The Invitation

I was already dissapointed about Cavill leaving the series, and had already decided I wouldn't watch any more seasons after this one. I was hoping this season would have been as good as the first two. But it's dissapointing - or, beyond dissapointing. The writing is absolutely terrible and the scenario is all over the place.

I had binge-watched both seasons 1 and 2, but this time I don't even care to watch this mess. I'm only doing it for the great acting from all the protagonists - who can't shine as they did before, because of the mess the production has created. I don't know what the problem was with Netflix not investing or with the production not doing a good job, or both, but this time, *I'm* not investing any more time on Netflix's shows, they can't keep a good show running and ruin everything. I'm running out of reasons for keeping my subsription. Already this year I paused and restarted 3 times, instead of keeping it as I did before.

I've heard Cavill will be working with Prime, now, I think. As a fellow fantasy geek, I'm looking forward to whatever he's bringing.

I was hoping the script writers were not going to take money to write in LGBT into their story, but money talks.

I keep wondering how much it costs to get a character to turn into a homosexual, how much money gets passed around at the top,

I even wonder if this review will get cancelled for stating the truth, 'the king has no clothes'--I am guessing they made a lot on this under the table

This season has been dragging further and further down, so they just decided to make as much as possible on a sinking ship. My guess is the offer has been on the table since season one.

Guess it time to start looking elsewhere.

This season has completely exposed the fact that the writers and showrunners have nothing but contempt for the source material, the fans, and good storytelling. This episode is the ultimate example that they've stopped trying to even act like they want to tell a good story. Instead, maybe they just want the writing credit and paycheck. Really, who can tell? Ciri's characterization completely flipped again. None of the "politics" is interesting or makes sense, it's just boring. They've decided to go for laughs in a show that has never focused on it.

Tl:dr, pretty garbage, watch something else.

It seems as though "The Witcher" has inexplicably descended in to a full on parody of its former self, adapting the basic premise - played out within the novels - but in such a jarringly insincere tone, the lack of seriousness (when bringing what are supposed to be genuine & rather profound moments to the screen) feels noticeably grating.

Gandja Monteiro is admittedly partially responsible for this (she's an exceptional director - as demonstrated by her previous work on "Wednesday" - so I'm not bringing her skill in to disrepute), despite her talents (her style's perhaps not well suited to a darker, maturer fantasy genre?) & the shoddy VFX & cinematography don't really help either (exacerbating the audience's inability to watch without visible incredulity - notice the brazenly apparent blue screen reflecting on Henry Cavill's face whilst he's set aboard the boat) but mainly, the issues continuously stem from the god awful writing; tasked with translating something complex in to a series, yet failing at every level.

I'm not at all surprised to see Netflix has clearly cut the production budget, as a consequence. Why invest more in a minimal effort show so undeserving of reward?

Going deeper into the season, it is obvious that the writers had no idea what to do next and how to develop characters properly (it is a good question whether they ever planned to do so).

Not just that, but the more we plunge into the season, the worst special effects are. Looks like the budget dried out, and it could be felt on the writing, but on the effects as well.

If we start talking about the story and how bad it is, we start to ask ourselves have they read any books or stories about the saga itself? If am a bit scared to get the answer... Last thing I have to mention is the scene that changed everything. Jaskier is cemented as the ladies man, and he would never, ever had anything with another man. This is just criminal and writers should be fired.