The Witcher Netflix series is receiving early praise, makes "Game of Thrones look like two drunks fighting"

[madmaltese★ 2,548]

2 minutes ago, -GD- said:

jesus...i had forgotten how bad that was. 

Sand Snakes were supposed to be the best fighters in the realm   

[-GD-X★ 7,728]

Just now, madmaltese said:

Sand Snakes were supposed to be the best fighters in the realm   

the show excelled at large scale battles. however, close quarter ones...not so much. 

[madmaltese★ 2,548]

1 minute ago, -GD- said:

the show excelled at large scale battles. however, close quarter ones...not so much. 

Witcher will probably be the opposite considering budget differences. Thankfully most of Witcher fight scenes should be close quarter combat.  

[-GD-X★ 7,728]

Just now, madmaltese said:

Witcher will probably be the opposite considering budget differences. Thankfully most of Witcher fight scenes should be close quarter combat.  

tru dat.

[Twinblade★ 3,889]

More praise from people who watched the early screening

 

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/04/netflixs-the-witcher-season-1-premiere-twitter-reactions

[The Mother Fucker 26]

On 2019-12-02 at 3:54 PM, Goukosan said:

GOT as a serious on a whole is great.  Even the one or two so so seasons is better than 99% pf shows"

Was those the seasons you could see Daenerys nude?  

 

I never watched a single episode of Game of Thrones, I only gathered that from bits and pieces I heard on Howard Stern Show.   Show didn't sound too appealing, perhaps a bit too fiction for me.  

 

I did enjoy the show Spartacus, especially the early season. 

[Goukosan 2,249]

On 2019-12-02 at 6:36 PM, madmaltese said:

Yeah everyone speaking about the project really does sound like they care greatly. Especially Cavill who really wanted the role. Everything is sounding great!

 

Regarding the comparison to GoT fight scenes. Saying it is better isn't saying much consider this was some of the quality of the fight scenes (non giant battle scenes) in GoT:

 

 

I mean you literally picked the worse fight scene in the series and used it as a bar to compare..... obviously people are comparing the best scenes not the worse. 

 

All the sand snakes fights were terrible, thankfully they only had a few fights and were killed off after that. 

Edited December 4, 2019 by Goukosan

[madmaltese★ 2,548]

3 hours ago, Goukosan said:

I mean you literally picked the worse fight scene in the series and used it as a bar to compare..... obviously people are comparing the best scenes not the worse. 

 

All the sand snakes fights were terrible, thankfully they only had a few fights and were killed off after that. 

None of the close quarter combat fights are great. The amazing big budget battles are distorting your judgement. All are really bad, one swing, cut shot, stand, one swing, cut shot, etc. Even from S1:

 

 

The Oberyn vs Mountain fight is the same. It's great because of what happens not because the fight choreography is any good.

 

Also being thankful that the Sand Snakes (best fighters in the books) were handled so badly that it was a good thing they just killed them and move on so quickly is not a positive. 

 

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i think this is the best fight scene ever in tv. that camera work and gore.

 

 

[Goukosan 2,249]

18 minutes ago, madmaltese said:

None of the close quarter combat fights are great. The amazing big budget battles are distorting your judgement. All are really bad, one swing, cut shot, stand, one swing, cut shot, etc. Even from S1:

 

 

The Oberyn vs Mountain fight is the same. It's great because of what happens not because the fight choreography is any good.

 

Also being thankful that the Sand Snakes (best fighters in the books) were handled so badly that it was a good thing they just killed them and move on so quickly is not a positive. 

 

None of the close quarter fights are good he says 

 

 

 

[madmaltese★ 2,548]

5 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

None of the close quarter fights are good he says 

 

 

 

Still not that good....and that's probably the best one in 8 seasons. 

Don't know why GoT fanboys are so sensitive to criticism .

[jehurey 3,222]

Its not just that the choreography is slow and those poor actors are moving around like their wrists aren't strong enough to swing those weapons.

 

Game of Thrones cinematography, and in that "best" fight scene, its lighting..........its just pathetic. It literally looks like they went out to an open field and just started swing swords around.

 

It looks like an open area where the Power Rangers would fight Putties back in 1994.

 

The Witcher is just flat-out superior in every way. It makes sense that they put real effort, because Geralt is a professional killer, but at the same time soldiers would also be profecient at fighting.

 

Look at this scene. Its not even close.

 

[Goukosan 2,249]

25 minutes ago, madmaltese said:

Still not that good....and that's probably the best one in 8 seasons. 

Don't know why GoT fanboys are so sensitive to criticism .

There's criticism and then they're bad takes like this "All are really bad, one swing, cut shot, stand, one swing, cut shot, etc. " 

[JonDnD 2,606]

I've never watched got but everyone says it like the best show ever . So I'm not surprised to see people shitting on it and praising a fucking Witcher 

...a fuckikg witcher tv show as being better 

 

Lol

[madmaltese★ 2,548]

10 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

There's criticism and then they're bad takes like this "All are really bad, one swing, cut shot, stand, one swing, cut shot, etc. " 

The fight scene you just posted is mostly just that other than one zoomed out shot with multiple strokes while walking. And again we are talking about 1 out of 8 seasons. GoT does have shit fight choreography, that's not even debatable. 

[Goukosan 2,249]

21 minutes ago, madmaltese said:

The fight scene you just posted is mostly just that other than one zoomed out shot with multiple strokes while walking. And again we are talking about 1 out of 8 seasons. GoT does have shit fight choreography, that's not even debatable. 

"one swing, cut shot stand" 

[jehurey 3,222]

So this appears to be the single-most complex piece of fight choreography in one shot in what is supposed to be the single best actual non-CGI'd fight scene in  Game of Thrones.

 

 

So now let's compare it with your average performance at Medieval Times.

 

 

 

C'mon, man.

[Mr. House 3,371]

Who cares about the fight scenes in Game of Thrones? Lmfao. 

 

The first 5 seasons of GoT is the best. I seriously doubt this Witcher show will come any close to that level of quality storytelling. Unless it's as good as Witcher 3's, which I seriously doubt.

[Goukosan 2,249]

better than GOT huh? lol

 

 

 

.... I actually fell asleep during the first episode of the Witcher.....the CG effects look straight to VHS cheap 🤮 

 

You don't feel transported to that world....it feels like you're watching a leaked copy of a show before they add the final post production effects. 

 

I'll give it another shot next time im bored. 

 

Edited December 22, 2019 by Goukosan

[Twinblade★ 3,889]

I knew the Game Of Thrones comparisons would backfire, and im sure that impacted the reviews too. Witcher was never going to have the same production quality.

 

But hopefully its popular enough that they'll be able to up the budget for the next season.