Netflix The Witcher TV Series

[Oversleep]

Who's excited? I'm excited.

[Quiver he/him]

This is an important question:

Is it a new series? Or is Netflix just hosting the old series for a newer audience?

[Oversleep]

12 minutes ago, Quiver said:

This is an important question:

Is it a new series? Or is Netflix just hosting the old series for a newer audience?

Would I be excited if they were just gonna host the old series?

Edited May 17, 2017 by Oversleep

[Mestiv he/him]

31 minutes ago, Quiver said:

This is an important question:

Is it a new series? Or is Netflix just hosting the old series for a newer audience?

If they did that, they would be just hurting themselves. The old Witcher series made in Poland is horrible. 

They are making a new one. I'm excited. I hope they'll do it like it deserves to be done. And I hope they will stick to the books for the first half and diverge from them after the defeat of Vilgefortz. The books got a bit weird after that battle. 

[Briar King]

There's an old one? Never knew that. 

[Mestiv he/him]

16 minutes ago, Briar King said:

There's an old one? Never knew that. 

Please don't try to find it. It's embarrassingly bad. 

[Claincy he/him]

Saw that, really hoping it's good

[Briar King]

I still need to play games and read the books. Odds are depending on how long it takes to make this will be my 1st big dip into the world. I do have W2 and did play a few minutes of it but turned it off to play Destiny a few yrs ago.

[Briar King]

Whoa! I decided to turn 2 on and my son was watching and not 10 mins into game I had to tell him to turn his head as big boobs popped onscreen. Wasn't expecting that but it was awesome and funny for sure. This game seems complicated! Maybe I won't be so new by the time this hits.

[Oversleep]

@Briar King, the games happen after the end of the book series (and are considered alternate continuity by the author). Just heads up.

If anyone wants to check out the books, here's a guide:

First off, two short story collections that introduce major characters of the Witcher Saga:

1. The Last Wish (despite being published after Sword of Destiny, it contains the first Witcher stories ans should be read first)
2. Sword of Destiny (introduces another main character and directly precedes the events of the Blood of the Elves)

Witcher Saga:

1. Blood of the Elves
2. Time of Contempt
3. Baptism of Fire
4. The Tower of the Swallow
5. Lady of the Lake

The short story collections are not prequels; they were written and published first and only after them the pentalogy was written.

The quote that accompanied the Netflix announcement (" Later, it was said the man came from the north, from Ropers Gate.") is the first sentence of the first story (which can be found in The Last Wish).

[Briar King]

Probably better asked in this thread but I forgot about this thread. How is the translation from original Polish books to these recent State side releases?