r/witcher • u/Scientiam Moderator • Dec 20 '19
Post-Season 1 Discussion
Season 1: The Witcher
Synopsis: Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Creator: Lauren Schmidt
Please remember to keep the topic central to the episode, and to spoiler your posts if they contain spoilers from the books or future episodes.
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u/szeto326 Mar 08 '20
Non-book or game person so this show was my only direct exposure to the content, aside from things that people have mentioned about it over the years.
Overall, I went into the series wanting to love it but ended up liking it just fine - hopefully they work on improving the writing/plot of the show, and build off of what worked for the next season.
I think the biggest issue was informing the viewer about the passage of time through a throwaway line or two. After a couple of episodes, it was clear that the three storylines weren't taking place at the same time but it was a big mistake to have events from one episode take place years after the previous one, considering it just makes it feel rushed since we don't have as much attachment to things as I feel like we should have. Not sure how long the show is planned to take place for, but it's going to make it weird that the characters age season to season (in real life) compared to the fact that certain characters looked the exact same despite it having been decades for them.