"It has the first kiss between two men in the show." Ah yes. The important stuff.

Netflix should just stop. Once Cavill left, the whole fan base literally went with him.

It is like Netflix saw the disaster that the show Rings of Power is, and decided "hang on, we can make something even worse than that." And they did.

All these remakes and death blows to classics is like watching a toddler scribble his crayons all over a Renaissance oil painting masterpiece while his two blue-haired mommies tell him how brave he is.

Correction. It isn't the origin of the first witcher. It's what the show runners think was the origin of the first witcher which is why it fits into the lore like a square peg in a round hole. They didn't read the books. Or play the games. Or talk to anyone that knows what a witcher is and when they got hired probably in unison whined about why Geralt isn't gay. This could have been a new game of thrones if they came at it with even a tablespoon of respect for the source material and tried to stick as close as possible to it instead of sidelining the main god damned character to smash the patriarchy.

-It explores the unexplored lore of the witcher -The unexplored lore: Two men kissing

I'm a Polish person, not that it means much, but watching one of our greatest cultural exports get butchered over and over again kinda hurts my soul. No matter how used I got to watching terrible media, seeing The Witcher get disrespected will always bother me.

In the witcher 3 there was a side quest, where you investigate on a attack of mosters, together with a hunter. If you talk to him, Geralt thinks he's a werewolf, because he lives outside of the village and always keeps distance to it, but the man doesn't really want to talk about it ,but if you pressure him enough he says, that he loves another man and no one shall find out. This had so much more meaning in it just it wasn't shoved down my throat and was a story told realisticly for the time and world, the witcher taking place

Elves portrayed in this show are so...Human. Elves took pride in their way life. Them being one with the nature. They had a great sense of aesthetics which was evident from the elven ruins we see in the games. They were not the people to live in huge castles. They had a knack for philosophy and sophistication which separated them from humans. In every way possible. Their dress, design of their weapons etc. everything just showed how much they were rooted in their culture and took pride in it. Elves were masterful archers which show clearly decided to omit. The elves in the show look like rag tag band of thugs.

You have award winning books, award winning games. An AMAZING story! Source material that fans religiously love and protect. The perfect actor for Gerald that was an actual huge fan of the game and books. What does Netflix do? Shit on all mentioned above and create a woke garbage shit of a story…. Because that has worked for anything right?

Her reaction to her sister dying is almost like she's trying to hold in her laughter

The kind of "diversity" Netflix is pushing down our throats with The Witcher is an insult to Slavic mythology, history of Slavic people books are based on and the author himself

It's like Hollywood has forgotten how to do casting. Peter Jackson got it right when he did LoTR back in the day and that was what made it so amazing. Even the relatively unknown actors were perfectly cast. When you saw Hugo Weaving as an elf who was there three thousand years ago in battle with Sauron, you felt the weight of that moment. You saw the pain behind his eyes. When you saw Viggo Mortenson take up the sword of kings and go to confront the dead you saw a real king rising up to take his place. When you watched Liv Taylor carrying Frodo to safety, you saw a graceful and beautiful elf woman who could also hold her own. It was amazing. And apparently they've forgotten this ancient art.

"It has the first kiss between two men in the show" Talk about knowing what your customers want lmao!

- You must try this cake, it was so good. It was made by a gay baker who speaks sign language. -OK, So how's the flavour? -What do you mean by flavour? Oh, I forgot to tell, the Baker was black, and he was adopted by an Asian Couple. -Yeah.sure, but does it taste good? -Who cares? That's not the point, literally no one eats cakes for their favour.

I legit didn’t know they were elves from the promo material until you told me. They just look like people in the promo images, and I’ve only heard you talk about them being elves. It completely flew under the radar here that they are all elves. Which makes me think this is supposed to be Netflix’s “Rings of Power” which was supposed to be Amazon’s “Game of Thrones”.

As long time fan of The Witcher books and video game series, this is a low blow to us hardcore fans of the Witcher lore. The director and producers couldn’t go with the source material and rather do there own story that has nothing to do with the book or video game.

They were so busy ticking diversity boxes they forgot to employ a decent script writer, because the one they did use must have come straight off a teenage soap series. Your Dad knows his stuff!

It feels like Michelle Yeoh got lied to about the show being worth her time; but she's such a professional, she did her due diligence; she's the only good thing about Blood Origin.

The conjunction of spheres is a cool part of witcher lore not covered much by the books. It's an absolute shame that the opportunity to make something good here was wasted. Ball was teed up perfectly, and they missed completely.

🎵Toss a script to your Cavill - that actually matches - the books and the canon! Oh-oh-oh!

You're not terrible Lauren. Reading part of one book and then talking to some people who understand the lore is way more research than any of the writers of these series ever did.

"It explores part of the lore that's never been explored before" Probably because people don't normally write non canon stories

As polish person after watching 1st season of the first netflix series and the anime I think netflix shouldn't make anything witcher related anymore.

"The cast , more diverse than the next..." that is a woke meter maxed out

I like how the defining characteristic of elves is pointy ears, that's it, nothing else defines an elf.

Thanks for voicing these views. Sometimes I feel like I’m the one going mad for not liking these junk productions when others seem to eat them up. Your Dad is bang on.

they even managed to make rings of power elves look cooler

"It ticks just about every box, we just need blind and disabled characters to get a full house

To quote a line from the show “It’s been done to death.”

Watched the first episode yesterday and I'm already having thoughts if it's worth continuing..

I’m pretty sure the show runners wanted Cavill to cameo in this as well He took one look at the scripts and flat out refused

“All these things are awesome about our show” “So it’s got a great story right?” “It’s got the first gay kiss between guys” 🤨 “Annndddd??”

It explores a part of the lore that hasn’t been explored is top level gaslighting on par with “we’re not changing lord of the rings, we’re just reinterpreting it!”

Just wondering where did you get those sakura panels at the back.

It's not bad acting... It's what STRONG WOMAN look like

It's like they just walked around Skid Row and ask random people if they want to be a writer or showrunner for $20 a day?

Michelle Yeoh should have taken Henry’s example

HBO MAX: Velma Netflix: Witcher Blood Origins *WOKE-THEMED SHOWS ARE PURE ABOMINATION*

Lol oh man @mediaholic, Your description at the beginning was just perfect 😂

Netflix literally did what all fans hate (see Rings of Power, Halo and so on) and doubled down on it even harder. Like they were going for "how much can we actually change this and put 2023 ideals into it?" The scores from critics and fans alike..agreeing its shit, says it all. Great thoughts and breakdown.

My guess is that the Liam Hemsworth version of Geralt will never see the light of day. The Witcher series will end after Henry's season 3 finale, Netflix has killed it.

The analogy with "troubled couple deciding to have a kid to repair things" - epic! Bravo, well put!

Thanks again Lauren for watching these shows so we don't have to 😂 also I love the inclusion of your dad in these videos. He is so cute

I couldn't enjoy it because there were no left handed Turkish atheists on the show. Just... couldn't connect. And they talk about representation.

I watched it all and it was just another show delivering us, in an unsubtle manner, "The Message".

Is the show good? “It’s great, so much diversity!” Is the story good? “It’s amazing. A very diverse story that touches on a lot of current social issues.” Is the acting good? “The cast is so diverse!”

14:50 hehe, we live in a time were tell beats show in every instance. _"I gonna tell you what to think/do/say"_ Instead of *"do as I do, lead from the front, be a roll modell, action speakers louder than **-Crowder-** words, be the best you can be etc"*

It used to be that movies/tv shows that were endorsed by the media were bad… and movies/tv shows that were hated by the media were good… buts it has gotten to the point where EVERYTHING that comes out is just absolute garbage.

In reference to the "Low born/borne" arc: in Kill Bill: Vol 1, O-Ren is sensitive about being half Chinese half Japanese and leading the Yakuza. A veteran member is the one that brings up her heritage... and is promptly separated from his head, pretty powerful stuff. Or maybe she could've just given a speech about her insecurities, who knows?

we should be thanking blood origins, they may have finally been the push to stop doing bs like this and actually find people that care for their work.

What is that moneymaking formula that your dad talked about when he was explaining about Hong Kong cinema? Can you make a video expanding on it? Or is there already a video? Sorry this is my first time watching your channel.

The casting director is probably one of those people that thinks a 5' 0", 600lb woman can be a super model because of positivity... So sure, tiny women and scrawny metro's are 'great warriors'. It would have been a nice surprise if one person in the show could actually act but given the evidence of Wheel of Time, Rings of Power and Willow acting obviously isn't a requirement for a streaming service show. These people live in a bubble within a bubble, completely detached from the potential audience and reality.

As a gay dude, I cried and wrote a memoir about how my life changed after seeing the two men kiss in fantasy medieval times. I have never felt so seen 👁👄👁 I'm pretty sure I would be beheaded if I chose a husband durng those times but hey, i gotta be represented in this show or i couldn't possibly relate.

Good rant! Also totally digging your dad 21:20... Reminds of my late grandmah. She also had hoodie and a bit of yo yo style.

Well, I would love to see how would you describe the first Witcher movie series made in 2002 in Poland with Michał Żebrowski portrayed as Geralt. And Im sorry if you already did that as i haven seen the video

They got rid of Henry Cavill, who was AMAZING as Geralt, was passionate about the source material, and was extremely popular with the fanbase, for this crap. And they wonder why their company has non-stop layoffs…

In 26 minutes, you have proven you could have done a better job with this series than the entire writing/production staff Netflix paid to make it :)

..That last bit I thought you were just referencing your dad but then I didn’t expect you would show him ON VIDEO for what he had to say lmao🤣💀

It's funny that a game I played that was a Japanese exclusive game I had to find an English translation for had a character give a better reaction to a family members death than a live action show, the game only giving text on a screen

Personally speaking this series looked bad from the first trailer that was dropped for the show. I had no desire to watch it then and them firing Cavill doesn’t help much either.

The writers couldn't have been more blind to their audience. The audience loves the source material since its where the entire story originates. These new writers as we all know hate the source material and seemed to think they could do better than the original author while at the same time making it diverse, woke, and literally embedded with politics. Huge mistake and Hollywood seems to make this mistake over and over. Add that on top of Henry Cavil quitting the show over these very matters and it makes for a disaster of mega proportions.

Oh my god that’s your pops?! And he’s interested in your work and watches fantasy series?! God you hit the jackpot! All my dad does is watch the weather channel and end of the world prepped crap. You’re really blessed to have that. Cherish it.

hi i’m new here and i rly liked this video. i just watched two commentary videos on this show and got annoyed cause they just complained for 10 minutes but didn’t tell the story or gave examples of why the show is bad. one of them didn’t even show a single scene of the show. so i’m really happy i stumbled upon this! the video was really well made and i love the dad cam btw haha i also just want to see more women in the commentary side of yt cause imo they’re not being hyped enough so I just subscribed and am happy to see more from you! :)

What Netflix has done is actually impresive af. Being polish, I can tell you for a fact, noone thought the Netflix Witcher content would be worse than the first Witcher TV show made by us. Simply due to the budged. But they actually did it, it's really insane lmao. I really recommend watching the OG polish show, don't get me wrong, it's bad, but it has something Netflix' Witcher lacks, atmosphere.

I couldn't agree more, it was pathetic. And the inclusion of every woke group and efforts didn't add anything worth while!

There are red flags (before watching your video, let's see how our ideas match) -- major one for me is, when actors and producers don't speak about show, story and so on, but about "first kissing scene" and so on.

Calling it "The Witcher” is like slapping the name Duracell on a pack of Dollar General batteries. Then you get them home only to find out the DG batteries were stolen and replaced with random bits of unidentifiable debris.

A massive difference between showing and not telling would be House of Dragons in comparison to this show. This show uses 4 episodes to squeeze out like a weeks worth of events in which a good portion is said rather than shown. House of Dragons does a lot of showing and manages to squeeze several decades into 10 episodes while making every episode feel like a great movie. You feel engaged, you not only learn about characters but grow fond of them and you just feel yourself slowly slipping into the universe this story is taking place in. Blood Origin feels like a TikTok video made by teenagers...

Not only were the cast insane. The people who work on the show are.

the witcher based on polish mythology but they forcing different race into it makes 0 sense..

I think Disparu’s intro to his episode two review is all that needs to be said about this show

It is becoming so difficult, to find something worth watching nowadays. When will it be enough for them???

That's gotta be one of the most based Dad's I've ever seen.

I'm a fan of The Witcher,but not from Netflix. I don't like Netflix shows. I am most pleased with the Polish version of The Witcher 2002, the game and Alzur's Legacy.

This intentional shoehorning of diversity and female empowerment across media has had an opposite effect on a lot of people, including me. Ten years ago, when people were tossing around the idea of Idris Elba playing James Bond, I was like, “A smooth, badass British guy? Hell yeah, I can see it.” Now, if they cast a black actor as Bond, I distrust Hollywood’s agenda to such an extent, I wouldn’t be able to help thinking, “A smooth, black British guy? I’m getting worried…” Their relentless insistence that diversity is more important than quality has got me seeing race and gender more than I ever have in the past. It just sucks. Hollywood, you’ve pushed moderate liberals like myself further away with your fanaticism. What if instead of forced diversity, it was forced Christianity. Pretty sure if quality was sacrificed in favor of every character promoting Christianity at every turn, you’d eventually even get some Christians going, “God damn, fuck all this.”

I have a feeling they cast Michelle yeoh just for the name recognition. She's the only one I feel bad for thats working on Blood Origin.

"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!" -- Robot Devil, _Futurama_

The monoliths 🏢 were made by Netflix's Cleopatra After all she's a master swordman/scientist/scholar/astronaut/scuba diver/pro-wrester 😅

The potential we’ve could’ve had. Maybe show how the elves got to this world, maybe show the Vran the lizard civilization that was here. More of this world’s original inhabits. Like dopplers, Lutin’s and Godlings. Or maybe the actually origin of Ciri , Lara Dorren and why some love and respect her and why others hate her. Maybe show why the elves that came here broke up into two clans in the first place. But nah we just get a kinda shit original story.

Looking at the cast tells me all I need to know.

Shout out to Papa Chen! The REAL Star of these reviews! 😜 Anyway, thanks for watching these shows so that we don't have to. Hope you had a great Christmas and have a great New Year. P.S. Hope to see you back on FNT or TISM soon.

Very well presented. This was my takeaway as well (though there were more expletives in my internal monologue).

Up to 0:03, it feels like a way they were starting to describe a good The Witcher adaptation. From anything foward that I'm just laughing.

I’ve played the games and watched the first two seasons. They should have done the origin like a horror story where humans are dying in droves by monsters, then mages and knights form the. First children Witcher’s through cruel experiments and hard trainings. The story would then follow those young ones slaying monsters only to end with them establishing the different Witcher school.

Let face the fact. Witcher blood origin is the show the show runners and writers wanted to make.

There is showing, not telling. The general wears fancy clothes, plays social games, doesn't look like a warrior and never fights. Because he is politician, not a soldier. This show was not about how characters find out their own motivations. It is the opposite. Motivations are clear from the start and story is about how they go about getting what they want.

I have a couple of questions , I have not watched the series, but all of the scenes I have seen, I have problems with, why are the Black Elves brown ? they should be "Jet Black, as dark as charcoal" where are the female Dwarves Beards?, when did Elves become jacked??.

so they say in the series the first witchers and strong female rastagirls offspring will become Ciris Bloodline right, from their hankypanky after his conversion, but they totally ignore the Lore-Fact that witchers are infertile due to the "becoming a witcher" process

Your dad is shooting from the hip with just a stream of consciousness and is more coherent than Netflix shows.

Casting a person who _can't_ fight in a warrior role is a form of inclusivity - they're including people who suck.

Hey, I'm Bryan, Lauren! Hola from Montreal! God gave me a working brain and i'm too poor to consume Netflix stuff. I'm so grateful for that!

I fell in love with this channel instantly. Thank you for being not brain-dead.

When I think about warriors woman, I always think about the amazons on the first wonderwoman movie, the directors should go to some gym or even ask for real fighters to participate in their movies/series. Even Gal Gadot trained hard as fuck to be more muscular and be more believable.

Blood origin had such potential tho The beginning of the guilds could be such a good plot line

I'm a newer fan of The Witcher as I started playing The Witcher 3 only a couple years ago but immediately fell in love with the characters, the lore, just everything. Seeing this series with monsters and magic before the Conjunction of the Spheres which is where monsters, humans, and magic all came from. Well it just pissed me off, it's just another series I love along with Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel (movies) that has been ruined by woke and identity politics. Also I'd really really like to know where the hell Elves got a hold of a Necron Black Stone Fortress cause that's what the monolith looks like

"Two men kissing" feat Witcher Stuff, the series.

Lauren you and your father deserve to review something you both enjoyed. I appreciate you watching these disasters so we don’t have to 😂😂

I thought monsters first appeared in the world during an event called The Conjunction of Spheres, when multiple realms collided with each other and dropping monsters into the mortal realm. Am I wrong here or am I miss remembering/mixing it up with a different series?

PS: Would love to hear your take on "Elvis" 🤠