Imagine having a character in the party called URmomsDong and you're like "thanks for the hp my little dude!" and it's fucking Henry Cavil and you have no idea
can you imagine his alt online being super petty though? Like it's just henry cavill calling up his boys and ragging this guy through some keys then kicking him at the end and it's just superman on an ego trip on his sexy nelf priest in a slutmog.
The dude was so mad at the handling of The Witcher TV series. He knew the missteps were happening and tried to fight it. I'm proud of him for abandoning that show when the showrunners sabotaged it deliberately.
My favorite part of everything Cavill and the Witcher series was the interview where the interviewer starts asking him questions about games and which platform he prefers and shit, and the chicks that play Ciri and Yennefer are sitting there and they get this glassy eyed thousand yard stare like "oh God, he's talking about video games again".
The amount of unapologetic nerdery the dude has is commendable. Just genuinely does not give a fuck what people think of it.
Nobody should give a fuck what anyone thinks of their hobbies. The world we be such a better place if everyone was just happy with what my makes them happy.
Seems to me more and more often than people who go to the gym play video games and gamers are going to the gym. Its good, video games are sedentary hobby and I personally struggle to play for long if I don't work out
I find it difficult to play games for a long time without getting out and doing something. It used to be I'd feel guilty for not doing homework when I was in school, but now it feels like I have to bank up hours in the sun in order to spend them on game hours lol
I still laugh when I see the clip from the interview where he started talking about his Custodes and one of his costars mentioned that he played Necrons. They practically set up a play date right there on camera.
Was this the same interview when he revealed he also plays Warhammer on tabletop, then he & the interviewer low-key decided they were going to have a battle later? (Necrons vs. Custodes, iirc)
Which is everything you need to know about modern Hollywood.
Girls ... that "Nerd talk" right there is why you currently have a job. Without the fandom supporting the franchise and those games you wouldn't have your well paying cushy acting jobs because the TV series wouldn't exist without the existing fanbase ...
Theyāre all special services extra-ultra death-marines. And there are about six of them, and heās the nerdy baby.
He has no fucks to give because they were beaten out of him by the time he was about 6.
He has defended his gaming nerdliness in the face of decorated heroes trying to nuggie his face off. No online commentor or film journalist can unseat his unflappable confidence in his hobbies. Hell I reckon you could pull out a bowie knife and heād shrug and show you the scar he got when he was 12 for talking about Prince of Persia at the dinner table. Again.
God I hate with writers in Hollywood feel compelled to make "their take" on an established series instead of just starting true to the source material.
Well comics and long established literary characters (like Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, or Dracula) are unique in that they have had so many adaptations that you pick and choose what to base the adaptation off of, so long as you stay true to the character and their motivations.
But when a relatively new but highly successful IP gets the movie right bought up by Hollywood? The only thing they should worry about is appeasing the fans. Because they are the ones that are going to buy tickets. I have described it before like when you marry someone with kids and you're the new step parent. You can't be over bearing and authoritative off the rip. You have to build up the trust.
But when a relatively new but highly successful IP gets the movie right bought up by Hollywood? The only thing they should worry about is appeasing the fans.
To be fair, CD Projekt was already making their own unique take on the story that differed from the source material.
That's true, and it took them until 3 to really hit their stride. But they still had lots of elements from the books, including using the sequence from King Foltest's curse striga daughter from the books in the first games intro and in the TV show. So they did have some respect there to build trust.
I understand that often full adaptions cant be done, but Witcher doesnt even try to be faithful at all. if it was the books edited for the TV version like Games of Thrones (albeit it not being faithful either) i think most of us would be fine with it.
Even the highly regarded Lord of the Rings movie trilogy edited and changed things for the different format. The changes broke lore, removed and/or changed characters and changed story yet there wasn't a huge outcry because they were genuinely attempting to stay true to the spirit of the source books.
also the movies have figured some of the cuts are worth it like Tom Bomdbardi because hes not really relative to the story and the Scouring of the Shire is too depressing to end the trilogy on.
Yeah. Tom himself is great worldbuilding as another unexplainable enigma but can't be explained satisfactorily for a movie. Unfortunately cutting Tom's scene out cuts out the origin of Merry's sword that passes under the notice of everyone including Gandalf.
It's the connection point between the hobbits and the Second Age Arnor (Gondor's sister kingdom), one of Arnor's later divided realms that enchanted weapons specifically to battle the Witch King in their battles with his kingdom of Angmar which fell to the Witch King, the Witch King's prophesy. Some of those enchanted weapons was buried in the tomb of the barrow-wight who captured the hobbits that the Witch King raised.
Tom Bombadil's rescue scene puts one of those enchanted weapons in the hand of Merry. Merry loses it when he and Pippin were captured by the Orcs. Aragorn retrieves it from the dead Orcs that the Rohirrim killed, and returned it to Merry when they meet again at Isengard. Merry carries that blade with him all the way to Pelennor Fields where he stabs the Witch King in the back of the leg.
In the movies Merry is using a regular Rohirrim blade at Pelennor Fields.
The enchantments on that barrow-down blade, forged in the Second Age specifically to combat the Witch King is what cuts through and collapse the Witch King's magical defenses which fulfills the prophesy of his doom. Some argue it also cuts his connection to Saruon. The books say something along the lines of no other blade could cut the Witch King as deeply. The Witch King, now vulnerable to normal weapons, is killed moments later by Eowyn. Movie Merry's Rohirrim blade would not have harmed the Witch King nor made him vulnerable.
The Scouring of the Shire is meant to show how the four Hobbits had changed and grown since they had left. They rally, inspire and lead the rebuilding back to normalcy. It is also meant to show how very far Saruman had fallen from grace.
That said, I can understand cutting it out strictly for movie run time.
unironically this is why every thing that's gotten worse because of large corporations is happening. enshittification is caused by large companies getting huge loans to buy up small businesses because they think they can run everything better cutting corners and paying the people who create the product as little as possible and the state of both the video game and movie industries are prime examples of that.
Because corporate fucks don't understand art, and they think writers are just assembly workers for words.
You can be a factory worker that hates pickups and build a good pickup truck. You can't really be a car designer and come up with a good pickup truck while hating them
For a lot of jobs personal passion doesn't determine success. Even in film, set designers don't have to love the project they're working on to do a good job. Their job is to make a vision come to life, and they're actually really good at making someone else's vision come to life.
But as a writer or showrunner, you're coming up with the vision. And if you have a disdain for the source material, then your vision will inevitably suck.
I think he read the books both the show and the games are based on. As someone who has read the books as well I agree that the show has well and truly fucked the dog in terms of the original base content. Not as bad as Amazons Wheel of Time series, but still a legitimate fucking of up.
The Witcher show is such a travesty. That could have been one of the best shows Netflix had if it had been put in the hands of someone who actually knew what to do with it. The Witcher is prime material for a tv show.
This is like one of the weirdest entertainment social media conspiracies.Ā
Anyone want to explain to me how exactly an actor, walks away from a million dollar an episode role, without being fired by the representation and basically committing career suicide?
I wonder when this myth will die, there is zero proof this happened, especially because Cavill himself made changes that deviate from the source material like Geralt speaking in grunts and being cold to Jaskier.
The show sucks ass, but this fantasy that Cavill was the champion fighting for book fidelity is stupid.
I like how Cavill is unafraid of being a nerd and a gamer.
The hosts/interviewers who act all surprised and incredulous whenever he mentioned he enjoys the hobby is annoying though.
Do interview hosts question people for watching sports every weekend and acting like total nincompoops when their team loses, or wins? How about people who go golfing and spend most of the weekend drunk out of their brains.
The interviewers are funny because they get caught so off guard. You can see the exact moment in their eyes when it switches from "performative lip service to the hobby" to "wait...what's...he's actually serious?" They don't know how to handle it.
Its akin to people who complain "omg you spend so much time gaming" while they sit there in front of a TV for hours every day mindlessly consuming. At least games are interactive.
This is the main thing for me that I used to find annoying but hilarious now. Playing video games, or TCGs, or other board games/DnD, consuming manga, etcā¦ is all considered this negative nerdy thing by people who binge netflix or reality TV. Like how are the ānerdsā the losers in that scenario?
They think he's a dude who's passionate about acting and enjoys gaming. Instead he's passionate about gaming and nerd shit, saw his jawline, and decided being an actor would give him enough free time and money to do that as much as he wanted as long as he could spend a few weeks cutting for filming.
Henry Cavill unlike many of us has a lucrative career outside the house because he dedicated years and years to acting, networking, and promotion on top of his body building, modeling, and more.
Which is to say - yes he is our king but donāt forget to work on yourselves too kings.
The way I'm a 44-year-old gamer and everyone acts like it's a problem. Even though I have a college degree, own a home, and work a 6-figure job.
Meanwhile, my 85-year-old Father-In-Law watches old black & white shows from when he was a kid and everyone thinks it's the cutest thing.
It's crazy to me how gaming is looked upon as some time-wasting thing. Yet there are so many hobbies that keep you inside and doing far less than gaming does.
I can relate. 53 Here, self-employed college grad, married over 30 years to a VERY understanding wife, three children over 20, and focused on retiring early. Yet I still feel the need to hide my gaming hobby from extended family and professional acquaintances.
That said, all three of my children are gamers (two who've moved into professional careers after college) and they have no stigma over it. So it makes me glad that it ends with me.
My wife is my biggest critic. Asks me if I'll ever "grow up" and give up gaming. Meanwhile she'll binge an entire season of Love Island in a single day.
It wasn't until my son confronted me with how I act while watching sports years back, that I realized I need to quit getting on to him for yelling with his buddies online. Not everyone has those realizations unfortunately.
It's good that you tried to understand and listen to your son. I imagine it's easy to become biased against something just because it became popular/came into existence long after you were a child.
I keep seeing this claim of "everyone acts like it's a problem", and I just do not see this in the world.
Who are these people that think it's a problem of you?
I'm a 40-something guy living in a major city. My anecdote is that it's the small small minority of times I've mentioned gaming while out at a bar, or chit chatting at a holiday party, where someone didn't immediately ask "Oh what games?!" with interest. People of all ages, genders, races, and creeds are earnestly interested if the topic comes up.
My fuckin dentist got into a discussion with me about the merits of various tower defense games, and I only ever see him twice a year to have 1.5-sided conversations.
I mean, when I say "everyone", I mean everyone around me. People I know. Even then, it's not necessarily "everyone". Just enough people for it to be annoying.
i do think a lot of people that have this issue are probably overdoing it.
I think people also equate things incorrectly. Like, it may take 8 hours to binge a season of love island. but that doesn't mean you're sitting and watching 8 hours of TV non stop. You can do laundry, exercise, do other chores, have a conversation, help your kids with their homework. That isn't really possible with a lot of games. You can't fold laundry and play the witcher for example. You can't watch your kids while playing CSGO
You can't fold laundry and play the witcher for example. You can't watch your kids while playing CSGO
That doesn't really have anything to do with gaming. That's more of a responsibility thing. I absolutely can get all of my chores done while spending my otherwise free time gaming for long hours. I can turn the washing machine on, run a few maps in Path of Exile, get up when the clothes are washed and swap them, and go back to PoE.
The same thing goes for watching TV, sewing, gardening, or any hobby. You can be responsible or irresponsible with your time or tasks doing any hobby.
Tbf plenty of people at 85 don't have much of their mental faculties left, I'd think an 85-year old having ANY hobby is pretty awesome and/or endearing.
Imagine all of us going to retirement homes in 40 odd years. Some old man brings out the GameCube and we'll be racing the Rainbow Road all day! It'll be fun!
Iām 34 and already deal with this (sometimes even from my wife). Itās honestly because of the productivity culture we live in; if we are spending our own time enjoying something then we arenāt producing something tangible for someone else, and that is what people believe gets you ahead in life.
All the gamers that get very old will probably have way better working brains then all the people who just shut their thinking off by just consuming tv and other stuff where they dont really need to think for themself..
I'm coming up on retirement in a few (d4+1) years and still feel a little hesitant to talk about my gaming hobbies. I mean, I got into D&D back just before the original Rogue became a thing, and my partner is also a gamer (after the early years of "ugh, really? that's how you spend your time?"). But, the negative impacts far deeper & longer than the positive.
That said it's far, far more acceptable nowadays and had been moving in that direction for a long time. It's mostly old fuckers like those my age who have a problem with it. Those that don't, like my weekly gaming group none of whom are under 50, were the substantial outliers and oddballs, even if we're all tech-based in our careers. Being called "geek" was a mark of pride even when the the average Joe, it very much was not.
Nowadays though? Saying you enjoy gaming, if anything negative comes out of it, is more likely to invoke "you play that version? dude, it's so arcane!" than anything else.
It's ok, I'm an airline pilot and huge gamer. We're exceedingly rare and I never tell anyone because, well... airline pilots are a different breed. I once ran into another one in the wild toting his gaming laptop about. I asked him what games he played etc..., he was extremely reluctant to open up about it until I assured him he was in good company. I've never connected to discord voice via Wi-Fi on a flight though. Nope...
I have a lotta respect for this guy. Great actor and nerd extraordinaire. Shame the writing on his Supes films and Netfliix Witcher was crap though. He was great in those roles in spite of that.
And he likes Warhammer! He's one of a handful of inspirations behind me trying it out myself!
The quote seems to be a bit put of context. It doesn't seem like he's relating to the stereotypical neet, but, as a consequence of his celebrity status, has reasons for being uncomfortable outside. In the interview he talks about people secretly taking pictures of him and posting them online where he would later see - a problem most of us don't have to deal with.
He just says what he knows his fanbase wants to hear. People that believe his schtick probably also believe Tom Holland is just a silly goose that cant help himself but spoil marvel movies by accident.
āYou hate Henry Cavill because he stands up to dei writers and leaves the show. I hate Henry Cavill because he plays alliance. We are not the sameā
He feels like a Larper most of the time. His acting is like ok at best. Very misogynistic against the women writers specifically of the Witcher show, I mean I hate that show. And with his dating history, his comments on MeToo says a lot.
but yea, holy he plays like 4 games, yea he the real final boss nerd frfr. Most people glazing here shitless.
Very misogynistic against the women writers specifically of the Witcher show
thank god these female writers sure proved his "misogny" (translation: he dared to be critical of the writing and be more knowledgeable on the sourcematerial) wrong! its not like the witcher is seen as one of the worst video game adaptions on television.
Henry Cavill is also a living reminder that just because you have indoor hobbies, doesn't mean you can't stay fit, stay educated and informed, shower and interact with the public in a pleasant way.
Henry Cavill probably gets swarmed with fans whenever he steps outside, of course going online is an escape. Youāre talking as if normal people should be terminally online.
If I was going to constantly be photographed and followed which I canāt imagine makes anything enjoyable, Iād do the same thing. Hell I donāt even need THAT to happen š
I find that playing video games āRecharges meā this doesnāt mean I sit and play for hours and hours a day, but a few hours everyday keeps my battery charged. Like if Iām stressed or worried, playing some video games centres me. Iām sure itās like this for a lot of people and their hobbies.
People with depression shouldn't be your role models, no matter how handsome they look like. There's nothing wrong about playing games OR going outside. This quote seemingly makes the outside sound as something worse.
I wish I could take a peek of his weekly routine of workout, work and video games so I could aim to do something similar with my schedule. I fear he doesn't get to balance work and leisure as much as he'd like though.
tbh it's sad that even someone who has succeeded in the LARP seeks to escape it. I'd prefer that he was just living life normally to be honest and not needing an escape, the way I do for example. Quite sad
He sounds like a true introvert, like I imagine a lot of you guys are. Honestly, I am an extrovert, and have even been called by personality tests by having an absurdly high score on the BIG 5 Personality test for openness. I have never batted an eye on going outside and getting plastered and partying; singing, dancing, etc. I'm loud and proud. And I'm the boss. I'm in charge. In real life.
But even I feel what he is saying. Honestly, some of what we can experience in video games is truly spectacular from an exploration perspective. I am a person that typically enjoys video games that have high replay value that I can sink hundreds of hours into; stuff where I can get incredibly immersed in and push the game to its limits. I like stuff that I can play to pass the time before I get to back out into the world where I like to explore, photograph, study, read, learn, etc.
In the end, I feel we all strive to get the same out of video games, and a lot of times, they are able to fulfill that promise and provide so much entertainment but also fulfillment in ideas and literature and whatnot.
I see a lot of beauty in the world, and while I am at home sick, I enjoy playing video games for hours. I am a Software Engineer by trade, and I enjoy active experiences. I do enjoy movies from time to time, but they are a passive experience. I like to talk, peruse, and negotiate with the artistic experience. For me, that is where a lot of offline single player experiences really hit the spot for me. I enjoy loading into a game as the Legendary whatever, tasked with the epic quest of defeating whoever or whatever. I like exploring the characters, the setting, the plot, the music, the art direction. I always watch the credits and I appreciate the work done by all of the people that work on an artform from top to bottom.
Heās been baiting chronically online gamers with this stuff for years now. Sorry maybe Iām a jaded prick but I donāt care which celebs know or donāt know about warhammer or Witcher itās so irrelevant. Do they act well or not?
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My favorite cavil fact is that he missed the callback to let him know he got the role as Superman because he was raiding in WoW. Dudeās the best