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  • The Witcher

    Anyone else watching? I'm really enjoying it, as someone who read all the books and played all the games I think they have done it justice. Definitely not for child viewing though if you have any!

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    I'm early. A certain person just got full body modification and captured the interest of the royal dweeb.

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    • #3
      I mostly enjoyed it, though I wasn't super crazy about the last episode. For me it kind of fizzled out.
      Highlander: Dark Places

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Andrew NDB View Post
        I mostly enjoyed it, though I wasn't super crazy about the last episode. For me it kind of fizzled out.
        It's not like that's the LAST last episode, unless the show doesn't get renewed.

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        • #5
          The show got a renewal for season 2 before it was released. So has Amazon's Middle-Earth series, and that hadn't even begun filming, yet. Everyone's in a scramble to replace Game of Thrones, except HBO.

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          • #6
            I haven't seen the series but I am 1/3 of the way through Baptism of Fire. I can see why Highlander fans would like the Witcher, so many similarities, even down to the whole I can't have kids thing so I'm going to create a little non-blood-related family.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by MidnightBlue View Post
              I haven't seen the series but I am 1/3 of the way through Baptism of Fire. I can see why Highlander fans would like the Witcher, so many similarities, even down to the whole I can't have kids thing so I'm going to create a little non-blood-related family.
              It's definitely worth watching, particularly as a Highlander fan. It just seemed a bit uneven to me, I don't think the multi-timelines thing did it any favors, and the last episode didn't quite work for me. But there is some great stuff in there.
              Highlander: Dark Places

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              • #8
                I intend to watch it after I'm done with the books. I imagine the multiple timelines is an attempt at capturing the puzzle piece nature of the book, which I very much enjoy. The reading the books is like having to solve a series of riddles. Watching a show is a passive occupation, you sit back and are entertained, reading is more active where you co-create the universe with the writer in your own mind. Trying to translate from a book to a show, especially one with complex plotlines like Sapkowski's, is bound to run into issues.

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                • #9
                  So, I finally finished reading all of the books today, including the two short stories (The Road with No Return & Something ends, Something begins) that didn't get an official English translation. I binged watched all of season 1. I mistakenly assumed that the show would not go past the second book of short stories, Sword of Destiny, however it actually pulls information from all of the books. My recommendation would be to read the entire books series, plus the two short stories (the fan translations are available online) before watching the show. There were complaints from reviews online about how the timeline was confusing, but if you read the books it is not difficult to navigate at all. There were some sweet sweet sword choreographies which I thoroughly enjoyed. The characters were well cast. My only complaint is with Geralt's voice, it's really deep and gritty as if the actor was trying too hard to be hypermasculine. I was told that the actor might be imitating the games, which I haven't played. I did listen to a clip from The Hexer which is the Polish TV series based off of the books and preferred the voice of that Geralt. The writers did a fantastic job with the source material and I look forward to watching season 2.

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