BEFORE you worked hard and made them fall in love with it. These are not your achievements! You should respect this fact. People watched your show because they love the games and books + because you released it for Christmas, in perfect timing for an already created fanbase. Not because they loved what you did to it! WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO YENNEFER is unforgivable, the Yen we know would never have done this to Geralt because she is smarter than that! I'm not gonna even touch on bad dialogues, ridiculous last episode, what you did to the witchers, Vesemir... Bad, bad, bad... This is the true nightmare of the wolf... You had one job, Lauren... Burn, butcher, burn...… Expand
  54. Marcoo
    Dec 28, 2021
    0
    Trash. Too many liberties, they ruined Geralt’s character and vibe, women ARE NOT supposed to be witchers, whole thing is pandering to the max. Really sad effort and just another example of Hollywood trying to please it’s liberal base
  55. Lu777ki
    Jan 2, 2022
    0
    script and dialogues are horrible. The had the best source material and completely ruined this world and characters.
  56. Ranulf_Anduran
    Dec 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The director spits at what is in the books and spreads her sick ideology. They bought the film rights to give it a familiar title, otherwise no one would be watching it.… Expand
  57. Arutrax
    Dec 30, 2021
    0
    Imho the series goes downaward in a spiral since ep. 2. Really sad. Wish we had more character bulding and eastern european flaovour in that series. I mean The Witcher is greatly based on polish folklore, not neo-american hipster ****
  58. GOONER759
    Dec 30, 2021
    0
    Bad storyline. Boring episodes. What a disappointment. Don’t waste your time.
  59. fdsfdsfsfds
    Jan 2, 2022
    0
    Season 2 was so bad my eyes still hurt from seeing it. Dumb plots, extremely bad writing, boring characters and bad acting from some (Fringilla, Francesca). I literally fell asleep after watching 5 minutes of each episode and couldn't bring myself to finish it. The season 2 is just bad in general.
  60. zodbullion
    Jan 2, 2022
    0
    F**** you Netflix for doing this to the Witcher, everything from dialogues to the casting is off, and the usual forced diversity to top it up, because F*** historical accuracy, classic Netflix. The only thing the writer had to do is follow the extensive character descriptions widely available in the books, hell there even almost perfectly portrayed in the games, it was that easy! But no,F**** you Netflix for doing this to the Witcher, everything from dialogues to the casting is off, and the usual forced diversity to top it up, because F*** historical accuracy, classic Netflix. The only thing the writer had to do is follow the extensive character descriptions widely available in the books, hell there even almost perfectly portrayed in the games, it was that easy! But no, instead they even made changes to the story thinking themselves better than Sapkowski at creating his own world resulting in this despicable show.… Expand
  61. andreoid888
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    This is not an adaptation, just a poor parody. Poor quality and boring. Pathetic.
  62. Revles
    Jan 4, 2022
    0
    Terrible what they made with story presented in books. I know it was planned to be interpretation, but it's abomination, not interpretation.
  63. Kapitanhak27
    Jan 5, 2022
    0
    I did not expected 1:1 with the books but jeyzus this is bad written show, dialogues, main characters, eskel, jaskier, kaer morhen, show is too vulgar too plastic and completely doesn't make sense . Waste of time.
  64. Nadia_Moss
    Jan 5, 2022
    0
    It almost physically hurts to look at what they are doing with our beloved universe.
    Who was this show filmed for? It is difficult to look at it as a unique product, because the bloopers and holes are so large that if I didn’t know the Witcher, I would have turned off the series in the first episodes and forgot about it as if it were a bad dream.
    It is impossible to look like a product    It almost physically hurts to look at what they are doing with our beloved universe.
    Who was this show filmed for? It is difficult to look at it as a unique product, because the bloopers and holes are so large that if I didn’t know the Witcher, I would have turned off the series in the first episodes and forgot about it as if it were a bad dream.
    It is impossible to look like a product written in the universe of The Witcher, because there is only one name from The Witcher, and a huge bolt is put on the universe.
    And even more so it is impossible to watch, as a film adaptation of the events of the books, because from the events of the books there ... uh-uh, nothing? They would have made an original product based on motives, but I just don't understand why what is happening is happening. Hissrich and Co. just spit in the soul and face of the fans of the saga, both books and games.    … Expand
  65. Mitrey
    Jan 5, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first episode was nice. The rest is **** They killed Eskel. The first time they killed him as a character, the second time physically. Pathetic attempt to make a good series.… Expand
  66. Popacr77hdhdei
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    I read all the books,I've played all the games, I'm a huge fan of the witcher lore ,to me sezon 2 was such a big disappointment, 90 percent of the show has nothing to do with the books and that is such a shame.
  67. arrowxuh
    Jan 7, 2022
    0
    really awfull.
    like they successfully made everything against the original story
  68. Mirikki
    Jan 11, 2022
    0
    Netflix will never make the story better than Sapkowski do. The idea of making their ~~own vision of the story~~ was just fatal, and the only way to rerutn fans' support is to use the books' plot
  69. Vandel0001
    Jan 24, 2022
    0
    completely out of the story. The stupid show, All thanks to imbecile showrunner. People read a book it is much better if you don't know this story yet. Calvin, you and this blond hair girl are the only reason why this movie shouldn't be burned. But as a beautiful story how actor tries to save the original story.
    If you respect book or at least game - press 0
  70. Jishnu
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Trash show butchered my fav characters yennefer, eskel and fringilla . Vesemir acting like idiot, yennefer simply swear words for no reason . Eskel turn in to leshen i dont know how a witcher turn into leshen . Yennefer betrayed ciri in the show that she will never do in the books . Cahir is innocent person in books . In the show he is evil . Fringilla doest look like yennefer . Fringilla only appeared in 2 books why show giving more important to her in the show when the character doesn't look like from books . Why stregobor is stronger than vilgefortz. I don't understand what relationship is going between main 3 character… Expand
  71. Sigmaboy
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    This is **** joke of a series that dont match an inch to the book's original story
  72. Tradewind
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    It's just incredibly average. The monsters are neat and interesting but the quality of the dialogue especially just doesn't come close to something like Game of Thrones' seasons 1-5, even 6 and 7 had better writing. The dialogue is either stilted or too contemporary and the result is that you cannot immerse yourself in the show like you could with GoT. In GoT the dialogue was soIt's just incredibly average. The monsters are neat and interesting but the quality of the dialogue especially just doesn't come close to something like Game of Thrones' seasons 1-5, even 6 and 7 had better writing. The dialogue is either stilted or too contemporary and the result is that you cannot immerse yourself in the show like you could with GoT. In GoT the dialogue was so excellently written and delivered that you almost forgot you were watching actors play characters, the scenes took on a life of their own and became more than the sum of their parts, here you're keenly aware that it's just actors, ESPECIALLY because Henry Cavill insists on doing that voice. It takes you completely out of it when you know for a fact that it's not what he sounds like, it doesn't immerse me because it's silly.… Expand
  73. plukas
    Feb 12, 2022
    0
    This work is an insult to the book's series and it simply becomes a very poor adaptation. Don't waste your time.
  74. bustermuster
    Dec 25, 2022
    0
    What happened to this, it's now nothing like the original source material, Netflix again destroys another classic series.
  75. Qlauud
    Dec 21, 2022
    0
    i have no idea what happened here but it's not the witcher it's just netflix crap, the level of this series is below the floor.
  76. honeymay789
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only scenes I like are the ones with Henry, but he can't carry this show on his own. He's maybe in 30% of the scenes. I don't know why the writers thought it was a good idea to rewrite this story. The original books and video games were all well received by fans, this season 2 not so much. What does that tell you? The writers need to be replaced. Without Henry I don't think this show will last. Also, the positive critic review are suspicious.… Expand
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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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