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12-25-2019, 03:07 AM | #2 |
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Finished it tonight. I know nothing. No books no games no nothing. I did watch a YouTube about what you need to know before watching. It helped some.
Hooked me good. Normally heavy magic shit turns me off. But this one seemed to do OK. There is still a little power exponent thing going on but it didn’t kill it for me. Cavil killed it. The action was really freaking good. He rolled through some dudes. As far as the timeline I didn’t have trouble. The stuff that you would get mixed up about the order didn’t really screw up the story. And they were good about rolling dead ass characters out to bash you over the head and tell you to pay attention. Most of it I was doing other stuff but I caught most of it I think. I haven’t unwound where everyone ended up, but it didn’t seem like there was a lot of wasted time in there. And MAN, a LOT of shit happened. A LOT. Anyway, hopefully it picks up another season. It was really good. |
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12-25-2019, 09:18 AM | #3 |
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If anyone is interested, the first book of short stories covers several episodes (I'm about a third of the way through) such as the Butcher of Blevikan and the Striga stories. They are short and easy to read if interested in more of the backstory (his potions, eyes, etc.).
https://readanybook.com/online/565901#383081 |
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12-26-2019, 02:42 PM | #4 |
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Just finished this. Really enjoyed it. I only played The Witcher 3, haven't read any of the books, but from what I gleaned from lore in the game it seems to be following the story pretty closely. What exactly is the plan assuming this continues to do as well as it has? Work through the story all the way through TW3?
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12-26-2019, 08:22 PM | #5 |
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12-26-2019, 11:57 PM | #6 |
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I actually thought the grunting was great. Like truly great. There are a lot of characters that try to be grumbly but suck at it. Cavill did a great job.
Besides, when he talks things like this happen. "Fine. I'll take the law of Surprise, like you did. But don't worry, if I come back here, it will be to kill monsters." "I'm pregnant." "****" |
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01-03-2020, 04:52 PM | #8 |
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12-27-2019, 07:19 AM | #9 |
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12-26-2019, 11:33 PM | #10 |
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Man I loved this. Binged the shit out of it. I usually do two episodes at a time, but I couldn’t stop. Then talking about it with friends on Christmas who like it but found it confusing. I showed them the explicit moments that made the timeline evident even before half the first episode was done and they decided to rewatch because they missed some important stuff. Clearly some critics did too. I have no knowledge of the story ahead of watching except for the trailer, but I had a day off and a good night sleeping so I was particularly attentive. The information is dense and I think the storytelling is quite sophisticated for adaptation of short story material but everything is clearly laid out for the timeline in the dialogue. I might watch it again to see what even a close watch might have missed now that I’ve seen the finale. Can’t wait to see where it goes next season. Top 10 first season for a show I watched all at once. I judge shows I have to watch weekly differently because they have to recap and repeat information so I have to forgive them some repetition. Liked Cavill before but love Geralt already.
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12-27-2019, 12:12 AM | #11 |
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Admittedly, the Geralt "****!" parts were perfectly placed. Netflix gets props for that.
I can kind of imagine if you were a close-to-immoral being you'd get just sick as hell of common dialog, and would just grunt and growl a bunch... |
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01-03-2020, 09:23 PM | #12 |
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12-27-2019, 05:44 AM | #13 |
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12-27-2019, 04:16 PM | #14 |
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Started another playthrough of the game - probably my fifth or sixth.
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