First of all, I have neither read the books nor watched the original Polish tv series. I also have to admit that, learning of Henry Cavill's casting, I didn't approach the show with high expectations (although, admittedly, with the secret hope of wanting to be wrong).

Unfortunately, sadly I wasn't.

Comparisons with GoT aside (which I haven't watched so far), the show is simply...

Quite bad, honestly.

Apparently, it's been filmed entirely for male teenagers. Blood, gore, sex out of nowhere, dialogue, plot, action and everything else so blunt and in-your-face that anyone capable of intelligent thought should feel insulted to be treated like their IQ was somewhere around Forrest Gump's. The worst instances are the a-second-or-two moments of slow motion after a sword strike to emphasize that *ooh-hoo, it has hit its target, whoa!*

The show might be close to the source material. Fans might like it.

Anyone else, though? You might as well watch a Michael Emmerich or Michael Bay movie. You can be sure it'll be about as intellectually stimulating as this show.