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Netflix to produce The Witcher tv series

#181 User is offline   QuickTidal 

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Posted 03 February 2020 - 01:56 PM

My wife has similar feelings about Yennefer as you do, but the rest of the cast/story wins her over enough to keep her into it. You're not alone, though. She disliked her storyline in like episode 1, and I told her not to expect to like Yennefer as Yennefer is never exactly "likeable".

I feel like Geralt is taking crazy pills, but then maybe that's the point? I dunno.

She's also so selfish, it's hard to imagine her ever being a loving and nurturing mother.

Even when she eventually meets Ciri in the main books (a defacto mother/daughter relationship) she's like "You don't like me do you?" and Ciri is like "Nope." Haha.

I don't know that I could stomach listening to Sapkowski actually wax poetic on women in general, as I feel his POV would be...skewed and from another generation.
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Posted 03 February 2020 - 02:08 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 03 February 2020 - 01:56 PM, said:

I don't know that I could stomach listening to Sapkowski actually wax poetic on women in general, as I feel his POV would be...skewed and from another generation.


In spoiler tags for those who don't want to pull their hair out at his nonsense:
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Posted 03 February 2020 - 02:51 PM

View PostTheRetiredBridgeburner, on 03 February 2020 - 02:08 PM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 03 February 2020 - 01:56 PM, said:

I don't know that I could stomach listening to Sapkowski actually wax poetic on women in general, as I feel his POV would be...skewed and from another generation.


In spoiler tags for those who don't want to pull their hair out at his nonsense:
Spoiler




There is also the fact that:

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For reference, I stopped the books around TIME OF CONTEMPT as I could not take any more. The show, I like tho.
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Posted 03 February 2020 - 09:56 PM

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Posted 04 February 2020 - 07:57 AM

Interestingly enough, Yennefer's storyline is what made my GF love the Witcher.
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Posted 28 March 2020 - 12:59 PM

Just finished watching this, and have to say I enjoyed that. I can accept the changes they made from the books. Reading through the comments above I sympathise with the view that it's not slavic enough in tone.

I didnt like the change to Sodden that they made much. Nilfgaards armour is silly as is some of their characterisation of them as Zealots. Hopefully that will prove a hollow bit of propaganda as we get stuck into the machinations of Nilfgaard.

Acting was pretty good and I felt most of the characters.

Now the timelines are synched and the scene is set I'm hopeful that season 2 will be even better!
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Posted 17 August 2021 - 08:09 AM

A Witcher anime on Netflix 23 Aug 21. Very Castlevania-y.



Ha! The main character's (Vesemir) voice is provided by the guy who did the voice of Hector in Castlevania (Theo James). And did the voice of Young Vesemir in Witcher Season 1.
Well there you go.

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Posted 17 August 2021 - 08:48 AM

Aren't all the witchers supposed to be white haired? Or was that just because Geralt and Vesemir are old?
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Posted 30 August 2021 - 11:15 AM

Just watched The Nightmare of the Wolf during the weekend. Very grim, but liked it a lot. I still haven't read the books though so might be it sucks ass to someone who has.

Would've liked to see more of something where a big group of Witcher battle or do stuff together, since that's always rare.

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Posted 30 August 2021 - 12:35 PM

I didn't mind it. Definitely in keeping with the grim setting though.
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Posted 02 September 2021 - 07:53 AM

View PostAptorian, on 17 August 2021 - 08:48 AM, said:

Aren't all the witchers supposed to be white haired? Or was that just because Geralt and Vesemir are old?


From memory there were a few in the games with brown hair.
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Posted 02 September 2021 - 09:15 AM

View PostMaark Abbott, on 02 September 2021 - 07:53 AM, said:

View PostAptorian, on 17 August 2021 - 08:48 AM, said:

Aren't all the witchers supposed to be white haired? Or was that just because Geralt and Vesemir are old?


From memory there were a few in the games with brown hair.


Yeah the hair colour isn't a Witcher thing. I think Geralt just naturally had white hair or it was caused by the mutations. Vesemir was just old and hence had gray hair.
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Posted 02 September 2021 - 07:01 PM

In the video game (The Witcher 3) the white hair is explained by Trial of Grasses. That training that only 1 out of 10 (or is it 3 out of 10) survive.
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Posted 07 September 2021 - 08:52 PM

View PostBriar King, on 07 September 2021 - 07:41 PM, said:

Finished ep 4. I thought Ciri was his daughter? Don’t really know what this Law of Surprise shit is.

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Posted 08 September 2021 - 07:19 AM

CD Projekt Red and a Japanese illustrator, Hataya, are releasing a hardcover manga book about Ronin Geralt's adventures in Japan. There will also be a retail-version for sale later, but then you'll be missing 55 pages worth of extra content.

It's currently in Kickstarter until 27.9.2021. Basic is 35€, 50€ with a poster. There's also a bunch of extra stuff available for order.
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Now, their answer as to why the $8.1 billion company is using Kickstarter:
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Posted 29 October 2021 - 03:34 PM

Looks great!

We really enjoyed Season 1, so quite looking forward to this.


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Posted 29 October 2021 - 03:45 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 29 October 2021 - 03:34 PM, said:

Looks great!

We really enjoyed Season 1, so quite looking forward to this.




That's some decently delivered iambic pentameter bookending this:

'I've lived through three | suppose- ed ends of days'

'I made new friends, get over it. Jealous!'

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Posted 29 October 2021 - 08:06 PM

I am excited for this!
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Posted 31 October 2021 - 12:35 PM

Looking forward to it! Also spotted a Yorkshire landmark they filmed at in the trailer - woop! :D
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Posted 19 December 2021 - 03:18 AM

Episode 1 of season 2, good return to the world and the wonderful Kristofer Hivju is in it!
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