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[–] Justas 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They were supposed to be cat eyes, which would have probably looked better.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

how do you even fuck that up? just go buy cat's eye lenses, any costume store has to have boxes piled ontop of each other filled with those

[–] Justas 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, they also made him not use 2 swords because it was uncomfortable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, that at least didn’t look like a student film production. But the contact lens work in that show is so godawful, not just Geralt.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

wait what

[–] Justas 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Witchers are supposed to have 2 swords, an iron sword for humans, elves and dwarves and a silver sword for monsters. In the show Geralt only wields one sword.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

“They’re both for monsters”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I knew that I've played the third one but why did they do that?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

because that's actually not in the books lol.

i honestly hate the show because it's not at all accurate to the books either in spite of that being the bulk of their marketing. that said, the two swords things comes entirely from the games. in the books he makes comments a few times about the fancy metals in his swords helping kill monsters, but he only has one at a time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

lmfaooo so what is reality at this point

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

always more complicated than the headlines would have you believe.

hell, Geralt spends damn near a quarter of the series straight up disarmed. one of the books is basically a legal drama about him trying to not go to jail after getting his sword stolen. don't think he has his sword for about 99% of that one.

"gotta get my fuckin sword back" is a very common plot point throughout that series. not just for Geralt. ciri spends some time sword chasing too. i don't hate it.

[–] Justas 1 points 3 weeks ago

Unlike the video games, which feature Geralt carrying two swords, the books note Geralt's second sword is in a pack on his horse, Roach. The photos have yet to confirm Roach's existence but chances are good the horse is also involved in the series. As such, it will likely be revealed Geralt's second sword in the pack Roach is carrying.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

The dialogue was so bad, I don't think anything would have really helped.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This effect is relatively a very simple one to edit in post and would look a lot better than contacts. This looks so cheap

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I just had a mini-revelation that this looks weird because the "pupil" is on the surface of the contact instead of under the lens of the eye. These aren't bad contacts; contacts are just bad like that. Seems that post processing is really the only option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes colored contacts have that effect always, but for a show you'd expect some effort into one of the main characters appearance

[–] captain_aggravated 3 points 3 weeks ago

Especially for emotional acting scenes. Sure use contacts for fight choreography so you don't have to retouch every frame where he's facing the camera but for the close ups?

[–] captain_aggravated 6 points 3 weeks ago

OMG there's an actual bird that looks that derpy? Holy shit. It looks like someone tried to bake an owl and it didn't rise.