猎魔人第二季

就问奇不奇怪，第一季里金发金眉那么仙，第二季顶着金发结果一双粗黑眉真的不违和吗？？？我仙气灵动的希瑞怎么变憨憨了？

刚看了第一季，确实是原著里提到的真人真事…但是为什么大家都演得这么的尴尬呢，小希瑞一点都没有原著里的活泼灵动了，镜头剪辑也很生硬，让人看不出前因后果来，真的不知道为啥网飞不能忠实于原著，其实在7部书中，最精华的部分就是前两部中的短篇，网飞非但没有拍好，还无中生有了不少内容……刚看完原著真的觉得混乱得不行

Fuck it. I decided to compile a list of every change between Season 2 and Blood of Elves

Heavy spoilers for the books and Season 2!

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This is not all-encompassing. I'll forget some changes--Heaven knows the writers made enough changes. I'll also preface this by saying: This isn't a commentary on the quality of the season itself. It is simply a collection of the differences between the novel and the show.

**Characters**

* Voleth Meir is not in the books. Completely new character.

* Geralt wouldn't use Ciri as bait in the books. Nor did he.

* Ciri is never possessed by a witch.

* Yennefer does not lose her magic in the books.

* Yennefer never considers sacrificing Ciri for power. Nor does the opportunity ever arise.

* Yennefer is not captured by Niilfgard in the books.

* Instead, she is blinded following Sodden after taking a fireball to the face from Fringilla. She then spends lots of time in recovery, then--on Dijkstra's orders--tails and saves Dandelion from Rience.

* No one ever thinks she's dead in the books either (Geralt worries that she died after Sodden, if I recall, but finds out rather quickly she's still out there after talking to Triss at the Sodden memorial)

* Later in the series (Post Time of Contempt/Late Season 3 or early Season 4 by comparison), people suspect Yennefer of being a Nilfgaardian spy. But at no point does anyone suspect her of being a spy following Sodden.

* The Stregobor stuff isn't a thing in the books. He's there, but plays no important role.

* Vessemir wouldn't try to use Ciri's blood to create more witchers in the books. Nor would he ever allow Ciri to undergo the Trial. Nor would he let Eskel bring a bunch of hookers to Kaer Morhen

* In the books, Dandelion is actively working with Djikstra and the Redanian Secret Service. ~~This is removed in the show~~ It is implied that Djikstra is funding Dandelion's sandpiper activities, though Dandelion doesn't seem to be aware of who he is working with. This is speculative on my part though.

* Also in the books, Dandelion is not nearly as comedic as he was in Season 2. He is funny, but they seemed to lean into that aspect of him for Season 2.

* This is more my interpretation, but in the books, Dandelion is far wittier than he is in the show. He certainly doesn't come across as the type to talk to rats in the book.

* Djikstra is not a rambling drunk in the books (although I didn't find that to be a bad change. It was pretty interesting IMO).

* I don't believe Istredd even appears in Blood of Elves

* Francesa Findabar is *not* with the Scoia'tael in the books. By this, I mean she's not in the field with them, acting as their leader.

* She is a member of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, though she does harbor sympathies for their cause and occasionally meets with Scoia'tel leaders (Filavandrel, as an example). This relationship becomes relevant when she aids Niilfgaard during the Coup at Thanned

* Fringilla Vigo does not become de facto leader of Cintra in the books. Instead, she fucks off to Niilfgard

* Cahir is not captured by the Brotherhood following Sodden in the books. I don't even recall if he was at Sodden. As far as I recall, he traveled back to Niilfgard following the Fall of Cintra, and was imprisoned for failing to capture Ciri. We don't see him again for another two books after Sodden.

* His execution plot-point never happened in the books.

* Book Cahir is also not nearly as mustache-twirly-evil-villain as he is in the show. Cahir fans will know what I mean.

* Tissaia is hardly a significant character in the books.

* Rience is not a magical bounty hunter in the books. He's an almost fanatical follower of Vilgefortz in the books.

* Rience is scarred in the show and books, but in the books, it's because Yennefer uses her magic to wound him as he's interrogating Dandelion.

* Lydia Van Bredevoort does not develop her scars from sniffing a vial of elder blood in the books. Instead, her scars are a result of magical experimentation on Vilgefortz' orders, and her wounds are hidden with an illusion.

* Eskel is not turned into a Leshen and then killed (as far as we know. He's not in the books for long.)

* Vilgefortz and Tissaia are not a romantic thing, as far as I could tell. Nor are they really even partners. Vilgefortz is also the genuine champion of Sodden in the books. He does this to gain more authority in the Brotherhood.

* Vilgy is also way stronger and smarter in the books then how he is depicted in the show. Also, Vilgy never says his classic line. This is a cardinal sin, imo.

* Nenekke is an old and religious lady. She doesn't go around dropping f-bombs in the books.

* Emhyr kept the fact that Ciri was his daughter a big secret in the books. Understandable, given his plans for her (**cough** Imperial Incest **cough**)

* Jarre in the books is a bit of a geek, who is very clearly awkward around girls, and has a crush on Ciri. But he's also smart, and good-intentioned. The show reduces him to a dick joke.

**Plot Points**

* Except for Ciri's training, there is not a single fight at Kaer Morhen. Never. There is no Leshen, nor is there the centipede thing with the claws. There is no possession.

* There are only four witchers at Kaer Morhen (Vessemir, Eskel, Lambert, and Coen)

* At Kaer Morhen, Ciri trains and exercises. Eventually, Triss arrives (on Geralt's request) and instructs Ciri on the basics of magic, as well as the Elder language.

* The plot point with Ciri's blood being able to make more witchers is not in the books.

* Vesemir never collects her blood either. The thought of making more witchers is only ever entertained in the context of Ciri being raised as a girl vs. being raised as a witcher. But the mutagenic process itself/Trial of Grasses is never brought up.

* In the book, Triss travels with Ciri and Geralt to the Temple. In the show, she doesn't. We don't see her get sick.

* On the path to the Temple is when they run into Yarpen Zigrin again. This doesn't happen in the show. As a result, Ciri doesn't visit Shaerrawedd, and there is no fight with the Scoia'tael.

* There is no fight at Melitele's Temple in the books. Never.

* Yennefer does not travel to the Temple to kidnap Ciri and sacrifice her in the books.

* In the books, Ciri and Yennefer stay at the temple for a while. Ciri learns more magic.

* Yennefer is invited to the temple by Geralt after Geralt has already left. See the 'Dear Friend,' bullet point further down.

* There is no reunion between Geralt and Yennefer in Blood of Elves. They reunite outside Gors Velen in the next book.

* In the books, Rience does not find Ciri at the Temple. Instead, Geralt leaves Ciri in Nenekke's care to find Rience at Oxenfurt.

* There is no Shani in the show. >:(

* Phillipa does not help Geralt find Rience, nor does she help Rience escape: as she does in the books.

* In fact, Rience doesn't meet Ciri till the Time of Contempt, which is the next book following Blood of Elves.

* Dandelion doesn't sing at a tavern in Oxenfurt. He sings at Bleobheris, a sacred tree.

* His Sandpiper plot is not a thing in the books.

* Dandelion is not arrested in the books.

* The elf and Cintra plot is not in the books.

* There is a non-human uprising in the North in the books, led by the Scoia'tael, but they are not given Cintra as a place of refuge by the Niilfgardians. Instead, Niilfgard is suspected of funding and arming them behind the scenes to stoke instability in the North.

* Francesca never gets pregnant. Nor does Emhyr commit infanticide against an elven baby in the books.

* The notion that a pure-blooded elf hasn't been born in decades is also a Netflix invention. Elves have a much smaller window of time to get pregnant, but it still happens in the books. Avallach and Geralt talk about this in Tower of Swallow.

* The magical politics is a thing in the books, but is very different from the magical politics in the show. Stregobor does not interrogate or harm Yennefer, and neither do Tissaia/Vilgy use that as an excuse to seize Council seats.

* Instead, the magical politics in the book are concerned with the growing distrust between the Kings and their magical advisors

* The meeting of the Kings at the end of Season 2 is the meeting of the Kings in BoE that puts the Mages on edge, and is used to justify the Conclave in Time of Contempt. However, Tissaia is at the King's meeting in the show, which is not the case in the book. No mages were invited to the meeting in the books.

* When the Kings of the North meet, they do conclude it best to kill Ciri--so as to prevent her falling into Emhyr's hands (they don't want him to have a legitimate claim to the Cintran throne). However, the show cut the King's talk of war with Niilfgaard.

* In the books, they believe a quick strike across the Yaruga could recapture Cintra, and deal a blow to the South. This conversation paves the way for the Second Great War, but does not happen in the show.

* The show also leaves out the politics regarding Cintra's throne. Cordhingrer is visited by Geralt in the books, and they develop a plot to--essentially-- smear Calanthe's name and ruin her claim to the Cintrant throne, thus making Ciri's claim to the throne illegitimate. Thus, protecting her from the kings who want her dead for her political power.

* Again, the Voleth Meir plot is not in the books at all. Instead, Blood of Elves focuses on Ciri's training and planting the seeds for future conflicts.

* I.e. the Second Great War, the Coup of Thanned, Character's motivations to capture Ciri, etc.

* The Monoliths are not a thing in the books.

* The 'Dear Friend,' bit is in reference to letters exchanged by Yennefer and Geralt while Geralt is in Oxenfurt hunting for Rience. Geralt asks Yennefer to travel to the temple to train Ciri. Again, Geralt and Yen don't actually meet though.

* In the books, Niilfgardians are depicted as something more akin to the Romans or English (Highly centralized government with progressive and aristocratic traditions and legal codes). In the books, they are not religious zealots. Though they are also not necessarily 'good' either.

* Yennefer and Cahir never have a team-up in the books.

* Tissaia does not recommend that Ciri be captured, nor does she suggest that anyone protecting her be captured as well. In fact, Tissaia's role in the show is dramatically overblown.

* Ciri is not with Geralt when he meets Nivellen.

* Istredd does not meet with Cordringer and Fenn in the books. Geralt does meet them to find information about Rience and Ciri.

It's not an exaggeration to say that the *majority* of this season is different from the books. And not just sort of different, but drastically different. Hell, the last four or five episodes are fictitious (relative to the book canon (yes I know it's all fiction, please stop reminding me)) in nearly every way. At this point, I'm not certain where the story will go. For example, how will the Coup play out on Thanedd if Ciri won't be able to attend it? And if Ciri isn't at Aretuza for the Coup, then how will she be warped to the desert? And if she isn't separated from Geralt and Yennefer, then how will she meet up with the Rats?

Obviously, they can still work these plots in, or at least, work in the *effects* of these plots, but the story will take a drastically different turn than the one the book tells.

Note that this isn't necessarily a good or a bad thing, so long as it's done well. But there has to come a point when the adaptation is so drastically different from the source material, that I start to wonder whether it's truly an adaptation, or if it's a reimagining.

改编的垃圾，这剧情真他妈恶心

真他妈无语炸了，不知道为什么小说写的那么好为什么还要改编？是觉得自己功底比原著好吗？就特么改编如果能看就算了，把杰洛特设计的这么傻逼，杰洛特那么多兄弟，从小到大，让杰洛特看着死去的兄弟还特么想着救希里， 从原著到游戏，希里这条线一直都是重点中的重点，但是剧中的希里线，属实垃圾的看到就想吐，镜头一转切到希里就特么恶心。老子的女儿被塑造的这么恶心，说着尊重原创，结果还特么改编。

先说评分，5分

猎魔人1我还只是吐槽选角，到第二部我实在忍不住了，就是剧情烂而已，看好看的剧我经常是“再看一集就睡”，然后熬个通宵，看猎魔人S2，“这集终于完了，喔11点了，该睡觉了”

各种故弄玄虚的怪物，毫无看点的打斗，跟回合制一样，杰洛特上了，杰洛特阿尔德震怪了，怪物上了，杰洛特昆恩了，怪物又上了，杰洛特被怪物撞倒了，怪物追人去了，杰洛特从不知名角落闪出来一剑劈死怪物，结束了，好耶，个P啦，什么鬼啦，动作指导真的不出来谢罪吗？

台词也设计的不好，人物的对话有时候很突兀，各种角色莫名其妙的语重心长，说一些很凝重听起来很大道理实际上P用没有的话，比较典型的就是神庙的那个女祭司，神庙被大闹一场之后对杰洛特说的莫名其妙的那一段话，你在说什么东西啊？

人设，原著没看过，但是柔柔弱弱的希里，不知道为什么就是很坚持保护希里的杰洛特，你是谁你要干什么你怎么死了的艾斯卡尔，第一眼瞅着像反派，表达情绪靠嘴抽抽的看不懂立场的维瑟米尔，一会儿是正常人好好说话一会儿霸凌嘴又臭的兰伯特，不明觉厉出场又莫名其妙退场的triss，以及我连动机都看不懂的椰奶，这季除了吉祥物丹德里恩没一个讨喜的角色

还有最终的boss，我不知道这个boss在原著是什么情况，反正附身这个设定真的挺low的，它属于那种很容易及格但是很难拿到高分的boss，可以很简单的设计剧情，可以很轻松的制造剧情的矛盾和冲突，属于设计boss的捷径，然后果不其然靠嘴炮打败boss，放在2021年我真的审美疲劳

然后我以为最终干掉boss大家在悲痛中重新上路，然后星星的大家拿boss无可奈何，送她回家就解决了，我真的，憋屈死了，你是想表达生活中总有些东西伤害了你但是你无可奈何是吧，我看编剧你就是这个boss，恶心人我还拿你无可奈何，你设计个这样的boss出来敷衍就算了，还搞的这么憋屈，我看到第六集还有7分，看完结局我直接5分

以上为情绪性的吐槽，从第一季追到现在，我总是吐槽什么选角不行，什么zzzq之类的，好吧我就是在骗自己，除了少数角色的颜，美术以及服装还算舒服，其他地方一无是处，这部剧是根上就是烂的，选角什么的只是表面原因罢了

有些改编是可取的，比如让希瑞加入童话的真实性（真爱如血）这一短篇中，可以避免犯第一季时间线混乱的错误。贯穿整季的林中老妪也是不错的原创内容，她引出了叶妮芙的故事，而且最后和整个世界最大的威胁狂猎联系在一起，有始有终，all make sense了。

猎魔人Eskel和第一季的莫斯萨克类似，虽然他们一直活到游戏第三部，但剧中因为后续戏份不多早早领了便当。可是Eskel完全颠覆原本冷静理智的形象，乖张而莽撞，忘记怪物的致命要害，甚至带一群风尘女子到凯尔莫罕（非常非常非常离谱，网飞一定付给了安杰伊老爷子一大笔钱才能让他忍受这样的桥段），活脱脱一个差生模样。

Francesca是一个术士，也是个政治动物，而不是被复仇冲昏头脑的绝望母亲。她在将来的仙尼德岛政变中要扮演关键角色，剧中她和术士协会完全没了瓜葛，真不知道这段故事要如何发展。

维瑟米尔想利用希瑞，甚至叶妮芙也想利用希瑞，还出现了杰洛特挥剑指向叶妮芙的场景。这些改编不仅仅是让原著党无法满意的问题，对角色形象和人物关系的影响也是很大的。劳伦-施密特-希斯里斯对“灰色道德观”的理解似乎有些浅薄，让角色做蠢事或坏事并不能体现这一点。

杰洛特变成了一个男妈妈的样子。他的倔脾气，他的冷幽默，他常常不合时宜的原则性，他努力想藏但藏不住的正义感，他偶尔流露出的孩子气，他面对一个突如其来的青少年养女的手足无措，这些全都无影无踪。这个杰洛特太完美，缺少了很多魅力。

相对来说，更喜欢第一季让我觉得太油的亚斯克尔了。他成了最与众不同的角色。

台词一直飘在天上，完全没有烟火气——生活质感本来是猎魔人作为一部奇幻小说很独特的亮点。

所有猎魔的过程都有着一致的节奏：先把气氛烘托到位，简短的交手后一刀毙命。是缺钱了吗？

总结，劳伦-施密特-希斯里斯的剧作水平不太担得起《猎魔人》，她的才华在原著作者面前犹如火苗面对火炉。

1. 啊总算不是多条时间线故事线穿插进行了！原本我以为是编剧终于悔改了，后来意识到是因为这一季原创天马行空剧情太多，编剧如果还敢打乱时间线剪来剪去的，那真的没人能看懂了==

2. 最后 恩希尔 出来的时候我都呆掉了，这尼玛是什么颓废暗黑霸道帝王攻，说好的中年油腻鬼*父呢，相比小说也就开了10级美颜吧。说好的小成本渣剧，里面的女性角色一个个丑到哭，为啥男性角色都帅到让人怀疑片酬呢？嘛总之感觉第三季可以的，而且我有预感会有一大批没有节操的同人女去嗑 白狼*白火这对cp的，就仔细想想确实也很带感就是了！

3. 编剧把鬼*父线砍了，嗯挺好的，看原著我就觉得这条线太重口了，就魔法世界也吃不消啊。

4. 特莉丝这季是换了化妆师还是瘦身成功了之类的，颜值蹭蹭蹭上涨了不少。然而和游戏里比起来还是差了一大截。但是我觉得我这里能勉强接受了吧，毕竟我本来就是走叶奈法线的，而且巫师2里我也选择没救她，最后赶到广场发现她被雷索救了，那场面一度十分尴尬==

5. 堪称本剧最大雷点的 芙林吉拉 还是没换人，而且本季她的支线剧情多到逆天，竟然和原著第一美女的精灵女王戏份平起平坐了？目测第三季她剧情还是会多到发指，希望编剧魔改改大一点，把白狼和她原著在陶森特那段高抬贵手给删了吧，我实在是不忍心看到这版人比花娇的白狼被辣手摧花啊。

6. 菲利帕那个女演员很惊艳啊！不知道为啥就最后一集给了个镜头就切了？她第三季应该很多戏分吧！（毕竟四海八荒第一搅屎棍子）然后就是 Dijkstra 演员还是太瘦，没有达到原著里那个海豹的形容。拉多维德五世有点帅过头不够疯逼，没啥意思。还是游戏里那个黑演员朋克青年比较带感。

7. 据说第二季收视率还不错？那我就敲碗坐等第三季了==