I am surprised that people did not saw this coming. One look at the gender of writers in the link below raises enough red flags about the show being a failure and filled with SJW nonsesnse.


They will feminize the series and throw in random people from various background to ensure equality....
That is going to happen whether anyone likes it or not.

Just look at the picture of their lead writers and their belief in open border policies.

https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/09/the-witcher-netflix-staff-decide-to-get-woke-for-social-justice-on-social-media/68205/

sorry to burst your bubble, but there where black women in the British isles, and even among the nobility, before the 1500. Mostly through political marriages with for example Spanish and Italian families with African ascendants, but also through trade with for example the Moors, and even a few leftovers from the Roman invasion. Funnily enough, history do not point to any racism back then, but that black women where treated equally to white.

That is a rather a rather stupid decision, but eh, as long as the show is good I don't really care...I probably won't even watch it. :P

Weekend at Bernie's 3: Weekend at Geralts

I have Norse blood in my veins and I've got to disagree with you. Granted I've only seen the last Thor, I had a blast. Race was not a distraction. The valkyrie was black too. No bother.

As far as the Lord of the Flies being hypothetically ruined because of an all female cast, I don't think so. The story might go a bit differently but does anyone remember Battle Royale? Half the cast was female. Also there was one group, all female, and they couldn't keep things together. Anyway...

I almost got through the first Witcher game and can't say how much casting a black person would ruin it. However there has been talk in this forum about who should be cast as the Witcher and I would be more bothered with Henry Cavill as The Witcher than this. That said, I would give him a chance. Maybe he could pull it off and maybe I wouldn't be so upset about it.

My issue is with "updating" other people's works. Yes, it *can* be done well, with satisfying results, but when it's done for narrow ideological purposes I think it goes well beyond what can be deemed acceptable under the scope of artistic license. Write new works if that's what you're about.

On one hand, I agree that slavs and slavic culture are underrepresented in media. On the other, Henry Cavill isn't slav either and you know most of them won't mind.

This seems like it could come across as kind of white savior-y if not handled with some serious care.

Still, hard to imagine it being any more distracting than Superman being Geralt.

So when someone gets around to doing a Roots remake, we should expect to see ethnic diversity among the slaves?

I really hope that this Geralt character has a moustache.

That's actually a good point.
Henry is English.

Why didn't anyone get upset when they cast him to play a Kryptonian?

Why not? If they made Ciri black, what would stop them from making Geralt a woman?

Might as well give him a neckbeard at this point. lol

I also recall plenty of anger about the Last Samurai. I'm not sure if it was because it was about the "white savior" trope or if it was just because it was specifically Tom Cruise though. :p

As for Ciri - given her genealogy her race should match those she descended from. Unless they're gonna do absolutely massive changes to the source material - that pretty much means white. I'll keep an open mind though as long as it makes sense within the setting. Everyone is gonna be searching for a young white girl with green eyes so if somebody used magic to disguise her as a different race it might make sense - but just having her a different race with no explanation wouldn't jive at all.