[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 31 October 2025 - 12:39 PM, said:

I'm here to report what might be a blasphemy to some...

Liam Hemsworth is a BETTER Geralt in THE WITCHER (S4) than Cavill was. I liked Cavill in the role, but I think Liam is just more at ease in the costume and character?

Also, the show feels infinitely more approachable?

Like I don't want this to be true as I know Cavill was championing the books/source material, and I know that they are diverging from said material...but even as someone who has read 4 of the books....I like this. A LOT.

Stop QT, stop before anyone notices you!
Haven't you seen what they're doing t anyone who likes Hemsworth???
My gods man, hide! Hide while you still can!

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 31 October 2025 - 02:08 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 31 October 2025 - 12:39 PM, said:

I'm here to report what might be a blasphemy to some...

Liam Hemsworth is a BETTER Geralt in THE WITCHER (S4) than Cavill was. I liked Cavill in the role, but I think Liam is just more at ease in the costume and character?

Also, the show feels infinitely more approachable?

Like I don't want this to be true as I know Cavill was championing the books/source material, and I know that they are diverging from said material...but even as someone who has read 4 of the books....I like this. A LOT.

Stop QT, stop before anyone notices you!
Haven't you seen what they're doing t anyone who likes Hemsworth???
My gods man, hide! Hide while you still can!

Right?

Everyone hated him upon announcement...I probably even said something....but having watched...he's just really great...and you can feel the production shift post-Cavill.

I dunno what to say, I like it. It's fun rompy fantasy TV whereas before it felt weighted down...I fell off in S3 it was so messy...this is a significant improvement.

[amphibian]

 QuickTidal, on 31 October 2025 - 12:39 PM, said:

I'm here to report what might be a blasphemy to some...

Liam Hemsworth is a BETTER Geralt in THE WITCHER (S4) than Cavill was. I liked Cavill in the role, but I think Liam is just more at ease in the costume and character?

Also, the show feels infinitely more approachable?

Like I don't want this to be true as I know Cavill was championing the books/source material, and I know that they are diverging from said material...but even as someone who has read 4 of the books....I like this. A LOT.

I have had an extremely busy week and opened up Netflix to watch the first episode. I was too tired to get more than 15 min into the first episode (a me problem, not the show) and packed myself off to bed. In that fifteen minutes, I noticed a bit of unevenness specifically around Hemsworth and delivering lines. Sometimes he's quite decent and he moved alright in the bits of action I could see. I did think that his initial "mini break-up" with Yennefer on the small bridge next to a Roach was not well done and Yennefer out acted him easily.

The episode wasn't doing that great with things like visually setting up the actors for better delivery of the goulash joke or making Falka's crew seem interesting, which might mean that it was rushed or the episode directors aren't that good at little bits of comedy + danger.

I'm not making a snap judgement on Hemsworth based on that 15, so I'll watch the full season and see how it goes.

This post has been edited by amphibian: Today, 03:59 PM