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Dec 22 2019 08:00pm
Quote (Kayeto @ Dec 22 2019 06:49pm)
kinda splitting hairs on semantics here but ok I'll try to use match the language more closely:



The time jumps felt well handled to me. The element of mystery improved the viewing experience.


The jumps were poorly handled, but that doesn't mean having them was bad.
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Dec 23 2019 05:41am
Just finished this.

Was a decent show, I'd say a 6.5-7/10 is a fair rating in my opinion.

I definitely wouldn't recommend watching this pissed, i tried on friday and had no clue what was going on so had to re-watch sober on Saturday.

Some cracking tits aswell in the show, makes it worthwhile watching on this basis alone.



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Dec 23 2019 12:54pm
I'm 4 or 5 episodes in. It's better than I predicted, but not amazing or anything. A solid show for sure, but it has some faults.
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Dec 23 2019 07:21pm
It's a decent show. All I know about Witcher is a couple things my friends have told me. The separate timelines fell into place pretty well and relied on you to figure it out to a certain extent which was a nice choice imo.

My biggest criticism would be the action. Lots of "yeah he should be dead" moments that I don't like.

Looking forward to another season.
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Dec 23 2019 09:05pm
Quote (krackprophet @ Dec 23 2019 08:21pm)
My biggest criticism would be the action. Lots of "yeah he should be dead" moments that I don't like.


Yea, but that's just one of the tropes we have to suffer through if we want to watch tv and movies.

I agree that one of the benefits GoT has over Witcher is that Witcher saddles us with a protagonist who has invincible plot armor. GoT meandered it's way to the problematic plot armor in the later half, but we started with 4 strong seasons where everyone seemed killable at the time.
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Dec 24 2019 12:52am
Give it a solid A , cant wait for season 2 ,ini love with the show <3

Edit : Never played TW games but i will buy the trilogy ofc , maybe books too.

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Dec 24 2019 02:15am
Quote (Kayeto @ Dec 23 2019 09:05pm)
Yea, but that's just one of the tropes we have to suffer through if we want to watch tv and movies.

I agree that one of the benefits GoT has over Witcher is that Witcher saddles us with a protagonist who has invincible plot armor. GoT meandered it's way to the problematic plot armor in the later half, but we started with 4 strong seasons where everyone seemed killable at the time.


True. Still gonna criticize it though.
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They got me just with the first sword fight by Geralt on the first episode. The technique used, the strenght and the speed was incredible.
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They got me just with the first sword fight by Geralt on the first episode. The technique used, the strenght and the speed was incredible.


Agreed. For whatever flaws the show has (and there are some) Cavill is fucking amazing. The show deserves so much credit for nailing that one very difficult aspect of the adaptation.
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Dec 24 2019 08:37am
Exactly!

Cavill is doing an excellent job, he always has in any role anyway. Must have taken over a year to train.

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