I am having a hard time understanding who this show was made for. It's a feminist reimagining of the story. As per usual for shows on Netflix - men are portrayed as brutish, silly, fools and women are the formidable voices of bravery, reason and courage. I would not be bothered by this if the writing was good, the plot made sense, and the characters had redeemable qualities. Identity politics manages to seep into almost every scene like a festering stench. Again, this would be fine - if the writing was decent - and the topics were brought up organically, instead they are thrown in your face - fastidiously. The viewer is force fed ideas - the thinking is done for you.

The characters are empty cardboard cutouts of themselves...like is this a spoof, am I watching a parody? Why is there attempted comic relief every 15 seconds?!?

It's hard to believe someone was able to take the life out of such virile personalities - acting is atrocious. Lets put it this way - the dialogue is mouth-breather friendly.

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"Hey we should put this social moral outrage issue into the show"

"Lets make it about race and oppression."

Is basically the thought process of the writers.

The topics are not the issue, its the delivery of the subject matter - its predictable and boring - rinse and repeat - over and over again - which is the problem.

This is what the show revolves around...

The plot and character development is secondary.

Very amateur, I'm not sure how an adult can take themselves seriously writing this poor - but I acknowledge that it's trendy, and fits the mold for Netflix shows.

There was some good components.

Some cool fight choreography.

The set design was awesome.

Atmosphere was spot-on at times.

If the show revolved around Geralt taking Witcher contracts - preparing, showing his methodology, tracking, stalking, killing etc. It would have been a 10/10 - this is the meat and potatoes. The show misses out on the essence - the core of the world - which is inexcusable and a huge disservice to the real fans.

But as long as the Marvel crowd is happy who really cares?

Overall this is like a generic fantasy soap opera? I don't even know.

Some great elements - but still overall unwatchable 3/10.