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LGD posted:the stories are being told in non-linear order, something that only become really apparent in Episode 3 and much more obvious in Episode 4 drat, I noticed things weren't adding up in 3 but since I'm blind to it figured I just wasn't paying close enough attention.
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By non-linear do people mean some storylines are taking place in a different time period to others? That’s the only thing that would make sense to me right now. e: only just starting ep 4, to clarify
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Dec 20, 2019 13:06
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Cool fights, impressive monster design, swearing, bickering between Geralt/ All's good. They are nailing the true Witcher spirit. Whaaaa? Ep 4? Timeline shenanigans?
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Dec 20, 2019 13:07
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(Ep4) The timeline jumping confused me for a bit, the Lioness is the queen who got killed in Ep1, right? E: Ep4 And that makes her Ciri's granddaughter, meaning the daughter being married off is Ciri's mom? Loezi fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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Dec 20, 2019 13:07
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esperterra posted:From the cute lil hints they released with the episode titles, The Last Wish will be episode 5. I meant The Last Wish book. I'm assuming each episode adapts a story but from the sounds of it not in the same order?
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Dec 20, 2019 13:08
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Escobarbarian posted:By non-linear do people mean some storylines are taking place in a different time period to others? That’s the only thing that would make sense to me right now. essentially yes the back and forth cuts you see between characters does not necessarily mean what they're doing is taking place contemporaneously, and some things in later episodes occur earlier chronologically than things in earlier episodes - this is usually made pretty obvious by who is alive Escobarbarian posted:e: only just starting ep 4, to clarify actually the timeline jumps should have also been apparent towards the end of Episode 3 when both Foltest and Adda show up at the wizard dance party as children Loezi posted:(Ep4) The timeline jumping confused me for a bit, the Lioness is the queen who got killed in Ep1, right? correct on both counts, assuming you actually meant grandmother - Ciri explicitly states this on a couple of occasions LGD fucked around with this message at 13:19 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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Dec 20, 2019 13:10
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Loezi posted:(Ep4) The timeline jumping confused me for a bit, the Lioness' is the queen who got killed in Ep1, right? EP4: Grandmother I think you meant and yes. EP 5: nm. cheesetriangles fucked around with this message at 13:12 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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Dec 20, 2019 13:10
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cheesetriangles posted:EP4: Grandmother I think you meant and yes. Yeah, that's what I meant. Thanks.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:12
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Note the difference in rhyme and prose in the flashbacks, took me a bit to twig to it
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Dec 20, 2019 13:22
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Haha, they really went to great depths to make sure you didn't feel sorry for the royal bitch with the baby dying. First stating she didn't care about any of the citizens because they all just "wanted things", repeatedly cursing Yen, by the time she got around to offering her baby for sacrifice I could only roll my eyes.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:22
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I don't know how ya'll didn't pick up on the timeline shenanigans by episode 1 with Renfrie talking about Calanthe just recently winning her first battle a few scenes after that event was mentioned to Ciri by her grandmother
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Dec 20, 2019 13:23
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Just finished ep 1, I think Cavill is doing a great job with Geralt and is in line from how he feels from the games at least. Great episode to start off with, I'm sure we'll get a lot of Butcher of Blaviken references from here on out
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Dec 20, 2019 13:23
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RedneckwithGuns posted:I don't know how ya'll didn't pick up on the timeline shenanigans by episode 1 with Renfrie talking about Calanthe just recently winning her first battle a few scenes after that event was mentioned to Ciri by her grandmother Yeah. I'm on episode 4 atm and from what I can tell Ciri would be the 'present'. Geralt's story so far has been in the past. Yen even further in the past. Otherwise it's happening chronologically for each individual person.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:29
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(Up to ep 4 but this isn’t really specific to any episode) so with some help from esp my understanding is that the Ciri storyline is the “present day” storyline, with the Geralt stuff set before that, and the Yen storyline set even further back? e: as above
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Dec 20, 2019 13:29
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RedneckwithGuns posted:I don't know how ya'll didn't pick up on the timeline shenanigans by episode 1 with Renfrie talking about Calanthe just recently winning her first battle a few scenes after that event was mentioned to Ciri by her grandmother I caught that, but at that point in the story it's possible to not have caught Calanthe's name, or think it's the missing daughter of Calanthe, and then nothing in Episode 2 really indicates these events are not happening more or less simultaneously unless you already know the timeline from the books, it's only super obvious from towards the end of Episode 3 on
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Dec 20, 2019 13:31
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Calanthe is high camp and I love her for it.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:36
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RedneckwithGuns posted:I don't know how ya'll didn't pick up on the timeline shenanigans by episode 1 with Renfrie talking about Calanthe just recently winning her first battle a few scenes after that event was mentioned to Ciri by her grandmother Yup, I'm pretty happy with how they've handled it because each time they have done a time skip, it has always referenced something that was almost immediately previously mentioned before. Renfri mentioning Calanthe winning her first battle (meaning that storyline takes place approximately 35-45 years before Ciri's dance party), Foltest and Adda being at the witch's ball (placing it again about 30+ years previous)... there was also the bit about the king Elf's uprising that Calanthe put down AFTER the wedding. It's good. EP 5: Welp, first time a story change has actually made me go wtf. Making Cahir into a straight up murderous villain is stupid as hell. Same thing with Fringilla? What the crap. Also unrelated but the druids of brokilon were stupid.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:43
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Queen: It sucks women don't have the right to choose who they want! Also Queen 5 seconds later: MY DAUGHTER CAN ONLY MARRY WHO I WANT I WILL MURDER HER LEGAL FIANCE
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Dec 20, 2019 13:46
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Calanthe gna Calanthe.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:50
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Ah, the old "we need to know what this person knew but they're dead now, so we'll eat part of their body to get their memory" trick. Except that's not enough for this show, that doesn't give you the memories, what gives you the memories is someone then eviscerating the person who ate the flesh of the other person and then playing with their guts on the ground This is reaching Warhammer 40K levels of ridiculousness and I'm loving it.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:54
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Am I the only one that thinks Tissaia looks like Kelly Ripa?
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Dec 20, 2019 13:59
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Tehran 1979 posted:Ah, the old "we need to know what this person knew but they're dead now, so we'll eat part of their body to get their memory" trick. Except that's not enough for this show, that doesn't give you the memories, what gives you the memories is someone then eviscerating the person who ate the flesh of the other person and then playing with their guts on the ground I'm pretty sure that was haruspicy/anthropomancy actually they got information Calanthe wouldn't have known
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Dec 20, 2019 14:02
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I'm up to EP 6 and already getting mad I'm gonna have to wait at least another year for season 2.
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Dec 20, 2019 14:09
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Ep4: The "gently caress." after Geralt calls the law of surprise and it turns out the princess is pregnant was great.
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Dec 20, 2019 14:18
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I enjoyed the first episode, but I can see how someone who's not familiar with the books and games would be pretty confused. The whole setup for the conflict in that episode is mumbled by Lars Mikkelsen in a few lines, and never really expanded on. I don't think The Lesser Evil was the best story to start on. Given that they had to cover a bunch of Ciri stuff too it probably would've been better if they just used the first short story, since it's a dirt-simple introduction to the character. I agree with whoever said the lack of natural light is a killer too. Every scene which goes for atmospheric lighting ends up with SyFy original sheen that just makes it all feel cheap and nasty. stev fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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Dec 20, 2019 14:21
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Loezi posted:Ep4: The "gently caress." after Geralt calls the law of surprise and it turns out the princess is pregnant was great. There is like 1 good gently caress an episode.
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Dec 20, 2019 14:21
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Maybe it's sleep deprivation and visiting family and not watching with headphones on like usual or some sort of cognitive dissonance working but watching episode 1 the series seems extremely wooden with regards to acting and kind of bad? I'm not saying the series is bad, but first impressions are not great. Cavill is pretty good at the role though.
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Dec 20, 2019 14:25
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drat, this is making me want to start yet another replay of Witcher 3.
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Dessel posted:Maybe it's sleep deprivation and visiting family and not watching with headphones on like usual or some sort of cognitive dissonance working but watching episode 1 the series seems extremely wooden with regards to acting and kind of bad? I'm not saying the series is bad, but first impressions are not great. It's not just you, this is pretty much going to be the default opinion. First half of Ep 1 is not good, last half is better but I could see someone averaging the whole episode as bad. Episode 2 is a huge improvement and then by the end of episode 3 you will either have your opinion completely changed or know the show isn't for you.
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Dec 20, 2019 14:30
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Stopped after episode four. The narrative structure can be a tiny bit confusing when you're watching scenes without the principals and I imagine it will throw people a little if they're not familiar with the story. On the other hand it also means you're getting extra bang for your buck as a change in principal character triggers me going "oh yeah poo poo what's gonna happen now!?" which is awesome. Episode three with the striga and the glamour going at the same time was loving dope even if I thought the book's Striga hunt had some more interesting witching... witchering?
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Dec 20, 2019 14:33
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cheesetriangles posted:There is like 1 good gently caress an episode. Right after you said that I got to Ep 5's best gently caress 'What the gently caress?' at the smoke in the mayor's house
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Dec 20, 2019 14:35
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Tehran 1979 posted:Right after you said that I got to Ep 5's best gently caress 'What the gently caress?' at the smoke in the mayor's house EP 6: I've yet to see a good gently caress in EP 6 and it's bumming me out. cheesetriangles fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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Dec 20, 2019 14:37
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Hot drat the song at the end of ep 5 is super bad. Seems like they were going for a rains of castamere thing and just found someone off the street to give it a go.
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Dec 20, 2019 14:51
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Kaedric posted:Hot drat the song at the end of ep 5 is super bad. Seems like they were going for a rains of castamere thing and just found someone off the street to give it a go. Thought you were talking about the song that starts playing while she's making the decision, tabbed out with it going to credits to come post "I don't know what you mean, it's not ba.......oh. oh dear. OH DEAR."
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Dec 20, 2019 15:10
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In EP 7: The past starts to catch up with the present Really loving this show.
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They did up The Last Wish quite well i m h o I'm really enjoying Anya Chalotra's Yennefer. e: lmao e6 is The Bounds of Reason. Excellent. esperterra fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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Dec 20, 2019 15:14
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Is there a lot of depictions of rape in the show? That's something that ultimately made me stop watching Game of Thrones.
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Looking at the plot synopsis it looks like the order is: The Lesser Evil The Edge of the World The Witcher A Question of Price The Last Wish The Bounds of Reason The Sword of Destiny Something More Is that correct?
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fudyr posted:Is there a lot of depictions of rape in the show? That's something that ultimately made me stop watching Game of Thrones. There hasn't been a single rape in 6 1/2 episodes
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It's been a while since I read the short stories, so my memory is muddled, but there's one where Geralt goes to a farm house and there's a girl living with the monster he's supposed to kill. Or the girl is the monster, not quite sure. Geralt ends up having dinner with the monster and they talk stuff over and bond. As I said, memory's quite hazy, but I remember enjoying it quite a lot. Does that ring a bell? What's the name of that story? I hope it makes it into the series (currently starting E6). Oh that dude with the two amazons. God drat, I hardly remember anything from the books, but I keep recognizing poo poo. That's a lot of fun! Dragon? Villentretenmerth? mcbexx fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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