#The Witcher S01 rewatch

[stromuprisahat]

You should speak to Master Irion, our wizard. He's willing to pay for odds and ends he needs for elixirs. I sold him our dog when it died. Mysteriously.  ...  I want more. I have to be more, because I don't know what to do in Blaviken for the rest of my life, except go to the boring old market. And kill rats. And dogs.

Marilka; The Witcher 01×01- The End’s Beginning

Geralt: *arrives in Blaviken with a kikimora corpse strapped to the saddle*

Marilka: You kill things? That's SO COOL! I kill things too!

[spockvarietyhour]

Now that I've finished Rome here's The State of Shows I'm watching, starting with currently airings:

For All Mankind Monarch: Legacy of Monsters With @kiranerys: Stargate SG-1 (S10) Stargate Atlantis (S03) both her first watches Fringe (S03) rewatch for both of us, but I'd missed/skipped some episodes originally. Due South (S01) her first watch but I haven't watched it since it originally aired. Foyle's War (S02) my first watch FlashForward her first watch Chernobyl also her first watch Star Trek Prodigy ditto Crusade (S01) her first watch Letterkenny (final season)

All of these alternate w whatever we feel like, random episodes of comfort shows whenever we have the time.

we are going to get back to Russian Doll, and we plan to do Poker Face, The Bear, and His Dark Materials soon-ish

Regularly watching: Stargate Universe (S01), rewatch, gets delayed whenever I end up with too much of a backlog on gifs. The Witcher (S03), I proooobably won't continue this once Henry Cavill leaves. Occasionally Watching: Robocop: The Series The Rockford Files (S05) Upcoming: Silo (S01) next up now that Rome's done Scavenger's Reign (S01) Vigil (S02) Castlevania Nocturne (S01)

I almost did Invasion or Falling Skies but I found better files for Falling Skies so Silo it is!

[magpiefngrl]

The Witcher S01

Various thoughts:

--First season is based on the first two books of the saga, which are collections of short stories, and that results in a rather choppy, episodic nature of storytelling in the first half of the season. There’s a disconnect between the female characters’ journeys and the monster-of-the-week feel of Geralt’s storyline in the first few episodes. Not great, but also it’s not terrible either; still enjoyable, still a good introduction to the world and characters, and, because this is streaming, I don’t see it as a huge problem. Most people will mainline the season, or at least a few episodes at a time, so they’ll prob get through the introduction in one sitting.

--Which also means that this season becomes progressively better. I was def more engrossed in it as it went on, and it’s something that most reviews touch on. It’s an uneven season but in an upward trajectory kind of way, rather than having ups and downs.

--Non-linear timelines!! Gosh, I loved it when I realised it was happening. It’s excellent to see a swords-and-tits fantasy TV show taking risks. Will the non-fans be confused, though? Depends on their ability to follow a slightly more complex narrative, I guess.

--The non-linear timeline makes it poignant to watch a character you’ve seen die calmly going about their lives in previous happier times. It’s also thrilling to reach the end and see the stories come together in one timeline and one narrative. The creators said in an interview that next season will feature the more traditional storytelling of a season-long narrative arc.

--As mentioned above, this is a very sword-and-tits show; if nudity is something you hate, maybe don’t watch it.

--The casting is phenomenal. They’ve done a fabulous job with all of the characters, not just the three main ones. I fell in love with Eist in the space of one short scene and was heartbroken when he died.

--The Law of Surprise is marvellous, I’m in love with it and all its possibilities. Not only is it a stellar worldbuilding element but it’s also crucial to the plot, as the very best of worldbuilding can be. I want to write a dozen stories with the Law of Surprise; make it heartbreaking at times and humorous at others and everything it can be.

--I’ll need to rewatch it, but there were a couple of deviations from the books that didn’t work imo. They didn’t mention in the first episode what Renfri’s plan was and why Geralt killed her and her fellow bandits. Or did they and I missed it? If Renfri’s plan was to kill Marilka (rather than slaughter the whole village), it feels much less impactful and it doesn’t reveal how cruel she’s become (justifiably (?), sure, but it’s her cruelty that makes Geralt act this way). And Geralt only knew about Marilka after he’d killed the bandits. So idk -- I’ll need to rewatch.

--I also wish they’d had Geralt and Ciri meet in the woods of Brokilon before the fall of Cintra like in the book. It felt much more satisfying when book-Ciri leapt in Geralt’s arms in the books, because she’d known him and liked him, whereas here he was a stranger to her really and only trusted him because her grandmother’s last words were to find him.

--Jaskier is everything. He’s so much better than the books or at least it feels that way to me. That song!!! Toss a coin to your witcher! Man, I’d give my life for him already.

--Overall, it was fun and enjoyable and a good fantasy fill with monsters and magic and some gore and armies and swords and tits and a hunky Cavill and strong women and some humour and a meditation on legacy and family and destiny. It does also feel, however, as an extended backstory. Like the first books are, I guess, so it’s more about the source material than a show failing.

--Finally, and this is just me, but it’s hard to be entirely satisfied when one half of your OTP (thanks, Astolat) isn’t cast this season (or is he??? hehe) and I have to wait for Season 2 to see who they’ll cast for his part and what his interactions with Geralt will be etc. Suffice it to say that the mention of his name in the last couple of episodes had me squealing :D

[dizzymoods]

October - December 2020 Watchlist

Rewatch Favorite*

This is over due and probably missing stuff but here’s my last 2019 watchlist. I said at the beginning of the year I wanted to keep track and I kept up for the most part!

FILMS

Will (Jesse Mapple 1981)

Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death (AJ, 2016)*

Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts (Edward Owens, 1966)*

Remebrance: A Portrait of Study (Edward Owens, 1967)* 

Autre fois j’ai aime une femme (Edward Owens, 1966)

Tomorrow’s Promise (Edward Owens, 1967)

Looking for Langston (Isaac Julien, 1989)*

Caravaggio (Derek Jarman, 1986)

Everything and More (Rachel Rose, 2015)

Cemetery of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2015)* 

Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966)*

Parasite (Bong Joon-Ho, 2019)*

Uncut Gems (Safadie Bros, 2019)

Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995)

Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)*

Dead Presidents (Hughes Bros, 1995)

When I Get Home (Solange, Alan Ferguson, et al, 2019)

The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019)

TV & MISC

Watchmen s01 The Manalorian Baby Yoda Show s01 The Witcher s01

[rzutkoscmi]

2021 RECAP

Film Iniemamocni 2 → Nasza młodsza siostra → The Sound of Music → Mamusie bez synusiów → Hillbilly Elegy → Arietta → Edge of Tomorrow → Rzeka tajemnic → ARGO → Foxcatcher → Fool's Gold → Demon Slayer: Mugen Train → Ad Astra → Escape From The Silver Globe → Palm Springs → Donnie Darko (rewatch) → Tenet → Moneyball → Fritzi: Przyjaźń bez granic → Looker → Dark City → Malignant → Witches → Dziadek do orzechów → Reindeer Nico →

Muzyka BICEP - Isles Andy Stott Angels of Light - How I Loved You Tim Hecker Otay:onii - Ming Ming Love - Forever Changes Xiu Xiu x Liz Harris Brian Eno Velvet Underground Skee Mask - Pool Squid - Bright Green Fields Black Midi - Cavalcade Black Country, New Road Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders - Promises The Wrens - The Meadowlands Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy And The Voiced Concern

Książki Dół - Płatonov Córka Rappacciniego - Hawthorne Diamentowa soczewka - O'Brien Draństwo - Bierce Zawsze mieszkałyśmy w zamku - Jackson Lewa ręka ciemności - LeGuin Maszyna staje - Forster Czerwony bóg - London Sześćdziesiąt opowiadań - Buzzati Starość Aksolotla - Dukaj Przebudzenie Lewiatana - Corey Boys from Brazil - Levin (ENG) Project Hail Mary - Weir

Seriale The Office S04 The Office S05 The Office S06 The Office S07 Jujutsu Kaisen S01 Zostać Miss S01 Westworld S01 Odyssey 5 S01 The Office S09 The Office Webisodes Attack on Titan S04 Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba S01 The Expanse S02 The Expanse S03 The Expanse S04 The Expanse S05 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Euforia S01 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean 1-12

Gry The Witcher 1 The Witcher 2 Carrion Fable: The Lost Chapter Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Metro 2033 REDUX Metro 2033 Last Light Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning What a Legend Shadowrun: Dragonfall Tyranny Life is Strange Loop Hero Bioshock: Infinite Cultic (demo) Total War: Shogun 2 XCOM: Enemy Unknown Wolfenstein: The New Order Dishonored Quickie: A Love Hotel Styx: Master Of Shadows Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

[stromuprisahat]

Ten minutes into The End’s Beginning, already on the verge of crying over the potential of the series.

Seeing just ~how~ bad is the second season and how different. It's not just the timeline, but the visual, music and its use, storytelling...