Netflix Witcher

[DavidmeetHal]

It's official now https://twitter.com/witchernetflix

Yeah, from what I read, he wasn't happy about them deviating from the source material. Good for him, he'll be happier as Superman.

[DavidmeetHal]

Mam, oh man. I have not taken the time to watch the new Witcher series because the end of the second season was lackluster, but from what I've read, it's bombed out in the reviews, and I mean really bad. The Tomatometer gave it 33% and the audience score is 12%.

Dang.

[Radhruin_EU]

Mam, oh man. I have not taken the time to watch the new Witcher series

Just as well - it's every bit as bad as people are saying it is, unwatchably awful. If that's where they're going with the franchise, it's dead. Small wonder Henry Cavill jumped ship.

[TesalionLortus]

I have not taken the time to watch the new Witcher series because the end of the second season was lackluster, but from what I've read, it's bombed out in the reviews

it's every bit as bad as people are saying it is, unwatchably awful. If that's where they're going with the franchise, it's dead. Small wonder Henry Cavill jumped ship.

Well, I'm in the rare "I care for lore and logic, but I loved how season 2 turned out and considered it promising!" and I just had the displeasure of watching the prequel. It was just moronic. There is no other word to describe it. People say S2 was bad? Nah, these 4 episodes were almost like Rings of Power, a never-ending suffering and all the wrong choices made. It was like taking the foundations of everything they built (that not everyone liked but I actually appreciated it and saw value in some of their lore changes/additions) and flushing it down the toilet, with aspirations to become as bad as Rings of Power or worse. Indeed, no wonder Cavill left...

Allowing myself to omit the sheer terror of it all and specific details, one thing I noticed is that it felt like a rough draft for at least 3 seasons of content but was done in 4 episodes, the majority of which wasted on talks of main "heroes" that contributed NOTHING to the overall plot/premise. Second thing I noticed is these nutjobs and creators really hate the concept of a real fledged "empire" appearing in their products, not to mention any sort of real gray morality (but somehow they're fine with just warring kingdoms...). They erased Numenor's status as a sea-fearing colonizer and experienced military in RoP. Here they completely annihilated Wild Hunt ties to the branch of advanced conqueror-like elves who reside in another dimension (by having an entire plot focused around the origins of such an empire and actually stopping it, just to make a point! morons). Same story, same Lore Seppuku... It really will take a biblical catastrophe for us to have good things in TV, no?

[miriadel]

Blood of Origins is godawful and no amount of mental gymnastics can save it. It makes RoP look like an oscar winning masterpiece in comparison, and while I liked RoP, it had plenty of problems too. But this spinoff? Is ten times WORSE. There is no saving it. Every bit of bad review is deserved.

[DavidmeetHal]

Well, I'm in the rare "I care for lore and logic, but I loved how season 2 turned out and considered it promising!"

Season 2 was ok for me, but I really wish they didn't have the JJ Abrams style "WIZZ BANG SMASH!" graphic intense mind-numbing finale at the end of the last episode. It was like a TV version of the ending of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. It was so cliché.

[TesalionLortus]

the JJ Abrams style "WIZZ BANG SMASH!" graphic intense mind-numbing finale at the end of the last episode. It was like a TV version of the ending of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. It was so cliché.

I don't know, in the end it is a TV series and you do expect some intense scenes/fights/overreaching finale (that's what the books are lacking, btw, aside from Vilgefortz's ploy, so I thought they took a good direction here). I would agree if that was mindless conflict for violence's sake but here it tied with the season's long arc/villain/mythos so I felt it was fine and a good pay-off.

Anyway... was good when it lasted because Blood Origin already annihilated all of that anyway. I can't believe they actually managed to make a tease of White Frost feel awkward and super boring, or what that flying talking blob giving out powers was even supposed to be and what were they smoking. *Sight* And I'm almost certain we're getting glorified lesbian relationship for Ciri in S3, after all this, rather than focus on interesting plot threads and mythos. It's like they've gone off the rails of sanity and the prequel was supposed to "mentally" prepare everyone.

[Radhruin_EU]

I can't believe they actually managed to make a tease of White Frost feel awkward and super boring, or what that flying talking blob giving out powers was even supposed to be and what were they smoking. *Sight* And I'm almost certain we're getting glorified lesbian relationship for Ciri in S3, after all this, rather than focus on interesting plot threads and mythos. It's like they've gone off the rails of sanity and the prequel was supposed to "mentally" prepare everyone.

That, according to rumour, will be the thing - the series is going to suffer a full-on intersectional hijack, where S3 will be all about Ciri and Geralt will end up playing second fiddle. Much as has happened with other franchises. It's also been suggested that Blood Origin represents some 'timey-wimey' nonsense intended as an excuse to jettison the existing continuity so they can just do whatever. (And now we know what that 'whatever' looks like, in all its awfulness).

It's almost as if Netflix, Amazon and Disney are trying to see who can make the worst fantasy. (Willow is pretty awful too).

[LadySelene]

If it's so bad, why did you watch it?
Or - will they care if no one watches their stuff, if they have subscription money coming in anyway?
Can you guys unsubscribe, then - much later - sub for a couple of months and just spend them on shows worthy of your time? "Wednesday" was good btw. If something can send them a message, it's $$$.

Personally I've decided I won't be watching Witcher season 3, as S2 was (for me) simply boring, now I don't know why I wasted time on it. Probably hoped for it finally getting better.

[Radhruin_EU]

If it's so bad, why did you watch it?

I'd heard ahead of time it was bad, but I thought I'd check it out for myself. I watched enough to see that they weren't kidding or laying it on thick.

Or - will they care if no one watches their stuff, if they have subscription money coming in anyway?
Can you guys unsubscribe, then - much later - sub for a couple of months and just spend them on shows worthy of your time? "Wednesday" was good btw. If something can send them a message, it's $$$.

Err... I don't sub to Netflix just for the Witcher, and I'm not going to throw a hissy fit just for that. I think Netflix will have gotten the message loud and clear from what's been said on social media and how terrible the reviews have been. That sort of public embarrassment has way more clout than unsubbing.

And if Witcher S3 turns out to be the Ciri show and Geralt gets the sort of increasingly shabby treatment that male leads tend to nowadays I won't be watching much of it, and I bet that'll get shredded in review as well.

[DavidmeetHal]

If it's so bad, why did you watch it?
Or - will they care if no one watches their stuff, if they have subscription money coming in anyway?
Can you guys unsubscribe, then - much later - sub for a couple of months and just spend them on shows worthy of your time? "Wednesday" was good btw. If something can send them a message, it's $$$.

Personally I've decided I won't be watching Witcher season 3, as S2 was (for me) simply boring, now I don't know why I wasted time on it. Probably hoped for it finally getting better.

There's a lot of stuff on Netflix that I do enjoy, like Knive's Out Onion, and Bullet Train. Tangerine and Lemon are the perfect twins! I love those guys. Hmmmm, I wonder who is the diesel here in the forums.......

I liked Wednesday, good series.

[LadySelene]

I see.
Don't watch, then. After the first bad episode at least.

Though I have a strong feeling that they know exactly how bad it is, but have to throw money at it anyway.