But honestly, if they make the show more like the source materials (either book or games) at least it will be fun. Having Henry play geralt in season 2 where he barely ever says anything, what was even the point?
Picture unrelated, or I guess its related since the recast is retarded
>But honestly, if they make the show more like the source materials (either book or games)
The books need to be burned and forgotten. The games are unironically better storytelling than anything Sapowski has ever shitted out, and it’s why he seethes endlessly about it and sniffs his own farts.
>Hurr, I made an edgy story about a monster hunter who doesn’t hunt monsters >Hurr, everything sucks and that’s good writing
Not to mention the story jumps the shark with how special Ciri is, but also she’s not special because nothing matters and life is meaningless. I’m such a big brained writer. >Hurr, I killed off my main characters at the end in a stupid manner because le nothing matters teehee good guys never win
The reality is Projekt Red needed a cheap IP to make their adult Lord of the Rings game, and the Witcher fit the bill. The books just serve as exposition for the games infinitely better world building.
The books are meh, and the show is even edgier, subversive poopslop. >This character is only important in the games, so we made him an asshole and killed him just to piss you off >U mad, gaymers?
I refuse to even acknowledge material outside of the games at this point.
>inb4 seething audiobook """""readers""""" shout this down while ignoring another book they'll never understand playing in the background as white noise
I think you're maybe to aggressive, but not exactly wrong.
I liked the books, but their strength was in the short stories, with clever deconstructions of fairy tales and fantasy and the general figure of the Witcher, which is a million dollar idea.
Sapkowski really does shit the bed in the end. The last two books drag a lot and are a mess in pacing and in it's themes.
CDPR fucked up some things but I'll say, the most interesting aspect of the IP is the witchering which is much better in the games.
>That was already done with Elric
It wasn't anon. I don't know if you heard that from Razorfist or not but he's wrong, Geralt isn't much of a Elric rip-off. Aside from the nickname and nifty white hair.
Elric is a tortured soul from a race of ancient and cruel elfin beings, too human to fit with Melniboneans and too Melnibonean to fit with the humans. He's thin and sickly, needing herbs to sustain himself. He starts as an Emperor and leaves it behind so that he'll wander the world as a mercenary. Elric is an anti-Conan.
Geral is a bluel collar worker. He's an answer to as question, "what type of man would be one that kills monster" and the answer is remarkably simple: a professional.
They're very different works
I have the Elric novels (some early-edition prints) literally sitting on my shelf. They aren't 1 to 1 rips of each other to be sure, but they share enough similarities and functions within the overarching story that I simply can't imagine Sapkowski hadn't just finished the series when he started writing Geralt. And that's fine in it's own right, but Moorcock has gone on record saying that all interest in Elric adaptations has dried up since the popularity of the Witcher skyrocketed, so at the very least Hollywood executives agree with my assumption that the supposed "million dollar idea" is similar enough to the idea that predates it that having the two stand beside each other and both be million dollar ideas isn't feasible.
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>I have the Elric novels (some early-edition prints) literally sitting on my shelf
I don't, because I buy digital. But the only Elric novel I haven't read is Elric at the End of of Time. >I simply can't imagine Sapkowski hadn't just finished the series when he started writing Geralt
I don't doubt it, but the end product is different enough that they provide different experiences. I don't think Batman has been a rip-off of The Shadow for a good while >Moorcock has gone on record saying that all interest in Elric adaptations has dried up since the popularity of the Witcher skyrocketed
Well, I can thank the Witcher for taking that bullet then. Moorcock has also said he thought about suing Sapkowski but gave up after being better informed i nthe subject and that it wouldn't hold up in court
And I wouldn't put much stock in what executives think. They're notorious retards that thin audiences are even bigger retards. Even if the only similarity between Elric and Geralt was the white hair and using swords they'd say that the properties are too similar. They change character similar names as not to "confuse audiences"
The short stories are golden, and the saga was OK but it is the characters that people love. The video games took what was best about the books and capitalised on them.
The show did the opposite. They ignored the books and just created their own characters and world.
You should go let Cavill know he's making a big mistake, I'm sure he's not in the right position to weigh these kinds of things, but you are. Go help the man out.
>One of the main complaints about Cavill is how extremely feminine he looks, so they hired a guy who looks like an actual man instead of some sissy.
What's wrong with you?
Liam has a decent frame already. He just hasn't been on gear for a decade like Chris. His leaner, but more ripped body is closer to Geralts. I just wonder if he will be able to pull off the gravely voice.
>Witcher season 1 and 2 both among Netflix's most watched shows and most loved by audiences >"nah bro trust, people are leaving netflix on mass because of garbage like this"
Someone else pointed out Netflix contracts usually have 3 seasons max. Henry probably wanted more or was tired or the role on top of him going back to DC. I imagine his schedule for more superman movies doesn't allow for the witcher as well.
I love that interview he gave where he said his dream project was to be in some Warhammer40k movie or t.v. series adaptation, as a Prime Arch, a Space Marine, an inquisitor, or even as a Guardsmen, he didn't care he just wants to be involved.
It's a breath of fresh air to hear about a guy who has passions and interests and wants to use his job and position to further them as much as he can and introduce more people to the hobby.
That would be cool to see.
I've always wanted to get into 40K but I have no idea where to start. Is there a core series of books or movies that the community recommends to begin to learn the lore?
Someone else pointed out Netflix contracts usually have 3 seasons max. Henry probably wanted more or was tired or the role on top of him going back to DC. I imagine his schedule for more superman movies doesn't allow for the witcher as well.
Henry is a fan of the books and the franchise, and he was probably sick and tired of watching the writers and showrunner destroy the thing he loves.
I'm sure he's been sticking around to see if he can steer the ship in a positive direction (the Roach death scene, for example), but at some point, you have to realise you are fighting an uphill battle and it isn't worth it.
The writers don't give a fuck about the books.
>enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
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Dude must have some sort of monkey's paw curse >Gee I love comics and video games I wish I was an actor that could play the role of hero in them! >GRANTED >Immortals under performs and despite set up as a series was never revisited >his Superman movie that was supposed to launch the DCU is one big meme and part of a forced cinematic universe >the witcher is pozzed to hell and back
Like every possible thing he gets put in is immediately followed by videos and articles talking about how much executive meddling there was and background production issues were happening.
recasting that is insane, i didn't like it when they recast Jeff for BCS. Im probably in the minority that thinks Cavill lacked the acting and personality of Geralt. He looked right though
>https://www.pcgamer.com/some-of-the-witcher-show-writers-actively-disliked-the-books-and-games/
The quality of writing was alright in the first season, but season 2 just took a dive straight off a cliff. Honestly good on him for leaving, he probably saw the writing on the wall. I feel bad for Cavill though, he always said he was a huge fan of the books and games. Seeing something you love get treated like that and being forced to take part in it has got to hurt.
Season 1 was half fan fiction. It was tolerable.
Season 2 was pure fan fiction.
I'm glad he left, he deserves better. They were probably upset with him because he was trying to change things for the better and they didn't like that.
>some of the writers disliked the books >Cinemaphile: "OMG ALL THE WRITERS ON THE WITCHER HATED THE BOOKS AND WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FUCK WITH THE SOURCE MATERIAL BECAUSE THEY HATE GAMERS LIKE ME SEE I TOLD YOU IM NOT WRONG WE WERE RIGHT"
>OMG ALL THE WRITERS ON THE WITCHER HATED THE BOOKS AND WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FUCK WITH THE SOURCE MATERIAL
If you'd watched the show and read the books you'd know that much is true.
>BECAUSE THEY HATE GAMERS LIKE ME SEE I TOLD YOU IM NOT WRONG WE WERE RIGHT
I don't give a shit about their motivation for hating the source material when the results are this atrocious
Hell, I wouldn't give a shit if they hated the source material if they actually produced something good, (there are plenty of shitty adaptations that are still excellent bits of media) but what they made is utter fucking garbage
>I wouldn't give a shit if they hated the source material if they actually produced something good
I feel like someone should agree with you on this.
It's certain that the people making this thing think they're making something good. I think what we need more often is interviewers dragging these people in front of a camera and doing a post-mortem. Like the Game of Thrones people, D&D - why the fuck aren't people interviewing the shit out of them to force their explanation of how the final season went.
It's not enough that these people lose work, we need to make some kind of effort to hear their reasons why they fucked it up if only to learn the lessons first-hand.
oy vey
even the producers who jumped the ship are open about how much the writers hate the source material
The rumor is Cavill is fed up with the writers since the writers want to rewrite the story from the book as SJW as possible
>The rumor is Cavill is fed up with the writers since the writers want to rewrite the story from the book as SJW as possible
Dunno if its a rumor, he was openly vocal about really likeing the games and books, multiple writers officially talked about the tensions long before this casting.
has the fat polish fuck killed himself yet? imagine being such a pathetic homosexual u give some american mongrel golems the right to make a negrofied netflix series out of it
based cavill. good on him for trying to make vidya kino but any love he has for the character is always going to be overshadowed by the hatred for gamers that women and trannies feel in their shriveled hearts. good on him for walking away from this dumpster fire.
nah it's fine as soon as they let go of a blood choke the blood starts flowing again and it's no big deal. getting punched in the head once is worse than getting slept by a blood choke. the real danger here is having an erection for longer than 4 hours because you got heemed by gina carano.
>greatest fantasy cinema adaptation >made by a man >a single black person showed in The Two Towers >worst fantasy adaptation >female writers and producer >non-whites everywhere >"why shows keep failing?"
Because he clearly cared for the source material, whereas the writers didn't and he couldn't bare watching his favourite IP getting raped over and over again.
He wanted to play Geralt in the Witcher series, but he didn't get what he wanted. Instead, he was playing some random protagonist in a generic fantasy series written by talentless nepotistic diversity hires.
if you're making vidya adaptations and THE epic gamer nerd actor is walking away from your biggest vidya project, you're simply ngmi. it's over for netflix. liam only accepted this project because he is a nobody and this is an easy way to get some fame for him.
>liam only accepted this project because he is a nobody and this is an easy way to get some fame for him.
I honestly don't see him even making it to the screen, Cavill walking away is the death knell for the show. Plus, imagine how the other cast feel about the downgrade. Did you see that interview with Cavill, Allan and Chalotra? The girls couldn't take their eyes off him. Imagine how they'll feel about Superman getting replaced with dollar-store Chinese-knockoff Thor.
>Hissrich admits that when she first wrote the Roach death scene, her instinct was to puncture the moment with a bit of meta-comedy. Henry Cavill pushed for a more heartfelt moment, and eventually Hissrich caved — which she says was ultimately the right call.
“Henry was so unhappy with the line,” she recalls. “Finally I said, ‘You know what, you come up with something. I trust you, you know this material so well, you know the book so well, you don’t even have to pitch it to me.’ And he came back the next day with a beautiful speech that’s at the end of Sword of Destiny when Geralt is facing death and it’s such a pitch perfect moment.”
Cavill’s choice is simple, but effective in his gravely Geralt speak: “Enjoy your last walk across the meadow and through the mist. Be not afraid of her for she is your friend.”
They killed Eskel.
After turning Eskel into a complete asshole.
After making it clear Eskel has no idea about how to fight monsters.
After having Eskel bring a bunch of LITERAL whores to Kaer Morhen.
After adding in about 20 new unnamed witchers to Kaer Morhen they could have given that plotline to.
Yeah, that was the point where I kind of checked out of the series. I'm still slow-watching it an episode now and then, but I'm not invested in it anymore.
>wtf why did they kill Roach?
You unironically know less than show’s dogshit writers.
Geralt has had dozen of horses, and he names them all Roach. That’s why the writers wanted to make a joke of the current Roach dying, but Geralt cares about all his horses, even though they’re not the original. Hence Cavill changing the scene.
He seems like a guy who is low-key fighting the writers on-set, but picking his battles for crap in the script that he finds truly unacceptable.
The only one who makes that series watcheable is him.
He's been fighting the writers from day one. Word has the writers of the show actively hate the source material and have been trying to butcher it from day one to push their sjw agenda. And Henry's the only one on set pushing back or trying to salvage something from the mess.
Expect the show to go to shit (or more shit) after he's gone.
>And Henry's the only one on set pushing back or trying to salvage something from the mess.
Literally source. I think Henry could have appealed directly to Amazon and they would have purged the writing staff
>Literally source
There's one example here itt of how tye writers wanted a scene titled "Roach's Revenge" where Geralt uses a bone from Roach to kill the monster that killed it and then quips about it and Cavill didn't like it
>"I've been on show - namely Witcher - where some of the writers were not or actively disliked the books and games (even actively mocking the source material)," DeMayo explained. "It's a recipe for disaster and bad morale. Fandom as a litmus test checks egos, and makes all the long nights worth it. You have to respect the work before you're allowed to add to its legacy."
>Henry Cavill revealedhis hopes for Season 3 to be loyal to the books"without too much in the way of diversions," especially when it comes to the relationships between the core characters.
It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together.
>franchise about monster hunting >there's barely any monster hunting >instead it's diversity squads arguing over politics while le ebil whites attack >w-why don't people like it?
Retard people liked S1 but S2 was a disaster and pretty much completely killed any popularity this adaptation had.
S1 was terrible, mostly because of the pacing of it. it all happened out of chronological order and i kept asking myself why the fuck they were doing that and i eventually realised they did it so they could have ciri appear in almost every episode. if it played out in chronological order ciri wouldn't have shown up until the last 4 episodes or so. the constant flashing back and forward through time was just annoying and it completely ruined the main story in my view. the best parts of season 1 were the filler bits where he actually fought monsters.
S2 was a complete shitshow, the first episode (i think it was episode 1) with his old friend who had been cursed and was keeping a monsterfu in his house was actually pure kino but everything after that was dreadful. how long did that fucking battle go on for? like 3 or 4 episodes? felt like half the season was dedicated to it and it was a shit battle sequence.
such a shame because the set design and costume department are great. geralt looks cool, and other than the ball sack armour so do most of the characters. except the women, on top of them all being cast as ugly brown people they're not even wearing the slutty waifu costumes from the games and it's obvious the costume department would be more than capable of crafting them some slutty cosplay tier outfits to suit the way they were portrayed in game. this was obviously a conscious choice, to hire a competent costume team and then have them make the women plain and boring outfits, likely this was a personal attack on me specifically. fuck netflix, fuck blacks, fuck women, fuck israelite. thank you for reading my ted post.
>Season 1 was great
Fuck no it wasn't.
It was garbage. But people are dumb and their simple brains are easily impressed by spectacle and mass marketing.
So you can just trick them into watching your garbage as long as it's not too garbage and not for too long. Like Game of Thrones was bad since Season 5, but it took a while to get phenomenally bad.
Witcher already started bad and got worse
>season 1 audience score 90%
yeah... people are fucking retarded
it was fucking shit... remember it started the trend of blackwashing fantasy and now we got picrel
and season 2 should be 0% or negative
>there's barely any monster hunting
There’s almost no monster hunting in the book. One of the main plotpoints is Witcher’s have hunted monsters almost to extinction, making them poor and desperate for work.
He is a good actor, but he can only do so much with the script/direction he's given. Look at Star Wars, there's a plethora of fantastic actors but every fucking one of them acts so fucking wooden it's painful to see.
No, seriously, there are important character traits that affect the plot, such as elves have sharp ears, what difference what color the elf has if it does not affect the plot. Let's say because of the different illumination in the continent there are places where people live with black skin and there are places where people live with white skin, well they took an apprentice to Aritusa from a place where blacks live, what's the fucking problem for the story here?
I know you're American and your concept of history is in the decades and it's incredibly difficult to imagine what the World was like hundreds of years ago, so thousands you can't even comprehend.
Israel at the time of 0b.c. was as White as any other part of Europe, having birthed the Phoenicians who became the Carthaginians, their remnants still alive and living in Syria, Jordan and Israel, along with Greeks from the time of Alexander and Philip of Macedon before and the Trojans before them.
It was 1200 years after the birth of Christ that the land known as Israel became under invasion from what you know today to be "Middle Eastern" brown men and over the coming centuries a multitude of invasions and conquests by the Islamic Jihadi Empires expanded into Israel, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, North Africa, Malta and even so far into Europe as Spain, and Southern France (being checked only at the battle of Tours by King Charlemagne) and Vienna.
If any of this has sunk in to your ignorant brain, it is to say history is not what you perceive it to be from your viewing of the electronic box you have been affixed to in the corner of your room as a surrogate parent and teacher.
1 year ago
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I've seen Saint George called Turkish by UK leftists on account of the fact he was originally from Anatolia.
1 year ago
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They have no concept of the Eastern Roman which became known as, the Byzantine Empire, so when they hear
"St. George was born in Turkey" they think of Muslims because those lands are invaded and colonised by Muslims in modern day, yet in the day of St. George, he was born into a Crusader state, basically a European country ruled by a feudal Christian Lord.
1 year ago
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God I can't believe I was born in a world dominated by asiatic hordes, pederasts and crazy eunuchs that think they're women
1 year ago
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I want off this wild ride.
1 year ago
Anonymous
We all do man, but it's going to ride until it gets off the rails
And that may never happen
1 year ago
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>(being checked only at the battle of Tours by King Charlemagne)
It was Charles Martel, Charlemagne's grandpa.
1 year ago
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>Islamic Jihadi Empires
Where did the Islamic Jihadi Empires originate from them? Furhter East?
1 year ago
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>jesus was a shitskin because reddit said so
just go back already you fucking nagger
1 year ago
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> wtf, a middle eastern israelite was.... a middle eastern israelite? i can't fucking believe it goyimbros
1 year ago
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This is the earlier image we have of Jesus, 3rd century.
1 year ago
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It's so funny trying to watch people declare Jesus was Arabian.
Dang you did an appeal to Jesus while saying skin colour does not matter for settings. Guess I'm standing on moral slurry here.
Jesus was literally Middle Eastern.
you retards do realize that Jesus is white(er) in Eastern Orthodox depictions because the Byzantine emperors were whiter than the shitskins to the south and the Turks, right? Jesus being white(er) is quite literally a location-based choice that makes more sense to the canon- you are conflicting your own point by even bringing him up
The substance of my post has nothing to do with Jesus' origin you low iq bug. He was claiming morality and understanding by using a picture of Jesus and saying he does not see colour.
This shitty show has every fucking village of a hundred peasants, every group of even fucking dwarves and elves, with the diverse demographics of modern America without exception. It's laughable and cringe.
>why does a character described as looking so much like yennefer that she also specifically tries to use this fact to attempt to manipulate geralt have to look like yennefer?
maybe because what she looks like is an actual part of her character and a point around which a portion of the plot concerning Vilgefortz pivots? what compels golems like you to step up to bat when you don't even know what game you're playing or what the score is? why argue in bad faith when you literally don't know the first thing about the topic you're debating; not even entry level google search stuff? it's shameful.
>The current actress plays it well.
that's true and i hope that she has a great and prosperous career in spike lee and jordan peele movies, where she belongs. she was cast specifically to reduce the whiteness of the witcher as a flex on white people and gamers. please do not pretend you don't understand this.
I understand that there is such a thing as quotas, and that if two actresses auditioned equally and there are a lot of white people in the cast, they will take the black actress and not the white, simply because the black population is 30 and it looks suspicious if all actors will be white in a non-historical film. It turns out that subconsciously if the director is white, he/she's recruiting white people into the cast and that's something they fight against in the country where Netflix is based. I understand that, so I don't see the problem. We already have a Polish Witcher movie with an all-white cast.
>if two actresses auditioned equally and there are a lot of white people in the cast, they will take the black actress and not the white
They'll do that regardless of skill.
Triss actress is horrible and Fringilla's isn't far off. They're diversity hires
>simply because the black population is 30 and it looks suspicious if all actors will be white in a non-historical film.
No, it doesn't.
If you set the film in Africa or Chicago and everyone was white, then you'd had a point.
Yep,
Nothing against black people being actors or being in movies,
But the problem is why you are choosing to cast them in particular movies.
If they are being cast for woke leftist diversity ideology bullshit, it's a problem.
No reason for a White man not being able to play Black Panther, I can't understand why the color of the skin should change anything a White actor could play it so well.
>I can't understand why the color of the skin should change anything
Because she's related by blood to Ciri and Henrietta, it's also a mayor plot point that she's a dead ringer of Yennefer to the point she dresses as her to trick some mayor character, and no she doesn't use magic to avoid being dectected.
No, Yennefer is described as pale in the books.
And it's an important part of her character because her complexion and dark mean she only uses black/white clothing
>related by blood to a white girl from mother's side >related by blood to a white girl from father's side >she's a dead ringer of another white girl >"yeah it makes sense that she's black"
At this point, any "writer" that wants their work to be the "next best thing" should forego television and instead go for animated series or video games. Although in this writer's case, he'll probably throw a hissy fit at the Japanese for not giving him a billion dollars in German Marks upfront.
kek that is terrible casting. They could have kept it afloat with an obscure but handsome european actor. I thought Netflix was concerned about budgeting now?
He was so stoked to play geralt, he kept calling them and pretty muched begged for yhe role.
But guess he got so fed up with them fucking of the source material, so beeing the big nerd he is, he felt he migth as well leave.
And im guessing playeing superman pays better than netfucks.
israelites are what I like to call "nebulous white"
In genetic terms, the Ashkenazi have a lot of euro blood in them due to to being communities coming from southern Europe that settled in Germany.
I like to judge on a case by case basis
Yeah they use that a lot.
My solution is that, the minute they claim into the israelite identity they're locked in it forever
israelites are what I like to call "nebulous white"
In genetic terms, the Ashkenazi have a lot of euro blood in them due to to being communities coming from southern Europe that settled in Germany.
I like to judge on a case by case basis
They are Schrodinger's whites.
They are white when it suits them, but they love to claim minority status when it suits them too.
Ashkenazi israelites are not culturally white. They hate white people. If white what just skin color than the Japanese and Irish would also be considered white. Besides ashkenaiz are off white in skin tone like a corpse
Henry Cavill is officially the dumbest motherfucker in the world
Looking forward to his onlyfans though
He already has enough money to never have to work again.
>he casts himself as EVERY primarch
Based.
Dude even begged for the role. How this even happens? https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/why-henry-cavill-begged-for-lead-role-in-new-netflix-series-the-witcher/news-story/3c1cd93ad02ac5eddbb52e89e1a16e5e
How the actual fuck do decent shows get cancelled in 1 season but this still goes on? Nobody watched the first two seasons, literally nobody I know watched this show to begin with and the one thing they had was Cavill
>How the actual fuck do decent shows get cancelled in 1 season but this still goes on?
Decent shows likely cannot be used to promote netflix. The Witcher solely relies on brand recognizition, it's too big to fail.
I get like most people in this thread you're a fucking retard, but yes, leaving a guaranteed paycheck to star in DC movies no one will ever watch is the dumbest fucking thing anyone could do.
>guaranteed paycheck
You must be the biggest retard of all.
Netflix cancels shows after 3 seasons if They're not Stranger Things big. S2 has less of an audience than S1.
Cavill can get the paycheck of 3 seasons in a single DC film, with significantly less work
How fucking stupid are you? You are LITERALLY in a thread talking about the witcher's FOURTH season
Plus DC isn't gonna pay him fucking shit if no one watches his fucking movies. This is literally career suicide but your retarded ass can't see that because MUH WOKE SJWS RUININ MUH VIDYA
>You are LITERALLY in a thread talking about the witcher's FOURTH season
Which will bomb if it ever happens. >Plus DC isn't gonna pay him fucking shit if no one watches his fucking movies
He's a bankable start with a recognizable IP.
Literally all DC needs to do to roll on cash is be less retarded. Not even the absence of retardness. Just less of it. >This is literally career suicide but your retarded ass can't see that because MUH WOKE SJWS RUININ MUH VIDYA
Holy fuck, nobody mentioned any of these things in this conversation. Are you alright anon? Are you hearing voices and sounds?
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>He's a bankable star
In what fucking way you mental midget? When has Cavill EVER brought in bank?
1 year ago
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>In what fucking way you mental midget? When has Cavill EVER brought in bank?
When he singlehandedly supported a crappy show that would fail on the first season in getting two more
>blockbuster movie star versus netflix videogame adaptation (I know it's not but that's the only audience who even gave this a chance lmao, and even if that wasn't a thingm that's still the tier the show is on)
The show is dead in the water. They can keep trying to naggerfy everyone but that hasn't helped the ratings, which were never actually high to begin with. Every sign of buzz about the show was fake from the start.
The Witcher should’ve just been a ripoff of supernatural with Monster of the week / actually it turns out humans were the monster this week with Gerald/Damdellion. Occasionally running into Yen for a romantic fling/magic sidemission. It would’ve ticked the boxes for so many different demographics
Funnily enough, this sort of format is almost like what's regarded as the best parts of the books; that is, the books that were just a bunch of separate little short stories.
The excuse of why they didn't was ridiculous >nooooo! It doesn't work in a tv format
What the fuck, you dumb broad, that's how tv was until not a decade ago. Disney is making a show with that format that's a huge hit. How are you this incompetent
My guess is that Cavill had a contract that required him to get a pay increase and since the show gets such low ratings they couldn't justify it to netflix who have tightened the purse strings recently
>In The Hollywood Reporter’s cover story with Cavill from November 2021, the star said he planned to follow through with The Witcher series creator Lauren Schmidt Hissrich’s aim to have the show last at least seven seasons.
i fucking hate actors that bail out like this
cavill carrying the witcher for 3 seasons has to be the most egregious example of the white man's burden in recent cinema history. dragging a bunch of incompetent women and browns kicking and screaming up the side of kino mountain while they sabotage him every step of the way. poor henry, i hope games workshop throws him a bone and casts him in a space marine kino. would be great to see cavill as a grey knight plowing a slutty sister of battle as she compliments his piety and righteous fury.
>The recast nobody wanted.
When this happens it usually means the series or movie falls into mediocrity and goes straight to video. $2 clearance bin tier.
Dude even begged for the role. How this even happens? https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/why-henry-cavill-begged-for-lead-role-in-new-netflix-series-the-witcher/news-story/3c1cd93ad02ac5eddbb52e89e1a16e5e
because the producers did not meet his demands to make the show fall in line with the books and games. Cavill wanted to be there to make sure the series worked and without him it's going to fall apart very quickly.
See
Because they did not meet his standards, as he laid out previously. He actually fucking cared about this shit, unlike the showrunners.
WHEN I WAS A LAD I PLAYED 4 DOZEN GAMES
EVERY MORNING TO HELP ME NOT FRAUD
AND NOW THAT I'M GROWN I PLAY 5 DOZEN GAMES
AND I'M ROUGHLY THE SKILL OF A GOD
The showruners and writers didn't like the source material and Cavil is an uber-fan. They literally make fun of it and throw the source books around the room and shit on them (verbally).
>Cavil is an uber-fan. They literally make fun of it and throw the source books around the room and shit on them (verbally).
For Cavill it would be soul crushing to see something you care so much about be treated like shit in front of you. Why spend anymore time around people who just don't care.
>Why would they announce this now?
Because Cavill is fed up with producers and writers. Plus he now has Superman, possible GoT and maybe becoming Bond. The man is busy.
It's work and bringing him huge amounts of money he spends enjoying on painting armies of Custodes.
The guy is not a Thespian and he knows it, but that doesn't mean I don't like him.
>the goyslopper collects custodes
figures. i'd respect him more if he was waaaagh boy or a chaos chad. that said, if he plays mesbg all will be forgiven.
I think it's that he considers acting just a job and is in the point in his career when he can go for work that he does enjoy instead of whatever pays the bills.
Cavill is probably pissed about working on a project making a mockery of the franchise he loves.
He's tried to steer the ship and was given creative license here and there, but it must be too much at as certain point.
Short of a spousal relationship or friendship, Cavill clearly was handed a bigger sack of cash than the one he was getting from Witcher. Even if Witcher was a better product the cash would win out and he'd leave then too. Let's be real here, he wouldn't have stayed regardless; nobody would not when millions of dollars are in play.
If someone offered you double your salary to do the exact same job and all other things in your life being constant you'd take the money, you wouldn't stop to think about how great your co-workers or boss are or the impact of your job.
I would have watched a whole season of "monster hunt" of the week with Cavill, but they couldn't even do that right. Could literally just be a witcher themed anthology with their gay politics and social issues being the main story and then having Cavill Clean up their gay mess and slaying some shit. except they're untalented hacks and it's painfully obvious.
they could have made it capeshit tier quip spamming girl power nonsense and it still would have been fun as long as geralt was hunting and killing/curing a monster every week and having sex with a different woman every second episode.
He hanged on for 3 seasons like a battered housewife hoping it improves. The show would be some B-grade trash that nobody cares about if not for everyone knowing "its the show that cavill begged to play"
I feel bad for the him he seemed like a geuine fan, its some real monkey paw shit.
What were they thinking?
But honestly, if they make the show more like the source materials (either book or games) at least it will be fun. Having Henry play geralt in season 2 where he barely ever says anything, what was even the point?
Picture unrelated, or I guess its related since the recast is retarded
>But honestly, if they make the show more like the source materials (either book or games)
The books need to be burned and forgotten. The games are unironically better storytelling than anything Sapowski has ever shitted out, and it’s why he seethes endlessly about it and sniffs his own farts.
>Hurr, I made an edgy story about a monster hunter who doesn’t hunt monsters
>Hurr, everything sucks and that’s good writing
Not to mention the story jumps the shark with how special Ciri is, but also she’s not special because nothing matters and life is meaningless. I’m such a big brained writer.
>Hurr, I killed off my main characters at the end in a stupid manner because le nothing matters teehee good guys never win
The reality is Projekt Red needed a cheap IP to make their adult Lord of the Rings game, and the Witcher fit the bill. The books just serve as exposition for the games infinitely better world building.
The books are meh, and the show is even edgier, subversive poopslop.
>This character is only important in the games, so we made him an asshole and killed him just to piss you off
>U mad, gaymers?
I refuse to even acknowledge material outside of the games at this point.
Based non-reader. Book fags in general (this includes Manga fags especially) Need to neck themselves.
cope
midwits detected
Go back to Cinemaphile retard
The book's world was more interesting but it quickly circled the drain as soon as Ciri entered the picture.
illiterate boyo, go back.
>inb4 seething audiobook """""readers""""" shout this down while ignoring another book they'll never understand playing in the background as white noise
I think you're maybe to aggressive, but not exactly wrong.
I liked the books, but their strength was in the short stories, with clever deconstructions of fairy tales and fantasy and the general figure of the Witcher, which is a million dollar idea.
Sapkowski really does shit the bed in the end. The last two books drag a lot and are a mess in pacing and in it's themes.
CDPR fucked up some things but I'll say, the most interesting aspect of the IP is the witchering which is much better in the games.
>which is a million dollar idea.
That was already done with Elric
>tfw the Witcher will now die in a pool of it's own piss and we'll have to watch Netflix/HBO/Amazon rape Elric and inevitably BotNS
>That was already done with Elric
It wasn't anon. I don't know if you heard that from Razorfist or not but he's wrong, Geralt isn't much of a Elric rip-off. Aside from the nickname and nifty white hair.
Elric is a tortured soul from a race of ancient and cruel elfin beings, too human to fit with Melniboneans and too Melnibonean to fit with the humans. He's thin and sickly, needing herbs to sustain himself. He starts as an Emperor and leaves it behind so that he'll wander the world as a mercenary. Elric is an anti-Conan.
Geral is a bluel collar worker. He's an answer to as question, "what type of man would be one that kills monster" and the answer is remarkably simple: a professional.
They're very different works
I have the Elric novels (some early-edition prints) literally sitting on my shelf. They aren't 1 to 1 rips of each other to be sure, but they share enough similarities and functions within the overarching story that I simply can't imagine Sapkowski hadn't just finished the series when he started writing Geralt. And that's fine in it's own right, but Moorcock has gone on record saying that all interest in Elric adaptations has dried up since the popularity of the Witcher skyrocketed, so at the very least Hollywood executives agree with my assumption that the supposed "million dollar idea" is similar enough to the idea that predates it that having the two stand beside each other and both be million dollar ideas isn't feasible.
>I have the Elric novels (some early-edition prints) literally sitting on my shelf
I don't, because I buy digital. But the only Elric novel I haven't read is Elric at the End of of Time.
>I simply can't imagine Sapkowski hadn't just finished the series when he started writing Geralt
I don't doubt it, but the end product is different enough that they provide different experiences. I don't think Batman has been a rip-off of The Shadow for a good while
>Moorcock has gone on record saying that all interest in Elric adaptations has dried up since the popularity of the Witcher skyrocketed
Well, I can thank the Witcher for taking that bullet then. Moorcock has also said he thought about suing Sapkowski but gave up after being better informed i nthe subject and that it wouldn't hold up in court
And I wouldn't put much stock in what executives think. They're notorious retards that thin audiences are even bigger retards. Even if the only similarity between Elric and Geralt was the white hair and using swords they'd say that the properties are too similar. They change character similar names as not to "confuse audiences"
You're right
The books boil down to Sapkowskis mommydom fetish. The shortstories pre ciri are good tho.
The short stories are golden, and the saga was OK but it is the characters that people love. The video games took what was best about the books and capitalised on them.
The show did the opposite. They ignored the books and just created their own characters and world.
that's the downgrade of the century lmao
This. What the fuck were they thinking
Cavill got tired of roasties ruining the show and didnt renew for another season. Liam has been desperately trying to get into new stuff.
Cavill's a cuck lmao he just got more money from DC to try and save their irredeemable capeshit, again
He tolerated 3 seasons of this absolutely trash and he would have done more.
Tell me you are retarded without telling me you are retarded
You should go let Cavill know he's making a big mistake, I'm sure he's not in the right position to weigh these kinds of things, but you are. Go help the man out.
Someone post the penis armour.
>a cuck
>is getting more money
Begging ya to get tested. For your mother's sake.
>we need to find some way to save money
The fuck you guys talking about?
One of the main complaints about Cavill is how extremely feminine he looks, so they hired a guy who looks like an actual man instead of some sissy.
>One of the main complaints about Cavill is how extremely feminine he looks, so they hired a guy who looks like an actual man instead of some sissy.
What's wrong with you?
That was some really low tier b8 m8s
>Liam
>not looking like a sissy
Cavill has a better jaw line and brow
>Cavill
>looking feminine
What... what?
???
In what fucking universe is Henry fucking Cavill feminine looking?
Just look at him!
Looks like a teenage girl!
yeah man I was about to report you for posting CP he looks so much like a topless teenage girl in that gif
we appreciate you advertising our show, but we're still not paying you for making these threads, OP
He does it for free no worries
Wtf are they thinking
>it's real
what the
i didn't even know this got a second season
this!
how did they manage to shit out 4 sessions lol
npc's are cancer
get lidl hemsworth on some roids asap
Liam has a decent frame already. He just hasn't been on gear for a decade like Chris. His leaner, but more ripped body is closer to Geralts. I just wonder if he will be able to pull off the gravely voice.
>lidl hemsworth
Mom can we get hemsworth?
We've got hemsworth at home.
Hemsworth at home.
Huh?
well done for repeating his joke but worse
First time seeing someone so brain damaged by reddit/youtube meme comments
Liam isn't even the worst Hemsworth actor lol
i c
The Witcher (with Cavill) is fucking based.
This is sad news.
>inb4 a bunch of salty /misc/tards start seething at me
not a /misc/tard and you're fucking retard
lol seethe moar
/misc/ lives in your head rent free. What did they do that made you hold a grudge?
kill yourself slopper
Nigga looks like a stretched out Charlie Day.
Season 4 confirmed for being the last season then.
at the rate they're losing subscribers and after they piss people off by ending account sharing they'll be too broke for a season four anyway.
>Witcher season 1 and 2 both among Netflix's most watched shows and most loved by audiences
>"nah bro trust, people are leaving netflix on mass because of garbage like this"
>on mass
*en masse, you retarded moron.
Same difference retard holy shit I wish you would of payed more attention at school
if you cope any harder, your on mass will grow
It’s ”paid” you ESL retarded moron.
en god fr
What the fuck, has any decent show ever recast the main character ?
Especially since he is literally the best thing that show has
Someone else pointed out Netflix contracts usually have 3 seasons max. Henry probably wanted more or was tired or the role on top of him going back to DC. I imagine his schedule for more superman movies doesn't allow for the witcher as well.
The rumor is Cavill is fed up with the writers since the writers want to rewrite the story from the book as SJW as possible
probably true, good him distancing himself he deserves to be apart of good high fantasy, like Arthas from warcraft
maybe one day he'll get to make his dream wh40k tv show but he gets creative control
>Henry Cavill as Ciaphas Cain
mite b fun
I love that interview he gave where he said his dream project was to be in some Warhammer40k movie or t.v. series adaptation, as a Prime Arch, a Space Marine, an inquisitor, or even as a Guardsmen, he didn't care he just wants to be involved.
It's a breath of fresh air to hear about a guy who has passions and interests and wants to use his job and position to further them as much as he can and introduce more people to the hobby.
>he casts himself as EVERY primarch
That would be cool to see.
I've always wanted to get into 40K but I have no idea where to start. Is there a core series of books or movies that the community recommends to begin to learn the lore?
I think Cavill unironically likes the witcher universe.
This "rumor" has only been circulated here without any inside source though. It's believable, but that doesn't make it credible.
>The rumor
That you schizos made up.
aka my youtube grifter headcanon
Imagine his face when they told him (after contract signed off course) they made trish a nigress
this guy is so closeted it's not even funny lol
Don't.
God I wish
Projecting anon?
Is she a nigress? She was cute in Harry Potter.
I wouldn't call Batwoman decent but recasting her made the show somehow even more unwatchable than it already was.
>decent
It's not decent, it's dogshit.
Henry is a fan of the books and the franchise, and he was probably sick and tired of watching the writers and showrunner destroy the thing he loves.
I'm sure he's been sticking around to see if he can steer the ship in a positive direction (the Roach death scene, for example), but at some point, you have to realise you are fighting an uphill battle and it isn't worth it.
The writers don't give a fuck about the books.
>decent show
lool
The show fucking sucked anyway
Season was so bad I stopped watching after two episodes
I doubt anybody would watch a season 4 anyway haha
That’s because Cavill has a 5 times a day contract with my prostate
God I wish that was me
The tranny always gets the chad
Did not watch the second season. Dropped the first when the witch tried to suck a djin into her pussy
>enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
>enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
>enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
>enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
>enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find
Good. Cavill is better off distancing himself from this trash.
Dude must have some sort of monkey's paw curse
>Gee I love comics and video games I wish I was an actor that could play the role of hero in them!
>GRANTED
>Immortals under performs and despite set up as a series was never revisited
>his Superman movie that was supposed to launch the DCU is one big meme and part of a forced cinematic universe
>the witcher is pozzed to hell and back
Like every possible thing he gets put in is immediately followed by videos and articles talking about how much executive meddling there was and background production issues were happening.
He DID launch DC by himself, only reason BvS broke a billion was because people wanted more Superman but got a batman's nightmares snoozefest
BvS did not break a billion. That's what makes it so funny.
>aschully it was .8 billion!
FUCK YOU MATH nagger
Rumors that he is in talks to join House of the Dragon as well, how bad will the show get then?
No one cares
Why even bother with a 4th season if they're losing the best actor on the show? The others are ok, but Cavill carries that shit hard.
This. I won't even hate watch this shit anymore.
Holy shit lmfao
Into the trash it goes. I only watched it for my nigga Henry.
Based Henry leaving that shit show for shitting on the books.
recasting that is insane, i didn't like it when they recast Jeff for BCS. Im probably in the minority that thinks Cavill lacked the acting and personality of Geralt. He looked right though
I don't even think he looked right. Cavill was born to play superman and probably nothing else tbh. I like the guy but he was miscast as Geralt
Agreed. He was too chiseled and tall to be Geralt.
>Season fou-
Was there a season three?
Likely it is being filmed right now
It will be released in the summer of 2023 from what I read.
>https://www.pcgamer.com/some-of-the-witcher-show-writers-actively-disliked-the-books-and-games/
The quality of writing was alright in the first season, but season 2 just took a dive straight off a cliff. Honestly good on him for leaving, he probably saw the writing on the wall. I feel bad for Cavill though, he always said he was a huge fan of the books and games. Seeing something you love get treated like that and being forced to take part in it has got to hurt.
Season 1 was half fan fiction. It was tolerable.
Season 2 was pure fan fiction.
I'm glad he left, he deserves better. They were probably upset with him because he was trying to change things for the better and they didn't like that.
>They were probably upset with him because he was trying to change things for the better and they didn't like that.
Absolutely this.
Yes, The Witcher netflix sucks
>some of the writers disliked the books
>Cinemaphile: "OMG ALL THE WRITERS ON THE WITCHER HATED THE BOOKS AND WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FUCK WITH THE SOURCE MATERIAL BECAUSE THEY HATE GAMERS LIKE ME SEE I TOLD YOU IM NOT WRONG WE WERE RIGHT"
nagger
>OMG ALL THE WRITERS ON THE WITCHER HATED THE BOOKS AND WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FUCK WITH THE SOURCE MATERIAL
If you'd watched the show and read the books you'd know that much is true.
>BECAUSE THEY HATE GAMERS LIKE ME SEE I TOLD YOU IM NOT WRONG WE WERE RIGHT
I don't give a shit about their motivation for hating the source material when the results are this atrocious
Hell, I wouldn't give a shit if they hated the source material if they actually produced something good, (there are plenty of shitty adaptations that are still excellent bits of media) but what they made is utter fucking garbage
>I wouldn't give a shit if they hated the source material if they actually produced something good
I feel like someone should agree with you on this.
It's certain that the people making this thing think they're making something good. I think what we need more often is interviewers dragging these people in front of a camera and doing a post-mortem. Like the Game of Thrones people, D&D - why the fuck aren't people interviewing the shit out of them to force their explanation of how the final season went.
It's not enough that these people lose work, we need to make some kind of effort to hear their reasons why they fucked it up if only to learn the lessons first-hand.
oy vey
even the producers who jumped the ship are open about how much the writers hate the source material
>The rumor is Cavill is fed up with the writers since the writers want to rewrite the story from the book as SJW as possible
Dunno if its a rumor, he was openly vocal about really likeing the games and books, multiple writers officially talked about the tensions long before this casting.
You sound more like an autist than the people you're mocking. And no, your shitty pozzed show will never be respected.
tranny nagger
This is why over time your side always loses, because you are insane and incapable of decent conversation.
>ALL THE WRITERS ON THE WITCHER HATED THE BOOKS
This, but unironically.
Fuck off cunt, anyone can see that is true.
>the reason Henry quit.
has the fat polish fuck killed himself yet? imagine being such a pathetic homosexual u give some american mongrel golems the right to make a negrofied netflix series out of it
killed himself by whoring and boozing himself to death? maybe.
Zero reason to watch it now.
You watch the other cast members have still motivation now that he's gone.
there was never a reason to watch it, its horrible
based cavill. good on him for trying to make vidya kino but any love he has for the character is always going to be overshadowed by the hatred for gamers that women and trannies feel in their shriveled hearts. good on him for walking away from this dumpster fire.
It's amazing that they actually managed to make a show which as of s4 will have literally not a single good thing in it.
threadly heeminder: henry got to experience this
that's hot
>tfw Henry brought her a shitty Alienware PC
>when you show her your freshly painted custodes diorama
doesn't this cause immediate brain damage
even if it was quick enough to not turn serious, he 100% took damage from it
nah it's fine as soon as they let go of a blood choke the blood starts flowing again and it's no big deal. getting punched in the head once is worse than getting slept by a blood choke. the real danger here is having an erection for longer than 4 hours because you got heemed by gina carano.
No.
Corr
I'll try to watch it but it won't be the same
aussie Chads > bong Chads
>greatest fantasy cinema adaptation
>made by a man
>a single black person showed in The Two Towers
>worst fantasy adaptation
>female writers and producer
>non-whites everywhere
>"why shows keep failing?"
>Enjoy diving in, and seeing what you can find
What a class act. He clearly does love it.
>filled with both monsters and adventures
why is he leaving?
I recall him auditioning via social media-begging, like this was a dream project for him to be involved in
maybe they wanted geralt to become a butt pirate
he's superman again and he's enough of a witcher fan to hate the direction the show has gone
We'll have to wait atleast 5-10 years until we get the true Hollywood story behind the scenes truth of it all.
Because they did not meet his standards, as he laid out previously. He actually fucking cared about this shit, unlike the showrunners.
kinda based. even the lead character knows the show sucks ass
Show is shit and he gets to be superman for the next 10 years.
There's only so much a man can take.
Because he clearly cared for the source material, whereas the writers didn't and he couldn't bare watching his favourite IP getting raped over and over again.
He wanted to play Geralt in the Witcher series, but he didn't get what he wanted. Instead, he was playing some random protagonist in a generic fantasy series written by talentless nepotistic diversity hires.
well, it's poorly written trash for women so the casting fits
If this is true then I'm out. I was only watching it for the novelty anyways.
if you're making vidya adaptations and THE epic gamer nerd actor is walking away from your biggest vidya project, you're simply ngmi. it's over for netflix. liam only accepted this project because he is a nobody and this is an easy way to get some fame for him.
>liam only accepted this project because he is a nobody and this is an easy way to get some fame for him.
I honestly don't see him even making it to the screen, Cavill walking away is the death knell for the show. Plus, imagine how the other cast feel about the downgrade. Did you see that interview with Cavill, Allan and Chalotra? The girls couldn't take their eyes off him. Imagine how they'll feel about Superman getting replaced with dollar-store Chinese-knockoff Thor.
>Hissrich admits that when she first wrote the Roach death scene, her instinct was to puncture the moment with a bit of meta-comedy. Henry Cavill pushed for a more heartfelt moment, and eventually Hissrich caved — which she says was ultimately the right call.
“Henry was so unhappy with the line,” she recalls. “Finally I said, ‘You know what, you come up with something. I trust you, you know this material so well, you know the book so well, you don’t even have to pitch it to me.’ And he came back the next day with a beautiful speech that’s at the end of Sword of Destiny when Geralt is facing death and it’s such a pitch perfect moment.”
Cavill’s choice is simple, but effective in his gravely Geralt speak: “Enjoy your last walk across the meadow and through the mist. Be not afraid of her for she is your friend.”
wtf why did they kill Roach?
Good thing I dropped the show on s01e02...
They killed Eskel.
After turning Eskel into a complete asshole.
After making it clear Eskel has no idea about how to fight monsters.
After having Eskel bring a bunch of LITERAL whores to Kaer Morhen.
After adding in about 20 new unnamed witchers to Kaer Morhen they could have given that plotline to.
Yeah, that was the point where I kind of checked out of the series. I'm still slow-watching it an episode now and then, but I'm not invested in it anymore.
>wtf why did they kill Roach?
You unironically know less than show’s dogshit writers.
Geralt has had dozen of horses, and he names them all Roach. That’s why the writers wanted to make a joke of the current Roach dying, but Geralt cares about all his horses, even though they’re not the original. Hence Cavill changing the scene.
He seems like a guy who is low-key fighting the writers on-set, but picking his battles for crap in the script that he finds truly unacceptable.
The only one who makes that series watcheable is him.
I don't care for him as an actor but I admire his dedication
He should be a producer on the next witcher project, maybe he can get a movie rolling
He's been fighting the writers from day one. Word has the writers of the show actively hate the source material and have been trying to butcher it from day one to push their sjw agenda. And Henry's the only one on set pushing back or trying to salvage something from the mess.
Expect the show to go to shit (or more shit) after he's gone.
>And Henry's the only one on set pushing back or trying to salvage something from the mess.
Literally source. I think Henry could have appealed directly to Amazon and they would have purged the writing staff
>Literally source
There's one example here itt of how tye writers wanted a scene titled "Roach's Revenge" where Geralt uses a bone from Roach to kill the monster that killed it and then quips about it and Cavill didn't like it
>https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-the-witcher-some-writers-actively-disliked-books-games-claims-former-producer
>"I've been on show - namely Witcher - where some of the writers were not or actively disliked the books and games (even actively mocking the source material)," DeMayo explained. "It's a recipe for disaster and bad morale. Fandom as a litmus test checks egos, and makes all the long nights worth it. You have to respect the work before you're allowed to add to its legacy."
>Henry Cavill revealedhis hopes for Season 3 to be loyal to the books"without too much in the way of diversions," especially when it comes to the relationships between the core characters.
It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together.
You have to be Tom Cruise or The Rock to demand something like that. He doesn't gave that star power yet.
>"Hey, your horse is dying."
>"Hay is for horses."
>it is over after season 1
>franchise about monster hunting
>there's barely any monster hunting
>instead it's diversity squads arguing over politics while le ebil whites attack
>w-why don't people like it?
everything has to be serialized now they have some issue with episodic shows
>w-why don't people like it?
>implying people don't like it
lmao, nice revisionism
Season 1 was great, people felt hyped for Season 2 and then were disappointed as the writing took a running leap off the cliff of mediocrity.
>Season 1 was great
it was fucking shit
S1 was terrible, mostly because of the pacing of it. it all happened out of chronological order and i kept asking myself why the fuck they were doing that and i eventually realised they did it so they could have ciri appear in almost every episode. if it played out in chronological order ciri wouldn't have shown up until the last 4 episodes or so. the constant flashing back and forward through time was just annoying and it completely ruined the main story in my view. the best parts of season 1 were the filler bits where he actually fought monsters.
S2 was a complete shitshow, the first episode (i think it was episode 1) with his old friend who had been cursed and was keeping a monsterfu in his house was actually pure kino but everything after that was dreadful. how long did that fucking battle go on for? like 3 or 4 episodes? felt like half the season was dedicated to it and it was a shit battle sequence.
such a shame because the set design and costume department are great. geralt looks cool, and other than the ball sack armour so do most of the characters. except the women, on top of them all being cast as ugly brown people they're not even wearing the slutty waifu costumes from the games and it's obvious the costume department would be more than capable of crafting them some slutty cosplay tier outfits to suit the way they were portrayed in game. this was obviously a conscious choice, to hire a competent costume team and then have them make the women plain and boring outfits, likely this was a personal attack on me specifically. fuck netflix, fuck blacks, fuck women, fuck israelite. thank you for reading my ted post.
>Season 1 was great
Fuck no it wasn't.
It was garbage. But people are dumb and their simple brains are easily impressed by spectacle and mass marketing.
So you can just trick them into watching your garbage as long as it's not too garbage and not for too long. Like Game of Thrones was bad since Season 5, but it took a while to get phenomenally bad.
Witcher already started bad and got worse
it held on because of Henry and now it'll tank
>debuts
Retard people liked S1 but S2 was a disaster and pretty much completely killed any popularity this adaptation had.
Fuck you shill
>season 1 audience score 90%
yeah... people are fucking retarded
it was fucking shit... remember it started the trend of blackwashing fantasy and now we got picrel
and season 2 should be 0% or negative
>there's barely any monster hunting
There’s almost no monster hunting in the book. One of the main plotpoints is Witcher’s have hunted monsters almost to extinction, making them poor and desperate for work.
Are people seriously pretend Cavill is a good actor?
He is a good actor, but he can only do so much with the script/direction he's given. Look at Star Wars, there's a plethora of fantastic actors but every fucking one of them acts so fucking wooden it's painful to see.
Henry is a top tier physical actor. Dude can act out fight scenes super well.
They obviously need him for superman and witcher is just some shit tv show.
If this means we can get Cavill as Bond then yes please
It's time
They're already on season 4?
Season 3 is filming and 4 has been greenlit.
Ding dong, witcher's gone.
It' over!
never watched this show but still:
lol, lmao even. just cancel it at that point; it wasn't even successful with cavill's star power holding it up.
I look at this picture and I can't understand why the color of the skin should change anything. The current actress plays it well.
>I can't understand
at least you're honest.
No, seriously, there are important character traits that affect the plot, such as elves have sharp ears, what difference what color the elf has if it does not affect the plot. Let's say because of the different illumination in the continent there are places where people live with black skin and there are places where people live with white skin, well they took an apprentice to Aritusa from a place where blacks live, what's the fucking problem for the story here?
That would require consistency, something which isn't there.
It's a nagger pick lottery instead
>what's the fucking problem for the story here?
Why is her name Fringilla then? Her name isn't important to the story?
Dang you did an appeal to Jesus while saying skin colour does not matter for settings. Guess I'm standing on moral slurry here.
Jesus was literally Middle Eastern.
and?
So is bar Refaeli
I know you're American and your concept of history is in the decades and it's incredibly difficult to imagine what the World was like hundreds of years ago, so thousands you can't even comprehend.
Israel at the time of 0b.c. was as White as any other part of Europe, having birthed the Phoenicians who became the Carthaginians, their remnants still alive and living in Syria, Jordan and Israel, along with Greeks from the time of Alexander and Philip of Macedon before and the Trojans before them.
It was 1200 years after the birth of Christ that the land known as Israel became under invasion from what you know today to be "Middle Eastern" brown men and over the coming centuries a multitude of invasions and conquests by the Islamic Jihadi Empires expanded into Israel, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, North Africa, Malta and even so far into Europe as Spain, and Southern France (being checked only at the battle of Tours by King Charlemagne) and Vienna.
If any of this has sunk in to your ignorant brain, it is to say history is not what you perceive it to be from your viewing of the electronic box you have been affixed to in the corner of your room as a surrogate parent and teacher.
I've seen Saint George called Turkish by UK leftists on account of the fact he was originally from Anatolia.
They have no concept of the Eastern Roman which became known as, the Byzantine Empire, so when they hear
"St. George was born in Turkey" they think of Muslims because those lands are invaded and colonised by Muslims in modern day, yet in the day of St. George, he was born into a Crusader state, basically a European country ruled by a feudal Christian Lord.
God I can't believe I was born in a world dominated by asiatic hordes, pederasts and crazy eunuchs that think they're women
I want off this wild ride.
We all do man, but it's going to ride until it gets off the rails
And that may never happen
>(being checked only at the battle of Tours by King Charlemagne)
It was Charles Martel, Charlemagne's grandpa.
>Islamic Jihadi Empires
Where did the Islamic Jihadi Empires originate from them? Furhter East?
>jesus was a shitskin because reddit said so
just go back already you fucking nagger
> wtf, a middle eastern israelite was.... a middle eastern israelite? i can't fucking believe it goyimbros
This is the earlier image we have of Jesus, 3rd century.
It's so funny trying to watch people declare Jesus was Arabian.
you retards do realize that Jesus is white(er) in Eastern Orthodox depictions because the Byzantine emperors were whiter than the shitskins to the south and the Turks, right? Jesus being white(er) is quite literally a location-based choice that makes more sense to the canon- you are conflicting your own point by even bringing him up
The substance of my post has nothing to do with Jesus' origin you low iq bug. He was claiming morality and understanding by using a picture of Jesus and saying he does not see colour.
This shitty show has every fucking village of a hundred peasants, every group of even fucking dwarves and elves, with the diverse demographics of modern America without exception. It's laughable and cringe.
>why does a character described as looking so much like yennefer that she also specifically tries to use this fact to attempt to manipulate geralt have to look like yennefer?
maybe because what she looks like is an actual part of her character and a point around which a portion of the plot concerning Vilgefortz pivots? what compels golems like you to step up to bat when you don't even know what game you're playing or what the score is? why argue in bad faith when you literally don't know the first thing about the topic you're debating; not even entry level google search stuff? it's shameful.
Why are elves having pointy ears essential to the plot? Why can't you change them?
>The current actress plays it well.
that's true and i hope that she has a great and prosperous career in spike lee and jordan peele movies, where she belongs. she was cast specifically to reduce the whiteness of the witcher as a flex on white people and gamers. please do not pretend you don't understand this.
I understand that there is such a thing as quotas, and that if two actresses auditioned equally and there are a lot of white people in the cast, they will take the black actress and not the white, simply because the black population is 30 and it looks suspicious if all actors will be white in a non-historical film. It turns out that subconsciously if the director is white, he/she's recruiting white people into the cast and that's something they fight against in the country where Netflix is based. I understand that, so I don't see the problem. We already have a Polish Witcher movie with an all-white cast.
>if two actresses auditioned equally and there are a lot of white people in the cast, they will take the black actress and not the white
They'll do that regardless of skill.
Triss actress is horrible and Fringilla's isn't far off. They're diversity hires
So, we live in a time of reverse racism.
>reverse racism.
Doesn't exist.
It's just racism
>simply because the black population is 30 and it looks suspicious if all actors will be white in a non-historical film.
No, it doesn't.
If you set the film in Africa or Chicago and everyone was white, then you'd had a point.
Low-effort bait
Yep,
Nothing against black people being actors or being in movies,
But the problem is why you are choosing to cast them in particular movies.
If they are being cast for woke leftist diversity ideology bullshit, it's a problem.
No reason for a White man not being able to play Black Panther, I can't understand why the color of the skin should change anything a White actor could play it so well.
>I can't understand why the color of the skin should change anything
Because she's related by blood to Ciri and Henrietta, it's also a mayor plot point that she's a dead ringer of Yennefer to the point she dresses as her to trick some mayor character, and no she doesn't use magic to avoid being dectected.
She still can be black and meet all that criteria
No, Yennefer is described as pale in the books.
And it's an important part of her character because her complexion and dark mean she only uses black/white clothing
>related by blood to a white girl from mother's side
>related by blood to a white girl from father's side
>she's a dead ringer of another white girl
>"yeah it makes sense that she's black"
how is there a season 2 of this incompetent garbage
ahahaha netflix btfo. He was the ONLY reason I watched this stupid show. Guess we're done after season 3.
It was already dead after S2.
I don't even need to watch the series to know cavill is the glue holding it together, they'll probably go back on this
>It's real.
Holy fuck.
At this point, any "writer" that wants their work to be the "next best thing" should forego television and instead go for animated series or video games. Although in this writer's case, he'll probably throw a hissy fit at the Japanese for not giving him a billion dollars in German Marks upfront.
How have shows not been able to re-create GoT success? Was the GRRM story really so much better?
>AT LEAST YOU'RE HONEST THAT YOU DON'T HATE BLACK PEOPLE
kek that is terrible casting. They could have kept it afloat with an obscure but handsome european actor. I thought Netflix was concerned about budgeting now?
Anya stopped showing her tits, Freya is bogged and now Henry is leaving? I no longer have a reason to watch this crap.
He was so stoked to play geralt, he kept calling them and pretty muched begged for yhe role.
But guess he got so fed up with them fucking of the source material, so beeing the big nerd he is, he felt he migth as well leave.
And im guessing playeing superman pays better than netfucks.
I didn't even know there was a s3. Saw s1 and it sucked so bad I just dropped it.
Cavil realized that the series was becoming shit since second season
The difference in effort combined with the difference in salary between Superman and the Witcher would likely be kind of insane.
Hemsworth isn't white, he's israeli-Australian
>he's white-white
Okay, retard.
israelites are what I like to call "nebulous white"
In genetic terms, the Ashkenazi have a lot of euro blood in them due to to being communities coming from southern Europe that settled in Germany.
I like to judge on a case by case basis
This is how they try to get away with "fellow whites we are the worst" "umm not me, actually I'm israeli"
Yeah they use that a lot.
My solution is that, the minute they claim into the israelite identity they're locked in it forever
They are Schrodinger's whites.
They are white when it suits them, but they love to claim minority status when it suits them too.
Ashkenazi israelites are not culturally white. They hate white people. If white what just skin color than the Japanese and Irish would also be considered white. Besides ashkenaiz are off white in skin tone like a corpse
They should have cast Armie Hammer
The shows success lay entirely on women lusting after Cavil's gigachad cock. This Hemsworth guy is merely ordinary chad, show will flop hard.
perfect opportunity to do a time skip and recast an older geralt but its clear they just want to keep this being a show for women
or follow a different wither instead of geralt
So much for that
>as long as they can continue to ...
I had no idea this show has 3 seasons already until this post.
Kek, look has a pretty stupid face. He's carried hard by being 6'4
netflix must have lowered the budget due to low viewership
>we miss out on zach gowan as geralt kino for a second time
gdi
Good, he would have been a miscast.
He already has enough money to never have to work again.
Based.
Monkey paw.
How the actual fuck do decent shows get cancelled in 1 season but this still goes on? Nobody watched the first two seasons, literally nobody I know watched this show to begin with and the one thing they had was Cavill
>How the actual fuck do decent shows get cancelled in 1 season but this still goes on?
Decent shows likely cannot be used to promote netflix. The Witcher solely relies on brand recognizition, it's too big to fail.
Henry Cavill is officially the dumbest motherfucker in the world
Looking forward to his onlyfans though
>he's dumb for leaving a sinking ship where he was the only draw
I get like most people in this thread you're a fucking retard, but yes, leaving a guaranteed paycheck to star in DC movies no one will ever watch is the dumbest fucking thing anyone could do.
>guaranteed paycheck
You must be the biggest retard of all.
Netflix cancels shows after 3 seasons if They're not Stranger Things big. S2 has less of an audience than S1.
Cavill can get the paycheck of 3 seasons in a single DC film, with significantly less work
How fucking stupid are you? You are LITERALLY in a thread talking about the witcher's FOURTH season
Plus DC isn't gonna pay him fucking shit if no one watches his fucking movies. This is literally career suicide but your retarded ass can't see that because MUH WOKE SJWS RUININ MUH VIDYA
>You are LITERALLY in a thread talking about the witcher's FOURTH season
Which will bomb if it ever happens.
>Plus DC isn't gonna pay him fucking shit if no one watches his fucking movies
He's a bankable start with a recognizable IP.
Literally all DC needs to do to roll on cash is be less retarded. Not even the absence of retardness. Just less of it.
>This is literally career suicide but your retarded ass can't see that because MUH WOKE SJWS RUININ MUH VIDYA
Holy fuck, nobody mentioned any of these things in this conversation. Are you alright anon? Are you hearing voices and sounds?
>He's a bankable star
In what fucking way you mental midget? When has Cavill EVER brought in bank?
>In what fucking way you mental midget? When has Cavill EVER brought in bank?
When he singlehandedly supported a crappy show that would fail on the first season in getting two more
Why do you have your knickers in a twist Lauren? I'm sure one of your cronies will find you work after the show is cancelled.
>t. mentally ill witcher writer who will never get hired again after S3 and 4 bleed viewers like there is no tomorrow
It's literally your fault.
>blockbuster movie star versus netflix videogame adaptation (I know it's not but that's the only audience who even gave this a chance lmao, and even if that wasn't a thingm that's still the tier the show is on)
Dumbfuck when's the last time DC put out a blockbuster? Because it sure as fuck wasn't Black Adam which HAS CAVILL IN IT
literally why
The show is dead in the water. They can keep trying to naggerfy everyone but that hasn't helped the ratings, which were never actually high to begin with. Every sign of buzz about the show was fake from the start.
It can mean only one thing, cavil confirmed for next bond
The Witcher should’ve just been a ripoff of supernatural with Monster of the week / actually it turns out humans were the monster this week with Gerald/Damdellion. Occasionally running into Yen for a romantic fling/magic sidemission. It would’ve ticked the boxes for so many different demographics
Funnily enough, this sort of format is almost like what's regarded as the best parts of the books; that is, the books that were just a bunch of separate little short stories.
The excuse of why they didn't was ridiculous
>nooooo! It doesn't work in a tv format
What the fuck, you dumb broad, that's how tv was until not a decade ago. Disney is making a show with that format that's a huge hit. How are you this incompetent
any1 knw the new watchseries site?
and it's dead
My guess is that Cavill had a contract that required him to get a pay increase and since the show gets such low ratings they couldn't justify it to netflix who have tightened the purse strings recently
Yeah, Netflix contracts are for 3 seasons so I guess he didn't renew and used the situation with DC to "elegantly" bow out
>In The Hollywood Reporter’s cover story with Cavill from November 2021, the star said he planned to follow through with The Witcher series creator Lauren Schmidt Hissrich’s aim to have the show last at least seven seasons.
i fucking hate actors that bail out like this
The actual reason is that he's taking the role of Cregan Stark in season 2 of HOTD
>Hum, naggers™ pretending to be Whites™
>Come on, Roach
GOYSLOP DOWN!!!
Henry, we know you post here. What happened behind the scenes?
cavill carrying the witcher for 3 seasons has to be the most egregious example of the white man's burden in recent cinema history. dragging a bunch of incompetent women and browns kicking and screaming up the side of kino mountain while they sabotage him every step of the way. poor henry, i hope games workshop throws him a bone and casts him in a space marine kino. would be great to see cavill as a grey knight plowing a slutty sister of battle as she compliments his piety and righteous fury.
Pretty obvious that he's leaving because he can't stand the writers of the show. He's a massive witcher fan. He wouldn't leave otherwise.
The recast nobody wanted.
>The recast nobody wanted.
When this happens it usually means the series or movie falls into mediocrity and goes straight to video. $2 clearance bin tier.
It doesn't surprise me, he's autistically fan of the books bet he got fed up with how they were butchering them to "spread the message™"
should i replay the witcher 3? is it as good on subsequent playthroughs?
Replay it with a different build
Alchemy stands alone
Dude even begged for the role. How this even happens? https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/why-henry-cavill-begged-for-lead-role-in-new-netflix-series-the-witcher/news-story/3c1cd93ad02ac5eddbb52e89e1a16e5e
Be careful what you wish for
he forgot about the ~~*writers*~~ shitting it up
because the producers did not meet his demands to make the show fall in line with the books and games. Cavill wanted to be there to make sure the series worked and without him it's going to fall apart very quickly.
See
When will he play gaston?
WHEN I WAS A LAD I PLAYED 4 DOZEN GAMES
EVERY MORNING TO HELP ME NOT FRAUD
AND NOW THAT I'M GROWN I PLAY 5 DOZEN GAMES
AND I'M ROUGHLY THE SKILL OF A GOD
>How this even happens?
Because he's been chosen for James Bond and doesnt have time for it anymore
why?
The showruners and writers didn't like the source material and Cavil is an uber-fan. They literally make fun of it and throw the source books around the room and shit on them (verbally).
Yes, but we can`t say that... let`s just say "creative differences" yes? It sounds more professional and grown up.
>Cavil is an uber-fan. They literally make fun of it and throw the source books around the room and shit on them (verbally).
For Cavill it would be soul crushing to see something you care so much about be treated like shit in front of you. Why spend anymore time around people who just don't care.
I can imagine what it's like. I'd be fucking pissssed.
IT'S FUCKING HAPPENING
>i wish he was Maegor tho
Why would they announce this now? Nobody will care about season 3 after this
>Why would they announce this now?
Because Cavill is fed up with producers and writers. Plus he now has Superman, possible GoT and maybe becoming Bond. The man is busy.
>capeshit, cloakshit and spookshit
cavill is a goyslopper
It's work and bringing him huge amounts of money he spends enjoying on painting armies of Custodes.
The guy is not a Thespian and he knows it, but that doesn't mean I don't like him.
>the goyslopper collects custodes
figures. i'd respect him more if he was waaaagh boy or a chaos chad. that said, if he plays mesbg all will be forgiven.
I think it's that he considers acting just a job and is in the point in his career when he can go for work that he does enjoy instead of whatever pays the bills.
The word 'goyslop' is itself goyslop, you fucking automaton.
Cavill is probably pissed about working on a project making a mockery of the franchise he loves.
He's tried to steer the ship and was given creative license here and there, but it must be too much at as certain point.
Translation: Netflix decided to further depart from the source material so Cavill walked on them but nobody can say that because it would be bad PR.
>people acting like season 2 was good
The show writers hated the material and it shows. Cavill barely got to do anything.
wasn't he badly injured for 3 or 4 episodes and literally did nothing but have fever dreams that turned out to be le prophecy?
Short of a spousal relationship or friendship, Cavill clearly was handed a bigger sack of cash than the one he was getting from Witcher. Even if Witcher was a better product the cash would win out and he'd leave then too. Let's be real here, he wouldn't have stayed regardless; nobody would not when millions of dollars are in play.
If someone offered you double your salary to do the exact same job and all other things in your life being constant you'd take the money, you wouldn't stop to think about how great your co-workers or boss are or the impact of your job.
I would have watched a whole season of "monster hunt" of the week with Cavill, but they couldn't even do that right. Could literally just be a witcher themed anthology with their gay politics and social issues being the main story and then having Cavill Clean up their gay mess and slaying some shit. except they're untalented hacks and it's painfully obvious.
they could have made it capeshit tier quip spamming girl power nonsense and it still would have been fun as long as geralt was hunting and killing/curing a monster every week and having sex with a different woman every second episode.
He hanged on for 3 seasons like a battered housewife hoping it improves. The show would be some B-grade trash that nobody cares about if not for everyone knowing "its the show that cavill begged to play"
I feel bad for the him he seemed like a geuine fan, its some real monkey paw shit.