I’m a really, really, REALLY! Big fan of The Witcher book series written by Andrzej Sapkowski and game produced by CD Projekt Red who helped create the Witcher Three, The Wild Hunt. However, something I’m not too happy about is the disregard to timeline, character development, and story in Netflix’s adaptation.
Who is casting? Who or what is the problem?
A really big fan of the books was stared as the main protagonist, Geralt of Rivia. A Witcher on The Path. Some may know him from his previous role as Superman in Zack Snyders DC Superman films, Henry Cavill.
Henry, like many with favorites to the games, was in big favor of the books. At first, everyone waited on the edge of their seats for the upcoming Witcher series that would release on December 20th, 2019, because of the highly anticipated casting of Henry being Geralt himself. However, the excitement did not last long. The sudden cause for future drastic disinterest and modestly, shame, for the series wasn’t because of Henry, it was really the opposite, it’s the producers.
If you are unaware, Henry had a lot of back and forth with Zack Snyders superman for not entirely being true and accurate to Superman’s character in the comics, the same can be said for Geralt when the producers began changing and mixing things up that weren’t not only true to Geralt, but the entire story and sequences of events as well.
I understand some movies and shows have budgets, and The Witcher series defiantly would have to have been a show. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll give you some story depth.
Who IS Geralt?
Geralt of Rivia is a man from the kingdom of Rivia but was taken as a child from his home by these monster and human hunters called Witcher’s, a male version of witch, sort of. Only boys at a young age were taken, and very few survived the mutation or training to become a Witcher, the mutation being the “rite of passage” sort of deal where if they survive, they are now destined to walk The Path, a brutal and dangerous journey for just any normal man. Going to town after town, contract after contract with no such thing as a retirement. (Geralt would also be the one to change this in the video game and maybe the books but not until the very end)
Another really big difference that I’ve noticed is that they really switch up his love interests and their storylines. Theres so much I want to rant about, but I can’t incase anyone’s interested in reading the books and then playing the games.
(The games and the books are heavily tied together, and the games stay very true to the books, making them more accurate and canonical. If you saw how many side quests and in-depth world exploration is, Netflix would have a very hard time keeping up with it all, so I understand not including EVERYTHING)
Here are some pictures of the Geralt’s used in both the game and Henry Cavills adaptation to him!
Book Geralt (1st book):
Game Geralt (The Witcher 3):
Henry Cavills Geralt:
I’ll get more into The Witcher in my next blog, hope you enjoyed the basics though.
when I first got the game, I had no idea what it was, but I played and enjoyed it alot I never beat it though. i was also to see it turned into a series on Netflix I was confused at first when the storylines didn’t exactly add up but regardless it was good i would like to see Yennefer and Geralt find a way to have children.
Funny thing about that, Witcher’s are sterile. So in the main story plot, of the books and game Cirilla or “Ciri” is who Geralt wards or in his case “adoptive daughter.”
I’ve never seen The Witcher nor read it, but this blog makes me want to read it!
It’s REALLY mature, so just be ready for some very graphic details .
I’ve only heard passing things about The Witcher and about how the show is “so good”, so hearing it from the perspective of someone who favors the books actually makes me want to read them!!
careful with that, they’re pretty graphic.