The Witcher

Darth One · 01-21-2020, 12:56 PM

I couldn’t get into it, the staggered timelines were indeed super confusing, but a full season in and besides Yennefer, they really didn’t do a good job developing any of the characters. Part of it is how much time Henry spends on these side quests that seemingly have nothing to do with the main plot line, or the main quest (what even is the main quest? Who’s the baddie? The Nilfgard guys seem to be the likely candidate but you only know two of them - the sorceress and the dude with the bow - and you really don’t know much ABOUT them).

Maybe they tie it all together later, but right now it’s very disjointed. Whoever compared this to GoT did the show a disservice - that’s an impossible expectation to meet given the lack of storytelling talent here. And they seem to have a much lower special effects budget than HBO

TXSTYLE · 01-23-2020, 09:44 PM

TXSTYLE · 01-23-2020, 09:53 PM

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shimmy23 · 01-23-2020, 11:46 PM

Tried to go into this but just couldn't seem to keep my attention. What am I missing?

TXSTYLE · 01-24-2020, 12:50 AM

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Tried to go into this but just couldn't seem to keep my attention. What am I missing?

Everything!

HFW003 · 01-24-2020, 02:55 AM

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Tried to go into this but just couldn't seem to keep my attention. What am I missing?

chowser51 · 01-28-2020, 07:45 PM

It takes a while. In the beginning you're watching three different timelines. They converge near the end of season one.

TXSTYLE · 01-28-2020, 10:35 PM

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It takes a while. In the beginning you're watching three different timelines. They converge near the end of season one.

That was definitely a minus or drawback for this otherwise epic series. From what I've read, they won't make the same mistake in season 2.

TXSTYLE · 01-31-2020, 08:14 PM

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JP10 · 02-03-2020, 07:24 AM

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Fans of this show, should give this new series a watch. Just released TODAY:

I started watching this over the weekend. I think I'm 5 episodes in now. I think it's pretty good, interested in what will happen next. Plan to get an episode or two in later tonight.

JP10 · 02-04-2020, 07:22 AM

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I started watching this over the weekend. I think I'm 5 episodes in now. I think it's pretty good, interested in what will happen next. Plan to get an episode or two in later tonight.

Alright so I finished Ragnarok last night. Completely underwhelmed by the ending. Not going to give anything any but I think they could've stretched it out another two episode with more action/storyline. Few things unexplained, had higher hopes haha.

VisualEcho · 02-12-2020, 11:53 AM

I started watching this the other day, and about 4 episodes in I can say I like it, but I need subtitles, and I should have read the backstory first.

I'm good with everything except that entire Dandelion character and the shit he sings. It's nearly as bad as the JarJar Binks character was in Star Wars.

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Darth One drunk poster 6610 Rep 3,649 Posts Drives: M4 GTS \| E46 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	I couldn’t get into it, the staggered timelines were indeed super confusing, but a full season in and besides Yennefer, they really didn’t do a good job developing any of the characters. Part of it is how much time Henry spends on these side quests that seemingly have nothing to do with the main plot line, or the main quest (what even is the main quest? Who’s the baddie? The Nilfgard guys seem to be the likely candidate but you only know two of them - the sorceress and the dude with the bow - and you really don’t know much ABOUT them). Maybe they tie it all together later, but right now it’s very disjointed. Whoever compared this to GoT did the show a disservice - that’s an impossible expectation to meet given the lack of storytelling talent here. And they seem to have a much lower special effects budget than HBO
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VisualEcho Banned 6660 Rep 4,143 Posts Drives: '18 M2 6MT Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Missouri iTrader: (1) Garage List 2018 BMW M2 [10.00]	I started watching this the other day, and about 4 episodes in I can say I like it, but I need subtitles, and I should have read the backstory first. I'm good with everything except that entire Dandelion character and the shit he sings. It's nearly as bad as the JarJar Binks character was in Star Wars.
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