full offense but the people who are just now complaining that the show has become "political propaganda" are dumb as fuck. what were you watching the past three seasons. the season 2 nazi villain was named stormfront...it was never subtle. cope
It’s safe to say that I'm obsessed with Arcane.
From countless reaction and analysis/breakdown videos to unhealthy fanart consumption, there aren't many shows in existence that elicit this kind of response from me.
One of my most anticipated shows of 2021 turns out to be absolutely fucking incredible in nearly every way. I imagine some people had concerns or pessimism because of the well-known curse of videogame adaptations, with them being shit or forgettably average most of the time. In my case, I chose to remain cautiously optimistic and it looks like I chose right.
The setting and intoxicating atmosphere are complemented by Arcane's art style, the story is great, the music is wonderful, and the animation is LITERALLY flawless. When people mention "every frame a painting" when describing cinematography, they will now be able to pull any frame from Arcane and hang it on a wall, It’s that beautiful.
There are very few shows I could confidently call a Masterpiece on this planet, especially since most of the things I see rarely score above a 6 or 7, but Arcane is easily a Top 5 tv show nearly but not quite edging out Avatar: The Last Airbender (which is a big deal because that's my #1) and solidifying itself as the best animated anything I've ever had the blessing of seeing.
It will be a herculean task to top anything done in this season and while I pity the staff knowing the pressure they must feel on accomplishing just that, I have every confidence that Riot Games and Fortiche Production will be able to do it and do it well, if not better.
Against all odds, Netflix's "Arcane" pulls off an incredible feat. Through stunning animation, competent storytelling, and a heartbreaking score, the series paints a tragic world. It's full of loss and hardship. It deals with themes like progress, time, and civil war. But in the middle of this civil unrest is a tale about betrayal and sisterhood.
I'm ashamed I enjoyed this series less than others, but maybe after a rewatch, my mind will clear. If there's one thing I'm confident about, it's the series' visuals. Continuing the trend born from "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", "Arcane" is 3D animated with a 2D aesthetic. The studio designed its characters this way, and it overlays 2D elements as well. If there's one reason to recommend this series, I assure you it's because of the visuals.
"Arcane" reminds us that our world is fractured. There are no "good guys" or "bad guys", simply those who are more fortunate and those who are just trying to get by. But it's difficult for both to create positive change, and this show displays that with grace and finesse.
Btw, Caitlyn is my favourite character. Don't @ me :P
Tell me why they grouped season 1 and 2 together in TMDB? Anime is no different than a TV show with multiple SEASONS, for anyone who is editing the database, stop trying to be different, please
There's no denying that this season has seen a downturn in the quality of writing. Characters are not acting like themselves and making choices which don't reflect the journeys they've been on. Ridiculous leaps in logic are made and time compression has suddenly made Westeros feel very small. Spectacle has taken centre stage and it feels like the lack of GRRM's own prose has left the show's writers floundering.
And I've got to be honest, it hasn't bothered me all that much, because it's been so incredibly fun. Say what you will, but season 7 has not been dull for a second. Yes, I've found parts frustrating and rolled my eyes in disbelief at the stupidity on display, but there's something to be said for the pure thrill involved in what's going on screen.
I might prefer things to be slowed down a bit and do miss the insightful dialogue and foreshadowing, but I'm not throwing my toys out of the pram over it as so many seem to be. Even in this state, Game of Thrones remains among the best programmes on television. The finale did make up for some of the seemingly moronic writing choices made in earlier episodes and demonstrated that it can still make me care for these characters and fear losing them.
Not perfect and not up to standard, no, but some of the most enjoyable viewing I've had this year.
Truly interesting premise and the execution is almost great. I really appreciate the deep dive into psychosis the series boasts, the subtle turnover from sane to "undone." It's a well written turn many other writers should see.
However, I take issue with the ending of this season. Cliffhangers are tricky. They have to be done just right. But what makes them particularly difficult with shows like this is they must balance not only the literal payoff, but also the emotional and metaphoric weight of the show. And here is where Undone lost me. Purdy and Bob-Waksberg spend the entire season carefully crafting the subtle and nuanced switch from believing in Alma's ability to seeing her on the verge of a break in desperate need of professional help. The emotional arc here is beautiful and satisfying. It shows how slowly, naturally, and easily illness approaches. How much easier it is to believe in the fantastic than the reality, because here it stems from an unwillingness to process trauma and pain. It's relatable. But it also boasts extremely good character arcs from the supporting characters, primarily Camilla and Becca--but not really because they change. The arc is in how Alma (and, in turn, the audience) perceive them. They shift from overbearing and borderline insufferable, to compassionate (even if they perhaps could learn to express it better). The writers have put an extremely careful eye to developing the arc and it works.
But then comes the cliffhanger ending: is Alma actually schizophrenic? Is her father going to walk out of the cave? The answer, of course, needs to be no. If he does, there are more issues that arise than are solved. I suppose none of these are so big that couldn't be wrapped up with another season's worth of content, but I'd argue that another season will actually diminish the impact of the one that already exists. It feels as though we could be heading to a retread of the same arcs we've already seen. It might not happen though. Purdy and Bob-Waksberg have proven their writing mettle over numerous years of excellence on Bojack. But it does make me nervous. Particularly considering that indulging Alma's illness could have problematic implications similar to those presented by Legion's depiction of mental illness.
But on a completely subjective level, I just felt like the writing had so brilliantly shifted to showcasing Alma's mental state as the series is titled. A cliffhanger undermines this for what, to me, feels like nothing more than a just kidding... unless?
I am super mixed on this series/season.
Episode 1? Fucking fantastic! It still is my favorite episode in the series. It's nothing but character build up, and I love it.
Episode 2 to 8? Good shit. The pacing is way too slow, and some cliffhangers are pretty shitty, but what this sets up and tries to execute is honestly good. I was ready for the finale.
Episode 9 to 12? Meh. Not a fan of a lot of stuff here.
The thing that pissed me off the most was the fact that they completely abandoned the conflict between Gwi-nam and Eun-ji. For me, they had the 2nd most interesting conflict in the story (after Na-yeon's internal conflict), and yet they decided to use Eun-ji to alert the military to the existence of hybrids in order to not end the show in episode 8, and just made Gwi-nam run after Cheong-san for god knows how many episodes. It gets tiresome after a while. Gwi-nam and Eun-ji both survived after being bitten by zombies, and yet they never clash again in order to resolve the conflict that was set-up in episode 1.
Either way, weak 6/10. Na-yeon was my favorite character.
This is a phenomenal season and when I first watched it eight years ago, I was incredibly blown away! I love this show and I love the story! Let us hope the seasons can remain up to par in the future!
From everything I see people say about this show and how it's essentially one of the greatest shows, I expected that to be the case for every episode, every season, in the sense that it's one of the greatest shows in every single episode and season. While I found this season good and enjoyable, it didn't give me the impression of this show being as great as everyone says. I still believe that this show is much, much better, from the second season onward to the end. I'm just not feeling that "Breaking Bad is one of the greatest shows of all time, if not the greatest" vibe, yet. From this season alone, anyhow. I have no doubt it gets better.
Taking a break from calling everybody I disagree with politically an oversensitive easily offended snowflake so I can cry about how the offensive superhero TV show is making fun of me.
It has its moments...
I liked the characters...
But that ending...
It's entertaining...
bruh that's a show that u can never get bored of it! totally amazing
Season 2 is just as good as season 1. The only thing I'm starting to notice is that the boys are getting out of trouble way too easily quite frequently, which takes the suspense away. But suspense is not what the show is there for anyways.
This is one of THE BEST TV productions ever to grace the small screen. Top tier stuff. Every scene is important and every episode is better than the last. The dark humor, the gory scenery and the incredible picture quality are just toppings on an excellent character drama, while the world building is totally immersive. You will not be able to see other superhero productions and not think how "fake" they are, after this.
Top points:
- Best villain I've seen in a long long time
- It avoids cliches with ease
- Helluva production
- Incredible characters and spot-on dialogue
- The concept itself is a great idea creating huge potential
- Casting is awesome
Minor cons:
- Has great potential for action sequences but never takes off
- Some of the secondary characters although extremely likeable could be explored much more
This is by far the most fresh TV series I've watched in a long time. I really hope the second season comes quick and can live up to this.
I really love the entire show of BTVS but after re-watching the show as an adult I can see the weak points in season one. You can tell the season was meant to be a one-off and end after 12 episodes. After that point the show changed drastically in formula. On top of that personality traits that had been given to characters had to be utilized. Problematically characters like Angel had to remain unchanging and came off as a tad juvenile in his behavior (he grew more on the show Angel). Threads were clearly planted for potential revisiting but almost never utilized. There were the praying mantis eggs, the invisible girl, etc. that were never really used again.
I love the show but the whole season was not overly strong.
A solid first season of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. I can't say I'm overly enjoying it, yet here I am after watching S1 so I must've liked it enough; admittedly I watched practically an episode a day, no way I could sit through a binge-watch to be honest.
Sarah Michelle Gellar is probably the reason I stuck with it - she's excellent as Buffy, definitely producing the best acting. Anthony Head (Giles) and Alyson Hannigan (Willow) are decent, too. The special effects haven't aged incredibly, but I've certainly seen worse from around this era of television; looking at you, 'Doctor Who'. The overall acting is alright, while the writing is decent.
As of now, I'm still at the meh stage with this show. Hopefully my interest perks up from season two!
This 1st season of Buffy is only mediocre, but still there are already some good episodes and it lays the groundwork for the seasons to come...
So don't give up on it, it get's better and you won't regret sticking with it!!!
This is absolute perfection from Netflix and Nickelodeon. This is what the winx saga should’ve been. Accurate! Love appa and momo! They’re so cute! I binged watched the whole season of this with my boyfriend. I want more and it needs more seasons!
I haven’t been this excited for a series on Netflix since they aired chilling adventures with Sabrina.
Please Netflix, do more!♡
To be honest, I'm not too excited about the relationship between Aqua and Kana for some reason lol.
Was kinda Good season, Most thing i liked is the drawing which is totally at high level, Yah the story is a weird so much lol, but still enjoyable and i feel what is coming next is better
Chainsaw man Season 1 grabbed my interest on the 1st episode & continued strong throughout the 1st season. If you like dark stuff you will love this. It has dark humor, a good origin story for our main character, and despite how dark it is the show manages to not take itself too seriously 10/10 would recommend.
RWBY is so delightful.
Today I finally managed to watch the last four episodes of Volume 4. This volume wasn't my favourite, I don't think it can be compared to the action of Volumes 2 and 3 (the latter in particular, as it took the series to such heights), but there were many remarkable things I would like to remark on.
First of all, there is a huge change in style - it was a surprise for me when I saw it in the character trailer before the volume premiered, as I didn't follow a lot of news about the show to avoid any sorts of spoilers. While it was a bit distracting early on until I got used to it, I think the show gains a lot from it, not only because of the more professional/artsy look I think it has, but also because I think this allowed them to go deeper with the characters when it comes to displaying personality and feelings. I also love the fact that rather than have this style from the beginning, the show started really simple and evolved with each volume, it makes me appreciate how much Monty Oum and the production team cared about the story and these characters before everything else, and now the production is far more valuable because of it.
As for the story, there was a dramatic change of pace compared to the previous volume, as we dealt mostly with the consequences of everything that happened before. I liked the idea of this and loved the "calm and simple" feel it generally had, though some of the episodes took this really slow, in particular the first half. However, and this is what I think is the real high point of this volume: there was such an enormous expansion of everything. We were introduced to new characters (many family members!), locations, mythos, backstory... if anything, I like RWBY even more now, seeing how gigantic it's really meant to be. I do believe there could have been a bit more content related with the evil group, Salem in particular, who remains a mystery... but well.
It's an interesting dynamic to see team RWBY scattered all over the world. The stories of Weiss, Blake and Yang felt more like a "teaser" of what's to come compared to Ruby's journey with Jaune, Ren, Nora and Qrow, which was a joy to watch. Another real highlight of this volume was Ren's backstory, it was so enjoyable to watch. It is tragic to see what happened to the village, but beautiful to see how his friendship with Nora began in the middle of that chaos and they've been together ever since. I thought it was an interesting choice dealing with his story towards the end of the volume, including the defeat of that dreadful Grimm.
I look forward to watching all these episodes again already and of course to watching Volume 5 when it comes out next fall. Also, I wish RWBY had some sort of spin-off while we wait (other than RWBY Chibi) - I feel like the world of the show is big enough to allow for it and it would be the perfect opportunity to keep expanding everything.
People like to hate on this season and, yeah, it's not as rip-roarin' as Season 3 or 4, but it is up to the baseline quality of the series. And anyone who has read the books can tell you that the dip is probably due to the fact that the best book, Storm of Swords, is the basis for Season 3 and a chunk of 4. A season that only had books 4 and 5 to lean on is obviously going to suffer. Excited to see if I'm enjoying myself this much in the hated final seasons.
As a big One Piece fan, this was very good and close to the source material! I really wonder what the experience of watching this is like for other people who haven't seen the show or read the manga before. I think the episodes and the fights could've done with a little padding to be more impactful, but maybe that's because I'm used to them being quite long in anime. Spoilers that could influence your opinion; I also feel like Luffy is a bit weaker than he is in the show, and his strikes and moves seem less powerful than they're supposed to be. The fishmen are stronger than normal humans, but luffy is supposed to be even stronger than that. Because actually some humans are also just stronger. I don't know maybe that's also just because it's live action, but I'd like them to feel a bit more powerful. Absolutely loved Jeff Ward as buggy in this
I just watched the entirety of it and I gotta say it’s good. It’s not a massive banger and there are some really dubious moments that left me scratching my head, but overall the show was quite engaging, the zombies were utterly disturbing to behold and the characters were almost all pretty likeable with a few obvious exceptions.
I do think the show could’ve been condensed though. Some stories are basically dropped halfway through or they lead into nothing.
The chasing scenes are really great. It kept me on the edge most of the time.
The characters acted their age. I actually understand how they hesistate most of the time. They are just highschool students, of course they are not that mature yet. It would be more out of character if they suddenly become good at fighting or if they would able to think strategically most of the time.
The supporting casts are great. That scene where one girl saw her parents as zombies inside their car is very emotional.
As much as I like how the writers are not afraid to kill characters, I think that some of the deaths are unecessary. Cheon sang and Wu jin’s death have no weight at all. Unlike joon yeong.
Na yeon should have died when she went out of the broadcasting room or when the music room was raided by zombies. Being killed by gwi nam is totally unecessary. Why did she even survived? All she did is to hide in the utility room. The teacher sacrificed her life so that she can have redemption.
I hoped the eun ji killed gwi nam instead.
I wished na ra was more aware of her new abilites as a halfbie. But maybe she was not able to do so because she constantly have to fight of the virus.
"Save who you can save."
I've been a PlayStation loyalist since the PS2 days, and yet The Last Of Us as a whole has always teased me. Back when I played it in 2013 (and replayed it in 2019), I personally didn't understand the hype around it. The game is notably the stepping stone for cinematic, narrative-driven adventures in the medium sure, but it didn't necessarily feel like a step up after Uncharted. It wasn't until I played The Last Of Us: Part II in 2020 that I started to truly realize what makes this series truly unique, especially compared to other post-apocalyptic stories.
This is where the HBO adaptation comes in. Even after the 2022 Uncharted movie, I become more skeptic about this retelling of a game that I didn't necessarily interesting until several years and replays later. I was very wrong. Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann truly accomplished the impossible, and particular easy, task of making the perfect video game adaptation... and arguably BETTER than its original material at times!
I understand this isn't a review of the video game, but I often argue that the weakest point of The Last Of Us as a video game was its generic stealth-action combat, which can often hold back what is otherwise a simple, yet deep story about surviving in a world with the ambiguity of human morality. With no gameplay involved here, Craig Mazin and crew were able to fit much more in its 9-episode recreation to fully realize the post-apocalyptic infected world. What is typically found through hidden/optional notes and collectibles are embedded into this show through use of cold openers, side character scenarios, and moments of breathe between action. The few changes that were made this time around almost always improved the story, with certain setpieces and characters (unknowingly to newcomers) setting the stage for the inevitable themes presented in "Part II". This is what I imagine Neil Druckmann and crew originally wanted to present in the story, but couldn't due to limitations, as well as what would flow better into a sequel unexpected by the team by the unexpected success in 2013. And to showcase how excellent the dialogue and writing was in the original game, this adaptation often remakes certain scenes line-by-line, creating what is essentially the perfect telling of the story; a "director's cut", to put it lightly.
The actors all around were perfectly cast! Pedro Pascal makes for a perfectly gritty and somber Joel, Bella Ramsey is absolutely excellent as the strong and comedic Ellie, and other members like Nick Offerman, Lamar Johnson, and Scott Shephered really nailed their iconic characters from the video game's narrative. Even the cameos for fans of the games were a welcome surprise, from Troy and Ashley themselves, to the remarkable Merle Dandridge reprising her role as Marlene. Everything is tied together splendidly with music from returning composer Gustavo Santaolalla, as well as David Fleming, making for a near-identical replica of the source.
The Last Of Us on HBO successfully adapts and, often times, polishes the original story that ultimately kickstarted generations of experiences in a medium that's still premature to cinema. Its first season fully goes through the events of "Part I", and I'm sure as hell excited to see how the showrunners tackle the controversial "Part II" next season. Truly a perfect example of bringing this thought-provoking narrative to the large audience incapable of experiencing what video games have to offer, as well as an excellent companion to longtime fans of the first game.
The only gripe I have with it is that the PlayStation Productions logo isn't plastered on the front like in Uncharted; a missed opportunity.
An absolute embarrassment for this otherwise amazing show. Still is very well animated, acted and scored, but suffers from a convoluted storyline, disgraceful portrayals of older characters, thinly written new ones and just a lot of stupid concepts. I cringe every time I hear the words “Dark Avatar” come of out Unalaq’s mouth, as if it’s meant to sound intimidating, instead of ridiculous. Only worth watching to get to the sublime Season 3.
Everything just happens too fast, unlike in the other serie. The only character that I liked was Asami. Fights could be a lot better.
I am stunned at what they could do in only 6 episodes. That kind of number can make or break- and it definitely made. It never ceased to surprise me and I was hooked the entire time!
A little mediocre and predictable but still a fun show to watch. It definitely came out at the right time if we consider the popularity of both superhero franchises and dark/gruesome TV shows. The premise of corrupt superheroes manipulated by an evil corporation as if they were a K-Pop group is more than intriguing, even though it could have used more nuance in its development. Starlight is too pure and innocent, while the Vought heroes are just walking (or flying) piles of shit with no ambiguity or relatable traits whatsoever, almost like a cartoon villain. There is hardly anyone in between at this point.
