The Witcher is own of those shows where you either dig it or you don't. I lean towards the latter.
It's not that I say it's an awful show. No, the production value for a TV show is actually well above average. Yet, I got nothing out of it. Having never played the games or read a book I dropped into a world I knew nothing about. The plot starts without any explanation or background, and while I try to figure out this world, new elements are added and I can't make sense of who is who ? Then there is the different timelines which present a problem because people don't age accordingly. Which I could explain to myself by assuming a year in this world is different from a real one. It's a fantasy tale after all. But I also wonder if it was really nessessary to present the story like this instead of just linear. As I mentioned production itself is very good. Henry Cavill carries this thing on his shoulders with a lot of help from Anya Chalotra. I'm not a fanatsy fan in particular so maybe this just isn't something for me. This being only the first chapter in the tale, it is also entirely possible many things will make sense later on. Right now, after finishing the first season, I am asking myself if I do want to know.
Review by FinFanBlockedParent2020-11-04T19:10:06Z
The Witcher is own of those shows where you either dig it or you don't. I lean towards the latter.
It's not that I say it's an awful show. No, the production value for a TV show is actually well above average. Yet, I got nothing out of it. Having never played the games or read a book I dropped into a world I knew nothing about. The plot starts without any explanation or background, and while I try to figure out this world, new elements are added and I can't make sense of who is who ?
Then there is the different timelines which present a problem because people don't age accordingly. Which I could explain to myself by assuming a year in this world is different from a real one. It's a fantasy tale after all. But I also wonder if it was really nessessary to present the story like this instead of just linear.
As I mentioned production itself is very good. Henry Cavill carries this thing on his shoulders with a lot of help from Anya Chalotra.
I'm not a fanatsy fan in particular so maybe this just isn't something for me. This being only the first chapter in the tale, it is also entirely possible many things will make sense later on.
Right now, after finishing the first season, I am asking myself if I do want to know.