This is having the same minor issues as many other Netflix-series. Like the pacing; sometimes at least questionable cgi; the character and story development and the dialogues could be better. They are neither really interesting, nor funny. Well, if that would've been the only problems, it might still could've been somewhat enjoyable - but there's more... Netflix should've known that for a lot of viewers who aren't familiar with neither the books nor the games, the plot served like this (without any introduction) is too confusing. And on the other hand, by changing that many characters (and even storylines), they will make other viewers, who are familiar with it already, angry or even ruin the show for them (what they just did to me, thanks a lot)... So who exactly should this show be good for, actually?

Probably they tried to find a middle-way. I'm surprised that for a lot of viewers it seems to work so well (or are they all fake and/or paid?), but for me, it isn't - not at all... The main reason are some horrible casting-choices and that Netflix (and unfortunately also the majority of the movie-industry nowadays) obviously just can't seem to stop spitting their political views and their vision of how society should be in the audiences faces by doing so! Or what else reason could there be for this? I mean, why the hell put this stuff into "the Witcher"???

I loved the games, especially the Witcher 3. I found the bard already a bit annoying there, but you turned him into a guy who reminds me of a nowadays gay or metrosexual hipster who doesn't fit into this scenery at all (neither does his music). But the worst: you did not change the race and character of "only" one role (what maaayyybe could have been acceptable) - no, you changed THREE! :-O And even more (lots of people with minor roles)... That's just way too much and you should be ashamed of yourself. You completely ruined a story that worked well just to spread your political BS, that's wrong in many ways... And with this, you just reached a new level (also of hypocrisy and ridiculousness), that never should become standard!

So, for me, some of the persons I see in this series simply feel completely wrong. This isn't Yen for me, that's not Fringilla, that's not Triss - not at all! I just can't take that seriously and this makes it unbearable for me to watch, this kills all joy to watch it and I'm only getting angry. IMO, you shouldn't mess with characters who are already "established" in a way. Because you're ruining the credibility of that series/saga and so with under circumstances also the saga itself for some viewers with that.

It's one thing to make your own shows and movies or change not so well-known stories into the worse, with more and more the same known generic formula(s) - especially as it concerns the cast - for the same group of viewers. But if you're again thinking about to ruin already existing, popular stories in the future, here's my advice: change the name of the show/movie and the characters you want to replace OR just leave your damn hands off it! Because by changing that much in an existing "brand", you're really crossing a line for me. Is that so hard to understand?

Like this, your vision of "the Witcher" is absolutely useless to me. It's just annoying the crap out of me and makes me want to puke! And ironically, I was unsure about Henry Cavill as Geralt, but it turned out that he (amongst a few others, like the girl who plays Cirilla) is one of the only few roles who isn't a miscast in my eyes and one of the only things that feels ok for me. Together with the overall atmosphere, settings and parts of the music (therefore the 2 stars). But as said, that's by far not enough to be able to enjoy it, because other things are just waaaayyyy too disturbing...

But hey Netflix, if your intention is to crap on some viewers and finally scare them off, then congratulations: you're on the right path! At least I really feel like deleting my Netflix-account after this "Witcher"-disaster... Really, you just went much to far here and this shouldn't be tolerated!

I wonder what the author of the books would think, but he already said once that he doesn't care about the games, so I hope for him, he won't ever watch this... Because already for me, this feels more like an insult than anything else.