As a Slavic person, I was excited at first, and having seen Henry in period pieces, I knew he'd be a good Witcher. It's just sad that all the complex moral questions, the Slavic mythology and *feel* of the books/games were replaced by a mishmash of fantasy tropes and Games of Thrones-y look. I also still remember the showrunners blaming Covid for not having actual Slavic actors in their Slavic-inspired production. ugh.
The books don't have too many slavic references. Andrzej Sapkowski (author of The Witcher books) criticized slavic fantasy and said in many interviews that while writing The Witcher, he wanted to show that all the books inspired by slavic culture are cheap in what they do, so he based The Witcher on multiple cultures, mostly nordic. Video games have way more slavic inspired monsters. Some examples: - bruxa is portuguese - silvan is roman/greek - djinni is of arabic origin - dragon is in every culture, same for basilisk - doppelgänger is german - siren and driads from Brokilon are from greek mythology - kelpie, werewolf, sukkub, wild hunt, amphisbene, griffin, manticore show up in multilple mythologies, mostly greek, roman and anglosaxon The story is also inspired by many cultures - tales from France, Denmark (Andersen), Germany (Brothers Grimm), some nordic references (Ragh nar Roog, Naglfar, Hemdall, Kambi, Freyja), celtic (Merlin, Galahad, Nimue). From slavic mythology there's striga and kikimore, I'm not sure if something else. If you have more slavic examples, you can throw them in a reply.
@@Kondiqq Just because the names are different, doesn't mean there aren't similar creatures in Slavic mythology (with some exceptions). And by Slavic mythology, of course I don’t mean a single particular country, but many around Central and Eastern Europe + the Balkans. There are witches, vampyrs, rusalki, vrkolaks, various kinds of woodland creatures and spirits, demons, etc, which I'm glad at least the games showcased (hence the books/games in my comment). That’s the thing - Sapkowski might have consciously tried to be above writing something _specifically_ Polish, Slavic or nationalistic-sounding, but *his identity has an effect on his writing* - the "feel" from the style, tropes, the way he uses language, the dark humour, the melancholy, the topics of state, power, corruption, tradition, superstition, the lesser evil… Hearing some of the names of characters and places… They rang different for me, as someone from the ex-Eastern bloc. The way he describes some cities and landscapes sounded familiar to me because I’ve visited such places here. Some people’s behaviour and mentality is familiar - it’s still present these days. This is why when analysing literature, we look at the author’s own backstory - it shapes the way you see the world. And in a similar way, our identities as readers will have an effect on how we imagine these stories, how we interpret them. So, sure, put a jinn in the story - doesn’t matter, I know I’m not reading anything like 1001 nights. Put an Arthurian flavour to it - it’s still not an Arthurian legend. I think this is why so many people were impressed with the games - they took those elements and really emphasised that Slavic feel which would be new and interesting to the gamers around the world. Hearing my country’s folklore in the ost? More, please! *The show exists because of the games' popularity anyway* and since they kept talking about the "Slavic fantasy", I thought, hey, we might be getting actual representation that's not the usual (iykyk)! I thought they would try to take *the best of the books and games* and give us something different. Instead, we got another generic fantasy that has just several really good moments (which Letalis has touched upon in his reviews). I have a lot to say, but I’d have to write a whole analysis and I have neither the time, nor the motivation now that I’ve seen the show.
i feel exactly the same way, just when i first though that slavic mythology and folklore will have a big hollywood showcase, we got some wank ass generic fantasy
What's the funniest about this whole thing to me, as a Polish person, is that the S2 bombed so hard in Poland and was met with so much hate and disappointment, that now in turn S3 has close to no promotion here. Like, I live in Warsaw and so far have only seen ONE (1) promotional poster and it wasn't even very visible, just on the inside of a bus stop. I actually chuckled, I was like "oh yeah, S3 is due in a couple of weeks, no way I'm watching XD". For comparison: when S1 was coming out, it was on all the biggest billboards in the city center. It gives me this weird kind of satisfaction that us, as a fandom, did such a good job of being outraged, while simultaneously feeling defeated, that Netflix can afford to prolong everyone's torture and refuses to just let this show die with some dignity left.
Exactly. I too haven't seen any promotional stuff here even though it's Witcher, our national treasure 😅 I'm not complaining though, the less people watch it, the better.
This season was way closer to the books than the others so far… essentially blood of elves. If you didn’t like this season such a show wouldn’t be what you enjoy
NO THANKS! TV here in the US has given us Dresden Files... Sci-Fi channel did an ok job on that one but Jim BUTCHER-ed the books ;D and The Sword of Truth by SONY's Spider-Man movies excellent dude Sam Raimi... who proceeded to shred the Terry Goodkind novels into confetti sized bits and tossed them randomly at a 'reskinned' Zena Warrior Princess/Hercules syndicated nightmare of a brain tumor attempt at a TV series. and don't get me started on Amazon's truly gut-wrenchingly ugly and putrid Wheel of Time. i couldn't even get past the first 15 minutes of Episode 1 it was that bad. i hope Robert Jordan haunts those show-runners from beyond the grave for decades to come. i'll never attempt to watch that series ever again.
Absolutely! I didn't stop watching, but as a comedy show. And I 'adored' the explanation why they killed Eskel: to show that even the closest people for Geralt are not safe in this world. Are you serious? Showing that they gave each other a hug doesn't tell a thing about their relationship 😂 we know nothing about this Eskel and want us to be emotionally involved? Don't make me laugh 😅
@@pearsemolloy9656 He is. Just like Mousesack, who they butchered back in season 1 - and no one gave a shit. And there is not even an excuse of "People know Eskel from the games", because Mousesack was in the Witcher 3 as well. They are still minor characters though - unlike Cahir, Fringilla and Yennefer, who live, but got character assasinated to such an unbelievable extend, that they might as well be dead and replaced by psycho-dopplers. Most people didn't seem to care back then, though, even when the writing was on the wall and it was obvious that this shitshow is dead on arrival. Instead, people willfully chose to chomp up garbage because it has a brand name with familiar face on it, to the point where criticism was shot down by the community itself. Now they act surprised that garbage actually smell, tastes and feels like garbage, which breeds cope takes like "season 1 was good, achooally, if only they kept staying trooo to the boooooks". God, I hate this show.
So Dandelion is going to have a love interest in Radovid? Well that's problematic considering he's like what? 10 at this time in the books? I guess they're going to age him up which makes the whole assassination of Vizimir II much less significant. Dijkstra doesn't steward the throne until Radovid comes of age and makes him less of a plot point. Has he even met Philippa yet?
The fact that dandelion is even gay is one more reason not to watch the show, dude pulls girls and is a chad in the games and the books, now they wanna pull EVEN MORE political BS into a show that should have 0
@@انا_ابراهيم_البناوي Well they can suffer for them attempting to pull this BS, you'd think after seeing how much money Disney has lost attempting to do the same thing that this director would learn, but no😂
Yennefer had more chemistry both Cahir AND Jaskier than anything she had with Geralt. Seriously, there was nothing between the two actors to make it believable.
That means the problem lies with Henry though. Yennefer has chemistry with Istredd, Cahir, Jaskier, Tissaia, but not with Geralt. So it can't be her that's the issue. Henry generally doesn't have chemistry with his female co-stars when I think about it.
That’s because Anya is young. She was barely 21 when they casted her and Henry was nearly in his mid thirties which is why there is so much awkwardness between them. Jaskier,Kahir are actors close to her age. This is one of the main reason why I was skeptical regarding Anya’s casting.
@@ammarahhussaini3126 perhaps but if she can have chemistry with actors like Tissaia, who are as old as Henry, then idk how much of a factor that is. Hell, she has more chemistry with Vilgefortz in their few scenes together.
I really, really hope that You will do again a review of every episode. Because Your detailed reviews were the best season 2 had to offer ... and it may very well be that this is the case again with season 3. 😉
From what we've seen in the clip revealed at TUDUM, Yen's fire scene is against Rience. Rience flings his fire magic at her, she deflects it at one of his thugs. Not gonna lie. It was quite emotional seeing Henry give his final farewell speech to everyone, while being humble and praising his fellow cast members. It's just such a shame. He was so great in the Geralt role and wanted to do right for the fans, but Netflix, showrunner and the writers totally squandered it. Sigh.... He will be gone after this season, but he will our live-action Geralt, forever and always.
Yeah same with me (excluding the short stories) I much preferred Baptism of Fire and Tower of Swallows to Blood of Elves and Time of Contempt. And of course Lady of the Lake
I love Dandelion/Jaskier with anyone but Radovid. 😭 Honestly would've traded the romance aspect to include his wholesome friendship with the elf tailor from the game. 😩
The books don't have too many slavic references. Andrzej Sapkowski (author of The Witcher books) criticized slavic fantasy and said in many interviews that while writing The Witcher, he wanted to show that all the books inspired by slavic culture are cheap in what they do, so he based The Witcher on multiple cultures, mostly nordic. Video games have way more slavic inspired monsters. Some examples: - bruxa is portuguese - silvan is roman/greek - djinni is of arabic origin - dragon is in every culture, same for basilisk - doppelgänger is german - siren and driads from Brokilon are from greek mythology - kelpie, werewolf, sukkub, wild hunt, amphisbene, griffin, manticore show up in multilple mythologies, mostly greek, roman and anglosaxon The story is also inspired by many cultures - tales from France, Denmark (Andersen), Germany (Brothers Grimm), some nordic references (Ragh nar Roog, Naglfar, Hemdall, Kambi, Freyja), celtic (Merlin, Galahad, Nimue). From slavic mythology there's striga and kikimore, I'm not sure if something else.
@@KondiqqFor monsters there is Leshy, and all the names of the northling settlements are slavic, examples including: Maribor, which is a literal rip off of a slavic city Novigrad(Novi Grad, meaning new city) etc etc Another big example is the Glagolitic scrypt, which was made by the scholars Cyril and Metodius for Slavic languages.
@@mrluk-ci4osThere are also names like Dzierzba or Marilka especially which is like the combination of two Polish names Marika and Maryla. We have also Myszowór which means Mouse's sack, Złotolitka who was a wife of Yurga, the man who helped Geralt in Something More chapter. Złotolitka in Polish is some kind of insect similar to a fly, just in case 😁 Also Yurga and Złotolitka lived in Zarzecze which in Polish means "Behind the river". So yeah, there is a lot of slavic and overall Polish here and there.
3:23 “I must say that I am mildly excited about this events.” Oh dear Letalis! Keep your expectations low, for excitement (even mild) will inevitably lead to bitter disappointment!!
Ok. Imma gonna say it for what it is - Yennefer's Thanedd dress looks very Indian/Egyptian to me and although Anya looks sexy and beautiful (my point is in no way a criticism towards the actress) but I feel the producers purposely did this to highlight and bring out more Anya's heritage as a giant middle finger to the fans who wanted a more book appropriate actress in terms of looks/style. I'm firmly convinced Netflix will do EVERYTHING OPPOSITE of what the fan base wants or generally what the books describe - just because they can. I cannot help but think their choices in styling Yennefer this way here, is a big F-U to the fanbase.
Spot on. As a person she looks great. As an actress playing Yennefer... not really fitting that theme. But at this point it seems the casting department is deliberately working out of spite towards the source material and fans, so I'm hardly surprised.
@@hihihi1q23I don’t think that’s even the case anymore imo. I know yeah most of us came from W3 but expanded to the rest of the games and the books. I think most of us know what’s supposed to be going on yk. The people only knowing W3 in the minority
@@lemmysbassdial9821 i’d be very surprised if a majority of people that’ve played the games have read the books, and who knows if most of the people watching the show have even played the games, quite a few of the people that I know have watched it definitely haven’t played them
The author was very specific in describing the sorceresses' fashion choices for this council and here was their moment to show accuracy to the books while giving some mature content and thrills. I've been wondering if the costume designers were going to adhere to the lore of completely see through dresses the sorceresses wore but it looks like they erred on the side of playing it safe and modest when modesty was not a thing at this ball at all. LOL Geralt had to keep Yennefer in the forefront of his thoughts to not get too distracted and to mentally "tell" all the sorceresses who tried to read his mind that they could all "choke on their envy." Man, I hope that part is in the show. But I highly doubt it.
It's stupid because there were literally completely naked women in Stregobor's created world in S1 and also naked men making out with women around Yennefer when Geralt first meets her in Rinde. I repeat, completely naked! Why they can't show some sorcerecess boobies through their dresses in this season, especially if it's more appropriate now than it was during those specific scenes in S1?
@@MultiKamil97 and their chance to give Game of Thrones level nudity since they wanted Witcher to be their GoT. I know it makes no sense but I think the reaction to that orgy scene in S1 was not received well and Henry has said in previous interviews on other shows (The Tudors) he hates doing sex scenes and prefers not to do any.
It „looks“ better than expected but all the changes they made to the true story are just horrible and unnecessary. I really don’t understand why show runners nowadays can only be satisfied by giving us the toxic exact opposite of what we really want to see… A simple but really accurate visualization of the books and stories we all love.
I think it's because they don't really care about the books and the lore. They just use Witcher brand as means to show their political agendas, include inclusivity and diversity and such. Overally they want to fit all those charts to make themselves look like they are some messiahs of woke media. The producers have probably a giant board where they have a checklist like "Black characters. Checked! Gays and lesbians? Checked! Strong and Independent women? Checked! Weak male characters? Checked!". Considering how popular Witcher is now, they use this brand to profitise on it.
Honestly your enthusiasm feels so relatable. I got so hyped when I saw the trailer for season 2, it looked like the blood of elves in a lot of scenes, my imagination filled in the rest. I’d love for a faithful adaption of time of contempt, but im not getting my hopes up yet again.
Mr. X, you are a wise and class act and you know comic timing. "she only managed to teach her the 'fuck' spell". Great video and always nice just to hear a soft friendly voice in these troubled times. I hope you and your family will be safe in the coming turbulent weather. Thanks for being so chill and a friend and for everything you do.
Vilgefortz I imagine appears more similar to someone from Ofieri in this season and they pulled more closer to 90% of season 2 from their butts not just the ending. Maybe Dandelion and Vilgefortz will put together a goth band. They should've ended season 2 like in the books with Geralt basically on the brink of death after fighting the brothers and Reince, would have been a great cliffhanger for those not familiar with the books and intertwin the fight the Yennifer teaching Ciri at the temple of Melitele. The could have given Nenneke and Jarre a proper introduction and set up Ciri meeting the unicorn in the desert and the events during equinox. So many great moment that have had no set up that may not even happen in this one dimensionally written show.
As i no longer have Netflix i won't be watching the episodes. Not that i mind. I'll be looking forward to your episode reviews, assuming that you have the stomach for it? It might be time for a further re-read of the books instead.
That scene where the chamberlain giving you money and geralt receiving it while ciri looking at you disgusted 😂 i was like *Forgive me ciri i really do need that grandmaster set upgrade for DM* 😂
I need a margarita after seeing that margarita, maybe a few. And don’t even get me started on Dandelion and Radovid being in a relationship, wtf. 😂 This show got Hollywooded so hard.
I "love" how they've taken maybe the only (at least only popular) slavic fantasy world and westernized it to the point that it's just another GoT or LotR with no character of it's own
It feels like a more low-budget bootleg version of Game of Thrones, in my opinion, with worse costumes, worse acting, worse writing and worse special effects.
I wish Sapkowski was like Glukhovsky and his Metro 2033 adaption. American producers wanted to have Metro 2033 film placed in Los Angeles and Glukhovsky rejected their offer. He knew that moving the action to USA would completely deprive his work of identity because Metro 2033 takes place in Russian subway stations and those are very different from US ones. The same is with Witcher. By americanising it, Witcher completely has lost its identity. It's no longer a unique fantasy world. It's now just another clichè American fantasy.
I'm a bit confused. The first Witcher game takes place after the last book in which Geralt seemingly died to a lynch mob and a pitchfork. The games make it so he survived, and continues the story. But in the games the Wild Hunt is introduced through 3 games as new villains while it seems they have appeared much sooner in the books.
Other than Ciri, most characters, including Geralt, had very little interaction with the Wild Hunt in the books, so for the most part they are a new threat
The games and the books macro story connects pretty well. It's not like "the games make it so he survived", his survival was very much expected and described when the books were read. I'm not gonna go into the details, but it's all there in the books. What the games introduced is the idea of Geralt having amnesia. That's all well described in the games on the other hand.
THe wild hunt are not introduced as new villians. Geralt just has forgot everything. The wild hunt appears in the books and the wild hunt, at least, eredin already appears in witcher 1 as the main antagonist alongside aldersberg
I think most fans are tired of Netflix taking the nickname "Butcher of Blaviken" for themselves by destroying and desecrating The Witcher world throughout seasons 1 and 2 --I certainly am. Honestly, I will only watch season 3 to appreciate Henry Cavil's great work depicting Geralt, but it will be hard to bear with everything else. Beyond Henry's work, I have no interest in following the stories or getting to a conclusion. This adaptation was a huge disappointment in terms of script, costume, storytelling... Almost everything.
Hey! I was wondering if you (or anyone else reading this) could help me with a question I have about Blood and Wine: many years ago I saw a video on UA-cam where Geralt had left Toussaint after visiting it but before saving it from the whole vampire crisis - in the video Geralt talked with knights who had been sent asking for him to return to help with the vampire crisis and if Geralt says no the knights also say that they cannot return without him. I tried finding this video, but UA-cam is so cluttered that I can't seem to find it. I don't know if it was you who actually made this video or someone else, but I thought it's worth asking if you at least know about this scenario in the game
I finally read the books and to be honest I have even more troubles understanding Lauren and her decision to change the story to push for female driven characters and story. Even in 2023 The witcher saga can easily be considered a heavy feminist propaganda so she should love the books and should not have a problem with depicting them "as is". Even though I wholehartedly hate the woke propaganda we are being fed at every opportunity I actually liked the books. I gave everything a pass because I believe we shouldn't measure the story and Sapkowski's motives by todays standards. Back in the 80's when Sapkowski started writing the books, the views and world depicted in the books weren't written to push agenda (because back then the mainstream "woke" agenda didn't exist, especially in Poland) but rather to create something innovative, fresh and different (and maybe even a little thought provoking/controversial) from what was already there and I see it as a plus even though if it was written today it would make me roll my eyes and would grind my gears and I don't think I would read the whole saga
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For me the immersion is broken so much because of the characters looking like they don't belong to the world.
To be honest my reaction to overall is " Look how they massacred my boy." Hope they will surprise me but after s2 and Cavill's upcoming leave , i am not expecting such thing from them .
The best part of Seasons 1 & 2 was your reviews. I'd love it if you'd do the same for season 3. Perhaps then I'd stand a chance of understanding what on earth is going on !
This is so sad. Honestly, all this is gonna make me want to do is replay the games, because while they had a bunch of changes - they were really great in not touching the original books but rather continuing the story in the style of an AU (alternate universe) fanfiction that stayed very true to the general themes of the books and it's worldbuilding. They botched a few characters in the game, but for the most part they knew their lore inside and out and made basically the best work of fanart one could ever make about an original source material. No TV series adaptation or spin-off today can hold a candle to what the Witcher videogames did for the book series. The only thing that comes close might be the original Lord of the Rings movie trilogy (in terms of adaptation of the world, tho not comparable since that was a straight up adapation while TW was an AU-esque sequel). It made them popular while not desecrating the original in any way, and it managed to tell a great interactive story.
I'm sorry but this crap is unfixable, the bond between Ciri and rest is broken beyond repair. You don't start that parental relationship by having them try to sell her to devil or using as bait for a monster. The Radovid fiasco is just... I can't even. He's like 13 in the books and Dandelion being suddenly bi... no. Also don't scare me with Pattinson being Regis, my god! Oh and as for the middle eastern clothes, I went back to gwent few months ago and all this reminded me of the ofieri merchants expansion. They look like straight from some of those cards.
I fear that this series will be becoming a beautiful fart in the wind with the passing of each episode, of course leading to never seeing Henry cavil's geralt again. I feel that there is no couple between geralt, yennefer and ciri that have developed gradually and naturally the beautifully complicated relationships that they share in the books. And I don't know to what extent the rumors going around about the production not even liking the books, are true, but this screams to me that the whole series was created so merch will be sold.
I'm Lithuanian, and while there was a cold war between Russia and the West, 80% of Western literature was censored, but it was full of Slavic literature, Slavic fairy tales and legends, many of them were illustrated with a Slavic vision of how one or another character should look. The way Witches III came out, a lot of the characters were like from my childhood fantasy, the way I saw them, it was very unique and interesting and very different from the American ones. but netflix's witcher is some kind of alien culture that doesn't like those specific Slavic features, completely alien, see 1000 clichés together and get fed up with them, nothing authentic, just part of another, unpalatable culture that is forced upon them. I'm not a racist or some kind of homophobe, but what netflix offered does not fit into my understanding of the Slavic fairy tales of the world. it's more like some kind of mockery. It's as if Indian and Chinese film companies united and made a film about American civil wars, with dancing rajas and flying monks.
Glad you included those fighting scenes from Blood & Wine trailer (I believe), otherwise the video part would be unwatchable. Audio on point as always :)
Letalis, I envy your optimism, but with that 'growing tree' segment, we all know that the writers of the show can't read a Witcher book even if a Bruxa was forcing it down their throats. So lets not compare it to the amazing work of Andrzej It'll be sad to see the final season of the Witcher...well I won't see all the season, I'll be here exclusively for Henry and then I'll skip and dip. Henry deserves the loyalty of the fans, the writers do not
I am not sure i am ready for this after that disasterous season 2 but i guess i will give it a try while i still have netflix subscription valid this month
why? That only shows them your still mindlessly following them. Get rid of it and thats one more person that's woken up to the trash being made by Netflix.
Yennefer’s clothing array is not the only thing one could say that differs from how she would be pictured by the book reader or game player. She had the Snow White vibe about her. She has nipples so pale that they are only visible by their contours, or a pale face (”a pale triangular face” is a repeated description throughout the books) draped by black curls/tresses. This is the same for other characters, physically and behaviorally, like the “ashen-pale” or “very pale” Fringilla who has a strong attraction to Geralt, “I enjoy... having your eyes on me” and they were having sex for two months straight (she was trying to keep him there for her group, but she had been more moved by him) when he was in Toussaint.
The bored annoyed, flat sound of your Voice fits perfectly with the Trailer. You are a Major Witcher UA-camr and realized fuck at one point i have to do this god help me. So you got it behind you.
So when i remember correctly ciri described margarita as the most beautiful woman she has ever seen … even more beautiful than yennefer … if you want to be accurate to the books you better looked at a lot of women … and then took a very funded choice you‘re sure about
Not gonna watch it. But I hope Xletalis takes one for the team and makes episode reviews! :D Those I will watch for sure and look very much forward to them!
Netflix shows all have the same issue with "historical" costumes, they always have to try to reinvent them and they just end up looking like HM did a medieval collab
I use to call the show "the witcheries", not the witcher.😅 Because the freedom of changing the base story is so high that, to me, it seem nearly outrageous.
As a Slavic person, I was excited at first, and having seen Henry in period pieces, I knew he'd be a good Witcher. It's just sad that all the complex moral questions, the Slavic mythology and *feel* of the books/games were replaced by a mishmash of fantasy tropes and Games of Thrones-y look. I also still remember the showrunners blaming Covid for not having actual Slavic actors in their Slavic-inspired production. ugh.
Yeah, well. At least we have the beautiful fanfilm to admire.
The books don't have too many slavic references. Andrzej Sapkowski (author of The Witcher books) criticized slavic fantasy and said in many interviews that while writing The Witcher, he wanted to show that all the books inspired by slavic culture are cheap in what they do, so he based The Witcher on multiple cultures, mostly nordic. Video games have way more slavic inspired monsters.
Some examples:
- bruxa is portuguese
- silvan is roman/greek
- djinni is of arabic origin
- dragon is in every culture, same for basilisk
- doppelgänger is german
- siren and driads from Brokilon are from greek mythology
- kelpie, werewolf, sukkub, wild hunt, amphisbene, griffin, manticore show up in multilple mythologies, mostly greek, roman and anglosaxon
The story is also inspired by many cultures - tales from France, Denmark (Andersen), Germany (Brothers Grimm), some nordic references (Ragh nar Roog, Naglfar, Hemdall, Kambi, Freyja), celtic (Merlin, Galahad, Nimue).
From slavic mythology there's striga and kikimore, I'm not sure if something else. If you have more slavic examples, you can throw them in a reply.
@@Kondiqq "The story is also inspired by many cultures" Ironic that the show couldn't grasp this concept; it was _already_ a "diverse" story.
@@Kondiqq Just because the names are different, doesn't mean there aren't similar creatures in Slavic mythology (with some exceptions). And by Slavic mythology, of course I don’t mean a single particular country, but many around Central and Eastern Europe + the Balkans. There are witches, vampyrs, rusalki, vrkolaks, various kinds of woodland creatures and spirits, demons, etc, which I'm glad at least the games showcased (hence the books/games in my comment). That’s the thing - Sapkowski might have consciously tried to be above writing something _specifically_ Polish, Slavic or nationalistic-sounding, but *his identity has an effect on his writing* - the "feel" from the style, tropes, the way he uses language, the dark humour, the melancholy, the topics of state, power, corruption, tradition, superstition, the lesser evil… Hearing some of the names of characters and places… They rang different for me, as someone from the ex-Eastern bloc. The way he describes some cities and landscapes sounded familiar to me because I’ve visited such places here. Some people’s behaviour and mentality is familiar - it’s still present these days. This is why when analysing literature, we look at the author’s own backstory - it shapes the way you see the world. And in a similar way, our identities as readers will have an effect on how we imagine these stories, how we interpret them. So, sure, put a jinn in the story - doesn’t matter, I know I’m not reading anything like 1001 nights. Put an Arthurian flavour to it - it’s still not an Arthurian legend. I think this is why so many people were impressed with the games - they took those elements and really emphasised that Slavic feel which would be new and interesting to the gamers around the world. Hearing my country’s folklore in the ost? More, please! *The show exists because of the games' popularity anyway* and since they kept talking about the "Slavic fantasy", I thought, hey, we might be getting actual representation that's not the usual (iykyk)! I thought they would try to take *the best of the books and games* and give us something different. Instead, we got another generic fantasy that has just several really good moments (which Letalis has touched upon in his reviews). I have a lot to say, but I’d have to write a whole analysis and I have neither the time, nor the motivation now that I’ve seen the show.
i feel exactly the same way, just when i first though that slavic mythology and folklore will have a big hollywood showcase, we got some wank ass generic fantasy
What's the funniest about this whole thing to me, as a Polish person, is that the S2 bombed so hard in Poland and was met with so much hate and disappointment, that now in turn S3 has close to no promotion here. Like, I live in Warsaw and so far have only seen ONE (1) promotional poster and it wasn't even very visible, just on the inside of a bus stop. I actually chuckled, I was like "oh yeah, S3 is due in a couple of weeks, no way I'm watching XD". For comparison: when S1 was coming out, it was on all the biggest billboards in the city center. It gives me this weird kind of satisfaction that us, as a fandom, did such a good job of being outraged, while simultaneously feeling defeated, that Netflix can afford to prolong everyone's torture and refuses to just let this show die with some dignity left.
Exactly. I too haven't seen any promotional stuff here even though it's Witcher, our national treasure 😅 I'm not complaining though, the less people watch it, the better.
Yeah Season 2 really bombed for me as well
Truly, you never miss an opportunity to show the shot of Geralt taking the reward for bringing Ciri to Emhyr.
Still a better story than whatever Netflix came up with! :P
"Please stop selling me, Letalis!" -Ciri
still amazes me that no one has made a witcher tv show based on the books.. someone should do that
try the hexxer polish i think adaption
This
This season was way closer to the books than the others so far… essentially blood of elves. If you didn’t like this season such a show wouldn’t be what you enjoy
@janekmundt579 i have read the books, this season was an improvement, but still doesn't come close to doing the books justice
NO THANKS! TV here in the US has given us Dresden Files... Sci-Fi channel did an ok job on that one but Jim BUTCHER-ed the books ;D and The Sword of Truth by SONY's Spider-Man movies excellent dude Sam Raimi... who proceeded to shred the Terry Goodkind novels into confetti sized bits and tossed them randomly at a 'reskinned' Zena Warrior Princess/Hercules syndicated nightmare of a brain tumor attempt at a TV series.
and don't get me started on Amazon's truly gut-wrenchingly ugly and putrid Wheel of Time. i couldn't even get past the first 15 minutes of Episode 1 it was that bad. i hope Robert Jordan haunts those show-runners from beyond the grave for decades to come. i'll never attempt to watch that series ever again.
When they killed Eskel, I was done. They have screwed it up beyond redemption
same, I quit right when that happened
Absolutely!
I didn't stop watching, but as a comedy show.
And I 'adored' the explanation why they killed Eskel: to show that even the closest people for Geralt are not safe in this world.
Are you serious? Showing that they gave each other a hug doesn't tell a thing about their relationship 😂 we know nothing about this Eskel and want us to be emotionally involved? Don't make me laugh 😅
EsKEl wAs oNly A miNoR cHarActEr iN thE bOoKs thOuGH!
@@pearsemolloy9656 He is. Just like Mousesack, who they butchered back in season 1 - and no one gave a shit. And there is not even an excuse of "People know Eskel from the games", because Mousesack was in the Witcher 3 as well. They are still minor characters though - unlike Cahir, Fringilla and Yennefer, who live, but got character assasinated to such an unbelievable extend, that they might as well be dead and replaced by psycho-dopplers. Most people didn't seem to care back then, though, even when the writing was on the wall and it was obvious that this shitshow is dead on arrival. Instead, people willfully chose to chomp up garbage because it has a brand name with familiar face on it, to the point where criticism was shot down by the community itself. Now they act surprised that garbage actually smell, tastes and feels like garbage, which breeds cope takes like "season 1 was good, achooally, if only they kept staying trooo to the boooooks".
God, I hate this show.
So Dandelion is going to have a love interest in Radovid? Well that's problematic considering he's like what? 10 at this time in the books? I guess they're going to age him up which makes the whole assassination of Vizimir II much less significant. Dijkstra doesn't steward the throne until Radovid comes of age and makes him less of a plot point. Has he even met Philippa yet?
It's ridiculous that they gayed Dandelion and made him a P3do
radovid was changed into vizimir's brother, because you know, they had to change even that.
The fact that dandelion is even gay is one more reason not to watch the show, dude pulls girls and is a chad in the games and the books, now they wanna pull EVEN MORE political BS into a show that should have 0
@@kysoneilers4892 It's another show ruined by the Woke Director and Writers
@@انا_ابراهيم_البناوي Well they can suffer for them attempting to pull this BS, you'd think after seeing how much money Disney has lost attempting to do the same thing that this director would learn, but no😂
Yennefer had more chemistry both Cahir AND Jaskier than anything she had with Geralt. Seriously, there was nothing between the two actors to make it believable.
indeed
Thank you! Yes.
That means the problem lies with Henry though. Yennefer has chemistry with Istredd, Cahir, Jaskier, Tissaia, but not with Geralt. So it can't be her that's the issue. Henry generally doesn't have chemistry with his female co-stars when I think about it.
That’s because Anya is young. She was barely 21 when they casted her and Henry was nearly in his mid thirties which is why there is so much awkwardness between them. Jaskier,Kahir are actors close to her age. This is one of the main reason why I was skeptical regarding Anya’s casting.
@@ammarahhussaini3126 perhaps but if she can have chemistry with actors like Tissaia, who are as old as Henry, then idk how much of a factor that is. Hell, she has more chemistry with Vilgefortz in their few scenes together.
I really, really hope that You will do again a review of every episode. Because Your detailed reviews were the best season 2 had to offer ... and it may very well be that this is the case again with season 3. 😉
Thank you :) I can't promise a review for each episode but I will definitely do at least 2
Yes, this would be a good prospect. In contrast to everything else, which is beyond fixing options at this point.
Jaskier and Radovid? Im so exited to not see that.
From what we've seen in the clip revealed at TUDUM, Yen's fire scene is against Rience. Rience flings his fire magic at her, she deflects it at one of his thugs.
Not gonna lie. It was quite emotional seeing Henry give his final farewell speech to everyone, while being humble and praising his fellow cast members.
It's just such a shame. He was so great in the Geralt role and wanted to do right for the fans, but Netflix, showrunner and the writers totally squandered it.
Sigh.... He will be gone after this season, but he will our live-action Geralt, forever and always.
Wait so he finally opened up about why he quit or was he all polite and diplomatic about his departure again?
@@Silly_IllidanThe latter. I think he's just so humble that he couldn't blame other people for his leaving.
@@MultiKamil97 dunno man....i thought the issue could be given a rest finally if he addressed it
Isn't radovid just a kid in the books
Yes, yes he is.
yes. He is more or less the same age as ciri
@@Revan-eb1wbyounger
Yeah he's Ciri's age
@@Adam_okaay even younger? But only 1 or 2 years, right? I just cannot remember anymore
I’m terrified. Time of contempt is my personal favourite. I hope it’s not as butchered as blood of elves was.
Yeah same with me (excluding the short stories) I much preferred Baptism of Fire and Tower of Swallows to Blood of Elves and Time of Contempt. And of course Lady of the Lake
Probably... even worse :(
Considering Cavill left after season 3 was made.... Its going to be at least as bad as season 2.
Casonova turned gay and pedo.... Confident sarcasm filled sorceress turned into depressed guilt ridden sorceress.... Kid with abandonment issues turned into woman with badass fighting skills....
Want more?
It will probably be even worse.
I love Dandelion/Jaskier with anyone but Radovid. 😭 Honestly would've traded the romance aspect to include his wholesome friendship with the elf tailor from the game. 😩
The fanfiction on AO3 will either explode or implode from Jaskier being openly gay now.
@@blacktigerpaw1 Bi*
@@lowkey6134 not with that haircut bestie
Isn't radovid like 3 years old at the time of season 3 aswell? I guess we'll have to wait and see
RIP all of the Slavic ties from the games and the novels 😢
The books don't have too many slavic references. Andrzej Sapkowski (author of The Witcher books) criticized slavic fantasy and said in many interviews that while writing The Witcher, he wanted to show that all the books inspired by slavic culture are cheap in what they do, so he based The Witcher on multiple cultures, mostly nordic. Video games have way more slavic inspired monsters.
Some examples:
- bruxa is portuguese
- silvan is roman/greek
- djinni is of arabic origin
- dragon is in every culture, same for basilisk
- doppelgänger is german
- siren and driads from Brokilon are from greek mythology
- kelpie, werewolf, sukkub, wild hunt, amphisbene, griffin, manticore show up in multilple mythologies, mostly greek, roman and anglosaxon
The story is also inspired by many cultures - tales from France, Denmark (Andersen), Germany (Brothers Grimm), some nordic references (Ragh nar Roog, Naglfar, Hemdall, Kambi, Freyja), celtic (Merlin, Galahad, Nimue).
From slavic mythology there's striga and kikimore, I'm not sure if something else.
@@KondiqqFor monsters there is Leshy, and all the names of the northling settlements are slavic, examples including:
Maribor, which is a literal rip off of a slavic city
Novigrad(Novi Grad, meaning new city) etc etc
Another big example is the Glagolitic scrypt, which was made by the scholars Cyril and Metodius for Slavic languages.
@@mrluk-ci4osThere are also names like Dzierzba or Marilka especially which is like the combination of two Polish names Marika and Maryla. We have also Myszowór which means Mouse's sack, Złotolitka who was a wife of Yurga, the man who helped Geralt in Something More chapter. Złotolitka in Polish is some kind of insect similar to a fly, just in case 😁 Also Yurga and Złotolitka lived in Zarzecze which in Polish means "Behind the river". So yeah, there is a lot of slavic and overall Polish here and there.
3:23 “I must say that I am mildly excited about this events.”
Oh dear Letalis! Keep your expectations low, for excitement (even mild) will inevitably lead to bitter disappointment!!
eh you're probably right ;[
"the Fuck spell!" i died XD
Please don't give this serie any more attention. Please stop make videos about it. This has nothing to do with the Witcher.
Well said
The producers truly robbed us all.
On point
They are just purposefully miscasting characters at this point 💀
yep. 100%. And I am actually worried about Regis.
@@Aalisrocklist SAME
No chance whoever is in charge of casting is actually this awful at their job, it has to be intentional.
Ragebait. They want those clicks.
@@Aalisrocklist regis will be a flamboyant diva. I am sure of it
Ok. Imma gonna say it for what it is - Yennefer's Thanedd dress looks very Indian/Egyptian to me and although Anya looks sexy and beautiful (my point is in no way a criticism towards the actress) but I feel the producers purposely did this to highlight and bring out more Anya's heritage as a giant middle finger to the fans who wanted a more book appropriate actress in terms of looks/style. I'm firmly convinced Netflix will do EVERYTHING OPPOSITE of what the fan base wants or generally what the books describe - just because they can. I cannot help but think their choices in styling Yennefer this way here, is a big F-U to the fanbase.
Spot on. As a person she looks great. As an actress playing Yennefer... not really fitting that theme. But at this point it seems the casting department is deliberately working out of spite towards the source material and fans, so I'm hardly surprised.
@@BleedingUranium Most of the 'fans' aren't even familiar with the source material. They just played the Witcher 3.
@@hihihi1q23I don’t think that’s even the case anymore imo. I know yeah most of us came from W3 but expanded to the rest of the games and the books. I think most of us know what’s supposed to be going on yk. The people only knowing W3 in the minority
@@hihihi1q23 Curious what you are basing this on? Do you have a statistic or source or is this just personal interpretation
@@lemmysbassdial9821 i’d be very surprised if a majority of people that’ve played the games have read the books, and who knows if most of the people watching the show have even played the games, quite a few of the people that I know have watched it definitely haven’t played them
The author was very specific in describing the sorceresses' fashion choices for this council and here was their moment to show accuracy to the books while giving some mature content and thrills. I've been wondering if the costume designers were going to adhere to the lore of completely see through dresses the sorceresses wore but it looks like they erred on the side of playing it safe and modest when modesty was not a thing at this ball at all. LOL Geralt had to keep Yennefer in the forefront of his thoughts to not get too distracted and to mentally "tell" all the sorceresses who tried to read his mind that they could all "choke on their envy." Man, I hope that part is in the show. But I highly doubt it.
It's stupid because there were literally completely naked women in Stregobor's created world in S1 and also naked men making out with women around Yennefer when Geralt first meets her in Rinde. I repeat, completely naked! Why they can't show some sorcerecess boobies through their dresses in this season, especially if it's more appropriate now than it was during those specific scenes in S1?
@@MultiKamil97 and their chance to give Game of Thrones level nudity since they wanted Witcher to be their GoT. I know it makes no sense but I think the reaction to that orgy scene in S1 was not received well and Henry has said in previous interviews on other shows (The Tudors) he hates doing sex scenes and prefers not to do any.
I want to watch it just to see Henry but I don’t want to give them my view.
then wait for someone to make a review series on it
Arrr matey
Gooood.
Let's watch it here, as exosting review commenting all stuff
this season is the reason he left, why bother watching it?
Wait... of all people... Radovid?!? 💀
It „looks“ better than expected but all the changes they made to the true story are just horrible and unnecessary. I really don’t understand why show runners nowadays can only be satisfied by giving us the toxic exact opposite of what we really want to see… A simple but really accurate visualization of the books and stories we all love.
I think it's because they don't really care about the books and the lore. They just use Witcher brand as means to show their political agendas, include inclusivity and diversity and such. Overally they want to fit all those charts to make themselves look like they are some messiahs of woke media. The producers have probably a giant board where they have a checklist like "Black characters. Checked! Gays and lesbians? Checked! Strong and Independent women? Checked! Weak male characters? Checked!". Considering how popular Witcher is now, they use this brand to profitise on it.
The idea that Geralt sleeps with any of those witches is a joke.
Well this story is written by women who are 10 degrees below Henry Cavill’s league, but still think they’re entitled to a man like him so..
Lmao what??? What's wrong with Francesca, Yennefer, Philippa, Sabrina, Triss? All these actresses are gorgeous.
@@eox1144 HAHAHAHAHAHA No.
@@superblahman lmao one of them is even a model. Be real.
@@eox1144 Models don't have to be attractive... people aren't looking at their faces. Can be fit, but still have an ugly face.
I just love hearing your commentary on the show man. Pretty much the only reason I'll watch the show itself
Whoever managed to see this garbage until the third season deserves a medal for the patience and hope of a monk.
Or a dunce cap and a padded cell.
I'm going to watch the 3rd season. I'm actually rewatching the 1st and 2nd season right now. I enjoy alcohol.
@@isheetfromaswhole3657 OMG LOL
Well one of my qualities is I prefer to see things through to the end. for better or often times worse.
I laughed too damn hard at the "pulled out of my Tomira" part. Damn do i love your videos
Honestly your enthusiasm feels so relatable. I got so hyped when I saw the trailer for season 2, it looked like the blood of elves in a lot of scenes, my imagination filled in the rest.
I’d love for a faithful adaption of time of contempt, but im not getting my hopes up yet again.
Dandelion looks nuts wtf lmao
He looks like a f*g. I mean that in full offense. He looks awful.
They butchered my boy
@@deadlyydude5522 Twink death is real
Well, they had to make him appear more gay-ish 😛
Is not a xLetalis video if Ciri is not getting sold.
"Dandelion ploughing Radovid" Well that got my attention.
Came back here waiting for Xletalis' view on the latest Netflix S3!!!!!
Mr. X, you are a wise and class act and you know comic timing. "she only managed to teach her the 'fuck' spell".
Great video and always nice just to hear a soft friendly voice in these troubled times. I hope you and your family will be safe in the coming turbulent weather. Thanks for being so chill and a friend and for everything you do.
Hey, appreciate the comment
There is not a single Witcher universe where you could convince me that Dandelion likes Radovid in any capacity.
"Dandelion is.... romantically involved with none other than Radovid" *music abruptly stops*
Same xLetalis, same.😭🥶
Vilgefortz I imagine appears more similar to someone from Ofieri in this season and they pulled more closer to 90% of season 2 from their butts not just the ending. Maybe Dandelion and Vilgefortz will put together a goth band. They should've ended season 2 like in the books with Geralt basically on the brink of death after fighting the brothers and Reince, would have been a great cliffhanger for those not familiar with the books and intertwin the fight the Yennifer teaching Ciri at the temple of Melitele. The could have given Nenneke and Jarre a proper introduction and set up Ciri meeting the unicorn in the desert and the events during equinox. So many great moment that have had no set up that may not even happen in this one dimensionally written show.
Jaskier and Geralt in that scene are probably in the Brokilon forest
this reaction is the most I'm going to see of this show. I just cancelled my netflix subscription.
As i no longer have Netflix i won't be watching the episodes. Not that i mind. I'll be looking forward to your episode reviews, assuming that you have the stomach for it?
It might be time for a further re-read of the books instead.
Yennefer at Thaned looks like a shot from a Bollywood movie 😅
The thumbnail is genius, that must be Henry's face 24/7 on set
The Tomira refference is beyond.
The fact that you "finally got around" says enough
That Tomira placement is just peak xLetalis move
That scene where the chamberlain giving you money and geralt receiving it while ciri looking at you disgusted 😂 i was like *Forgive me ciri i really do need that grandmaster set upgrade for DM* 😂
I need a margarita after seeing that margarita, maybe a few. And don’t even get me started on Dandelion and Radovid being in a relationship, wtf. 😂
This show got Hollywooded so hard.
Dandelion is looking more like the game version with his hair in S3.
1:40 the moment the music started playing I teared up a bit
I "love" how they've taken maybe the only (at least only popular) slavic fantasy world and westernized it to the point that it's just another GoT or LotR with no character of it's own
It feels like a more low-budget bootleg version of Game of Thrones, in my opinion, with worse costumes, worse acting, worse writing and worse special effects.
it is not even Westernized. It is barbarized
I wish Sapkowski was like Glukhovsky and his Metro 2033 adaption. American producers wanted to have Metro 2033 film placed in Los Angeles and Glukhovsky rejected their offer. He knew that moving the action to USA would completely deprive his work of identity because Metro 2033 takes place in Russian subway stations and those are very different from US ones. The same is with Witcher. By americanising it, Witcher completely has lost its identity. It's no longer a unique fantasy world. It's now just another clichè American fantasy.
2:55 We see the wild hunt chasing Ciri again which is nice 😃
They made Yennefer's costume easy enough to cosplay for anyone browsing through H&M.
I like to imagine that a Henry next to my name in the list of Letalis's supporters is Henry Cavill himself
I'm a bit confused. The first Witcher game takes place after the last book in which Geralt seemingly died to a lynch mob and a pitchfork. The games make it so he survived, and continues the story. But in the games the Wild Hunt is introduced through 3 games as new villains while it seems they have appeared much sooner in the books.
Other than Ciri, most characters, including Geralt, had very little interaction with the Wild Hunt in the books, so for the most part they are a new threat
The games and the books macro story connects pretty well. It's not like "the games make it so he survived", his survival was very much expected and described when the books were read. I'm not gonna go into the details, but it's all there in the books. What the games introduced is the idea of Geralt having amnesia. That's all well described in the games on the other hand.
THe wild hunt are not introduced as new villians. Geralt just has forgot everything. The wild hunt appears in the books and the wild hunt, at least, eredin already appears in witcher 1 as the main antagonist alongside aldersberg
in this shot in particular at 6:58 you're right, he definitely looks like he could be an ofieri
I think most fans are tired of Netflix taking the nickname "Butcher of Blaviken" for themselves by destroying and desecrating The Witcher world throughout seasons 1 and 2 --I certainly am.
Honestly, I will only watch season 3 to appreciate Henry Cavil's great work depicting Geralt, but it will be hard to bear with everything else. Beyond Henry's work, I have no interest in following the stories or getting to a conclusion. This adaptation was a huge disappointment in terms of script, costume, storytelling... Almost everything.
I was smoking a pipe when u said Dandelion may be with Radavid i almost chocked on the smoke from laughing
Nie znam nikogo innego w yt mającego lepsze kwalifikacje do recenzowania tej powieści. Dzięki za to co robisz. Jestem niezmiennie twoim fanem.
LOL "Nerdy Avallach" XD
Now that's some next level XLetalis insode joke at 5:32
Tomira is THE girl👀
Henry's face on the thumbnail is exactly my face after watching this trailer.
waiting for your review on the season 3 of the witcher series cant wait!!!!
3:45 Those of us who have read through the books....we unfortunately know what Emhyr's motivations are....
Completely missed the trailer.
Thanks to you I'll gladly miss the show as well.
Average human being: The Netflix show
Xletalis: The Witcher show on Netflix
I think that the scene with Geralt and Jaskier in the forest is probably in Brokilon after Thanedd.
Hey! I was wondering if you (or anyone else reading this) could help me with a question I have about Blood and Wine: many years ago I saw a video on UA-cam where Geralt had left Toussaint after visiting it but before saving it from the whole vampire crisis - in the video Geralt talked with knights who had been sent asking for him to return to help with the vampire crisis and if Geralt says no the knights also say that they cannot return without him. I tried finding this video, but UA-cam is so cluttered that I can't seem to find it. I don't know if it was you who actually made this video or someone else, but I thought it's worth asking if you at least know about this scenario in the game
the knights take you there
"the knights take you there" That doesn't answer the question dude.
@@stephenderogier6790 sorry what is the question again ?
I feel like the nextflix adaptation is more a "what if" series in the Witcher universe
Hey Percival posted a new album and their songs look like they may be for the new Witcher game
How do you stay so calm during certain things, details, clothes, plots, massacres and atrocities?
I think I've stopped caring :)
potions. Black blood for example
I may be late to see your reaction to this, but man, I was looking forward to it. Can't wait to see your episode reviews.
I finally read the books and to be honest I have even more troubles understanding Lauren and her decision to change the story to push for female driven characters and story. Even in 2023 The witcher saga can easily be considered a heavy feminist propaganda so she should love the books and should not have a problem with depicting them "as is".
Even though I wholehartedly hate the woke propaganda we are being fed at every opportunity I actually liked the books.
I gave everything a pass because I believe we shouldn't measure the story and Sapkowski's motives by todays standards. Back in the 80's when Sapkowski started writing the books, the views and world depicted in the books weren't written to push agenda (because back then the mainstream "woke" agenda didn't exist, especially in Poland) but rather to create something innovative, fresh and different (and maybe even a little thought provoking/controversial) from what was already there and I see it as a plus even though if it was written today it would make me roll my eyes and would grind my gears and I don't think I would read the whole saga
For me the immersion is broken so much because of the characters looking like they don't belong to the world.
To be honest my reaction to overall is " Look how they massacred my boy." Hope they will surprise me but after s2 and Cavill's upcoming leave , i am not expecting such thing from them .
The best part of Seasons 1 & 2 was your reviews. I'd love it if you'd do the same for season 3. Perhaps then I'd stand a chance of understanding what on earth is going on !
This is so sad. Honestly, all this is gonna make me want to do is replay the games, because while they had a bunch of changes - they were really great in not touching the original books but rather continuing the story in the style of an AU (alternate universe) fanfiction that stayed very true to the general themes of the books and it's worldbuilding. They botched a few characters in the game, but for the most part they knew their lore inside and out and made basically the best work of fanart one could ever make about an original source material. No TV series adaptation or spin-off today can hold a candle to what the Witcher videogames did for the book series. The only thing that comes close might be the original Lord of the Rings movie trilogy (in terms of adaptation of the world, tho not comparable since that was a straight up adapation while TW was an AU-esque sequel). It made them popular while not desecrating the original in any way, and it managed to tell a great interactive story.
I NEVER EXPECTED DANDELION AND RADOVID?? THEY ARE SO FAR FROM THE BOOKS NOW, NO WONDER HENRY LEFT! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
The fourth book is not time of contempt, its tower of the swallow
I'm sorry but this crap is unfixable, the bond between Ciri and rest is broken beyond repair. You don't start that parental relationship by having them try to sell her to devil or using as bait for a monster.
The Radovid fiasco is just... I can't even. He's like 13 in the books and Dandelion being suddenly bi... no.
Also don't scare me with Pattinson being Regis, my god!
Oh and as for the middle eastern clothes, I went back to gwent few months ago and all this reminded me of the ofieri merchants expansion. They look like straight from some of those cards.
Like wtf Radovid at this point in time is literally a child
Remember Netflix are the ones who made Cuties
I fear that this series will be becoming a beautiful fart in the wind with the passing of each episode, of course leading to never seeing Henry cavil's geralt again. I feel that there is no couple between geralt, yennefer and ciri that have developed gradually and naturally the beautifully complicated relationships that they share in the books. And I don't know to what extent the rumors going around about the production not even liking the books, are true, but this screams to me that the whole series was created so merch will be sold.
I'm Lithuanian, and while there was a cold war between Russia and the West, 80% of Western literature was censored, but it was full of Slavic literature, Slavic fairy tales and legends, many of them were illustrated with a Slavic vision of how one or another character should look. The way Witches III came out, a lot of the characters were like from my childhood fantasy, the way I saw them, it was very unique and interesting and very different from the American ones. but netflix's witcher is some kind of alien culture that doesn't like those specific Slavic features, completely alien, see 1000 clichés together and get fed up with them, nothing authentic, just part of another, unpalatable culture that is forced upon them. I'm not a racist or some kind of homophobe, but what netflix offered does not fit into my understanding of the Slavic fairy tales of the world. it's more like some kind of mockery. It's as if Indian and Chinese film companies united and made a film about American civil wars, with dancing rajas and flying monks.
Man. When i get a PS5, watching your videos is tempting me to have a 4th playthrough which i said id never do 😂
It's dead on arrival bad fan fiction.
I suspect most fan fiction is better then this.
Not even that, as _fan_ fiction implies the author is actually a fan of the source material...
@@BleedingUranium very true
5:00 I have no words
"None other than... Radovid."
*music stops*
Glad you included those fighting scenes from Blood & Wine trailer (I believe), otherwise the video part would be unwatchable. Audio on point as always :)
Vilgefortz looked in season 2 like someone straight out of Aladdin.
Last clip of the video, on the review of the Witcher 3 trailer, is of Geralt getting the hell beat out of him. Well played xLetalis.
Letalis, I envy your optimism, but with that 'growing tree' segment, we all know that the writers of the show can't read a Witcher book even if a Bruxa was forcing it down their throats. So lets not compare it to the amazing work of Andrzej
It'll be sad to see the final season of the Witcher...well I won't see all the season, I'll be here exclusively for Henry and then I'll skip and dip. Henry deserves the loyalty of the fans, the writers do not
It's Andrzej :)
@@MultiKamil97 apprechiated!
4:43 - standing at the far left side above the musicians, I swear is Liam Hemsworth. I zoomed in on it and I am convinced it's him.
I am not sure i am ready for this after that disasterous season 2 but i guess i will give it a try while i still have netflix subscription valid this month
why? That only shows them your still mindlessly following them. Get rid of it and thats one more person that's woken up to the trash being made by Netflix.
They have Dandelion dating WHO??? Netflix really said fuck Priscilla 💀
Yennefer’s clothing array is not the only thing one could say that differs from how she would be pictured by the book reader or game player. She had the Snow White vibe about her. She has nipples so pale that they are only visible by their contours, or a pale face (”a pale triangular face” is a repeated description throughout the books) draped by black curls/tresses. This is the same for other characters, physically and behaviorally, like the “ashen-pale” or “very pale” Fringilla who has a strong attraction to Geralt, “I enjoy... having your eyes on me” and they were having sex for two months straight (she was trying to keep him there for her group, but she had been more moved by him) when he was in Toussaint.
The casting aside from Henry, Ciri and Dandelion is absolutely horrible. Keep checking those woke boxes Netflix! I'm checking out.
The bored annoyed, flat sound of your Voice fits perfectly with the Trailer. You are a Major Witcher UA-camr and realized fuck at one point i have to do this god help me. So you got it behind you.
So when i remember correctly ciri described margarita as the most beautiful woman she has ever seen … even more beautiful than yennefer … if you want to be accurate to the books you better looked at a lot of women … and then took a very funded choice you‘re sure about
Not gonna watch it. But I hope Xletalis takes one for the team and makes episode reviews! :D Those I will watch for sure and look very much forward to them!
Netflix shows all have the same issue with "historical" costumes, they always have to try to reinvent them and they just end up looking like HM did a medieval collab
Not sure if it was noticed yet. The herb merchant at Cunny of the Goose has no interaction
I use to call the show "the witcheries", not the witcher.😅 Because the freedom of changing the base story is so high that, to me, it seem nearly outrageous.