Now i was wrong about DC´s new Titans show.. it did look good but turned out to have the writing of a 10-year old just of a Fnaf binge.... But i still keep that we should not write something off based on promo images.. Especially early ones and even later ones.
I honestly don't see why following the books or the games matters. Yes the Netflix series is following the books and not the games. Yes the games are more popular than the books worldwide but that still does not really matter. I mean at first to draw in fans of the IP sure but playing the long game what matters is if the show is good. If the show is good it really does not matter. If the show is good and strikes a cord with an audience it will lead to an uptick and book and game sales. Win Win for everyone. I mean TWD was a hit because it was a good show (to the people who liked it) not because it was a hit graphic novel series. Being good trumps all in entertainment it seems.
Netflix has a very mixed record with renewing or cancelling its shows. Recent cancellations show no or little correlation with many of the user or critic reception and the decision to cancel.
For Netflix, they may decide the money to shoot the appropriate setting, adult content, and magical elements in a gritty manner may be too expensive for them to continue the show after a season or two, even if it's generally well-received.
For example, Marco Polo has been cancelled after two season, despite an average user rating of 8/10 on metacritic (critic reviews, it should be noted, are lower). It only kept The Killing running for one season, despite it being a user favorite on Metacritic as well and generally well received by critics.
Other times, the cancellation reflects the ratings (on metacritic, I mean), such as with the show Girlboss, which received 53/100 critic and 5.5/10 user rating.
The casting is not all that bad really although I'm not all that sure that Cavill can ever look really menacing
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I honestly don't see why following the books or the games matters. Yes the Netflix series is following the books and not the games. Yes the games are more popular than the books worldwide but that still does not really matter. I mean at first to draw in fans of the IP sure but playing the long game what matters is if the show is good. If the show is good it really does not matter. If the show is good and strikes a cord with an audience it will lead to an uptick and book and game sales. Win Win for everyone. I mean TWD was a hit because it was a good show (to the people who liked it) not because it was a hit graphic novel series. Being good trumps all in entertainment it seems.
Netflix has a very mixed record with renewing or cancelling its shows. Recent cancellations show no or little correlation with many of the user or critic reception and the decision to cancel.
For Netflix, they may decide the money to shoot the appropriate setting, adult content, and magical elements in a gritty manner may be too expensive for them to continue the show after a season or two, even if it's generally well-received.
For example, Marco Polo has been cancelled after two season, despite an average user rating of 8/10 on metacritic (critic reviews, it should be noted, are lower). It only kept The Killing running for one season, despite it being a user favorite on Metacritic as well and generally well received by critics.
Other times, the cancellation reflects the ratings (on metacritic, I mean), such as with the show Girlboss, which received 53/100 critic and 5.5/10 user rating.
True points and critical and user reception has always had little to do with whether a show remains on the air, ratings do. Which is why I stated if it strikes a cord with an audience. All that matters to Netflix is ratings. Not reception from critics.
Agreed. I haven't researched what rating these shows received, though I thought Marco Polo and The Killing both enjoyed a solid base. Would be interesting to look into those numbers and compare them to review scores and Netflix's decision to cancel them. May do that tonight for my own curiosity.
I must say he comes across as rather wooden in the films I have seen. As to the beard, he did not have one in the books and I used to keep him trim in game.
While i have played the Witcher games, mostly after Witcher 3 was such an out and out success, until the lawsuit from the Author, i wasn't even aware that there were any books, since then it is my understanding that the Witcher books are largely unknown outside of Poland, i think it is inevitable that when people think of The Witcher, Geralt in particular, they will associate it more with the Game rather than a series of books they probably didn't even know existed, the Netflix series is more likely to be judged by viewers based on the games which they are far more likely to be familiar with and not the books if they are even aware there are differences, which as i haven't read any of the books i have no idea if there are any, other than anecdotally those that have been mentioned here in this thread.
I think the books are known internationally, just not best sellers. I do not take the series in such a purist fashion (it is hardly that good) that everything must all be like the books, if this were Tolkien I would. As long as we don't have something like a beyond ridiculous romance starting between a Dwarf and an Elf (like in The Hobbit films), the Witcher TV series is doing alright in my book.
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For Netflix, they may decide the money to shoot the appropriate setting, adult content, and magical elements in a gritty manner may be too expensive for them to continue the show after a season or two, even if it's generally well-received.
For example, Marco Polo has been cancelled after two season, despite an average user rating of 8/10 on metacritic (critic reviews, it should be noted, are lower). It only kept The Killing running for one season, despite it being a user favorite on Metacritic as well and generally well received by critics.
Other times, the cancellation reflects the ratings (on metacritic, I mean), such as with the show Girlboss, which received 53/100 critic and 5.5/10 user rating.
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These are Yen and Ciri (Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan):
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
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Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.