drupoxy t1_j9zn57k wrote on February 25, 2023 at 7:10 PM

Reply to comment by monsieurxander in Game of Thrones Season 4 has to be in the GOAT discussion. by Boss452

There is a middle ground between Season 1 of the Witcher in which they absolutely do have too many "proper nouns" introduced for most viewers, and then whatever it was that they gave us. The key is being a good writer, so, ya know...

MissKhary t1_ja0atob wrote on February 25, 2023 at 9:52 PM

I feel like The Witcher was confusing on purpose though with the timelines, it's like they wanted you to always be wondering "wtf was that about"

drupoxy t1_ja0fivq wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:26 PM

I was able to follow it without any issue because I had CC turned on. Without those, all of the jargon and names tossed at you are much harder to remember. So for example, if you see the queen's name in ep 1, it's pretty straightforward to connect the dots later in the show when they mention her in the past tense.

MissKhary t1_ja0gibd wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:34 PM

I had read the books and played games, and while I knew the storylines I still kept getting a bit tangled in the timelines. But then again the books with their short story format also jumped around. So while some things were obvious as different times, some things were only apparent in hindsight, even if I had some frame of reference that the average viewer would not have. So I think it HAD to be purposeful, because it was confusing even to me, but I only realized HOW confusing it was in the last episodes.