Current Events > No topic for s2 of The Witcher?!

(+) Yeah! (+)

My fianc and I are now starting episode 5.

First season sucked

Irony posted...

First season sucked

No u.

haven't seen it yet, but I wasn't feeling how the non-linear storytelling was handled in the first season, so hopefully this does away with that/improves on it.

g0ldie posted...

haven't seen it yet, but I wasn't feeling how the non-linear storytelling was handled in the first season, so hopefully this does away with that/improves on it.

It doesn't do the nonlinear shit anymore

DarthAragorn posted...

It doesn't do the nonlinear shit anymore

thank fucking god

g0ldie posted...

haven't seen it yet, but I wasn't feeling how the non-linear storytelling was handled in the first season, so hopefully this does away with that/improves on it.

DarthAragorn posted...

It doesn't do the nonlinear shit anymore

Yeah now the story plays out continiously.

OVERGOATED posted...

Is it good enough to justify subscribing to netflix again?

Did you like S1?

DarthAragorn posted...

It doesn't do the nonlinear shit anymore

aww yea, thanks.

Didn't know people felt that strongly about the non-linear stuff tbh

Hinakuluiau posted...

Didn't know people felt that strongly about the non-linear stuff tbh

Its something that can work on occasion (there are some famous movie examples), but it should really be a core part of the narrative. With The Witcher, it was like they just decided to throw it in for the fuck of it. It served no narrative purpose that I could see and just dragged the story down imo.

EzeDoesIt posted...

With The Witcher, it was like they just decided to throw it in for the f*** of it. It served no narrative purpose that I could see and just dragged the story down imo.

The purpose was to tell all 3 main characters stories and get them into place at the end. Since Yennerfer's tale starts about a hundred years prior to Ciri's and Geralt's connection to Ciri starts before she's even born, I don't know how else they could have done it?

lolife67 posted...

The purpose was

Thats fair, I guess its just that none of that became clear to me through the show and this is the first time Im learning it. >_>

Never got more then 12 hours or so into Witcher 3 so I didn't know the set up. Very much hated the time line of the first season honestly.

^ the show is an adaptation of the books, which take place before Witcher 3, so you'll be okay without having played through it.

EzeDoesIt posted...

Thats fair, I guess its just that none of that became clear to me through the show and this is the first time Im learning it. >_>

Fair. I figured it out by Episode 3 or 4.

And there's a funny joke about this issue in the latest season, btw, so you're obviously not alone with that criticism.

Just finished the 2nd episode, really damn good so far, strong start.

OVERGOATED posted...

Yeah

Then I can recommend watching season 2. Can you still subscribe just for a month?

We just let our subscription roll on so to speak >_>

MabusIncarnate posted...

Just finished the 2nd episode, really damn good so far, strong start.

Right? :D

The first season was pretty mediocre but what REALLY makes me uninterested is that the first season also covers basically all the best stuff Sapkowski wrote. The actual novels are a very mixed bag and actively pretty bad by the last book

I just binged season 2. Much better than S1 imo. Storytelling was more focused and they didn't have to cram everything in.

The screaming girl was pretty hot not gonna lie.

Also, is the singing guy in this season? I don't remember anyones names but he was one of my favorites.

HairyQueen posted...

I just binged season 2. Much better than S1 imo. Storytelling was more focused and they didn't have to cram everything in.

We finished season 2 today. Want S3 now lol.

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

The screaming girl was pretty hot not gonna lie.

Also, is the singing guy in this season? I don't remember anyones names but he was one of my favorites.

Jaskier is in season 2 but he doesnt show up until like halfway through the season.

Whoever thought the non-linear shit in season 1 was a good idea was fucking drunk

I'm only on epi 3 but it's definitely better than the first season. Small stupid gripe--anyone else slightly annoyed that the whole time they're supposedly in the cold (they're still at Kaer Morhen where I'm at) and it's snowing but you can't see anyone's breath? Again, small gripe...

Finished it. Loved it.

The fire mage assassin dude. Was he in s1? I can't remember.

Also, not gonna lie. I was ready to get horny with the 4 mages at the pool but then they copped out. Sad blue balls man.

indica posted...

I'm only on epi 3 but it's definitely better than the first season. Small stupid gripe--anyone else slightly annoyed that the whole time they're supposedly in the cold (they're still at Kaer Morhen where I'm at) and it's snowing but you can't see anyone's breath? Again, small gripe...

Something else I noticed is when theyre in forests theyre very clearly curated (trees have no branches, etc.). Speaks to the low budget.

It's overall good. At a minimum it is much easier to follow. It's much more serialized so for better or worse you get fewer monster contracts of the week. Ciri and Geralt work really well together, which is important. It doesn't follow the books particularly closely but that is overall fine.

If I has two big complaints it would be:
Yen losing her magic for the season. I don't want to watch a show about magic users who can't user magic. It also means they had to manufacture a lot of drama for her plot that I just felt didn't work.
And there were a couple of characters that I felt got done dirty, Ezekel was bad but ultimately inconsequential, but Francesca was bad. She went from being a politically savvy power player and master sorceress, to someone just reacting to things.

Compsognathus posted...

It's much more serialized so for better or worse you get fewer monster contracts of the week.

Can you elaborate on this? Not sure I follow. In my head being more serialized would be synonymous with more monster contracts of the week, not fewer.

(Ive only watched the first episode so far.)

EzeDoesIt posted...

Can you elaborate on this? Not sure I follow. In my head being more serialized would be synonymous with more monster contracts of the week, not fewer.

(Ive only watched the first episode so far.)

Serialized means the episodes are substantially about building an overall arc. The opposite of that is episodic, where each episode is largely telling a self-contained story.

how many dodge rolls does geralt do

Compsognathus posted...

Serialized means the episodes are substantially about building an overall arc. The opposite of that is episodic, where each episode is largely telling a self-contained story.

Ah, had it completely wrong in my head. Thanks!

Tag. Gonna watch a bit in the coming days.

Great season imo, I think I liked the first better. The lack of tits was disturbing to say the least.

MabusIncarnate posted...

Great season imo, I think I liked the first better. The lack of tits was disturbing to say the least.

Yeah sadly. I feel like they do that for season 1s to grab attention and then tone it down for following seasons. Hopefully more next season

Touch posted...

Yeah sadly. I feel like they do that for season 1s to grab attention and then tone it down for following seasons. Hopefully more next season

Not that I mind the lack of nudity, it always feels really unnecessary even in the books, but another thing to consider is that if a show is a big success, the actors can renegotiate their contracts. That's what happened with GoT - Emilia Clarke simply didn't have to put up with gratuitous nudity anymore after she was essential to the show, and as such in a stronger position to negotiate.

Irony posted...

First season sucked

Fitting name for such a shitpost.

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