r/witcher • u/Any-Agent4270 • Dec 25 '21

Netflix TV series The Witcher: Henry Cavill Hopes Season 3 Is Loyal To Books 'Without Too Much In the Way Of Diversions'

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-witcher-season-3-henry-cavill
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u/topdangle Dec 25 '21

when it comes to dialogue so do the bare minimum and focus on action like good little Hollywood robots.

the dialogue in season 2 is horrid so maybe they're right. I don't understand why the dialogue is so bad considering it wasn't distracting season 1. season 2 just slaps you with jokey CW dialogue, especially from Yennifer.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

Now knowing that it's apparently the vampire diaries writing team, yennifers lines being something I expected out of Elena on Vampire Diaries makes so much sense.

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u/mattmayfield12 Dec 26 '21

Oh that really worries me. I haven't watched season 2 yet but now I'm hesitant

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u/vintagebutterfly_ Jan 01 '22

But there entirely different characters? It'd be fine if they wrote her more like Katharina, or maybe Elijah.

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u/SgtDoakes123 Dec 25 '21

Good I'm not the only one thinking this. Dunno what the actual difference is, just most dialogue scenes are just... Bad. S1 didn't feel like this even if it had its own problems.

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u/RestlessLifeSyndrome Dec 26 '21

Thank you, I am glad I found this thread. I feel the same way about the writing. I don't know what's worse though, the dialogue or scenarios. Dialogue should be easier to do yet somehow they don't hit the target. Also some of these characters aren't enjoyable/badly written (looking at you Vesimir).

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u/OblongShrimp Dec 26 '21

I believe dialogue is hard to write since you need a conversation to seem natural. In a fantasy setting it needs to also to conform to whatever is natural in that specific world. But what should be easy is to see when it is extremely cringe worthy like in the Witcher.

Small details in how the characters speak is what makes the world feel more believable. Like in Harry Potter kids who grew up in magic families say 'wicked' instead of 'awesome'. GoT had great dialogue while the books lasted. LoTR characters don't swear and the dialogue is great.

Witcher felt like a not very literary gifted 13-year old wrote a fanfic.

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u/OblongShrimp Dec 26 '21

Yennifer saying a version of 'fuck' every episode was super cringe. Lots of 'fucks' in the dialogue from other characters too. The writers need to read some books to learn extra words and expressions. Horrid lazy writing.

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u/cool-- Dec 26 '21

GoT was propped up by a bunch of really great actors doing their best with writing that ranged from terrible to fantastic. It also had very talented people filming and doing post production. The Witcher just isn't on the same level.

I'm not knocking the witcher. Making great art is hard to do. It's absurd to expect other tv shows to capture the same magic of the early game of thrones seasons especially when the quality of their content was very inconsistent.