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[Netflix] The Witcher: Season 2

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  1. clos4life

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    Good for him, will be missed as the crappy Hemsworth is not a great replacement. Cavil is the best Supes since Reeves so happy about that.
     
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  2. Rocket River

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    I don't know the source material well
    but I heard alot of the meandering is because they diverging from it.
    Cavill was fighting to keep it on course. . . . figured he just got tired of them butchering something he liked

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  3. tinman

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    Season 3 is his last season. Season 2 did feel off because of some changes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...eason-2-is-getting-review-bombed-by-fans/amp/

    • Fans do not like how Eskel, a major character in Witcher lore, was handled. In the source material, he’s essentially Geralt’s Witcher brother. Here, he’s a jerk, womanizer and is killed off quickly after he’s turned into a monster that Geralt and Vesemir fight.
    • Another complaint is that a famous scene with the terrifying Gaunter O’Dimm was given to Fringilla as she murdered a collection of frozen adversaries, changing the context of the original purpose of that scene quite a bit.
    • Shades of grey have been eliminated from some of book stories, like the opening with Geralt’s friend and the Bruxa, where on the show he’s portrayed as an irredeemable rapist who deserved everything that came to him.
    • Then there are just general complaints about writing, acting, pacing and so on. All of this adds up to a lot of negative reviews from the types of uber-fans who are…the most likely to post on user review sites.
     
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    Aka: Netflix
     
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  5. Rocket River

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    D*mn sounds like PreQuel is not good


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    The reviews have been bad , also none of this prequel show was based off the books
     
  7. Jontro

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    not enough bleks tbh. also need moar azns, indians and eskimos. wouldn't mind if geralt was played by that tenet breh
     
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    I was watching it today, I nor did anybody need critics to tell me it sucked. It was absolute dog **** production, shame on netflix for thinking they can get away with this kind of crap
     
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    I was gonna make a new thread but honestly it isn't worth it. Did anyone watch season 3? Man, what a shitshow. Just an unbelievable mess of dialogue, editing and story-telling. So totally different from how this show started, it was really frustrating to watch. I guess if that's where it is going Henry Cavill should be glad he doesn't have to play Geralt anymore. Though it sucks it ended on such a wet fart of a note.
     
  11. clos4life

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    Season 3 was at least an upgrade on season 2. However, season 1 is still the gold standard. I think Cavill left at the right time.
     
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    I thought season 3 was worse

    Side note , so the main characters have to stay in shape and Frangilla can turn into Lizzo’s backup dancer ?
     
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  14. Jontro

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    i has netflix, but would rather watch this on pirate. dun wanna give them ratings
     
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    Yeah, season 2 definitely felt like a drop off from season 1, but to me it was nowhere near the trainwreck of season 3. Such a shame.
     
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    This was worse than CW. The writers are stupid and the casting was for a JC Penny back to school mailer for fat kids

    just keep to the source material
     
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    The Witcher Producers Talk Plot Simplification for Western Audiences and Writers
    https://redanianintelligence.com/20...-simplification-for-modern-western-audiences/

    There we have the issue, thinking the audience is stupid and lowering the quality to the lowest common denominator. People didn't struggle with more complex shows like Game of Thrones (early seasons), no idea why Netflix thinks people want watered down crap that strays from the great source material.
     
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    The 2nd half of s3 was on of the worse stretches I’ve ever seen


    It’s funny how they turned the bard gay randomly after being a womanizer for 2 seasons
     
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  20. tinman

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    Yeah
    Annoying Chinese elf archer girl was horrible in the last few episodes

    there’s one thing to make a diverse cast , there’s another to make seem like a parody of comic con convention
     
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