Netflix's The Witcher vs. The Witcher Games

I'm with you guys, needs Gwent in it!

I’d like to see the show do some boxing in pub basements

Sapkowski was offered a percentage of profits as his royalties initially, but he was of the mind that video games were an inferior form of media and so they would never make serious profits. Thus, he demanded a flat up-front fee to license the books. When he started demanding more money, he cried victim saying the mean old CDPR ripped him off, despite the fact that he chose that option himself. He's also known to bash the games and he gets really mad if anyone implies that the reason the books sold well outside of Poland is because of the games. He insists that the games did well because of the books, which is definitely the case in Poland, but not anywhere else. I mean, the covers for the American publications of The Lady of the Lake and Season of Storms used art based on the video games.

GO SIXERS

The biggest thing for me was how Triss was just written off as some nobody character so far. I know you don't have to make a character look exactly like the books or games, but come on, they took a pale redhead with blue/green eyes and made her as bland as possible. In the games and books she is a great character. And Yennifer lacks presense in the show for me. In the games and books she always had this air of sophistication, grace, and power. And you really felt it when she randomly popped up again. In the show she looks and feels like an angsty teenager, kind of pathetically searching for a way to get pregnant. Like that is here only motivation and the show doesn't give me a reason to care. Also..that bandana just won't quit.

But we can all agree that the Nilfgardians’ Scrotum Armor sucks, right?

Geralt’s stuff is great. Jaskier/Dandelion is great. Ciri spends the season desperately waiting for everyone else’s timelines to catch up. And Triss was introduced earlier than she is in the books. I’m not worried about her because I know her part was just an early appetizer. But I do have some issues with Yennefer & the way she’s presented to the audience. In Witcher 3, she initially comes off as a self-serving bitch with an added dose of seductress. But as the game progresses, she shows how devoutly loyal she is to those she cares about & actually made me regret already committing to Triss in my first playthrough. I’ve read to Blood of Elves, & the same first impressions are there, too. When the show introduces her, the primary emotion is pity. She’s a victim of fate who just wants to be worth something. She’s awesome Yen for the one Djinn episode (the best episode). But the rest of the time, post-transformation, she’s an angry bitch who believes everyone & the universe owes her something she was robbed of. The Yennefer I know is active & always moving forward with some new plan she’s concocted. This Yennefer spends too much time reflecting on how miserable she is & how it’s destiny’s fault or Tissaia’s fault or Geralt’s fault. I know Yen to be a symbol of control, whether she already has it or is working to gain it. Netflix Yen, true to Tissaia’s words, is chaos. With Yennefer, I think less is definitely more. I don’t want to see her backstory. What I can imagine with a few hints is better than what I can be be explicitly shown. An explained past runs the risk of contracting or misinforming the present. An implied rough backstory can explain why she is cynical & has her walls so high. It works for Geralt.

someone feed them 'cause their are poor

witcher 4 pls

I gotta admit, I am not a fan of the actress they got to play Triss. She just looks too different for my taste. They did a good job selecting the actress for Yennefer though.