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Opinions on EP6 of The Witcher TV show. (Spoilers and rant)
5 years ago
Finished watching the episode Rare Breeds and good god am i disappointed by it. The short story its based on is one of my favourite Witcher stories and this adaptation is just lacklustre and i hate it. There are many things i dislike about it, but i'll keep it to three items so i don't go on too long. :)
1: The design of Three Jackdaws
This is a massive peeve of mine. Like Game of Thrones and The Hobbit, the creators of this show have gone with a wyvern design for the dragon. I've nothing against wyverns themselves, i just hate it when they call them a dragon. I know that they are a sub-species of dragon, but when i think of a dragon, i think of the classic four legs and wings kind of dragon. In the short story i'm pretty sure Three Jackdaws was described the way i've just mentioned. In the show, he is not.
When i saw him come down into the cave, i felt the same way i did when i saw Smaug for the first time, annoyed and more than disappointed. Annoyed that they had chosen to go with a "realistic" design and disappointed because i had expected different. In my opinion, a wyvern is only dangerous in the air as it can only bite and breathe fire. In a cave it can't attack with front claws because it doesn't have them. A classic dragon is dangerous on land and in the air. Think of a tiger with wings that can breathe fire then you get the idea. This seems the more superior choice to the wyvern in my opinion.
When did it become unfashionable to have a Dragonheart style dragon in a movie or TV show? At least The Dragon Prince creators know what a proper dragon looks like. Anyway, moving on.
2: Sir Eyck of Demesle
What i love about this character in the story is how self-righteous and headstrong he is. It is so satisfying when he gets wrecked by Three Jackdaws after challenging him to a joust. I dislike dragon slayers and i love how the author plays around with the tropes to comic effect.
Unfortunately, the show decides to kill him off camera instead. Very disappointing. But i think this choice was because of budgetary constraints. Such a shame.
3: Minor story complaint
In the story, Three Jackdaws distracts the raiding party so that the female he made a transaction with so he could have a child could escape. In the show, she is dead when Geralt and co arrive at the cave. The egg is safe so there's that. But it does mean we don't get a really cute moment with Yennifer and the baby dragon at the end.
Also, Three Jackdaw's disguise is an old man in the show. In the book, i swear he had black hair and was a bit younger looking. That's just a tiny problem and has no real effect on anything so, yeah...
Phew! Rant over. Anyway, i hope whoever has read my rambling has a merry christmas. To be clear, i really like the show so far. These last two episodes have been a little weak but overall, it's really enjoyable.
Anyway, good day.
1: The design of Three Jackdaws
This is a massive peeve of mine. Like Game of Thrones and The Hobbit, the creators of this show have gone with a wyvern design for the dragon. I've nothing against wyverns themselves, i just hate it when they call them a dragon. I know that they are a sub-species of dragon, but when i think of a dragon, i think of the classic four legs and wings kind of dragon. In the short story i'm pretty sure Three Jackdaws was described the way i've just mentioned. In the show, he is not.
When i saw him come down into the cave, i felt the same way i did when i saw Smaug for the first time, annoyed and more than disappointed. Annoyed that they had chosen to go with a "realistic" design and disappointed because i had expected different. In my opinion, a wyvern is only dangerous in the air as it can only bite and breathe fire. In a cave it can't attack with front claws because it doesn't have them. A classic dragon is dangerous on land and in the air. Think of a tiger with wings that can breathe fire then you get the idea. This seems the more superior choice to the wyvern in my opinion.
When did it become unfashionable to have a Dragonheart style dragon in a movie or TV show? At least The Dragon Prince creators know what a proper dragon looks like. Anyway, moving on.
2: Sir Eyck of Demesle
What i love about this character in the story is how self-righteous and headstrong he is. It is so satisfying when he gets wrecked by Three Jackdaws after challenging him to a joust. I dislike dragon slayers and i love how the author plays around with the tropes to comic effect.
Unfortunately, the show decides to kill him off camera instead. Very disappointing. But i think this choice was because of budgetary constraints. Such a shame.
3: Minor story complaint
In the story, Three Jackdaws distracts the raiding party so that the female he made a transaction with so he could have a child could escape. In the show, she is dead when Geralt and co arrive at the cave. The egg is safe so there's that. But it does mean we don't get a really cute moment with Yennifer and the baby dragon at the end.
Also, Three Jackdaw's disguise is an old man in the show. In the book, i swear he had black hair and was a bit younger looking. That's just a tiny problem and has no real effect on anything so, yeah...
Phew! Rant over. Anyway, i hope whoever has read my rambling has a merry christmas. To be clear, i really like the show so far. These last two episodes have been a little weak but overall, it's really enjoyable.
Anyway, good day.
"Annoyed that they had chosen to go with a "realistic" design"
Hard agree. People these days seem to forget what "fantasy" is.