Unlike The Witcher, though, the source material for Game of Thrones isn't finished yet, so the TV show is the closest thing we have to a complete story.
#Shows like the witcher series
Like The Witcher, Game of Thrones is based on a popular series of seven dark fantasy novels. It's as if Masterpiece Theater added magic, swear words and lots of sex. Part of the appeal is that it skips the high-medieval tropes of most fantasy fiction and instead puts all those mythical creatures in a late-Victorian world, complete with frilly corsets, massive sideburns, Gatling guns and salty-tongued Cockney streetwalkers. The premise sounds ridiculous, but Amazon's wholly original series is much better than you'd expect. Satyrs, fairies and centaurs walk the streets - but they're second-class citizens in a city-state run by and for humans. Marshall HonorofĬara Delevigne's got wings. Like The Witcher, Good Omens features weird monsters, lots of magic and two male leads who can never admit their feelings, regardless of how bad the situation gets. Earth's only hope for survival lies in an odd duo: a rogue angel, Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), and a rogue demon, Crowley (David Tennant), who have teamed up because they prefer life on Earth to eternal boredom. And not just any end of the world - the Biblical Armageddon prophesied in the Book of Revelation.
This show, based on the absurd, delightful, occasionally hilarious novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is all about the end of the world.
The Witcher was one of the two best “book-to-TV” adaptations I’ve seen in a while Good Omens was the other. Either way, you're watching some seriously good piece of brooding fantasy and sci-fi, and some of the best shows on Netflix. And if you're simply chomping at the bit for more of this Netflix original, know that we're already tracking The Witcher season 2.
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