Haha, I'm glad to hear I'm not the lone weirdo who sees the appeal of that :D
BTW, I know you didn't enjoy Curse of Chalion as much as the other Bujold books, but IIRC that was because of courtly intrigue. The Penric books are novella-length, so they're short, self-contained adventures (for the most part), and can be read without having caught up on all the other Five Gos books. I recommend them quite apart from the demon threesome thing :)
"Witcher" - this was the first of the stories I read that I'd seen first in the form of adaptation on the show It was also the first published piece that started the whole thing in 1986.
Him claiming the Law of Surprise as a joke in the show makes no sense at all, having just seen a demonstration of its power. Ew, making a joke of it? And yes, I agree it's especially dumb after they just solved the problem the previous "joke" had made...
Heh, yeah, Nenneke and Calanthe are the strong women done right, as opposite to the StrongWomanTM cliche sprouting in every movie and book now...
But I can't believe the show chose to omit the "go fuck yourself" joke, which was hands down the best part abut the story. Probably because it makes Geralt look fallible (in a silly, not tragic way).And that's why it was there in the first place and why they should have kept it, grr. I don't even care much and it's still disappointing how the show apparently broke exactly the parts that were good and made the original stand out. (So, what the first wish
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And yes, I agree it's especially dumb after they just solved the problem the previous "joke" had made...
I'm atually not sure why they couldn't have just stuck with the book's way of doing it? The joke felt pretty out of character and was, as you say, just generally dumb.
Heh, yeah, Nenneke and Calanthe are the strong women done right,
Agreed, and I loved them both, unsurprisingly. (And thought the show did a pretty good job with Calanthe.)
So, what the first wish was in the show, then? No twist at all? Geralt means "Fuck off!" and he really says what he thinks he says?
It wasn't very memorable, so already has started to fade, but I think his first wish -- which he speaks when it looks like there is no djinn/the djinn is a dud, or if it exists, that Jaskier is its master, so it's also not meant as a wish -- is for Jaskier to shut up, which causes Jaskier's condition that they need to search for a healer for. Or at least that's what I think happens...
Wow, your translation is really good! :D I mean, I can't judge how it reads,
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I'm atually not sure why they couldn't have just stuck with the book's way of doing it? The showrunner/whoever-(un)wrote-this felt the need to prove themselves for the payroll? :P
It wasn't very memorable, so already has started to fade "... : the show's review". XD
is for Jaskier to shut up, which causes Jaskier's condition that they need to search for a healer for. Hm, that's actually not so bad idea, aside of that there was no need to coming up with ideas in the first place, especially at the cost of existing ones... Also, this makes a need for coming up with a new reason to why the djinn ran away.
Probably even more so now after having watched the TV show, which definitely should be enjoyed on that level :)Fight & bath scenes + Jaskier being cute, as I hear, yeah. :D Come to think of it, while I think the books leave much to demand
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The showrunner/whoever-(un)wrote-this felt the need to prove themselves for the payroll? :P
Maybe they cut it for time? (it kin of is an entire subplot, that needs to happen, and then Geralt needs to show off what he thinks he's doing, and then the punchline. On the other hand, the episode had a whole bunch of Ciri related things that could've gone elsewhere, so I dunno.
Also, this makes a need for coming up with a new reason to why the djinn ran away.It's actually not clear in the show that it did run away. It's not immediately malevolent, so it doesn't need to be banished -- before I read the story, I figure the wind and things associated with the djinn were just it doing its magic, not a threat in itself. And it's only shown to be destructive once Yennefer tries to trap it, which also kind of made sense. (But, yeah, the book way hangs together better/makes more coherent sense, as well as being FUNNIER
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BTW, I know you didn't enjoy Curse of Chalion as much as the other Bujold books, but IIRC that was because of courtly intrigue. The Penric books are novella-length, so they're short, self-contained adventures (for the most part), and can be read without having caught up on all the other Five Gos books. I recommend them quite apart from the demon threesome thing :)
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Hmmm, true. And I wasn't planning on reading any more of them because of that. But I will keep this in mind, it sounds like they are quick reads!
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It was also the first published piece that started the whole thing in 1986.
Him claiming the Law of Surprise as a joke in the show makes no sense at all, having just seen a demonstration of its power.
Ew, making a joke of it? And yes, I agree it's especially dumb after they just solved the problem the previous "joke" had made...
Heh, yeah, Nenneke and Calanthe are the strong women done right, as opposite to the StrongWomanTM cliche sprouting in every movie and book now...
But I can't believe the show chose to omit the "go fuck yourself" joke, which was hands down the best part abut the story. Probably because it makes Geralt look fallible (in a silly, not tragic way).And that's why it was there in the first place and why they should have kept it, grr. I don't even care much and it's still disappointing how the show apparently broke exactly the parts that were good and made the original stand out. (So, what the first wish ( ... )
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I'm atually not sure why they couldn't have just stuck with the book's way of doing it? The joke felt pretty out of character and was, as you say, just generally dumb.
Heh, yeah, Nenneke and Calanthe are the strong women done right,
Agreed, and I loved them both, unsurprisingly. (And thought the show did a pretty good job with Calanthe.)
So, what the first wish was in the show, then? No twist at all? Geralt means "Fuck off!" and he really says what he thinks he says?
It wasn't very memorable, so already has started to fade, but I think his first wish -- which he speaks when it looks like there is no djinn/the djinn is a dud, or if it exists, that Jaskier is its master, so it's also not meant as a wish -- is for Jaskier to shut up, which causes Jaskier's condition that they need to search for a healer for. Or at least that's what I think happens...
Wow, your translation is really good! :D I mean, I can't judge how it reads, ( ... )
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The showrunner/whoever-(un)wrote-this felt the need to prove themselves for the payroll? :P
It wasn't very memorable, so already has started to fade
"... : the show's review". XD
is for Jaskier to shut up, which causes Jaskier's condition that they need to search for a healer for.
Hm, that's actually not so bad idea, aside of that there was no need to coming up with ideas in the first place, especially at the cost of existing ones... Also, this makes a need for coming up with a new reason to why the djinn ran away.
Probably even more so now after having watched the TV show, which definitely should be enjoyed on that level :)Fight & bath scenes + Jaskier being cute, as I hear, yeah. :D Come to think of it, while I think the books leave much to demand ( ... )
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Maybe they cut it for time? (it kin of is an entire subplot, that needs to happen, and then Geralt needs to show off what he thinks he's doing, and then the punchline. On the other hand, the episode had a whole bunch of Ciri related things that could've gone elsewhere, so I dunno.
Also, this makes a need for coming up with a new reason to why the djinn ran away.It's actually not clear in the show that it did run away. It's not immediately malevolent, so it doesn't need to be banished -- before I read the story, I figure the wind and things associated with the djinn were just it doing its magic, not a threat in itself. And it's only shown to be destructive once Yennefer tries to trap it, which also kind of made sense. (But, yeah, the book way hangs together better/makes more coherent sense, as well as being FUNNIER ( ... )
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