In all fairness they keep getting separated in the books as well . From what I remember Geralt, Ciri. and to a lesser extent Yennefer spend more time trying to find each other then they spend together. Though I don't think anyone ever says we need to stay together. It's shown with how desperately Geralt and Ciri fight to stay together.

@@Legacyartist Yeah the last 3 books is the main story line of Geralt trying to get to Ciri and Ciri is talked about as the key to power of time and space repeatedly in the books and everyone is wants her dead or alive because of it, but the show does it in poor taste

You guys dislike the show yet you watch it the definiton of insanity

@@pedropierre9594 I watched part 1 of season 3. Saw all I needed to see to know that I’m not be interested in part 2…

@@pedropierre9594 I don’t dislike it, I just think it’s written by people that think they have to reinvent the wheel or don’t understand what makes the story good

an alternate universe is enjoying that show right now :(

cof cof game of throne last season

@@naruroGCS you understand the last book had not been released so the writers had to do their own thing that season. but the rest of the seasons and house of the dragon are great cause the books were there to take source from. SADLY THE DONKEYS AT NETFLIX cant understand how to have diversity and a good show even though they already have the books. tbh couldnt give a shit about diversity i just wanna watch something fun. why tf netflix of all companies took witcher

​@@Hanfosha11223they already deviated fromthebooks in season 5 and 6 and flaws were coming up then although they still had books they could have covered

In this case , like so many others,Netflix just gave the go and the money , some other production companies made this for them . Netflix is hunting for content and unfortunately the quality standards when approving a project are very low it seems ...this is why some projects are good some are terrible on their platform ...it all depends on the creators

took the DBZ approach

Which show did you watch? Not Witcher

@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 Na, er hat recht. Super schlecht inzseniert.

@@solokom vielleicht habe ich niedrigere Ansprüche - und bin happy das es die Serie in dieser Form überhaupt gibt, ich habe alle Bücher gelesen und gehört - das Witcher Universum ist echt spannend. Die Serie ist für mich keine Kopie der Bücher (wäre auch nicht möglich) sondern eine Erweiterung.

​@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 Den Eindruck habe ich auch, dass deine Ansprüche sehr niedrig sind. ;) Die ersten beiden Staffeln fand ich noch gut, besser als viele andere. Die 3. Staffel ist aber objektiv schlecht.

I know, regardless of the situation with Henry, how do you end a season with 2 episodes of blatant filler and no exciting end? Almost seems like vindictive sabotage of Henrys last moments in the role.

and sadly, it was STILL the best action scene of the season.

Milva is a proper hunter/tracker/killer, not this tiny, wimpy annoying dick*ead. She is such a total badass in the book. What a s***y end, it's just unbelievable how they screwed it up.

There were two reasons that killed that scene for me: 1) it had no real impact or meaning to it, and 2) that bit at the end where those three Nilfgaardian soldiers "snuck up" on Geralt; he was "saved" by that annoying elven archer who keeps saying "you'd be dead now". Geralt just slaughtered a dozen soldiers single-handed and we're to believe he couldn't take the last three? PLEASE.

Also it kinda made Geralt look bad because Geralt from the books would NEVER kill someone with cold blood because they pissed him off. He killed when he was provoked, when he had to, not just because he didn't like someone's actions.

Its kinda bitter sweet that he left because they clearly need him and we want him back...but Im also happy he stoop up for what he belived in and didnt help these sorry ass writers destroying a beloved character.

That’s actually an interesting point . By him leaving , he is demonstrating that money can’t buy you, and if the writing sucks, stand up against it.

He didn't leave. He was thrown out.

He was fired Lol

@@4Moth2Mellow0 Considering they had literal advertisements while the show was running proclaiming "Henry is still Geralt for Season 3! Please watch!"...I very much doubt that they let him go willingly. If they did, then they would have been thinking of any way possible to get out of their arrangement with Liam, and sign Henry back on the instant that they realized their viewership was tanking.

Yup, they should get the Title as the Butcher of Blaviken 😂

*hollywood not just netflix how many IP is destroyed now ? star wars star trek ghostbusters terminator lord of the rings men in black charlie's angels *almost every single disney live action remake MCU willow indiana jones

@@pedrino321 the butcher of the butcher. 😬

I disagree. Henry gave it absolutely everything he could. It was the writers making him into a little bitch because they were butthurt that he dare had standards for the show. Just look at the care they put into Geralt getting his ass kicked...

I mean he did great with what he was given for sure. Henry made this show what it was for sure. Liam could do good but I think this shows doomed at this point

The unicorn and desert is an important : In The Witcher Season 3, Ihuarraquax finds and saves Ciri in the Korath desert after she portalled there accidentally while escaping from Vilgefortz. In the books, Ihuarraquax is just a colt when he meets Ciri, unlike in the show, where he appears fully grown. Ihuarraquax became Ciri’s guardian angel, helping rescue her when she finally got captured by the king of the Wild Hunt.

@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 wtf did that have anything to do with what he said lmao

To be fair: When Ciri hugged her "mother", she said something like "I wish you were really here", implying she knew, it was fake.

@@janherfs3063 yes that was clear to me that Ciri was in the moment, found comfort knowing well it was just her grandmother and mother as an illusion, but a good one

Agreed - but I don't mind since it is an important "growth" experience for her to be on her own and find her way

They do set it up as interesting that early on though. You know Little Horse will play a bigger role later - I suspected so anyway. Here it was some random-ass unicorn.

All of the ciri stuff is weak in the books tbh. Geralt and jaskier getting into trouble is the best content in the books by far.

Seemed like a really obvious jesus tribute, facing temptation in the desert. It was incredibly boring.

ya the entire time I'm like walking through desert for 40min boring.....

Imagine watching Secret invasion ep.6 after the second part 😭😭😭

Not saying that it automatically makes them better, but the last four episodes are probably the closest that the series has come to be being 1:1 with what happens in the books, aside from some of the short stories.

This season was pretty close to the books , peop,e who say different are flat out lieing

Shit became total disney

probably was drunk whoever allowed it, showing same story from 5 different angles over and over doesnt make it very exciting.

now you know how comicbooks fan feel

The only good Witcher thing from Netflix was that Nightmare Of The Wolf anime they made back in the day. Its amazing how a simple movie is 100% better written than all 3 seasons of this show combined.

​@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9rWell that's because that anime was made by the same crew who did the Castlevania anime. They actually give a shit about the franchises they adapt. I hope they make one for Doom

The casting was horrible, it was the biggest red flag from the get go.

The show writers admitted they didn't like the source material. I just don't get why they companies keep hiring people to adapt something they don't even like. Literally makes no sense.

This version of the Witcher is nothing but a skin-suit for the writers' and show-runners' preoccupations and pet ideas, so they don't give a shit about the complex characterization of the novels, nor even the games.

@@rclaws3230 it´s nothing but a bad fanfic

Cahir had romantic feelings for ciri, if i remember right.

They're not even fans just sad imitation writers that want to inject their own crap into someone else's better works

I mean u could still say he the same in the show? besides the Thanned confrontation u not really a building a strong comparison in here buddy. Sorrys *shrugs*

Its the oldest wizard in continent, and he died on heart attack was thing from book.

@@konradpietrzak3842 Yep, but it was the first time we ever saw him

Dood and he was the said one Eldest mage.....shouldn't he be the most powerful 🤧 😂🤷🏾‍♂️

and Joey, that dude looked so miserable and checked out the whole season.

OMG. I thought I was the only one who noticed.😂

Yes henry has zero soul in this season. you can literally see the amount of fucks given. ZERO and its deserved the writing is complete cheeks.

@@Tadicuslegion78 I think the other major actors in the series don't want to be there any more than Henry, but they are nowhere near as famous and may worry about what comes next after the series is over. They probably make good money on the Witcher and don't want that to go away even if they don't like the job much anymore. Henry is famous enough he can walk away while giving the showrunner a middle finger.

Yesss, he just gave zero fucks in some of those scenes... Bro was just so tired...

OMG that was so awful and made the show look EXTRA cheap

The song wasn't the problem for me, the episode itself was what annoyed me in how it *wasted your goddamn time* and had the writers sniffing their own farts with how clever they thought they were. All for a reveal everyone basically alredy knew

@@filipvadas7602I knew less than halfway through what was going on, just didn’t know for sure which players would be in which roles…. They absolutely thought they were extra clever, but it just came off as boring and a way to add filler to the episode to stretch it to an hour.

@@filipvadas7602 yeah that too! I'm so mad at this series

Yeah, that Cahill nonsense took me by surprise, especially since he killed one of his elf best friends to get to that point

I'm already at that point right now where I don't want anymore adaptations. If they don't care about the source material then I don't care about the show.

TRUTH

I couldn't watch the last episode. 10 min and I searched for angry joe's review. The series is dead

The show makes me want AI to replace all these writers...

For the Emperor!!!!!!

"While the enemies of the Emperor still draw breath, there can be no peace." - Captain Gabriel Angelos

Unless ESGs also infect 40k 😂

With what they’ve done to the Horus Heresy and 40k I hope the writers aren’t involved in his project and he actually cares about the lore as much as people think he does.

For the emperor of man

If they were not going to do a retale of the books or games, I thought Netflix was going the monster of the week route. If they wanted to turn the Witcher into generic fantasy action they would have had more success with that.

Let me fix it. Step 1. Lightning spell and flame ring is used against the elves IMMEDIATELY killing 200 down to 30 enemies who are under the all the enemy sorcerers shielding together. The lightning knocks out the caster. The wizard vs wizard battle begins. Bam. Fight better. Next Geralt assumes he is better at combat. He goes in without prep. He has 0 knowledge of the staff. He tries to aggressively parry the staff and go for a counter, but the staff expands and crushes Geralts main sword arm launching him backwards into a rock. Geralt fights one handed now with a crippled leg realizing his mistake and how he could have used Quin first. Casting yrden Geralt gains the upper hand. The staff boy runs after Ciri and Geralt cannot keep up nor win outside the circle while wounded. Bam.

yep

Thats why we hope for 40k show

And he's also a bad actor.

Cavill Geralt was also nothing like book Geralt, a lot of peoples seems to ignore it. I would even say it was polar oposite

@@imsentinelprime9279 I wouldn’t say he’s a bad actor, I’d say he’s pretty good at playing certain type of roles.

Turing the show into a meme is the only thing that will save it now.

Honestly he's not a bad choice for the role lol

Make nick xage that old man witcher 3 and follow him

Exactly. It’s so obvious

the butcherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr WHOOOO!!! OF BLAVIKEN! YEAH

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought they were trying to do an Avengers team up shot during the battle

also thought, the writers didn't do their homework, not reading and not understanding the Witcher saga at all.

If I had to guess, they probably wanted Yen to have a bigger role than she had in the books. IIRC, after she betrays Geralt in Aretuza, the author mostly forgets about her until the last book.

@@cloverjoker yea, she basically stands around like a statue for a few books

Its awful didn't give it away? 😂

Netflix subscription renewal

at least his last scene was a cool fight.

Did he die in the end? I am Netflix user no more; P I didnt catch it

@@enrikekasijas705 no. We see him stride off victorious.

The first season was actually pretty close to the first book, probably why it was the best one idk why it's so hard to keep it going

In the shows defense there are a lot of characters, but they are done so much better the creator tried to add more sub plot for them and it just so crappy

You can have a bunch of characters and storylines, the problem is that you also need to invest time and effort to make them stand out and have people be invested. Something the show's writers fast forwarded through and expected to have the same impact.

There aren't - there's just too many for the writers to handle. Consider how many characters and factions there are in GoT, especially around seasons 3-5. And that was arguably peak GoT.

Have u read the books😂

Combined? As in whole season 3

Who are the main protagonists=? Ciri, Yen and Geralt - and Geralt got much more then 12 minutes - his presence is there the whole show

Ciri is protagonist of saga as books going on.

@@konradpietrzak3842 You clearly don't know what you're talking about.Its called The Witcher,not Ciri of Cintra.Andrzej has spoken about this many times.

​@@SergyMilitaryRankingsbruhhhh i dont need other people to tell me She Hulk sucks. Because from most watchers' perspective, it sucks. The writing is just horrible

YOU GOTTA HAVE A MONTAAAAGE (montaaaage)

Or they just call the fans toxic and ists and isms

Well this one did not fail it was great

@@majorastorm well if they are toxic you must call them out. This channel here lives from shitstorm only - not from setting a positive tone.

One of the producers used the excuse that they had to simplify things for American viewers instead of taking blame

I’m one for hiring whoever is best for the job. When Henry Cavil got announced I was on the fence because he wasn’t who I thought Geralt looked like but I choose to wait and see how he did and was pleasantly surprised. Same with Yennefer. But to find out that they didn’t do it for whoever was best but because they weren’t white is just awful to me. I love Yennefer in the show she def won me over. Finding out that they just hired them to be “woke” is just such a let down. It shows the priority of these studios. The live action Snow White is a new example of this.

@@GinoGonzalez12 I honestly can't stand this Yenn. She's nothing like in the books or game, her voice gets very grating a lot of the time as well. Plus how Yenn was written is fucking terrible. She would never do so much of what they had her do in this show.

Sadly tv aint about entertainment anymore, this new movie thats comming with snow white and the seven dwarves about a love story, and now there making it into a women impowerment story no love. Just make a different movie dont call it snowwhite and making something totally different for the sake of diversity and empowerment

@@MagicBricklayers I literally had the same reaction. Just make it it’s own movie. I love Encanto. It’s an original story that they made and it was beautiful. Just fucking make another “princess” movie. But noooo they use the Snow White title for clicks and easy money

Oh God here we go... All of you people b*tching & moaning about the diversity in the show, and blaming why the show failed on THAT, fail to realize that even if the cast had been ALL white people, but the writing & dialogue, etc. was allllll still the same: THE SHOW WOULD STILL SUCK 🥴🤣 LMAO Like, just because the director wanted to include People of Color in the show, does NOT have any bearing on whether or not the *story* will end up feeling hollow, or end up w/nobody caring about the characters, OR how the book readers will react to all of the changes getting made from the lore. Cuz the color of the actor's skin, has nothing to do with ANY of that sh*t. Nothing would actually be f*cking improved, simply by making the cast all white! So it's really telling what you have decided to be so mad about here. Like, VERY telling. lol It was the same issue w/"Rings of Power" when it aired too. You people kept b*tching & moaning about the diversity in THAT show as well... as if making the cast all white would have fixed ANYTHINGGG w/that bum ass show! The main problem is bad writing, and people behind these projects not caring whether or not the characters FEEL true to their natures, according to the lore. Or, caring whether the lore is even followed at all! THAT is the real issue. And it is the reason we are seeing such a downgrade in quality of the content that we love nowadays. It's got nothing to do w/the color of the actors in these projects! It's too many egotistical producers & directors taking an IP & deciding that they're gonna do whatever THEY want to with it, which fundamentally changes the *nature* of the content. Races of the actors is irrelevant! Bottom line: bigotry isn't just evil... it's also really, really stupid too. We as consumers need to stay focused ffs, and start demanding better for the content that we love... instead of just getting online & constantly b*tching that theres too many black & brown people in our entertainment now. Cuz frankly, Hollywood doesn't have to listen to whack ass complaints like THAT anymore. 😒 It IS 2023 afterall.

Gerhart of Aellem the oldest living mage and also introduced such in the show. He also died exactly from a heart attack in the books like in the Netflix show during the Thanedd coup.

Exactly

The comment i was looking for

It’s been really frustrating listening to people complain about book accurate aspects in this season when ironically they’re asking for a more faithful adaptation. But their ideal adaptation is centered around the third game. There is MUCH more than just geralt and I don’t think a lot of people realize that. Your comment is the best take I’ve seen about this messy season I’ve seen yet. It’s way more nuanced then people are making it out to be

I am ngl I really needed this comment. I am just starting to read the books and on Sword of Destimy atm. I was feeling so weird about feeling mad at the story and how everything turned out yet it was the same as the books. I felt maybe I was being incredibly biased and couldn't critisize the show because I like Henry. This comment gives me hope that it wasn't just me. I hope when I read the books I feel and understand the story better than here. In all honesty I just felt like I didn't care about anything in this show.

As someone who has read the books, but hasn't seen the show, this comment explains a lot. Because a LOT of the comments I'm seeing on this video are of the form "I hate that they've done this, it wasn't in the source material" when what they're describing sounds EXACTLY like what's in the source material (Ciri in the desert, Geralt getting absolutely mauled by Vilgefortz, the main characters being apart a lot of the time, etc.)

Ya don't remind me😢 this was not what happened in the books

That's shit seriously pissed me off lol

Was he there days or months? I thought I heard somebody say months but it did feel like days. Whatever. Doesn't matter. He's off to get a face-lift I guess.

true in the books he was knocked out for weeks and not days..

Read the books, the make so much more sense

Cahir is kind of a simp for Ciri in the books but the difference is that he saved her life in Cintra and fell in love with her there (he’s a lot younger, late teens or so, so it’s not as creepy), he didn’t just switch on a dime like he did in the show

@@justlivin2499 interesting to hear, it felt like such a sudden switch in the show, I wondered if I missed a scene or forgot something. Just out of curiosity: Freya Allan: 21 years old Eamon Farren: 38 years old

And so much more. Even the parts that are actually from the books they show/explain/get to in such a shitty way everything is painful to watch

@@blammela not really - I find them very well adopted.

OBAMAS OWN IT..should tell you everything

The Witcher 3 is literally my favorite game ever and I was enjoying the show but these last 2 episodes were awful the 1st one was pretty good tho

Show started dying before his departure...it was the cause for his departure. So much pitential forever wasted.

You must have seen a different show or not read the books. Season 3 is awesome - if you read the books before.

⁠@@bavariancarenthusiast2722🤣 sure whatever you gotta tell yourself. Season 3 is a dumpster fire

@@vincentrock5601 well I am sorry that it is for you - not for me

He moans about everything he ever watches. Literally he's never been happy about anything.

@@n4n1damnikr they must be new here

@@n4n1damn Thats not at all true, and clearly shows you dont watch alot of this channel.

​@Judokast36 stop simping for Alex.

@@Judokast36 name 1 thing.

Nah, bro. Noone becomes a professional writer so they can adapt someone else's work. You can say all you want about "job" and "responsibility", but at the end of the day this is an artist and their art. The last thing they want to do is trace. This show was straight trash and the writing is horrible, but they're still more proud of this then they would have been just telling someone else's story, even if it would have been better.

But we like the games and they don't stick to the plot of the books

@@seand7042 they stick with the plot of the books but need to adapt it to a screen play,

Go and try to write a screen play adoption yourself, make sure that it it works in a show and that you stay in a given time and budget. After we talk.

I just watched a 3-hour watch-along that Peter Jackson did for Lord of the Rings. Every writer should study that. They never made a change out of ego. All the changes that they made were for the betterment of the pace, the characters, and the structure of the film. All changes were carefully deliberated and argued. Highly recommended!

That was the worst part for me it made no sense at all. All of episode six was so nonsensical I didn't finish the last two. What is that thing at the end Ciri was talking to? Vilgefortz was like you're not powerful enough?

And doesn’t bother mentioning “your daddy’s looking for you” …… so frustrating

You can just stop watching - your loss but then the show is cancelled in your mind, while we can enjoy it. solved

@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 Explain how this garbage pile is enjoyable?

​@@Nico78Notdon't worry he would be the only one watching for enjoyment 😂

they are so much better

Books are always generally better. Except for maybe shadow and bone, I heard the author made changes in that show because something didn't make too much sense in her books lol.

The books are really good. They're slightly different with certain names because things obviously get lost in translation, but they're still really good. And then you'll be able to realize which episodes this "show" decided to use...and then change...and how absolutely annoying those changes truly are -- and that's before the show actually makes up their own stuff in general. The books add a lot of character depth that the show lacked because the casting was so terrible and the writing was the worst you'll see. Enjoy the books! Oh and might I add. There are also some really good graphic novels that have great art and really solid stories. 100% worth it.

they are amazing bro

The books are spectacular. You're in for a treat. I highly recommend buying the orbital hardcover editions of all the books which were published recently at the start of 2023. They all have beautiful lore-accurate artwork and even include a world map, and the first two books (Last Wish and Sword of Destiny) include several illustrations.

100% agree. Honestly when I read the books they came across a lot like a screenplay. Each scene is very easy to digest and visualize, and to not be able to translate it all to film required some incredible incompetency.

Cause the writers think they can make it better

@@triggerfairy4070 and the crux of them thinking they can make it better, is by thinking making it more diverse and feminist will make it better. Like Rings of Power and so many other garbage modern movies/shows.

​@@anon2752the books are already insanely feminist and progressive, it's crazy it came out so long ago and from flipping Poland.

@@xKalisto Yeah but not this much, geralt was still the main character unlike this show.

They dont have to come up with things to do with him, they can just follow the fucking source material. A retarded 10-year-old child must have written this show. I just dont understand how something so expensive can be done so poorly. I mean it cant even be worse, there is nothing good in this show.

His death In the books not only happens waaaay later in the story but is also way more satisfying

Desert when on for a long time in the book, Im glad NFLX shortened it.

@@clintonspx1200 The entire desert scene is about convey desperation from Ciri, uncertainty in the reader about what happened to Geralt and Yen at Thanned, and to lead to Ciri renouncing her magic...but the problem is that in the series that was no set up to that.

Blame the books mate

@@bjornlothbrok3604 why, they didn’t even happen that way in the books, Filivandrel didn’t die and Rience dies 2 books later with a far more satisfying death

@@bjornlothbrok3604someone didnt read the books and it shows bud

Filavandrel's death was fucking hilarious. My boy wanted out of this series ASAP and I don't blame him. How do you fuck up writing a story that's already been written for you ? Oh yeah, you try to change it.

@@TheMystKing999 I can’t take that scene seriously because all I can think of is “Get down Mr President!!!”

Also Cahir having a change of heart after having one little talk with Fringilla was just laughable.

@@christiancallahan348 And the Emperor going, after everything that's gone down in 3 seasons, you, Fringilla seem trustworthy enough to be put in charge. Instead of ya know, arresting her or executing her for being an escape prisoner?

@@christiancallahan348 I'm glad I didn't watch it from what I remember in the books it was Geralt sparring Cahir's life is what started his redemption arc. I don't even recall Fringilla and Cahir ever interacting in the books. Heck I don't even remember Fringilla being all that important in the books outside of villian of the week antics trying to get Ciri.

@@Legacyartist Yeah yeah because it's Geralt's with his trope after getting patched up by the Druids and they run into him

@@christiancallahan348 wdym? Changing sides to Ciri? No, I think that was his purpose from get go, but god damn that seems dumb so much work to essentially say sorry, wtf?

Series*

Yes gotta agree, a complete waste

First season was ok, good world building

@@brandonchutt312 I thought so too but after reading books they completely changed so many characters even geralt was fundamentally changed by writers

I disagree - the season 3 was by far the best

To be fair as the books went on the focus did heavily shift from geralt to Ciri espicially the last 2 books

Yeah me too. Netflix sucks

same

Read the books of watch the making off - they explain it very well, you will understand

That description also applies to the amazing games.

@@skyman322 lol as much as that may be, the show was totally butchered... you could very well just call it some other show other than witcher and change all their names at that point and nobody would know any better... look at how shitty blood origin was when they were allowed to come up with their own bs...

@@teddybearclarence oh I know, just pointing out that good things can be made even if the original author hates them. And tbf his hate is more from he took a cash amount instead of royalties so he lost out on alot of money

@@skyman322 to be fair Sapkowski got alot of flak for suing CDPR, but he was right. They made a deal giving him a pittance, which surely he accepted, because something is better than nothing. Then they made bazillions out of his IP and they did not have the decency to say ''hey dude, I know we gave you less than what we pay our cleaning lady, take x millions as a token of appreciation for being the backbone of our main game''.

​@@joek600lol what? CDPR offered royalties but Sapkowksi only wanted a lump sum because he's an out-of-touch old man. He deserves all the shit he got.

How pathetic of them to disrespect the source material and Henry. Oh well GO WOKE GO BROKE I will certainly not be supporting this Dumpster Fire.

LoL. And Henry was right. Ironic. Palpatine noises.

Facts, he was my fave in the books. Maybe tied with Regis and Milva

@@stefvanroey8191 same

I was actually still kinda disappointed because that fight still nerfed Vilgefortz. What is it in the books? Something like in 4 moves Geralt is already taking blows to the head.

@@KeytarArgonian Sort of. And he did not use any "force push" either. Just enchanted staff. Though, I do think that show was able to convey that Vilge was toying with Geralt.

There's definitely a LOT in Foundation that isn't in the books. It depends on what your tolerance for stuff like that is. It's keeping my attention, but I view it as more "inspired by" than a direct conversion.

ciri in the desert was a great episode too imo

They changed the mechanic in which Hari Seldon predicts future. None of it makes sense in the show, none of it. Asimov's turbo rolling in his grave.

You never read the books and it shows. Season 3, especially the last 3 episodes were a spot-on interpretation of what happened in the books.

@@cody9883 "Spot-on interpretation", Cahir getting down on his knees and begging Ciri to kill him because of his guilt never happens in the books. He chases her, fights her, and tries to capture her right up until she teleports to the desert. He doesn't have a face turn until way later. Nice try though.

@@trickstergod9179 Yeah, it was Geralt who fucked Cahir up and killed all the elves with him, in a beautifully described scene btw

Read the book mate! The plot was very well adopted into the screen play.

Well, that’s book accurate use of signs, unfortunately

Well - thats not true, or maybe just for you. I read the books - love them, but love the series too - they adopted to books well - good writing especially season 3.

@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 shittest troll

@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 to this I'll just repeat what you said: "Well - thats not true, or maybe just for you"

I mean the whole Ciri in the desert arc was 1:1 book translation, on3 of the few things they haven't fecked up

She ends up in korath because the portal was warped. That’s what happens in the books, She needs to meet Ihuarraquax and lose her access to magic.

@@KeytarArgonianshe’s just relinquished her powers so you reckon they’re still including that storyline but later??

I dont think we are supposed to think Falka is a good person in the show either...

@@stefvanroey8191 yeah you’re right tbf. Personally, I just feel like the elf v human narrative is attempting to be an allegory for racism, and although that can work, I don’t feel like it fits with the lore or the stories original attempt, considering the fact no one is truly innocent and atrocities happen on both sides because of the shifting power dynamics. While we touch on it a little with Ciri wanting to unite them, both the elves and humans think they’re better than each other and we’re really being encouraged to sympathise for the elves in the show because the humans ‘colonised’ their lands like white people have often colonised, killed and discriminated against indigenous people. But for me, I’m not rooting for anyone, we were never really suppose to in the books, and the parallels aren’t working for because they feel a little shallow idk. Especially this whole woman empowerment thing, like making Calanthe this battle-hardened, swearing, racism woman felt odd to me. She was a good Queen because she was intelligent, fair-minded and strong willed. She didn’t hate the elves at all, and was quite progressive. This narrative that people hate what they don’t like about themselves I hate, like this whole idea Hitler was half-Jewish which was why he hated Jewish people is just false and harmful. We see it in Harry Potter with Voldemort being a half-blood, and here with Calathne being part Eleven. It’s false. And Francesca killing all those babies also paralleling the story of Moses, but in a fucked up perverted way. Idk, I know this is really long reply and no one cares haha but yeah, Ciri is a little disgusted by Falka but we kind of see her siding with her in the end, and leaning into that dark side (which could be good, no hate) but honestly, like so many events in my mind are so jumbled up and confused because I’m not really sure where everything is going I guess??

Unless its more woke pap

So you haven't read what the casting director and main director have said, it seems.

@@Tedphoenician You mean the people who actively hate the source material and just wanted to appropriate it to make their own story?

Season 1 Mandalorian but Witcher instead, every episode is a new adventure with the feel of the Witcher 3 side quests to them with a little hints of the overarching story and with ciri being introduced later on, would've been perfect

First episode of season 2 fuck yeah

That's what the first 2 books basically are and netflix skipped over them to get to all the ciri plotline stuff.

A lot of the side quest and contracts were the reason I became a fan.

Ofc they needed a strong female lead... Well actually 2 and a sidechar like Henry