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The Witcher producer blames Americans and social media for Netflix series' simplified plot
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Season 2 ("Book 1" in the US), I agree made some TERRIBLE changes, especially around Yennifer's relationship with Ciri.
Having just finished Season 3, however, I feel like they mostly pulled back into following the book's major plotlines. Sure, a TV show makes some concessions on content, but overall I felt it followed the books "okay". Everything that happened in Thanedd was close, and everything after that too, in the final 3 episodes. Rience was the strangest change to me, since that doesn't happen for several books and it's Ciri's doing.
Does the general public agree? Or are we still so mad about Season 2 that we refuse to see Season 3 positively?
I'm not watching S3, knowing Cavill won't be back. Not worth investing anymore time. The series is a failure to me.
This. I see no point in investing any more of time in this show. Netflix needs to fire everybody, pull every episode from existence, and just start over with people who actually care about the source material and are willing to invest the time, effort, and respect to do it right.
I guess you two are answering my last question - we're so mad at Season 2 that the negative verdict is decided regardless.
My point was that Season 3 seems to have pulled back and DID honor the source material much better, but I guess it was too late.
Yeah, fair, but I didn’t like the first season, either. Cavill was perfect, Joey Batey as Dandelion was… fine… and that is where the positives stopped. The show was a mess from the start and you can’t just erase those seasons if they did happen to do a little better on 3… and knowing that Cavill is out for season 4… there is just no point. I’d rather replay Witcher 3 again than ever watch another minute of that show.
oof, you just reminded me - Dandelion in season 3 was... not as good as Season 1/2. Even down to the detail that every time he came on screen, my wife demanded to know what they did with his hair. That, and the strangely unnecessary sex scenes with another male.
ok ok, season 3 wasnt perfect either. but I was "surprised" that the big events at Aretuza and the major events afterward all followed the book rather closely...