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Witcher Ep. 2
This Game of Thrones-style series is based on the fantasy book series by Andrzej Sapkowski, it is a story of fantasy, fate, and family. Geralt of Rivia (Cavill) is a solitary monster hunter who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix
The Witcher timeline: https://thewitcher.tv/the-witcher-deconstructed-timeline
Starring: Henry Cail as Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher Freya Allan as Ciri Anya Chalotra as Yennefer Mimi Ndiweni as Fringilla Eamon Farren as Cahir MyAnna Buring as Tissala Wilson Radjou-Pujalte as Dara Adam Levy as Mousesack Lars Mikelson as Stregobor
Summary of episode 2: https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/features/1116560-the-witcher-season-1-episode-2-recap
1210 Yennefer is sold to Tessaia 1210-1249 Gerald becomes “The Butcher of Blaviken” 1249 Gerald evokes “The Law of Surprise” 1263 Gerald and Ciri meet Yennefer trains at the magical academy at Aretuza She manipulates her way to court mage at Aedirn Her cohort at the academy, Fringilla becomes mage at Nilgard instead Geralt meet a travel companion nambe Jaskier Triss Merigold enlists Geralt’s help to kill a dangerous Striga that’s been terrorizing the town - there’s an unexpected connection to King Foltest
Questions: ****Eric: please place questions that you want me to ask to push the program along. The content is so dense and with so many names and things going on i won’t be able to catch up to speed despite efforts to read summaries and rewatch the episodes.
Q1: What do you think of the character of Yennefer? Is she likable ? what about this Harry Potter-esque introduction to our 3rd main character. Q2: What do we think of the way the show, and story, uses magic? Too confusing or inconsistent? Or just right. Q3: There are several other characters introduced in this episode. The Bard: Jaskier, Filavandral-Elf King. Q4: Is Geralt’s story doing a good job of explaining to us who he is, with motivations and personality. Q5: Do we like Ciri’s story and her on-the-run/refugee narrative. Q6: Do we like this ep better or worse then the first episode. How do we rank it to the rest of the season.
Witcher timeline https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-releases-official-witcher-timeline-104825444.html
https://www.sideshow.com/blog/10-creatures-from-the-bestiary-of-the-witcher/ Creatures of The Witcher
Notes and Questions for Ep3 Boy is shown with large claw wounds across his chest; a Witcher is shown pursuing a creature (scream); the Witcher is killed upon investigation by Garald - it's a Skreager. Takes the other Witcher’s liver and heart. The creature is a princess, a female - hypothesis. Gerald meets with the king, alone. The king’s sister was murdered. The girl’s father, the princess, “why not kill the creature?” The king won’t say; Orders Gerald to leave his kingdom (what significance does this scene have in the overall story?) Gerald doesn’t leave instead he hunts her. Why does he care? Relationship to Ellie? The king asks, “will my daughter be normal” and “will this work” Who is Gerald interrogating? Tied up? Q: What did you think about the mystery surrounding the death of the unidentified Witcher? Q The king’s daughter? Q: Was the creature (“Striga”?) terrifying enough for you? Q: there's a lot going on in this sequence, what did the average viewer miss? Witcher signs The umbilical cord dragging around, and hanging from the bed, looking like an “Alien” remake high point of the episode*** The battle with the Striga is epic. The image of the creature - old woman mixed with an ugly horrifying entity. Potion? (parallels with Yennef’s transformation is great visually and narratively Gerald get underground/coffin and the creature is left outside - significance? Gerald is bit by the healed once-monster and appears to pass out. He awakes - woman (??) helps her. Who’s Renfry? Vortex of faith surrounding
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The Witcher Introduction to the series and ep. One Review
Netflix Original based on the book/video game
IMDB 8.7/10 Rotten Tomatoes 59% critics score
80 million dollars / $10 million per ep
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This Game of Thrones-style series is based on the fantasy book series by Andrzej Sapkowski, it is a story of fantasy, fate, and family. Geralt of Rivia (Cavill) is a solitary monster hunter who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Along the way, Geralt meets a deformed young woman named Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra) and Cirilla (Allan), a young princess with a dangerous secret. Together, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent.https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-witcher-season-one-viewer-votes/
Created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix
Starring: Henry Cail as Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher Freya Allan as Ciri Anya Chalotra as Yennefer Mimi Ndiweni as Fringilla Eamon Farren as Cahir MyAnna Buring as Tissala Wilson Radjou-Pujalte as Dara Adam Levy as Mousesack Lars Mikelson as Stregobor
We will say whether this we felt this series is good or bad. This is our opinion about what connected with us and what was entertaining for us. We will provide observations of the technical aspects of the show’s quality: story, characters, entertainment value, adherence to the source material, etc.
Q: What is the purpose of the Witcher in the series? We learn his abilities and how effective he is as a warrior, but why is he in the place in this story and what role does he play?
The Witcher: Episode 1
Overview. The story opens on Geralt of Rivia fighting an enormous spider like creature called a Kikimora. After killing and beheading it he brings the corpse to the nearby town of Blaviken. It is here we get his introduction, and the fact that he is a Witcher, or a mutant monster hunter, who is both feared and revered by humans around the continent. Here Geralt meets 2 people. Stregobor, a wizard who is in hiding, and Renfri, a “mutant” woman who is looking to kill Stregobor for the injustices he put her through. Both ask Geralt to kill the other, promoting the idea that to do so would be the lesser evil. Geralt proclaims that Evil is Evil, and when being forced to choose he will elect not to choose at all. Nonetheless, Renfri forces him to kill her and all of her men in what would become a famous battle and earned him the nickname “The Butcher of Blaviken”. How do we feel about this introduction of Geralt, and the world as a whole? Was the story a good one to start this whole series on? Is Superman a good choice for Geralt? An emotionless, apathetic, if not witty protagonist who claims to stay out of the affairs of men, yet always seems to find himself in the middle of it? What, if any, significance is there to the major battle scene?
Notes **The beginning fight with Kikimora (mutant human-spider) captured my attention. This is a weird, magical, dangerous world - but The Witcher might be strong enough to survive.
**Dyadic relationship between good/evil, loyalty to family (one’s own)/not having a family; muddy world/bright & colorful illusions; monsters/monster killers
**Aesthetically and atmospherically, this is a dirty, mud-filled world. And, Cavil would have been equal to or better than Hemsworth as Thor. Just sayin’
**Like all good stories a triad emerges making the basic dyadic relationship obsolete. Evil and lesser versions of evil. Magic, humans, monsters, mutants - mixtures not everyone is all of any one thing.
“Curse of the Black Sun”??
The second main plot of this episode and series follows the young child, Princess Cirilia. She is a light blonde, and you could almost believe her hair is ashen-white like the Witchers. She is heir to the Kingdom of Cintra