I get that it seems to be coming from some sort of code. It's weird to me, though, since I don't think it's automatically a moral failing to talk about something you've helped create. I was watching a panel with Edgar Wright and the cast of Spaced, for example, and they were very frank about where they thought they had missed the mark and where they felt like they had succeeded. And it was, you know, entertaining and informative.
If you have a moral position against speaking about something you've created, maybe decline the interview?
I think you guys are missing the point. He doesn't think of the TV series as something he's created. He got paid for allowing Netflix to do it and he didn't have to work much on it.
It’s a much better impression than I got of him before, when he tried to sue CDPR for a larger cut of profits because he sold the rights for the Witcher games on the cheap thinking they wouldn’t be profitable.
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I get that it seems to be coming from some sort of code. It's weird to me, though, since I don't think it's automatically a moral failing to talk about something you've helped create. I was watching a panel with Edgar Wright and the cast of Spaced, for example, and they were very frank about where they thought they had missed the mark and where they felt like they had succeeded. And it was, you know, entertaining and informative.
If you have a moral position against speaking about something you've created, maybe decline the interview?
Well it’s a question about the show, which he did not create, but benefits from and has his name attached to, so I think it‘s a perfectly acceptable answer
Also the way it’s phrased differently for each answer makes me think it’s a joke. “What do you like best?” My name in the credits. “What do you like the least?” I couldn’t say, my name’s in the credits
It’s a much better impression than I got of him before, when he tried to sue CDPR for a larger cut of profits because he sold the rights for the Witcher games on the cheap thinking they wouldn’t be profitable.
Wasn't he absolutely in the legal right to do this?
Also, I know I've said this before, but I'm always going to root for creators over billion-dollar corporations, even (especially) when those corporations were built on the cache of a creator's name and work
You couldn't even get the books in English before the games, and the games are as much fanfiction as adaptation. I don't care about cdpr losing some money when they settled, but I still think it was a dick move.
You couldn't even get the books in English before the games, and the games are as much fanfiction as adaptation. I don't care about cdpr losing some money when they settled, but I still think it was a dick move.
I mean, the games only got localized into English because Sapkwoski is the Polish equivalent of Tolkien and the first game made a lot of money in its original language based on the cultural cache of his stories
Sapkowski's got a very particular type of acerbic humour--I think most people bounce off of his interviews because it's not immediately clear he's not taking himself seriously and doesn't expect you to either. And his responses are usually for the express purpose of getting a laugh out of the listener/reader -- he talks just like he writes in the books, funnily enough. :P
Anyway, Polish law specifically has a provision for creators and disproportionate royalty agreements; he was likely in the legal right and may very well have won if they hadn't settled. Further, he acknowledges it was his poor choices that caused the situation. To rephrase a quote that he used in the interview, let the person who wouldn't take the cash entitlement the law affords them cast the first stone
You couldn't even get the books in English before the games, and the games are as much fanfiction as adaptation. I don't care about cdpr losing some money when they settled, but I still think it was a dick move.
Yeah I'm no contract lawyer. BUT...
It definitely sounded like some sour grapes on his end. To his credit from what I read he never claimed they screwed him over, just that he had no faith in them/games so took a payout rather than a percentage. He then used a legal process to get more.
The timing was the only thing that was little curious, since Witcher 3 has been out a long time - seems planned around the show.
Statements from both sides at the time of the dispute indicated both parties had attempted a prolonged negotiation behind the scenes before it went public
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So after finishing the tv series I find myself jonesing for more Witcher content but I'm very hesitant to revisit Witcher 3. I don't think the wife would appreciate me disappearing for that long and I'm not sure I'd enjoy reliving most of it.
But I never did play the previous titles. Do you guys think it would be worth going back to Witcher 1 and 2 having never played them? Did they age well? All I remember about them was people finding them very difficult.
Sapowski would have been within his ethical rights if he burgled his way into CDPR headquarters and took away the money in the form of furniture and equipment
So after finishing the tv series I find myself jonesing for more Witcher content but I'm very hesitant to revisit Witcher 3. I don't think the wife would appreciate me disappearing for that long and I'm not sure I'd enjoy reliving most of it.
But I never did play the previous titles. Do you guys think it would be worth going back to Witcher 1 and 2 having never played them? Did they age well? All I remember about them was people finding them very difficult.
They certainly have their jank but they have some great story telling to them.
Also mods, mods for days.
If you're looking for something different and you enjoyed Gwent I really suggest playing Thronebreaker.
Sure it has a distinct lack of Witchering itself, but Witcher content in spades.
So after finishing the tv series I find myself jonesing for more Witcher content but I'm very hesitant to revisit Witcher 3. I don't think the wife would appreciate me disappearing for that long and I'm not sure I'd enjoy reliving most of it.
But I never did play the previous titles. Do you guys think it would be worth going back to Witcher 1 and 2 having never played them? Did they age well? All I remember about them was people finding them very difficult.
They certainly have their jank but they have some great story telling to them.
Also mods, mods for days.
If you're looking for something different and you enjoyed Gwent I really suggest playing Thronebreaker.
Sure it has a distinct lack of Witchering itself, but Witcher content in spades.
I did not know this was a thing! I will definitely check it out.
Also the mods you speak of, are there any particular ones you recommend for either 1 or 2?
So after finishing the tv series I find myself jonesing for more Witcher content but I'm very hesitant to revisit Witcher 3. I don't think the wife would appreciate me disappearing for that long and I'm not sure I'd enjoy reliving most of it.
But I never did play the previous titles. Do you guys think it would be worth going back to Witcher 1 and 2 having never played them? Did they age well? All I remember about them was people finding them very difficult.
They certainly have their jank but they have some great story telling to them.
Also mods, mods for days.
If you're looking for something different and you enjoyed Gwent I really suggest playing Thronebreaker.
Sure it has a distinct lack of Witchering itself, but Witcher content in spades.
I did not know this was a thing! I will definitely check it out.
Also the mods you speak of, are there any particular ones you recommend for either 1 or 2?
I haven't tried it myself, I really should for a playthrough of the two.
PC gamer has some lists of them but perhaps others have some preferences not covered.
So after finishing the tv series I find myself jonesing for more Witcher content but I'm very hesitant to revisit Witcher 3. I don't think the wife would appreciate me disappearing for that long and I'm not sure I'd enjoy reliving most of it.
But I never did play the previous titles. Do you guys think it would be worth going back to Witcher 1 and 2 having never played them? Did they age well? All I remember about them was people finding them very difficult.
1 wasn't that hard, especially once you realize Igni is utterly busted and max it out. If you can get past the jankiness of the gameplay, it has an ok story. Some of the areas aren't the best though which, unfortunately, contains the Outskirts initial area. Once you get into Vizima, it markedly improves.
2 is fucking hard gameplay. You might even find yourself struggling in the "tutorial" area as basic concepts are not properly explained to you. But, just turn down the difficulty settings when you're getting hammered (the difference between "normal" and "easy" is night and day) and you'll be fine. 2 has a much stronger story that is more directly connected with the lore of the world too.
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Never before would I ever say someone has the perfect delivery of "fuck."
Aside from McNulty and Bunk in The Wire of course.
Cavill has totally turned me around on him. I was not a fan of his previously, and actually had no plans to watch the Netflix series. I had a credible friend rave about it, though, and gave it a shot. Cavill won me over completely.
Finished The Last Wish. Think my favourite story was The Edge of the World. Overall was surprised how talkative and friendly Geralt seemed. It's kind of weird actually that the games and show have him being such a stoic grump, because he's really not like that in the book.
I finished The Last Wish over vacation last week and I loved it! I too liked The Edge of the World the most, but all of the stories were awesome. I just finished the first one in the 2nd book and hopefully can get some more reading done this weekend.
I still like the show, but man, did they not have any faith in it? It really feels like they felt they needed to shove the Ciri stuff in to force tension or some level of serialization on the viewer. Many episodes bordered right on the edge of understanding what was going on and that extra 15 minutes of Ciri content would have gone a looooong way towards fleshing stuff out. Say nothing of the disjointed timeline stuff.
Edge of the World is a good example:
Torque was barely in the episode!
There were plenty of decisions while reading that I immediately understood they couldn't put in the show for lots of reasons, but looking back on it, feels like some of the episodes sort of missed the point of the stories they were following. I'm am however sort of ok with Geralt and Jaskier's relationship in the show. I think if they started out as good friends, it might be a bit off for the viewer. A bit of a rocky beginning as long as the relationship gets closer to that of the books in season 2 is fine by me.
Question about the Last Wish story:
I'm still not 100% on the wish. The priest mentions "tying destiny's together" is the only way to save her. And it seems that's what Geralt wished for, but I don't really understand what that means. Why did that save Yen from the Djinn? She seemed to know what he wished and was thankful for it. In the Witcher 3 there's the side quest to remove the wish, so they seem to think that having destiny tie them together is where their love comes from?
Finished The Last Wish. Think my favourite story was The Edge of the World. Overall was surprised how talkative and friendly Geralt seemed. It's kind of weird actually that the games and show have him being such a stoic grump, because he's really not like that in the book.
I finished The Last Wish over vacation last week and I loved it! I too liked The Edge of the World the most, but all of the stories were awesome. I just finished the first one in the 2nd book and hopefully can get some more reading done this weekend.
I still like the show, but man, did they not have any faith in it? It really feels like they felt they needed to shove the Ciri stuff in to force tension or some level of serialization on the viewer. Many episodes bordered right on the edge of understanding what was going on and that extra 15 minutes of Ciri content would have gone a looooong way towards fleshing stuff out. Say nothing of the disjointed timeline stuff.
Edge of the World is a good example:
Torque was barely in the episode!
There were plenty of decisions while reading that I immediately understood they couldn't put in the show for lots of reasons, but looking back on it, feels like some of the episodes sort of missed the point of the stories they were following. I'm am however sort of ok with Geralt and Jaskier's relationship in the show. I think if they started out as good friends, it might be a bit off for the viewer. A bit of a rocky beginning as long as the relationship gets closer to that of the books in season 2 is fine by me.
Question about the Last Wish story:
I'm still not 100% on the wish. The priest mentions "tying destiny's together" is the only way to save her. And it seems that's what Geralt wished for, but I don't really understand what that means. Why did that save Yen from the Djinn? She seemed to know what he wished and was thankful for it. In the Witcher 3 there's the side quest to remove the wish, so they seem to think that having destiny tie them together is where their love comes from?
It's left ambiguous in the books but I mentioned earlier
book spoilers, I'll further spoiler a game spoiler inside
The wording of the wish is left vague in the book; Yen sums it up as "condemning yourself to me" and also remarks that she's not sure "whether such a wish can ever be fulfilled" -- judging by the latter line, and the necessity of the wish (to protect her from the Djinn), it's a long term effect. Given that the short stories in the book are all based on twists of fairy tales, the interpretation I like is that he wishes something to the effect of "and they lived happily ever after" (or whatever that may be in Polish :P )
Most of these interpretations wouldn't affect feelings, as far as I can tell, and the books never raise the possibility. Geralt by the time he makes the wish is already in love with Yennefer; Yennefer probably is won over by him through his stupid determination to protect her from the djinn as well. He's consistently absurdly in love with her to the point that it makes other people horrendously jealous/envious of their relationship, even as rocky as it occasionally is
But yeah, W3
though it interprets the wish as Geralt wishing that they "were together always", certainly builds up Yen having a concern it is influencing their feelings. Which doesn't seem quite right by the books but leads to a very well written quest. (Even if it doesn't affect them, I do also think Yen is the type of person who would be concerned that that might be the case and might try to defy it)
The thing that's impressive about Cavill in The Witcher is that he's very committed to it and clearly put in a lot of work learning the source material and researching the character.
Finished The Last Wish. Think my favourite story was The Edge of the World. Overall was surprised how talkative and friendly Geralt seemed. It's kind of weird actually that the games and show have him being such a stoic grump, because he's really not like that in the book.
I finished The Last Wish over vacation last week and I loved it! I too liked The Edge of the World the most, but all of the stories were awesome. I just finished the first one in the 2nd book and hopefully can get some more reading done this weekend.
I still like the show, but man, did they not have any faith in it? It really feels like they felt they needed to shove the Ciri stuff in to force tension or some level of serialization on the viewer. Many episodes bordered right on the edge of understanding what was going on and that extra 15 minutes of Ciri content would have gone a looooong way towards fleshing stuff out. Say nothing of the disjointed timeline stuff.
Edge of the World is a good example:
Torque was barely in the episode!
There were plenty of decisions while reading that I immediately understood they couldn't put in the show for lots of reasons, but looking back on it, feels like some of the episodes sort of missed the point of the stories they were following. I'm am however sort of ok with Geralt and Jaskier's relationship in the show. I think if they started out as good friends, it might be a bit off for the viewer. A bit of a rocky beginning as long as the relationship gets closer to that of the books in season 2 is fine by me.
Question about the Last Wish story:
I'm still not 100% on the wish. The priest mentions "tying destiny's together" is the only way to save her. And it seems that's what Geralt wished for, but I don't really understand what that means. Why did that save Yen from the Djinn? She seemed to know what he wished and was thankful for it. In the Witcher 3 there's the side quest to remove the wish, so they seem to think that having destiny tie them together is where their love comes from?
It's left ambiguous in the books but I mentioned earlier
book spoilers, I'll further spoiler a game spoiler inside
The wording of the wish is left vague in the book; Yen sums it up as "condemning yourself to me" and also remarks that she's not sure "whether such a wish can ever be fulfilled" -- judging by the latter line, and the necessity of the wish (to protect her from the Djinn), it's a long term effect. Given that the short stories in the book are all based on twists of fairy tales, the interpretation I like is that he wishes something to the effect of "and they lived happily ever after" (or whatever that may be in Polish :P )
Most of these interpretations wouldn't affect feelings, as far as I can tell, and the books never raise the possibility. Geralt by the time he makes the wish is already in love with Yennefer; Yennefer probably is won over by him through his stupid determination to protect her from the djinn as well. He's consistently absurdly in love with her to the point that it makes other people horrendously jealous/envious of their relationship, even as rocky as it occasionally is
But yeah, W3
though it interprets the wish as Geralt wishing that they "were together always", certainly builds up Yen having a concern it is influencing their feelings. Which doesn't seem quite right by the books but leads to a very well written quest. (Even if it doesn't affect them, I do also think Yen is the type of person who would be concerned that that might be the case and might try to defy it)
Book Last Wish:
Yen just had a pretty quick 180, she was pissed as hell with him screaming, fighting him. Then Geralt frees the djinn and she's instantly love-y dove-y and calm. Also still not really sure how having your destiny's intertwined would save her. The priest seems to indicate it's the only way, but seem like you could wish the djinn half a world away and it would also work just fine.
Finished The Last Wish. Think my favourite story was The Edge of the World. Overall was surprised how talkative and friendly Geralt seemed. It's kind of weird actually that the games and show have him being such a stoic grump, because he's really not like that in the book.
I finished The Last Wish over vacation last week and I loved it! I too liked The Edge of the World the most, but all of the stories were awesome. I just finished the first one in the 2nd book and hopefully can get some more reading done this weekend.
I still like the show, but man, did they not have any faith in it? It really feels like they felt they needed to shove the Ciri stuff in to force tension or some level of serialization on the viewer. Many episodes bordered right on the edge of understanding what was going on and that extra 15 minutes of Ciri content would have gone a looooong way towards fleshing stuff out. Say nothing of the disjointed timeline stuff.
Edge of the World is a good example:
Torque was barely in the episode!
There were plenty of decisions while reading that I immediately understood they couldn't put in the show for lots of reasons, but looking back on it, feels like some of the episodes sort of missed the point of the stories they were following. I'm am however sort of ok with Geralt and Jaskier's relationship in the show. I think if they started out as good friends, it might be a bit off for the viewer. A bit of a rocky beginning as long as the relationship gets closer to that of the books in season 2 is fine by me.
Question about the Last Wish story:
I'm still not 100% on the wish. The priest mentions "tying destiny's together" is the only way to save her. And it seems that's what Geralt wished for, but I don't really understand what that means. Why did that save Yen from the Djinn? She seemed to know what he wished and was thankful for it. In the Witcher 3 there's the side quest to remove the wish, so they seem to think that having destiny tie them together is where their love comes from?
It's left ambiguous in the books but I mentioned earlier
book spoilers, I'll further spoiler a game spoiler inside
The wording of the wish is left vague in the book; Yen sums it up as "condemning yourself to me" and also remarks that she's not sure "whether such a wish can ever be fulfilled" -- judging by the latter line, and the necessity of the wish (to protect her from the Djinn), it's a long term effect. Given that the short stories in the book are all based on twists of fairy tales, the interpretation I like is that he wishes something to the effect of "and they lived happily ever after" (or whatever that may be in Polish :P )
Most of these interpretations wouldn't affect feelings, as far as I can tell, and the books never raise the possibility. Geralt by the time he makes the wish is already in love with Yennefer; Yennefer probably is won over by him through his stupid determination to protect her from the djinn as well. He's consistently absurdly in love with her to the point that it makes other people horrendously jealous/envious of their relationship, even as rocky as it occasionally is
But yeah, W3
though it interprets the wish as Geralt wishing that they "were together always", certainly builds up Yen having a concern it is influencing their feelings. Which doesn't seem quite right by the books but leads to a very well written quest. (Even if it doesn't affect them, I do also think Yen is the type of person who would be concerned that that might be the case and might try to defy it)
Book Last Wish:
Yen just had a pretty quick 180, she was pissed as hell with him screaming, fighting him. Then Geralt frees the djinn and she's instantly love-y dove-y and calm. Also still not really sure how having your destiny's intertwined would save her. The priest seems to indicate it's the only way, but seem like you could wish the djinn half a world away and it would also work just fine.
As Yen says (maliciously), Geralt could have used the wish for anything, including giving himself riches, power, immortality, or freeing himself from being a witcher. And Geralt uses it on her, of all things. Yen is very selfish in many respects but she has a strong sense of justice. And it makes sense she would be touched? She turns on a dime at several points in the stories (see the dragon one for instance)
And.. Not completely sure as to why wishing the djinn elsewhere wouldn't have worked (other than it being a lackluster end of the story) but at a guess Yen had provoked the djinn so badly it'd kill her before speeding off to accomplish the final wish
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"I would have to be an idiot to say. My name appears in the credits."
I think this is him having a lot of integrity. He won't say anything positive or negative about it because he benefits from it financially.
If you have a moral position against speaking about something you've created, maybe decline the interview?
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Well it’s a question about the show, which he did not create, but benefits from and has his name attached to, so I think it‘s a perfectly acceptable answer
Also the way it’s phrased differently for each answer makes me think it’s a joke. “What do you like best?” My name in the credits. “What do you like the least?” I couldn’t say, my name’s in the credits
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Wasn't he absolutely in the legal right to do this?
Also, I know I've said this before, but I'm always going to root for creators over billion-dollar corporations, even (especially) when those corporations were built on the cache of a creator's name and work
I mean, the games only got localized into English because Sapkwoski is the Polish equivalent of Tolkien and the first game made a lot of money in its original language based on the cultural cache of his stories
Anyway, Polish law specifically has a provision for creators and disproportionate royalty agreements; he was likely in the legal right and may very well have won if they hadn't settled. Further, he acknowledges it was his poor choices that caused the situation. To rephrase a quote that he used in the interview, let the person who wouldn't take the cash entitlement the law affords them cast the first stone
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Yeah I'm no contract lawyer. BUT...
It definitely sounded like some sour grapes on his end. To his credit from what I read he never claimed they screwed him over, just that he had no faith in them/games so took a payout rather than a percentage. He then used a legal process to get more.
The timing was the only thing that was little curious, since Witcher 3 has been out a long time - seems planned around the show.
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But I never did play the previous titles. Do you guys think it would be worth going back to Witcher 1 and 2 having never played them? Did they age well? All I remember about them was people finding them very difficult.
They certainly have their jank but they have some great story telling to them.
Also mods, mods for days.
If you're looking for something different and you enjoyed Gwent I really suggest playing Thronebreaker.
Sure it has a distinct lack of Witchering itself, but Witcher content in spades.
I did not know this was a thing! I will definitely check it out.
Also the mods you speak of, are there any particular ones you recommend for either 1 or 2?
I haven't tried it myself, I really should for a playthrough of the two.
PC gamer has some lists of them but perhaps others have some preferences not covered.
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1 wasn't that hard, especially once you realize Igni is utterly busted and max it out. If you can get past the jankiness of the gameplay, it has an ok story. Some of the areas aren't the best though which, unfortunately, contains the Outskirts initial area. Once you get into Vizima, it markedly improves.
2 is fucking hard gameplay. You might even find yourself struggling in the "tutorial" area as basic concepts are not properly explained to you. But, just turn down the difficulty settings when you're getting hammered (the difference between "normal" and "easy" is night and day) and you'll be fine. 2 has a much stronger story that is more directly connected with the lore of the world too.
He turned out so good as Geralt.
Never before would I ever say someone has the perfect delivery of "fuck."
Aside from McNulty and Bunk in The Wire of course.
Cavill has totally turned me around on him. I was not a fan of his previously, and actually had no plans to watch the Netflix series. I had a credible friend rave about it, though, and gave it a shot. Cavill won me over completely.
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I finished The Last Wish over vacation last week and I loved it! I too liked The Edge of the World the most, but all of the stories were awesome. I just finished the first one in the 2nd book and hopefully can get some more reading done this weekend.
I still like the show, but man, did they not have any faith in it? It really feels like they felt they needed to shove the Ciri stuff in to force tension or some level of serialization on the viewer. Many episodes bordered right on the edge of understanding what was going on and that extra 15 minutes of Ciri content would have gone a looooong way towards fleshing stuff out. Say nothing of the disjointed timeline stuff.
Edge of the World is a good example:
There were plenty of decisions while reading that I immediately understood they couldn't put in the show for lots of reasons, but looking back on it, feels like some of the episodes sort of missed the point of the stories they were following. I'm am however sort of ok with Geralt and Jaskier's relationship in the show. I think if they started out as good friends, it might be a bit off for the viewer. A bit of a rocky beginning as long as the relationship gets closer to that of the books in season 2 is fine by me.
Question about the Last Wish story:
He was really good in the last Mission Impossible too
It's left ambiguous in the books but I mentioned earlier
book spoilers, I'll further spoiler a game spoiler inside
Most of these interpretations wouldn't affect feelings, as far as I can tell, and the books never raise the possibility. Geralt by the time he makes the wish is already in love with Yennefer; Yennefer probably is won over by him through his stupid determination to protect her from the djinn as well. He's consistently absurdly in love with her to the point that it makes other people horrendously jealous/envious of their relationship, even as rocky as it occasionally is
But yeah, W3
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Haven't watched a Mission Impossible since 1? 2?
Only data point on Cavill I have is as a grumpy grim Superman.
Watch Fallout, it's the best one.
Wait is this official?
It's such perfect 90s action TV show garbage I love it.
No, it's just a very strange and specific hack of Netflix's twitter account
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And.. Not completely sure as to why wishing the djinn elsewhere wouldn't have worked (other than it being a lackluster end of the story) but at a guess Yen had provoked the djinn so badly it'd kill her before speeding off to accomplish the final wish
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