What Do You Think? (The Witcher: Article Feedback)

We’ve all probably been watching a bit too much Netflix, even before the pandemic.

Since we have a lot of high and epic fantasy fans, did any of you catch The Witcher, based on the book series? The good thing about the debut season (and most of the Netflix series these days) was that every one of its ten episodes looked like a real blockbuster movie. The scenes were truly epic looking. But when you’re spending $15 million per episode what else would you expect. (How can Netflix possibly keep spending that kind of money? But we’ll save that question for another blog article)

However, as we all know, great visuals still don’t mean that the movie or series is any good. Here’s one reviewer’s opinion:

The Witcher review: Netflix’s painfully transparent attempt to fill the Game of Thrones void with more blood and boobs

The Witcher’s showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has responded to bad reviews of the fantasy series, saying: “I don’t welcome unsubstantiated meanness”.

At the time of writing, the show has a low score of 58% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

The Independent’s critic Nick Hilton described the series, which stars Henry Cavill as a monster hunter, as “Netflix’s painfully transparent attempt to fill the Game of Thrones void with more blood and boobs”.

But it was one review in particular that Hissrich took issue with. Darren Franich at Entertainment Weekly wrote that he had skipped ahead to the fifth episode without watching the first few because “life’s too short for Netflix drama running times.” He also described the show as a “borefest.”

I agree with this reviewer. I’m going to be writing a big blog article on fantasy shows as I wrap up my own Fabled Quest Chronicles epic fantasy series. But I wanted to get your comments.

Do you agree with the reviewer’s opinion on the Netflix series, The Witcher? Comment Below

73 Responses

  1. Unfortunately, I don’t have Netflix and have never seen The Witcher before so can’t say I agree with Darren Franich’s review or not.

  2. I’ve never seen the Witcher or the Game of Thrones, so I can’t say whether I agree with the reviewer yet.