Not what I was expecting. Witcher is an old European term meaning someone who hunts and kills witches. Witcher is often mistakenly said to mean dowser or someone who uses a stick or other object to look for hidden things. Today we associate dowsing with searching for water but originally it was thought to be a tool of those with magical powers. Witch hunters were also referred to as Wormers but they did not have the magical ability that Witchers had. Thus, Witcher was a slang term around the 13th century for those thought to hold the magical ability to find witches. This will be hard to research because of the n-flix series I'm now reviewing being the dominant search result (modern search engines giving financially rewarding results instead of pure data).

I mention all this because I thought that's what this series would be about. Not until S1 E2 did I read reviews and realize it's from a series of books by a Polish author who decided to use the term in a somewhat new way -- a monster-hunter. Ok, sounds intriguing, though, right?

Unfortunately, anyone who loves fantasy and wizards in a traditional sense will likely find this series to be less than engaging. Which saddens me as I was looking forward to it getting going so I could enjoy the costumes, scenery, and magic. Instead, the pilot is slow and by E2 (also slow and choppy), I saw so little of the main character that I felt a bit cheated but still intrigued. Until he engages in a fight with a silly goat-man creature and they speak as if they're tweens from the 21st century. Oh, my ears. Despite the hope of an interesting fantasy series, having heard Geralt finally speak more than a few words all at once and having it be a series of disgusting imagery designed to delight pre-pubescent boys, I don't think I'll keep trying to see where this goes.

Henry Cavill looks inviting even if the costumes are a bit inventive. But we see so little of him and when he speaks it's in a raspy whisper that is 5 decibels lower than the rest of the audio. The CGI over all is childish. Clearly, this is a popular series but we can be fairly certain its main audience are teens. Which is concerning since the rating is MA and with good reason.