5 years ago

@player8472 Season 1 ends where the main book sort'of strats.<br /> It's hard to follow the timeline as the short stories by Sapkowski were similarly written out of order.<br /> Neither Witcher nor the Mages age as such is the power (and price) of magic.

5 years ago

@player8472 jaskier not getting any sign of getting old was something very badly done. Yen mentions he’s old but he clearly doesn’t seem a day older.

5 years ago

Timeline is what makes this show good, it's really clever storytelling. <br /> Never played the game, never read the books, had no major problems undestanding what is going on. <br /> People just need to undestand that you are supposed to pay attention when watching TV shows, if there is a part that does not require your attention, it is some filler that should be cut out.

5 years ago

@nowyfolder Actually not every good movie or TV show has 100% necessary parts. <br /> Character building often requires to insert information not really needed for the story. And to be fair: The whole Yennefer backstory isn't really needed for the story. The rest would totally work without it (although be less fun and we probably would see her in a different light)<br /> <br /> Also: People are different and since human beings tend to space out a few times per hour (Brain fills in the blanks so we don't notice). <br /> Regarding it being good storytelling: I don't think it is! It is an OK form of storytelling when there are clear cues to order the events. Which is why we have the greyish tone for different timelines in most shows.<br /> Other shows show a visible age difference.<br /> <br /> This show does none of those things, including the bard which SHOULD HAVE AGED (I read the first two books which start after season 1 in the timeline) and he indeed should have aged as he is a "normal" human being opposed to Jen and Gerald who indeed show no visible signs of aging due to their conditions (Being a mage/witcher).<br /> <br /> And I don't believe you when you tell me that you always knew where in the timeline something took place as the clues for that were often given near the end of a particular part of the story.<br /> <br /> <br /> As i said, it is the only real critique I have and it didn't make the show unwatchable - but it was harmful to the flow (for me) and thus excludes the show from getting a perfect score from me.