The first one.

 

Everyone thinks the first season is terrible. They didn't know what they were doing with the show, and it's very obvious.

Skip to the second season, or better yet, Season 2 Episode 23. By that time they're starting to get into their stride, with the characters more set and with two new great main characters added (and a boring one dropped) that episode. That's where you see the dynamic that everyone raves about.

 

Binged Paradise PD yesterday, which is an animated series streaming on Netflix with a first season of ten episodes.

The humour is of the extremely crude and vulgar variety, but modestly amusing in stages. Most of the characters are walking clichés, which leaves comparatively little wiggle room when it comes to their brand of behaviour. Contrary to my expectations, HoboCop was the most consistently funny character, while the main character (Kevin) is extremely bland. To appropriate a comment in a review I read afterwards (which I think came from IGN), Kevin is a straight man in a series that didn't really need one. The season's biggest weakness, however, is the main storyline, which culminates in a villain reveal that the show might as well have telegraphed with bright neon signs.

Overall, Paradise PD is decent enough if you're searching for entertainment on a slow afternoon, but not something I would watch repeatedly, or even on a weekly basis. The ability to binge-watch it really saved Paradise PD for me, o rI probably wouldn't have continued after the first two episodes or so.

6.5/10

 

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/henry-cavill-the-witcher-netflix-series-1202925521/

Looks like Henry Cavill is going to be playing Geralt for Netflix's The Witcher.

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.

 

Can we somehow claim that they are being racist by not casting a polish actor? Or perhaps insensitive towards people with gray hair.

 

You literally can't be racist against the Polish. Law of the universe.

Also Cavill was amazing in Man from UNCLE. I've not played the Witcher games but I think that should that TV series turn out to be shit he'll not be the reason why.

 

Event seen that yet so can't comment on that one, but he has been pretty bad in everything else.

Hell I just found out he was in stardust. And that's a movie I have seen at least 3 times. Tells you what an impact he leaves on any role he plays.

The only thing I associate with him is screaming incoherently as superman

 

He's good in everything I've seen that's not DC (most recently in MI). I blame everything bad in the DCverse on bad writing/direction tbh.

Regardless... It's not like Geralt demands an actor that has great range...

This is a non-story. Call me when they don't cast Eva Green as Yen and I'll light your torches and sharpen your pitchforks, free of charge.

 

Has anybody here seen the Jack Ryan TV show yet? Besides the dishonest US/Islamic terrorist topic the show was pretty good. Has the feel of the previous Ryan movies combined with 24 rawness/smart ideas. Binge-watched it.

 

Yup. Loved it. Really liked OfficeGuy as Ryan, hadn't seen him in anything really. Pleasantly surprised.

 

I really like Henry Cavill, but I'm unsure if he's a right actors to play Geralt. It's just while Henry can act emotions and situations, in my opinion he never becomes a character and always is a variation of the same person. Which is why I like him as Superman, but consider him a complete miscast as Clark Kent. His usual acting doesn't fit Geralt, but he could surprise me.

But now I expect an equally big name for Yennefer and Eva Green is probably the best pick from these proposed by the fans.

 

Henry Cavill doesn't seem to have Geralt's rugged charm, but he's certainly good-looking and can be jazzed up to fit the role with all that cinematic magic. So long as they don't skimp on the yellow eyes and white hair, I'll be happy.

Still, apparently Henry Cavill is a massive fan of the games, and I'd take a poor fit who loves the material over a Geralt lookalike who cares as little as Dumbledore the Lesser cared about Harry Potter.

Fan art with Cavill:

 

Even better - he's also a fan of the books, which will bode well for this, as apparently it's set ~20 years before Witcher 3. I guess it's time to check out the books myself.

 

Just watched this based on the rec. Probably the best cavill film I've seen. Some of the lines were hilarious and Hugh Grants short bit as well 'you're not having a very special day'. Gold.

 

I recommend it whenever I can. It's just great. The ending is just pure gold.

I'm also a huge fan of the soundtrack.

 

What do you mean by that?

 

I think he's a great pick actually. UNCLE showed he can do the air of perpetual sarcasm thing VERY well, and that's 90% of Geralt. Moments where Geralt shows genuine emotion and vulnerability are largely limited to interactions with Yen and Ciri.

 

Polish people are legally categorised as livestock, and as such are exempt from EU discrimination laws.

OT: I just watched Cavill try out the fantasy action hero role in Immortals. The film was eh, but he pulled his part off well. I'm really warming up to the idea of him.

 

Well, with the lastest casting description there goes a chance for The Witcher to be anything but another battlefield for outraged masses on both sides of the argument.