So to start with the bad, I had to take off points for this reason. Writers have packed way too much into a short first season. On top of this, newcomers had to content with tarantino-esqe story telling. If you are familiar with the world from the games/books you will catch on half way through the season, and it won't be a huge problem, but most of my friend/colleagues who were newcomers just couldn't get into it, and I can't blame them. This is season 7/8 GOT pacing on crack. When you start out a new complex world like this you have to start at a slower pace in order to let the actors breathe life into the characters so that newcomers will get to know them and the different factions of the world. As it stands, I understand why people were turned off when starting from scratch. This is a show made mostly to please existing fans.

To finish off with the good, the casting of the show is very good. Henry Cavill pulled off the very difficult task of bringing Geralt to the screen. The girls are fantastic as well. The sword fighting sequences are some of the best I have seen ever and the sfx were great as well. Except for that very first monster which oddly enough looked a little cheap.

Here's hoping for a slightly slower paced season 2...