Unbound

Somehow they have taken all this amazing lore and these great stories and just made something so bland.

The first season was spectacular. It oozed atmosphere. This is just boring.. Like a cheap soap opera. It's gone from being a show I'd watch each episode 2 or 3 times to just finding myself browsing on my phone.

Even Geralt in it seems different now. I can see why Cavil has left the show. It was the warning sign.

A show like this has to stay loyal to it's source material. At least then it keeps a core following. This show now has nothing. I don't know what it's trying to do, who it's trying to target, who finds this entertaining. I don't understand how show creators can just get things so wrong.

I never read the books but season one of this show was sweet. Saying this as your average entertainable idiot 🤘Game of thrones lite but it was pretty cool.

S2 was ok but not up there with the greatest stories of all time, but also not all time bad tv.

FLASH FORWARD: S3 everyone knows Cavill left over creative differences, but I'll give it a shot, why not? S3 two episodes in and its literally laughable how bad the dialogue is haha. Seriously I'm gunna watch until the end but this is so OBVIOUSLY a W Hollywood warning tale of what not to do with an IP that has a built in following haha damn.

Enjoy and feast your eyes and ears on the cautionary tale that is 'The Witcher', good luck Netflix.

5/10 just because cavill is an amazing actor.

As someone who hasn't read the novels, I can't personally comment on any accuracy of the TV adaptation when translated to the screen from the book but what I can say is there's visibly so much potential which is being continually squandered, in each & every scene (I can't blame Henry Cavill for leaving; seeing source material he clearly loved being mercilessly butchered by the writers) - because the concepts featured (in & of themselves) are fascinating, yet they're continually realised in such an uninventive & generic way, lacking in any coherence or discernible sense of direction... I'm continuously underwhelmed & left wanting.

My goodness it's no wonder Henry Cavill wanted off this show. First of all he's barely in it, and they are apparently trying to do the "conversations in elegant rooms" thing from Game of Thrones instead but it is missing the mark by a long shot.

At least in Game of Thrones we understood the lay of the land and had seasons of buildup and character introduction to put all the players in place and build the stakes. This show just has people tossing out a bunch of names of other people and places that aren't on screen and we're supposed to understand what is going on? I read the books, played the video games and even I can barely follow it.

I'm often wondering whether I missed something in an earlier episode since the characters all act like they know exactly what is being talked about without any exposition for the viewer's sake.

The monsters, the clever twists, it's mostly gone in favor of this medieval soap opera that drones on with seemingly no real plot to anchor it other than "the kingdoms are at war". Even when we do get a bit of Geralt doing some witching, it's not really linked to the plot in any way and there is little buildup, it's just oh let's give them Geralt killing a monster now just to check that box.

Gee I can't wait for Season 4 starring Johnny Drama or whichever B lister they got to play Geralt. This has to be one of the worst fumbles of IP ever by Netflix, and on a show that started out very good in season 1!

1st season 2nd episode was great. 2nd season's 2nd episode is good. This 2nd episode of 3rd season, to summarize it:

• Copying GoT style. The writers wanted to proof they can copy GoT vibe and soap opera style storytelling. For The Witcher's fans, this is a big disaster sign. - The cinematography quality dropped quite far down. Trying to lighten the color was resulting in a bad balance of light on screen.

• Sidelining Henry Cavill. This is the first episode I've seen The Witcher gave a lot more focus on other characters and a lot less to Geralt. It felt out of whack. Trying to copy GoT means they were trying to draw interest to other characters by giving them a lot more screen time and that is very bad. It made a TV Series called The Witcher into Enemies of The Witcher in a GoT soap opera fashion.

• Henry Cavill was clearly not into it. It was clear that Cavill hated what they've done to Geralt. The writers, directors and producer were trying to turn The Witcher into GoT wannabe with Vampire Diaries style or soap opera. Cavill didn't even try to convince himself to do better, just show up, say his lines and go.

Now that I saw the second episode, I was very worried and lowered my expectations rock bottom. This is self sabotage their own success by over confidently trying to copy the formula of other movies. A very bad sign.