images taken from the game and from the game manual I have an itch to play Beach Life every now and then. The last time it happened, I found a band-aid solution to guests complaining about high prices. I wanted to make more changes if I could but I couldn't find a way to open and read some of the script files. There are some files in the game that are readable on notepad ( GameParameters.pis and the other . pis files on each scenario and sandscenario folder) but when you try to open up the . ble files, you only see random symbols. I've tried tools that I've seen recommended online ( Game Extractor , Ghidra , Offzip to name a few). Admittedly, I did just glaze over them because I know nothing about reverse engineering a game and didn't know what to do. I have an inkling to play it again recently, and I decided to try an idea that has been looming over my head but have been avoiding.... The GameParameters.pis file had a header containing the file name, and I notice...
Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps
Netflix's The Witcher Review - Season 1 All Episodes
Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps
-
Please note all screenshots in this post are from Episode 8
Episode 1 - The End's Beginning
Introducing Geralt as to how he became the Butcher of Blaviken makes sense, but apart from the fight scene, everything else felt bland. I love how The Lesser Evil was Snow White gone terribly wrong (complete with the mirror, apple and all) but I understand they have to omit a lot in the Netflix series because they had to flesh out Ciri and Yennefer's stories and add / change some things.
Episode 2 Four Marks
toss a coin to your witcher
I love this episode! Jaskier is a very welcome addition. I didn't liked that the edge of the world wasn't as detailed as I've expected. It would be really fun to see more of Geralt/Jaskier and Torque. But I liked how they explored Yennefer's backstory.
Episode 3 Betrayer Moon
Another episode that I liked. The adaptation of the short story with the striga was done well even with the tweaks (like including Triss in). One thing I would have loved though, is for Geralt to act more like a "professional" witcher. Looks wise, you could tell he could trash a monster but you can't really feel that this person has extensive knowledge/expertise if that makes sense. In the books, like with the striga and the sylvan, you can tell from the way he asks questions and everything that his approach is very methodical.
Episode 4 Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials
A Question Of Price was a little cringy to see on screen. I don't know. It was almost irritating how much they used the word 'destiny' in this episode. I felt that they could have at least tried to switch up the dialogue and not just make the actors say destiny, destiny, destiny all the time. Brokilon was a little underwhelming as well.
Episode 5 - Bottled Appetites
Even though the episode was okay, I didn't really liked the ending because you don't feel that they were in love. In short story The Last Wish, it was a pretty emotional moment for both of them. Geralt already knew he loved Yen moments before he made the wish and Yen became aware (and was touched?) upon hearing him. The djinn fulfilling the wish may have heightened their emotions at the time as well, but it was a tender moment for two people who haven't felt that way before. The djinn in the show was also pretty lame and didn't seem like a big of a threat like it was in the books.
Episode 6 - Rare Species
Bounds Of Reason had the tub scene that I wanted but didn't get. Anyway, I did enjoy this episode. The golden dragon is a lot less magnificent than I imagined but it was okay. I don't know why Yennefer used daggers (or was it swords?) when clearly she doesn't need it.
Episode 7 - Before A Fall
For those who were confused with the timelines, this is where it all comes together. I appreciate that they placed another scene with Yen and Istredd
In the books Geralt, and the readers, were very surprised when it was revealed that Yen also loves some other guy (Istredd), and even considers marrying Istredd. So adding scenes like this would prepare viewers for The Shard of Ice.
Episode 8 - Much More
The Battle of Sodden was mentioned several times in the books, so it was great that they decided to show it on screen. I also liked the bit with young Geralt. I was confused when Vilgefortz got thrashed easily (he was supposed to be good at fighting with our without magic) but I saw people's theories saying he did this on purpose.
iniwan sa Jollibee vibes
Final thoughts:
I played the first Witcher game (still haven't played the two other games lol) and read all the books at least 6 times. I really, really, really want to love it but it was a little underwhelming considering all the excitement I had ever since it was announced. It was a story that I loved, but it felt dull at some points. I have been thinking a lot what exactly it is that's been bothering me about it, but I think it because it wasn't 'campy' enough. I think deep down, I wanted it to be Xena but it wasn't. Anyway, it isn't bad though, maybe a 7 but I think my rating might be lower if I don't know anything about the Witcher prior to watching. I have no problems with any of the cast though and I thought everyone was awesome, acting wise. If I had to nitpick, I would have loved to see more exciting clothing from the sorceresses, at least in their downtime but that's just because I like looking at costumes.
Of course I'm still going to watch the future seasons. I'm confident that the second season would be a lot better. I just hope Netflix won't cancel Witcher prematurely.
Stuff that I want to see in Season 2 (or in the future seasons)
- Trial of the Grasses!
- Ciri's training in Kaer Mohren!
- The other Witchers from Kaer Mohren!
- A LITTLE SACRIFICE!
- A GRAIN OF TRUTH!
- That party in Thanned. Haha. I've always liked it when clothing was described in the books, and event in Thanned everyone pretty much dressed for the Oscars
Mariya Takeuchi - Oh No, Oh Yes! - Request 1987 Here's the Romaji lyrics of Mariya Takeuchi's song Oh No, Oh Yes! from the album Request (1987) Converted the lyrics using http://nihongo.j-talk.com/ Artist: 竹内 まりや (Mariya Takeuchi) Album: リクエスト (Request) Hitotsuhitotsu kie te yuku ofisu gai no mado akari hīru no oto mo hisome te anata ni au tame ni ashibaya ni aruku no kusuriyubi no ringu yori hitome shinobu koi eran da tsuyoi onna ni mie te mo kokoro no naka itsumo setsuna sa ni yure teru Oh no, tsumi na futari ne But no, hana rerare nai Oh yes, kono mama aisare tai Oh no, loving you is not right But no don't take me home tonight Oh yes, so baby won't you hold me tight? sabirekake ta teatoru ya tobira o tozashiteru fāmashī tōri o watare ba sugu ni anata no matsu hoteru demo tomadotte iru? michi yuku koibito tachi wa nante shiawase sō na no itoshii mune ni kuzure te oso sugi ta deai o namida de ume te yuku Oh no, kanawa nu omoi Bu...
Original lyrics found here. Again, I used this tool to translate it to romaji. Chu Chu Chu by Cripton Mojacko Opening Theme suki suki daarin biniiru na shinikaruboisu ukiukideeto yuuwaku sh chau giragira shisen kugi zuke ni ga sa nai wa zukizuki haato niku iwa hayaku Ah cherii kisu o ikake te sooda gurasu no awa no naka de odo ru atashi wa raburaburabukiraa soo yo ii wa gyutte shite yo jirettai ! koi wa aishiiterumiichuu ranriironriibooi raburaburaburiigaaru chuchuchu kurukuru mawaru biidama no me wa shuuru harahara sa seru itsumo atashi o dokidoki sa se te mama ni mo himitsu na no yon wakuwaku shi teru kimi no parareru waarudo Ah jeriibiinzu ni to bi joo no tte aisukuriimu no yume no naka de to keru atashi wa chuwachuwachururirabu soo yo hayaku wakatteru wa iyan moo ! koi wa aishiiterumiichuu ranriironriibooi raburaburaburiigaaru chuchuchu aishiiterumiichuu ranriironriibooi raburaburaburiigaaru ...
Sandy Lam's cantonese version of the theme song from the movie ' Top Gun '. It was released on her third album ' Sandy ' ( 憶蓮 ) in 1987. The cantonese version of ' Take My Breath Away ' can also be heard in Wong Kar-wai movie ' As Tears Go By ' (1988) I used this tool to convert it to jyutping: Cantonese To Jyutping Converter The numbers represent the tones in pronunciation Sandy Lam Take My Breath Away Romanized Lyrics Sandy Lam Take My Breath Away (adaptation from the theme song of the movie 'Top Gun') si1 hoi2 zung1 dik1 bo1 tou4 tou1 tou1 bat1 sik1 fei1 joek3 hei2 sam1 wo1 zung1 dik1 gik1 cing4 zung1 jyu1 bat1 ho2 gwaan1 bai3 hei2 dong1 co1 hei2 fun1 gu1 duk6 jiu3 ngoi3 koek3 hoi6 paa3 gaau1 ceot1 ngoi3 nei5 naa5 je5 sing3 ngaan5 san4 pin1 pin1 zoeng3 lyun2 fo2 je5 hei2 Take my breath away Take my breath away fo2 jat1 bun1 dik1 gik1 cing4 tou1 tou1 bat1 sik1 jan1 nei5 hei2 dong1 zung1 jat1 soeng1 lyun2 jan4...
Comments