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The Witcher season 2 was very entertaining, and I would say it was overall, better than season 1. It was more consistent, better paced, better acted and overall more enjoyable.

It does have its faults; for example, this season feels very rushed. At times I'm thinking that certain points in this season should have been extended a little bit. I've not read the books, so I couldn't say if that's how it's suppose happen.

I would say the biggest improvement this season over season 1 is the production. The visuals, costumes, sets, make-up is fantastic in season 2. It is almost like they had double the budget this time around. It also vastly improves on the world-building. This world feels like a real place compared to season 1.

I would say that I wish we got more screentime with Geralt and Yennefer, but we barely ever see them together, which is a shame.

As for the characters, each of the main cast, all do a great job, with the stand out being Ciri. I wasn't a huge fan of her story in season 1, but here, she carries this season. Freya Allen is really good in this role, and her onscreen chemistry with Henry is perfect. Yennefer also got a big improvement this season. While I liked her in season 1, I wasn't over fond on how she looked - mainly because of the video games, but this season, she looks much more like how I expected her to look. From her make-up and wardrobe, Anya Chalotra brings the video game look of the character to the big screen. She is so good this season. Another would also be Anna Shaffer as Triss. I think most fans would agree that we did not agree with the casting of that character at all (no, it is not a race thing). She just didn't look or act the part. But it seems like the showrunners took fan's reaction, and used that to transform the character of Triss, and improve her to much I actually thought they had recast her. Her apperance is perfect. She now has the long curly red hair, talks more like how we would expect, and dresses the same. What a difference.

Overall season 2 was a really good season, with so much of it being greatly improved. I hope we don't have to wait another 2 years for season 3, because the young actors are growing really fast, and it took me awhile to understand who some of these characters are, because they have aged in real life.

9/10, It is good to see a good fantasy TV show, especially after watching The Wheel of Time.

First i want to say congrats for the effort put in this season. Incredible Cast for the main Characters, really hyped that Henry and Freya hit the perfect note for their characters. CG and choreographies on point, very satisfying for game fans, many easter eggs. I personnaly am a Book Fan and don't get me wrong i love when they add new things to make the show more original and interesting, the books arent perfect either and they have room for additional content but i don't apreciate it when they completey trash and disregard essential plot points in the story, to replace them with mediocre arcs. And when i say Mediocre i mean that i personnaly felt all along the season that they rushed very important scenes, and dragged on and on and on and on Unimportant ones. The whole point of Blood of Elves is Ciri trying to understand and tryiing to find her place and position in this conflict with numerous encounters (also, where is her Sword ??:)). I do wish the showrunners and Henry hear us out on the fact that they ignored very important, primordial and impactful script Lines and scenes from the books that were easy to transcribe on the screen and that werent even time consumming for the season. Meaning they could ve hit all the right notes and Still do their Own thing and still have their story the way they wanted it to unfold. Im glad that people enjoyed it. But i am very honest and reasonable when i say i was shocked Not to see certein scenes that were literally perfect in the books and that holded great cinematic potential. The chapter in which Geralt so thoughtfully explains to Ciri the tragedy of Shaerrawedd and the reason of their neutrality contrasting with the Chariot ambush and the brutality of it all was So Dramatic and compelling. Ciri Bonding with the Dwarves and with literally any other specie is what drives her openmindedness and what made her such a free thinking, relatable and interesting young yet mature mind and character. I didn't disliked Filavandrel, Francesca, and Fringila's arc but it could've been summerized in way less Screen time. The way Ciri and Yen Met felt really off. Apart from ep 1, we get almost zero medieval Warfare action scene which isn't the main aspect but still an important one. And i personnaly disliked the whole posessed Ciri finale but that may just be me. I don't mean to brag and complain but i hold this saga very dearly in my heart and i am a quite worried about the future if they keep on doing 80% fanfiction and 20% source material, when the source material is already so rich.

Overall, very fun watch. Ultimately dissapointing for me as a biased book reader. But there is objectively speaking a lot of room for improvement. Time will tell.

This is more of a review of the second season of The Witcher. For the record I have neither read the books nor played the games.

This season started out strong. I still couldn't shake off the aftertaste of the first episode. I was rooting for Nivellen and Vereena all the way. It echoed well with the moral of the excellent first episode of season 1, the fight with Renfri. It makes you question, who are the real monsters here?

Throughout the rest of the season, the plot moved forward, but at a slower pace than the first season. It took me three sittings to "binge" through the eight episodes. The intensity and excitement simply wasn't there anymore.

Thereafter we have to wait till the 6th episode for some well-choreographed fights comparable to the intensity of the first season's. Elsewhere we have CGI fights.

Music-wise, the theme "Linked by Destiny" is so overused and misused in scenes. Jaskier's "Burn, Butcher, Burn" is such an obvious rip-off of Hamilton's "Burn". There are no memorable new tunes.

Then comes the season finale. It is my opinion that it is genuinely poorly written. Elements of it are childish, like watching Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (also Netflix). The main confrontation was simply people standing around and CGI happened. A group of witchers with potions could not do what Geralt could without potion. The gore of tragic deaths turned out to be comedic, even though I would suppose that wasn't the writers' intentions. Sacrifices have no stake, actions have no consequence. Everything was dumbed down intellectually.

Lastly, if the final reveal is true, then the entire series is pointless. The protagonists and the antagonists could have just talked, and there would be no conflict.

Packed with action, but ends with a reveal that I am not sure we should be getting this early on. I'll keep this spoiler-free, so I'll refrain from specifics there.

All in all, this episode was very on brand for this season; A lot of things that don't necessarily make a lot of sense, but probably make it a little bit more exciting as an adaptation. I am not against all that, since *if* done well, it can be very thrilling to see new things and perspectives in a story one loves. Action helps to palate it all for the average viewer, so it's a necessary evil, I suppose.

However, it's not exactly easy to pull something like that off. In the process, season 2 manages to crank the volume up to 11 and things do get fairly crazy, fast.

Overall, I don't hate most of the changes, which is not to say that I think they're bad either. A lot of it is okay, some of it even good, but in general I'm not sure if most of them really make the story better, even as an adaptation in a new medium that does indeed warrant *some* changes as a premise.

The finale feels hectic, but I actually think the Kaer Morhen bit was pretty cool, even if it was certainly the main culprit. It looked great, and I'll just go ahead and put all my gripes regarding to the sensibility of some of its parts aside and confirm that it was, indeed, visually exciting and really, really cool to watch.

I think this show is going way too fast and easy with some aspects of the story. I already mentioned the very end of the episode, but also the whole introduction of the deathless mother seemed unnecessary (i.e I can't see what value it brought even when thinking in terms of the medium and especially the visual side of things; other than maybe this one battle in the last episode, which could've been based on so many other things that would've made it less strange and divergent). In the process the show's presentation of Nilfgaard is now maybe too different and focuses on the wrong things (and Cahir is really getting a rough treatment...), since instead of being the calculated, rational outcome of what should really remain a secret for several seasons still, we now have this emphasis on impulsive religious-tasting stuff and a side of a hut grandma influencing the entire dynamics and politics of the continent.

But all this being said, I still don't think the finale, nor the season as a whole, was bad. Not by any means. It looked great all the way through, and especially in that regard it's been a significant bump up from the first season.

The cast does a great job and I think they've made a great job casting the actors. All of it works well.

My only real gripes are with how things have changed, in what manner, and with what speed. I have a feeling, though, that as the seasons keep coming, things are starting to get more cohesive and make more sense. A single season might seem hectic as we get this amount of stuff going on, some of which is entirely new (and some if it doesn't really mesh all that well with the part of the audience that has prior exposure and thus, expectations to be broken) just to stir the pot a bit more, but I think it'll feel less so as things get established. I still do think that they tackled way too much in this one season (honestly, even just very faithfully adapting the Blood of Elves would've probably felt rushed in 8 episodes), but I guess that's a thing all adaptations have to struggle with. There's only so many minutes to go, and I bet there are money daddies up in the food chain both demanding action and pop-culture references, as well as giving very rough constraints in which to accomplish all that. Things cost money, after all, so I don't think there's a universe in which we could get perfect adaptations of anything, ever.

I am satisfied and remain hopeful for what's to come. I'm really coming to terms with how different this show is going to be, and as we go, I think it'll get easier to adapt to that and not subconsciously compare the source with the adaptation so much.

I have read all books but movie fabulary is totally different. For me it is really ok, I know the story from books and that will be nothing suprising to see it 1:1 in movie. Really good job.

What is missing for me are emotions, I know that Geralt and witchers may be little "colder" it is ok from Henry Cavill, but why rest especailly Ciri, Jaskier and Yen dont show their deeper emotions ? Ciri is not even trying to hug Geralt i end ofS2E7 and after horse Plotka death - she is saying that Geralt is for her like father but she is doing nothing. To small of crying, , hunging. Actors are sometimes saying what they are feeling but interpersonal bonds are not showed. There is a luck of showing tenderness and affection. How can we identify with some character when we dont feel their emotions ? For me most emotional and real person in S2 is Tris.

The world is cold like a Witcher but Witcher dosent seems to be cold in this world.

If nobody will show Geralt how to feell feellings how we can belive in his transfomation from cold witcher to Ciri's father ?

And the other thing is lack of humor, Sapkowski's books was full of it but movie isnt, especially season 2. Additionaly in books we have really wide range of cuss words but in movie we hear mostly one :(