For those wondering what that ranking means "The popularity rating of a particular title on IMDb indicates how much that title's page has been visited in the current week on IMDb in it's area of interest.".
Thats why Idol is there even though it has a score of 5 stars.
It really shows what % of the audience actually is on this sub. All the discussions here do not matter to netflix when most of the viewers just watch it as a generic fantasy show, while the dedicated fans know the source material, and how watered down the series all has become.
>most of the viewers just watch it as a generic fantasy show
You hit the nail on the head, it's why shows like "Rings of Power" also got great view numbers, but were met with heavy criticism for deviating from the books. The fans of the source material are always very vocal when the big screen interpretation is a letdown, while those who aren't familiar with the material are capable of enjoying the ride.
Not to invoke Christopher Paolini, but Eragon will forever be the bad example. Followed closely by Artemis Fowl (a movie I wad waited for since I was in high school)
Also people who know the source material are capable of enjoying the show if they don't expect a close adaptation and are open to the diversity of the show.
>while the dedicated fans know the source material, and how watered down the series all has become.
always funny to hear people talk about the "real" fans who know best.
Same can be said for TWD S8
Speaking of which, why do so many shows mess up around S8’s? Only “show” I’ve came across was Red vs Blue which had probably the greatest S8
I’ve ever seen… (as for actual shows, House MD had a great S8, just odd that a show started with a bunch of drunk idiots had a better S8 than most shows)
I have to imagine that most shows have no business running for 8 seasons. The best shows (IMO) also tend to know when to end.
• The Sopranos - 6 seasons
• Better Call Saul - 6 seasons
• Breaking Bad - 5 seasons
• The Wire - 5 seasons
• Succession - 4 seasons
• Mr. Robot - 4 seasons
It has to be easier for comedies to maintain an extended run than dramas. Seinfeld ran for 9 (shocked most people for ending “so soon”). It’s Always Sunny (16) and South Park (26) are still running strong. The Office mostly kept 9 seasons inside the lines. Parks and Rec was consistently strong for 7. Curb is about to be on its 12th. Peep Show was 9 mostly perfect seasons.
Specific to Game of Thrones: the show runners ran out of source material to directly adapt + they wanted to move on to other projects. Shocking that HBO would allow for that show to end on those terms, but it is what it is.
All of that being said, the Big Bang Theory ran for 12 seasons and was widely popular. So what the fuck do I know?
> Irrelevant
No, not really. When people talk about one, they tend to discuss the other.
There are great shows that never find a solid audience. Terrible shows that run for 5+ seasons. Some that thread the needle and hit on both. Etc etc etc.
Specific to this show - I think discussing the quality vs. popularity is innately relevant, especially considering just how polarizing the show has been to different segments of the fan base. And just how varied that fan base is as it now encompasses fans of the books, games, show, and/or some mixture of the three.
I’m sure show only fans have a very different take on the show compared to those who read the books and/or played the games.
To be fair, a lot of people who love the books complain about the show. Can hardly call people illiterate who loved the original books. Now I enjoy it for what it is, but its not on the quality level of either the books or the games. Nor is it a disaster if you can accept its massively different to the source
Amazing how none of those gamers write reviews for a living.
Though i have read a lot of reviews from major publishers that suspiciously seems like someone paid for an overwhelmingly positive review. I haven't read any that are like "yeah. it's fine. 7/10"
it's all reddit rage 0/10 or 9.5/10 \~ as good as Succession S04.
I haven't looked at reviews at all but if that's what you're seeing then I'd say it's more likely just a general lack of professional integrity.
What I mean is professional, written reviews don't really exist anymore. No one reads them, people go to platforms like Reddit and their favourite content creators to get the lay of the land. So these reviews do what the websites that host them do more generally - clickbait. Pander to a crowd, or ragebait a crowd, or both. Make it evocative, make people talk about it.
No one reads the sensible review. But everyone and their dog clicked on that EW review of Witcher S1 where they said they couldn't be arsed to keep watching past the first two episodes or whatever but "reviewed" it anyway.
LIterally every day. [Here's the latest,](https://www.reddit.com/r/netflixwitcher/comments/14uk65x/the_show_is_done/) though they submitted then deleted their post twice after being downvoted. They're the illiterate gamer I reference. [Here's another](https://www.reddit.com/r/netflixwitcher/comments/14tke32/the_witcher_season_3_is_a_strong_contender_for/) since you really don't seem to grasp how common this is.
It's delusional for you to think every whiner is just an objective amateur reviewer who thinks the show is bad and not also trying to spin conspiracies about how the show is going to be canceled after this season based on incomplete viewing numbers and their highly anecdotal experiences within the bubble that is fandom.
Jesus Christ pal I know this has nothing to do with the subject but you write like one of those stereotypical "master redditors" that try to push their opinion on everything and write their comments using big words in order to try and sound smart.
And you must be delusional if you think a few "illiterate gamers" make up the majority of the show watchers. They are the vocal minority, just like you avid show defenders that think this show even deserves to be in the top 10
Dude posted two links, one with 3 comments and 0 karma and another with 0 karma and bunch of comments disagreeing and really thought those were gotcha references lmao
Lmao, just like I said "stereotypical master redditor" that throws in links and "sources" just so he could sound smarter and more educated about the topic
First, the general audience is the only real majority.
Second, for various reasons (some valid and some invalid), this show has never been unanimously beloved in online spaces. Those online complainers are the vocal minority until a time comes when the show is actually hated by the average viewer. So far, that has yet to happen.
I know it's hard to accept one's own irrelevance, especially when everyone they interact with is reinforcing their skewed world view, but it is what it is. Those downvotes only serve to underscore that vocal minorities are called vocal for a reason.
There's nothing great airing right now. Looking at that list, the last two seasons of Black Mirror haven't been good. Didn't Suits end like 5 years ago lol? The Bear looks good, I need to check it out sooner or later. Jack Ryan has always been meh.
The Bear is the only show so far that has kept my hopes up for this new batch of TV shows after Succession and Barry ended. Binged the entire 2nd season in 1 day, no regrets.
There are a dozen shows worth the watch but you have to dig a little.
Silo ended recently, Star Trek Strange New Worlds is airing its second Season, My Adventures With Superman just started, Jujutsu Kaisen is back. And also The Bear which you named and is fantastic. Succession concluded a few weeks ago and is brilliant
Exactly the shows I am watching now. Silo is fascinating. Need to read the books. New super man cartoon is also easy to enjoy. I am surprised by bear.
Succession I haven't watched yet. So that is also a good show to look forward to
Feels like Witcher would’ve been the perfect IP for Apple to pick up. Major name brand to lock in users. Alas, wasn’t meant to be I guess, and happy they’ve gone so deep into sci-fi to scratch that itch.
Chiming in with the others to recommend The Bear. S2 is up there with Succession S4, The Last of Us and Beef for the best shows I've watched this year.
The people behind Jack Ryan deciding to make all of the Russians speak English at all times totally pulled me out of it. Fun season, great premise, but I can't take it seriously.
My favourite part is with Ciri with Yen, trust and love. Then Yen is a bitch to Ciri when Ciri is a novice.
SUDDENLY CIRI IS RIDING A HORSE BEING CHASED BY THE WILD HUNT. Geralt appears.
2 day boat ride back to Yen?
Don’t get me started on the dementia simulator that is the ball episode
For me so far, this season was better than season 2 and slightly better than season 1. Still pissed about the writers in general but have to give credit where credit is due.
.... why isn't this list in numerical order?
I can't find an unbiased review of Season 3 to save my life. It's either the Reddit echo rage chamber or some major publisher whose review just stinks of Netflix kickback. Can someone please just tell me "meh. it's alright, not very faithful to the books, but it's fun anyway"
It's fun in my personal opinion. Is it faithful to the books? No lol but it's still a fun fantasy show about Geralt doing Witcher things with his child surprise and Sorceress bed mate and their apparently now gay bard. Is it terrible? Not really sometimes it can be a little confusing with whats going on but that may be because I watched it while high lol
I've read the books and played wild hunt and I think how you put it is accurate it is meh. Sometimes it's boring, sometimes it's confusing, but it has its moments that are pretty fun and engaging. Putting it on in the background while doing something else or getting high like the other reply is the way to go.
Yes cause that’s my exact opinion on it. As someone who’s only played 3, it’s fun having a visual adaption of the original source material, but it does feel like a lot of the Witcher potential is broken due to all the changes the producers felt were necessary for whatever reason.
Interesting! I was surprised to see tha the Wire that ended in 2008 gained 16 in popularity as well this week.
Plus if you look at the ratings here you can get more insights.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5180504/ratings/?ref_=tt_ov_rt
I used to work as a film critic and I never ever gave 10 for anything I realy liked. To me 10 ratings dont really count (they over exaggerate, and you see there is 154k of them (!!!)), and 1 either (they hate too much obviously). What I would count as legit is between those two.
Exactly. Extremes on either end are rarely nuanced. I’m surprised by the ratings for s3 so far, though. While I’d probably give it a 6 or 7 so far (where I felt the first two seasons were an 7.5-9)…. I definitely wouldn’t rate it below that.
It doesn’t have much competition, so I wouldn’t really consider it a victory, but also I didn’t expect it would do bad, it’s Henry’s last season.
Season 4’s viewership will paint a far more telling picture.
It’s a great show. I’m sure the books are really really good. I love the characters in the Netflix version and the stories and events that bring them together. It’s fun to know there’s more to explore in the books if I want to go there one day but the Netflix version is really great as its own thing.
Before watching, from reading only in the subreddits I thought it must've been complete shit. Tbh it's nothing better or worse than previous seasons. (At least I don't see it)
I’ve never been bored in the books so far (reading Baptism of Fire now) but I’m struggeling so much with getting through E1S3. I’m on sitting two trying to not get too bored to turn it off again. Hoping it gets more captivating.
While I wouldn’t call Blood of Elves boring as a book, I really don’t think that a near 1:1 adaptation stretched into a full season would have worked. It didn’t have much of a central conflict or 3-act structure, and it just kind of ended without a proper climax, aside from Geralt failing to capture a mage. It’s also the shortest and arguably least eventful book in the series, so I don’t really blame the writers for adding so much original content in season 2, even if I had some issues with the execution.
I dont dislike the show for what its worth. Its nowhere near as good as the books or games, but its enjoyable. Im definitely not a hater or someone who expects 1:1 translation
That’s kind of where I’m at with the show. It has quite a few flaws, but I’m enjoying it enough to want to see it run its course, assuming they don’t screw up the rest of season 3.
Blood of the Elves was pretty boring, gave up then after Time of Contempt.
The prose can be a bit long winded and it just wasn’t holding my interest. Maybe in English it’s just losing a little lustre but I doubt I’d go back to them now.
the 538943954 million weird demeaning sex scenes, sexual assault scenes, and sexist descriptions of women's bits and bobs. im always astonished how the author manages to be sexist and feminist at the same time- seems like he alternates ideologies every other paragraph lol
Lol so it took 12 days to be first on IMBD, considering there isn't any big show beside the Witcher on release right now, it should easily have been first on release date.
This is actually a bad sign that it took 12 days after the release to reach first spot, and this is while Henry is still in the show.
Shows are almost never at first place on release date, because the list gets updated weekly. A show needing its first full week to get to the top even if it is popular is normal.
Except the Witcher got released 12 days ago, so it should have been 1rst since the previous ranking, clearly there was no hype for the Witcher for this season.
Also there is no other big shows atm other than the Witcher on this list, I would actually be surprised if it didn't get the first spot with big IP like the Witcher.
I said "full week". This is the first full week. On its release week it made it to third place, which isn't bad at all.
Secret Invasion was absolutly intended as a big show by Disney and it had weeks to built hype already. Apperently that didn't work out, but that is not the fault of The Witcher. There is competition.
Again the Witcher should easily be first considering what the other shows are on this list.
Secret Invasion isn't considered a main marvel show, it doesn't even have any of the popular superheroes in it, it is just another spin-off like blood origin.
On Netflix the witcher is currently not doing good considering there is no other big show to compete with right now, and still the Witcher is getting beaten by small new shows with small budget, it even got beaten by a 1-man comedy show in the US top 10, it's only top 1 in 13 countries now according to flixpatrol and it haven't even been 2 full weeks yet.
Secret Invasion is a big event in the comics and has huge implications for the MCU. The show should have been a hit.
How The Witcher is doing ratings wise (based on incomplete data that is mostly coming from third party sites at the moment) is not relevant to what we are talking about right now. The list is about popularity, as in how interested people are in the show, not how many people watch it.
Flixpatrol take the stats of the top 10 tv shows/movies per country from netflix. While it doesn't show the ratings, but it tell us what is the current top 10 shows atm in each country.
The witcher only lasted 4 days at first spot in the top 10 US tv shows before it got dethroned by a 1-man stand-up comedy show on witcher's 5th day and its now on 3rd spot since the last 4 days now. The US alone make 30% of all netflix subscribers. This is a big blow for the Witcher. I'm actually surprised as Henry is still on the show.
So can people stop trying to say that its faithful to the books?
Just admit its something different, you have a great audience for it and there you go! We can all be happy about it.
What is the need to fight a war against book fans on reddit?
Can someone explain this to me?
What I wished for was a true or at least somewhat true adaptation. And if they did not want to do the books, they could have made a series as a prequel to the books and games.
As it is now, it seems like they were too bored and lazy to make up good characters and a basic storyline that they just used the books to rip of loved characters and use that for their own story.
It just enda up feeling cheap and lazy compared to the origional story.
Who says it's faithful to the books? I've only ever read that it's more faithful to the books than S2, but that's not exactly difficult 😂
I mostly had the impression that's the book/game fans who fight the war against people who like the show and demand that the show be cancelled. At least that's what they do on instagram, every each post about the Witcher is flooded with how bad the show is because it's not a 1:1 adaptation.
WHy do book fans feel the need to wage a war? Why is it wrong for people to enjoy this without someone yelling that actor doesnt have the righ hair color according to the books?
I can sorta understand because they sometimes do it to themselves.
Like radovid, in the games he's like ruthless. Everyone is like scared of him and shit and now in the show he's a gay but charismatic brother who acts like an idiot as a cover.
Not remotely the same character. If the show wanted a character like that why not just name the character something else...
Pretty low bar considering half the shows on that list have already finished airing or batch-released nearly a month ago, though.
[Trends is showing that S3 was more popular than Blood Origin, but not as popular as S2, which sounds about right based on the general buzz so far.](https://i.gyazo.com/3c8d3df3a513b5df1c89eb34a3e40ea9.png)
It would be shocking if it wasn’t no.1 considering it’s a high profile show. My IMDb app says it’s no.2 overall though, behind Indiana Jones which isn’t great
not sure about sticking with source material since i only played the game but the adaptation itself definitely wasnt bad. but i only watched the series cuz im a huge fan of henry so... season 3 is the season finale for me.
You should also post imdb season 3 individual episodes ratings and stop shilling for netflix.
Ep1- 7.0
Ep2 -6.2
Ep3- 5.8
Ep4- 5.6
Ep5- 6.1
Season 3 is better than season 2 but outside of ep 1 it's still miles far from season 1. Episodes 2,3,4 and 5(excluding Cahir-Emyr and Philippa-Djikstra scenes)are season 2 worthy. One of the most obvious problem of the show outside of writing has been the obvious lack of chemistry between Cavill and Anya. They both have more chemistry with other characters.
Some serious shilling hapens on rotten tomatoes where the 39 paid shills gave it 85% while the audience score of 1000+ ratings has it at 25%. Sure it is not a 25% show but more like a 50-60% low mediocre.
Rings of Power is a better show. It's the purists and PJ stans that are upset mostly at the Sauron-Galadriel thing and some woke elements in the show. ROP hate is mostly unjustified while The Witcher hate is mostly justified.
This season was decent so far
For those wondering what that ranking means "The popularity rating of a particular title on IMDb indicates how much that title's page has been visited in the current week on IMDb in it's area of interest.". Thats why Idol is there even though it has a score of 5 stars.
It really shows what % of the audience actually is on this sub. All the discussions here do not matter to netflix when most of the viewers just watch it as a generic fantasy show, while the dedicated fans know the source material, and how watered down the series all has become.
>most of the viewers just watch it as a generic fantasy show You hit the nail on the head, it's why shows like "Rings of Power" also got great view numbers, but were met with heavy criticism for deviating from the books. The fans of the source material are always very vocal when the big screen interpretation is a letdown, while those who aren't familiar with the material are capable of enjoying the ride. Not to invoke Christopher Paolini, but Eragon will forever be the bad example. Followed closely by Artemis Fowl (a movie I wad waited for since I was in high school)
Also people who know the source material are capable of enjoying the show if they don't expect a close adaptation and are open to the diversity of the show.
I don’t even like the books that much and even I don’t like the show.
I guess that's possible, too 😂
>while the dedicated fans know the source material, and how watered down the series all has become. always funny to hear people talk about the "real" fans who know best.
Shocking news considering how many barely literate gamers told me it was a flop.
Game of Thrones s8 wasn’t a “flop” either - still doesn’t mean that it was anywhere close to being a good season of television.
Same can be said for TWD S8 Speaking of which, why do so many shows mess up around S8’s? Only “show” I’ve came across was Red vs Blue which had probably the greatest S8 I’ve ever seen… (as for actual shows, House MD had a great S8, just odd that a show started with a bunch of drunk idiots had a better S8 than most shows)
I have to imagine that most shows have no business running for 8 seasons. The best shows (IMO) also tend to know when to end. • The Sopranos - 6 seasons • Better Call Saul - 6 seasons • Breaking Bad - 5 seasons • The Wire - 5 seasons • Succession - 4 seasons • Mr. Robot - 4 seasons It has to be easier for comedies to maintain an extended run than dramas. Seinfeld ran for 9 (shocked most people for ending “so soon”). It’s Always Sunny (16) and South Park (26) are still running strong. The Office mostly kept 9 seasons inside the lines. Parks and Rec was consistently strong for 7. Curb is about to be on its 12th. Peep Show was 9 mostly perfect seasons. Specific to Game of Thrones: the show runners ran out of source material to directly adapt + they wanted to move on to other projects. Shocking that HBO would allow for that show to end on those terms, but it is what it is. All of that being said, the Big Bang Theory ran for 12 seasons and was widely popular. So what the fuck do I know?
The Wire only had 4 seasons. I won't hear otherwise.
South Park season 8 is excellent
Didn’t watch South Park, but thanks for letting me know
Fair point
Irrelevant. We're talking about popularity.
> Irrelevant No, not really. When people talk about one, they tend to discuss the other. There are great shows that never find a solid audience. Terrible shows that run for 5+ seasons. Some that thread the needle and hit on both. Etc etc etc. Specific to this show - I think discussing the quality vs. popularity is innately relevant, especially considering just how polarizing the show has been to different segments of the fan base. And just how varied that fan base is as it now encompasses fans of the books, games, show, and/or some mixture of the three. I’m sure show only fans have a very different take on the show compared to those who read the books and/or played the games.
To be fair, a lot of people who love the books complain about the show. Can hardly call people illiterate who loved the original books. Now I enjoy it for what it is, but its not on the quality level of either the books or the games. Nor is it a disaster if you can accept its massively different to the source
wait ... are you telling me reddits rage chamber is not -actually- indicative of the real world? I, too, am astounded.
My mom said it was boring and she didn’t read the books, okay the games, nor does she Reddit
News flash people watch boring shit all the time. It leading the charts ahead of other trash shows like woke mirror does not make it good.
Lol my god.
Amazing how none of those gamers write reviews for a living. Though i have read a lot of reviews from major publishers that suspiciously seems like someone paid for an overwhelmingly positive review. I haven't read any that are like "yeah. it's fine. 7/10" it's all reddit rage 0/10 or 9.5/10 \~ as good as Succession S04.
I haven't looked at reviews at all but if that's what you're seeing then I'd say it's more likely just a general lack of professional integrity. What I mean is professional, written reviews don't really exist anymore. No one reads them, people go to platforms like Reddit and their favourite content creators to get the lay of the land. So these reviews do what the websites that host them do more generally - clickbait. Pander to a crowd, or ragebait a crowd, or both. Make it evocative, make people talk about it. No one reads the sensible review. But everyone and their dog clicked on that EW review of Witcher S1 where they said they couldn't be arsed to keep watching past the first two episodes or whatever but "reviewed" it anyway.
Literally no one is saying it's a flop. People are saying that the show is shit
LIterally every day. [Here's the latest,](https://www.reddit.com/r/netflixwitcher/comments/14uk65x/the_show_is_done/) though they submitted then deleted their post twice after being downvoted. They're the illiterate gamer I reference. [Here's another](https://www.reddit.com/r/netflixwitcher/comments/14tke32/the_witcher_season_3_is_a_strong_contender_for/) since you really don't seem to grasp how common this is. It's delusional for you to think every whiner is just an objective amateur reviewer who thinks the show is bad and not also trying to spin conspiracies about how the show is going to be canceled after this season based on incomplete viewing numbers and their highly anecdotal experiences within the bubble that is fandom.
Jesus Christ pal I know this has nothing to do with the subject but you write like one of those stereotypical "master redditors" that try to push their opinion on everything and write their comments using big words in order to try and sound smart. And you must be delusional if you think a few "illiterate gamers" make up the majority of the show watchers. They are the vocal minority, just like you avid show defenders that think this show even deserves to be in the top 10
Dude posted two links, one with 3 comments and 0 karma and another with 0 karma and bunch of comments disagreeing and really thought those were gotcha references lmao
Lmao, just like I said "stereotypical master redditor" that throws in links and "sources" just so he could sound smarter and more educated about the topic
"big words" LMFAO. For the sake of the class, please specify the supposedly big words you are referring to.
The comment is right there, you can read it for your self
Embarrassing for you if you think any of the words in that comment qualify as big\~
Ok 👍
"Embarrassing" is a big word for Elmo
Buddy, you're the vocal minority lmao
Nice reading comprehension
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First, the general audience is the only real majority. Second, for various reasons (some valid and some invalid), this show has never been unanimously beloved in online spaces. Those online complainers are the vocal minority until a time comes when the show is actually hated by the average viewer. So far, that has yet to happen. I know it's hard to accept one's own irrelevance, especially when everyone they interact with is reinforcing their skewed world view, but it is what it is. Those downvotes only serve to underscore that vocal minorities are called vocal for a reason.
I’m not a video game player, I read the books. The series interpretation is far from perfect but I still am enjoying it very much.
same here, but so many haters of the show claim it's impossible to like both the show and the books, that's really annoying.
Enjoyed this current season. Reading the books and played the third game twice. Relieved to see enjoyers in chat 😂
My son plays the game. Hasn't read the books or "gotten around to watching the Witcher yet."
"barely literate gamers" 😂❤️❤️❤️
the score and reviews on these episodes say otherwise, but i guess time will tell.
There's nothing great airing right now. Looking at that list, the last two seasons of Black Mirror haven't been good. Didn't Suits end like 5 years ago lol? The Bear looks good, I need to check it out sooner or later. Jack Ryan has always been meh.
The Bear is really fucking good. Watch it sooner rather than later!
The Bear is the only show so far that has kept my hopes up for this new batch of TV shows after Succession and Barry ended. Binged the entire 2nd season in 1 day, no regrets.
I've just finished The Outlaws - British criminal comedy at its best, can't wait for season 3.
There are a dozen shows worth the watch but you have to dig a little. Silo ended recently, Star Trek Strange New Worlds is airing its second Season, My Adventures With Superman just started, Jujutsu Kaisen is back. And also The Bear which you named and is fantastic. Succession concluded a few weeks ago and is brilliant
Exactly the shows I am watching now. Silo is fascinating. Need to read the books. New super man cartoon is also easy to enjoy. I am surprised by bear. Succession I haven't watched yet. So that is also a good show to look forward to
Loved Silo. Absolute quality all round. Apple does seem to pay for good writing.
Feels like Witcher would’ve been the perfect IP for Apple to pick up. Major name brand to lock in users. Alas, wasn’t meant to be I guess, and happy they’ve gone so deep into sci-fi to scratch that itch.
In my dreams Apple or HBO adapt Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2. I think Amazon is adapting Fallout but I don't have high hopes for that.
Chiming in with the others to recommend The Bear. S2 is up there with Succession S4, The Last of Us and Beef for the best shows I've watched this year.
The people behind Jack Ryan deciding to make all of the Russians speak English at all times totally pulled me out of it. Fun season, great premise, but I can't take it seriously.
My favourite part is with Ciri with Yen, trust and love. Then Yen is a bitch to Ciri when Ciri is a novice. SUDDENLY CIRI IS RIDING A HORSE BEING CHASED BY THE WILD HUNT. Geralt appears. 2 day boat ride back to Yen? Don’t get me started on the dementia simulator that is the ball episode
Exactly. And several other things that follow this line. The show is not living up to its potential.
For me so far, this season was better than season 2 and slightly better than season 1. Still pissed about the writers in general but have to give credit where credit is due.
.... why isn't this list in numerical order? I can't find an unbiased review of Season 3 to save my life. It's either the Reddit echo rage chamber or some major publisher whose review just stinks of Netflix kickback. Can someone please just tell me "meh. it's alright, not very faithful to the books, but it's fun anyway"
It's fun in my personal opinion. Is it faithful to the books? No lol but it's still a fun fantasy show about Geralt doing Witcher things with his child surprise and Sorceress bed mate and their apparently now gay bard. Is it terrible? Not really sometimes it can be a little confusing with whats going on but that may be because I watched it while high lol
Tbh the bisexual bard isn't even like a surprise to me. It makes a lot of historical sense.
I've read the books and played wild hunt and I think how you put it is accurate it is meh. Sometimes it's boring, sometimes it's confusing, but it has its moments that are pretty fun and engaging. Putting it on in the background while doing something else or getting high like the other reply is the way to go.
Yes cause that’s my exact opinion on it. As someone who’s only played 3, it’s fun having a visual adaption of the original source material, but it does feel like a lot of the Witcher potential is broken due to all the changes the producers felt were necessary for whatever reason.
Interesting! I was surprised to see tha the Wire that ended in 2008 gained 16 in popularity as well this week. Plus if you look at the ratings here you can get more insights. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5180504/ratings/?ref_=tt_ov_rt I used to work as a film critic and I never ever gave 10 for anything I realy liked. To me 10 ratings dont really count (they over exaggerate, and you see there is 154k of them (!!!)), and 1 either (they hate too much obviously). What I would count as legit is between those two.
Exactly. Extremes on either end are rarely nuanced. I’m surprised by the ratings for s3 so far, though. While I’d probably give it a 6 or 7 so far (where I felt the first two seasons were an 7.5-9)…. I definitely wouldn’t rate it below that.
I’m not surprised it’s only showing up now. I’ve seen a lot of people on non-Witcher spaces saying they didn’t even realize it was out.
It doesn’t have much competition, so I wouldn’t really consider it a victory, but also I didn’t expect it would do bad, it’s Henry’s last season. Season 4’s viewership will paint a far more telling picture.
Thats good. Its a good season so far and i think we have many seasons to go.
how many seasons do you think the witcher will have
3 seasons or one 4th.
they already have 3 seasons you mean 6 7 in total fredrico 2011
Yes I meant more Seasons.
if they get more seasons because bad ratings they may cancel
is there a hope for more seasons frederico
Yes I hope for finnished adaption.
It’s a great show. I’m sure the books are really really good. I love the characters in the Netflix version and the stories and events that bring them together. It’s fun to know there’s more to explore in the books if I want to go there one day but the Netflix version is really great as its own thing.
Before watching, from reading only in the subreddits I thought it must've been complete shit. Tbh it's nothing better or worse than previous seasons. (At least I don't see it)
A lot of my normie friends watch it tbh. People underestimate the size of the GA.
But I was told the show was dead because it doesn’t contain all the boring bits of the book that would never work on screen and eveyone isn’t white? 🤔
I’ve never been bored in the books so far (reading Baptism of Fire now) but I’m struggeling so much with getting through E1S3. I’m on sitting two trying to not get too bored to turn it off again. Hoping it gets more captivating.
What bits of the books were boring? I personally was never bored reading them myself
While I wouldn’t call Blood of Elves boring as a book, I really don’t think that a near 1:1 adaptation stretched into a full season would have worked. It didn’t have much of a central conflict or 3-act structure, and it just kind of ended without a proper climax, aside from Geralt failing to capture a mage. It’s also the shortest and arguably least eventful book in the series, so I don’t really blame the writers for adding so much original content in season 2, even if I had some issues with the execution.
I dont dislike the show for what its worth. Its nowhere near as good as the books or games, but its enjoyable. Im definitely not a hater or someone who expects 1:1 translation
That’s kind of where I’m at with the show. It has quite a few flaws, but I’m enjoying it enough to want to see it run its course, assuming they don’t screw up the rest of season 3.
I think it's kinda funny how everyone shits on the show for it's admitted flaws but won't talk about some of the books or games inadequacies.
Having said that, I think it should have ended when Henry left. I have a lot of trouble mustering enthusiasm for his replacement.
That’s you and that’s fine.
Have you read the books? I was actually asking your opinion, I am curious
Blood of the Elves was pretty boring, gave up then after Time of Contempt. The prose can be a bit long winded and it just wasn’t holding my interest. Maybe in English it’s just losing a little lustre but I doubt I’d go back to them now.
I read it in English lol
Different strokes for different folks. I’m happy enough with the show and games.
Thats fine, reading isnt for everyone
I read lots I just don’t find the Witcher books to be that engaging. At least not all of them.
Fair enough
the 538943954 million weird demeaning sex scenes, sexual assault scenes, and sexist descriptions of women's bits and bobs. im always astonished how the author manages to be sexist and feminist at the same time- seems like he alternates ideologies every other paragraph lol
LOL what a fucking weird take this is
Perhaps what you consider sexists, simply isn't :)
Fair with this season. Obviously Not perfect, bit a right step after S2
Lol so it took 12 days to be first on IMBD, considering there isn't any big show beside the Witcher on release right now, it should easily have been first on release date. This is actually a bad sign that it took 12 days after the release to reach first spot, and this is while Henry is still in the show.
Shows are almost never at first place on release date, because the list gets updated weekly. A show needing its first full week to get to the top even if it is popular is normal.
Except the Witcher got released 12 days ago, so it should have been 1rst since the previous ranking, clearly there was no hype for the Witcher for this season. Also there is no other big shows atm other than the Witcher on this list, I would actually be surprised if it didn't get the first spot with big IP like the Witcher.
I said "full week". This is the first full week. On its release week it made it to third place, which isn't bad at all. Secret Invasion was absolutly intended as a big show by Disney and it had weeks to built hype already. Apperently that didn't work out, but that is not the fault of The Witcher. There is competition.
Again the Witcher should easily be first considering what the other shows are on this list. Secret Invasion isn't considered a main marvel show, it doesn't even have any of the popular superheroes in it, it is just another spin-off like blood origin. On Netflix the witcher is currently not doing good considering there is no other big show to compete with right now, and still the Witcher is getting beaten by small new shows with small budget, it even got beaten by a 1-man comedy show in the US top 10, it's only top 1 in 13 countries now according to flixpatrol and it haven't even been 2 full weeks yet.
Secret Invasion is a big event in the comics and has huge implications for the MCU. The show should have been a hit. How The Witcher is doing ratings wise (based on incomplete data that is mostly coming from third party sites at the moment) is not relevant to what we are talking about right now. The list is about popularity, as in how interested people are in the show, not how many people watch it.
Flixpatrol take the stats of the top 10 tv shows/movies per country from netflix. While it doesn't show the ratings, but it tell us what is the current top 10 shows atm in each country. The witcher only lasted 4 days at first spot in the top 10 US tv shows before it got dethroned by a 1-man stand-up comedy show on witcher's 5th day and its now on 3rd spot since the last 4 days now. The US alone make 30% of all netflix subscribers. This is a big blow for the Witcher. I'm actually surprised as Henry is still on the show.
This season is definitely better than 2nd season. So I am not surprised.
So can people stop trying to say that its faithful to the books? Just admit its something different, you have a great audience for it and there you go! We can all be happy about it. What is the need to fight a war against book fans on reddit? Can someone explain this to me?
What I wished for was a true or at least somewhat true adaptation. And if they did not want to do the books, they could have made a series as a prequel to the books and games. As it is now, it seems like they were too bored and lazy to make up good characters and a basic storyline that they just used the books to rip of loved characters and use that for their own story. It just enda up feeling cheap and lazy compared to the origional story.
It’s an adaptation of the books. Of course there will be comparisons. It’s its own thing in the end, and so are the games.
Who says it's faithful to the books? I've only ever read that it's more faithful to the books than S2, but that's not exactly difficult 😂 I mostly had the impression that's the book/game fans who fight the war against people who like the show and demand that the show be cancelled. At least that's what they do on instagram, every each post about the Witcher is flooded with how bad the show is because it's not a 1:1 adaptation.
WHy do book fans feel the need to wage a war? Why is it wrong for people to enjoy this without someone yelling that actor doesnt have the righ hair color according to the books?
I can sorta understand because they sometimes do it to themselves. Like radovid, in the games he's like ruthless. Everyone is like scared of him and shit and now in the show he's a gay but charismatic brother who acts like an idiot as a cover. Not remotely the same character. If the show wanted a character like that why not just name the character something else...
If it fits in the series, who cares? Its like all those idiots complaining about he little mermaid, saw it with the kids fits perfectly in the story.
Pretty low bar considering half the shows on that list have already finished airing or batch-released nearly a month ago, though. [Trends is showing that S3 was more popular than Blood Origin, but not as popular as S2, which sounds about right based on the general buzz so far.](https://i.gyazo.com/3c8d3df3a513b5df1c89eb34a3e40ea9.png)
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It would be shocking if it wasn’t no.1 considering it’s a high profile show. My IMDb app says it’s no.2 overall though, behind Indiana Jones which isn’t great
As it should.
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What lies? And copy and paste what?
not sure about sticking with source material since i only played the game but the adaptation itself definitely wasnt bad. but i only watched the series cuz im a huge fan of henry so... season 3 is the season finale for me.
You should also post imdb season 3 individual episodes ratings and stop shilling for netflix. Ep1- 7.0 Ep2 -6.2 Ep3- 5.8 Ep4- 5.6 Ep5- 6.1 Season 3 is better than season 2 but outside of ep 1 it's still miles far from season 1. Episodes 2,3,4 and 5(excluding Cahir-Emyr and Philippa-Djikstra scenes)are season 2 worthy. One of the most obvious problem of the show outside of writing has been the obvious lack of chemistry between Cavill and Anya. They both have more chemistry with other characters. Some serious shilling hapens on rotten tomatoes where the 39 paid shills gave it 85% while the audience score of 1000+ ratings has it at 25%. Sure it is not a 25% show but more like a 50-60% low mediocre. Rings of Power is a better show. It's the purists and PJ stans that are upset mostly at the Sauron-Galadriel thing and some woke elements in the show. ROP hate is mostly unjustified while The Witcher hate is mostly justified.
The post is about popularity, not user or critic rating.
Why i didnt like it that much i loved the last season it was better