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Netflix released Witcher Season 4 recently, so I rewatched the whole show, so I won't be clueless what they did. I only remembered I did not like it much.
I liked the novels and short stories - which I should re-read, it's a mess now if I try to recall details. Perhaps I haven't even read some in order.
I liked the W 1 and 3 vidyas. Haven't played 2. Perhaps I should. 3 is very long but I played it through, felt pretty darn good, although towards the end repetitiveness started to get to me.
The show's greatest negative that it was born in the wake of the woke and they shoehorned all the PoCs into it - casting various mutts into roles that should be played by a Euro, eg. the elf queen and Triss and bunch of others - and it's all girlpowah.
The novels are set in a world that has place for all kinds of ethnicities but this multikulti mishmash is a misguided approach. Similarly there are quite a few strong female characters, just from the three central roles two: Yennefer and Ciri are female! Strong and powerful, with great character arch.
How fucking Netflix and all the woke execs, writers, directors, producers can fuck up great stories with their heavy handedness and ideological blindess! No talent two bits Lenins all of 'em. Without real vision hammering their dogmas. All reverse Midases, everything that's golden turns to shit by their touch.
So Season 4.
They swapped Cavill to Hamsworth. I don't really mind as far as the acting goes. Cavill maybe was more into it.
Otherwise it's a giant filler. Nothing really happens, telling backstories and old Jaskier talking to some girl that adds nothing to the story. The big magical battle looks ridiculous.
Couple of Geralt's swordsmanship action really resembles to the games.
And they made a movie from the Rats, abhorrent of an idea. They were the most annoying part of Season 4 - beyond Ciri herself - and I was glad they got butchered. Was hoping Ciri also gets the treatment saving us from the suffering of Season 5. She did not. Woe to the vanquished.
I really, really have to watch Wiedzmin.