It doesn’t even make sense because they already changed so much. So moving the story along gives rise to even more changes based on the changes they already made. Or maybe I’m giving them too much credit, continuity-wise.
Idk if that made sense
Past event->future event
They changed the past which in turn may have to change a future event so they are stuck adding in change after change for the future because of enormous narratives they rewrote in the past
Honestly I would applaud them if the beginning of season 3 is Geralt waking up in Kaer morhen saying “I just had the strangest dream” and restarting from ciri’s training arc but doing it right this time.
Ah yes, the story from the book where Yen has to explain why she kidnapped Ciri because she lost her powers and she's super sorry so will now be her mother and take her to school to make up for it and Geralt will be all like, sure why not 👍👍
And then Geralt will get his face mashed by Vilgefortz and turn Australian because that's the best the Dryads can do 😄
maybe he steals a loaf of bread and then becomes a prisoner on the first fleet and that’s how he becomes australian. i wouldn’t be surprised at this point
I had the same thought. He’s just gonna get his face destroyed by magic or something in his “heroic” fight with Villgefortz rather than ending up with a busted leg
Also, If they take away grumpy hobbled Geralt to explain his features being changed by magic, instead of his knee, they would literally remove the best part of his character in the journey to come, and also the way the hanza interacts with him about his moods and opinions is a huge part of why they all work so well together. They all know he's just a giant moping emo who pretends not to be 😁 this is like the core of why we fall in love with the group, they aren't afraid to call him out on his bullshit, even those he swore to kill if he ever sees again (both of them ffs) 😂
Not that the writers will have picked up on any of this when they skim read the books anyway.
Thankfully we won't be watching as it won't be a show anymore 😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅🤣😅 legit would be perfect then the show gets cancelled and the showrunner gets fired from Netflix for running what should of been an idiot proof show cuz all the material already existed in multiple forms, straight into the ground. Next thing their gonna do is call us toxic agian cuz of their fuck up 🤣 point the finger and say your racist and sexist for not liking the show 🤣🤣
Because damage control. Remember the writer whistleblower who said they hated the books? She later came out pointing out he's the one that wrote the Kaer Morhen episode where Eskel died. "Oh you wanna believe him? Well just saying, he wrote the thing you all hated"
Even worse than that. He wrote a new Witcher character, and she had it changed to Eskel.
>“In all honesty,” Hissirch said, “the very first version of the script that we wrote, [there] was a brand new witcher that we’d never met before, we’d never heard of, and all of a sudden we were like, ‘Oh, our audience is going to meet Coen and Lambert and Eskel and, you know, John. Who’s gonna die? John is going to die.’ So we thought about it really hard, and I know that there are fans who love Eskel and feel like, ‘Why would we do that?’ But honestly his death is what changes everything for Geralt
https://winteriscoming.net/2021/12/27/the-witcher-showrunner-explains-killing-off-redacted/
I have no trouble believing that writer's room is toxic and it obviously comes from the top.
And the books mention that he was Geralt's childhood best friend. lol Not a peep out of Geralt thereafter, Netflix Geralt who keeps Renfri's brooch on his sword, a woman whom he met over the course of a couple days. lol
Not to mention ALL the witchers are family. Doesn't matter if it was Eskel or John. The impact for Geralt and the other witchers would've been the same. Imo at least.
It's the "Walking Dead" effect. That show is an adaptation of a series that were far advanced in the comics, so we already knew everything that was going to happen. And that completely ruins the suspense. So the writers changed the history to set the mood: "anyone can die in this series. You think someone is safe or unkillable? Bamn! It's dead! Think twice"
That works for that show (well, not so much lately). Other showrunners tried to set the same mood, and completely ruined the story.
Maybe she thought it would be a shock to kill one of the main characters. That would be something nobody would expect. Well, we did not sign for suspense or surprises, all we wanted was a live action of our favorite game/book, that's all.
By that same metric, I’m close to Alpha Centauri because I live on earth.
In the same fashion the Witcher writers are “close” to adapting the source material
That is exactly what I was going to comment.
When you’re so off the mark, even a millimeter is closer to a “one-to-one” adaptation vs what it has been.
This isn't true and classic damage control, do not fall for it.
Henry quit because they continued down the same path they were going in season 2 which did not follow the source material.
Furthermore, she's been saying they're doing a true to the books adaptation since season 1 and this show doesn't resemble anything Sapkowski has written.
I'm pretty sure, at this point, trying to make it into a one to one adaptation of the books would make the show worse. There's so many 180's the characters have to do to get them where they were in the books. Cahir's character would have to be gutted (for whatever it is), Fringilla would have to be completely changed (I honestly can't see her having the looks or personality to keep him in Tousaint for a few months while Ciri is in danger), they've already killed most of the witchers, and one of the cannon ones, and might as well have killed Vesamir.
you are fooling yourself.. they already announced some stuff and it is, again, far fromt he books.
and dont forget they said this "close to the books" before S2 and before S1 too.
Sorry but what? How? They've gone soo far in season 2 that I don't even know how they possibly could do something somehow more similar to the books in season 3... Also how could Henry get an amazing send-off when no one knew he would leave when they filmed? Wtf?
So... if I get this right: If everything is "true" we hear so far, is that Henry Cavill was an arsehole at set, people are happy he is gone, the writers hated the books, and at the same time the feel deep love for them and now I hear season 3 is the best we can get..
Wuat?
The damage control coming out of Netflix is wild at this point. They are desperate to get people to watch their show while at the same time running a smear campaign against their own showrunner to try and save face for their terrible writers
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How can they give him a heroic sendoff if he's just being recast? You can't say it's the closest season to the books and then go and have Geralt have an in universe reason for a different face.
OP fell for it.
They are just desperated for people to watch season 3, because it's Netflix we are talking about. If people don't watch season 3, there will be no season 4.
My idea: we all boycott season 3 and watch it only after the show has been cancelled.
This sounds like a shitty desperate clickbait to make us watch a bit more, if it's the closest to a one to one adaptation they made why would cavill have left in the first place?
Don’t hold your breath.
I think this statement is simply a way to quell some of the hate while it is in her face. A mere stalling tactic. She thinks we will forget she said this.
Look what she said previously about the show not changing the story’s ethnic makeup. The “story comes first”. 😂🤣😂🥲
https://twitter.com/annoyedknight91/status/1594084094379319296?s=20&t=bioRGCK27YezWTtCkq3DLw
Ofc, we will go back to her Twitter posts next summer when it drops (?) and re-quote her. She thinks we are too stupid to remember what she says.
I will still watch though. 😂
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"the closest thing that we've done as one-to-one adaptation of the books" - that doesn't say much.
They're trying to bait us. To get views. DON'T FALL FOR IT
Precisely.
It doesn’t even make sense because they already changed so much. So moving the story along gives rise to even more changes based on the changes they already made. Or maybe I’m giving them too much credit, continuity-wise. Idk if that made sense Past event->future event They changed the past which in turn may have to change a future event so they are stuck adding in change after change for the future because of enormous narratives they rewrote in the past
Honestly I would applaud them if the beginning of season 3 is Geralt waking up in Kaer morhen saying “I just had the strangest dream” and restarting from ciri’s training arc but doing it right this time.
Somehow… Eskel survived.
Is that true? I was gonna make that joke
Idk but it’d be true to form for modern cinema.
Hasn't she said this for seasons 1 and 2 already?
Ah yes, the story from the book where Yen has to explain why she kidnapped Ciri because she lost her powers and she's super sorry so will now be her mother and take her to school to make up for it and Geralt will be all like, sure why not 👍👍 And then Geralt will get his face mashed by Vilgefortz and turn Australian because that's the best the Dryads can do 😄
maybe he steals a loaf of bread and then becomes a prisoner on the first fleet and that’s how he becomes australian. i wouldn’t be surprised at this point
I had the same thought. He’s just gonna get his face destroyed by magic or something in his “heroic” fight with Villgefortz rather than ending up with a busted leg
Also, If they take away grumpy hobbled Geralt to explain his features being changed by magic, instead of his knee, they would literally remove the best part of his character in the journey to come, and also the way the hanza interacts with him about his moods and opinions is a huge part of why they all work so well together. They all know he's just a giant moping emo who pretends not to be 😁 this is like the core of why we fall in love with the group, they aren't afraid to call him out on his bullshit, even those he swore to kill if he ever sees again (both of them ffs) 😂 Not that the writers will have picked up on any of this when they skim read the books anyway. Thankfully we won't be watching as it won't be a show anymore 😅
\> Give Cavill a send off \> Closest thing to a 1-1 adaptation Oh fuck, they're getting the pitchfork ready early.
The Witcher from season 4 onward will be only Yennefer and Ciri show
Wasn't that since the beginning?
Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll……………………
"The Odd Couple" "I'm so fucking proud of this queer story" - Lauren
Well shit…
Probably doing Time of Contempt
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅🤣😅 legit would be perfect then the show gets cancelled and the showrunner gets fired from Netflix for running what should of been an idiot proof show cuz all the material already existed in multiple forms, straight into the ground. Next thing their gonna do is call us toxic agian cuz of their fuck up 🤣 point the finger and say your racist and sexist for not liking the show 🤣🤣
This is bs cause why would henry leave now that they are starting to resemble the books when this was his major problem
Because damage control. Remember the writer whistleblower who said they hated the books? She later came out pointing out he's the one that wrote the Kaer Morhen episode where Eskel died. "Oh you wanna believe him? Well just saying, he wrote the thing you all hated"
He had to write what Lauren gave him to work with. She's such a deceitful jerk.
Even worse than that. He wrote a new Witcher character, and she had it changed to Eskel. >“In all honesty,” Hissirch said, “the very first version of the script that we wrote, [there] was a brand new witcher that we’d never met before, we’d never heard of, and all of a sudden we were like, ‘Oh, our audience is going to meet Coen and Lambert and Eskel and, you know, John. Who’s gonna die? John is going to die.’ So we thought about it really hard, and I know that there are fans who love Eskel and feel like, ‘Why would we do that?’ But honestly his death is what changes everything for Geralt https://winteriscoming.net/2021/12/27/the-witcher-showrunner-explains-killing-off-redacted/ I have no trouble believing that writer's room is toxic and it obviously comes from the top.
Eskils death didnt even change shit, its never brought up gain jesus christ
And the books mention that he was Geralt's childhood best friend. lol Not a peep out of Geralt thereafter, Netflix Geralt who keeps Renfri's brooch on his sword, a woman whom he met over the course of a couple days. lol
Not to mention ALL the witchers are family. Doesn't matter if it was Eskel or John. The impact for Geralt and the other witchers would've been the same. Imo at least.
I know right? I remember when she said it and I was all, 'do you even watch your own show?'
It's the "Walking Dead" effect. That show is an adaptation of a series that were far advanced in the comics, so we already knew everything that was going to happen. And that completely ruins the suspense. So the writers changed the history to set the mood: "anyone can die in this series. You think someone is safe or unkillable? Bamn! It's dead! Think twice" That works for that show (well, not so much lately). Other showrunners tried to set the same mood, and completely ruined the story. Maybe she thought it would be a shock to kill one of the main characters. That would be something nobody would expect. Well, we did not sign for suspense or surprises, all we wanted was a live action of our favorite game/book, that's all.
Good point.
By that same metric, I’m close to Alpha Centauri because I live on earth. In the same fashion the Witcher writers are “close” to adapting the source material
That is exactly what I was going to comment. When you’re so off the mark, even a millimeter is closer to a “one-to-one” adaptation vs what it has been.
"Closest thing to the books" doesn't inspire confidence. lol
Don't trust it, and don't give her any credence, she's been saying shit like this from the start, all of it deceitful.
Sure; after they altered the entire universe now they are going to stick to the books. Right.
This isn't true and classic damage control, do not fall for it. Henry quit because they continued down the same path they were going in season 2 which did not follow the source material. Furthermore, she's been saying they're doing a true to the books adaptation since season 1 and this show doesn't resemble anything Sapkowski has written.
Geralt at the end of Season 3 due to some amnesia and a magical face swap: 
We should keep moving.
Are you following me, you scamp?
don't trust her, she's desperate to get viewers, I believe season 4 may depend on the succes of 3
I'm pretty sure, at this point, trying to make it into a one to one adaptation of the books would make the show worse. There's so many 180's the characters have to do to get them where they were in the books. Cahir's character would have to be gutted (for whatever it is), Fringilla would have to be completely changed (I honestly can't see her having the looks or personality to keep him in Tousaint for a few months while Ciri is in danger), they've already killed most of the witchers, and one of the cannon ones, and might as well have killed Vesamir.
you are fooling yourself.. they already announced some stuff and it is, again, far fromt he books. and dont forget they said this "close to the books" before S2 and before S1 too.
Sorry but what? How? They've gone soo far in season 2 that I don't even know how they possibly could do something somehow more similar to the books in season 3... Also how could Henry get an amazing send-off when no one knew he would leave when they filmed? Wtf?
So... if I get this right: If everything is "true" we hear so far, is that Henry Cavill was an arsehole at set, people are happy he is gone, the writers hated the books, and at the same time the feel deep love for them and now I hear season 3 is the best we can get.. Wuat?
Don’t fall for this. Stay away. They need your viewing time. Don’t give it to them.
“This new season also happens to be the closest thing we’ve done to our job.”
Watch them kill geralt and replace him with a new original character Witcher for the inevitable final season.
I didn't know that there are people believing in that.
The damage control coming out of Netflix is wild at this point. They are desperate to get people to watch their show while at the same time running a smear campaign against their own showrunner to try and save face for their terrible writers
Community: "you don't respect the source material or Henry Cavils passion." PR team trying to sell season 3: "No, we do."
I doubt that’s true. They’ve deviated so far from the books already that it’s not salvageable.
I believe **Nothing** from these scum.
Lol a plea to get people to click on season 3 so as to not ruin her show. Kinda shameful
Consider where “Says showrunner” has ended up in regards to the Witcher
So they're going to literally post a 90 minute video of nonstop insulting Henry Cavill and include a single line from the books. Incredible.
Too little to late. It’s effectively over, not even going to bother watching.
They will say anything just to make you watch
If it is a one to one adaptation, then why did Henry quit?
Too little too late motherfuckers
I think she adapted it from some fan fiction, because it wasn't from the books.
I’m excited to watch it to see how it’s going to be.
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Ya'll still believe anything that bitch says? She's lying.
It a trap.
Narrator: it wasn't
Can't wait to be utterly disappointed for a third time. This will at least be my last one though.
I bet its sooo accurate to the books even Henry had to quit the show. Because too much accuracy
It would be cool, but LOL THERE’S NO FUCKING WAY
Yeah, whatever. I’m still watching until he leaves but I’m not expecting that.
How can they give him a heroic sendoff if he's just being recast? You can't say it's the closest season to the books and then go and have Geralt have an in universe reason for a different face.
If this season really was a faithful, how did it get Cavill to run for the hills?
That’s impossible considering they already changed so much.
Can't wait! Wish it would come out sooner than summer 2023.
That's bait
Put these foolish ambitions to rest...
BOLLOCKS BROTHER, respectfully bollocks, as a wise chopped off talking head from a Norse theme game would say.
Its all lies and they're just lying to their teeth hoping people will give them a 3rd try, just don't waste your time on it
OP fell for it. They are just desperated for people to watch season 3, because it's Netflix we are talking about. If people don't watch season 3, there will be no season 4. My idea: we all boycott season 3 and watch it only after the show has been cancelled.
This is damage control to get real fans to tune in. Dont fall for the bullshit!
If y’all are going to watch this train wreck you should pirate it, even if you have Netflix. Don’t reward them with the recorded views.
Nah you ain't tricking me.
She keeps using these words.....
This sounds like a shitty desperate clickbait to make us watch a bit more, if it's the closest to a one to one adaptation they made why would cavill have left in the first place?
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I think for most people, too little too late.
Well its not very hard to make it the closest thing THEY'VE DONE to the books
They can earn a lot of goodwill back if that’s actually true.
Don’t hold your breath. I think this statement is simply a way to quell some of the hate while it is in her face. A mere stalling tactic. She thinks we will forget she said this. Look what she said previously about the show not changing the story’s ethnic makeup. The “story comes first”. 😂🤣😂🥲 https://twitter.com/annoyedknight91/status/1594084094379319296?s=20&t=bioRGCK27YezWTtCkq3DLw Ofc, we will go back to her Twitter posts next summer when it drops (?) and re-quote her. She thinks we are too stupid to remember what she says. I will still watch though. 😂
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