CuteFaceJay
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The Witcher Season 3 Production Will Begin in Early 2022
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IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
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Jigsaah
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Realllyyyy? I really liked Season 2. I felt that the dichotomy between the game and the show actually compliments one another. I would have liked to see more Geralt, but I was intrigued with Ciri and Yennifer's backstories being filled in by the show.
Roach...yea what the fuck, I'm with you there.
I binge watched the entire second season and though you're right it was a bit disjointed I felt the same in Game of Thrones and eventually it all started coming together. We'll see if next season kinda ties up some loose ends.
I never played the first Witcher game. I know in Witcher 2 there were a few Witchers around that Geralt met. In the Witcher 3 I believe Letho is still alive right? I'm trying to pinpoint the timing of the show compared to the game. Would this take place at the same time as the first Witcher? There are flashbacks in The Witcher 3 to when Ciri was training, but it didn't really go too deep into it like the show did.
Fuz
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Skull-Knight
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making the witcher tv series was the biggest mistake ever made done yet.
CheeseCake
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I didn't enjoy season 2 at all.
Season 1 was fine and somewhat entertaining but season 2 fell flat on its face.
Season 1 was fine and somewhat entertaining but season 2 fell flat on its face.
Raven117
Member
Right...and yet...its one of the most watched shows on Netflix...
Its all great fun. Yall take this way too seriously.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
I believe the show events are all prequel to The Witcher 1.
I think all or if not most of the story of the books happens before the games.
What were your biggest criticisms? And have you read the books?
From reading online, it seems those who have read and are fans of the books are the ones with the biggest issues with Season 2 (since it strays from the books so much).
Having never read the books, TW:S02 was really entertaining for me and I largely enjoyed the show and the treatment of the characters.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
Hmmm never read the books either. When comes to movie adaptations from books, I'm almost always disappointed. One really outstanding example was the Dark Tower movie. I wanted to choke whoever made the movie. However, because the books are so old, most people felt the same as I do. Ready Player One was another example.
One book to movie adaptation that was done well was The Martian.
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OmegaSupreme
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I wish shows had more people like Cavil in them. He's passionate about it and wants to see all the fiction adapted it seems. I'd love somebody to have that much passion about some actual good material.
Fuz
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Don't take it personally, I just randomly saw your post while reading the last page and wanted to make the joke.
Javthusiast
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I really should finally watch this series and see if me not having read the books will leave me with a positive feeling towards season 2.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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I'll be intrigued to hear your take.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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What were the disjointed parts of season 2 for you and the out of character actions you felt were most egregious?
Is it because you've read the books that you felt the characterisation in the show was so divergent?
I agree with this, although from the little I know about the book lore, it seems important to convey the more political aspects of the story through the lens of the lesser characters actually involved in those subplots. No?
Even in the books, Geralt isn't involved in every subplot within the story of the books. He is in the games, but that's for pretty obvious reasons because the game would be jarring if it randomly punted you over to controlling a random new character midway through; since it's an RPG.
What is the backstory here, because this seems absurd. Did the writing team and Cavil/the producers have a falling out or something?
Sorry, you feel this way. I really don't share your sentiments. Though I'm curious to learn more about your specific grievances with the show.
It just seems really odd to me that this show can be so polarising.
Unlike shows like GoT, wherein the final two seasons, it's pretty unanimously agreed that the show went to creamy stinky shit. I personally think that the current Netflix Witcher show, though divergent from the story of the books, has been a largely entertaining romp for me so far.
Shai-Tan
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I was possibly over negative after the first half due to the bad acting and a bit of over hype looking at their witcher encyclopedia episodes before watching. I liked the first season despite it being Xena Warrior Princess levels of bad in some episodes (e.g. the one about the dragon). Trying to keep an open mind as I watch the rest of the season.
existensmaximum
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Season 2 was so great, much more interesting and coherent than season 1 in my opinion. I can't wait for season 3!
Hammerite Zealot
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Season 1 was good. I had my hopes for second season and it was bad. Budget was high but story was badly written at times. The idea of giving mutagen to Ciri, witchers being just cannon fodder, reveal about Emhyr, trying to insert Wild Hunt into story. Too many bad decisions.
Lucifers Beard
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I haven’t read the books and I didn’t think season 2 was very good at all. Stupid writing and full of absolutely bonkers decisions where I found myself saying out loud ‘surely they must be joking!’ Or ‘fucking really?!’.
When my wife told me about the books it made scratch my head even more and think much worse of the show.
Season 3 for me is the last chance they have to get it right. Otherwise I’ll stick to the Anime movies which so far have been amazing.
Skull-Knight
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yes it's one of the most watched show in Netflix.
The series was one of the most profitable too, but Netflix itself does not like to increase the budget of the series so that the series can get out of this bad situation. From acting, cinematographer, visual effects, writing, director and ...
these are the bad things about the series. it's not top-notch like a game, seems like a very low-budget tv series.
Raven117
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Sorry you don’t like it.
Most people seem to get a kick out of it. It’s not a big deal one way or another
IbizaPocholo
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mckmas8808
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Season 2 was great. Screw the haters.
TheDarkPhantom
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Season 2 was fantastic, all the hate is amusing 
EDMIX
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Season 2 was fantastic, all the hate is amusing
Facts.
As of right now, I like the show better then the games.
Deaconstanjesusman
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Haven’t read the books or played the games. Enjoyed both seasons for what they were
Craig of War
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As long as you separate the shows from the game and books and treat it as it own thing then it fine and is enjoyable
Laptop1991
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I didn't like season 2 apart from the 1st episode, for me the writing was bad and made no sense in places, hopefully 3 will be better if not then i wont watch it, alot of new fantasy shows stray too far from the source material in my opinion
vishnu_raj_c
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mckmas8808
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EDMIX
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Lets not go too far lol
I like 1 out of 3 games. aka Witcher 1
The story was shit in all of them.
The gameplay got worse as the series went on.
The NPCs are some of the dumbest in all of gaming. Like PS1 level of dumb just repeating the same robot lines lol
So thus far.....I like the show better, I have zero issues with that show, I have like 1000x with those games, even the ones I liked lol
Fuz
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IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
The Witcher Season 4 already mapped out by Witcher creators - Redanian Intelligence
The Witcher Season 3 is in full-fledged production in England right now with director Stephen Surjik after a successful week of filming in Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy. Meanwhile, director Gandja Monteiro is location scouting in Wales with DoP Dale McCready for her episodes of the Henry Cavill...
redanianintelligence.com
Director Stephen Surjik recently talked to Brigade Radio about Season 3 and his experience working with Netflix. While confirming that he is indeed directing the first two episodes of Season 3, he also confirmed that the producers and writers of The Witcher have already mapped out Season 4.
Though he did not give any further details, including the possibility of his involvement in Season 4, it is exciting news for The Witcher fans that Season 4 may be close to being greenlit.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
The Witcher continues studio filming with Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan - Redanian Intelligence
Filming for Season 3 of Netflix’s The Witcher is currently in full motion after its start in Italy and Slovenia last month. After adding Croatia to its location list, the Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan series returned to England to continue its shoots. The first two weeks in England...
redanianintelligence.com
Filming for Season 3 of Netflix’s The Witcher is currently in full motion after its start in Italy and Slovenia last month. After adding Croatia to its location list, the Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan series returned to England to continue its shoots.
The first two weeks in England saw a number of English locations around London. Namely the Epping Forest where they filmed what seems like a highlight of the first two episodes: Belleteyn. As we reported before, early in Season 3, Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri attend Belleteyn and spend some time together.
Back to the Witcher studio
After all of the locations filming moved to Longcross Studios and things have been relatively quiet. We do know, however, that all three of our leads, Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan, have been consistently present for both night shoots and day shoots.
Furthermore, at one point we know they filmed a scene with Yennefer doing some magic in front of a blue screen. That’s not much to go on, so it’s hard to guess what scene that was. Nonetheless, Yennefer’s magic is back!
Among other actors who were at the studio recently are Tom Canton and Mahesh Jadu, who portray Filavandrel and Vilgefortz respectively. Both shared interior and exterior shots of a production truck and a trailer. Other than that, we heard Robbie Amell, who plays a new elf called Gallatin, was present at one of the locations in the previous weeks, but we couldn’t find out which.
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TheRedRiders
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Glad to see people enjoyed season two, it had some great moments and had some levity to it which I think it needed. I personally didn't like it much, one of the main reasons being how much it deviated from the book which isn't a problem in itself, but I do feel the books tell a much better story and the characters are written much better (especially Yennefer and Geralt).
I'm super stoked for season three, if they do decide to go in the direction of the books then we should get Geralt vs. Vigefortz on Thannedd, which is one of my favourite fights in the series...if you can even call it a fight...it's pretty much one sided.
That being said the books aren't anything special either, they come no where near the level of story telling and characters to say something like Game of Thrones.
I'm super stoked for season three, if they do decide to go in the direction of the books then we should get Geralt vs. Vigefortz on Thannedd, which is one of my favourite fights in the series...if you can even call it a fight...it's pretty much one sided.
That being said the books aren't anything special either, they come no where near the level of story telling and characters to say something like Game of Thrones.