The irony here is how poorly The Witcher fit that mold a show just as interested in pulp Xena: Warrior Princess-style episodic adventure as it was intricate world-building and amoral politicking. There’s this fall’s The Wheel of Time, which will be joined next fall by a Lord of the Rings series on Amazon, in addition to HBO’s proper follow-up to Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon. Don't fix what's not broken.When The Witcher arrived on Netflix in 2019, it was received by some as an early contender for the title of “ next Game of Thrones.” If that translates to “expensive adult fantasy show with prestige TV ambitions,” it’s a field that’s quickly getting crowded. This show has become a display of the "I know better"-attitude from the showrunner's and the writers part, but they do NOT know better, it's just ego and arrogance. Oh and the unique Slavic/eastern European vibe is now totally gone, and turned into a generic, Americanized pile of c. and the way it happened will most likely ruin how the stories of the characters will lead to where they're supposed to. They also made a big reveal at the very end of the last episode, but it was something that should've been secret until the last book/season. like WTF? Literally nothing in the last episode was from the book this season was based on (Blood of Elves), the story the creators made up was just an unimpactful mess, that did not add any real value to the whole, while they left out important relationship moments between certain characters. The writing and dialogues were stupid, cringe and out of place a good couple of times. BUT, this season had major deviations from the book (and not for the better) and worse than that, Vesemir and Yennefer acted out of character, moreover Yen's made up story arc was uninspired and cliché. Ciri (Freya) and Triss (Anna) are a lot more flashed out in every regard, and Chris Fulton was a perfect choice for Rience, just as Kim Bodnia for Vesemir. BUT, this season had major It shows the budget has increased, the CGI is much better than 1st season and all the visuals have improved. It shows the budget has increased, the CGI is much better than 1st season and all the visuals have improved. Season 2 leaves plenty of intriguing threads to weave into season 3 that I just can’t wait to see! … Expand I do have some complaints about the narrative deviating from the source material, but that certainly doesn’t negate how great this season otherwise was. They’re nailing it! The writing and directing are both excellent. While I had some reservations about the cast originally, no longer. The moment to moment is harder hitting, the politics are interesting, and so is the world. This season really focused on the relationship between Geralt and Ciri, which is the crux of the entire series, and delved into Ciri’s bloodline in tantalizing snippets. The Witcher though, went from good in season 1 to great in season 2. You want to see an adaptation that pointlessly and detrimentally deviates from its source material? Same place. You want to see actual wokeness, go check out that piece of trash Wheel of Time series on Amazon. I even hear people talking about wokeness. Metacritic user scores are more about people with tiny voices spouting off than giving an actual decent review. I was very impressed by this season, only to come here and find so many people complaining about it. I do recommend though, that read the damn books and played the games, those media deserves to turn you into a show hater. The change from the script I liked more, at least the woke Characters are doing a lot more than the original characters on the first season, in general an excellent season to be honest with a good story been told from it, Henry kept his word. I happy to report that the season just scratch the surface and might give more seasons come and yet give some bone to eat to the normies. I know there is a lot of wokeness on the show casting selection, but to my surprise, was a lot better than the first, with only a main character (well two that might anger hardcore readers, in a way, I understand it, Yennefer for example, I will never understand, why they try to make her out of character likeable, when the Lannister proves, that you can be a bastard and beloved, and Eskel there's a lot of fun with him in both games and books and Now is gone forever, for some woke nobody Witcher who might replace him) from the original books and games been sacrifice. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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