Robertson Fantasy Works

So, last night I went to an advance showing of Color Out of Space. If you don't know, it is based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story by the same name, though HP used the Commonwealth spelling. The movie opens up with a passage from the short story: "West of Arkham the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut. There are dark narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, and where thin brooklets trickle without ever having caught the glint of sunlight." I'm sure more of the first paragraph of the story was used but I can't quite remember exactly. The movie also ends with a quote from the story, "What it is, only God knows. In terms of matter I suppose the thing Ammi described would be called a gas, but this gas obeyed laws that are not of our cosmos. This was no fruit of such worlds and suns as shine on the telescopes and photographic plates of our observatories. This was no breath from the skies whose motions and di...

So I'm a bit behind here, but I wanted to give my thoughts on Netflix's "The Witcher". I've played a few of the games, and am about half way through the first book. But I want to judge the show as a stand alone thing. I want to come at it as someone who doesn't know much about the world and as someone who loves studying medieval history. I'm going to watch the whole series through and then go back episode by episode and discuss my thoughts. So far I am really enjoying the show. I'm hooked and will get back to ya'll with some reviews and my thoughts on the episodes. Cheers, Enkelli