I agree, the show just lost any chance of being good in my opinion.

While indeed very skilled PS, what bothers me is that Henry has so undistinctive looking face of your average frat guy that even under that makeup he doesn't feel like Geralt at all - well at least not to me. That's why I mentioned that skilled makeup could possibly fix that, making him...well, uglier.

As for acting...quite average.

IMO, real pitty they couldn't get Mads or Nikolaj.

Terrible idea and bastardization of the source material. I will never support any adaptation that treats its source material with disdain instead of actual respect. If they feel like the cast isn't "diverse enough" (which I find silly) then create some new characters, don't bastardize already existing ones. This is quite troubling, after reading the news about Henry Cavill I was excited about the adaptation but this is a deal breaker unless the casting people reconsider.

What the hell are you talking about?. Even if the books are sexist, how is this decision "positive" in any way shape or form?.

I hope that was a joke and it flew over my head.

I really don't see a big deal here. The books are set in a fictional world where history of racial migration doesn't have to mirror ours. Why does it bother people so much or "make no sense" for a character's race to be different? It's a different medium so having a new twist on an existing property is more entertaining than seeing the same old thing.

On the opposite spectrum, we have a bunch of people who went crazy over The Ghost in the Shell live action move casting Scarlet Johansson as the main character. I agree that there aren't many lead roles for minorities so including a diverse cast isn't a bad thing. However, I don't believe this was a case of white washing. News flash, the character in the anime has BLUE eyes. When do you see Asians with blue eyes? Of course, you can chalk that up to the shell having blue eyes, but then again, if you went with that reasoning, you could apply that logic to her entire shell's Caucasian appearance. Her ghost may have been Asian, but her shell was off the shelf white (just like the movie). Makes sense.

You need to Read Steven Erickson's - Malazan Book of the Fallen.
Its High Fantasy, and features tons of kickass characters (alot of them black).

HBO need to get their hands on that IP, and start makeing that a new tv series, like Game of Throne's was once.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen

http://malazan.wikia.com/wiki/Ben_Adaephon_Delat
http://malazan.wikia.com/wiki/Kalam_Mekhar

and a handfull of others, but the above ones are really kickass and play key roles.

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Close enough I guess.

Though I think casting a character thats supposed to be really pale with almost white blonde hair, as a black/asian would be a worse offense.
Token minorty roles just because.... even if they have to change characters seems wrong though.

I mean atleast they didnt have a white person play Storm, that is what this is akin too.

The issue I find with most arguments as to why they would change it, is why does it negative effect you? Saying "why not just leave the character as white", is virtually the same as "what's the harm in making her a person of color". I see this day after day and it can make the video game community really toxic. I think the biggest factor is white people are represented 10 to 1 in cinema and television and studies show other demographics can gain more confidence, security, happiness when someone that represents them is in a film or television project. I'm not saying that it can't get out of hand, in the case of when it has no logical place. But it seems to me like people are making a mountain out of a moll hill.

BINGO!

Well, if it is not specified, I see no problem.  A black or Brown girl can have ashen gray hair just as well as a white chick.

i see no problem with this