Teachers: Find the best edtech tools for your classroom with in-depth expert reviews Check out new Common Sense Selections for games 10 tips for getting kids hooked on books Common Sense Selections for family entertainment Geralt receives a lacklustre greeting upon his arrival in Blaviken.
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Romance plays a part in some storylines and sexual images are frequent: characters have sex that includes nudity, come upon an orgy at a party, and non-sexual nudity (breasts and buttocks) occurs in a magical illusion. Some characters have otherworldly powers and can cause magical destruction, but the show's sympathies clearly lie with characters who are downtrodden and despised such as Witchers and Elves. Sexual violence is referred to, but not seen on-screen. There's even more gore in the human battles, with soldiers fighting on the battleground and grievous injuries: stabbings, slashings, decapitations, throats are slit, a man's head is halved with an axe with bright-red spouting blood and gore.
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In a genre that often comes off as thunderingly self-important (is there a weapon or person or geographic location without a vainglorious three-word name in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?), The Witcher's greatest bit of daring is to treat its epic storytelling with a big dash of irony. Meanwhile, Ciri (Freya Allan), a deposed princess with mysterious powers, is on the run after her kingdom was invaded by soldiers who seem bent on capturing her, and downtrodden teen Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) painfully learns the ways of magic from mysterious sorceress Tissia (MyAnna Buring).With its medieval magical vibe and complex fantastical storytelling, this arresting drama reads like a Game of Thrones knockoff, but darned if it doesn't actually cast a spell. His only wish is to endure and survive as simply as possible, but when an unreliable magician Stregobor (Lars Mikkelsen) lures him to his lair to enlist his help in a scheme to wipe out a possibly cursed generation of girls born after an unusual eclipse, he runs afoul of forces both magical and political just as an Elf revolution is brewing. They were once a common sight, but now Geralt of Rivia ( Henry Cavill) is one of the last of his kind, despised by the villagers of the towns he travels through on monster-killing missions. Female characters have strong roles and some members of the cast are people of color themes of courage, teamwork, and perseverance are illustrated in magical quests aimed at righting wrongs.Based on the game series of the same name (but relating a story not told in any of the game's versions) which was itself based on a series of books, THE WITCHER revolves around a magical world in which witchers - genetically enhanced humans - have special monster-slaying powers.
Speaking of said Elves, their part of the story gives welcome depth: humans pushed them off their ancestral lands and now they fight relentlessly to keep the tattered remnants of their once-mighty tribe together - and if that puts viewers in mind of Native people in North America, well, that's no doubt part of the message in a drama which is both entertainingly easy to watch and satisfyingly aligned with the underdogs of its world. In an early scene, just after delivering a bit of grievous Elf history, he says "There I go again, just delivering exposition." Ha! It's funny because it's true. But things really kick into gear in the second episode, when Joey Batey shows up as the ebullient bard Jaskier, more or less the comic-relief Donkey to Geralt's Shrek.What a wonderful character Jaskier is: swishy, mouthy, and relentlessly roughhousing, he joyfully undercuts the solemnity of The Witcher's battles and political drama, often by economically summing up what's taken place in dialogue or song.
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