Fantasy Netflix's The Witcher - General Discussion Thread

[Loden Greatstorm]

Amazing photos! Thanks for sharing.

 

[KillerMcQueen]

Kikimore statue at Lucca, and that thing is way more disturbing looking than I was expecting.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Let the hype train continue...

 

[TheVileOne]

Of course they didn't bring that Nilfgaardian armor to the convention

 

[Reek]

Three weeks is a long time, could have cancelled the trailer and whole show in that time.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Of course they didn't bring that Nilfgaardian armor to the convention

Smart. It would have melted in transport.

 

[TheVileOne]

Smart. It would have melted in transport.

Or the scrotum armor could've triggered some people at the convention

 

[Reek]

please don't say the "s" word here... it's quite offensive.

reek reek it doesnt rhyme with d*** in a box but it should.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Really hoping this is good. I really want all these upcoming high-budget Fantasy shows to do well.

It’s actually interesting to me that we’re seeing an influx of these kinda shows after GoT, yet we didn’t really see much High Fantasy adaptations on the big screen after the success of the LotR trilogy.

 

[TheVileOne]

I think this could surpass Game of Thrones if they do it right.

 

[flickchick85]

That feels like a pretty big "if" to me at this juncture, but I'd be happy to be wrong. Netflix doesn't take the time and care with their new shows that HBO does, who spend years developing, and re-developing, until it's the most refined version of that thing they could muster. They spent nearly 5 years developing GoT before we ever saw a frame. Spent 4 years developing Watchmen. 4 years on Sharp Objects. The shortest amount of time they spend developing these shows is usually around 3 years (Westworld, Big Little Lies). The MOST Netflix ever seems to spend developing a show is 2 years. It shows in the end results, imo. Most Netflix shows to me are missing that special x-factor that differentiates a good show from a great show. The only truly great show I've seen from them is Mindhunter, which had already spent a couple years of development at HBO before switching to Netflix. Netflix has the HBO budgets, but they don't have HBO's knack/patience to cultivate the best quality from the the talent those budgets can afford, imo.

 

[TheVileOne]

That feels like a pretty big "if" to me at this juncture, but I'd be happy to be wrong. Netflix doesn't take the time and care with their new shows that HBO does, who spend years developing, and re-developing, until it's the most refined version of that thing they could muster. They spent nearly 5 years developing GoT before we ever saw a frame. Spent 4 years developing Watchmen. 4 years on Sharp Objects. The shortest amount of time they spend developing these shows is usually around 3 years (Westworld, Big Little Lies). The MOST Netflix ever seems to spend developing a show is 2 years. It shows in the end results, imo. Most Netflix shows to me are missing that special x-factor that differentiates a good show from a great show. The only truly great show I've seen from them is Mindhunter, which had already spent a couple years of development at HBO before switching to Netflix. Netflix has the HBO budgets, but they don't have HBO's knack/patience to cultivate the best quality from the the talent those budgets can afford, imo.

What about Stranger Things?

 

[harlequinade]

Netflix's Stranger Things and The Crown are as good if not better than a lot o HBO's shows, certainly better than the absolute mess thhat is Westworld

This will be a mess, though. Cavill cannot lead, he is not talented or charismatic. And that first teaser was awful. Maybe today's trailer is AMAZING but I doubt it

 

[TheVileOne]

Netflix's Stranger Things and The Crown are as good if not better than a lot o HBO's shows, certainly better than the absolute mess thhat is Westworld

This will be a mess, though. Cavill cannot lead, he is not talented or charismatic. And that first teaser was awful. Maybe today's trailer is AMAZING but I doubt it

We'll see. A big part of this will be if Cavill is up for capturing Geralt and he is up to the challenge. Admittedly, he was not my first choice.

IMHO Season 1 of Daredevil is as good as any of the prestige HBO shows, but only S1.

 

[Marvolo]

I didnt realize or forgot that Myanna Buring was playing Tissaia de Vries. Myanna was great in Ripper Street so this is one of the few aspects of this show I'm entirely happy with.

 

[flickchick85]

What about Stranger Things?

It’s fine, not great, imo. It’s popcorn to me. Like most Marvel movies, it’s mostly left my brain within a few days of watching it. Nothing really sticks with me except “aw, those kids are cute. Big monster fight was cool.” Netflix has plenty of good shows (like The Crown, and Daredevil being my favorite superhero show to date...though Watchmen might be about to dethrone it), and they’ve certainly got good-looking, expensive shows, but they’ve never even touched the best of HBO except with Mindhunter, imo. That’s the only one they’ve done where I’d put it on a list of all-time great shows. HBO’s got several guaranteed slots on that hypothetical list.

And DD S1 wasn’t even its best season, imo. It was a basic origin story stretched out far too long. S3 is where it’s at.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Happy trailer day everyone

 

[Deck Rickard]

I think this could surpass Game of Thrones if they do it right.

It wouldn’t be hard to surpass the last couple seasons of Game of Thrones, that’s for sure.

 

[James.B]

‘The Witcher’ Showrunner Talks Magic, Monsters and Sex as Trailer Drops (EXCLUSIVE)

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

OH YES!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I need to slap my brother awake so we can watch this.

 

[harlequinade]

Yikes...

 

[Punisher_MAX]

After watching the trailer...

Still dont like Anya as Yen
Cavill does Geralt alright
Freya seems like a good choice for Ciri
Visuals fit but man are they taking a lot from the games
Dont think I saw Triss in there but knowing what she looked like in the teaser I'm still bummed about it.
Nilfgaard armor, WTF?

We'll see how good the show is but I'm still on the fence but there are things to like about the trailer.

 

[Legendver2]

Anya Chalotra is goddam hnnnngh!

 

[KillerMcQueen]

Liking what I've seen, interested to see how the additional material Yennefer and Ciri are getting will work. Really looking forward to Blaviken most of all though, I hope they don't hold back on the brutality of it.

Some more photos were released as well:

Spoiler: Photos