The Witcher
Netflix | Release Date: December 20, 2019
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DudDOODMay 12, 2020
I don't really know what have I just witnessed. The main oppressor does not even have enough screen time to show how oppressive he is. The pace is sloppy, dramatic deaths of random statists like they are all Gandalfs falling into abyss.I don't really know what have I just witnessed. The main oppressor does not even have enough screen time to show how oppressive he is. The pace is sloppy, dramatic deaths of random statists like they are all Gandalfs falling into abyss. Timeline is pure art-house dogsh. Overall feel is like it was designed for ad breaks and cheap shock value to catch interest at first. Not much to say about it, I wasn't pissed enough to say much, in fact I feel indifferent, that's how bad it is. As pointed out by someone, too many fake 10 out of 10 reviews, so I have to leave a 0 out of 10.… Expand
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SwootApr 25, 2020
Why can't these Netflix shows just focus on telling a good story? The shows seem to be run through an extensive political correctness filter. Is it feminist enough? Is it diverse enough? Does it send the correct political message? Does itWhy can't these Netflix shows just focus on telling a good story? The shows seem to be run through an extensive political correctness filter. Is it feminist enough? Is it diverse enough? Does it send the correct political message? Does it advance the right social agendas, etc., etc.? Netflix is ruining its brand.… Expand
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AzurovydrakNov 1, 2020
Henry Cavill is the only light in this steaming pile of trash. Otherwise, we've been witnesses of exemplary rape of a book by an incompetent showrunner. Farewell, my most favourite franchise. Until CDPR saves you again, there's nothing leftHenry Cavill is the only light in this steaming pile of trash. Otherwise, we've been witnesses of exemplary rape of a book by an incompetent showrunner. Farewell, my most favourite franchise. Until CDPR saves you again, there's nothing left what'd interest me… Expand
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wayrezMay 14, 2020
The only positive thing about this series is the actors' game. This series is suitable only for those who are not familiar with the universe of the Witcher. The writers just didn't care about the original source. The biggest disappointment ofThe only positive thing about this series is the actors' game. This series is suitable only for those who are not familiar with the universe of the Witcher. The writers just didn't care about the original source. The biggest disappointment of the year for me :/… Expand
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LosteoneJun 22, 2020
The worst TV show I ever saw!!! The only thing is good is half-minute slaughter scene from 1st episode, and that's all. Everything else is crap!
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ZHZJun 10, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only good part in this TV show is henry. The heroines look completely different which is a bad idea. The scriptwriters give no background information for new audiences and ruined the original plot with so many unreasonable scripts and flashback scenes. Very messy clips full around the show. A complete disaster.… Expand
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NikitryJun 24, 2020
Очень плохо реализованный сериал, каст персонажей мимо канона
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OMyGoddestJun 22, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They did not try on the series, the series was made only for those who read the book, for those who did not read it - the series will simply not be understood. As for the characters themselves - they are poorly disclosed, in general, everything about him is bad, I expected more.… Expand
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KKKFuccknigersJun 19, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****… Expand
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numitorosJun 20, 2020
Weak interpretation of a good literary basis. Cast is worst for overwhelming numbers of characters. Only one good spot is Henry Cavill.
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SuperreviewerJun 20, 2020
The worst adaptation i can think of. Full of SJW nonsense, the show looks cheap af, doesn't follow the books and the storytelling is amateur at best. The writing is on CW level. Awful, just awful.
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BoomcioJul 21, 2020
Ten serial to totalny krap,scenariusz,postacie,polityczna poprawność tak sie kończy oddawanie takiego uniwersum zlewaczałej i niekompetetnej babie
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EopwNov 19, 2020
the worst triss ever created. yennefer hopelessly played, expressionless...
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maks_5GJul 15, 2020
Так слить характера героев - это надо суметь. Анджей Сапковки поддерживал натуру персонажей на протяжении восьми книг, а причастные люди к этому сериалу всё испортили с первой серии. Была нарушена последовательность событий, какого-то хуяТак слить характера героев - это надо суметь. Анджей Сапковки поддерживал натуру персонажей на протяжении восьми книг, а причастные люди к этому сериалу всё испортили с первой серии. Была нарушена последовательность событий, какого-то хуя была изменена структура повествования, например: Лютик появлялся там, где быть его не должно. Диалоги из книги, строящие суть сюжета, были варварски переиначены - из-за чего терялась логика. Ну и "вишенка" на торте: негры, которыми наполнен весь сериал. Вы когда-нибудь представляли чистую кровь, эльфскую кровь - чёрной? Дриады - негры. Как вам такое? Или эльфы - негры? Что самое смешное: среди дриад нет НИ ОДНОГО белого. Дриады, между прочим, смешивают кровь со ВСЕМИ людьми, дабы обеспечить выживание их популяции. То есть, это как? Дриады значит совокупляются ТОЛЬКО с чёрными? Или, быть может, чёрный ген является РЕЦЕССИВНЫМ по сравнению с белым? Культура западной "толерантности" порождает расизм, готовит почву для будущей войны между белыми и чёрными людьми. Люди причастные к этому сериалу - фашисты, делящие людей на чёрный и белых. Они не борются за равноправие между людьми, это левачьё их делит и стравливает друг против друга, да и, ко всему прочему, портит культурную ценность создаваемую десятилетиями. Я не призываю убрать чёрных людей, отнюдь, я призываю к разуму. Леваки нашли расизм в фильмах режиссёра Квентина Тарантино, между прочим, этот самый режиссёр призывает к равноправию между людьми. Они запрещают слова по типу: нигер, и для левых - это свобода слова, для них оскорбительно присутствие подавляющего большинства белых в славянской расе. Они наделяют этих самых негров большими правами чем белых, и для левых - это равноправие. Они исказили эти понятия. Самое страшное, что плебс ведётся на это и действует по их правилам. Дальше будет только хуже, пока не случится оказия, при которой люди поймут, что их, как бойцовых петухов, стравливают забавы ради... при которой общество оправеет.… Expand
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NetflixIsShltAug 24, 2020
The entire series is a propaganda of blacks and tolerance, however, like all series from netflix
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Dark_WayfarerOct 3, 2020
A very potential topic. The Witcher books and games are just amazing, but this series ... terrible. Completely wasted potential.
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ToschikOSDec 18, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Посмотрев первую серию 2 сезона я понял, что больше так продолжать не могу. Тупость сюжета только нарастает. Убил жрецов и разграбил храм? Прощаем! Изнасиловал жрицу? Плохой!… Expand
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bursevichNov 7, 2021
1 хотя бы за то что Геральт не черный. Борцы против расизма и угнетения разноцветных, не должны заниматься фильмами, и тем более внедрять в них свою позицию.1 хотя бы за то что Геральт не черный. Борцы против расизма и угнетения разноцветных, не должны заниматься фильмами, и тем более внедрять в них свою позицию.
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ckgamerFeb 13, 2022
Could have been better without annoying sjw actors triss and yennefer stupid Netflix should at least look at the masterpiece the wild hunt game … shame on Netflix bunch of lunatic sjw people nothing more
Update as I said this show has a wokeCould have been better without annoying sjw actors triss and yennefer stupid Netflix should at least look at the masterpiece the wild hunt game … shame on Netflix bunch of lunatic sjw people nothing more
Update as I said this show has a woke problem they butchered the Witcher 3 with stupid season 3 sadly keira metz could be much better what were they smoking but the wokes ruined every show for money and big tech apple google providing it to them so maybe next time tho I twice before upgrading to latest iPhones… Expand
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HuysunlanOct 21, 2021
Единица чисто за геральта, какому дятлу пришла в голову идея делать такой актёрский состав непонятно. Трис какая-то сороколетняя цыганка, хотя она одна из самых молодых персонажей и имеет голубые глаза и коштаново-рыжие волосы. Вы вообщеЕдиница чисто за геральта, какому дятлу пришла в голову идея делать такой актёрский состав непонятно. Трис какая-то сороколетняя цыганка, хотя она одна из самых молодых персонажей и имеет голубые глаза и коштаново-рыжие волосы. Вы вообще видели цыганок с голубыми глазами и рыжими волосами? Я нет… Expand
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Witcher12345Nov 15, 2021
Complete disagreement with the canon. The series is sh*t of sh*t, I could barely watch the first two episodes. Read books, play at least one game from this universe and you will understand what I mean.
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RulyovMSDec 19, 2021
Это просто отвратительно. Я думал первый сезон был плохим...я никогда так не ошибался! Как можно было испохабить столь прекрасную историю? У вас же в руках была отличная книга, зачем было изобретать велосипед? Причем велосипед, который вообщеЭто просто отвратительно. Я думал первый сезон был плохим...я никогда так не ошибался! Как можно было испохабить столь прекрасную историю? У вас же в руках была отличная книга, зачем было изобретать велосипед? Причем велосипед, который вообще никуда не поедет. Второму сезону оценка не 0, а -10!… Expand
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BiktimirovDec 20, 2021
They completely rewrote and destroyed story without good reason. I’m so sad
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SilverfozzDec 22, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fun and entertaining in parts but absolutely nothing like the books/games which has made the whole franchise so successful. Saddened that such potential has been Absolutely wasted by the writer believing their storyline are better than the books which millions of us have read.

Genuinely would love to know their thinking, in cavil (who practically carries the entire show) they have cast one character well and really that's about it.

Rest of casting is poor, magic is wasted and excitement is minimal. Why change entire characters personalities, story lines, make up new characters and believe it'll be successful. As a big fan I'm left truly baffled and would be surprised if a third season happens.

Eskell and Yennifer have been ruined.
And who/what is the whole woman in the woods.… Expand
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Agnes2233Dec 22, 2021
This series is tragic. Hope next season won't come. The actors do not fit into the world of the witcher, the whole plot was perfidiously raped.
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kacpers8Dec 30, 2021
This is far below GoT season 8. Stick to the books because it is clear Netflix cannot write their own story within the Witcher universe. There is no logic, no proper storytelling, no tension. No blood, sweat, tears and dirt of the WitcherThis is far below GoT season 8. Stick to the books because it is clear Netflix cannot write their own story within the Witcher universe. There is no logic, no proper storytelling, no tension. No blood, sweat, tears and dirt of the Witcher world. This does not hold even if you treat it as a standalone production. Cheap plastic… Expand
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SephoroidDec 31, 2021
Total misunderstanding of source material.
This shouldn't be named Witcher. Ain't even close.
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DanteMXDec 28, 2019
The Witcher Netflix Series lacks of talent, period, lol.
if you already readed the books or played the games get ready for some brutal disapointment:
Dispite the racial oddness or the fact that characters like Triss looks Arabic or African,The Witcher Netflix Series lacks of talent, period, lol.
if you already readed the books or played the games get ready for some brutal disapointment:

Dispite the racial oddness or the fact that characters like Triss looks Arabic or African, the Series so far reflects low budget and poorness everywhere.

the low care for basic things is amazing, Geralt suposed to lack of emotions, and in this series you find him laughing and experiencing hapynnes lmao...!

In some scenes he looks like He-man and with some black trimed facial hair.....

The CGI is cheap, old and horrid.

A huge amount of time is wasted on Lame dialogs and boring things.

This Witcher Series version Africa is one of those things that will make you even angry.… Expand
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CupCakkeDec 27, 2019
Poorly adapted. Embarrassing put together. Bastardized the beatifull novels by misguidenly trying to add and update things. The writers hubris made them think they could improve on the books. Slow motion kissing in the middle of a fight isPoorly adapted. Embarrassing put together. Bastardized the beatifull novels by misguidenly trying to add and update things. The writers hubris made them think they could improve on the books. Slow motion kissing in the middle of a fight is not Witcher.… Expand
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EmailMailDec 27, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hey, i've never been a racist, but its a torture - elf nibba, wtf. Why white or asian people dont play an black american slaves? And where asians?? Every thing must been on his place.… Expand
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AthanasiosTDec 29, 2019
TV writers never fail to disappoint me. They always manage to take prime material and transform it to sh...t. All main characters' stories are twisted beyond recognition and chronically mixed together. Geralt's adventures, which take 20 andTV writers never fail to disappoint me. They always manage to take prime material and transform it to sh...t. All main characters' stories are twisted beyond recognition and chronically mixed together. Geralt's adventures, which take 20 and more pages in a book, are shortened to half an episode's duration, resulting in incomprehensible stories. The medieval epoch is polluted with modern phrases. The bard's songs have rock'n'roll riffs. The elves live in caves instead of their forests. Etc,etc. 1 point for Henry Cavill, his acting and his honest and apparent efforts to stay loyal to Geralt of Rivia. The rest get a zero.… Expand
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JeeapDec 29, 2019
Low expectations met in this Netflix-version of original slavic fantasy

A clear lack of understanding and passion for the source material shine through, in generic and forgettable take on the Witcher. The gritty, realistic and cold universeLow expectations met in this Netflix-version of original slavic fantasy

A clear lack of understanding and passion for the source material shine through, in generic and forgettable take on the Witcher.

The gritty, realistic and cold universe of the books and games, is replaced by a bland and forgettable americanized version.

A version that any fan would be hard pressed to recognize if it wasn't for the inclusion of the games version of Geralt, played by Henry Cavill.

Cavill's performance is great and feels like a window to a version of what this show could have been in the hands of someone with a relationship with the source material.

The efforts of his cast-mates ranges from uninspired to the immersion-breaking.

The shows first season have more than twice the budget of History Channel's first season of Vikings - but looks cheaper. An over-reliance on CGI amplify the cheap feel.

Adding to the near impossible taks of immersion is the Netflix'ification of the cast. Everyone from main characters to extras have been given a racial overhaul.

The original Witcher univers is realistic depiction of european life in the middle ages. The dread and danger of life in the middle ages enhanced by fantasy elements.

Every monster, creature and political action is an integral part of the universe and a deep detailed lore sells the univers. Which makes this a very awkward IP to race-swap in.

Unfortunately thats the approach Netflix have chosen, and it is done without any explanation or additional lore in-universe. Further removing this version from the attention to detail, meticulous universe-building and storytelling of the source material.… Expand
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Ishtar4Dec 28, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very weak series!
Lack of narrative logic,
horrible casting and acting, distorted characters and important parts of the plot, lack of medieval Poland atmosphere.
The whole series is one solid minus, a large mistake! It would be better not to be!… Expand
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DaylightriotDec 28, 2019
its a good show thats worth watching even if you're unfamiliar with the source material. unfortunately more care was taken in ensuring geralts character was accurate compared with others. Triss for example is well known for her fiery red hairits a good show thats worth watching even if you're unfamiliar with the source material. unfortunately more care was taken in ensuring geralts character was accurate compared with others. Triss for example is well known for her fiery red hair and how on earth is yennefer a master swordsman? shes a mage, not a warrior, just chuck a fireball at em. small complaints to be sure. The reason i've rated this a 0 is because of the **** sjw politics/propaganda in the show and because the show is not an 8/10. its a 7 at best. Worth a watch but i cant see it going more than 2 or 3 seasons, lets hope it improves.… Expand
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Zoe9000Jan 1, 2020
The critics are actually right. The proper rating is closer to the 50s rather than the 70s. Too much PC wokeness that doesn't belong to this universe, bad dialogues, really bad timelines, bad acting, bad casting, music is not very memorableThe critics are actually right. The proper rating is closer to the 50s rather than the 70s. Too much PC wokeness that doesn't belong to this universe, bad dialogues, really bad timelines, bad acting, bad casting, music is not very memorable and actually sounds like a bad GoT imitation.… Expand
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kublai_khan63Dec 27, 2019
Henry Cavill's Geralt is the only real reason to watch this at all but that's more for the jokes than for his "dramatic performances." I've never read the books, so I only have game 3 to go off of (which I loved btw). I'm pretty sure theHenry Cavill's Geralt is the only real reason to watch this at all but that's more for the jokes than for his "dramatic performances." I've never read the books, so I only have game 3 to go off of (which I loved btw). I'm pretty sure the witcher isn't supposed to be a comedy, but it's hard to take any of the dramatic parts seriously at all and it often falls flat based on how silly the story gets. That isn't to say the intentional humor doesn't land, it does, but the drama doesn't.

Whether the show cut too much out of the books or too little, it's clear that taking more creative license and cutting out the extraneous details the books that weren't needed would have made the story much more easier to follow. I don't have a problem with the nonlinear way the story is told on paper, but there should have been a bigger pay off to it. The way it was done here is just going to leave most people temporarily confused on why people are alive that shouldn't be. That isn't the story's biggest fault though.

The three plot lines that comprise the show are Geralt does Witcher stuff, which is the best because Henry Cavill's charisma alone keeps you interested, Ciri trying to run away from the bad army, which isn't as interesting but does it's job to keep the over arching tension up and set up the end goal, and Yennifer's backstory which is the main reason I hate this show.

I did not care one bit about Yennifer's backstory, and it really should have been cut anyway. All the audience needs to know about her motivation is that she wants a child (something that will come up later I'm sure), but her entire story before that is boring, creepy (in a rapey way, not a scary way), and obnoxious which is funny because that's basically how you could describe her character as well. When she finally does run into Geralt, she more or less becomes a side character anyway.

I guess I'll hit the "diversity question" if only because there's something that bothered me that nobody else has bothered to mention. Either people don't want to touch it at all, or well, "those" people want to complain about black people being elves. Yes this is a fantasy world, and no I don't have a problem with the cast being diverse, but far too often the driving force of the story is ethnically ambiguous girl needs Geralt to solve her problem. For me, the problem isn't race or ethnicity, so much as it's the weird fact that every important woman in the show looks way too much like all the other important women in the show. They wear different costumes but the colors and details are so muted that it doesn't really distinguish them anyway. The weirder part is their hair. Fan boys have probably ranted about the fact that Triss doesn't have red hair, but what set me back is when I realized nearly every important woman in the show has the same hair color, length, and almost the same style. Only the queen in this case is different because she wears her hair in a bun. On top of that, they don't exactly act that differently from each other. Right off the back each one is introduced to Geralt as sassy girl who wants something. If you know the games, you'll notice the minor differences between them (clothes and what they're good at) but they don't really act differently from each other (again, queen lady is sort of the exception that proves the rule). None of the men have this problem. No matter how minor the character, every single man seems to be as distinguishable as he should be. While the black women that follow the dragon hunter around might as well be recast as the women who lived in the woods, the dragon hunter himself looks and acts completely different from Mousesack despite them both being old bearded white men.

I could go on about terrible CGI, spoilers about dumb plot points, and why I think Yennifer is obnoxious, but I feel like a lot of that is more subjective than a wholesale failure in costume design, plot structure and tone. I got to say, the critics finally called one right this time.… Expand
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Olorin250Jan 19, 2020
Bad scenario. No stories revealed. The witcher biorobot without character. The series should have been called Witches, not The Witcher. Awful selection of actors.
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DunedainekDec 19, 2021
I am really disappointed. The second season of The Witcher just shows how Netflix destroys the great concepts of the original novels.
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colinwc0Dec 28, 2019
The actor for Geralt did a extremely good job, but the rest of the world felt unbelievable and I couldn't get into it.
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meta_reviewerDec 31, 2019
What the ****, at least take me out to dinner and kiss me before you **** me.

What did CDPR do to you Netflix?????? Imagine if Netflix was given the chance to make LOTR before Peter Jackson... If I had a Witcher coin medallion for all theWhat the ****, at least take me out to dinner and kiss me before you **** me.

What did CDPR do to you Netflix??????

Imagine if Netflix was given the chance to make LOTR before Peter Jackson...

If I had a Witcher coin medallion for all the **** in this.....well....I'd have none, because there are no ****ing coin medallions!@#!@#$!

Feel a little bad for Henry... he's a great Geralt.

Why wont my eyes stop BLEEDING!!@#!@$!......

How about they make Roach a Donkey, just to mix **** up. Maybe have Vesemir played by Tilda Swinton, Emhyr var Emreis played by....Peter Dinklage. Kat Williams as Dandelion. Kiera will be brought to life by the Oscar Winning Daniel Day Lewis. Everyone's favorite dwarf Zoltan brought to the screen with the help of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Tom Hanks as Lambert....wait that almost makes sense....hold on....Jaleel White as Lambert. Ermion played by Howard Stern. Ken Jeong as the great Avallac'h. Bill Goldberg as Letho.....wait...did it again....Dustin Diamond as Letho. Crach an Craite played by Paul Reubens. Also starring.....Cuba Gooding Jr. as Dijkstra, Tom Cruise as Yennefer (Spin-off series, "The Last Sorcerer"), Kerry Washington as Eskel, Wesley Snipes as Triss Merigold and finally, Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) as Priscilla.

Feel better now, whew.… Expand
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BulgarianCriticDec 29, 2019
Sadly this does not add anything new to the genre and it doesn't do anything unique or special with it too.It's incredibly dull and boring and when i watched it i felt like i have watched it a 100 times just like other fantasy shows that haveSadly this does not add anything new to the genre and it doesn't do anything unique or special with it too.It's incredibly dull and boring and when i watched it i felt like i have watched it a 100 times just like other fantasy shows that have been released.Never played the game or read the book but i bet that they will be a 100 times better and more entertaining than this.Only the fight scenes were good.… Expand
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greedyflygonDec 30, 2019
Just did not like it. I dont have to give a reason why. I just hate netflix. They should not have been put in charge of making a show on this franchise.
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alexohmygodDec 28, 2019
I've had the distinct pleasure of reading the books and I've had the privilege of playing all of the games. Unfortunately this show is a rather expensive bad joke. Cavill is doing his best but this interpretation of Geralt is far from whoI've had the distinct pleasure of reading the books and I've had the privilege of playing all of the games. Unfortunately this show is a rather expensive bad joke. Cavill is doing his best but this interpretation of Geralt is far from who Geralt was supposed to be.… Expand
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Golden_Fox79Dec 29, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Каст жахливий.
Таке враження що це не слов'янський світ а звичайне гетто з переодяганнями та карнавальними костюмами.… Expand
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RayvsHalsDec 30, 2019
Deserves 2 points as Superman does, against all expectations, a decent portrayal of Geralt. The rest is typical utter Brittish crap hijacking other countries' creative talent. It is like Witcher with English posh royalty, no respect for theDeserves 2 points as Superman does, against all expectations, a decent portrayal of Geralt. The rest is typical utter Brittish crap hijacking other countries' creative talent. It is like Witcher with English posh royalty, no respect for the Middle Ages context and no trace of Slavic folklore. This is not The Witcher.… Expand
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MarcusMRDec 30, 2019
Instead of the original story of dark fantasy, you get a lesson in political correctness.
Henry Cavill seems the only one in the project who is interested in him. His work is excellent.
The project itself is disgusting.
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DogaDec 30, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When I first discovered the mysterious world of Witcher with the books and the games I was utterly mesmerized and wanted to discover the gorgeous world with interesting characters and their backstories. The TV show had not given me any feeling of intrigue whatsoever with bland acting and inaccurate lore. There are several things to mention here about the cast and lore. First off, Cirilla. Ciri was the daughter of The Emperor of Nilfgaard, Emhyr Var Emreis and not some heir to the Cintran throne in which the court decided to poison themselves instead of protecting their dignity and fighting to death.
Speaking of Nilgaard, the armored look cheap and lazy unlike the games where it was majestic and magnificent. Lastly, the actors/actresses. Triss was described as a beautiful sorceress with red hair with the capability of utilizing fire. What we got in the TV show was nothing similar to that. Instead we are presented with an actress that does not have any of those features. The only reason I am even eating this 1 is because of Geralts character. Glad the script writers didnt depict him as a Gun Gan.… Expand
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CRUELGERMDec 27, 2019
Плохо всё от подбора актеров до сценария. Нет кульминаций в сериале, смотреть просто не интересно. сюжет вообще не интригует. Ужасная склейка и монтаж. Всасные битвы и сражения.
Краснолюды - карлики ? как они оружие то держать будут ?
эльфы -Плохо всё от подбора актеров до сценария. Нет кульминаций в сериале, смотреть просто не интересно. сюжет вообще не интригует. Ужасная склейка и монтаж. Всасные битвы и сражения.
Краснолюды - карлики ? как они оружие то держать будут ?
эльфы - афроамериканцы ? я толерантен, но зачем сувать темных актеров куда не попадя - просто чтоб каждые 10 минут был кто-то. Это позор Netflix и всем кто в этом участвовал!!!! тьфу на вас!… Expand
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CratesDec 28, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's really such a shame because this had the potential to be a great show and a true rival to Game of Thrones but it really has been ruined by its creators. I went in with high expectations because I felt that the they'd stay true to the universe and I thought the cast could carry it, they didn't and for the most part they can't. If you's like to read this review in brief, I though there were three main culprits: A lack of talented writers, the need to push Feminist and left-wing political causes and corporate interference.

Despite praise from the professional critics I didn't find the fight scenes especially well shot with too many jump cuts to follow properly. The music is good in places but is often infused with a sort of techno-baseline that takes you out of the universe a bit. The acting is poor in this but Yennifers is especially bad, she's been written without any kind of charm. The actress has clearly been told she's supposed to be a strong female character, but Chalotra simply can't convey a sense of confidence or strength, she cannot do what the script asks of her. Geralt has unfortunately been neutered for this show. In both the books and games he's characterised as a somewhat amoral professional, protecting the interests of only himself and his friends. This is not the case here, this Geralt is far too socially conscious preferring to kill "bad men" to any actual monsters. Don't believe me? I'm on Episode 5 and he's only killed one Monster on screen. Cavill isn't the worst fit for the part, he just looks wrong, too much of a pretty boy included for the mums. And I can't avoid the political messaging here. The Witcher is full of cynical left wing propaganda. Male characters are almost exclusively the villains and in the rare occasions where there's a female villain she's given a richer backstory and motivations for her wrongdoing, male characters are simply devoid of this. There's a lot of pro-feminist dialogue too, which Hissrick delivers mainly through Yennifer and other female side characters (who are given the bulk of the lines). Some of these lines really made me cringe too, episode 4 is particularly bad with characters given speeches that seem to ripped straight from Tumblr. The whole thing just feels downright hostile. But really my biggest compliant is all the tone is gone. The average episode ends with each plot point tied up neatly and the main characters triumphant. There's no darkness or ambiguity, no sense of danger or loss. I blame corporate interference for that but it could equally be writers who simply aren't qualified to write at this level. There are some positives to be found: the set pieces are nice and there's even some jokes that land. Freya Allen plays a great Ciri too. But that's nowhere near enough to forgive this show. Read the books, play the games, or try Game of Thrones but whatever you do, don't watch this.… Expand
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metacritiqueurAug 6, 2020
An ideal series for 15-25 year olds. Actors have no conviction, the cgi are bad, and the woke cast swap take you out of the universe of the witcher (based on eastern european territories in middle ages). Black people are always nice and whiteAn ideal series for 15-25 year olds. Actors have no conviction, the cgi are bad, and the woke cast swap take you out of the universe of the witcher (based on eastern european territories in middle ages). Black people are always nice and white people are depraved, stupid or bad. Pure Netflixed adaptation.… Expand
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whatever523Dec 27, 2019
Racist show.

Some of the characters were clearly casted for their skin color instead of how well they fit the role. The eastern European spirit which makes the books and games so great is completely lost here. Very sad, because theRacist show.

Some of the characters were clearly casted for their skin color instead of how well they fit the role. The eastern European spirit which makes the books and games so great is completely lost here.

Very sad, because the production value is good and Henry Cavill is perfect for the role. Racist directors like Lauren S. Hissrich should be booted from Netflix.… Expand
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TehnoStalinDec 27, 2019
Это полный провал, сюжет лажа полная, все упростили и везде сгладили углы, дополнили своим крайне дерьмовым авторским мнением .
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TheeDannyBDec 31, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Doesn't make sense keeps saying stuff about people seeing him and knowing he's a mutant but he has no features different to a human.

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PodgorkaDec 27, 2019
Бля пиздец сукаблять этот ведьмак ебаный просто говно из жопы. Как я терпеть не могу эту игру престолов блевотную но она в 100 раз лучше чем дерьмак. Такого кала я нахуй не мог представить. Какими нужно быть долбаебами чтобы блять выстратьБля пиздец сукаблять этот ведьмак ебаный просто говно из жопы. Как я терпеть не могу эту игру престолов блевотную но она в 100 раз лучше чем дерьмак. Такого кала я нахуй не мог представить. Какими нужно быть долбаебами чтобы блять выстрать такую хуиту. Никакой логики нет ни в действиях персонажей ни в диалогах ни в монологах ни в повествовании сюжета ни в чем. такая хуета я блять хуею. Зато баба ебнутая режиссер и цыганка в главной роли
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HidoLuDec 28, 2019
Lauren Hissrich said she would not force her politics into this series and she has failed miserably to uphold that promise. It is a spit in the face to anyone of polish descent that one of their most loved and famous cultural works has beenLauren Hissrich said she would not force her politics into this series and she has failed miserably to uphold that promise. It is a spit in the face to anyone of polish descent that one of their most loved and famous cultural works has been completely destroyed by being completely out of any realm of reality. While it is fantasy it is so immersive breaking to have Africans walking around in the background. The amount of black people that are shoved into almost every scene is just beyond ridiculous. It is so unnatural that it feels like I’m being shovelled with propaganda rather than watching a story. The female empowerment **** the identity politics, just terrible writing in general and it’s such a shame because this was an opportunity to have a really great base of stories and you **** it completely by wanting to make a statement and fill diversity quotas rather than tell a great story. You are no storyteller Hissrich, you’re a shill paid for by big corporations to shovel your sjw politics into something that we loved and is now unrecognisable. Not only that, but are polish people not a minority? a culture that lived under nazism, the iron curtain? They deserve their stories and folklore to be told with much more respect than this. The source material should have been respected and it wasn’t. If you don’t like this show hit them where it hurts, in their pockets, don’t watch.… Expand
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luzariusDec 28, 2019
What could've been a great show was brought down by SJW-forced inclusion, representation and diversity quota checklists, which were forced onto the casting. They should've stayed true to how the characters looked in the books. Yennefer isWhat could've been a great show was brought down by SJW-forced inclusion, representation and diversity quota checklists, which were forced onto the casting. They should've stayed true to how the characters looked in the books. Yennefer is supposed to have pale white skin, not brown. They should've cast someone European looking. I'm so used to seeing her how she looks in the game and how she's described in the books, that I can't see her as a brown person, it's just not believable. The actress playing as Yennefer is talented and beautiful, but her look doesn't fit Yennefer. She's half Indian and that breaks immersion. I'm not unreasonable though, she could've played a Sorceress who was half Nordling and half Nilfgaard, or half Nordling and half Zerrikanian, she would've been perfect for a mixed race Sorceress, but she doesn't fit the role of Yennefer at all. I just don't see Yennefer when I look at her. The other characters also suffer from this forced inclusion, forced diversity, and forced representation, with no regard for canon. Before you think I'm racist. Hear me out. Imagine if you made Marvel's Luke Cage white. That would make no sense. That's the equivalent of making Yennefer brown. It completely breaks immersion and ruins any sense of believability. Once a character is established with certain physical features, you can't just change them, you sacrifice believability and immersion if you do that.

If this was a stage play, I wouldn't mind the characters looking so different, but this is supposed to be an accurate depiction of Witcher from the books, but it's no where near close, the poor casting destroyed immersion.

If any SJW's read this, PLEASE my dude, PLEASE stop. I'm begging you. I'm middle eastern. I'm considered brown, but I do not want your inclusion, representation and diversity nonsense. Keep that stuff away from me. You destroyed what could've been an amazing show. SJW's have no respect for canon and immersion, you people are obsessed with race instead of staying true to source material. All that matters to SJW's is using media as a conduit for social justice. I don't need to be represented on the screen, especially if it's going to disrespect the canon and change character appearances. That's only going to make people resent me for being brown.

I'm so pissed off at SJW's. What can I do? The progressives are ruining everything.

Oh, I know. I'll vote for Trump!!!… Expand
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HaddarDec 26, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -Несоответствие персонажей с образами и характерами по сравнению с книжным оригиналом.
-Слишком малый хронометраж, которого не хватает для раскрытия персонажей, кроме Йенифер, ей почему-то уделено больше внимания чем Геральту, а история в первую очередь как раз о нём, а не о чародейке Йенифер.
-Слишком много отсебятины и логических дыр: Весь сезон говорили что магия не берётся из ниоткуда, Но в конце, маги со стороны Севера вдруг почему то колдуют "просто так", а магам со стороны Нильфгаарда, приходиться жертвовать собой, ради того чтобы превратиться в фаербол для требушета, которые просто отражаются в сторону без особых усилий) и видя это, Фрингилья зачем то запускает ещё один, жертвуя ещё одной чародейкой) ну вот зачем? Зато Йенифер, без какого либо поглощения энергии, используя только собственные силы, заливает всё поле огнём... Почему Вильгефорц, у которого за плечами военный опыт, отдаёт роль командующего в битве на Содденском холме - Йенифер? Которая до этого не участвовала в масштабных сражениях. О костюмах, касте, декорациях и многом другом, уже говорили люди до меня и всё же, перечислять ещё можно долго.

Мой вам совет - лучше прочитайте книги, а не насилуйте себя недо-адаптациями, которые снимают на скорочтении оригинала, лишь для того чтобы срубить бабла.… Expand
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thebagginsDec 26, 2019
A fairly typical tale of good effects, a decent pre-story (In the form of a video game), annoying overblown characters, and poor script writing will have you reaching for the remote fast forward button too often.
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kaenekDec 19, 2021
I feel cheated. After spending two years defending changes and interpretations season 2 completely destroyed characters' motivations and goals. Why?
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ElBarto1992Apr 13, 2020
Cheap social politics bombard you at every turn, characters are not respected per the books/games, And the whole show feels disjointed and confusing in the way it is cut. Despite all of this, Henry Cavills commitment and dedication to theCheap social politics bombard you at every turn, characters are not respected per the books/games, And the whole show feels disjointed and confusing in the way it is cut. Despite all of this, Henry Cavills commitment and dedication to the role of Geralt is evident and very satisfying to watch. Incredible fight scenes and beautiful sets… Expand
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angry_farmerJun 1, 2021
As a big of the books and the games, this show is lacking, in dialogue, world creation, casting is horrible(ex.Tris Merigold is a redhead on the original), netflix should have just grabbed a side mission from the Witcher 3 and made a show,As a big of the books and the games, this show is lacking, in dialogue, world creation, casting is horrible(ex.Tris Merigold is a redhead on the original), netflix should have just grabbed a side mission from the Witcher 3 and made a show, that would have been better.
There should a contract clause for adaptation from games and books, that if its not faithful to the original material it should not be adapted.… Expand
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BiggieWiggleNov 15, 2021
Feminism, gypsy triss and black ass dryads. All you have to know before watching this ****
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VegasVoskDec 19, 2021
CGI is like "hi it's 2002 low budget fantasy movie", story is cut into many pieces and mixed up. Actors are literally made of woods only Geralt and Ciri are the good ones.
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Heimdallr12148Dec 21, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Attention: This review contains honest opinion, truth and is made by a demanding person. If you're not used to something more than slow brain degradation, please do not read or you will be offended. Please also note that there is no intention to offend anyone.

I gave 0 because I cannot rate -10 here. The only real plus of this series is Henry that is carrying this, however that's all. I could say that fight scenes are also nice, but when I did honest score rating, each minus dragged me again to 0.

First of all, I cannot even express my disappointment that people around the globe allow such humanity degradation to have place. Just few years ago, people were fighting for too brutal games movies and so on, to be banned/censored(in all cases they were wrong) But Netflix applies applies "diversity and political correctness" tags on something far worse, and people are good with it? Hypocrisy.

About the show: If you watch the series you will stumble upon art degradation, because both books and movies, are art. Art is a part of the cultural heritage of civilization, an expression of soul, something that is here to show us the beauty, capture some thoughts and inspire us to be better(in big shortcut). This TV show, kills art and we allow it on our eyes. It not only spits on the books, but also creates a false mage of what is the world of Witcher.

I have nothing against any culture, but I grew up watching movies where, whenever I've seen black or asian etc. I was like - Wow, I wonder who he is, what is he doing here? - And those characters were very well written. In Witcher, there is no evidence that any black people really exist. If they do, they might be either from far Ofir, or perhaps from Zerrikania. In both cases, why anyone would like to leave their country? In a setting where heritage, culture and bonds contribute to patriotism(which is slowly degrading nowadays) why anyone would like to leave their land? Even Nilfgardians say they don't like to fight for unknown to them lands. Being black, you risk a lot leaving your country to travel to places full of racism. Ofir? Merchants, intellectuals, they wouldn't go without strong reason and support. Zerrikans? perhaps sellswords... Instead of seeing a good written character, good placed actor and good costumes, we see tons of black people like they would live there normally, doing token roles that no one likes. I would be offended if I would be black, seriously.

Netflix is known from using black people as walking money bags, they literally are downgrading them and still no one did sue the company for it? Ridiculous.

It's not that we got only black people abused and put into any role they absolutely don't fit, we got also rest of the actors. Costumes don't fit, character descriptions don't fit, roles are poorly written. A series made for kids who think swearing is cool
No tact, no finesse
Geralt seems to be doing everything as a punishment And all character bonds, stories and so on, remind me of 80s/90s action movie directors, trying to do a plot where characters are like *they offend themselves, then shake hands, offend more and smile* - Like this would give us any depth, insight in their past?

Another thing is that this show is like Twilight would meet Game of Thrones after getting totally wasted beforehand. Witchers look like cool bandit-like kids, played by totally not fitting actors, dressed probably in some gallery store cause I cannot understand this fashion, dropping "cool" dialogues and bringing nothing to the table. I can't even understand why people allow so much money, mind and other resource wasting

According to books, Yen and Ciri are strong characters. Ciri of course has a long way but we see all that development done properly and good written. In the TV show, Yen is like Twilight bella that is soooo special... Remember series 1 dragon hunting?

According to books Yen could be raped there during fight she lost. Yes, a woman lost a fight and she was nearly raped there...does that mean the character is weak? No. She is a strong character and shietflix could just do the same, instead they made cringe scene showing how cool and strong she is...Sorry but in my opinion if you try to prove something, forcing it...that literally means that it's the opposite. So it seems netflix is more of showing that black people don't fit TV and women are weak. This is my impression watching this


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DeN_DarKNov 4, 2021
This is awful show with bad writing, bad casting, bad directing and low-budget effects. They just butchered this show.
1. They took one and only example of good eastern European fantasy and replace characters with people of other races. AndThis is awful show with bad writing, bad casting, bad directing and low-budget effects. They just butchered this show.
1. They took one and only example of good eastern European fantasy and replace characters with people of other races. And book was based on the eastern European myths and legends! So it plain disrespect to the culture if you change race of almost every character. 2. Bad casting. Sorceresses was beatiful in book because of glamur and in show they are not. And in case of Triss -she just looks old. But it is matter of taste and opinions here may differ. But actual midgets given role of dwarfs? It is just pitifully absurd. It seems they can't even lift an axe. 3. Bad directing. Episodes are mish-mash of short scenes and they ends so abdruptly that you just feel disengaged. All in all in my opinion only Cavill is ok in this show even if he is too pumped up for this role. At least he is not too far away from character. So 1 point for Cavill is best it can have. All other things are bad. Maybe except catchy song.… Expand
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SualpNov 13, 2021
Read books, play games and thats enough. Dont watch this untreated thingy if you have some taste. It got a potential but Netflix ruiend it.
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GmeJul 26, 2020
Henry Cavill is fun to watch but literally everything else is so bad its not even funny. Shame but hey what do you expect from a netflix show based on a game based on a book.
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Dinox44Feb 11, 2021
Childish+gore
Left me often confused but I watched the whole thing, so that’s a plus
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MolasdinJun 23, 2020
Today I'm just hoping that my favorite books will not catch eye of such show makers. Awful cast to appeal sjw minorities. Quite bad play.
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MolasJan 11, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Profanacja dobrej marki. Ludzie odpowiedzialni za tego gniota powinni wylecieć z roboty na zbity pysk.… Expand
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PotatoSaladJaAug 27, 2021
So many missed opportunities, yet it got trashed. Netflix has to stop.
Yennefer and Ciri storylines were completely trashed. They became a hateful character.
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sotos255Nov 17, 2022
Season 1 was ok,even though it had some progressive woke undertones.Season 2 was an outburst of woke propaganda.Damn them all for ruining the show...
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Novizky_SiBDec 25, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Это полный пи..ец господа. Сюжет пошёл к херам практически в самом начале. Негры эльфы конечно круто, но б.. ть, хипстер Мышовур, который умирает от доплера - это конечно сильно. Отдельно проорал с местных краснолюдов. В общем все, начиная от каста актёров, до сюжета сериала - одно сплошное недоразумение.… Expand
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PioterDec 29, 2019
Pure garbage. After episode 2 is just feminist crap. Nothing close to book ,far far away from games. After episode 3 I'm done with show.
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Dean177Dec 26, 2019
This series had so much potential but doesn't do the source material justice and left me wishing it had never happened.

The writing is terrible, most episodes are hasty, unfaithful, screen adaptations of the exiting stories, missing out onThis series had so much potential but doesn't do the source material justice and left me wishing it had never happened.

The writing is terrible, most episodes are hasty, unfaithful, screen adaptations of the exiting stories, missing out on character building so that they can spend more time monologuing about destiny.

The pacing is very strange, so much time is devoted to 'side quests' that the main story has to proceed at breakneck pace leaving it feel very shallowly developed and unfocused.

The casting (and acting) of Geralt and Dandelion (changing the name back to Jasker is dumb, the translators made the right call) is actually pretty good, I think Dandelion is probably the best character in the series, and Geralt is played well despite the lines he is being given to work with.

The rest of the cast was absolutely butchered.

Yen comes off as bratty rather than formidable, Yarpen Zigrins over the top aggression leaves you wondering why it's a character you are supposed to like. Ciri has too little screen time too do any development so it seems like she flip flops between helpless and heroine every scene.

Lots of people seem to have issues with characters becoming black but I think this is missing the point. Racism was a big theme in the books / games but the treatment of racism in the series is pathetic. The closest we get to dealing with the topic it is a character making an offhand comment about it. We never actually get shown it.

They would have been better off either sticking more closely to books / games or focusing on characters back story more (the episode with Yennifer as an apprentice was actually good!).

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UnpopularEelDec 27, 2019
If you read the books and played Witcher games, for the love of god, do not watch this. The show looks like it was made in SJW Bollywood.
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TomkinzDec 26, 2019
Horrible casting, not respectful to the books or games at all. A travesty.
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RatherDec 28, 2019
Лучшее что возможно сделать с сериалом это ударить следы его существования.
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Luca1023Jan 1, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Who invited the nigs??? I hope Netflix dies in a fire for touching these beautiful Polish stories and tainting them with an awfully brown cast.… Expand
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FilifionkaSopotDec 26, 2019
Boring. Way too much talking, too litlle action. Casting is horrible, you have black mages, black elves, virtually all of dryads in Brokilon are also black. But it doesn’t end there. Triss Merigold is semi black and Yeneffer is kind of LatinBoring. Way too much talking, too litlle action. Casting is horrible, you have black mages, black elves, virtually all of dryads in Brokilon are also black. But it doesn’t end there. Triss Merigold is semi black and Yeneffer is kind of Latin type. Come on. Good thing they didn’t cast Jamie Foxx as the Witcher. There is a lot of time jumping, which will inevitably confuse non die hard audience. Oh, and finally, the creators really wanted to show us the grand scheme of things. So we have politics, epic battles, sorcerers plotting etc., all squeezed into this rather short series. And that was a poor decision in my opinion, because it cut short the screen time of a surprisingly good Witcher character played by Cavil. There’s simply too little Witcher in the Witcher.… Expand
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viroodiemDec 26, 2019
It sat as a disaster looming on the horizon and when it finally landed it became a completely different disaster.

Ive read the books, Ive played the games and what you get out of this amounts to a very ham fisted police procedural withIt sat as a disaster looming on the horizon and when it finally landed it became a completely different disaster.

Ive read the books, Ive played the games and what you get out of this amounts to a very ham fisted police procedural with Geralt of Rivia tracking down and dealing with the "monster of the week" despite all the episodes dropping at the same time.

The story lacks the depth of the source materials or their much more famous video games. It is the epitome of generic, bland, and uninteresting.

While the casting looked to have been the biggest problem ultimately that is one of the more pleasant surprises. Cavill pulls off a reasonably convincing Geralt. "Jaskier" is a gem to watch. Young Freya does a great job a Princess Cirilla before she evolves to become the Ciri we know. Question is will she be up to the physicality of the role in later seasons IF it gets that far.

That said the most glaring casting issue is without a doubt Anya Chalotra as Yennifer. Now that has absolutely nothing to do with her heritage and nearly everything to do with the reality that she simply cannot act to save her life. Her scenes are tedious to watch and devoid of emoting. She acts like she is Valedictorian of the Kristen Stewart academy for girls who dont act so good.

Beyond that she does not remotely look the part that she is there to portray. Again not because the color of her skin but because as the books put it, Yennifer was supposed to be an unsurpassed beauty and designed physical perfection and Cholatra has all sorts of imperfections, and definitely the wrong physique for the character. Its Gal Gadot for Wonder Woman wrong.

That leads into the next major problem. With her inability to act it drags the whole production down given how much of the story is centered around Yen's exploits. It just keeps getting harder and harder to watch as the show goes on. What makes it worse is that there is absolutely NO chemistry between Cavill and Cholatra. In every possible way, be it emotionally, physically, romantically the coupling is like that of Hugh Jackman and his wife cognitive dissonance that the brain does not want to compute.

Again, none of that would be all that bad if it not for the reality of how much of the plot revolves around their shared sexuality.

As for the controversy, turns out it was mostly inflated. Seemingly stemming mostly from those dissatisfied with the show taking starkly different direction away from the games. In reality most of the choices made were semi logical and more in line with the books. Yet despite that the story builds itself to be more geared towards women than it does men. Namely those women who feasted on the likes of Game of Thrones and Vikings and serves to fill that niche. The comparison to Game Of Thrones was always doomed to be inaccurate. It is much closer to compare it to Vikings with more magic if anything. Much simpler, much more generic, lacking depth and having even less subtlety. I place it somewhere between Vikings and The Last Kingdom and much closer to the latter than the former.

Visually it is well made, at least as it relates to physical landscapes go. The CGI tend to be pretty bad and highly dated. This means that long term the show will NOT hold up well under age.

All in all the show is tolerable. I have sat through far worse things, but not too many. This show is mostly for those who obsess over fandoms and are going to like the show regardless of how "not good" it is OR those who are just watching it as filler material. Mostly while doing anything else and leaving it running as background noise.

Ultimately Season 1 was an utter disappointment. That does not mean that future seasons cannot make the show better. It simply needs more depth in writing and if there were ever a case to be made for recasting a lead, This is a perfect example of where it is needed AND how it could be easily done with the built in "world of magic" excuse that could explain why Yen would change her look again and again. It would not fit with the show runners determination to utilize POCwashing but ideally Yen should have been played by someone such as Katie McGrath who would have at least checked most of the boxes, has experience playing a role as someone who can be endearing one moment then cold and unlikable the next.

All in all the show could have been a solid 7 but on the weakness of Chalotra lack of acting ability in a crucial role, the generic writing and the police procedural more stand alone episodic format that is taking television backwards it can only muster a 3 for the first season. Definitely a foundation to build on, but far from being the most stable.… Expand
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siriuslyDec 27, 2019
Boring, uninspiring, confusing timelines, terrible acting, dialogue and lack of action. Only simpletons will love this show. But if you are intelligent and only want the best out of the Witcher universe. This show is a major epic fail!
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vieronDec 27, 2019
Très cheap et obvious, malheureusement tout va trop vite pour le scénario complexe de la saga. Le coup du trouve Geralt c'est ta destinée blablabla plus obvious tu meurt. J'ai trouvé vraiment horrible et ca m'a sorti du truc direct. Sinon ilTrès cheap et obvious, malheureusement tout va trop vite pour le scénario complexe de la saga. Le coup du trouve Geralt c'est ta destinée blablabla plus obvious tu meurt. J'ai trouvé vraiment horrible et ca m'a sorti du truc direct. Sinon il y a quelques trucs sympas comme l'acteur qui joue Geralt et aussi Jaskier qui sont assez bon dans leurs rôles. Par contre le coté politiquement correct et inclusif casse une grosse partie de l'immersion. L'elfe noir, 20/20, Tolkien se retournerait dans sa tombe. J'avoue que par moment j'ai pris du plaisir mais c’était a chaque fois pour que un détail me fasse faire un facepalm dans les secondes qui suivent. Tous ceux qui dise que la série est fidèle au livre peuvent aller brûler sur un bûcher. C'est entre cultissime et nul à chier. Cultissime pour le lore du witcher nul a chier pour le reste.… Expand
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AngryLiamDec 26, 2019
In short, they’ve missed some very important story beats from the books, while adding in some questionable material. It seems like they’ve changed some characters roles and motivations, perhaps to appeal to a wider audience. However they’veIn short, they’ve missed some very important story beats from the books, while adding in some questionable material. It seems like they’ve changed some characters roles and motivations, perhaps to appeal to a wider audience. However they’ve lost a lot of what made these stories so satisfying in the books.… Expand
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MeiSanethiDec 26, 2019
We have good game, good book, but no tv series :c thats pity how political tolerant destroy this (black elves, dark Yennefer)
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SagodjDec 27, 2019
hanks for the perversion of your favorite story, thanks for the perversion of your favorite characters. wanted to remove the killer of the game of thrones, and a story came out for the degenerates
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PaskaSarjaDec 27, 2019
Probably will never give another chance for this show. Watched through it and only things I enjoyed was music and Cavill's acting. And all those good points were ruined by others (horrible CGI, SJW, diversity) and these things are just theProbably will never give another chance for this show. Watched through it and only things I enjoyed was music and Cavill's acting. And all those good points were ruined by others (horrible CGI, SJW, diversity) and these things are just the beginning why this whole show sucks. Story is all the time all over the place and timeliness keep changing all the time which makes show hard to follow. Show tells you things that you don't do anything and at the same time keeps thing you should know away from you. Shows name is The Witcher but after watching this it should be more called something like Yennefer and others than The Witcher. Now I want my ~8 hours back.… Expand
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AwardkDec 27, 2019
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SandoplayDec 25, 2019
Слабенько. Я не имею ничего против негроэльфов, страшных баб, карликов в роли гномов, дешевой графики. Социальные течения. Понимаю. Но снимите пожалуйста так, чтобы вот это вот все не отвлекало от сюжета, а шло фоном, в контексте основнойСлабенько. Я не имею ничего против негроэльфов, страшных баб, карликов в роли гномов, дешевой графики. Социальные течения. Понимаю. Но снимите пожалуйста так, чтобы вот это вот все не отвлекало от сюжета, а шло фоном, в контексте основной линии. Если мне захочется что-то про расизм узнать, то я гляну документалку. А так ваши эти антирасистские штучки больше похожи на тупорылый (как раз-таки суперрасистский) анекдот аля "собрались русский, немец и поляк" или "чукча".
Также очень смущает подача сюжета ибо сначала ну тяжеловато понять то что ты видишь.
Но как по мне самый противный факт ето обилие темнокожих, аж глаз режет ну честно не могу я привыкнуть что везде где я играл- читал их не было а тут хопа просто куча их.… Expand
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WindArtDec 26, 2019
Not a canon, I want Slavic fantasy with all the consequences. And without tolerance!
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coterminousDec 25, 2019
wow what a pile of **** huge fan of the books and games. Wanted the show to be good but they took it and ran into the ground. nothing good about it, your watching robots on the screen acting a story that makes zero sense. turn it off and gowow what a pile of **** huge fan of the books and games. Wanted the show to be good but they took it and ran into the ground. nothing good about it, your watching robots on the screen acting a story that makes zero sense. turn it off and go read the books or play the games… Expand
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Falorin1999Dec 28, 2019
I expected a lot more from the series. He expected that he would narrate the book well, or at least close to it.
Instead, I got a disgusting plot, disgusting scenery and disgusting actors who do not know how to play their roles. It wasI expected a lot more from the series. He expected that he would narrate the book well, or at least close to it.
Instead, I got a disgusting plot, disgusting scenery and disgusting actors who do not know how to play their roles. It was necessary to shoot a normal series, and not to shoot a series in which they are trying to please someone. I am disappointed… Expand
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AlexplisskenDec 26, 2019
More than 200 of negative reviews were removed by the metacritic, and this is how good rating is built for **** TV shows.
I suspect that they removed it because people left their feedback on the reluctance to see some humans in place wereMore than 200 of negative reviews were removed by the metacritic, and this is how good rating is built for **** TV shows.
I suspect that they removed it because people left their feedback on the reluctance to see some humans in place were they do not belong in a fantasy-historical movie. This is not tolerance; this is idiocy.… Expand
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Raven666Aug 1, 2021
О, да ещё больше негров для бога негров. Ну а если серьёзно сериал откровенно говоря дерьмо, для поехавших пендосов и гейропейцев самое то, ведь они так любят надрачивать на негритосов и обмазываться своей толерантностью и навязывать черезО, да ещё больше негров для бога негров. Ну а если серьёзно сериал откровенно говоря дерьмо, для поехавших пендосов и гейропейцев самое то, ведь они так любят надрачивать на негритосов и обмазываться своей толерантностью и навязывать через фильмы, сериалы и игры свою нездоровую и ненормальную пропаганду гомосятины.… Expand
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greedyflygon1Jun 17, 2020
It is just bad. The idea of a Netflix Witcher tv series should not have even been considered in the first place.
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LacMomoDec 22, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -terrible - embarrassing useless dialogs - only Geralt and Dandelion(Jaskier) save this
-stupid story changes
-total kitsch scenes - Geralt kiss Yenefer during fight - Is the most embarrassing scene I've ever seen(Every B movie), or when Geralt meet Ciri or all Yenefer scenes
-stupid cast - too many color people(Fantasy based on medieval eastern Europe = must have color people), Dryad looks like amazons, black elfs, black knights...... -_-
-armor designer must be 8 years old child -Vilgefortz is total loaser
thank you mrs. Lauren Schmidt

Characters in books:
Fringilla Vigo (aka cousin of Anna Henrietta) - Fringilla is described as "ghastly pale" when confronted by Yen at Lodge meeting; this is due to Fringilla's embarrassment at her failure in obtaining the location of Vilgefortz's hideout from Geralt.
Eithné - The Silver-Eyed
Triss - Books describe her hair as chestnut(Auburn), which is a brown and red coloring. In The Lady of the Lake it's further noted as "ginger" and while this usually pertains to redheads, in some cases it also means a brown red color.
Artorius Vigo - White old Man
Vilgefortz of Roggeveen – the most powerful mage, kill Regis(Higher Vampire)… Expand
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nozveraduDec 22, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only saving grace is the choreography. Cast was horrendous aside from Henry Cavill, Triss Merrigold being the worst among them all, completely ruined my impression. The settings felt cheap, especially the forest and the dragon, what the heck was going on? even LOTR in the 2000s did much better. Then it's the horrible writing, the incoherence and chaos. Throw everything at your face at one time, boring monologue at the other. The whole sequence of events were presented in a way that nobody would understand without reading the books or play the games, lucky that I did both. The scenes just felt dumbed down from the book, the jinn scene, the dragon scene, everything felt cheap especially the lighting in Brokilon, omg what the fxxk was that?

While the lacking of brilliant writing and fancy visuals won't kill a show, the utterly disgusting casting choices, the lack of character development (especially compare to GOT) and terrible immature dialogues made it unwatchable.… Expand
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ComicsMDec 26, 2019
I can only highlight the music, she is good the rest past the box office. Everyone praises the action in the square, and so in the Polish series this fight is much better. And Herold here is just some kind of Terminator rocked everyoneI can only highlight the music, she is good the rest past the box office. Everyone praises the action in the square, and so in the Polish series this fight is much better. And Herold here is just some kind of Terminator rocked everyone without sweating, even without elixirs. The episode is just a Rivian-Tsintri sandwich where they stuffed everything and for more yes that's just meat with jam so-so combination.… Expand
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kamgeforceDec 25, 2019
Didnt expect much, its neflix after all, still disappointed. Dialogues are **** acting is so so, most actors didnt capture their characters and that includes Henry Cavill, whom I like as an actor. Yes, you can tell he played the games, but iDidnt expect much, its neflix after all, still disappointed. Dialogues are **** acting is so so, most actors didnt capture their characters and that includes Henry Cavill, whom I like as an actor. Yes, you can tell he played the games, but i would question he read the books, because he tries to portray the game Geralt with his stoic badassery, but gives no attempt to show off Geralt´s wit and intelligence, which is understandable because like I said, the dialogues are pure garbage. I dont think the writers have the capacity to come up with witty or intelligent lines to begin with, so I dont blame only Cavill for that. However Geralt has never been a character defined primarily by his excellent swordsmanship or his stoic demeanor as the games or the show would have you believe. The show is filled with out of place diversity, men bashing, all the queens and authorities are black or female, its progressive garbage of first order. The audio and visuals are nice for a tv production, netflix has the money if not the talent. Fight scenes are probably the only thing I actually enjoyed. You can tell lot of time and thought have been given to the choreography, but thats where the positives start and end. The show has no regards for the slavic roots of the material and the lore is never implemented in any but the most basic and surface level way. This isnt the witcher, its progressive americanised generic fantasy for politically correct audience that took the names and tropes from the witcher and left the balls out.… Expand
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OldjediJan 3, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. História clichê, lutas mau coreografadas e sem personagens carismáticos.… Expand
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