The Witcher review – swords, sorcerers and supernatural incels

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Henry Cavill stars in Netflix’s fantasy epic as a magical warrior battling monsters, mutants ... and medieval toxic masculinity

Big in the Nilfgaardian Empire … Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher. Photograph: Katalin Vermes/AP’s famous phrase been so rightfully deployed as when I say of the new Netflix fantasy drama The Witcher that, for those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like. A Tolkienesque vibe suffuses the air, elves and dwarves are scattered with a lavish hand, and every character has 20% too many vowels or too few consonants in their name.

 

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I have a lot of problems with the series, but this review is almost as bad as the unprofessional, low-effort slop in EW. Get better writers. NetflixWitcher

I straight up cringed because of this crappy review. The critic spends like half the time ranting about stregobor and does very little reviewing.

LoenXX5 é a sua série

Like actually what the fuck is this

Do not use that word or I will smush you Stop

Watched Episode 1 to be honest I could not make head or tale of the story line.

AndrewQuackson Can we leave that 'word' in the 2010's, please?

AndrewQuackson Toxic masculinity is a made up concept tbqh fam

AndrewQuackson

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Next time get it reviewed by someone who doesn't think both the subject and the genre it belongs to are below them.

How do you pay someone to write so poorly

Supernatural incels? You mean like this?

It is very sad that an insult once used by high school bullies, a term largely considered hateful by society, is now used by those who were once bullied.

So it's for sure worth watching? What if I've never read or played any of the franchise?

Supernatural incels? 😂 Imagine being as pathetic as this author... what even is The Guardian at this point?

I guess you didn’t even watch it? Just fishing for your SJW quota points? What an absolute failure of a “review.”

incels aaaaaand opinion discarded

Clearly you don't know Geralt

Supernatural incels be like 'tfw no ghost gf'

At least both the right and left can agree that this review is trash.

Can the Guardian just admit they're a parody outlet like the Onion or Mad magazine?

Guardian reviews are so bad they're good

I like that the main complaints are about what was in the book not the actual show

This is journalism in in 2019? I would be embarrased to put this in an actual article. I can't believe this level of childishness is tolerated.

Breaking News: Journalists don't know the diference between incel, virgin, sterile and castrated. In ohter Breaking News: water wet.

Wow, the author of this review has some real issues she needs to work through, that was uncomfortable reading. Someone pass her some wine, or a horse tranquilliser.

'Incels'

Winner of the awkward and unnecessary shoe-horned mention of Incels goes, once again, to the Guardian.

SavedYouAClickV do you do tv shows?

Supernatural incels... I don't think you understand what either of those words mean.🤷🏽‍♂️

supernatural incels

You really are desperate for those clicks aren't you? Good luck with the e-begging.

SHZHSHAJHAHAHAHAHAHA IMCEL

Please be responsible and don't retweet because of that word because that's what they want you to do

Are you so enthusiastic about using a new word you learned that you have to use it even when it’s unnecessary?

You have no idea what the word incel means

'Forget quality writing, what we really need is more click bait head lines to keep web traffic up.' - The Guardian editors

This is a review? It's barely readable

I have no problem with someone delivering a poor review if that is their honest opinion. I do have a problem with publishing borderline racist commentary (20% etc.), which was called out in the comments of the article. I thought better of The Guardian than this.

From the same site that gave joker a bad review😑😑😑

And that is exactly why traditional media is dying, you give the new star wars movie 4 stars but this a 3.

Actually watched the polish original series awhile back and liked it loads. Let’s see how this turns out.

I have seen you guys give 5 star reviews to mediocre films. I know this won’t be as good as the game or the books but I believe it is better than you let on.

When you try and talk about the Internet, you sound like when my school principal spent an assembly confidently going on about 'Youtubes'

People like it so it has to be bad right?

Seems like a fair review from someone who’s jaded as fuck that they have to write about something they aren’t interested in. Musta seen the shitstorm coming their way for this though. Gonna be a fun couple weeks my man.

The Guardian is absolute Trash, JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY, 3 STARS? HOW THE FUCK IS THIS MASTERPIECE NOT WORTHY OF 5? Have you even watched it an also played the games?

Lucy Mangan should be legally banned from watching any movie, TV-series, theatrical play or any other form of media.

This is gona be a girls show, the lingering shot on cavils ass in the last trailer gave it away.

Imagine being an ideological film critic.

That was a car crash of a review. How did this get published?

The Last Jedi of articles.

K_Paczkowski

I was interested until you said 'incel'. Like I think nowadays, non-incels use the word incel more than incels

Hey guardian! Give the job to someone who actually likes doing it...

why are you like this

'Supernatural incels'?

Supernatural incels!! Why you doing him like that.

IDn92

You did it, you made your quota of the use of that word.

Thanks for the glowing recommendation, but please learn what words like incel mean. And try not dissing Geralts best quote.

Bitter cuz she got fired ok

So it’s good?

I was interested until the last word in your tweet.

You just gave ROS a four star review. I'm not sure I trust your film critics.

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