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Witcher series on Netflix confirmed!

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  1. JayZ750

    JayZ750 Contributing Member

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    is it the best show ever? No. But damn it was entertainment.

    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/teenage_bounty_hunters

    even the critics love this one.
     
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    Had no idea what this show was about other than Cavil whom I am a fan of. Easily one of the Top 3 worst shows I have ever seen. Cringeworthy bad.
     
  3. Outlier

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    I tried to watch the first 20 minutes of TBH and this show is ridiculously bad...
     
  4. JayZ750

    JayZ750 Contributing Member

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    to each their own. But apparently most people disagree with you - see RT, imdb and other review sites.
     
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    But you have to admit their take on a dragon is awful, and that's being nice.

    Attention to details.
     
  6. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    It’s shot in a very strange, unique way. You get the full effect if you watch the whole season.

    The books are also written by an Eastern European author so the background folklore and culture is sort of alien compared with most Western fantasy.

    I liked the show. Refreshing.
     
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    HUGE fan of the game, loved the trailers, but this show is... bad. This is a really bad show.
     
  8. daywalker02

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    Lmao the critics say it's mediocre, folks here are divided, love or hate it.

    I just watch because of that sorceress and her goodies.
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    @Jontro
     
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  9. TWS1986

    TWS1986 SPX '05, UH' 19

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    Come play my Lord!
     
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    Exactly. Everyone else here: "Blah blah blah." You: "HER." (mic drop)
    PREACH.
     
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    Wasn't too happy with who they chose for Tris. I guess it's more by the book than the game. Most of the actresses could look better.

    Yenniver isn't bad but not "most beautiful woman people would goto war over" great. She makes more than enough of it with her acting, though I hope the on film chemistry between the two grows over time..

    It's alright in a Xena/Hercules kind of Saturday afternoon content programming, but the crazy ordering + binge watching means I only recall ~20% of what happened in the series.
     
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    yennefer doesn't look mexican enough
     
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    I thought it was entertaining
    Triss in the show was boring but maybe next season she’s more lively

    I imagine Ciri would also improve
     
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    Aaand they did it again for season 2, casting Mecia Simmons for the role of a blonde elf with blue eyes (while also casting Frida for a different role, who would've been a much better fit).
    [​IMG]

    I get that there should be more minorities in shows and movies, but don't butcher the source material just to pander to the social media warriors who aren't even attached to the franchise.
     
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    Is it really butchering the source material to just change the appearance of a character?
     
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  16. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    Depends on how the source material (book) author intended the character appearance to impact the story, character interaction, etc. Way more leeway in a fantasy setting than in a contemporary setting, IMO.

    The only thing that triggers my OCD is remote village or population with a mixed group of races. I mean, if there are a few hundred people there and they've been isolated for hundreds of years, they're all going to interbreed and be more or less similar in skin color, less variances in hair and eye color.

    But it's fiction, so whatever.
     
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    Same! I didn't like the casting at first, but she ends up carrying the series imo, easily the best actor of the bunch.
     
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    A Polish book will have one kind of look.

    Portals and magic saves the day...

    Or maybe they're incredibly racist and bigoted elves with an extremely rigid caste system.:eek:

    Yeah, uhh magic and portals
     
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    cant remember if I've commented in here or not .

    I thought it was pretty entertaining, 8/10 . I had never played the game so my knowledge was 0 going in . I think that might've made it better. Its always exciting to delve into a new fantasy world
     
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    The video game is the bees knees
     

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