Understood 👍. Thanks.Monsters have mostly been killed or pushed back to where they don't really interact with humans much, game reasons forced CDPR hand, but even they play around with the idea of Witchers being a unnecessary relic of the past too, just falls flat when you kill like 10,000 monsters.
There are scenes directly from the books in that trailer, iirc Ciri has been aged up by default in this adaptation like the women in GoT.Speaking of, do we know what they are adapting? Or, to be precise, when in the timeline does the "now" of the series take place? Obviously there'll be flashbacks as per Yen's pre-magic appearance, but Ciri being prominently featured (and teenaged) suggests to me they're skipping the entirety of book one, at least (although I'm guessing the events of The Last Wish short story will be shown via flashbacks too, since they're quite important).
There are scenes directly from the books in that trailer, iirc Ciri has been aged up by default in this adaptation like the women in GoT.
Fair point.I mean, sure, but Ciri hasn't even been born for most of the first book, even in the one story that "features" her as a plot point. It's pretty safe to say they're skipping most of the first book entirely, I'm just wondering how farther ahead.
Filming finished just a couple months ago, so the GI isn't finished. Ofc realistically speaking nothing in this show will match the level of late GoT CGI.There are 10 pages of this so forgive me, but outside of the trailer looking relatively OK did anybody else think the CG creature at the end looked bad?
There are 10 pages of this so forgive me, but outside of the trailer looking relatively OK did anybody else think the CG creature at the end looked bad?
The edits with the game music does show just how much character CDPR's music brought to the game and world, for the shows sake I hope they come up with something equally as iconic.
They're adapting most of the first short story collection and all identifiable scenes featuring Freya Allan are from the second short story collection.I mean, sure, but Ciri hasn't even been born for most of the first book, even in the one story that "features" her as a plot point. It's pretty safe to say they're skipping most of the first book entirely, I'm just wondering how farther ahead they're starting.
I think Ciri's actress is actually the appropriate age for book 3 Ciri and onwards (and most of Ciri's appearances and relevance comes from the latter books), so I have no complaints there. However, I'm wondering if they will portraying her through different, unannounced actresses for her book 2 appearances, or if they're compressing most of her encounters with Geralt over a smaller time frame. I guess the latter would make more sense for the pacing of a TV series, but it's going to make for one hell of a character arc (and one hell of a quick Witcher training). :D
Im not expecting game of Thrones Cg but I also hope it looks a bit betterFair point.
Filming finished just a couple months ago, so the GI isn't finished. Ofc realistically speaking nothing in this show will match the level of late GoT CGI.
"Chaos is the most dangerous thing in this world... BUT without control, chaos will kill you"
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Sure, or just magic in general in the Witcher universe. It just sounds so silly because of the "but". It's like saying "drunk driving is dangerous but it can lead to serious accidents" instead of "drunk driving is dangerous and it can lead to serious accidents".
Sure, or just magic in general in the Witcher universe. It just sounds so silly because of the "but". It's like saying "drunk driving is dangerous but it can lead to serious accidents" instead of "drunk driving is dangerous and it can lead to serious accidents".
Sure, or just magic in general in the Witcher universe. It just sounds so silly because of the "but". It's like saying "drunk driving is dangerous but it can lead to serious accidents" instead of "drunk driving is dangerous and it can lead to serious accidents".
This is good news, there is a lot of material in the books, and while I think CDPR did a good job adapting The Witcher into video game form I was never a big fan of the stuff they added themselves.https://www.thewrap.com/the-witcher-showrunner-says-netflix-series-will-never-adapt-the-video-games/
'The Witcher' Showrunner Says Netflix Series Will Never Adapt the Video Games
Netflix's "The Witcher" is best known in the U.S. for the series of role playing video games by CD Projekt Red rather than the fantasy novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski that inspired the games. But if the show ever moves past the story laid out in the books like "Game of Thrones" did, Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich says fans should definitely not expect it to mine the games for material.
"Extreme long vision is no, we will not start adapting the games," Hissrich told TheWrap during a press round table at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. "I can only attack one season at a time, I'm so excited for this one, the rest kind of makes my mind explode right now. If someone says 'what happens in Season 7,' sure I have thoughts. Fingers crossed, we get there."
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Now we can shut up about the games. Also, already talking Season 7? Oh boy.
Letho was a fucking cool character and so was Iorveth.This is good news, there is a lot of material in the books, and while I think CDPR did a good job adapting The Witcher into video game form I was never a big fan of the stuff they added themselves.
Nothing wrong with people wanting the show to take some inspiration from the games, CDPR nailed it and is the only reason why lots of people read the books and made the witcher as popular as it is today (they're also the reason why its even called the witcher). But yeah I agree some people out there do take it a little too far.
There's no reason to give him a headband since he already wears Video Game Geralt'sOkay, I understand wanting to see game stuff after Season of Storms is adapted, but who in all honesty expected game elements to be reflected in the books' adaption? Doesn't make much sense to me.
Geralt having Viper Armor in the show is enough from the games IMO, and even that's a little on the nose, but it looks good so it can pass.
I'm also honestly curious to see if they'll ever touch the "leather band" thing that dominates all of the books' artworks lol