Are they hiding behind the whole "you just don't like diversity" or is that just the few fans it has grasping at straws? Because I've seen that repeated but I'm not sure who's really saying it.
At first they were attracting people who liked quality shows. As investors demanded more subscriptions, they had to start producing garbage and reality shows to attract the normies who were still watching network cable. Seems like all the quality shows are now on Apple and HBO.
Arcane, Dragon's Blood, and Edgerunners are some great examples of why writers should actually care about what they're making while paying respect to the source material
I've watched Arcane and Edgerunners, and is an absurd how amazing these shows are. I think it is really complex to write a good show inspired by a game, when you think about the interactive part, how to make the player feel a part of the story if they are not controlling? Its impossible right? So to me, the best you can do is to show something the game didn't show us or at least didn't show us enough, don't get me wrong tho, its fundamental to honor the original material, but for example in League of legends you obviously can't root for Jinx or Vi, neither follow then in a journey while meeting characters you learned to love in the game or in Edgerunners, i have never played Cyberpunk, but it's frankly because im not much fond of RPG's, especially one that the world feels so dead and shallow (i know it's not, at least not shallow, but it feels like that you know?), i've never felt compelled to play until i watched Edgerunners then i instantly felt the necessity to relieve that experience somehow, and there you have it, to me that is how you make something great, you study it, you experience, if you can love it thats good, but it's not fundamental, but you have respect it and tell something new, something truly cool, show us the world, things we didn't know we needed to see, cause otherwise we will always have the games to replay and experience that same story you know?
@@josemateus7386 Couldn't have said it better, and with that being said I should definitely check out Edgerunners I've played Cyberpunk but haven't watched that yet
The most egregious part of the Witcher was that they intentionally screened out fans of the original work from the writers room. Henry Cavill was carrying that hard in part because he was the only one in the room who gave a shit about the source material good for him getting far away from the mess Netflix dropped
After Watching this “prequel series.” of The Witcher this basically shows that Henry Cavill has read more of the source material than all of the writers, show runners, and Netflix combined.
The biggest reason why Arcane was such a success was because Riot utilized their own in-house team. In other words, the same people who wrote and created the world of league of legends in its entirety and all the champions, the factions each belonged to, how each one tied into a bigger narrative plot, and how each were unique. And this is just from a lore standpoint, not even including how they function in-game. And whenever Riot was offered by other outside executives and producers to help "aid" the show, what did they do? They outright turned them down. And what was the result? 100% critic score and a 96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes Three Emmy awards including Outstanding Animated Program and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Won Game Award for Best Adaptation of 2022 Broke records by becoming the first video game adaptation to win both Annie Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards And made an estimated 1 billion $ in profit Blood Origins. You literally share the same platform to one of if not the best show adaptations of a beloved franchise. You have a literal shining example right in front of you. This should not be rocket science. But if it is and you're not an engineer and downright terrible at math, I'll give you a simple equation. PASSION = PROFIT
I was about to comment the exact same thing. I love how riot tells their fans were not running out of money anytime soon, everything we release, we release because we think it’s good not because we want to make a quick buck. And their passions works cause so far everything, the games the music and the show have all been super well received.
Netflix's biggest problem is they don't seem to care about the shows they're producing nor the audiences they wish to appeal to. They're so out of touch and make the worst mistakes possible yet refuse to change. They might be cutting corners but it's only gonna hurt them even more in the long run.
@@mrpenguin8731I thought I was the only one mad about Phineas and Ferb 😂 That, and I recently heard they canceled Inside Job?? Seriously hoping that's a joke. If it gets replaced by another low-rate wattpad romance I'm going to eat my hat.
I feel so bad for Henry Cavill, he is so invested in the series and gave his absolute best with what he was given. A shame the writers probably don’t have any idea what The Witcher actually is
It was infuriating how the writers and others claimed he's difficult to work with, because he didn't wanted them to stray too far from the source material. WTF!? This speaks volumes about the whole team and why this series is so bullshit.
This is why I’m so excited for Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40k show. He loves the lore and the setting and has been given full control as executive producer and lead actor.
Imagine if they adapted like, Harry Potter or twilight, whatever, and were like "I've never read the books, I'm not a fan, we're gonna make this more applicable to the screen, you see, death on pages is just text, you can't understand what death is like just reading about it, this isn't just gonna be words on a page" it sounds insane and it's what these idiots consistently do
@@edenjaycollins6055It’s why looking back at the hate that actress that played Bella got is sad, like she played it faithfully, the character was just awfully written.
There is a reason why the source material is popular. Ignoring it is just stupidity, kind of like saying, I am gonna make a wheel, but I will ignore the working model of a circle and make it triangular.
Castlevania, Cyberpunk, Arcane, and Both Sonic the hedgehog movies are fantastic examples of profitable and crowd pleasing pieces of media that were faithful to the source material while still great pieces of media on their own. You can do better America cinema. Sincerely an American.
I recall it's the Amy Schumer one. Netflix's Death Note I think was praised (for lack of better lesser equivalent) by the maker of the original one, and had some redeeming moments. Blood origin however, was trash from the start
Even though the team of Andor were public about "not being fans" of Star Wars, they still cared about the world enough to give us one of the best stories in the franchise.
I thought Andor was pretty good... not great but good. Doesn't change the fact that they have also churned out a lot of Star Wars stuff that is just hot garbage. I also really enjoyed Obi Wan despite the fact there were a few things in it that were...pretty dumb. Either way the "modern" fans can consider me a fan or not, I don't care. I consider myself one and I have been one for far far longer than most folks who claim I'm "fake" have even been alive...so yeah.
Well star wars lies in shambles at this point. And andor further contributes to the deconstruction. Boba fett and kenobi were so god awfull because it's about old characters and not a ounce of love and effort went into them, while all that effort went into andor that new character disney created even though nobody cares for him. The sequel triology was so bad it transformed sw from one of the biggest cinematic franchises in history into a tv property with mostly shitty cw level shows. Great job disney. But besides being absolute garbage sw is now also diverse and inclusive so we at least have that.
The problem with modern writing is that they write stories _about_ franchises instead of writing stories _within_ franchises. In a recent video titled "Why do Halo fans argue about this..?", Late Night Gaming criticized the current state of the Halo franchise by comparing it to the Disney Star Wars trilogy in that they both feel like they were written by people who were hyper-aware that they were writing about these franchises and- instead of telling stories about the characters and events in those universes- ended up writing these deconstructions of the I.P.s which merely plug in the expected elements in an insecure way. I feel like that describes a lot of franchises now.
The problem is that netflix, or any streaming service, does not care as long as people watch it even if its hatewatching. As long as it gets some views in any way and makes people not cancel their subscription this model works
How many people are actually making a Netflix PAID SUBSCRIPTION to hate watch something though? It’s different than making money from people hate watching your free YT video/Twitch stream.
No, it's all because of identity politics. All of these shitty shows are united in pushing one-sided, hypocritical politics at the cost of everything else for the express purpose of pissing off fans and guilting the rest into watching. They create narratives about people who largely don't exist and then strawman critics as belonging to that group of people. They use the outrage as a shield by strawmanning complaints as hate speech. And by declaring their shows to stand against racism and sexism, they misrepresent discontent as hate speech in order to justify their shit shows and continued work within the industry. Losses are written off in taxes and are almost certainly - "accidentally" - exaggerated to the point where the company ends up making profit while positioning itself as "taking a stance" against discrimination (in spite of the hypocritical nature of the shit they produce).
That's the silliest thing I've read. You have any idea how much a show or film costs? It isn't cheap. Sure, Netflix gets paid, but they aren't going to sustain themselves by always delivering garbage and hoping it gets hate watched. That's just not feasible at all. This isn't Uwe B. they don't get big tax breaks or anything like that, they have to turn a profit and profit means content actually working (which they have delivered on). Regardless of how you feel on the content, they still value wins because there's no business strategy or scenario that rewards hate watching.
@@Zombie_Trooper the majority of their shows aren't absolute stinkers. Most shows based in big fandoms are because it's easier to trigger an outrage and thus easier to go "See? These toxic people really *do* exist!", but the majority of their content is just average, forgettable filler which isn't particularly exciting but also doesn't try hard to offend.
At first i was sad that Henry Cavill left the Witcher, but now im genuinely glad he did. His integrity as a fan didnt let himself stay in that horrid production.
after the release of arcane, and the arcane bts series, its obvious how impactful the difference in mindset makes to the quality of the final product. Arcane started as an idea of a riot employee who thought it would be a great idea to create a series about the games characters for the players and fans. They were given hesitant approval by executives to start working on it and arfter 6 years of hard work it paid off as one of the most amazing things ive ever seen. Meanwhile youve got things like the halo show or rings of power where its obvious execs just forced the task on someone who didnt give a shit and said "make us money"
I’ll be honest, I just don’t get it. These directors and producers are given the materials and blueprints to build the damn movie. Yet, it is clear as day that instead of building the magnificent house outlined, they decide to throw away the instructions, crap on wood planks and stick the steel beams randomly in the ground with no foundation, and then get turn around and get mad at the inspector (the audience) for telling them their building is not up to code. Hell, most of the time they give that childish response of, “Oh, well you are not up to code!” and then stomp away. If it wasn’t for the incessant politics within the media and Hollywood, they would be booted out the door and never hired again.
I haven’t seen the BTS before, is this only on Netflix or is it on UA-cam too? Also, I heard Netflix was actually hindering their creative vision and there’s friction there, have you heard about this and was it mentioned in those BTS?
It constantly happens in comic adaptations, too. It seems like every Hollywood person thinks they're more creative than the people who created the IP, so they have to "fix it" or put their own take on it. When all they're really doing is using the name of the IP to get brand recognition, then barely do anything associated with the actual IP.
Yeah man a lot of the masses don't even realize how Marvel & its newly owned company Disney have been disrespecting some of the really great parts in the comic books this past decade since they bought Marvel out, its no where near the level of disrespect & retconning as this Blood Origins thing but its still notice-able
I felt I was being gaslighted as most people I know thought big mouth was very good, funny and deep, whilst i thought it was disturbing at best - cheers charlie for restoring my mental health
@@euro51116 youre not gaslit- you dont like it, and thats fine, it means you have shitty taste, and nothing else. this, wth spiderverse and raimi spiderman 2 are best spiderman media ever made.
i will never understand your position, is it because it talks about puberty and youre squimish? this show isnt iffy for those that didnt forget how it was when we grw up; the show isnt the best things in the world but its definitely on the better side.
@@mrbuisnessdziffko5229 you’re telling someone you’re not gaslighting them, while gaslighting them lmao. “You’re not being gaslit, you just have shitty taste” GTFOH
You're so right, Charlie. The MCU, for example, had its heyday when they were hiring, not only competent writers, but fans of the property. They had legit comic nerds working on those early projects and it showed. From callbacks to Easter Eggs, they really showed they cared for the IP and the fan base That time is gone now, unfortunately
@@Maverekt Isn't it perhaps for the best that he only lived to see his fans make movies of his works with respect, and not the current times where they've turned into "junk food" for movies?
I think it makes more and more sense why Nintendo decided to purchase their whole entire own studio for things like this. Now instead of getting people that will just say "oh they lent it to us so let's get joe on writing and spit something out" you actually have them watching their property closely and making sure it does what they want it to do. Represent their game.
@@BJGvideos Yes but now it's under more direct supervision. I would imagine the first times they just had blind faith and now they realize they can't just sit back and try and trust people to get it right.
I love how the people working on The Last of Us are in distress because Ellie's actor dared to watch some clips of the games on UA-cam when the director specifically wanted every actor to have "NO prior exposure to the video games so they could act more naturally."
Ah yes, no exposure to the original work it's adapted from, what can possibly go wrong? 🙃 (one thing if the script is well-written enough to be acted out fairly well, another thing to totally disregard source material tbh)
i feel like thats a very big double edged sword, for one side, it can mean they wont try to emulate the game, making it more unique and also less likely to end up..wooden? but on another side, i hope everyone thats not an actor must know the series very well to make sure to guide the actors & make something good, which i doubt since adapatations are usually sad
This is honestly something that has made me want to be a writer. I hate seeing things that I love and cherish being turned into full on turd projects. I want to use my talents as a writer to bring my own stories to life but also bring the stories that I love to life as well for the next generation and current generation to enjoy as well.
I feel like there would be a lot of backstage politics that would either stifle your creativity or just make you want to quit being a writer in general.
anyone from a yt comment section (or anyone with a close connection to the internet) could probably make something far better than what the directors of those shitty originals make
A big issue is that Netflix wants to cash in on ‘easy money’ from pre existing franchises and drags writers who want to make original shit into it instead of people who are passionate about the ip. It’s how you get this hot mess or the halo show.
@@justinrald3318 so true, its all in the effort the creators put in. And in this example, and halos like charlie brought up they hated/didnt even associate with the source material
I had a university screenwriting tutor who told our whole class that the goal wasn’t to be good at writing, it was to be a Netflix show writer so that we could make money without trying to make good content
The one show that really used source material well was cyberpunk edgerunners. They used the universe in such an incredible way between the slang, implants, cyberpsychos and just night city as a location
@@elliotgillum No. It's definitely about more than just money. If you haven't been noticing how they've been pushing ideology by releasing divisive movies/shows, you aren't paying attention.
The main thing that got me was the elf princess having this secret love affair with her bodyguard. Then they get caught, he gets exiled, and then in the next scene with the elf princess it's not even mentioned. Not only is nothing said, she isn't having any sort of emotional reaction to it whatsoever.
My gf REFUSES to watch ROP. Every time I mention it she gets angry with me. She won't even go near Witcher BO. How the hell did Netflix/Amazon get people to hate them so much? My gf doesn't even watch youtube anti videos either. This is all her choice.
This is what upsets me the most. The story of Geralt as presented in the Witcher games is already SO intriguing, and all I could think when playing the games was how amazing a movie or television franchise it could be. Why didn't they want to just make this story? They really had something so pure in their hands...!!
I'm assuming the writers wanted to make something original. But with how mainstream western media nowadays just want to cash in on popular things, they had to build up their resume with the Witcher. I also think there are also sprinkles of them thinking they can do better than the original materials OR the constant element that I notice in a lot of game adaptations, people involved in the bts embarassed about having to do something with video games but the money tho.
what the executives want is make movies from existing franchises because it's "easy money", but the people doing the creative work wanted to make their own original stuff and are too arrogant to accept and do a good job of "interpreting" someone else's work because that's more or less how everyone is in their field. They see themselves as "artists" and can't handle "work", and that's why they always have to respin something "in their own way". In this case they are also incompetent hacks that can't write a script to save their lives and got the job because "muh diversity/representation" which is a different discussion. What happened with Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings is one of the very few exceptions, and hopefully Henry Cavill's next project about Warhammer 40k will also be one of the rare exceptions as now he should be the one steering the ship.
@@marcogenovesi8570 I dont know what they are teaching to cinema students nowadays because this soul less writing is something that barely happened and now its like 90% of the shows/movies. They dont care about dialogue, characters or showing without telling. It just treats people as complete retards
@@wassup4532 Most art schools are turned into social justice propaganda so they teach white man bad and strong black woman good. This is a problem with a lot of colleges as well. Although it's fair to say that a lot of people in the media field never did any "cinema school" or "writing school" and came from other walks of life
I think this is why WH40k fans are looking forward to this show in development, not just because it would be the first live adaptation but GW hold onto their IP like it's their left nut, and Cavil seems to care about sticking to the original source material.
This is why the Star Wars shows, like Clone wars or the mandalorian were so good, it’s because Dave Feloni, who was essentially the main writer of these shows is a huge Star Wars fan and has immense respect for the property and knows what works and what doesn’t
@@sethisevilone02 I was rewatching clone wars recently and it hits different now. I cried a little bit when I saw that scene of Ahsoka leaving the jedi order
It's sad because the thing I enjoy most about Sapkowski's writing is his characters. The Netflix writers looked at the bare "lore" elements, saw Elves and Dwarves and thought "I've seen those before. I could write a fantasy story with those in it." That's Blood Origin - a poorly conceived pointless "prequel" to a series it barely references or adds to. If you want to know more about the conjunction of the spheres event mentioned in the Witcher show just watch a youtube video of a fan explaining it, because if you were confused before Blood Origin sure isn't going to clear anything up for you. I feel a sense of profound loss with this IP, because I'm fully aware that the writers aren't ever going to listen to criticism and will continue doing whatever they want despite everyone begging them to stop - every interview where the show runners are questioned about their response to blacklash it's so obvious they have no respect for the people invested in their projects and dismiss every negative reviewer as "racist and sexist because you just don't like seeing non-white, non-male people in fantasy". It's in one ear out the other, I'm sick of companies hiring self-absorbed narcissists who actively look down on the IP's they're getting paid to adapt; there must be so many others who are actually massive fans desperate to make proper, faithful adaptations to the IP's they love but they never seem to get hired anymore. It's just sad, man
I met the colourist of the show who also did the main series. She was proud of her work, and overall the grade throughout was decent, it's a shame that the other aspects of the show are so bad. Not even sure if it'll go on her portfolio now.
I forgot for a second that goldfish is a cracker over there. My mind was trying to figure how dead fish got stuck in his couch, did they jump from the bowl and land in the crack and he was aware and totally fine with it...
I literally cannot understand what compels writers to despise video games. As a writer, I would LOVE to work on a video game story, there's more limitations to a game that makes it even more of a challenge to write such an amazing story, so when franchises like halo, the withcher, and last of us are still somehow writing these amazing stories, it genuinely hurts to see writers for shows completely ignoring the very real impact that these games can leave on people
It's probably jealously. They know they haven't got the skills to compete with them, so like spoiled brats, they take the IP and just ruin it to make themselves feel good.
Maybe some of them are people who grew up during those times when video games were considered childish and nerdy, and they still, intentionally or not, believe this and assume other people think this too, despite video games having lost that stigma decades ago. Kinda like that belief that animated movies are childish and that live-action movies are the only ones that can be mature and taken seriously.
@@galaxieflora1078 it's such a shame because not only is this most likely the case, when I think about it, but it's sort of impossible to convince these people otherwise because, y'know, Hollywood can be a big ol' echo chamber often
When you mention this show felt like it was originally it was supposed to be something else and then they slapped The Witcher license on it, and it felt like a bad CW show. My mind immediately went to the Resident Evil show they did last year. I think they did the exact same thing with both of those shows. They knew the series was gonna be bad halfway through filming, then they pitch the idea to get a license then change everything up to match, not really caring about the IP but just trying to get away with the bare minimum effort and hope they make their money back on it.
oh, true. I remember i felt exactly the same when watching Netflix Resident Evil. I remember i thought "hm, this just feels like a generic zombie sci fi movie, where is the resident evil in this, aside from the umbrella name slapped on the evil company?" Even tho sadly i cant call myself a "REAL" Resident Eval fan cause Ive never got around to play the games (tho Im trying to catch up with the gameplays of the recent remakes, maybe someday i'll get to try some gameplays of the old ones too since the RE world looks quite interesting) even I could feel that it was off, that it didnt even none of the vibes of the games. Aside from being a generic bland/badly produced and written show in general.
1:05 honestly I never really took rotten tomatoes ratings seriously since I've found out that it has a rating of more than 0% for Cuties (It's 15% from audiences which pretty low but it has a certified fresh 86% from critics 💀)
This is what happens when you get talentless hacks to write upon already expanded and thought out material. They just shit ALL OVER the established IP and proceed to blame the fans. It’s honestly getting REALLY OLD.
If you'd have told me years ago that we'd one day enter a time where prominent games and books were to be adapted into TV I'd have cried with happiness, especially since some of my faves (Witcher, Tolkien, Halo etc) were to receive that treatment. I can say with confidence that I want this time to end. P. S I'm on about TV adaptations of things. I know films have some absolute stinkers but there's something more insulting about an 8 episode "adaption" compared to a 1hr 30 min movie "adaption". P. P. S Jackson's LOTR are some of the greatest movies of all time, The Fellowship being my favourite.
@@jazzman7842 The only thing I can think of is that he's joking that some other Tolkien adaptations outside the main trilogy are as bad as that movie trilogy, and/or written in a similar terrible way. Or that the live action Percy Jackson movie trilogy was just a bad rehash of the Tolkien trilogy. Either that or it's just bait.
i've never played a second of league of legends, but arcane is one of my favorite shows not only from netflix but overall. it is very possible to adapt a video game franchise right, people in charge just need to care.
notice the difference between the source material for like arcane and the Witcher though, that's the key, that's what determines whether the show will be good or not. LoL has a very "modern" lore with a diverse cast and new world values written in, everything is colorful and edgy and the showrunners like the material and are therefore willing to have passion and make something good. Meanwhile, the lore of the Witcher, the books, the games, etc all of it is very old world, old very values, very based material, written by someone with a "realistic" fantasy world in mind, that's why the characters are complex and deep, so of course modern writers wouldn't like it and therefore won't write a good show for it. Basically, Hollywood has proven to us time and time again that if the lore of the series doesn't share their modern values and outlook on the world, then they aren't going to do a good job bringing it to the big screen. period.
@@thekamotodragonI don’t think that at all. If you just get passionate people in the studio but these people that decided to write it don’t even like the source material. Arcane was good not cause it’s modern but because the team behind put a lot of effort into it to be good and beloved by people. Witcher writers just wanted to make their own lukewarm story of an amazing Ip
I personally think it's a matter pride with these young and (in their minds) up and coming writers who want to make a name for themselves in the industry. They don't want to follow an IPs established lore because it's "not their creation", so they do their own thing and act surprised when people get upset that it's nothing like the IP.
I don't think it's just that, either. The creative culture is so incestuous that all these writers and producers know each other and bring each other in onto all their projects. It's how all these shows as disparate as Star Trek: Picard and The Witcher: Blood Origin someone have the exact same feeling to their terrible writing, no matter what genre or source material is used.
@@Tangarisu If you see another response from me, kindly ignore it. Your comment lined up so perfectly with another conversation I was having that I thought it was a continuation of that. My bad.
I appreciate the fact that 90% of Charlie's videos begin with him going off on a tangent of some sort and them him realizing he needs to get things back on track.
i will never understand your position, is it because it talks about puberty and youre squimish? this show isnt iffy for those that didnt forget how it was when we grw up; the show isnt the best things in the world but its definitely on the better side.
@@cringeginge7663to kill some time. I want to gauge if the moods are reasonable "I don't like it", or deluded "this show is immoral and evil", because people most vocal about their disdain for it, mostly fall under the latter category.
I liked the first season. Even if it was a little uncomfortable at times, it had some good gags. Second season though... that bathhouse scene hit me like a ton of bricks. Haven't watched it since. I don't know if it was just them experimenting with where the line is, but I've heard it gets even creepier in later seasons.
8:10 is how I felt about Multiverse of Madness. Sam Raimi was *proud* of the fact that he had barely watched or looked at any of the media containing the characters he was making an entire movie about.
@@Cyrusleaf yea but they piss their pants just thinking about the fact that the famed actor who tried sucking his own penis will never be on their stupid website or app or whatever they are
I remember having goosebumps during the first halo tv show reveal. I also remember feeling pure rage by the end of the first episode. These writers need to take the amazing gifts theyre given and make some good tv. Instead of pushing narratives and “putting you own twist on the story”. No.
There's nothing wrong with having your own twist, it keeps the story fresh. However, it should be worked into the original work's lore, not to smash it to bits and only pick up a few convenient shards.
I imagine it's the same deal as with the Uwe Boll movies. Video game IPs are relatively cheap to negotiate for and having an established brand name on your product immediately gets it more media attention. They probably had a script ready intended for an original IP at first, realized it was mediocre and would be impossible to market, so they bought something recognizable to slap on it just so the studio can get something out the door.
If I had a nickel for every time Lenny Henry starred in a streaming exclusive TV series adaptation of a beloved high fantasy franchise originally based on a book series, I'd only have 2 nickels. Which isn't much but it's BAFFLING how it happened twice IN ONE YEAR.
“I’m a better writer than The Witcher author! So I’m going to use their IP to get more views…even though I’m a better writer. Why don’t I write my own story?? What a dumb question!”
That's why fanfiction is so much more satisfying for fans to consume- People write that stuff because they love the media!!! And some people are just SO good at writing that it blows published authors out of the water.
@@filyr4684 Alita was amazing by any movie standard.. all these actresses try to be a strong female lead.. Alita did a much better job.. Sad it didn't make a big profit..
I've noticed over the past decade or so, that beloved franchises are being led by people that either don't know/understand the franchise they're given, or actively hate their fans.
This is the biggest example of why The Cuphead Show is amazing - They gave it to people who cared about the material, I believe that Studio MDHR also helped,but correct me if I’m wrong.
@@seanpazdera6407 No offense but what is wrong with a kids show? There are plenty of kids movies and shows that adults can like. Also, it is meant to be a prequel to the game, season 3 proves it.
Imagine having Michelle Yeoh in your cast and totally not taking advantage of the situation, I haven’t seen everything everywhere all at once yet but she’s great in Police Story 3
i recently watched eeaao amd highly recommend you watch it, i've watched it twice since and cried even more the second time. great film, i hope you enjoy it whenever you do watch!
one of the things that really sucks is that there are a lot of great creators out there... people who can actually make masterpieces with good writing, acting, general design, and everything. And I would love to see what those people could do with something like the Witcher ip, but it seems that the people created using the absolute lowest tier of sperm are the ones that get these wonderful opportunities. The world is full of absolute buffoons. Literally cannot spend any amount of time on the internet and not get depressed.
I recall reading an article a few months back, titled "Where Are the Showrunners" or something similar. It talked about how with the deluge of shows that are being greenlit by Netflix and the like, there are just very few experienced showrunners available who can actually lead a show in a good direction. If you take a look at the showrunner credits for a lot of these shows with one and done seasons, they're by writers whose only previous experience were minor writing credits on shows you and I have never heard of. I think a lot of this is to blame for studios hiring showrunners who think it's a great idea to shit all over the original story that they're meant to adapt.
I noticed this when looking up the writers of Rings of Power. Almost no track record, a few minor productions, wrote Star Trek Beyond which was later rewritten by others, another Star Trek project which was scrapped. Then - hired to be the front writers and showrunners of the most expensive TV production to date. WTF?
there is a lore reason for why it was only elves, dwarves and gnomes, or at least its supposed to be, and that's because in the Witcher universe there is this event called the conjunction of the spheres, basically all of the realms collided and the beings from each realm were thrown into this one realm. Humans come into play after this event, along with monsters and other things and this show is supposed to take place before this.
So these elves makes me think of a situation like this Producer: "Right guys we are writing a tv show today but here is the twist. the main character is a dog buttttt he is in a human body".. Writer: "Oh ok interesting so he is a dog in a humans body so he is going to be doing weird dog like stuff, could be cool" Producer:"ermmmm no no he is just gonna act human"
One of my co workers likes the halo show and said it was a good prequel to master chief's story and his logic sounded like he never played halo to me honestly
Fun fact : Elves in the witcher are an invading force that killed gnomes and dwarfs before being run off by humans. They are not all evil but they have no more claim to the land then anyone else.
@@zezubat8900 I mean... everyone is kinda racist in the witcher. Mostly due to a mixture of fear and hatred coming from outside sources. It's just one big circle, really. Elves hate men, so men hate elves. Dwarves and gnomes just wanna chill but get shit on anyway.
Today's fact: The most distant star visible to the naked eye is "V76 Cas" located in the Cassiopiea constellation, and it is 16,310 light years away. The light emitting from that star started emitting in around 14000 BC, during which time the Earth was still in the Upper Paleolithic era.
I feel like I say this time and time again that fanfic writers who have a passion for a specific franchise can write a better story than actual paid writers given the chance
You are completely right, there are legit many fanfiction writers that love these franchises and give them their best in their stories and I wish these same people were the ones making these shows.
Passion invokes inspiration. It's impossible to have a great mercenary artist. And they are always trying to force some stupid messages. "L'art pour l'art" is the only true way.
I just can’t stop watching Charlie rant about random shit 😂. This one is so on point, that “people who have auto-play on?” line is so amazingly hilarious!
Edge Runners, Better Call Saul, Pentaverate, Wednesday, Breaking Bad, The Cuphead Show, Lucifer, Sonic Prime, Sonic X, disenchantment, Flash, Gotham and the office, I don't know any others.
Modern show writers: "Fans are toxic. Our team has 10% of people who self identify as disabled. It's impossible for us to write a bad show. Also what is subtext, subtlety and world building?"
The reason Hollywood keeps giving these old franchises to people who don't like or even HATE the property is because in their minds... you don't want a fan who will potentially gatekeep and just preach to the choir...the goal of every Hollywood production adaptation is to expand the audience beyond its original core fanbase... and you will rarely get that from just the same people who made the property or fans... you need a different and fresh perspective. I am not saying that's bullshit but you know this will never stop.
Your conspiracy is true by the way. The showrunner for the witcher and Blood Origin, who is also a writer literally said in an interview that they had 0 clue how to connect this show to the witcher universe until one of the writers came up with the idea of the “proto-witcher”
I used to think of shows as hit or miss, but Netflix originals have demonstrated to me clearly that a show can have very good and very bad elements at the same time.
I've had a writer explain this to me once and I've never been confused since. Why do they keep giving it to people who don't "respect" the source? Because writers/directors are "creatives" and the last thing a creative person wants to do is copy/paste someone else's work. They want to or even need to make it their own. Even shitty writer/directors usually see themselves as creative people and feel the need to put their stamp on a property. Edit: they dont hate the source material, they just have a fundamentally different view. They think retelling the source material exactly as it was is boring and they think you'll find it boring too.
@@marcogenovesi8570 everything I read reads more as someone who doesn't understand why people are insisting on staying true to the source. Which isn't the same thing as hating the source material to me.
@@mrthewhite2620 there are account from Beau DeMayo a former writer that say as much, plus Cavill himself although he is much more diplomatic than Beau. You are correct with that general explanation, but an important piece that must be mentioned here (as with many other shows done post 2015) there is a lot of social justice activism going on so they actively despise how the story has a strong white man lead character and how it's set in a non-diverse place (Poland-like, somewhere in middle ages), and so on. Which is the main reason why most "creative" decisions follow the same obvious pattern in many shows, it's not a creative decision anymore. They don't want to do something "creative", they want to make it fit the same ideology because they think the source is "wrong" or "bad" and must be corrected. Which is where the "not having respect for the source material" comes from.
When he said, "As stale as the goldfish between my cushions" for a moment I thought he meant literal once living goldfish, and in that moment I looked and thought, that is not a human being.
There is one video game show that I have hope will be written and produced well. That being the Fallout TV show since Jonathan Nolan has said hes played the games and called them "annoyingly playable" and knowing these games, they are indeed annoyingly playable. I am hoping this IP will be done justice, but I have hope for it. 🙏
It’s insane that these writers instead of admitting they wrote trash will blame the show’s fanbase.
Are they hiding behind the whole "you just don't like diversity" or is that just the few fans it has grasping at straws? Because I've seen that repeated but I'm not sure who's really saying it.
it's been a common theme for the last 8-ish years or so
@@marcogenovesi8570 especially if the writing team is all women
@@Needler13 why especially if the writing team is women? I'm not at all in the know about this kind of thing, so I thought I'd ask
@@Needler13 Hey hey, being trash at writing is unisex
"The writing can't be THAT bad"
Charlie: *shows the first line of episode 1*
".....oh."
That seemed like a kid that finally was allowed to cuss so they went at it.
@@Gnomereginam isn't that a woman who made the main series?
Were they trying to copy the newest Saints Row?
@@HairyJuan Currently Saints Row on PC works so well that it's actually a decent game.
Was it written by the Saints Row Devs?
The speed in which Netflix went from movie innovators to movie cancer is pretty impressive.
legit i remember when netflix original was lit now it's 98 percent garbo
Also Marvel, they went from pretty good films at best/average at worst to producing straight up cashgrab garbage in the span of like 1-3 years.
At first they were attracting people who liked quality shows. As investors demanded more subscriptions, they had to start producing garbage and reality shows to attract the normies who were still watching network cable. Seems like all the quality shows are now on Apple and HBO.
@@vhuyjgvyj that’s too slow, 1-3 weeks was Netflix
@@RR-od8hu Netflix original aka pile of garbage
Arcane, Dragon's Blood, and Edgerunners are some great examples of why writers should actually care about what they're making while paying respect to the source material
Man, Arcane was sooo good
I've watched Arcane and Edgerunners, and is an absurd how amazing these shows are. I think it is really complex to write a good show inspired by a game, when you think about the interactive part, how to make the player feel a part of the story if they are not controlling? Its impossible right? So to me, the best you can do is to show something the game didn't show us or at least didn't show us enough, don't get me wrong tho, its fundamental to honor the original material, but for example in League of legends you obviously can't root for Jinx or Vi, neither follow then in a journey while meeting characters you learned to love in the game or in Edgerunners, i have never played Cyberpunk, but it's frankly because im not much fond of RPG's, especially one that the world feels so dead and shallow (i know it's not, at least not shallow, but it feels like that you know?), i've never felt compelled to play until i watched Edgerunners then i instantly felt the necessity to relieve that experience somehow, and there you have it, to me that is how you make something great, you study it, you experience, if you can love it thats good, but it's not fundamental, but you have respect it and tell something new, something truly cool, show us the world, things we didn't know we needed to see, cause otherwise we will always have the games to replay and experience that same story you know?
@@josemateus7386 Couldn't have said it better, and with that being said I should definitely check out Edgerunners
I've played Cyberpunk but haven't watched that yet
@@Maverekt U must bro, it's truly a must! Enjoy
I wish i liked Dragons blood way more :/
The most egregious part of the Witcher was that they intentionally screened out fans of the original work from the writers room. Henry Cavill was carrying that hard in part because he was the only one in the room who gave a shit about the source material good for him getting far away from the mess Netflix dropped
If there isn't a Henry Cavill practically begging to be enrolled as Gerald in the first place, the show wouldn't even last one season.
Warhammer will love you forever Henry Cavill!!!
That's what I've been saying. Henry didn't leave Netflix for Superman, he left Netflix because he wanted out of the shithole before he drowned
MoistCritikal's nutsack doesn't compare to mine on my channel...
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After Watching this “prequel series.” of The Witcher this basically shows that Henry Cavill has read more of the source material than all of the writers, show runners, and Netflix combined.
@@tame1773 it really isn’t to me because Henry Cavill loves the Games, and the books.
@@tame1773 He is media trained, but still a huge nerd lol.
Henry Cavill isn't even in this show, though.
@@dhdjsjdjdjddhdjdjdjdjejej423 I know but the team behind The Witcher Series are not good people.
Netflix save a lot of money by hiring those twitter writers that wants diversity lmao
The biggest reason why Arcane was such a success was because Riot utilized their own in-house team. In other words, the same people who wrote and created the world of league of legends in its entirety and all the champions, the factions each belonged to, how each one tied into a bigger narrative plot, and how each were unique. And this is just from a lore standpoint, not even including how they function in-game. And whenever Riot was offered by other outside executives and producers to help "aid" the show, what did they do? They outright turned them down. And what was the result?
100% critic score and a 96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes
Three Emmy awards including Outstanding Animated Program and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
Won Game Award for Best Adaptation of 2022
Broke records by becoming the first video game adaptation to win both Annie Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards
And made an estimated 1 billion $ in profit
Blood Origins. You literally share the same platform to one of if not the best show adaptations of a beloved franchise. You have a literal shining example right in front of you. This should not be rocket science. But if it is and you're not an engineer and downright terrible at math, I'll give you a simple equation.
PASSION = PROFIT
I was about to comment the exact same thing. I love how riot tells their fans were not running out of money anytime soon, everything we release, we release because we think it’s good not because we want to make a quick buck. And their passions works cause so far everything, the games the music and the show have all been super well received.
they need to stop giving these IP ( intellectual property)s to idiots that think they know better.
@@Roamingfirebat who hurt you
@@lem0nsnake lots of people. What about you ?
Cyberpunk too. Crazy to think that if people who love the ip create the show it turns out good.
Netflix's biggest problem is they don't seem to care about the shows they're producing nor the audiences they wish to appeal to. They're so out of touch and make the worst mistakes possible yet refuse to change. They might be cutting corners but it's only gonna hurt them even more in the long run.
Phineas and Ferb? Nah fuck that let's get this generic shit that'll make em clap for us
They also buy out certain shows and never have them return 😂
@@mrpenguin8731I thought I was the only one mad about Phineas and Ferb 😂
That, and I recently heard they canceled Inside Job??
Seriously hoping that's a joke. If it gets replaced by another low-rate wattpad romance I'm going to eat my hat.
@@waffleauflauf4213 No I swear I've seen inside job recently, I'll have to check
@@waffleauflauf4213 It’s unfortunately not. There’s a petition to keep it around, but the problem is you don’t know if it’s gonna go the way you hope.
I feel so bad for Henry Cavill, he is so invested in the series and gave his absolute best with what he was given. A shame the writers probably don’t have any idea what The Witcher actually is
@YeaMan your page is trash
@@fiawms even Superman what's wrong in this world
A ripoff of Elric?
It was infuriating how the writers and others claimed he's difficult to work with, because he didn't wanted them to stray too far from the source material. WTF!?
This speaks volumes about the whole team and why this series is so bullshit.
Directors, probably: "We are pushing THE MESSAGE"
This show is what the Witcher would have been if Henry Cavill wasn’t a massive fan of the franchise
@Logan Roof no
@@marcogenovesi8570 there bots
@@GammaRage thei'yre
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@@GammaRage yes
Charlie is truly a hero for risking his mental health just for our entertainment.
He endured moonfall
He’s immune to everything
40 likes in 5 minutes? man charlie sure does have a shit ton of people watching his vids!! Good for him man, more power to ya.
The bots are insane today
@@TheInvisibleCactusYT but moonfall was easy. From how he talked about it, moonfall was the most entertaining bad movie he ever saw
@Yourfavoriterabbit so edgy! So brave!
This is why I’m so excited for Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40k show. He loves the lore and the setting and has been given full control as executive producer and lead actor.
It might actually save GW from their other recent horrible business decisions.
In Henry Cavill we trust
Edit: this aged poorly
@@adeleaslan8182 Oh no, what happened?
@@hazeltree7738 I think he was toxic towards the cast and especially the women in the Witcher and he was fired
@@joaquinlennard-alcocer6811 incorrect
Imagine if they adapted like, Harry Potter or twilight, whatever, and were like "I've never read the books, I'm not a fan, we're gonna make this more applicable to the screen, you see, death on pages is just text, you can't understand what death is like just reading about it, this isn't just gonna be words on a page" it sounds insane and it's what these idiots consistently do
Say all you want about Twilight but that adaptation is bang on to the books, probably part of why it was loved so much
@@edenjaycollins6055It’s why looking back at the hate that actress that played Bella got is sad, like she played it faithfully, the character was just awfully written.
There is a reason why the source material is popular. Ignoring it is just stupidity, kind of like saying, I am gonna make a wheel, but I will ignore the working model of a circle and make it triangular.
@@edenjaycollins6055 but they still based it off the books, not said they're doing their own thing entirely because books aren't a true medium
@@TROBassGuitar I think you're disagreeing with someone who's agreeing with you
Castlevania, Cyberpunk, Arcane, and Both Sonic the hedgehog movies are fantastic examples of profitable and crowd pleasing pieces of media that were faithful to the source material while still great pieces of media on their own. You can do better America cinema.
Sincerely an American.
I have not seen castlevania or cyberpunk but i dont think sonic should be on a tier with arcane at least :P
@@indigo7898 sped
Speed racer and ruruoni kenien
Imagine being an adult and watching video game cartoons
@@carcrashjayson Imagine being a crappy troll 😅
Netflix originals are hit or misses, but for Netflix it’s like trying to get a bullseye with a blindfold on.
@Red Star 🅥 🤓🤡🧑💻🤖
@Red Star 🅥 reported💀💀
@@ZephinorYT don’t reply to bots you’re just justifying their existence and wasting ur time too🤓
Good analogy dude
@@blazer7731 imagine if you two guys are a bot as well.
i was shocked the lowest rated on netflix wasn’t the death note movie, im pretty sure that movie was the reason they removed the old rating system
If I remember correctly that was Amy schumers special that caused that
I recall it's the Amy Schumer one. Netflix's Death Note I think was praised (for lack of better lesser equivalent) by the maker of the original one, and had some redeeming moments. Blood origin however, was trash from the start
CW's Death Note had potential. Squandered, but ah. Least there was some enjoyment in the setup.
Even though the team of Andor were public about "not being fans" of Star Wars, they still cared about the world enough to give us one of the best stories in the franchise.
To be fair, there are a lot of Star Wars fans that aren't Star Wars(current) fans either.
And yet who asked for andor
@@blddemn6645 Everyone asked for something competently written and detailed. Andor delivered that and more.
I thought Andor was pretty good... not great but good. Doesn't change the fact that they have also churned out a lot of Star Wars stuff that is just hot garbage. I also really enjoyed Obi Wan despite the fact there were a few things in it that were...pretty dumb. Either way the "modern" fans can consider me a fan or not, I don't care. I consider myself one and I have been one for far far longer than most folks who claim I'm "fake" have even been alive...so yeah.
Well star wars lies in shambles at this point. And andor further contributes to the deconstruction. Boba fett and kenobi were so god awfull because it's about old characters and not a ounce of love and effort went into them, while all that effort went into andor that new character disney created even though nobody cares for him.
The sequel triology was so bad it transformed sw from one of the biggest cinematic franchises in history into a tv property with mostly shitty cw level shows. Great job disney. But besides being absolute garbage sw is now also diverse and inclusive so we at least have that.
The problem with modern writing is that they write stories _about_ franchises instead of writing stories _within_ franchises.
In a recent video titled "Why do Halo fans argue about this..?", Late Night Gaming criticized the current state of the Halo franchise by comparing it to the Disney Star Wars trilogy in that they both feel like they were written by people who were hyper-aware that they were writing about these franchises and- instead of telling stories about the characters and events in those universes- ended up writing these deconstructions of the I.P.s which merely plug in the expected elements in an insecure way.
I feel like that describes a lot of franchises now.
Nice. I beat the bots to possum’s comment.
I make entertaining videos as well🙏
@YeaMan whoop! there it is
Yep and then they never get any repercussions for acting badly when legit criticism is brought up.
I loved halo and 343 killed it, then after it was used it’s body parts as trophies on their shelfs
The problem is that netflix, or any streaming service, does not care as long as people watch it even if its hatewatching. As long as it gets some views in any way and makes people not cancel their subscription this model works
How many people are actually making a Netflix PAID SUBSCRIPTION to hate watch something though?
It’s different than making money from people hate watching your free YT video/Twitch stream.
That's not sustainable unless it's Riverdale. Hatewatching can't keep people for multiple seasons.
No, it's all because of identity politics. All of these shitty shows are united in pushing one-sided, hypocritical politics at the cost of everything else for the express purpose of pissing off fans and guilting the rest into watching. They create narratives about people who largely don't exist and then strawman critics as belonging to that group of people. They use the outrage as a shield by strawmanning complaints as hate speech. And by declaring their shows to stand against racism and sexism, they misrepresent discontent as hate speech in order to justify their shit shows and continued work within the industry.
Losses are written off in taxes and are almost certainly - "accidentally" - exaggerated to the point where the company ends up making profit while positioning itself as "taking a stance" against discrimination (in spite of the hypocritical nature of the shit they produce).
That's the silliest thing I've read. You have any idea how much a show or film costs? It isn't cheap. Sure, Netflix gets paid, but they aren't going to sustain themselves by always delivering garbage and hoping it gets hate watched. That's just not feasible at all. This isn't Uwe B. they don't get big tax breaks or anything like that, they have to turn a profit and profit means content actually working (which they have delivered on). Regardless of how you feel on the content, they still value wins because there's no business strategy or scenario that rewards hate watching.
@@Zombie_Trooper the majority of their shows aren't absolute stinkers. Most shows based in big fandoms are because it's easier to trigger an outrage and thus easier to go "See? These toxic people really *do* exist!", but the majority of their content is just average, forgettable filler which isn't particularly exciting but also doesn't try hard to offend.
At first i was sad that Henry Cavill left the Witcher, but now im genuinely glad he did. His integrity as a fan didnt let himself stay in that horrid production.
And him backing out will most likely tank future seasons
after the release of arcane, and the arcane bts series, its obvious how impactful the difference in mindset makes to the quality of the final product. Arcane started as an idea of a riot employee who thought it would be a great idea to create a series about the games characters for the players and fans. They were given hesitant approval by executives to start working on it and arfter 6 years of hard work it paid off as one of the most amazing things ive ever seen. Meanwhile youve got things like the halo show or rings of power where its obvious execs just forced the task on someone who didnt give a shit and said "make us money"
I’ll be honest, I just don’t get it.
These directors and producers are given the materials and blueprints to build the damn movie. Yet, it is clear as day that instead of building the magnificent house outlined, they decide to throw away the instructions, crap on wood planks and stick the steel beams randomly in the ground with no foundation, and then get turn around and get mad at the inspector (the audience) for telling them their building is not up to code. Hell, most of the time they give that childish response of, “Oh, well you are not up to code!” and then stomp away. If it wasn’t for the incessant politics within the media and Hollywood, they would be booted out the door and never hired again.
I haven’t seen the BTS before, is this only on Netflix or is it on UA-cam too?
Also, I heard Netflix was actually hindering their creative vision and there’s friction there, have you heard about this and was it mentioned in those BTS?
arcane BTS?
@@AD-lh3jk it's here on yt. It's called "Arcane: Bridging the Rift" iirc
@@admiralkaede behind the scenes
It constantly happens in comic adaptations, too. It seems like every Hollywood person thinks they're more creative than the people who created the IP, so they have to "fix it" or put their own take on it. When all they're really doing is using the name of the IP to get brand recognition, then barely do anything associated with the actual IP.
"Hollywood" more like Blackrock and esg scores encourage propaganda over anything of quality
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it !
That really explains all of it too well. It’s nothing more than pure arrogance
Yeah man a lot of the masses don't even realize how Marvel & its newly owned company Disney have been disrespecting some of the really great parts in the comic books this past decade since they bought Marvel out, its no where near the level of disrespect & retconning as this Blood Origins thing but its still notice-able
I felt I was being gaslighted as most people I know thought big mouth was very good, funny and deep, whilst i thought it was disturbing at best - cheers charlie for restoring my mental health
i felt like that about spiderman no way home, i still get gaslit
@@euro51116 youre not gaslit- you dont like it, and thats fine, it means you have shitty taste, and nothing else. this, wth spiderverse and raimi spiderman 2 are best spiderman media ever made.
i will never understand your position, is it because it talks about puberty and youre squimish? this show isnt iffy for those that didnt forget how it was when we grw up; the show isnt the best things in the world but its definitely on the better side.
Anybody who recommends or defends big mouth belongs on a watchlist
@@mrbuisnessdziffko5229 you’re telling someone you’re not gaslighting them, while gaslighting them lmao. “You’re not being gaslit, you just have shitty taste” GTFOH
You're so right, Charlie. The MCU, for example, had its heyday when they were hiring, not only competent writers, but fans of the property. They had legit comic nerds working on those early projects and it showed. From callbacks to Easter Eggs, they really showed they cared for the IP and the fan base
That time is gone now, unfortunately
Thats why I adopted Nerdrotic's "stage 4" analogy of the MCU because it is DEAD
Especially without Stan Lee to see to his legacy.
@@Maverekt man... 🪦
@@Maverekt Isn't it perhaps for the best that he only lived to see his fans make movies of his works with respect, and not the current times where they've turned into "junk food" for movies?
This aged like a fine wine
I think it makes more and more sense why Nintendo decided to purchase their whole entire own studio for things like this. Now instead of getting people that will just say "oh they lent it to us so let's get joe on writing and spit something out" you actually have them watching their property closely and making sure it does what they want it to do. Represent their game.
Well they had two Mario movies that had very little to do with the games prior to that
@@BJGvideos Yes but now it's under more direct supervision. I would imagine the first times they just had blind faith and now they realize they can't just sit back and try and trust people to get it right.
@@ssniku22 Yeah that's what I mean. They learned from it.
@YeaMan Mid at best.
@@BJGvideostwo?
I love how the people working on The Last of Us are in distress because Ellie's actor dared to watch some clips of the games on UA-cam when the director specifically wanted every actor to have "NO prior exposure to the video games so they could act more naturally."
it's gonna be so impressive if they can fuck that show up
Nothing good can come from Last of Us. It stopped being good a while ago. Zero hope for the franchise.
Ah yes, no exposure to the original work it's adapted from, what can possibly go wrong? 🙃
(one thing if the script is well-written enough to be acted out fairly well, another thing to totally disregard source material tbh)
i feel like thats a very big double edged sword, for one side, it can mean they wont try to emulate the game, making it more unique and also less likely to end up..wooden?
but on another side, i hope everyone thats not an actor must know the series very well to make sure to guide the actors & make something good, which i doubt since adapatations are usually sad
source?
This is honestly something that has made me want to be a writer. I hate seeing things that I love and cherish being turned into full on turd projects. I want to use my talents as a writer to bring my own stories to life but also bring the stories that I love to life as well for the next generation and current generation to enjoy as well.
Are you white?
Then you don't have a chance in hell right now.
Unless you go Indie
I agree with you there. This whole situation just makes me want to write more.
You have my support.
I feel like there would be a lot of backstage politics that would either stifle your creativity or just make you want to quit being a writer in general.
anyone from a yt comment section (or anyone with a close connection to the internet) could probably make something far better than what the directors of those shitty originals make
I hate that so much good media is subject to bad adaptations in the form of shows and movies
You'd think they would catch on and stop demonising their fans of the source material but nah
@@keneunaegbu851 to be fair they do have good adaptations
Meanwhile Arcane LOL and Cyberpuk Edgerunners came from bad media. Suprised it turn out to be good adaptation
A big issue is that Netflix wants to cash in on ‘easy money’ from pre existing franchises and drags writers who want to make original shit into it instead of people who are passionate about the ip. It’s how you get this hot mess or the halo show.
@@justinrald3318 so true, its all in the effort the creators put in. And in this example, and halos like charlie brought up they hated/didnt even associate with the source material
Turns out the showrunners of the regular Witcher show hated Henry Cavill because he actually made the show good lol
@YeaMan My poops are better than Charlie's. Lol.
@@humancarver my dripping cock is more dropped than Charlie
Charlie needs to do a Netflix originals tier list
all of the would be F rated, no need (except cyberpunk and arcane)
@Yorusaka idk there are some shows that are hidden gems like guardians of justice. It's like if the boys and invincible had a child that done drugs.
Bojack horseman is Netflix original and it's fantastic
@@willwh9228 huh I haven't heard of that one, might check it out
@@yorusaka3554 Castlevania is pretty good.
I had a university screenwriting tutor who told our whole class that the goal wasn’t to be good at writing, it was to be a Netflix show writer so that we could make money without trying to make good content
The one show that really used source material well was cyberpunk edgerunners. They used the universe in such an incredible way between the slang, implants, cyberpsychos and just night city as a location
I like edgerunners as a show more than universe in game
I liked Castlevania too.
Arcane
I’m hoping the last of us is on par with edgerunners
@@Arkane5296 tlou show will probably suck
They could make like ten thousand times more money if they spent the tiniest amount of time making the story good, but they never even try.
That's what blows my mind! You'd think if all that they care about is money, they would stop doing this shit!
@@Yo_Vuzzen777 Its not about making money, its about "THE MESSAGE"
No they couldn't lmao. Plenty of good, well-written TV shows on Netflix get cancelled in a second if they don't get good numbers.
@@dislikebutton2462 You're kidding right? It's about money.
@@elliotgillum No. It's definitely about more than just money. If you haven't been noticing how they've been pushing ideology by releasing divisive movies/shows, you aren't paying attention.
It's funny how Netflix pumps shit like that, but dumps gems that could've used other seasons.
Cries in bojack horseman
@@moldykyle5815 back in the 90s
The main thing that got me was the elf princess having this secret love affair with her bodyguard. Then they get caught, he gets exiled, and then in the next scene with the elf princess it's not even mentioned. Not only is nothing said, she isn't having any sort of emotional reaction to it whatsoever.
The worst part is we've seen good examples of solid shows based on games when they're based in the lore. Look at cyberpunk.
True
@YeaMan no
Or Arcane
Don't make me cry again
Arcane is an even better example
My wife enjoys ANYTHING even somewhat related to high fantasy. Even she turned off the show after episode 3. I was shook
My gf REFUSES to watch ROP. Every time I mention it she gets angry with me. She won't even go near Witcher BO. How the hell did Netflix/Amazon get people to hate them so much?
My gf doesn't even watch youtube anti videos either. This is all her choice.
Same. My body pillow hated the show and she usually watches everything without complaining for a second.
@@Chillerll ☠️
You know who else enjoys anything related to high fantasy but turned off the show after episode 3?
@@jawheele If you say your mom YOU'RE FIRED
This is what upsets me the most. The story of Geralt as presented in the Witcher games is already SO intriguing, and all I could think when playing the games was how amazing a movie or television franchise it could be. Why didn't they want to just make this story? They really had something so pure in their hands...!!
I'm assuming the writers wanted to make something original. But with how mainstream western media nowadays just want to cash in on popular things, they had to build up their resume with the Witcher. I also think there are also sprinkles of them thinking they can do better than the original materials OR the constant element that I notice in a lot of game adaptations, people involved in the bts embarassed about having to do something with video games but the money tho.
what the executives want is make movies from existing franchises because it's "easy money", but the people doing the creative work wanted to make their own original stuff and are too arrogant to accept and do a good job of "interpreting" someone else's work because that's more or less how everyone is in their field. They see themselves as "artists" and can't handle "work", and that's why they always have to respin something "in their own way". In this case they are also incompetent hacks that can't write a script to save their lives and got the job because "muh diversity/representation" which is a different discussion.
What happened with Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings is one of the very few exceptions, and hopefully Henry Cavill's next project about Warhammer 40k will also be one of the rare exceptions as now he should be the one steering the ship.
@@marcogenovesi8570 I dont know what they are teaching to cinema students nowadays because this soul less writing is something that barely happened and now its like 90% of the shows/movies. They dont care about dialogue, characters or showing without telling. It just treats people as complete retards
@@wassup4532 Most art schools are turned into social justice propaganda so they teach white man bad and strong black woman good. This is a problem with a lot of colleges as well.
Although it's fair to say that a lot of people in the media field never did any "cinema school" or "writing school" and came from other walks of life
Because Geralt is super white and super male.
"You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!" - The Robot Devil, Futurama, 2003.
I think this is why WH40k fans are looking forward to this show in development, not just because it would be the first live adaptation but GW hold onto their IP like it's their left nut, and Cavil seems to care about sticking to the original source material.
This is why the Star Wars shows, like Clone wars or the mandalorian were so good, it’s because Dave Feloni, who was essentially the main writer of these shows is a huge Star Wars fan and has immense respect for the property and knows what works and what doesn’t
Facts clone wars is Soo good and I don't even like starwars
@White Fox oh yeah s1 and 2 are rough but trust me if you get through it s3 onward is sooo good
@@sethisevilone02 I agree with this statement
@@sethisevilone02 I was rewatching clone wars recently and it hits different now. I cried a little bit when I saw that scene of Ahsoka leaving the jedi order
It's sad because the thing I enjoy most about Sapkowski's writing is his characters. The Netflix writers looked at the bare "lore" elements, saw Elves and Dwarves and thought "I've seen those before. I could write a fantasy story with those in it." That's Blood Origin - a poorly conceived pointless "prequel" to a series it barely references or adds to. If you want to know more about the conjunction of the spheres event mentioned in the Witcher show just watch a youtube video of a fan explaining it, because if you were confused before Blood Origin sure isn't going to clear anything up for you. I feel a sense of profound loss with this IP, because I'm fully aware that the writers aren't ever going to listen to criticism and will continue doing whatever they want despite everyone begging them to stop - every interview where the show runners are questioned about their response to blacklash it's so obvious they have no respect for the people invested in their projects and dismiss every negative reviewer as "racist and sexist because you just don't like seeing non-white, non-male people in fantasy". It's in one ear out the other, I'm sick of companies hiring self-absorbed narcissists who actively look down on the IP's they're getting paid to adapt; there must be so many others who are actually massive fans desperate to make proper, faithful adaptations to the IP's they love but they never seem to get hired anymore. It's just sad, man
Yep liberals 😂 they have basically ruined society
Does he have grounds for a potential lawsuit?
were there even dwarfs anywhere in the books? I cant remember them at all
Exactly, a fan-fiction writer would write an immensely better script and plot for no cost at all
@@BJGvideos obviously not. Writing bad stories isn't a crime.
I met the colourist of the show who also did the main series. She was proud of her work, and overall the grade throughout was decent, it's a shame that the other aspects of the show are so bad. Not even sure if it'll go on her portfolio now.
I forgot for a second that goldfish is a cracker over there. My mind was trying to figure how dead fish got stuck in his couch, did they jump from the bowl and land in the crack and he was aware and totally fine with it...
Same
it would've been pretty stale anyway
I literally cannot understand what compels writers to despise video games. As a writer, I would LOVE to work on a video game story, there's more limitations to a game that makes it even more of a challenge to write such an amazing story, so when franchises like halo, the withcher, and last of us are still somehow writing these amazing stories, it genuinely hurts to see writers for shows completely ignoring the very real impact that these games can leave on people
It's probably jealously. They know they haven't got the skills to compete with them, so like spoiled brats, they take the IP and just ruin it to make themselves feel good.
Its the message, or nothing
Maybe some of them are people who grew up during those times when video games were considered childish and nerdy, and they still, intentionally or not, believe this and assume other people think this too, despite video games having lost that stigma decades ago.
Kinda like that belief that animated movies are childish and that live-action movies are the only ones that can be mature and taken seriously.
@@galaxieflora1078 it's such a shame because not only is this most likely the case, when I think about it, but it's sort of impossible to convince these people otherwise because, y'know, Hollywood can be a big ol' echo chamber often
Because the writers thought they could write better than the original. Pure arrogance as well as ignorance
When you mention this show felt like it was originally it was supposed to be something else and then they slapped The Witcher license on it, and it felt like a bad CW show. My mind immediately went to the Resident Evil show they did last year. I think they did the exact same thing with both of those shows. They knew the series was gonna be bad halfway through filming, then they pitch the idea to get a license then change everything up to match, not really caring about the IP but just trying to get away with the bare minimum effort and hope they make their money back on it.
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oh, true. I remember i felt exactly the same when watching Netflix Resident Evil. I remember i thought "hm, this just feels like a generic zombie sci fi movie, where is the resident evil in this, aside from the umbrella name slapped on the evil company?"
Even tho sadly i cant call myself a "REAL" Resident Eval fan cause Ive never got around to play the games (tho Im trying to catch up with the gameplays of the recent remakes, maybe someday i'll get to try some gameplays of the old ones too since the RE world looks quite interesting) even I could feel that it was off, that it didnt even none of the vibes of the games. Aside from being a generic bland/badly produced and written show in general.
I liked the resident evil show having not played any of the games though
1:05 honestly I never really took rotten tomatoes ratings seriously since I've found out that it has a rating of more than 0% for Cuties (It's 15% from audiences which pretty low but it has a certified fresh 86% from critics 💀)
Most movie critics are very in the Hollywood sphere, and if you've seen Hollywood's opinion on sexualizing children it makes sense.
Rings of Power and Blood Origin are great examples of show-writers thinking they know better than the actual source material.
The halo show was the same thing too.. so sad to see
This is what happens when you get talentless hacks to write upon already expanded and thought out material.
They just shit ALL OVER the established IP and proceed to blame the fans. It’s honestly getting REALLY OLD.
This is so true... 😭 like damn
If you'd have told me years ago that we'd one day enter a time where prominent games and books were to be adapted into TV I'd have cried with happiness, especially since some of my faves (Witcher, Tolkien, Halo etc) were to receive that treatment.
I can say with confidence that I want this time to end.
P. S I'm on about TV adaptations of things. I know films have some absolute stinkers but there's something more insulting about an 8 episode "adaption" compared to a 1hr 30 min movie "adaption".
P. P. S Jackson's LOTR are some of the greatest movies of all time, The Fellowship being my favourite.
Tolkien was faithfully adapted in the early 2000 Peter Jackson movie trilogy.
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@@jazzman7842 The only thing I can think of is that he's joking that some other Tolkien adaptations outside the main trilogy are as bad as that movie trilogy, and/or written in a similar terrible way. Or that the live action Percy Jackson movie trilogy was just a bad rehash of the Tolkien trilogy. Either that or it's just bait.
Arcane and Edgerunners prove that it can be done consistently. They just don't bother with getting the talent
@@asomns4718bro what??? that movie trilogy was amazing. go watch it if you haven’t
The worst part is that ‘cuties’ has a higher score because of the critics…🤢
It's common at this point to know critics are paedos.
Id rather watch myself having a prolapsed anus than watch Cuties.
Someone says cooties
Moist critical gets flashbacks
I mean they like kids so it checks out
I think it's funny how Velma hadn't come out at this point, so he didn't know how bad a new show could ruin a franchise
Velma didn't ruin the franchise, Velma never had that power lol
Velma was a fart out of mindy kalings ass that went in the wind left a bad smell then was forgotten
i've never played a second of league of legends, but arcane is one of my favorite shows not only from netflix but overall. it is very possible to adapt a video game franchise right, people in charge just need to care.
notice the difference between the source material for like arcane and the Witcher though, that's the key, that's what determines whether the show will be good or not. LoL has a very "modern" lore with a diverse cast and new world values written in, everything is colorful and edgy and the showrunners like the material and are therefore willing to have passion and make something good. Meanwhile, the lore of the Witcher, the books, the games, etc all of it is very old world, old very values, very based material, written by someone with a "realistic" fantasy world in mind, that's why the characters are complex and deep, so of course modern writers wouldn't like it and therefore won't write a good show for it.
Basically, Hollywood has proven to us time and time again that if the lore of the series doesn't share their modern values and outlook on the world, then they aren't going to do a good job bringing it to the big screen. period.
@@thekamotodragonI don’t think that at all. If you just get passionate people in the studio but these people that decided to write it don’t even like the source material. Arcane was good not cause it’s modern but because the team behind put a lot of effort into it to be good and beloved by people. Witcher writers just wanted to make their own lukewarm story of an amazing Ip
@@thekamotodragon thats just bullshit
Speaking of TLOU adaptation, I saw today where the actor playing Ellie admitted that she was specifically asked not to play the game
I personally think it's a matter pride with these young and (in their minds) up and coming writers who want to make a name for themselves in the industry. They don't want to follow an IPs established lore because it's "not their creation", so they do their own thing and act surprised when people get upset that it's nothing like the IP.
I don't think it's just that, either. The creative culture is so incestuous that all these writers and producers know each other and bring each other in onto all their projects. It's how all these shows as disparate as Star Trek: Picard and The Witcher: Blood Origin someone have the exact same feeling to their terrible writing, no matter what genre or source material is used.
@@GlacialScion dont look look up families and early life, you don't want to go down that rabbit hole.
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If you see another response from me, kindly ignore it. Your comment lined up so perfectly with another conversation I was having that I thought it was a continuation of that. My bad.
Netflix cancelling Inside Job to give Big Mouth another season and Witcher another spinoff
I appreciate the fact that 90% of Charlie's videos begin with him going off on a tangent of some sort and them him realizing he needs to get things back on track.
Charlie is just the embodiment of all of our internal monologues.
“Big Mouth is the worst thing humanity has created since the brazen bull torture device” is possibly my new favorite quote of all time
i will never understand your position, is it because it talks about puberty and youre squimish? this show isnt iffy for those that didnt forget how it was when we grw up; the show isnt the best things in the world but its definitely on the better side.
@@mrbuisnessdziffko5229you’re all over Charlie’s channel white nighting for this show. What r u doing
@@cringeginge7663to kill some time. I want to gauge if the moods are reasonable "I don't like it", or deluded "this show is immoral and evil", because people most vocal about their disdain for it, mostly fall under the latter category.
Who wants to go back in time to get big mouth scrapped
I liked the first season. Even if it was a little uncomfortable at times, it had some good gags. Second season though... that bathhouse scene hit me like a ton of bricks. Haven't watched it since. I don't know if it was just them experimenting with where the line is, but I've heard it gets even creepier in later seasons.
8:10 is how I felt about Multiverse of Madness. Sam Raimi was *proud* of the fact that he had barely watched or looked at any of the media containing the characters he was making an entire movie about.
That movie had wayyy more problems than just not sticking to the lore. Like, they thought Wanda was a “sympathetic” character? Lol...
Netflix stays awake crying all night knowing that they lost this brilliant actor after denying him a spot in the hunger games
Netflix didn't make the hunger games lmao.
@@Cyrusleaf yea but they piss their pants just thinking about the fact that the famed actor who tried sucking his own penis will never be on their stupid website or app or whatever they are
@loganroof829 Netflix didn't make hunger games that was Lionsgate
Netflix didn't produce The Hunger Games... This joke doesn't even make sense
@@Cyrusleaf it's part of the joke 😭
I remember having goosebumps during the first halo tv show reveal. I also remember feeling pure rage by the end of the first episode. These writers need to take the amazing gifts theyre given and make some good tv. Instead of pushing narratives and “putting you own twist on the story”. No.
These writers must have ridiculous amounts of ego to think that anyone wants their own little “fanfic” rather than the story they know and love.
There's nothing wrong with having your own twist, it keeps the story fresh. However, it should be worked into the original work's lore, not to smash it to bits and only pick up a few convenient shards.
You gotta admit that that very first line is pure talent! The amount of effort & talent it must've taken to come up with that, pheew.
They must have gotten the writers that worked on the recent Saints Row game
Surely that line will be quoted for generations to come, alongside "I mostly read Zooptopia porn" from that 'Resident Evil' show
I imagine it's the same deal as with the Uwe Boll movies. Video game IPs are relatively cheap to negotiate for and having an established brand name on your product immediately gets it more media attention. They probably had a script ready intended for an original IP at first, realized it was mediocre and would be impossible to market, so they bought something recognizable to slap on it just so the studio can get something out the door.
If I had a nickel for every time Lenny Henry starred in a streaming exclusive TV series adaptation of a beloved high fantasy franchise originally based on a book series, I'd only have 2 nickels. Which isn't much but it's BAFFLING how it happened twice IN ONE YEAR.
Three nickels if you count Sandman.
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What was the other series?
@@edenjaycollins6055 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
@@BatDanNight ooooh didn't know he was in that, poor sod
“I’m a better writer than The Witcher author! So I’m going to use their IP to get more views…even though I’m a better writer. Why don’t I write my own story?? What a dumb question!”
That's why fanfiction is so much more satisfying for fans to consume- People write that stuff because they love the media!!! And some people are just SO good at writing that it blows published authors out of the water.
Can’t believe Charlie watched almost all of Netflix
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Alita was actually an amazing adaptation of the manga/anime. Too bad it didn't do as good as expected in the box office.
Still hoping for a sequel
Yessss
It was p decent by american movie standards. Tho I wished they didn't mess up the Doctor's character just to give Alita a girl-boss moment :(
@@filyr4684 Alita was amazing by any movie standard.. all these actresses try to be a strong female lead.. Alita did a much better job.. Sad it didn't make a big profit..
It made 400 million dollars in the box office. What do you mean?
Charlie, please do a Netflix originals tier list.
I've noticed over the past decade or so, that beloved franchises are being led by people that either don't know/understand the franchise they're given, or actively hate their fans.
This is the biggest example of why The Cuphead Show is amazing - They gave it to people who cared about the material, I believe that Studio MDHR also helped,but correct me if I’m wrong.
But the Cuphead Show wasn't amazing. They just wanted another hyper kids' show and wasted the lore to do it.
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@@seanpazdera6407 No offense but what is wrong with a kids show? There are plenty of kids movies and shows that adults can like. Also, it is meant to be a prequel to the game, season 3 proves it.
Imagine having Michelle Yeoh in your cast and totally not taking advantage of the situation, I haven’t seen everything everywhere all at once yet but she’s great in Police Story 3
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I literally watched this video because I saw Michelle Yeoh’s face on the netlfix thumbnail. Too bad Charlie has enlightened me.
Ikr! I was disheartened seeing she was in it after googling it but I guess she's gotta eat too lol
"You can't just have characters announce how they feel. That makes me angry!"
one of the things that really sucks is that there are a lot of great creators out there... people who can actually make masterpieces with good writing, acting, general design, and everything. And I would love to see what those people could do with something like the Witcher ip, but it seems that the people created using the absolute lowest tier of sperm are the ones that get these wonderful opportunities. The world is full of absolute buffoons. Literally cannot spend any amount of time on the internet and not get depressed.
Nepotism of a very very privileged class of people, look up early life of these stupid kids.
Especially in comics.
I recall reading an article a few months back, titled "Where Are the Showrunners" or something similar. It talked about how with the deluge of shows that are being greenlit by Netflix and the like, there are just very few experienced showrunners available who can actually lead a show in a good direction. If you take a look at the showrunner credits for a lot of these shows with one and done seasons, they're by writers whose only previous experience were minor writing credits on shows you and I have never heard of. I think a lot of this is to blame for studios hiring showrunners who think it's a great idea to shit all over the original story that they're meant to adapt.
It’s just like South Park said, Netflix will greenlight anything.
I noticed this when looking up the writers of Rings of Power. Almost no track record, a few minor productions, wrote Star Trek Beyond which was later rewritten by others, another Star Trek project which was scrapped. Then - hired to be the front writers and showrunners of the most expensive TV production to date. WTF?
Netflix genuinely do make either some of the best television you've ever seen or the absolute bottom of the barrel worst
there is a lore reason for why it was only elves, dwarves and gnomes, or at least its supposed to be, and that's because in the Witcher universe there is this event called the conjunction of the spheres, basically all of the realms collided and the beings from each realm were thrown into this one realm. Humans come into play after this event, along with monsters and other things and this show is supposed to take place before this.
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So these elves makes me think of a situation like this
Producer: "Right guys we are writing a tv show today but here is the twist. the main character is a dog buttttt he is in a human body"..
Writer: "Oh ok interesting so he is a dog in a humans body so he is going to be doing weird dog like stuff, could be cool"
Producer:"ermmmm no no he is just gonna act human"
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@@TheDantheman12121 that's a bot, it's a pretty common scam going on right now. funny comment BTW
One of my co workers likes the halo show and said it was a good prequel to master chief's story and his logic sounded like he never played halo to me honestly
Sounds like they found their target audience with him...
Fun fact : Elves in the witcher are an invading force that killed gnomes and dwarfs before being run off by humans.
They are not all evil but they have no more claim to the land then anyone else.
I completely forgot about this fact till reading this, but it's 100% true.
They're essentially colonizers, which came across the sea in their boats.
Correct me if im wrong but arent elves usually super racist?
@@zezubat8900 Everyone in the witcher universe is super racist
except cave trolls i guess
@zezubat8900 in alot of interpretations.... oh yeah.
Highly racist
@@zezubat8900 I mean... everyone is kinda racist in the witcher. Mostly due to a mixture of fear and hatred coming from outside sources.
It's just one big circle, really.
Elves hate men, so men hate elves.
Dwarves and gnomes just wanna chill but get shit on anyway.
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Big Mouth is 1000x better than Smile, that Charlie somehow liked
I honestly find big mouth funny sometimes, being 19 most of the stuff is actually pretty relatable so
I feel like I say this time and time again that fanfic writers who have a passion for a specific franchise can write a better story than actual paid writers given the chance
You are completely right, there are legit many fanfiction writers that love these franchises and give them their best in their stories and I wish these same people were the ones making these shows.
@@Sasu123456789x1 of course I know her, she’s me.
Passion invokes inspiration. It's impossible to have a great mercenary artist. And they are always trying to force some stupid messages. "L'art pour l'art" is the only true way.
Dayshift at Freddy's has better writing than this.
I just can’t stop watching Charlie rant about random shit 😂. This one is so on point, that “people who have auto-play on?” line is so amazingly hilarious!
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Trying to find a good show on Netflix is like looking for Atlantis in a desert.
Breaking bad
Edgerunners or idk
This is a pretty apt analogy.
Edge Runners, Better Call Saul, Pentaverate, Wednesday, Breaking Bad, The Cuphead Show, Lucifer, Sonic Prime, Sonic X, disenchantment, Flash, Gotham and the office, I don't know any others.
Atlantis probably was in a desert look up bright insights. Wasnt a desert back then.
Modern show writers: "Fans are toxic. Our team has 10% of people who self identify as disabled. It's impossible for us to write a bad show. Also what is subtext, subtlety and world building?"
The reason Hollywood keeps giving these old franchises to people who don't like or even HATE the property is because in their minds... you don't want a fan who will potentially gatekeep and just preach to the choir...the goal of every Hollywood production adaptation is to expand the audience beyond its original core fanbase... and you will rarely get that from just the same people who made the property or fans... you need a different and fresh perspective. I am not saying that's bullshit but you know this will never stop.
Your conspiracy is true by the way. The showrunner for the witcher and Blood Origin, who is also a writer literally said in an interview that they had 0 clue how to connect this show to the witcher universe until one of the writers came up with the idea of the “proto-witcher”
I used to think of shows as hit or miss, but Netflix originals have demonstrated to me clearly that a show can have very good and very bad elements at the same time.
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I've had a writer explain this to me once and I've never been confused since. Why do they keep giving it to people who don't "respect" the source? Because writers/directors are "creatives" and the last thing a creative person wants to do is copy/paste someone else's work. They want to or even need to make it their own. Even shitty writer/directors usually see themselves as creative people and feel the need to put their stamp on a property.
Edit: they dont hate the source material, they just have a fundamentally different view. They think retelling the source material exactly as it was is boring and they think you'll find it boring too.
in this specific case there are at least two accounts of them actually hating/mocking the source material
@@marcogenovesi8570 everything I read reads more as someone who doesn't understand why people are insisting on staying true to the source. Which isn't the same thing as hating the source material to me.
@@mrthewhite2620 some of the writers for the show have expressed genuine dislike for the source material though
@@R_S747 especially for the Halo show
@@mrthewhite2620 there are account from Beau DeMayo a former writer that say as much, plus Cavill himself although he is much more diplomatic than Beau.
You are correct with that general explanation, but an important piece that must be mentioned here (as with many other shows done post 2015) there is a lot of social justice activism going on so they actively despise how the story has a strong white man lead character and how it's set in a non-diverse place (Poland-like, somewhere in middle ages), and so on.
Which is the main reason why most "creative" decisions follow the same obvious pattern in many shows, it's not a creative decision anymore. They don't want to do something "creative", they want to make it fit the same ideology because they think the source is "wrong" or "bad" and must be corrected. Which is where the "not having respect for the source material" comes from.
Its funny how the adventures of sonic the hedgehog runs circles around the witcher show's writing
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When he said, "As stale as the goldfish between my cushions" for a moment I thought he meant literal once living goldfish, and in that moment I looked and thought, that is not a human being.
There is one video game show that I have hope will be written and produced well. That being the Fallout TV show since Jonathan Nolan has said hes played the games and called them "annoyingly playable" and knowing these games, they are indeed annoyingly playable. I am hoping this IP will be done justice, but I have hope for it. 🙏
The real disappointment here is Netflix releasing Monster (Anime) and only releasing less than half of the show.
If I had $2 every time Netflix made a bad video game adaptation I would have like $4
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Big Mouth is pretty funny IMO but I don't know if it needs as many seasons as it got.
The first couple seasons were pretty good, I thought, but after that it went downhill quickly.
When the people involved in making The Witcher tv shows have openly said they HATE the source material you know it's going to be garbage.
This is the writers equivalent of the effort given to boob armor.
boobs need protection too! they are very sensitive ok.... Knives are drawn to them
"That franchise comes built-in with eyeballs" is such a poetic way of saying it
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