The Witcher on Netflix: more like Dork Three Jackdaws

yeahhhh it was definitely a bit bemusing

also between Yennefer’s airy lisping and Cavill’s growling mumbles i felt like i could absolutely not understand anythinb the two of them said to each other lol

Oh yeah all these shows get subbies without a 2nd thought for me (this, Foundation, Trek). Anything with mumbling or ornate language or a lot of info.

We have eight budgies and the ac is running so every show gets subtitles without exception

We have 2 teenagers who love to talk loudly 10 feet from the TV lol.

Lol
At least with the budgies I can turn the light out

Shame this show didn't work better. It does feel like a missed opportunity. I'm such an enormous fan of the game, and to a much lesser extent the books.

But I dropped off about a third of the way through S2, baffled by the constant spacetime switching, disillusioned by much of the acting, jank production values, odd pacing, and an overall feeling of hollowness through the whole thing - like it could almost definitely have been good had they made and avoided certain stylistic choices.

That said, the Nivellen episode was actually so great (it's also one of the better Witcher short stories) and it really raised my hopes for that season. But after a couple more epidosdes it started falling apart and dragging very hard.

If someone can convince me to carry on with it, I will.

But while we're talking video games with a complicated sense of time and space, I would watch the hell out of an Elden Ring TV series done in this way - mad timeline switching, slightly janky production, overwrought acting - it would all very much suit the FromSoft aesthetic and it would be fun to see a dramatised version of events leading up to the game itself

Was nivellen the lonely animal guy in his castle? That’s what I wanted from this show.

yeah that's right, Beauty & the Beast basically