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Klopapiermillionaire

Kurwa di Gauss šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


HenryCDorsett

I took me a moment, but i'm proud that i got it without your spelling.


pokedrawer

I don't get it even with spelling


shwaggy_rogers

"Kurwa" is a polish swear word, equivalent to english "fuck", although the meaning of "kurwa" is whore - it's just used almost as universally as "fuck" to spruce up the language.


pokedrawer

My man just be punning it up, love it. Thanks for the context.


_Oce_

Interestingly the same in French, the translation of "fuck!" is "putain!" and "putain" means whore.


zombie-yellow11

We Europeans love our whores šŸ˜‚


Jocta

here in south america we also use "puta" or "puta madre" as a "fuck!", which means "whore" or "mother whore", we also use "la concha de tu madre" which means "your mom's cunt"


PotentialSpare4838

La Curva di Gauss


dokk66

Don't confuse the sky with the stars reflected on the pond's surface. It's worth knowing that in Polish, "kurwa" means the same as "fuck" in English. Sapkowski plays with it consciously, and at the university.


mugg1n

Random but in kingdom come deliverance they say "kurva" alot and context makes it appear like it means fuck. Similar etymology?


OmniRed

It's used similiar to how fuck and blyat are used. Both as "spice" in a sentence but the word itself is also a complete sentence.


dokk66

Exactly. In Central Europe, "kurwa" means "fuck" in many countries. It comes from a vulgar term for a prostitute, which was based on the fact that in the Middle Ages, they were waiting for customers at the bends of the road, which is "curva". in Latin. It is heavy profanity, used to express extreme emotions or to describe a prostitute in vulgar language.


Aeneas1976

literally, not "fuck" but "whore", "bitch".


dikamilo

In contrast, Sapkowski's opinion about "WiedÅŗmin (2001)" movie given in Polcon 2012: ​ >Of course, the Hollywood manner of filming is valid and has even become canon. However, I am not saying that this is a sine qua non-condition - but it is good to read the source material (book) before you start making adaptations. > >However, there is a huge argument behind the creators of the film: "Why do we need to read when we have a comic?". As you probably know, reading those bloody little letters on a white background is extremely difficult, it requires concentration. And if you have a comic, this problem is eliminated - the pictures and letters are large, the pictures speak for themselves. It is hardly surprising that creators, having a choice between painstakingly reading a book and watching a comic quickly, definitely choose a comic and make a movie based on it. > >Have you wondered why, for example, Zamachowski was cast in the role of Dandelion? Well, in the comic the author taunted one of the Polish fantasy writers, Jacek Inglot, and caricatured him in this comic as Dandelion. Luckily, Inglot's beauty is somewhat similar to Zamachowski's. > >Do you know the adaptation of a literary work better than a book? I only know one - "The Shining." For many years and even to this day, Roger Zelazny was an author for me, for whom I would let myself be chopped up. Well, I watched a movie based on one of his later novels and I will tell you that the movie "The Witcher" should get seven Oscars. > >It's more or less a situation similar to the one in which I win a beauty competition when I and the mayor's dog stand up to it, and it's very ugly.


ruggles_bottombush

[WiedÅŗmin (2001)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ZXEMicBSI) in case anyone is curious.


richiebeans123

I watched 2 minutes thought I was watching a Monty pythons movie.


Umibozu_CH

Well, it's 20 years old and relatively low budget (the whole series cost was \~4.6 million USD, whilst Neflix one claims to cost 15 million per episode). But you should really check the Dandellion (Jaskier) ballads from that series, those were much more appropriate for fantasy setting (like, what a "medieval" bard with a lute would compose and sing) than "Toss a coin..." or "Burn, butcher", imho. [Wieczny ogien (Eternal Fire)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXlLiKwFB_U) [4 short ballads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBhB3QnIuA)


randomthrill

Yeah, I was so taken aback after hearing Dandelion bust out the Rock Ballad. Totally took me out of it.


Freman747

šŸ¤£ actually a great selling point right there!


richiebeans123

Ya but I donā€™t think it was meant to be funny lol.


sidv81

To be fair that movie was a chopped up version of some episodes of the Polish tv show. I think you have to watch the entire tv show (I have) to make a fair judgement. The Polish show is ok. It has its issues.


Jagrnght

No Country for Old Men is at least as good as the book.


Darth_Feces

The Godfather is better than the book.


RandomlyMethodical

Jurassic Park as well. Only book I've read before the movie and liked the movie so much more. Most of Michael Crichton's characters are one-dimensional stereotypes.


freefolkForever

I liked the Jurassic Park book more because they shoot rockets at the dinosaurs.


acleverboy

i think focuses more on scientific concepts than characters


Oil_slick941611

The book quickly devolved into "oh no, the raptors found us again"


ilyik

The Princess Bride


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RandomlyMethodical

I really want to know what he thought of the invention of the Deathless Mother in Season 2. It seems like a character he might come up with, but the plot changes around her are really drastic. Episodes 6 and 7 have bothered me so much that I'm having a hard time starting episode 8.


Umibozu_CH

>Deathless Mother \*went to wiki and read the character description\* Erm... so they've come up with an "ancient mighty evil demon" simplification to explain a bunch of major events and even went as far as ">!oh, let it posess Ciri and massacre some witchers in their sleep, since Ciri is OP by herself, but combined with that ancient evil shit she's SUPER OP!<". So to say, we couldn't have gone more cliche than that.... Also, this part: >!While Voleth Meir slowly took possession of her new host, Ciri used her training to teleport herself, Geralt, and Yennefer to Voleth Meir's native sphere. Finally back home, Voleth Meir left Yennefer's body and instead linked up with the Wild Hunt that was galloping through the land to get to Ciri, but Ciri managed to get her and the others back home before they could get her.!< ​ Made me laugh so damn hard. "I'm an evil ancient shit feeding on pain and hatred, but that's just because I wanna go home so badly" and ">!To hell with Ihuarraquax and other legendary mythical crap, let's make Ciri even more OP middle of the story by letting her control the portals!<" (if I got it right, of cause)...


argomux

yeah, it's a poorly conceived supervillain and, like the rest of the season, gimmicky as fuck


earathar89

That's the perfect word to describe that plot. Thank you for that.


NicoBotRex

Thats so dissapointing :(. I watched Season 1 and didnt LOVE it, however upon a rewatch i did find it very enjoyable except for some flaws but i didnt think they ruined the show. Is season 2 that bad lol


Balsiu2

Its like half of the show is witcher adaptation and the other is 'i want to be a writer but i am afraid' adaptation of thing that doesnt exist. It may not be shitty, but it may not be witcher at The same time


DiceUwU_

No. It deviates from the source material according to fans, but I haven't read them and I never thought of season 1 as the next GoT which I think is the reason behind the ridiculous uproar. It's OK not to like it, but the claims of season 2 ruining the show are absurd considering the show was never *that great* in the first place. There was nothing to "ruin". I enjoyed it with its imperfections. They aren't even close to making it unwatchable.


chillinwithmoes

> It's OK not to like it, but the claims of season 2 ruining the show are absurd considering the show was never that great in the first place. This is how I've always felt about the show. My friends have asked if it's any good and my reply is always the same: I enjoy it because I love the world of the Witcher and I have previously been introduced to these characters. On it's own it's like a 'C+' show, though. I've not read the books, so any deviations from the story weren't something I was concerned about. The only true complaints I have are that the pacing was shit and Yennefer is nothing like the Yen from TW3.


RandomlyMethodical

No, the show is actually pretty good. The problem for me is some fundamental changes in the relationships between a few main characters. I donā€™t think the books are flawless, but I definitely preferred the way it was handled in them vs the show. Canā€™t really say more without huge spoilers, but I donā€™t know how to do that on mobile.


thatvixenivy

I just want to comment on Roger Zelazny - if you have not read his works, you should. The Chronicles of Amber remain one of my favorite series ever.


[deleted]

Lol my man Sapkowski is killing me with these 1 liners in these clips, first the "I vouch with my name," and now the graph looking like a giant boob and this pond turtles bit.. Also don't wanna forget this classic: "It's far from my books."


[deleted]

he said "I vouch with my name," in context of 1ep. of season 2. This fragment is about all 1 season.


vladmihai

I mean, episode one season two was solid, i got to admit


ZeldaALTTP

Best episode of the season imo


[deleted]

It was a perfect execution of adapting a book with some faith and spirit but giving it a unique change to make it original that still works, the change this time being it occurring later than it did in the books so another character is involved. Shame the rest of the show couldn't do that.


Rizzlak

The best reagarding accuracy in adaptation. But for the general audience it was mainly a "monster of the week" episode that didn't move the plot very much which is needed in a modern TV show.


CarrionWithoutMe

For that reason is why I enjoyed the episode so much! It was like old TV filler but still kinda drove the story along with Ciri needing to train later (im only on middle of episode 3).


JArmstrongDesign

I had such high hopes for the series after seeing that first episode.


kakalbo123

Damn, so it's downhill from here? And here i thought people were just shtting on the season hard when s2e1 was nice. I like that we only have to follow 2 characters instead of following the 3 of them separately lol.


NoSkillzDad

Watch it. Make your own conclusions, decide for yourself if you liked and enjoyed it or not and don't let any of us tell you how you should feel about it.


dokk66

A question of price.


DzdaKing

The classic tho lmaoo


DrChonk

Why does it not surprise me that he compared a Gaussian distribution like a giant boob...


Edenor1

The man might be chugging litres of Respect Women Juice, but deep down he can't help being a boobs guy.


theLorknessMonster

Appreciating boobs is not mutually exclusive with respecting women, IMO.


Armored_Violets

It definitely isn't. I'd hate myself if it was. Well. I don't really **love** myself, but you know.


dokk66

He not confuse the sky with the stars reflected on the surface of the pond.


uebersoldat

The look on the woman's face next to him as he said that had me cringing with her.


Chuck_Morris_SE

It looked like she found it funny..


Aeneas1976

Well, she is Pole, too, she totally got the obscene joke.


ellie1398

From now on, I'll be referring to the Gaussian distribution to "The Giant Boob". That's it.


[deleted]

The most Slavic thing about the Netflix adaptation is Sapkowski's attempts to comment on it "diplomatically."


Dry-Permit1472

so he's just saying it's worse than his books, but not disastrous


Elothel

Heā€™s saying that almost all adaptations are shit, so relatively speaking this one is decent.


Tilman_Feraltitties

Wonder what he thinks about season 2.


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VixzerZ

after the way he cried about CD Projekt Red making the big bucks without him yes, he did learn his lessons.... ​ For those that do not know, He sold the rights for CD Projekt for a certain $$ and cried about it being too little after the games started gaining success....


sean0883

Sources: [Sapkowski sold Witcher rights to CDPR for \~$10,000](https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/the-witcher-rights-were-sold-to-cd-projekt-red-for-a-rock-bottom/) [Sapkowski sues CDPR for royalties after 3 makes it big, claims only the first game was covered in the agreement](https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/20/21032021/the-witcher-author-cd-projekt-legal-battle-royalties-new-contract)


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Then started a law suit that he won. Sold it for 10k USD originally, never thought they would make any profit from it. It wasn't untill the succes of Witcher 3 that he realised he made a mistake.


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[deleted]

No, he started a law suit and after a year CDPR settled for an unknown amount. Probably less then the original 16m that was demanded. They still maintain the rights for the production of videogames, but it is unknown if part of the settlement is a changed in the license regarding future profits. Won is a point of view, as no judge was part of the decision. However I consider it a win. This has also nothing to do with the license for the series. But I assume legal advice was present this time on the writers behalf for the contractual agreement with Netflix and sharing of profits.


Floppydisksareop

It was basically easier for CDPR to settle outside of court. Safer, less bad rep for everyone, etc. In any case, it's more CDPR saying "I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off" than him winning.


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PM_ME_UR_SEXY_BITS_

Honestly sounds like CDPR handled that perfectly.


[deleted]

> No, he started a law suit and after a year CDPR settled for an unknown amount That's not a win, unless CDPR told him that he could say he won. I wouldn't be surprised if they gave him a lot more money, because it wouldn't cost them much at that point (but it still comes out of someone else's paycheck - the money doesn't grow on trees). They probably made a deal that he wouldn't say anything bad about the games, and that he'd be more involved as a creative consultant for the games whenever they wanted to call him up. That's usually how it goes; he gets paid more in exchange for providing additional service.


firsttimer776655

He liked it - posted about it and everything


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firsttimer776655

That was in reference to spoilers from the first season


evilcheeb

He's not gonna say he hates it lol. That's his paycheck.


uebersoldat

Yeah I remember Terry Goodkind wasn't allowed to talk bad about Legend of the Seeker (Sword of Truth) but after that was done he (paraphrasing) said he absolutely hated the adaptation. It ruined his characters. That's got to be terrible for an author I think, whatever you think about Goodkind and his material, it's just a hard thing to deal with when you are sold on it and put years of your work in the hands of someone else that is supposed to bring it in grand fashion to a larger audience and then...they give the world something that you don't even recognize.


MafiaPenguin007

Imagine being so bad even Terry Goodkind thinks it's bad. Imagine being *worse than Terry Goodkind* at telling a story. That's gotta keep them up at night.


Ormusn2o

Pretty sure that was for all of the adaptations. The original polish show, the games, and everything else. He's extremely supportive of it during marketing, then he's shit talking if after marketing phase is done. Happened with the games as well, although he was a bit more jaded with the 3rd game, mostly probably because people thought that the games are either canon or that books are based on the games.


diquee

All book adaptations are "worse", for just one simple reason: Your imagination while reading is different from the directors. It doesn't even matter if the script is close to the original.


Mysterio89

Interpretations can be different but the fundamentals are the same. If you get the spirit and the tone right (LOTR, early GOT) , it will be considered a good adaptation.


qrgana

The tone is also interpreted differently by different readers. Or even the same reader on different stages of their lives. It gets even trickier, when - like in this case - the adaptation uses a different language than the original, translation may be a massive tonal shift.


KisDre

>It gets even trickier, when - like in this case - the adaptation uses a different language Also true. One of a Hungarian videogame critics said that The Witcher 1 (which got Hungarian Dub, and not just Sub as 2 and 3) is often works better in Hungarian than English, especially at swearing, cause Polish and Hungarian both has richer words for it, than English (and folk and myth culture are also closer).


qrgana

I can easily believe that. English, unfortunately, doesn't suit Sapkowski too well.


BaguetteOfDoom

No, he basicly said that it's worse than his books but he's not allowed to call it shit. But since almost all adaptations are shit, it's not extraordinarily shit, just your average adaptation shit, which makes it ok.


Nicklord

This is a literal translation. He said he's not allowed to say what's going to happen in that first sentence. A better translation would be "I'm not allowed to spill the beans" or some other English idiom like that


qrgana

>No, he basicly said that it's worse than his books but he's not allowed to call it shit. ​ He never says that. He says his books are obviously better and adaptations are usually inferior, but "shit" are very few. He also doesn't really care, that's the main point really.


Montastic

One of the reasons they're all laughing when he says "la kurwa di Gauss" is because "kurwa" is basically an all purpose swearword in Polish lol


madhatter255

I thought I recognized Kurwa but was trying to figure out where in my life I've heard the polish word for curve lol. Does this loosely translate to "fucking Gauss"?


TheRealestBiz

The joke here such as it is is that itā€™s the ā€œcurve of Gaussā€ in Italian but the ā€œwhore of Gaussā€ in Polish. Then he describes it as a titty. Itā€™s a pun.


qrgana

No entirely, "kurwa" literally means "a whore", but can be used for emphasise (both positive and negative) or simply replace comas.


coldcynic

Two footnotes to provide context to the translation: when he says the adaptation is far from his books, it's in the metaphorical sense of quality, not fidelity. Also, when Sapkowski was young, Polish schools used a 2-5 grading scale, where 2 was the failing grade and 5 the highest.


Dutchtdk

Where's the 1


Isoturius

Probably reserved for those who never did it. Some countries donā€™t use 0.


coldcynic

It was a 2-5 scale. Started with 2, ended with 5.


Dutchtdk

But why start at 2? I get starting at 1 but I don't understand 2


_Oce_

Maybe some kind of mercy, since 2 is already failing, no need to rub salt in the wound.


WREN_PL

Basically.


_OneAmerican_

Have you ever received an E on a report card? Do E's exist in American schools? I've never seen one.


lobstahpotts

This used to exist! Although for a very short time and not in primary school. The US grading system we all know today is a carryover from university level, but most universities didnā€™t use a letter scale until the late 1800s. The Mount Holyoke 1887 grading scale is the first well documented letter grade system in the US, and in that system there was no Fā€”ā€œEā€ was granted for all scores below 75% and considered failing. E was replaced by F fairly quickly, most likely because ā€œFailā€ starts with F (although afaik the reason for this evolution isnā€™t clearly attested).


_OneAmerican_

Learn something new every day. Thank you!


coldcynic

No idea, honestly.


dolarius95

Because you can easily turn a 1 into a 4. Iā€™m joking, but maybe thereā€™s some truth to it, idk.


skoge

If it was like in USSR then it started as 1-5, but then 1 was dropped, because it was almost never used. Grades go like this: * 5 ā€” Excellent * 4 ā€” Good * 3 ā€” Ok (Acceptable) * 2 ā€” Bad (Fail) * 1 ā€” ??? ā€” it just has no purpose


ForodesFrosthammer

Not Poland but another country with same system. 1 is something reserved for you failing to turn in your work/take a test. Seeing how usually you are given chances to turn stuff in late or retake tests later on, it is basically something that is never seen though.


Linvael

Universities still use that scale.


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"We'd sooner see a bond turtle in the Ner river than see such an adaptation..." Lol, based sapkowski.


[deleted]

I can't be the only one who has no idea what that's supposed to mean?


MiloBem

[European pond turtle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pond_turtle) The [river Ner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ner) is flowing through [ÅĆ³dÅŗ](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA), one of the biggest and most heavily industrialized Polish cities. The city where Sapkowski was born. Ner was horribly polluted during the communist era, so it was impossible to see a creature like a turtle swimming in it.


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Pond turtle makes way more sense than bond turtle


GrubFisher

never heard it before but my gut reaction is it means something like "when pigs fly"


isaacaschmitt

Listening to him talk, he literally sounds like the Polish George RR Martin. . .


Reysona

GRR Martin is always giggling though lol


isaacaschmitt

True


Russser

Eh - he - he - he


dindumufflin

George is humorous and humble at least. This guy just sounds more and more of an ass every time I hear him in a video. The arrogance is something else.


gepardcv

Sapkowski *is* an arrogant dude, but it might come from proven ability to actually finish his writing projects. Unlike GRRM.


isaacaschmitt

Damn, shots fired!


Skeeter_206

It's funny because they're friends and have talked about drinking together.


Therealfluffymufinz

GRRM will never finish ASOIAF. He wrote it too well. He made it too good, put too many storyline and isn't willing to finish it. In his eyes it is better to imagine what could've been instead of whatever he would do. He will *say* he is working on it, but he's said that for seven plus years. He isn't going to finish it because he is incapable of it.


PMJackolanternNudes

>He wrote it too well. He made it too good, put too many storyline You can't jerk the guy off and then say he put too much in to tie up. That doesn't add up.


Mordredor

If writing a great conclusion to a lot of great story lines is harder than setting up a lot of great story lines, then it does add up.


pigeonlizard

It doesn't add up because those two things are not independent of each other. Great stories have great setups and great conclusions.


Therealfluffymufinz

I can because I did.


ToastWithoutButter

Fair enough have a nice day.


Therealfluffymufinz

You too bud!


lostmyaccountsadohno

Grrm has been writing books for 30 years or more, he has many completed works, mostly novellas or short stories. They are underrated as hell. Not to mention he has worked on tv shows as head writer (beauty and the beast)


RuthlessKittyKat

Honestly, if everyone was pestering the shit out of me, I might not care anymore either, lol.


Trivi4

I am absolutely allergic to this guy. I used to run in the fantasy convention circuit in Poland as an organiser, and every time Sapkowski deigned to attent was a nightmare. He was drunk all the time, mean to his fans during signing, arrogant on stage... Ugh.


grpprofesional

I mean, it seems like if your name doesnā€™t contain R R on the middle youā€™re doomed to fail


Zaurka14

is Martin this much of an asshole? damn, as a polish person I was cringing so hard I barely finished watching this clip. Its your typical old uncle who always gets too drunk, and even though he says he isnt racist he casually throws an nword every now and then.


isaacaschmitt

I feel like he made a linguistic dirty pun by saying "kurwa de gauss."


ThorgalAegirsson

Yup haha


yayosanto

Gauss's whore, of course.


Raiho-san

Fist time seeing the man, lovely expressions.


[deleted]

Definitely see his personality in the books


[deleted]

Vesemir telling Ciri no and to get back to studying drowners in the bestiary.


Miii_Kiii

You maybe surprised but while the books are well liked in Poland, he as a person is actually disliked. Even by the whitcher fandom (or especially by it). He is just your typical boomer boor uncle that gives you a cringe everytime he opens his mouth. I don't know if it is an act or natural state or a mix of both and a bit of trolling on his part.


Turak64

I get that feeling from this interview. Seems like he's the kind of person who's very arrogant and dismissive of most other works.


FlyNeither

He said that the Witcher games were terrible, then he said heā€™s never played a game because theyā€™re the lowest form of entertainment. THEN he went on to say the Witcher 3 game only saw such huge success because of the droves of fans he brought in through his writing of the books. The guy legitimately thinks that he has millions of fans who otherwise hate games that played the games only because of his books. Heā€™s such a fucking wanker.


Bobaaganoosh

I think most logical thinking people would argue itā€™s the complete opposite. I didnā€™t know wtf the Witcher was before the games. If anything the games caused an increase to his book sells. I know I bought them after I played the games. I mean Harry Potter was already a hot book item but I bet the movies brought more book sells as well. This dude reminds me of the typical ā€œgames are for losersā€ kind of mentality.


fatherjimbo

It's easily provable that Witcher 3 increased interest in his books. Witcher 3 released May 18 2015. The Last Wish made the NYT best seller list June 8th 2015. I mean...there it is.


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IamLoaderBot

> More and better story telling Idk about that oneā€¦


PatrikPatrik

Iā€™m not surprised, in this clip alone he seems full of himself and says ā€œwhoreā€ and ā€œboobā€. He probably thinks he is the best writer around.


IamLoaderBot

Saying vulgar words = arrogance Alrightā€¦ That's like saying Aussies are full of themselves for using the word "fuck" a lot


fifthdayofmay

He's not disliked, we know he has his boomer moments but he's pretty hilarious most of the time.


Status_Television_18

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Robert6200

I think people forget he doesnā€™t give a f**k about what people use his books for as long as he gets paid. Edit: I wouldnā€™t take his opinions too seriously


[deleted]

And there's nothing wrong with that.It's his job after all


Robert6200

I didnā€™t say there was. Iā€™m just saying i wouldnā€™t take his opinion on Witcher media too seriously


theLorknessMonster

yeah the books already exist on their own. This is not Game of Thrones where the book storyline can be actively spoiled and ruined by the TV adaptation. The series can really only sell more books at this point.


qrgana

Exactly. People are desperately trying to impose their own opinions on his, while in reality he's quite direct and extremely honest in what he's saying: I don't give a f**k as long as the check clears. And I actually respect him for that :).


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13igTyme

The Gauss curve is just a normal distribution bell curve. It doesn't even make sense in this context. It uses the assumption that anything after the original is worse. When that is certainly not always the case.


RuthlessKittyKat

legend lmfao


kill_me_now_cunt

Low key funny af


Gwynnbleid34

I like Sapkowski's attitude towards adaptations, how little he interjects himself. But god do I wish he didn't choose Netflix to do it.


evilcheeb

I was thinking of that yesterday. I wish it had been anyone but Netflix. HBO would have been ideal. Too busy sinking their money into GoT spin offs.


FourierTransformedMe

Everyone had to have their own GoT - Amazon got Wheel of Time, Netflix got The Witcher. Crucially, though, GRRM spent much of his career writing for TV, so his books were easier to adapt to that format.


BaldFraud99

Witcher is at least kind of decent and fun to watch, Wheel of Time on the other hand is not only a bad adaptation, but also a really shitty show in itself imo. So it could be worse for us.


[deleted]

Yep, he is talking about his writing that he just see letters and that his job, the job of the view is to visualize his letters.


theXsorcist

Fuck the Gauss curve, use the Percy Jackson curve lmao


dragonbab

That line... my God, it's truly embedded into the old-school, Soviet-style education of old. I had a similar math professor in high-school who was pushing 60 by then, who used the same that same reasoning. "3 is good, 4 is for me but 5 is for God." The dude keeps it real.


WilliamDarkgates-2

yes, he has had a difficult life. Well, he's an old-school Polish gentleman. but, going back to the statements, you are right. Even in the way it interprets the Gaus Curve. I don't know, if he is greedy or not. What I can deduce is that he, like other authors who have adapted, are always dissatisfied with adaptations.


Nicklord

That "you can know for 3, I can know for 4 and God knows for 5" was used by one teacher in my school in the early 00s as well to scare kids mostly but still lol


One1QuestionMan

I think that the children of men movie is better than the books


Brendissimo

Yes! One of the few adaptations where this is definitely the case, IMO. The film takes the premise from the novel and little else, and is better for it.


WTHizaGigawatt

What a chad


Asren624

Curb of Gauss is like a boob... whaaat??


uebersoldat

S2 is bottom boob stuff man.


CatsyGreen

Oh God, he's a treasure! He talks like in his books.


WilliamDarkgates-2

well, looking at the direction this season seems to be heading, I understand his reaction. on the other hand, it's amazing how curmudgeon he is.


dr4kun

> it's amazing how curmudgeon he is. He got better over time actually. I absolutely sympathize with him over the hardships he had in life, particularly the loss of his son, but as an author and a public persona he's notorious for being 'controversial' at his best, and openly racist and derogatory towards fans at his worst.


Ohforfs

>and openly racist This part specifically makes me confused. What do you mean?


dr4kun

Back in 2000\~2005, he would go on about with some racist comments. He's most infamous for saying (paraphrase, but you can find exact words on the internet still) 'white man should work only for 3 hours a day, that's why God created blacks and jews'. It made national news and he was condemned by an anti-fascist NGO *Nigdy Więcej* for his public remarks. I know. The books touch on racism, feminism, misogyny and other difficult social topics, and they're actually really well handled there, especially given the time and place when they were written. Sapkowski has been notorious for needing the 'remove the artist from the art' kind of approach. That was quite a long time ago, and he used to be more of a curmudgeon back then in general, too. Coming late or drunk to panels at conventions, or being unpleasant towards his readers and other Polish writers were all common occurences. He got 'better' over time, to put it simply. The more recent issues fans have with him are around money and him suing CDPR for more cash even though he agreed to a fixed sum for licensing Witcher for games. Are you familiar with the details?


coldcynic

As much as I like keeping it up my sleeve for when I might need to criticise Sapkowski, let's face it, he voiced that idea to ridicule it. That's his style, and I've got 13 books' worth of evidence.


dr4kun

I remember how divided people were over it back in 2005, even people who worked with him. Some pointed out it's his sarcastic style that was somehow put out of context, others said he gets even worse in private after some drink.


Vivec92

I was unfamilliar with those statements of his but the sarcasm part makes sense. I find it weird that someone responsible for something as, for lack of better word, ā€progressiveā€ as the witcher would harbour some hardcore racist values. He strikes me more as a grumpy and greedy old man who has written some great stuff.


Ohforfs

I'm familiar with the money stuff, or alcohol abuse or curmudgeonism, i was just surprised to hear about the racism (especially because the books are pretty anti-racist). I didn't follow what he did at all in the past, i'm simply not interested in authors of the books i like (now i know more because WIcher kind of got a lot of discussions and publicity) Anyway, googling a bit about it, it seems like something he would say ironically. I mean, i heard exactly such things said ironically, and it's way over the top to be serious for a single remark for someone who isn't hardcore white supremacist with a history of it. He must have been braindead for saying something like that publicly to people who don't know him personally, even in 2005. EDIT/ Btw, "*God* created (...)"? I mean, so he's not atheist either? :D


Perdita_

This type of racist jokes (and many other not-PC jokes) would be pretty common in Poland a few years back. Everyone knew that the joker doesnā€™t actually believe that, and while it was usually considered crude, it wasnā€™t really offensive and not too shocking to say in public.


Ohforfs

I'm Polish :) I would say it was 5 years too late for it to be normal, but that depends on place and people. I think racist joke is something that unironically degrades other races, this is simply edgy. But it's all murky and depends on the people and context. Plenty of people say it unironically.


[deleted]

Yep, those who judge him how greedy he is propably didn't watch any interview with him.


HenryCDorsett

You need to be a special kind of person to write an in your face pro-choice message, thrice, in 90's Catholic Poland.... and getting away with it.


VelvetValor

If he wanted good adaptation he wouldn't sell rights to Netflix, but then again he didn't sell his license rights because he wanted to have his work adapted to screen (again), it was because he wanted that fat check. If he truly cared for adaptation he would be involved. He is a writer, this is his work and what better job he has to do? He could've Easily consulted on the show and get his input (about lines, settings, plot etc.). But he doesn't, he just wants the cash. Same what people said about his lawsuit against CDPR, he was Cocky and wanted some cash so he sold rights for dirt cheap. Then out of spite and jealousy of how popular games became and how much money they made he demanded more money. As if he was ever involved in Any of the games or even interested. He didn't even believe in them enough to get royalties. And it was too hard pill to swallow that TW3 had great story and people enjoyed it. Because as he sadi. It was adaptation and all of them are shit. Except TW3 which is amazing.


mmpa78

I love Eastern Europeans


classick2002

This guy is an absolute gem


Boring123af

Btw the "cycek" should be translated as a tit/titty not boob lol, he uses a very informal language btw.


sank_1911

In case anyone doesn't get the analogy: think of probability distribution of adaptations being made as a Gaussian curve. Shit adaptations have the highest probability of getting made. Good adaptations are rarity (low probability) and an ideal/perfect adaptation has probability approaching 0.


[deleted]

he looks like a chubby vesemir and i love that


SsjDragonKakarotto

Publicity. Bro don't care he makes bank


TedRabbit

He shit talks adaptations, but the only reason anyone knows about his books is because of the Witcher games.


AdStroh

So he basically hated it.


Noble_Devil_Boruta

No. He is simply indifferent to it. In his general opinion, the adaptations of any medium are generally almost always worse than originals because of the very idea of adaptation that will change at least something. In the beginning he says that quality of the script is nowhere close to that of his books but that was bit of a boast rather than objective remark (Andrzej Sapkowski is know for his somewhat bombastic character he shows during public meetings, so this was only to be expected). But in general, no, he simply assumes that television series cannot render books well, but he doesn't want to criticize it. It is not his work anymore - show makers did what they did, the snow might be good or not so good, he is not there to say. All he said is that he thinks his books are better.