Arcane (Netflix)

[Stephen Palmer]

Expecting to watch Series 2 over Xmas. Series 1 was ace.

 

[SmashingPumpkin]

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.

Agree. I think there were some brilliant moments and some great visual storytelling (as we've come to expect) but they could have expanded on the decision-making for some characters. But we knew there were going to be pacing issues with the limited amout of episodes.
Very much looking forward to Acts 2 and 3!

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!

I recommend Arcane left and right.

 

[HareBrain]

I just watched Act 2 of S2. During E4 I was a bit worried that they'd dropped the ball in terms of story and character (it always looked amazing) but it picked up again for E5-6 and ended almost as good as it's ever been. Looking forward to next Saturday.

There are quite a few "logic gaps", though, mostly how such a person got into (or out of) such a place.