The Witcher - Série 3

The creators got to the point where the author of the source material seemed to be experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs, which negatively affected the plot. Well, considering the series hasn't really impressed me so far, I can't say I'm expecting much now. With the Tower of the Gull, the books took a steep decline, but the advantage of the series is that there isn't much room for a drop in quality. I really can't imagine how the whole thing will look after Henry Cavill leaves (who didn't even fit the role), because it feels like he carried the whole show. / Lesson learned: Not even CGI can save a weak story. (2024-02-27)

Already that American Witcher starts to piss me off quite nicely. The time of pleasant surprises from the first series is long gone. Since the second series, the creators have completely screwed up the whole world. I'll leave out the fact that they don't stick to the books - I haven't even read them yet, so it doesn't bother me that much. But from a screenwriting point of view, I don't know what's actually happening in most of the series. Random passers-by appear, characters that I don't know at all, who they are, why they are there and what they actually want in the life of the Witcher. What's more, it's not even about the Witcher anymore, he often just flashes by, says some nonsense and goes back to the toilet. If at least the subject were interesting, maybe it could be bearable, but it only starts to be a little interesting towards the end - if you survive until then - and then you realize that it's a farewell to Henry Cavill. Plus, we must not forget the gay games of Marigold and the traditional Netflix joy with characters whose gender you cannot determine with the accuracy of a French musketeer's sword under any circumstances. Because these actors are really tough guys. In the end, I can't shake the feeling that the whole series has reached a dead end, where any further development leads to absolute disaster. But viewers will still watch that fourth series on Netflix anyway, because why not, right? (2023-08-21)

Big bad. When Cavil isn't chopping monsters to pieces, it's either terribly confusing or boring, often both. I haven't read the source material, but blathering on and on about how important Ciri is and how she's going to change everything can't be enough of a carrying theme for the books, the talk of family is getting worse than in Fast and Furious. The acting isn't really great either, and apart from the main grouch, it's awful, though maybe that's down to the crappy dialogue. Considering how much potential has been drowned in uninteresting political lines after the first season, I'm almost sorry The Witcher wasn’t picked by HBO. Henry Cavil is leaving and I think I'll wrap it up with him. (2023-07-30)