The cinematography in this episode was something else, I liked the parallels they drew between Geralt fight with the princess and Yennefer's rebirth
If there was one thing I dislike so far, it would be them dropping names of people or places and expect us to know what they're talking about, since I'm not familiar with the world, I found myself getting confused and pausing the episode many times thus it made me feel like I'm missing the greater plot of the series since I'm not sure who is referring to who LOL
The first episode was okay but now with each episode it gets better and better.
I'm still not completely sold on this show. There are parts I like, parts that are interesting and are taking a while to get anywhere, but then there are parts that just feel super boring, and those parts are really drowning out the rest for me. I think I'll watch another episode or two and I hope things turn around. I do think the stories being split up the way they are is part of my frustration. Perhaps if things start connecting better it might gather my attention more.
OK, why isn't Triss fucking MERIGOLD a hot-ass redhead like she's supposed to? So far this is my biggest complaint for this show.
So, after three episodes I am still a bit at a loss. I like the atmosphere and despite the first episode looking a bit off this episode looked great.
Having no knowledge of this world before watching the show I don't fully understand this world and the place each character has within it. Up to now it feel more episodic and not like there is a coherent plot lying underneath.
The things some people will do for their vanity... :-)
VERY cool action scenes. I wish its storyline was as good... it's kind of boring to me :(
6.5/10 - I found this episode a bit too brutal/raw but then again it's part of that world and will probably make later episodes even better (by showing some light in the darkness).
At least Yennefer is pretty beautiful now and that scene at the very end with Siri/Cirilla(?) seemed promising.
And the story still isn't getting any easier to follow... :o :D
Geralt: "Anything happens to my horse..."
Man: [Chuckles.] "You don't scare me."
Geralt: [Brows furrowing. He is stepping closer.] "Point me to Temeria."
Man: [Points, intimidated.]
Geralt: "You didn't want the people to know that it bested a witcher. And you let them believe that he fled with their coin."
Who is watching those two bone?"It was a nice touch with the applause."
[Geralt chucking rock.]
Guards: [Running.] "Move away."Yennifer: "A life holding dustpans while you brush off forgotten bones? That's not destiny. It's slow suicide."
King: "Will my... will my daughter... be normal?"
It’s hard to pin down what precisely is the problem so far for me, other than the whole thing wrapped up together. But primarily the hair and makeup and costuming of the series so far isn’t doing any favors for believability. Everything looks either extremely pristine or over the top grungy.
Perhaps is it’s the way the scenes are shot, where lighting isn’t allowing characters to exist in any sort of environment. It’s often this very flat, non-textured lighting style that has no mood. This is primarily lit by candlelight and fires, yes? So it feels as though there should perhaps be higher contrast ratios, or some smoke added. Maybe even some light dappling. Exterior daytime scenes don’t really have this problem to the same extent and interior night scenes (where it’s meant to be very low light) don’t either.
And I’ll also cite an issue here with the length of these episodes so far. I totally understand we’re in the realm of searching for the next Game of Thrones, but runtime should be earned by their plot. So far I feel like these ~60 minute episodes are written to be an hour plus, rather than writing content that just would need an hour to pace out evenly.
These are nitpicks, but they’re nitpicks that contribute to a larger whole, resulting in a suspension of disbelief that I just can’t quite muster all of the time.
9/10
Now THIS was a great episode. Mostly because the story is literally coming together.
But it just highlights how bizarrely written the first two episodes were - the last few minutes here should have been the last few minutes of the first episode. It goes to show how unsure the crew is of whether they are adapting the individual short stories of the books (in which case they should have done 1 episode per story, all unconnected) or trying to weave together an overall timeline (in which case they have not planned it out that well).
The Striga fight was fantastic.
SO turns out appearance is more important even if you have a magical power that do stupid shit.. Big lesson huh?
Like for my previous reviews, I'll try to consider more than one perspective. And that'll take some time :sweat_smile:
So here are two quick thoughts:
If we learned one thing from this episode, than this: Yennefer is not content with other people playing her, deciding her fate. She is not backing down and she's going to leave her mark.
They've really changed a lot, when you compare it to the books, but I've got an idea what their plan is: They try to bring in all the big background lore and the politics from the main books into the short stories. And that's something that is bound to anger someone. I wonder how successful they are going to be.
Really good episode! The monster storyline was just like a quest from the game and if I'm not mistaken I think there was a similar one in The Witcher 3.
More enjoyable and eventful than the previous episode, at least. I'm glad Geralt got focused on more with a little bit, but enough, of Yennefer, and very little of Ciri. I feel like Ciri's parts have been the least interesting to watch (but still necessary, I imagine), so I'm glad there isn't THAT much of her, yet. According to a particular comment that I've read, each timeline starts becoming intertwined in or after the fourth episode. That should make things more enjoyable without requiring you to mentally wear yourself out trying to keep up with the "when" in a general sense of all three timelines combined while at the same time, trying to follow along with everything else, what's happening at the moment for the audience. That being said, I do have a question. As far as the premiere up to this episode is concerned, Yennefer's storyline is in the past, Geralt's storyline is in the present, and Ciri's storyline is in the future, right? Or is Geralt's storyline in the present for us, the audience, but Ciri's storyline is/will be the present after each timeline is connected? That's two questions, oops.
Holy sh*t! Didn't get scared for watching something for years. Nice episode!
I extremely enjoyed the striga story which hooked me to the games as of the beginning!! Great and unexpected enjoyment of this show!!
This is even better than the previous episodes. No we're starting to se the connection between plotlines. Seing Geralt in a fight for the first time was really cool too
So what we're seeing about Geralt is several years later (ten or so at least) than Yennefer; since the king she introduces herself to has two children at the ball, and those are the ones that have the daughter that geralt fought.
She's likely the one who gave the spell to curse the princess
And I suspect that Geralt will be finding more and more traces of her until they meet at some point
I liked the parallelism they have made with the change
A powerful culmination to Yennefer's backstory. The direction choices with her rebirth scene up against the princess appearing from the Striga was something else!
I'm now interested in the show and expect to watch the whole season but more and more characters are being introduced so it might become another one of these Netflix "superhero" shows that are either following too many characters or diverting to follow one while you wonder what happened to all the others.
One aspect that does tend to make me lose interest in characters, is over extending their magical powers. So far it hasn't been too bad but it has seemed like characters have held back their powers in order to make certain fight scenes more dangerous - you know, for our viewing pleasure.
As a side note, the costumes seem too modern. I get the impression that the world the show is set in is not an alternative dimension type thing but a world that actually existed but much of it was forgotten. Personally I choose to view it as an alt dimension where such things developed differently. Not a big deal for a show like this but the production design is an indication of the approach of the film makers in where the draw the line in style and substance.
Those were sweet brass silver knuckles (all wolf heads!) NICE. :wolf:
yennifer story arc, i dont get it. 1: why was she asked to make love in front of the audiance? 2: why was she ask to go Nilfgaard? 3: why was she so important to the king?
Almost perfect! But the moment you think that you understand the world or finally learn the names of the most characters - here have some Charter scene... this scene broke my brain I feel like Game of Thrones solved this problem by the second episode if not by the end of the first one. On the other hand, this time even Geralt's plotline flows more natural, so some progress is clearly happening.
Yennefer scenes.. oh, boy I could feel the pain. Her storyline in general is the most interesting part of the series so far.
On a minor note, it's kinda weird that Yennefer's face now looks generic and not as expressive as before.
This was fantastic! I got instant chills from the fight with Striga. Only let down was the cast of Foltest and Triss, couldn't they find someone better wtf? And that king who danced with Yen was perfect lookalike of King Radovid
Its true: its getting better and better ! Very cool episode !!
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The very first short story I read about the Witcher! Awesome stuff!