Arcane (Netflix)

[Brian G Turner]

Finally subscribed to Netflix and started watching this - a superbly animated steampunk TV series. Gorgeous looks, wonderful animation, great visuals, interesting characters, and a promising and intelligent story. Amazing they managed all this from a simple mobile game!

 

[HareBrain]

Amazing they managed all this from a simple mobile game!

I think League of Legends is a PC game first and foremost.

I was WoWed (spot the tenuous pun) by Arcane when it came out. Not just amazing visuals, but great character writing too. You won't be disappointed by the rest of the series. It's been on my rewatch list for a while, though I'll probably wait till the second season comes out.

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I think the reason I haven't rewatched it yet is that it ends on a downer, and I don't think I want to repeat that without there being more story immediately available that might redress it.

 

[Droflet]

It left me wanting more. But it doesn't look like I'll get my wish. Drat.

 

[HareBrain]

It left me wanting more. But it doesn't look like I'll get my wish. Drat.

I can't find any mention that S2 has been cancelled, only delayed until (probably) spring 24.

 

[Droflet]

Cheers, HB. I'll keep an eye out for it next year.

 

[Brian G Turner]

Finally finished it - have withdrawal symptoms now! Had the theme music in my head all week, and unfair to finish how it did without an immediate season 2 follow-up!

 

[alexvss]

Bad thing about high-quality animation like this is that is takes too long to produce. I saw somewhere that this first season took six years to make.

 

[Elckerlyc]

I am not one to watch animation series, generally speaking. But this was awesome.
Thank you for this thread or I would have missed it.

 

[BAYLOR]

Looks intriguing .

 

[Stephen Palmer]

On our watch list for Xmas.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

IMDB has the Season 2 premiere coming in November, 2024 - better late than never (but that's a long time to wait).

Terrific show.

 

[HareBrain]

A first look at season 2 has been posted on YouTube, for those interested.

(I haven't watched it myself as I want to keep the actual viewing as fresh as possible.)

 

[alexvss]

A first look at season 2 has been posted on YouTube, for those interested.

(I haven't watched it myself as I want to keep the actual viewing as fresh as possible.)

Of public interest: the teaser reveals that the show comes out in november (or maybe a full trailer comes out in november, it doesn't really say).

 

[HareBrain]

I rewatched this over the past few days. Despite the lack of surprises that comes from knowing where the story is going, it held up very well, and I'm really excited for S2.

 

[alexvss]

 

[Brian G Turner]

Another new trailer:

 

[SmashingPumpkin]

Who else is binging S1 in preparation for S2 release?

 

[HareBrain]

Who else is binging S1 in preparation for S2 release?

I rewatched S1 a few months ago -- but I have recently been watching some very good analysis videos on YouTube, which have made me even more excited for S2.

 

[Elckerlyc]

Who else is binging S1 in preparation for S2 release?

I haven't yet, but I see it is about time...

 

[HareBrain]

I've just watched the E1-3 of S2 (all that's released so far). I'd say I was "very interested" rather than "heavily invested", and the downgrade is because the complex emotional relationships that powered the story in the first season (mostly familial and para-familial) are largely missing. That was inevitable, and there are some interesting magical developments that seem likely to take centre-stage in the reason of the season, but it does show how "lightning in a bottle" the first season was.

Anyway, even if they end up fumbling S2 (which they certainly haven't so far) everyone should watch S1, which stands on its own. And everyone who watched S1 will almost certainly watch S2 anyway, so I guess any review of S2 is redundant!