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Netflix Offers a First Look at The Witcher Series Cast Members - MMORPG.com

The "See What's Next" Netflix Twitter has been updated to provide fans with a first look at some of the main characters from the upcoming series, The Witcher. You can check out Henry Cavill as Geralt, Freya Allan as Ciri and Anya Cholatra as Yennifer in addition to seeing the first official post art for the upcoming series. Hop through for a look-see!

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SBFord

HA! Interesting....just noticed that Geralt only has one sword in the poster art and only one (visible) in the promo shot. O.0 Seems like a big omission.

Pher0cious

SBFord said:

HA! Interesting....just noticed that Geralt only has one sword in the poster art and only one (visible) in the promo shot. O.0 Seems like a big omission.

That's what they WANT you to think.

Chargeous

Actually in the book there is no additional sword. It made up in the games as I know.

jj7009

Pher0cious said:

SBFord said:

HA! Interesting....just noticed that Geralt only has one sword in the poster art and only one (visible) in the promo shot. O.0 Seems like a big omission.

That's what they WANT you to think.

Pher0cious said:

SBFord said:

HA! Interesting....just noticed that Geralt only has one sword in the poster art and only one (visible) in the promo shot. O.0 Seems like a big omission.

That's what they WANT you to think.

Today on Hot or Not......

Aeander

Grow a damned beard, Henry. You look like Cleft, the Boy Chin Wonder.

Xarko

One positive thing is they seem to get a proper Geralt wig and trashed the Legolas one. Cavill looks the part at least in these pics imo. "Yennefer" doesn't do it for me at all however. If I didn't know it's her I never would have guessed. Both the costume and the actress, just no.

jj7009

Chargeous said:

Actually in the book there is no additional sword. It made up in the games as I know.

It's to bad the folks at cd project red created the only thing close to originality involving the witcher. (Their team did a great job) The book series is an extended work of plagiarism stealing almost all ideas aside from naming conventions from the Elric Of Melnibone series by Michael MoorCock.

Back when moorcock wrote mostly pulp, Andrzej Sapkowski was the editor and translator for Science Fantasy's Polish branch. He left at the height of the publication's popularity and the height of Elric of Melnibone's popularity.

Chargeous

Chargeous said:

Actually in the book there is no additional sword. It made up in the games as I know.

Also Geralt has no beard until Witcher 3. He does not like beard at all before w3 according his speeches.

jj7009

And shortly afterwords published "The Witcher"

Chargeous

jj7009 said:

Chargeous said:

Actually in the book there is no additional sword. It made up in the games as I know.

It's to bad the folks at cd project red created the only thing close to originality involving the witcher. (Their team did a great job) The book series is an extended work of plagiarism stealing almost all ideas aside from naming conventions from the Elric Of Melnibone series by Michael MoorCock.



Back when moorcock wrote mostly pulp, Andrzej Sapkowski was the editor and translator for Science Fantasy's Polish branch. He left at the height of the publication's popularity and the height of Elric of Melnibone's popularity.

You are right about your points. I also like the Cd Project red's creative touch the Witcher series. I dont know detailed information about the writer though. I just know he was a salesman and wrote the Witcher tales in his sale trips.

Amathe

Despite poster art fail, I am pumped up for this.

Jakdstripper

Im only watching this if Gerald is played by either Mads Mikkelsen or Viggo Mortessen. Nothing else will do.

Tokken

I hope they do the show well...... I would love a good series to watch.

alkarionlog

Arterius said:

Look people who have only played the games will be disappointed and upset but as someone who has read every book multiple time and never played the games. Geralt looks spot on. Like holy crap. If he can pull off the role then this show will be great

so not many people will like the series, that is the problem here, the witcher become more or less famous because of the games, its worse then game of thrones, because I bet most only did play the witcher 3

BrotherMaynard

With this, my expectations for the series went down again, like with almost all recent Witcher announcements and leaks.

I would love to be positively surprised by the series once it's out, but I don't hold much hope any more.

TheDarkrayne

Everyone is comparing this to the game, specifically the 3rd one, not the earlier games or the novels. If you do that and act like the game's interpretation is the only option then you ain't going to like it.

Aragoni

The casting choices of Fringilla and Yennefer just kills it for me. And the Nilfgaardian hockey armor.

doomex

Henry Cavill looks nice as Geralt now. But the other two..ugh it's hard for me. But hope it will be a nice series overall.

Nevereverland

I'm kinda hyped up, but don't want this to come out as well cause they can just screw everything up.... I just don't know...

Aeander

MisterZebub said:

"The worst monsters are the ones we create.. At Netflix"

Meh, this will be a shit show, I'm calling it now, not because I think the show will be inherently bad, but rather because its going to have to serve too many masters. The book fans VS the game fans. And both against people like the rabid Got fans looking for their next angry fix.

Game of Thrones wasn't an angry fix. People legitimately loved it, and that last season (episodes 3 and 5 in particular) were legitimately bad television. 

Alomar

As someone wo started as a fan of the games then went and read the books, I'm very much on the fence with this show. I wasn't happy with a lot of the casting, but time will tell whether or not it ends up being good television.

tawess

Well... it can´t be worse then the chronicles of Sha-nay-nay...

So it got that going for it...

Limnic

tawess said:

Well... it can´t be worse then the chronicles of Sha-nay-nay...

So it got that going for it...

Netflix: "Challenge accepted..."

Sovrath

Jean-Luc_Picard said:

jj7009 said:

Chargeous said:

Actually in the book there is no additional sword. It made up in the games as I know.

It's to bad the folks at cd project red created the only thing close to originality involving the witcher. (Their team did a great job) The book series is an extended work of plagiarism stealing almost all ideas aside from naming conventions from the Elric Of Melnibone series by Michael MoorCock.



Back when moorcock wrote mostly pulp, Andrzej Sapkowski was the editor and translator for Science Fantasy's Polish branch. He left at the height of the publication's popularity and the height of Elric of Melnibone's popularity.

Having read both sagas, I completely disagree. Geralt is nothing like Elric.
Actually, the damned Lich King from WoW is closer to Elric than Geralt.

The Similarities are superficial.

The first time I saw Geralt in "The Witcher" game I thought "Elric?"

Both have white hair, not sure how Geralt's eyes are depicted in the books (cat's eyes in the games) but Elric is an Albino.

Both have used Sorceries to change their body. Geralt in order to be strong, quick, "whatever" and Elric to just have strength to survive. Though he has to keep using concoctions until he gets Stormbringer.

I should add, I'm fine with the casting if they can pull it off.
Sure, looking that part would help, but as someone who has directed actors, sometimes they can re-imagine a part so that one can't imagine it any other way.

Scot

This is not from many photos, so what we think must be provisional. Ciri is the only one that does not look right to me.

Apart from that I loved the typo on Twitter, media types meet your fantasy fandom wake up call.