Author: Jed | Hollywood Scholar

Witcher: Blood Origin Casts Their Avallac’h

Netflix’s The Witcher has been known for its nonsensical casting choices, in addition to completely bastardizing both the books and the lore at every opportunity. This track record of ineptitude and disrespect for the source material continues with the recent casting announcement for Avallac�...

Rings of Power Rolls Out All-Female Directorial Team

The unparalleled travesty that was Amazon‘s The Rings of Power is getting a continuation in the distant future with an upcoming season 2. News about this new season has been released sporadically over the last few weeks, as it is currently in production. New casting announcements, recasts, and...

The Lore and History of The Witcher Novels Part 2: The First Witcher

Check out part 1 of this breakdown here. THE FIRST LANDING | 760s AR Once the chaos of The Conjunction of the Spheres had subsided, the elves regained control of the Continent, reclaiming their position as the dominant species. Though wars and conflicts abounded in the millennia following the Conjun...

REVIEW: A Plague Tale: Requiem (2022)

A strange new criticism of modern video games has arisen, with many considering a solid development in story and characters utterly antithetical to the gaming experience. Terms such as “PlayStation movie game” have come to prominence as criticism of story-heavy games. This seems a strange direct...

The Lore and History of The Witcher Novels Part 1: The Conjunction of the Spheres

“Verily I say unto you, the era of the sword and axe is nigh, the era of the wolf’s blizzard. The Time of the White Chill and the White Light is nigh, the Time of Madness and the Time of Contempt . . . the Time of End. The world will die amidst frost and …

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More Witcher: Blood Origin Details Revealed

Netflix’s prequel series, The Witcher: Blood Origin, is just around the corner, with its marketing campaign in full swing. In a recent What to Know video posted to their YouTube channel, Netflix reveals some additional lore breaks and cliché tropes that will be at play in the upcoming four-episod...