I think nowIunderstand what is a problem with Netflix’s The Witcher. When they decided to make this show it was obvious that they wanted to make something that would be response to Game of Thrones. Another epic fantasy based on books that already had tons of fans. And there were also games that had even more fans. It was so easy. But the thing is that Witcher didn’t get all these fans because it was this epic fantasy. It’s a story about bunch of outcasts that somehow makes a family.
It’s not meant to be this epic fantasy. Of course there are some fights and battles but most of the time the characters are just talking, riding horses and talking, drinking and talking, laying in bed and talking, getting lost in the woods, because why not, oh now they have to fight someone. And someone have to save them because they just looks like they can say the word by themselves. They can’t. They all need someone to look after them. And after that they talk.
Geralt is this guy that says he’s so lonley and he doesn’t have feelings ‘cause he’s mutant. All that when he’s actually talking about his feelings to his friends that laugh at him when he tells them that he’s going somewhere alone. Friends that somehow saw eachothers one day and decided “yes, i’m keeping them. we are the family now”. Also not this traditional family that Netflix is making.
And that’s also what made Witcher games such a hit. Because players were involved in the plot. Because you interact with others so much. I myself were on the edge of crying when i finished both main game and Blood and Wine dlc.
The Witcher is great material for tv show. Just not the one in style of Game of Thrones. It should be the one in style of Out Flag Means Death. And i find it so funny when i see all these fanfictions that focus on characters interactions and emotions while it’s what we got in books. And what Netflix decided to cut off.
Can you imagine a Witcher series in the vein of Our Flag Means Death – every so often it changes tone from ‘serious noir drama’ to ‘muppet adaptation of a beloved classic’ and then back?
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