the creators of Arcane are first time writers. They never done this stuff before. Alex Yee started in Riot as a Player Support Specialist and worked his way up to become a Creative Designer. Very impressive.
Yeah and the other guy is the head of the music department, its fascinating to see how these two people that had nothing to do with story or writing, not only get the project passed internally but deliver it with excellence, I honestly don't know what to say.
Hopefully they have the same input in the next season and they take their time and not rush it just because expectations are higher now. Really love the style and writing in this show
Not entirely, Ash Brannon (Toy Story) and Amanda Overton (True Detective) are experienced writers, but sure talent spoke throughtout the entire team. The story is interesting and gripping and I don't care about League of Legends at all.
The scene with Silco pouring one out at Vander's statue was the culmination of his character. He finally understands what motivated Vander all those years ago. Silco sees all that he has ever wanted, the nation of Zaun, at his fingertips but it's going to cost him his daughter. He realizes Vander faced the same. Just like Vander, Silco is now giving up his life's dream for the sake of his daughter and it's a real enlightening moment for him. "Is there ever anything so undoing as a daughter?" Jinx hears him but misunderstands. It isn't until she accidentally kills him that he lets her know he never would've given her up, not even for his dream. He was undone by his love for his daughter, like Vander.
@@jonbaxter2254 It was just an extremely good line. His entire life's work, the rise of the Nation of Zaun, was undone all for the sake of one girl. The writing in Arcane is incredible.
There's a lot of foreshadowing and callbacks in the series and what you mentioned was one of them. Another big one was how Powder tended to walk in/misunderstand comments about her, leading to a lot of grief that could have been avoided lol.
If you liked the show, feel free to keep avoiding League! Their card game Legends of Runeterra and their recent RPG Ruined King are much better ways to explore the world :>
@@asimhussain8716 agreed, i remember when they seperated and they were crying and caitlyn was like "plz dont leave me sob sob" and me and my mom were like get over it you guys met like 2 days ago lol.
@@awesomedog1415 lmao, clearly not a lesbian. If you're not moving in by day 3 you're taking it slow. You see lesbians have two speeds either "we've been dating for a week and have two dogs" or "she basically lives at my house and keep going on dates but I can't tell if we're dating or just friends". /s
@@solsystem1342This is so true tho! Lesbians are either speedrunners or slow as fuck (to the point that we can't even tell sometimes if we're actually friends or really dating lol)
You've probably been told this a hundred times already but I didn't see it in the comments. One of Joe's gripe with the show was how quick Jinx was able to recreate hextech so quickly. Jinx not only stole the gemstone, but also all their notes on the subject. And given the praise that Jayce and Viktor both give her grenade, its safe to assume that she would be one of the few that could understand from a tech point of view. This show is incredibly well written.
and also, she pretty much spent her whole life crafting (and initially trying to make) weapons - since she wasn't good in pretty much anything else. so i'd say it's pretty well backed up indeed
@@paddington2063 And moreover, in the second scene of the entire show, it's established that _Powder_ was incredibly tech-savvy as a kid. She knew several of the devices in Jayce's workshop.
I love how they've depicted Vi's fighting style in this, they didn't make her like she was a martial arts master out of nowhere it's very a street fighting style inspired by boxing, you can clearly see moments where she's sloppy and not this super master fighter, felt very genuine.
I love how Vi is portrayed. She's kind of stupid and punches first, thinks later. Which really makes sense for her character and how it ruined Jinx as a kid.
Yeah I loved how it felt like an actual fight rather than an anime fight. And considering the amount of MMA/UFC you can watch nowadays, they don’t have the excuse of not having an example to work with.
@@NathanCassidy721 Yea 100 lb girl one shot KOing dozens of grown, armored men by swinging around 50 lb gauntlets like they are paper. Really felt like an actual fight!! Lol cmon bro
My dad passed away last year before this show came out, but he always used to tell my brothers and me: “Never let great become the enemy of good.” I got chills and burst into tears when I heard Viktor say that.
Viktor stood out the most besides Silco. At first I thought he was a guy with intentions to use Jayce, but in reality he's a tragic character with his days numbered because of his illness. His quote still echoes in my mind because of how it resonates well with his and Jayce's downfall throughout the season. "In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good."
its kinda like the jurassic park quote: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." they say two different things, but the underlying meaning is the same. we were so focused on progress that we missed what we were actually doing.
At first I thought Victor was going to steal Jayce's research and claim all the credit for Jayce's work. When Victor brought Jayce in on his plan to break into Heimerdinger's lab, I thought that he'd probably just realized that he needed Jayce's genius to finish his research, but ultimately planed to backstab him. After the time skip, I was certain that Victor was going to become the resentful mad scientist archetype who envies the fame that his partner receives while Jayce was going to become the asshole who hogs the lion's share of the credit for research he couldn't have completed without Victor's help. By the end of the show, I was moved by the wholesome friendship these science bros shared.
@@mirrorzone5224 It's such a real friendship. They got swept in the initial success of their research, and their hunger for more caused them to waver and lose their way a little bit. But ultimately, they realize that and try to stay bros.
This series is 110% the product of something that no amount of money can buy - passion. Sure companies can hire top-talent for top dollar but you will never be able to buy their love and passion for a project. Such an amazing work can only be crafted by people that put their heart and soul into what they are doing. I just pray that in the following seasons they can keep up or at least keep it close to the level of quality of this first season. I am spoiled for life now by this quality...
I'm failry certain that this really was someone's passion project (be it one person or a group of them). Think of it like this: it's understandable that to make an interesting character design, you'd have to think of his background or a theme. DotA kind of has it as well (although it must be said the character models were originally from Warcraft way back when DotA was a WC3 map), but they never went as deep as Riot did with LoL. I mean, it's a MOBA cybersports game that people play for the competetive reasons, so why bother really? There was someone in Riot that had this thing in mind in order to stand out from DotA. They probably built the whole universe for that reason, and when designing characters, they didn't only think of a technical side of things, they worked on their backgrounds, themes, even their relationships between one and others. Naturally, in a MOBA game where characters have maybe about 10 lines in total, this work would largely go unnoticed. But they had looked for every chance to show it - I believe that's why the Jinx music video has paralells between it and Arcane, and that video is almost a decade old! That tells me the idea of this story we'd seen in Season 1 was already made up by them way back when! I applaude their passion and those people in charge who saw this thing for what it is and greenlit the project.
one interesting theory I read online is that Fishbones, Jinx's rocket launcher - was made for Silco because of his love for sea monsters as shown in the first 3 episodes. Fishbones also has a scarred eye similar to Silco.
That could be a neat tie into why Jinx talks to her guns in her ingame dialogue and lore, they function like the manniquins of Claggor and Mylo she had in her little cave, with Fishbones taking on the persona of Silco.
@@Birthday888 it's crazy bcs while I was searching online for fishbone theories, i saw this reddit post from 8 years ago, speculating that fishbones represents someone jinx used to love based on their dialogue interactions. "Hey Fishbones, think we can wreak havoc forever? 'No, you should buy a home and save for retirement.' You know I can replace you, right?"
In regards to The Joes' criticism about Jinx being able to create the hextech device so quickly The gem she stole took Jayce and Viktor 10 years to make, the purpose of that gem is that it's much more stable and easier to work with than the ones that she blew up in act 1. Add on to this that she stole Viktor's personal notes along side the gem, which she used as a guide line to utilizing its power. So yes, Jinx is smart, but she was definitely standing on the shoulders of giants when it came to her tinkering with hextech.
And that's literally how science abd engineering works. Someone spends decades on the basics then someone else looks and studies those ideas and makes something new from them.
Yeah you can also see the prototype stuff Jinx was making in her workshop looks like crude version of what Jayce used in act 1, so she is clearly copying his work trying to understand it. It was a small thing but I love this kind of attention to detail they had, its the mark of quality writing.
I would say thats downplaying Jinx quite a bit though, she is afterall a teenager still and her skills were complimented by both viktor and jayce even though they were just looking at a hand bomb, but still said it would be a leap to say someone could make a hextech device just because they were good at tinkering. Also the fact Silco trusts her to do it.
Love how despite his hate for his brother - - he ended up being in his shoes - with potentially sacrificing a daughter to the Surface City (forgot the name).
Ekko vs Jinx has some of the best visuals, music and emotion I think I've ever seen in a fight scene. The way they used a flashback to hint at Ekko's future use of time rewinding was brilliant. And when he stops himself from killing her I teared up a bit
The only "gripe" I would have about Arcane is the fact that Jinx and Ekko had little to no significant interaction prior to Ep.7, like you can definitely piece it together without a scene pointing it out, but it still feels a little surprising when you look back and realize that they didn't even mention or interact with each other in Act 1
Yeah, the only thing that actually shows Ekko and Powder's friendship as kids is the "Enemy" music video, where they're shown playing and hanging out together. Also fun fact, at one point in the music video, Ekko and Powder are seen riding a one-wheeled vehicle. If you go back to the scene in Ep. 1 where Vander goes to talk to Benzo, and Ekko sees the Enforcers coming, you can see he leans against the same vehicle while addressing them.
@@TheNovakv23 I watched Enemy only after Arcane (I miscalculated, thinking I would protect myself from potential spoilers) and it retroactively improved that for me as well. On one hand I wish they also put that in the show. There are a few things here and there where I wish they had a bit more time. On the other I appreciate how dense the show already is and I know that for everything where they would spend more time, something else we got would have to be cut. So maybe delegating this to the music video as additional content was the right call
Secondary Characters: Heimerdinger, Ekko and somewhat Viktor was a secondary character, but had more importance because of Jayce, same case of Caitlyn. I believe second season will focus less on Jinx, Vi and Jayce and will focus more on Ekko, Heimerdinger, Viktor and Caitlyn. We didn't get any arcs, since we lack a lot of motives and we barely have a bit of knowledge of their pasts and motives. So I believe second season will be interesting.
got one thing to say about Jinx being able to do what Jayce and Vitkor did: She's not redoing everything they did until that point. She just followed the blueprints that she stole from them and built the prototype from there. She's not a scientist but she's a great weapons engineer.
Yeah, if anything it shows that Jinx make be a better Tinkerer than anyone on the show. Even when she was a kid, they constantly had her repairing stuff and she's an excellent marksman. She literally had to learn everything from scratch.
Yes, she was building the boxing training robot and target practice machinery at their little hideout when they were kids. She was also one of the first people to actually harness the Hextech gems with that monkey-toy bomb. Powder looked like she was 7 years old at the time. Now flash forward ten years where she is working for the lead mob boss of the under city and has had all that time and money to perfect her skills and I don't feel like its a reach to see her using the perfected gemstone in a weapon.
@@joninosaka Powder was *definitely* not seven at the time of the monkey bomb. She neither acts nor looks this way. I keep seeing this number thrown around a lot, and I think it's a misinterpretation of Vi's line "My little sister could do this when she was seven"-line in episode five, which doesn't mean Powder was seven when we last saw her. She was at least in the 10-12 range - but I like to think she was 13, for thematic reasons. The timeskip can't have been as long as ten years either; if nothing else, I'm sure even Marcus could've grown a full beard in that time.
I love how Vi's brain is shaped like a fist. She's stupid and punches first, thinks later, which is a fun personality for her but also makes her make lots of mistakes.
@@verpaali Jinx's agility is a treat, her reflexive dodges in the Firelight fight with Vi are just so great. Dodges a hoverboard and attaches a grenade to it in a split second, so damn good
When even alex has high praise for a show you know this is the one in a million. I persoanlly loved every minute of it and cannot wait for the next season.
@@zenstrata i am cinemaphil mate. what if i tell you that pretty much any story nowadays are predictable? cause they are all have been told already, in one way or another. arcane is not different. what is different however is execution of said story. and execution of arcane was pretty damn good imo.
@@zenstrata Why is predictable even a negative term? One of my favourite things about this series might be that it was predictable. Let me explain: Just because a story is predictable doesn't mean it's bad. If that was the case, prequels wouldn't even exist. Hell, predictability can even improve the story as it means all the things they established and set up are paying off on the viewer. You can't have a good twist without at least having a chance of being predictable, otherwise you're left with a twist that had no set up or clues and leaves the audience shocked, not because it was brilliant, but because it gives the audience no other choice. I prefer the plot and twists of this show so much more than ones that sacrifice logic to try to do the most shocking thing in order to shock their viewers.
Now remember. This masterpiece has been brought to us by people who had *ZERO* experience in this field. In an interview, the showrunners said that before Arcane, they never wrote a script in their entire lives, *THAT'S CRAZY* 😱😍
Viktor being able to finally run has so much emotional weight in it. You can feel what viktor has gone through and you are just happy to see him run and pass those ships that he couldn't keep up with when he was a kid. You are happy but you also know that the solution to his desease (the hexcore) might lead him or others into madness and corruption.
I loved that scene. I think you're right that he might be corrupted, but I saw this as a chance for him to make medical technology similar to what he did for himself to improve Undercity living. He's from there and an idealist, afterall. I guess we'll see
there is some visual story telling with Silco and how he felt about Jinx. He kept a mug and ashtray with her drawings on it. there were little sketches by her around. She was his adopted daughter and you can see evidence of it all over. Definitely a show you can watch a few times and pick up more and more details. Just amazing story telling.
For sure agree with your point there. Also the work they do with Silco's expressions can be very revealing. Specifically in the last episode when Jayce asks for Jinx, you can see Silco look off to the side, and his eyes and mannerisms really show he is taken aback, not to mention how he immediately tries to take responsibility for her actions.
The good news is the team behind Arcane has plenty of shorter content they have done for LoL that is always praised as high quality (look up LoL cinematics over the years) So I have no worries about the art. Only if the writers can maintain this quality of story.
@@sharmai Thing is, most of these stories are already written and thought. This show has been in the works for about 7 years, and they even mentioned that they started working on season 2 already. They even scrapped the old lore around the same time they started working on this and re-imagined it. They have invested so much time and resources in this show... I believe all these years will pay off for Riot and us.
I think that`s irrelevant. season one does such a complete story that if season 2 fails you will always have season one. as long as they don`t panic I think they will do a good job.
To be honest I’m glad that they’re releasing it on 2023. Which means this will give Riot more time to work. Releasing season 2 on 2022 seems rushed for the story and animation.
Something that I haven't seen any reviews tackle with this series is how it handles mental health - or rather how it shows that people don't deal with mental health. Jinx clearly has abandonment issues at a very young age, but people around her are constantly invalidating her feelings, making her feel worthless. For someone in that delicate of a mental state ALREADY, seeing her friends and adopted family die and realizing she is responsible for it, there is absolutely no way she WASN'T going to snap. As she says in episode 9, it wasn't Silco who created Jinx, it with Vi. It's another reason why this series hits so hard with the gut punches, because Vi only realizes that she was causing this sort of damage when it's already too late to fix it - something that is all too common with people who suffer from untreated mental health issues. Jinx is a beautifully flawed character. Her personality as an adult is a sort of schitzophrenic with manic episodes. She acts like a pinball being tossed around - which mirrors her development, being tossed around from person to person, adoptive family to adoptive family. After all that she goes through, there's always that little spark of hope that she could come back. In a twist of irony, the thing that sets her over the edge completely is her love for Vi and choosing her over Silco. She gets to watch someone else who loved her die at her own hands. Having her sit down in the "Jinx chair" was a defining moment for her character. Finally she knew who she was, and you can see how her posture relaxes for pretty much the first time in that whole scene. I cannot possibly imagine how they are going to top this season. I just can't. I am eager to see them give their best attempt, though.
Yeah I honestly cant believe how these writers fleshed out these characters so much in this short timeframe. Only watched the show once but I know I missed soo much like they really made every character so incredibly detailed.
Check out this video called THerapist Reacts. Its a red headed girl and she reacts to Silco and Jinx Relationship, and a new one came out that I have yet to watch.
I honestly thought the whole Jinx is crazy so let's put doodles all over the screen and add a distorted film effect over her got old immediately and was extremely cliché but the writing part of it was good
@@alexsilva28 It's pretty clearly a way to visualize her schizophrenic episodes (the voices and hallucinations of her dead adoptive family), and I think it does so well without being over the top.
See, I think the bit about Vi creating Jinx was a bit of a red herring. We're meant to initially think she meant it as a bad thing (by abandoning me you caused me to become Jinx) but the way she describes it it sounds like she thinks of it positively. Saying how Vi's voice was the one she heard encouraging her to pick herself up, etc.
I think there's been a lot of confusion about Mel's character and motivations. She definitely started out only concerned about the wealth and power. She saw Piltover's success as her own success and a way to shove it in her mother's face that the Noxian way is not the only way. When she talked to Jayce and Viktor about countermeasures, about weaponizing hextech, I think that was her way of saying they needed to make sure they covered their ass. I don't think she ever wanted war, she just wanted Piltover to be prepared in case it came to that. Then her mother came, seeking hextech weapons for the Medarda family to use, not really concerned about war as a byproduct. Her mother had her own way of doing things and she wanted to impose those methods on her daughter, Mel, and on Jayce. I do genuinely believe she wanted to see Mel and Jayce succeed and for Piltover to prosper, but I think she sees war as the only way for that to happen, plus she needs the weapons anyway. For her it's a win-win if she can convince them to fight.
I cought that. Though Mel's perceived lust for power was justified by being more powerful than potential aggressors, she still did a lot of manipulation to try succeeding in this peeing contest (Im sorry, I just don't like politicians). I was SOOOOOO convinced she was gonna be a twist villain. On a side note, I liked Jace, but I didn't like seeing him be used. Idk if he was just that gullible or if she was that smart, charismatic, beautiful, and dangerous. He deserves a girl like Catelyn. Mel was smart and sexy, but dangerous.
Usually the creators find a way to disappoint people before a show ends, but they just KILLED IT! Every single episode consistent writing and visuals. Mature intelligent not over the top animation with no bs and overused tropes. 10 out of 10!
On the Bridge Jinx and Ekko fight, I feel more that Ekko baited out Jinx to remember when they were kids playing with each other. Ekko gave time for Jinx to reload, and she even changed her stance reminisce of their game. However because of that, Ekko already knew where Jinx is gonna shoot because they did this before. Where Jinx was stuck in the past, Ekko was looking towards the future and dodge the last bullet where once it hit him. We never saw they played with each other, but in the Imagine Dragons Enemy Music Video, we could see that both of them liked to pretend to be like Vi and train with each other.
It also shows that despite all of Ekko's words about Jinx needing to be stopped and how she can't be saved, he still holds Powder and his memories of her quite close to his heart, which neatly ties into why he hesitates at the end of fight.
@@teohheng8592 He clearly doesn't posses the ability to reverse time yet at this time of the series, because if he could, in episode 4 when he and his group attacked the ship and Jinx killed most of the group, he couldve simply reversed time and fix all of that
They have been cranking out great trailers and music videos for Riot for a while now, and people (myself included) have been demanding they create a TV series with their style for years now, glad it finally paid off ;)
I loved the booze break during the fight at the last drop between sevika and Vi, it shows that, despite looking stronger than your average soldier in the game she is a human with limits, she gets tired, takes a deep breath and some screams to let the anger out and goes right back in
Some of the best character building and story writing Ive witnessed in quite a while. So many wonderfully complex and beautifully flawed characters who are constantly juggling the right and wrong ways to go about getting what they want, and all with consistently understandable motifs and reasons behind their actions. And so many set ups that get paid off so well, and actions that have realistic consequences. The show should honestly be teaching material for writing courses. And yes, love that a show finally grasps how to write some layered, strong female characters who aren’t just unrealistically awesome at everything for the sake of lady-power.
jeeez man, come off it. teaching material for writing courses? you are actually high- this show was low class writing with no depth, no emotive connectivity etc. It sucked, and anyone who has seen actually talented writing in anime, tv, and film, knows that this show sucks. You can never really expect much from a video game adaptation, they are hit or miss and this was a big miss. just a bunch of people repeating exactly what others are saying like bots. 4.5/10 for me.
@@genieinthepot2455 and on the other hand, you can’t say that there aren’t any anime that aren’t on par with Arcane (at least writing wise; FMA, Death Note, and Odd Taxi to name but a few). What that dude said about Arcane is absolute BS, but let’s not forget that greatness can come from other places too.
I still cannot believe that Riot managed to release probably one of the best animated TV shows I have ever seen and on their first attempt so. This is what dedication and love for their product can bring. Riot shows that good adaptations based off video games can be if you actually care about the lore/characters and universe. Thanks for the review guys!
Anything they make outside of that thrash pit of a game is really good. Their music slaps really hard. To this day I still listen to the Pentakill albums while working, they slap.
Once again, I gotta give props to the 2 guys at Riot that spearheaded this project, they both came from customer support and one became the first composer and the other a writer of the original bios.
The best animated series on Netflix, period ! I don’t play league of legends or know anything about it but this show was absolutely amazing. The script writers should be awarded for this, the story was so well done. The world building and character development was top tier.
@@platinummad4701 You just named 3 of my "all time favorite animes" Yeah it's up there, Gurren Lagann is still on top by a fair distance to the others, but Arcane comes close, pretty close.
10:10 They missed a detail where jinx, as a child, was tinkering with the games in their mini-arcade hideout in episode 1, that's how she knew her way around tech, wiring and electronics in general when she grew up. He's speaking about the magic device Jinx made in episode 5 here but he probably missed that Jinx had Jayce's notebook and that she (I assume) has been exposed to the hextech machines/machines-in-general Jayce and Viktor have made through the years she's been growing up - especially with the industrial revolution in the fissures. I love Jinx and Arcane, this is me defending that... I'm sorry. 36:39 I'd love to see their reaction when they realize that it was Jinx reacting to Silco pulling the gun on Vi.
Her bomb creations as well being symbolic of her character, its not that she wasnt any good at inventing like Joe thinks.. When she was powder she wasnt a fighter or violent in any way so her bombs never worked, now that she is Jinx her bomb inventions are effective and very destructive.
@@bloggs24 She also has the freedom and resources to test them out as well (The bombs she threw in the fissure abyss at her "Lab"). When she was a child she couldn't test them out freely and she had to fish out parts from everywhere she could.
I like how in episode 7 they show just how dangerous the main villain is by showing how he puts his underlings in place and how he seems to fear nothing but then in the following seen you see him let Jinx walk all over him because of how vulnerable he is when it comes to her
@@rettwoods yeah cause he accepts her for who she is. Even at that time she is unhinged, partly because of him because she calls him a liar because he was hiding Vi's existence from Jinx.
@Yung Murk did we watch the same show or? He thinks of her as a daughter, remember how he talks to Vander’s statue saying “ Is there anything as undoing as a daughter” he is talking about how jinx means more to him than nation of zaun at that point
This show has been one of the best shows I've seen in years. I've not seen character writing as competent since Bojack Horseman. Stunning visuals - engaging story - REALLY well written characters. Its a 100% must watch for anyone. 10/10. Stand out episodes being 3, 6 and 9 (although 7 and 8 are also excellent.... infact every episode is...). Stand out characters being Silco, Jinx and Viktor (and Caitlyn was surprisingly good too!). Also "In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good. " is a timeless quote.
Bojack Horseman is criminally underated imo. Love that show but it started meh in season 1 so I think it's understandable how people are not into it early on.
@@ChubbyChoncc yea I tried getting into it and I think I was close to finishing season 1 but gave up. I can see why people like it but It didn’t resonate with me all that much
@@Ryan-cs3uc Actually the show really started at season 2 and it keeps getting better. Afer season 2 people usually got hooked and realized Bojack Horseman is not just a comedy show like Big Mouth or Simpson. Trust me you should watch season 2, you won't regret it!
@@ChubbyChoncc I’ll give it another shot. I do like it when those types of shows aren’t all jokes and I know bojack is supposed to be a pretty emotional ride
When Jinx shoots Silco it's not by accident. Silco picks up a gun and is about to shoot Vi so in that moment Jinx chooses to save her sister by killing her father. I realise your trying to remember all the episodes off the top of your head though. Amazing series!!
Actually you’re wrong. She didn’t trust Silco at the moment because of what she overheard him say with no context. He thought he was gonna shoot her instead of Vi so she just shot him. It is revealed that he was going for Vi and not Jinx and THEN she realized she fucked up and broke down
Jinx do a 360 in panic as always(ep 4 and 5), Silco din't heven had time to shot because" zap!"(her W) takes a loot of time(same reason to why she didn't just shot caitlyn while the mini gun was trailing the floor)
I also want to ask. Does anyone feel that in episode 7 jinx was ready to die. There were many ways to blow echo up without herself getting hurt. I feel that she found herself as powder again "playing" with echo. This was the only time she isn't influenced to think of the others perspective in a sense. Echo wasn't persuading her to see his view. While jinx is constantly being reminded that either "everyone betrays you but me" (silco) and "i am here for you, come back to me as powder" (Vi). Silco and vi wanted thier version of powder/jinx. Echo was just seeing her as a person. So when she was being beaten she decides she is done. Maybe that's another reason to dislike silco as he kinda forces her to survive. Thoughts?
@@fettmaneiii4439 This is a very sad and purely contrarian take. You aren't better than others because you tell people you're above something popular. You'd talk shit about Shakespeare if you were in his time.
Arcane has set the bar for animated series so high, that so many other animated projects will be measured by Arcane as the benchmark. The artistry is so unique, almost as if the animators made a painting come to life, and the story arcs of all the characters are better than many live action series, that it is a must watch!
That's because shows like this and Castlevania have taken a more anime like approach to their shows which gives it more of a mature feel which gives you more liberty to do more things since you're not appealing to one audience that's kids which can be stifling creatively.
Yep, agree, problem for me is that from now on every single animated series is going to look and feel like shit in comparison. I mean, on one hand I hope that more people take it as an inspiration and starts a new era of high quality animation series, on the other I fear that they will miss the point and this is just a case of lighting striking just once.
10:08 something everyone miss is that jinx also took jayce's note book where it give details on how the haxtech works. so jinx didn't just remade the hextach she just fallow the instructions in the book, badly I might add but she had limited resources in zaun to really make it work on the first try.
Jinx stole Jayce's notes, plus she was clearly an inventor herself so i could see her figuring it out besides she didn't do it right away it's actually one of the plots of the season the fact that she's taking too long to figure out how to control the gemstone
One of my favorite scenes in the entire show was the Ekko and Jinx fight scene in episode 7. If you look closely when Ekko gets the upper hand and is punching Jinx, you can see in her eyes and on her face that in this moment she is Powder. Her eyes change from blue back to grey (like they were when she was a child). And her face shows that she is scared, remorseful, and utterly broken on the inside. She has experienced so much pain as a child. I don't think that anybody would be able to remain sane after all of that pain. And I think that Ekko sees that. He realizes that Powder is still in there, trapped by Jinx. He can tell that in that moment it was Powder, not Jinx. When she pulled the pin on the grenade, it is almost as though she had given up. I think that she wanted to die on that bridge as Powder and not as Jinx.
Episode 6 was the climax of the series for me. The scene where Jinx fires the flare was a masterpiece, the soundtrack and the visuals were breathtaking!
I like Jinx cuz her mind fracturing is one of the most natural responses a person would have when confronted by repeated heightened trauma from her early childhood all the way through to her present day. 10/10 depiction of that character.
exactly. you get hints of how into the detail they went with the little scenes, for example, how touchy and up close she is with Silco. this is because Jinx is mentally stuck at the age of 9 due to the deaths of her adopted family which also fits her in-game character. she is not being seductive or playful, jinx doesn`t understand personal space. and that`s a detail most writers would have skipped when writing characters with trauma. when people suffer trauma at a young age their minds will shut down any growth as a means to block the pain and protect themselves.
@@brightestlight9462 Yes because there is *no such thing* as an annoying or unlikable character. If you've ever disliked anyone, for any reason, it's obviously because *you* are devoid of empathy. Sounds legit 👍
10/10 for sure, that ending was crazy, didn't think they'd go that way, but with all that anger, I wasn't surprised. Hope we explore other regions next season, and introduce some new characters.
Yeah I wouldn’t assume Arcane to be an anthology series, but pretty rooted in Piltover/Zaun and at the periphery other regions like Noxus. Explorations of other regions I’d imagine to be under a different name- it gives them the flexibility to choose any point in time and any region by doing so. In terms of additional characters, they’ve certainly teased up explorations of Warwick and maybe Orianna. They’ve made reference to Camille’s house so I’d love to see her make an appearance. Someone has to fill the void that Silco leaves so I’m really really curious as to who ends up being the new primary antagonist-Singed?
@@djbakasan I dont' really see why Singed would be the main villain tbh, maybe Mel's mom? I feel like Noxus will definitely get involved since Jinx attacked the whole Council. We will see, I'm so excited, don't know how am I going to be able to to resist until then haha
Well with the way it's going we will likely see how singed gets to noxus. while also finishing up the current story, and helps them develop the chemical warfare they use to invade Ionia and start to get into that story for 3rd season with Darius/Swain in Ionia. how they get to the point of overthrowing noxian leadership.
One of the most amazing things about the series is the fact that Jinxed used to just be a ripoff of Joker and Harley Quinn. Now she far surpasses either of those characters in every way. She truly became her own person with an insanely sad and relatable backstory unlike the characters she was based on. Truly epic!
9:28 the 'sex scene is out of left field" is something I've heard a few times before but consider this. There was basically an 8 year time skip after the end of Act I. Mel and Jayce know each other, she saved his ass and made him important in the PIltover world and he's been in it now for 8 years with her. This isn't out of nowhere, it's been a building relationship for 8 years we just had a time skip.
Victor was my favorite character in this season, for me he just embodies the saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" god damn master piece
I love how it works for people who know nothing of LoL and is kinda better for people who don't know anything because they won't know who has plot armor.
This really is a 10/10. And that's coming from someone who had zero interest in League of Legends going in. This show puts Marvel's "What If" to shame.
20:00 its actually fucking amazing, they even set up the butterflies during progress day, with a random man who was showing off his invention of, you guessed it, robot butterflies flying around! when jinx stole from the festival its not unbelievable to think she would've gone out of her way to nab something she found cute to try to figure it out too
Incredible show, loved every minute of it. Beautiful animation, fantastic story, amazing characters, kick ass music. Now this is entertainment! Has to be my favorite animated series of all time, just spectacular! Got to be embarrassing for Hollywood and the mainstream networks when the two greatest shows this year have been from a video game studio and a Korean production.
for the people who said "you need to play league of legends to watch this"..............man your mind is vaporized long time ago. seriously edit= of course if wanna play....play it. but even I who doesn't like League of legends watch the show and love it.
Regarding your skepticism of Jinx's ability to use the Hextech Gemstones (10:11): she's not using them in the same way as Jayce or Viktor. The writers show us that the gemstones are "explosive" if given enough blunt force, meaning she can basically use them as explosives. She simply created a rocket that can contain the gemstones... so not _that_ impressive or something that requires vast scientific knowledge. Meanwhile, Jinx's other guns (she has two): one uses regular bullets, the other uses Shimmer (since Shimmer is highly flammable, which we see during Silco's fight with Vander). So no, she's not doing what it took two scientists to do after years of hard work and experimentation. Not at all, in any way. And even _if_ she was: Jinx is insane. Have you ever met an insane person? When they become fixated on something, they have the conviction of a God.
Also, she managed to steal Viktor's notes on Hextech as many people have pointed out. You don't need to go throgh years of trial and error through experiments if you have records of which ones worked and which ones didn't, and have notes detailing why.
@@Birthday888 Yep, also very true. It's definitely apparent that the writers thought of _everything_ when creating this show, and left no stone unturned. I've actually tried very hard to find plotholes or inconsistencies (as a writer myself it's just what I do) and came up empty.
The reason that Jinx was able to work with the jemstone so fast compared to the scientists is the fact that she also stole their research and their notes, so I wasn't really bothered by that
@@michaelso5593 You see her holding a notebook she stole with all the information she needed to use the gem. All she really had to do was build a weapon that could make use of the power.
Easily my top 5 best shows of all time. The writing the cinematography and music just add to an already great story. Still can't get over that ending though... 💔
I would never have thought that next to The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad...I would rank Arcane just as highly. Went into this expecting some average videogame adaptation mediocrity and came out of it with my mind blown 🤯🤯🤯
Seeing piltover in that first opening scene literally brought a tear to my eyes seeing the world of a game ive played my whole life be brought to screen so beautifully.
I came to the conclusion that even if the show has lots of clichés like (Brother/sister rivalry and drama, the poor vs rich, the magic that goes wrong) it really matters how you present them and the quality of everything else. This show is so beautifully animated, the voice acting is amazing, the scenes are pieces of art for fk sake! Definitely deserve a 10/10!
Agree. Although I would refer to them more as archetypal conflicts rather than clichés, since the latter would imply repetitive ways of portraying said conflicts, which I think wasn't the case
Those aren't clichés, those are themes. A cliché would've been something like Viktor stealing Jayce's work from the very start, it's a possibility that's right there and is the fast and easy resolution to his introduction, but instead he goes back to Jayce, talks to him and encourages to pursue his dream. Making Viktor an asshole and mad scientist would've been a cliché. Themes are what your story is about. I don't think 'magic goes wrong' is a theme, but more about how technology can be used and abused. How ideas that started with a well intended purpose can get twisted. This is demonstrated by the parallel scenes on episode three, while Powder is making bombs of the hex crystals, Viktor and Jayce are using it to further technology. Then on episode 4 it's restated when they're presenting the tools to Heimerdinger, and how they blur the line between tools and weapons.
@@Straggler8 ikr. This show was actually full of great quotes. Like “little advice. Don’t threaten the man who pours the drinks.” And “in the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.” And so many other great lines
I've never watched a show where it was so unbelievably difficult to find even one issue with it. I haven't found even one. There's not one second of this show I didn't adore.
I have a few quibbles. I loved Viktor but his overall plot was pretty generic with a scientist pushing things too far, that plot didn't really do anything out of the typical. And one of Jinx's major motivations was being jealous of Caitlyn existing, which was the weakest aspect of the climax and not exactly an in depth thing to explore.
@@telltellyn Reasonable gripes, they didn't bother me at all though. Yeah we've seen viktors story many times, and Jinx kind of has the Harley quinn feel to her. But with Jinx, even though the jealousy theme was used so much in media, her writing and characterization made it a lot better. The situations she creates, that scene with the dinner table, it's all really good stuff. And her being jealous of Caitlin, that wasn't really explored all that much, I think there was like 2 or 3 lines which indicated that and that's it. But yeah, if I was to get down and dirty, the whole science sub plot can get a bit muddled.
@@mmaScholar99 My problem was it became a major part of the final scene, Jinx brought Caitlyn and offered Vi getting Powder back if she killed Caitlyn. It was THE critical moment for Vi, but I couldn't empathise with Jinx doing that, it just felt crazy. I think the table scene would have been a mile better if Jinx hadn't brought Caitlyn, she wasn't relevant.
@@telltellyn Also, caitlin wouldn't have escaped and got the gatlin gun. It was also just to prove that Jinx can move really fast due to being injected by that purple stuff.
Went in with zero knowledge about LOL. This series was so good. I was experiencing artblock and this helped in reigniting that flame. The art, the character design, the animation and the cinematography are too good. They didnt have to be this good but they still worked really hard. That shows in each frame. These episodes made me feel things while watching. I loved how every character was in their own grey area. They all had their reasons. Loved it. Cant wait for season 2.
Never knew anything about League of legends. Came in just like “hey something new on Netflix “ & absolutely love myself for tuning in. The story is beautifully written, really has you in your seat paying attention to EVERY minor detail. The music has you feeling as if you’re there. The emotions the characters have, you can’t help but feel them yourself. Never felt this way about a show especially an animation but every act got better and, damn definitely a 10/10.
Jinx knew how to make the device for the gemstone because she also stole Jayce notes and docs about hextech; and you can see her actually reading them while making it. Riot really did a great job with the details in the show.
The thing about Jinx is that she was ever smart, that's her strength, but it wasn't a trait much needed in the environment she was living in, where you needed to be physically strong. She's a crazy genius, and Silco knew that, that's why he trusted the weapon to her and not Singed.
Good catch. I almost forgot Silco had another genius working for him. But you could argue that -- between the production of shimmer and the creation of the Frankenstein-esque, mech-like soldiers -- Singed had his hands full. It's not like Silco didn't trust him, but it's also a good catch regarding how much Silco values intelligence. In one of the few interactions that Vander had with Powder (while he was serving her a drink at the bar), we can see that he has no idea how to engage with her. Silco, on the other hand, frequently encourages Jinx to cultivate her engineering talents.
There are a few more characters from both Zaun and Piltover that we have not seen yet that are in game, would love to see them in season 2. Blitzcrank, Orianna, Zac, Urgot, Camille and Ziggs could all make an appearance!
Nice review, totally agree with it all. The music isn't always my taste either, but the songs in ep 3 and 9 are so beautiful ('Goodbye' and 'What could have been'). Also I think the reason Jinx managed to figure out the hextech stuff so quickly is because she probably also stole Jayce and Viktor's notes on that, you see her reading it I think. All the info about how to build the machine was probably in there, even her device (the one that seems to work) in ep 5 looked identical to the one Jayce and Viktor built in ep 3.
Like AJ, I love metal and shit too, but that doesn't mean I'm unable to enjoy other genres to go along with scenes. Like, I usually hate rap/hiphop, but Dynasties & Dystopia was amazingly fitting for the Ekko vs Jinx fight. But yeah, this series had quite a few very memorable tracks. Playground from ep1, Goodbye from ep3, Guns for Hire from ep6, and What Could Have Been from ep9 are all songs that I've looked up and listened several times after watching the show. The music gripe isn't a legitimate one imo. The Arcane musical choice was incredible.
This was a really good year for animation, invincible, castlevania and now arcane. I never expected them to outperform like they did. Legit set and raised the bar. No drop in quality of animation, tention was handled perfectly in every fight, characters were handled so well and motivations believable and the plot just easily flowed and was so intriguing. Only complaint I could have was some of the music not being right for the scene in my opinion for some moments but overall surprisingly solid. The Expanse expanse is still a really good show though after s2.
@@StripedJacket She mostly shares with the Joker. Following Episode 9, Jinx becomes *obsessed* with bringing down Caitlyn, who is her "Batman". Never killing Caitlyn, but always trying to beat her.
Again, thanks to a friend who has an account, i was able to watch the remainder of the Arcane Series, first Season. It's definitely a very American / Western Culture style Animation, and a DAMN GOOD one too. It's also a very Mature Animation too; from the edgy compleity of the story, all the way to the diverse cast that are for the most part interesting and captivating; Heroes and Villains alike. However, by it's nature, Arcane is also a Unique American Animation because it is so well made and well thought out, unlike other average Western style animations that are less well made or even merely mediocre / badly made. This makes it stand out more when placed beside other lesser titles. Such great works are few and far between. By comparison, Japanese style Anime is very different. Not only are they more prolific, but the stories are more diverse, from light hearted comedies and slice - of - life stories, to edgier, fantasy / horror themes, to even historically based narratives. Seriousness and silliness can be found in equal measure in the genre. The result is that Anime has the advantage of offering a large selection of titles so that a LOT of Good ones are available to offset less popular titles. So in the end, animations like Arcane are actually more vulnerable to declining in quality of the story telling. Arcane is like the rare times people have a chance to dine at an expensive fine - dining venue; few, and far between. Japanese anime is more like eating well at home where everything is less unique, but has the advantage of being served with love, and in the company of a loving family. That's a shame since Arcane shows just what can be done with good writing and carefully crafter artwork over the trashy virtue signaling that forces itself on a less than enthusiastic audience. Even angry joe sees Arcane as a great eample of an animaton - game tie in rather than a great anime all by itself, which it is.
In regards to Alex not being surprised that Riots animation/music teams did so well with this: I was personally incredibly impressed and surprised that these teams knocked it out of the park, because they've never written long form media before, let alone a TV show. They had already proved they're excellent at short form animation and catchy pop songs, but telling a long form story such as this one is very, very different. Some of these people had never written TV scripts before this. That's insane to me, because they sidestepped so many pitfalls other high-profile shows fall into. The dialogue and ability to understand how to tell a smart, in-depth, emotional story over the course of 9 episodes, were some of the things I was most impressed by with this team who had NEVER written an episode of TV prior to this.
Her strength is that people keep feeling sorry for her and shes a main character. Ekko, Cait and Vi had plenty of opportunities to murder her and resolve a lot of issues.
This show is an absolute Master at showing and not just telling as well as having a masterclass degree in the use of chekhov's gun every story element has a payoff and every callback has a meaning and every time a new story dot Is added it immediately gets connected to another one
@@tacotimmer8288 Mel's armor glowing at the end implies that she might have some kind of protective shield ability. Plus, from what I've read, Riot has been teasing a new character in the game who uses golden shields.
In regards to how quickly Jinx was able to reeingineer a Hextech device with the gemstone - recall that she also stole Jayce and Victor's notes on Hextech. Most of the research portion of using this stuff was already completed for Jinx.
It really is a very-very well written, directed, produced show, really hope next season is as good or better than this first season. Not only they managed to make a game & netflix adaptation great, this was written as a tragedy and the events leading up to the end is very believable instead of feeling too coincidental. my only nit-pick is imagine dragons, personally I don't feel like their song really fits the show. The last song by Sting & Ray Chen though, it really is beautiful and on point.
Well I think the imagine dragons choice came from them being fans and players of the game for years, and always volunteering to make music for the game, like all the worlds songs they’ve made
@@jakpote88 Warwick struggled to recall a single memory from his past... All he could see was blood. But then he heard a little girl screaming. Screaming something he couldn’t understand. It sounded like a name.
I could not believe how good this show is. It has instantly become my favorite dramatic animated show. The writing, acting, pacing, art style, and animation are all amazing. I love Avatar: The Last Airbender, Batman: TAS, and the DCAU, but as great as those shows are, they had episodes and scenes with janky animation. Arcane's animation was just flawless throughout. I'm especially impressed by how expressive the characters are, they're able to convey so much emotion.
This show sucked, just an fyi for all the bots repeating the same thing over and over again. It had garbage writing, garbage execution if im being honest its a maximum of 6/10 for me but since i literally could barely make it thru it, im giving it a 4.5/10 for being almost unwatchable.
@@fettmaneiii4439 you keep saying this on like every comment bro lmao nobody really cares about your opinion, you arent special because "omg this show everybody likes SUCKS!!!" gtfo, your argument is trash, you use no evidence to support your claims you just repeat the same shit over and over again.
I was absolutely SHOCKED how good this show was, especially knowing it’s based off a video game which usually end up horrible. This was easily a masterpiece and a 10/10.
come off it. this is in no way shape or form ANY kind of masterpiece. Undeveloped dialogue, improper execution of character emoting, trash pacing and i could go on. If you think this was 10/10 I highly suggest you go watch literally anything else. this show was 6/10 overall maximum. being generous
I remembered when I first played league Cait was the sheriff, Vi was her deputy, and they hunted the criminal known as Jinx, pretty simple. They took that very simple story and have created something truly amazing. I will say the fact that people reference the old lore is a bit strange to me, considering it has been completely remade when they made the Institute of War non canon, surely the precedent has already been set that we can change or retcon lore
That's not the same though. The overarching lore of the game was changed, yes, and almost the entire roster has had their backstories changed to fit within it, but retconning a character's personality or defining traits is not the move, if that's what you're even referring to here
Hey love the video! 10:10 The gripe you have with Jinx and how she's able to use hextech was explained through visuals. When Jinx stole the gemstone she also ended up stealing Jayce's research notes and just followed the note as if they're instructions. The show likes to do a lot of "show don't tell" kind of story.
thats my problem with shows these days. Sure its wonderful to get the entire season at once (i love that) but then it means we gotta wait an entire year (sometimes 2 or 3) for the next season. By then, i've forgotten the show and it's hype. I'm sure ill be happy to watch arcane season 2 though.
@@sup3rAVATARtlafAN ya sorry i meant i was comparing it to what it used to be liked back in the day before streaming services. Where you had to wait a week for each episode. Honestly i like it more the way it is now, it just sucks how long we have to wait for each season, and half the time the wait is mainly because they aren't sure about making another season lol. At least back in the day, they had the year (with weekly episodes) to plan that stuff out lol. Oh well.
It would be nice to get it quicker, but mainly hope they keep the significance, impact, and quality of these stories over trying to get them out on a timeframe. Take as long as needed to make season 2 as long as it maintains the quality we saw here
What's crazy is, while this is THE best videogame adaptation, this also set the bar to unrealistically high expectations moving forward. Up until Netflix's Castlevania series & Sonic's movie, I'd say the bar was like, ankle-high. Castlevania bumped the animation up stupid high, and Sonic bumped up the live action to not-as-high bars, but still up there! But Arcane bumped the bar up to skyscraper heights. It's the shining example of what to do, and thankfully, it was done with love. Also I do want to say, in terms of lore for these characters, most of the main cast that are playable characters have a TON of lore. Lots of intertwining blurbs with other characters, as well as full-on short stories. Some like Jinx have multiple stories too. And then there's the card game Legends of Runeterra, where all character interactions have basically been lore-accurate. So it's not like these were blank canvases, but yeah, actually seeing these stories develop with our eyes is so fucking cool. I really, REALLY hope we start getting other areas as well. There's a war of tribes in the Freljord north, a "recently" re-founded empire of Shurima in the desert, the ever-growing imperialism of Noxus, the very anti-magic Demacia, the still unknown Void, an awesome power shift in the Bilgewaters with the pirate lords, the truth behind what those hex crystals are... UGH!!! So much, and I hope we get to see more.
10:20 I think the only reason Jinx was able to use the hextech much quicker simply because she only intend to use it to blow things up and the stone already does that just by falling a few feet. Meanwhile, jayce and his team trying to use it for something which is more complex.
Just one thing about Jynx messing with hextech: she also stole Jayce's diary. So, in a way, she kinda knew what she was messing with and how it worked. It was shown she was studying it at least once. She's crazy, but not that crazy.
the creators of Arcane are first time writers. They never done this stuff before. Alex Yee started in Riot as a Player Support Specialist and worked his way up to become a Creative Designer. Very impressive.
Yeah and the other guy is the head of the music department, its fascinating to see how these two people that had nothing to do with story or writing, not only get the project passed internally but deliver it with excellence, I honestly don't know what to say.
Hopefully they have the same input in the next season and they take their time and not rush it just because expectations are higher now. Really love the style and writing in this show
Not entirely, Ash Brannon (Toy Story) and Amanda Overton (True Detective) are experienced writers, but sure talent spoke throughtout the entire team. The story is interesting and gripping and I don't care about League of Legends at all.
The writing was incredible
@@fluxx2384 YOO gotta write for Blizzard to have this opinion.
The scene with Silco pouring one out at Vander's statue was the culmination of his character. He finally understands what motivated Vander all those years ago. Silco sees all that he has ever wanted, the nation of Zaun, at his fingertips but it's going to cost him his daughter. He realizes Vander faced the same. Just like Vander, Silco is now giving up his life's dream for the sake of his daughter and it's a real enlightening moment for him.
"Is there ever anything so undoing as a daughter?" Jinx hears him but misunderstands. It isn't until she accidentally kills him that he lets her know he never would've given her up, not even for his dream. He was undone by his love for his daughter, like Vander.
A daughter undoes you because you change how you think after. Silco went from ruthless to loving.
She undid who he was, but not in a bad way
@@jonbaxter2254 It was just an extremely good line. His entire life's work, the rise of the Nation of Zaun, was undone all for the sake of one girl. The writing in Arcane is incredible.
@@dearikj90 Its full of great lines.
"In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good "
Such a good line.
that was so poetic, this show was amazing.
There's a lot of foreshadowing and callbacks in the series and what you mentioned was one of them. Another big one was how Powder tended to walk in/misunderstand comments about her, leading to a lot of grief that could have been avoided lol.
If you liked the show, feel free to keep avoiding League!
Their card game Legends of Runeterra and their recent RPG Ruined King are much better ways to explore the world :>
Truuuuuuuuu
Still play every now and then and it's still a fun game, been playing since season 5
is legends of runeterra very money heavy like hearthstone ?
@@vigneshmoorthie922 It has a much better model (currently) than Hearthstone.
@@vigneshmoorthie922 Nah man its chill with that stuff , u can earn everything with a bit of a grind
Joe: “yeah I actually liked the love story between Jayce and uh Mel”.
Alex: *confused expression* cause he was talking about Vi and Caitlyn😂
@@asimhussain8716 agreed, i remember when they seperated and they were crying and caitlyn was like "plz dont leave me sob sob" and me and my mom were like get over it you guys met like 2 days ago lol.
@@asimhussain8716 yep
@@awesomedog1415 lmao, clearly not a lesbian. If you're not moving in by day 3 you're taking it slow.
You see lesbians have two speeds either "we've been dating for a week and have two dogs" or "she basically lives at my house and keep going on dates but I can't tell if we're dating or just friends".
/s
@@solsystem1342This is so true tho! Lesbians are either speedrunners or slow as fuck (to the point that we can't even tell sometimes if we're actually friends or really dating lol)
You've probably been told this a hundred times already but I didn't see it in the comments. One of Joe's gripe with the show was how quick Jinx was able to recreate hextech so quickly. Jinx not only stole the gemstone, but also all their notes on the subject. And given the praise that Jayce and Viktor both give her grenade, its safe to assume that she would be one of the few that could understand from a tech point of view. This show is incredibly well written.
Also the gemstone they created was meant to be used by the common man so it's designed to be user friendly
@@supremeleader9872 Yes, I think Jayce said it can "power virtually anything".
Absolutely agree. I also think they sell Jinx as a technological savant, albeit more crude than Jayce and Viktor
and also, she pretty much spent her whole life crafting (and initially trying to make) weapons - since she wasn't good in pretty much anything else. so i'd say it's pretty well backed up indeed
@@paddington2063 And moreover, in the second scene of the entire show, it's established that _Powder_ was incredibly tech-savvy as a kid. She knew several of the devices in Jayce's workshop.
I love how they've depicted Vi's fighting style in this, they didn't make her like she was a martial arts master out of nowhere it's very a street fighting style inspired by boxing, you can clearly see moments where she's sloppy and not this super master fighter, felt very genuine.
To add to that it’s clear that she took after Vander who was clearly a seasoned fighter.
I love how Vi is portrayed. She's kind of stupid and punches first, thinks later. Which really makes sense for her character and how it ruined Jinx as a kid.
Yeah I loved how it felt like an actual fight rather than an anime fight. And considering the amount of MMA/UFC you can watch nowadays, they don’t have the excuse of not having an example to work with.
@@NathanCassidy721 Yea 100 lb girl one shot KOing dozens of grown, armored men by swinging around 50 lb gauntlets like they are paper. Really felt like an actual fight!!
Lol cmon bro
And the thing is they weren’t afraid to get Vi hurt or lose which a lot of new series avoid (which is why they’re so terrible)
The best line I have ever heard was, "in the pursuit of great, we failed to do good" this show was so good
I also loved that line.
basically riot balanced department
My dad passed away last year before this show came out, but he always used to tell my brothers and me: “Never let great become the enemy of good.” I got chills and burst into tears when I heard Viktor say that.
Viktor stood out the most besides Silco. At first I thought he was a guy with intentions to use Jayce, but in reality he's a tragic character with his days numbered because of his illness. His quote still echoes in my mind because of how it resonates well with his and Jayce's downfall throughout the season.
"In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good."
its kinda like the jurassic park quote: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
they say two different things, but the underlying meaning is the same. we were so focused on progress that we missed what we were actually doing.
At first I thought Victor was going to steal Jayce's research and claim all the credit for Jayce's work. When Victor brought Jayce in on his plan to break into Heimerdinger's lab, I thought that he'd probably just realized that he needed Jayce's genius to finish his research, but ultimately planed to backstab him. After the time skip, I was certain that Victor was going to become the resentful mad scientist archetype who envies the fame that his partner receives while Jayce was going to become the asshole who hogs the lion's share of the credit for research he couldn't have completed without Victor's help. By the end of the show, I was moved by the wholesome friendship these science bros shared.
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
it's even sadder considering what he eventually becomes
@@mirrorzone5224 It's such a real friendship. They got swept in the initial success of their research, and their hunger for more caused them to waver and lose their way a little bit. But ultimately, they realize that and try to stay bros.
This series is 110% the product of something that no amount of money can buy - passion. Sure companies can hire top-talent for top dollar but you will never be able to buy their love and passion for a project. Such an amazing work can only be crafted by people that put their heart and soul into what they are doing. I just pray that in the following seasons they can keep up or at least keep it close to the level of quality of this first season. I am spoiled for life now by this quality...
The passion was there, but the money definitely helped.
@@locke2517 Passion with money can do amazing things indeed but money substituting passion can only produce crap.
@@Cyon2012 idk, avatar was pretty cool
I'm failry certain that this really was someone's passion project (be it one person or a group of them). Think of it like this: it's understandable that to make an interesting character design, you'd have to think of his background or a theme. DotA kind of has it as well (although it must be said the character models were originally from Warcraft way back when DotA was a WC3 map), but they never went as deep as Riot did with LoL. I mean, it's a MOBA cybersports game that people play for the competetive reasons, so why bother really?
There was someone in Riot that had this thing in mind in order to stand out from DotA. They probably built the whole universe for that reason, and when designing characters, they didn't only think of a technical side of things, they worked on their backgrounds, themes, even their relationships between one and others.
Naturally, in a MOBA game where characters have maybe about 10 lines in total, this work would largely go unnoticed. But they had looked for every chance to show it - I believe that's why the Jinx music video has paralells between it and Arcane, and that video is almost a decade old! That tells me the idea of this story we'd seen in Season 1 was already made up by them way back when!
I applaude their passion and those people in charge who saw this thing for what it is and greenlit the project.
@@locke2517 And it's James Cameron's passion project. Why would you believe it otherwise?
one interesting theory I read online is that Fishbones, Jinx's rocket launcher - was made for Silco because of his love for sea monsters as shown in the first 3 episodes. Fishbones also has a scarred eye similar to Silco.
That could be a neat tie into why Jinx talks to her guns in her ingame dialogue and lore, they function like the manniquins of Claggor and Mylo she had in her little cave, with Fishbones taking on the persona of Silco.
I absolutely love this.
Fishbones has been in the background in the early episode, way before she met Silco.
@@dandyloona when and where? wasn't it implied that Jinx built Fishbones for the gemstone like Silco asked her to?
@@Birthday888 it's crazy bcs while I was searching online for fishbone theories, i saw this reddit post from 8 years ago, speculating that fishbones represents someone jinx used to love based on their dialogue interactions.
"Hey Fishbones, think we can wreak havoc forever? 'No, you should buy a home and save for retirement.' You know I can replace you, right?"
Not even in my dreams would I have expected this series to be so good! Well done RITO, well done
yeah RITO did such a great job here, totally unexpected
Coño, Hugo, tú por aquí!
hmm yes Rito... well done.
Ya estás tardando en hacer una review en tu canal Hugo. 😉
So this is what theve been doing with all our money haha
In regards to The Joes' criticism about Jinx being able to create the hextech device so quickly
The gem she stole took Jayce and Viktor 10 years to make, the purpose of that gem is that it's much more stable and easier to work with than the ones that she blew up in act 1. Add on to this that she stole Viktor's personal notes along side the gem, which she used as a guide line to utilizing its power. So yes, Jinx is smart, but she was definitely standing on the shoulders of giants when it came to her tinkering with hextech.
Exactly! I was looking for this
And that's literally how science abd engineering works. Someone spends decades on the basics then someone else looks and studies those ideas and makes something new from them.
Exactly
Yeah you can also see the prototype stuff Jinx was making in her workshop looks like crude version of what Jayce used in act 1, so she is clearly copying his work trying to understand it. It was a small thing but I love this kind of attention to detail they had, its the mark of quality writing.
I would say thats downplaying Jinx quite a bit though, she is afterall a teenager still and her skills were complimented by both viktor and jayce even though they were just looking at a hand bomb, but still said it would be a leap to say someone could make a hextech device just because they were good at tinkering. Also the fact Silco trusts her to do it.
"I still believe in loyalty."
- Silco.
What a scene.
Love how despite his hate for his brother - - he ended up being in his shoes - with potentially sacrificing a daughter to the Surface City (forgot the name).
@@firstlast9846 Piltover and the undercity is the soon to be nation of zaun
Silco best dad, no I am not taking questions.
@@jonbaxter2254 Someone, please send him the mug.
Silco’s uncertain expression whether Sevika would betray him or not gave so much depth to that scene.
Ekko vs Jinx has some of the best visuals, music and emotion I think I've ever seen in a fight scene. The way they used a flashback to hint at Ekko's future use of time rewinding was brilliant. And when he stops himself from killing her I teared up a bit
The only "gripe" I would have about Arcane is the fact that Jinx and Ekko had little to no significant interaction prior to Ep.7, like you can definitely piece it together without a scene pointing it out, but it still feels a little surprising when you look back and realize that they didn't even mention or interact with each other in Act 1
Yeah, the only thing that actually shows Ekko and Powder's friendship as kids is the "Enemy" music video, where they're shown playing and hanging out together.
Also fun fact, at one point in the music video, Ekko and Powder are seen riding a one-wheeled vehicle. If you go back to the scene in Ep. 1 where Vander goes to talk to Benzo, and Ekko sees the Enforcers coming, you can see he leans against the same vehicle while addressing them.
Mine is related to the fact that Vi heard a gunshot and yells Cait's name over Ekko's...
That was my big nitpick as well, though I've gotta say, the official video for "Enemy" actually addressed that for me to a degree.
@@TheNovakv23 I watched Enemy only after Arcane (I miscalculated, thinking I would protect myself from potential spoilers) and it retroactively improved that for me as well. On one hand I wish they also put that in the show. There are a few things here and there where I wish they had a bit more time. On the other I appreciate how dense the show already is and I know that for everything where they would spend more time, something else we got would have to be cut. So maybe delegating this to the music video as additional content was the right call
Secondary Characters: Heimerdinger, Ekko and somewhat Viktor was a secondary character, but had more importance because of Jayce, same case of Caitlyn.
I believe second season will focus less on Jinx, Vi and Jayce and will focus more on Ekko, Heimerdinger, Viktor and Caitlyn. We didn't get any arcs, since we lack a lot of motives and we barely have a bit of knowledge of their pasts and motives. So I believe second season will be interesting.
got one thing to say about Jinx being able to do what Jayce and Vitkor did: She's not redoing everything they did until that point. She just followed the blueprints that she stole from them and built the prototype from there. She's not a scientist but she's a great weapons engineer.
She’s also using the perfected crystal
Yeah, if anything it shows that Jinx make be a better Tinkerer than anyone on the show. Even when she was a kid, they constantly had her repairing stuff and she's an excellent marksman. She literally had to learn everything from scratch.
Yes, she was building the boxing training robot and target practice machinery at their little hideout when they were kids. She was also one of the first people to actually harness the Hextech gems with that monkey-toy bomb. Powder looked like she was 7 years old at the time.
Now flash forward ten years where she is working for the lead mob boss of the under city and has had all that time and money to perfect her skills and I don't feel like its a reach to see her using the perfected gemstone in a weapon.
@@joninosaka Powder was *definitely* not seven at the time of the monkey bomb. She neither acts nor looks this way. I keep seeing this number thrown around a lot, and I think it's a misinterpretation of Vi's line "My little sister could do this when she was seven"-line in episode five, which doesn't mean Powder was seven when we last saw her. She was at least in the 10-12 range - but I like to think she was 13, for thematic reasons. The timeskip can't have been as long as ten years either; if nothing else, I'm sure even Marcus could've grown a full beard in that time.
@@DarkRaven4649 a writer of arcane confirmed jinx was around 11/12 in the first act!
I love watching Vi kick ass because the animators made her realistic, she gets tired and actually loses fights
I love how Vi's brain is shaped like a fist. She's stupid and punches first, thinks later, which is a fun personality for her but also makes her make lots of mistakes.
She’s flawed, she loses, gets hurt, battles and grows. I loved her!
@@Goujiki Jinx is the same way and all you told about Vi can be said of her too. Her brain is just trigger not fist.
@@verpaali my favorite character in the show is Jinx, so yea. I'm not taking sides tho, I loved every character tbh
@@verpaali
Jinx's agility is a treat, her reflexive dodges in the Firelight fight with Vi are just so great. Dodges a hoverboard and attaches a grenade to it in a split second, so damn good
When even alex has high praise for a show you know this is the one in a million. I persoanlly loved every minute of it and cannot wait for the next season.
i know right? i think i never saw him actually giving that much praise before
Based on his reaction. I feel like he's a Vi main. XD
@@zenstrata i am cinemaphil mate. what if i tell you that pretty much any story nowadays are predictable? cause they are all have been told already, in one way or another. arcane is not different. what is different however is execution of said story. and execution of arcane was pretty damn good imo.
@@zenstrata alright saltboi back to your moms basement you go
@@zenstrata Why is predictable even a negative term? One of my favourite things about this series might be that it was predictable. Let me explain: Just because a story is predictable doesn't mean it's bad. If that was the case, prequels wouldn't even exist. Hell, predictability can even improve the story as it means all the things they established and set up are paying off on the viewer. You can't have a good twist without at least having a chance of being predictable, otherwise you're left with a twist that had no set up or clues and leaves the audience shocked, not because it was brilliant, but because it gives the audience no other choice. I prefer the plot and twists of this show so much more than ones that sacrifice logic to try to do the most shocking thing in order to shock their viewers.
Now remember. This masterpiece has been brought to us by people who had *ZERO* experience in this field. In an interview, the showrunners said that before Arcane, they never wrote a script in their entire lives, *THAT'S CRAZY* 😱😍
WTF HOW?! This show is fucking amazing!
Viktor being able to finally run has so much emotional weight in it. You can feel what viktor has gone through and you are just happy to see him run and pass those ships that he couldn't keep up with when he was a kid. You are happy but you also know that the solution to his desease (the hexcore) might lead him or others into madness and corruption.
I loved that scene.
I think you're right that he might be corrupted, but I saw this as a chance for him to make medical technology similar to what he did for himself to improve Undercity living. He's from there and an idealist, afterall. I guess we'll see
there is some visual story telling with Silco and how he felt about Jinx. He kept a mug and ashtray with her drawings on it. there were little sketches by her around. She was his adopted daughter and you can see evidence of it all over. Definitely a show you can watch a few times and pick up more and more details. Just amazing story telling.
For sure agree with your point there. Also the work they do with Silco's expressions can be very revealing. Specifically in the last episode when Jayce asks for Jinx, you can see Silco look off to the side, and his eyes and mannerisms really show he is taken aback, not to mention how he immediately tries to take responsibility for her actions.
Yeah, hes not the ideal father because hes not an ideal person, but hes a father figure nonetheless
there are also crows at some good points and importants moments : they're spies of Swain, one of the leaders of Noxus
@@hexdanoff One another theory is that was Fiddlestick who can take the form of crows and search paranoid and crazy people. This one is solid.
The only downside with a season 2 as they've set the bar so unbelievably high for themselves they're going to have to work their asses off
I'm actually scared for them
The good news is the team behind Arcane has plenty of shorter content they have done for LoL that is always praised as high quality (look up LoL cinematics over the years) So I have no worries about the art. Only if the writers can maintain this quality of story.
@@sharmai Thing is, most of these stories are already written and thought. This show has been in the works for about 7 years, and they even mentioned that they started working on season 2 already. They even scrapped the old lore around the same time they started working on this and re-imagined it. They have invested so much time and resources in this show... I believe all these years will pay off for Riot and us.
I think that`s irrelevant. season one does such a complete story that if season 2 fails you will always have season one. as long as they don`t panic I think they will do a good job.
To be honest I’m glad that they’re releasing it on 2023.
Which means this will give Riot more time to work.
Releasing season 2 on 2022 seems rushed for the story and animation.
If AJ rates a series a 10/10 TWICE within the first minute, you probably should watch it.
Facts
If you have the same taste as him then yeah sure
EinYokai TV - nah his reviews are okay to listen to - but the reviews aren’t good enough to make them trustworthy IMO at least.
I enjoyed Arcane but that doesn't mean that I will enjoy everything Joe put a 10/10 on so.
@@firstlast9846 wow we found a hater already Jesus it's been out 26 minutes lol
Something that I haven't seen any reviews tackle with this series is how it handles mental health - or rather how it shows that people don't deal with mental health. Jinx clearly has abandonment issues at a very young age, but people around her are constantly invalidating her feelings, making her feel worthless. For someone in that delicate of a mental state ALREADY, seeing her friends and adopted family die and realizing she is responsible for it, there is absolutely no way she WASN'T going to snap. As she says in episode 9, it wasn't Silco who created Jinx, it with Vi. It's another reason why this series hits so hard with the gut punches, because Vi only realizes that she was causing this sort of damage when it's already too late to fix it - something that is all too common with people who suffer from untreated mental health issues.
Jinx is a beautifully flawed character. Her personality as an adult is a sort of schitzophrenic with manic episodes. She acts like a pinball being tossed around - which mirrors her development, being tossed around from person to person, adoptive family to adoptive family. After all that she goes through, there's always that little spark of hope that she could come back. In a twist of irony, the thing that sets her over the edge completely is her love for Vi and choosing her over Silco. She gets to watch someone else who loved her die at her own hands. Having her sit down in the "Jinx chair" was a defining moment for her character. Finally she knew who she was, and you can see how her posture relaxes for pretty much the first time in that whole scene.
I cannot possibly imagine how they are going to top this season. I just can't. I am eager to see them give their best attempt, though.
Yeah I honestly cant believe how these writers fleshed out these characters so much in this short timeframe. Only watched the show once but I know I missed soo much like they really made every character so incredibly detailed.
Check out this video called THerapist Reacts. Its a red headed girl and she reacts to Silco and Jinx Relationship, and a new one came out that I have yet to watch.
I honestly thought the whole Jinx is crazy so let's put doodles all over the screen and add a distorted film effect over her got old immediately and was extremely cliché but the writing part of it was good
@@alexsilva28 It's pretty clearly a way to visualize her schizophrenic episodes (the voices and hallucinations of her dead adoptive family), and I think it does so well without being over the top.
See, I think the bit about Vi creating Jinx was a bit of a red herring. We're meant to initially think she meant it as a bad thing (by abandoning me you caused me to become Jinx) but the way she describes it it sounds like she thinks of it positively. Saying how Vi's voice was the one she heard encouraging her to pick herself up, etc.
I think there's been a lot of confusion about Mel's character and motivations. She definitely started out only concerned about the wealth and power. She saw Piltover's success as her own success and a way to shove it in her mother's face that the Noxian way is not the only way. When she talked to Jayce and Viktor about countermeasures, about weaponizing hextech, I think that was her way of saying they needed to make sure they covered their ass. I don't think she ever wanted war, she just wanted Piltover to be prepared in case it came to that. Then her mother came, seeking hextech weapons for the Medarda family to use, not really concerned about war as a byproduct. Her mother had her own way of doing things and she wanted to impose those methods on her daughter, Mel, and on Jayce. I do genuinely believe she wanted to see Mel and Jayce succeed and for Piltover to prosper, but I think she sees war as the only way for that to happen, plus she needs the weapons anyway. For her it's a win-win if she can convince them to fight.
Spot on
I cought that.
Though Mel's perceived lust for power was justified by being more powerful than potential aggressors, she still did a lot of manipulation to try succeeding in this peeing contest (Im sorry, I just don't like politicians). I was SOOOOOO convinced she was gonna be a twist villain.
On a side note, I liked Jace, but I didn't like seeing him be used. Idk if he was just that gullible or if she was that smart, charismatic, beautiful, and dangerous. He deserves a girl like Catelyn. Mel was smart and sexy, but dangerous.
Usually the creators find a way to disappoint people before a show ends, but they just KILLED IT!
Every single episode consistent writing and visuals. Mature intelligent not over the top animation with no bs and overused tropes. 10 out of 10!
“It” being the council minus Jayce.
@@edrianeancheta4215 Pentakill!
Well they dissapointed people after the show ends because theres no more
@@Spl17s cap 🧢 lol
@@Spl17s at this point, everything is an "overused trope"...
On the Bridge Jinx and Ekko fight, I feel more that Ekko baited out Jinx to remember when they were kids playing with each other. Ekko gave time for Jinx to reload, and she even changed her stance reminisce of their game. However because of that, Ekko already knew where Jinx is gonna shoot because they did this before. Where Jinx was stuck in the past, Ekko was looking towards the future and dodge the last bullet where once it hit him. We never saw they played with each other, but in the Imagine Dragons Enemy Music Video, we could see that both of them liked to pretend to be like Vi and train with each other.
Yes. Jinx is all but previsible, and this way Ekko baits her into something where he CAN anticipate at least part of her moves. Top.
He hypnotized her to replay a kids fight
It also shows that despite all of Ekko's words about Jinx needing to be stopped and how she can't be saved, he still holds Powder and his memories of her quite close to his heart, which neatly ties into why he hesitates at the end of fight.
Nope, ekko has the ability to reverse time and will do it well I'm second chance
@@teohheng8592 He clearly doesn't posses the ability to reverse time yet at this time of the series, because if he could, in episode 4 when he and his group attacked the ship and Jinx killed most of the group, he couldve simply reversed time and fix all of that
What really struck me the most about Arcane is the animation and the attention to detail! The studio behind this are real artists!
They have been cranking out great trailers and music videos for Riot for a while now, and people (myself included) have been demanding they create a TV series with their style for years now, glad it finally paid off ;)
Fortiche did great as usual
Just finished episode 3 and I’m a mixed bag of emotions 🙈😄
I loved the booze break during the fight at the last drop between sevika and Vi, it shows that, despite looking stronger than your average soldier in the game she is a human with limits, she gets tired, takes a deep breath and some screams to let the anger out and goes right back in
Some of the best character building and story writing Ive witnessed in quite a while. So many wonderfully complex and beautifully flawed characters who are constantly juggling the right and wrong ways to go about getting what they want, and all with consistently understandable motifs and reasons behind their actions. And so many set ups that get paid off so well, and actions that have realistic consequences. The show should honestly be teaching material for writing courses. And yes, love that a show finally grasps how to write some layered, strong female characters who aren’t just unrealistically awesome at everything for the sake of lady-power.
jeeez man, come off it. teaching material for writing courses? you are actually high- this show was low class writing with no depth, no emotive connectivity etc. It sucked, and anyone who has seen actually talented writing in anime, tv, and film, knows that this show sucks. You can never really expect much from a video game adaptation, they are hit or miss and this was a big miss. just a bunch of people repeating exactly what others are saying like bots. 4.5/10 for me.
@@fettmaneiii4439 Anyway, I haven't seen any good critics for it. Don't know why
@@fettmaneiii4439 bruh, u can't genuinely be saying writing in anime is better that this. That's the hardest bait you've put out in all your comments.
@@fettmaneiii4439 low effort troll 1/10 trolling.
@@genieinthepot2455 and on the other hand, you can’t say that there aren’t any anime that aren’t on par with Arcane (at least writing wise; FMA, Death Note, and Odd Taxi to name but a few). What that dude said about Arcane is absolute BS, but let’s not forget that greatness can come from other places too.
I still cannot believe that Riot managed to release probably one of the best animated TV shows I have ever seen and on their first attempt so. This is what dedication and love for their product can bring. Riot shows that good adaptations based off video games can be if you actually care about the lore/characters and universe.
Thanks for the review guys!
I'm not sure if it's all Riots work. French animation studio should get all love.
@@salomaonplanetsaturn6038 animation studio has always been a Big Part of the League of legends, from trailers to Splash arts.
@@AlanPayne. good to know! Thank you for information 🧐☺️
Fortiche did amazingly.
Anything they make outside of that thrash pit of a game is really good. Their music slaps really hard. To this day I still listen to the Pentakill albums while working, they slap.
Once again, I gotta give props to the 2 guys at Riot that spearheaded this project, they both came from customer support and one became the first composer and the other a writer of the original bios.
they shoulda stayed at customer support, this show was trash. writing was terrible
Those who read this comment, don't feed the troll pls.
Arcane and Castlevania are proof that live action video game adaptions should always be animated and a series. Cosmonaut spoke about this.
But then it’s not live action lol
DOTA too
@@eap1234 it never needs to be live action of a video game if the Animation is always gonna be better.
@@eap1234 even some live action anime is kind weird..................
Yeah, live action is such a gamble
The best animated series on Netflix, period ! I don’t play league of legends or know anything about it but this show was absolutely amazing. The script writers should be awarded for this, the story was so well done. The world building and character development was top tier.
It's up there, but there are some serious classics that have done stuff like this before like Madoka Magica, Kill la Kill and Gurren Lagann
I think not knowing a damn thing about the LoL game was a benefit to watching the TV show. It was all a surprise when things began to unfold.
@@platinummad4701 You just named 3 of my "all time favorite animes" Yeah it's up there, Gurren Lagann is still on top by a fair distance to the others, but Arcane comes close, pretty close.
10:10 They missed a detail where jinx, as a child, was tinkering with the games in their mini-arcade hideout in episode 1, that's how she knew her way around tech, wiring and electronics in general when she grew up. He's speaking about the magic device Jinx made in episode 5 here but he probably missed that Jinx had Jayce's notebook and that she (I assume) has been exposed to the hextech machines/machines-in-general Jayce and Viktor have made through the years she's been growing up - especially with the industrial revolution in the fissures. I love Jinx and Arcane, this is me defending that... I'm sorry.
36:39 I'd love to see their reaction when they realize that it was Jinx reacting to Silco pulling the gun on Vi.
Her bomb creations as well being symbolic of her character, its not that she wasnt any good at inventing like Joe thinks.. When she was powder she wasnt a fighter or violent in any way so her bombs never worked, now that she is Jinx her bomb inventions are effective and very destructive.
@@bloggs24 She also has the freedom and resources to test them out as well (The bombs she threw in the fissure abyss at her "Lab"). When she was a child she couldn't test them out freely and she had to fish out parts from everywhere she could.
I like how in episode 7 they show just how dangerous the main villain is by showing how he puts his underlings in place and how he seems to fear nothing but then in the following seen you see him let Jinx walk all over him because of how vulnerable he is when it comes to her
Yeah, the part where she’s stabbing him with the injector was really interesting. He let her get away with a lot, really compelling.
@@rettwoods yeah cause he accepts her for who she is. Even at that time she is unhinged, partly because of him because she calls him a liar because he was hiding Vi's existence from Jinx.
@Yung Murk did we watch the same show or? He thinks of her as a daughter, remember how he talks to Vander’s statue saying “ Is there anything as undoing as a daughter” he is talking about how jinx means more to him than nation of zaun at that point
This show has been one of the best shows I've seen in years. I've not seen character writing as competent since Bojack Horseman. Stunning visuals - engaging story - REALLY well written characters. Its a 100% must watch for anyone. 10/10. Stand out episodes being 3, 6 and 9 (although 7 and 8 are also excellent.... infact every episode is...). Stand out characters being Silco, Jinx and Viktor (and Caitlyn was surprisingly good too!). Also "In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good. " is a timeless quote.
I keep going back and watching the echo/Jinx fight because it’s so stylistically pleasing to watch and the ending of it has emotional weight
Bojack Horseman is criminally underated imo. Love that show but it started meh in season 1 so I think it's understandable how people are not into it early on.
@@ChubbyChoncc yea I tried getting into it and I think I was close to finishing season 1 but gave up. I can see why people like it but It didn’t resonate with me all that much
@@Ryan-cs3uc Actually the show really started at season 2 and it keeps getting better. Afer season 2 people usually got hooked and realized Bojack Horseman is not just a comedy show like Big Mouth or Simpson. Trust me you should watch season 2, you won't regret it!
@@ChubbyChoncc I’ll give it another shot. I do like it when those types of shows aren’t all jokes and I know bojack is supposed to be a pretty emotional ride
When Jinx shoots Silco it's not by accident. Silco picks up a gun and is about to shoot Vi so in that moment Jinx chooses to save her sister by killing her father. I realise your trying to remember all the episodes off the top of your head though. Amazing series!!
Actually you’re wrong. She didn’t trust Silco at the moment because of what she overheard him say with no context. He thought he was gonna shoot her instead of Vi so she just shot him. It is revealed that he was going for Vi and not Jinx and THEN she realized she fucked up and broke down
@@Real_Genji no, he shoot at VI, you can see the bullet hole on her chair, just VI dodged it or Silco missed
@@linethebun Read my comment again
@@linethebun yep, you are right at this point
Jinx do a 360 in panic as always(ep 4 and 5), Silco din't heven had time to shot because" zap!"(her W) takes a loot of time(same reason to why she didn't just shot caitlyn while the mini gun was trailing the floor)
I also want to ask. Does anyone feel that in episode 7 jinx was ready to die. There were many ways to blow echo up without herself getting hurt. I feel that she found herself as powder again "playing" with echo. This was the only time she isn't influenced to think of the others perspective in a sense. Echo wasn't persuading her to see his view. While jinx is constantly being reminded that either "everyone betrays you but me" (silco) and "i am here for you, come back to me as powder" (Vi). Silco and vi wanted thier version of powder/jinx. Echo was just seeing her as a person. So when she was being beaten she decides she is done. Maybe that's another reason to dislike silco as he kinda forces her to survive. Thoughts?
who cares, this show sucked. anyone that's seen any actually good anime, shows, and films, knows that this show is a maximum of 5/10. maaaximum.
@@fettmaneiii4439 lmao.
@@fettmaneiii4439 ure like everywhere
@@fettmaneiii4439 be gone troll
@@fettmaneiii4439 This is a very sad and purely contrarian take. You aren't better than others because you tell people you're above something popular. You'd talk shit about Shakespeare if you were in his time.
Arcane is literally one of my all time best series I've ever seen. It's mind blowingly good.
Arcane has set the bar for animated series so high, that so many other animated projects will be measured by Arcane as the benchmark. The artistry is so unique, almost as if the animators made a painting come to life, and the story arcs of all the characters are better than many live action series, that it is a must watch!
Do you like it more than Castlevania?
@@robertguinn1272 i do, and i loved castlevania
That's because shows like this and Castlevania have taken a more anime like approach to their shows which gives it more of a mature feel which gives you more liberty to do more things since you're not appealing to one audience that's kids which can be stifling creatively.
Yep, agree, problem for me is that from now on every single animated series is going to look and feel like shit in comparison. I mean, on one hand I hope that more people take it as an inspiration and starts a new era of high quality animation series, on the other I fear that they will miss the point and this is just a case of lighting striking just once.
Fr I love animation - - I’ve tried watching some Anime but the constant narration puts me off.
10:08 something everyone miss is that jinx also took jayce's note book where it give details on how the haxtech works. so jinx didn't just remade the hextach she just fallow the instructions in the book, badly I might add but she had limited resources in zaun to really make it work on the first try.
Jinx stole Jayce's notes, plus she was clearly an inventor herself so i could see her figuring it out besides she didn't do it right away it's actually one of the plots of the season the fact that she's taking too long to figure out how to control the gemstone
One of my favorite scenes in the entire show was the Ekko and Jinx fight scene in episode 7. If you look closely when Ekko gets the upper hand and is punching Jinx, you can see in her eyes and on her face that in this moment she is Powder. Her eyes change from blue back to grey (like they were when she was a child). And her face shows that she is scared, remorseful, and utterly broken on the inside. She has experienced so much pain as a child. I don't think that anybody would be able to remain sane after all of that pain. And I think that Ekko sees that. He realizes that Powder is still in there, trapped by Jinx. He can tell that in that moment it was Powder, not Jinx. When she pulled the pin on the grenade, it is almost as though she had given up. I think that she wanted to die on that bridge as Powder and not as Jinx.
Episode 6 was the climax of the series for me.
The scene where Jinx fires the flare was a masterpiece, the soundtrack and the visuals were breathtaking!
I like Jinx cuz her mind fracturing is one of the most natural responses a person would have when confronted by repeated heightened trauma from her early childhood all the way through to her present day. 10/10 depiction of that character.
I thought she was easily the worst part of this show. I found her so annoying that she almost killed it for me.
...just my opinion.
exactly. you get hints of how into the detail they went with the little scenes, for example, how touchy and up close she is with Silco. this is because Jinx is mentally stuck at the age of 9 due to the deaths of her adopted family which also fits her in-game character. she is not being seductive or playful, jinx doesn`t understand personal space. and that`s a detail most writers would have skipped when writing characters with trauma. when people suffer trauma at a young age their minds will shut down any growth as a means to block the pain and protect themselves.
@@LastBastian sounds like a lack of empathy
@@brightestlight9462 Yes because there is *no such thing* as an annoying or unlikable character.
If you've ever disliked anyone, for any reason, it's obviously because *you* are devoid of empathy.
Sounds legit 👍
@@LastBastian it's fine if that's what you see, the issue is when that's the *only* thing you see. If you follow.
10/10 for sure, that ending was crazy, didn't think they'd go that way, but with all that anger, I wasn't surprised. Hope we explore other regions next season, and introduce some new characters.
Well, next season is going to continue with Jinx, Vi, Jayce, Viktor etc. stories. It probably will expand towards Noxus since Mel mom is from there.
Yeah I wouldn’t assume Arcane to be an anthology series, but pretty rooted in Piltover/Zaun and at the periphery other regions like Noxus. Explorations of other regions I’d imagine to be under a different name- it gives them the flexibility to choose any point in time and any region by doing so. In terms of additional characters, they’ve certainly teased up explorations of Warwick and maybe Orianna. They’ve made reference to Camille’s house so I’d love to see her make an appearance. Someone has to fill the void that Silco leaves so I’m really really curious as to who ends up being the new primary antagonist-Singed?
@@djbakasan I dont' really see why Singed would be the main villain tbh, maybe Mel's mom? I feel like Noxus will definitely get involved since Jinx attacked the whole Council. We will see, I'm so excited, don't know how am I going to be able to to resist until then haha
Bilgewater, Noxus and Demacia would be awesome.
Well with the way it's going we will likely see how singed gets to noxus. while also finishing up the current story, and helps them develop the chemical warfare they use to invade Ionia and start to get into that story for 3rd season with Darius/Swain in Ionia. how they get to the point of overthrowing noxian leadership.
One of the most amazing things about the series is the fact that Jinxed used to just be a ripoff of Joker and Harley Quinn. Now she far surpasses either of those characters in every way. She truly became her own person with an insanely sad and relatable backstory unlike the characters she was based on. Truly epic!
9:28 the 'sex scene is out of left field" is something I've heard a few times before but consider this. There was basically an 8 year time skip after the end of Act I. Mel and Jayce know each other, she saved his ass and made him important in the PIltover world and he's been in it now for 8 years with her. This isn't out of nowhere, it's been a building relationship for 8 years we just had a time skip.
Victor was my favorite character in this season, for me he just embodies the saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"
god damn master piece
I love how it works for people who know nothing of LoL and is kinda better for people who don't know anything because they won't know who has plot armor.
This really is a 10/10. And that's coming from someone who had zero interest in League of Legends going in. This show puts Marvel's "What If" to shame.
What if was for children. Daft children
What’s Marvel?
@@mikenike4215 a verb
“Don’t cry... you’re perfect.”
that makes me crying
20:00 its actually fucking amazing, they even set up the butterflies during progress day, with a random man who was showing off his invention of, you guessed it, robot butterflies flying around! when jinx stole from the festival its not unbelievable to think she would've gone out of her way to nab something she found cute to try to figure it out too
Incredible show, loved every minute of it. Beautiful animation, fantastic story, amazing characters, kick ass music. Now this is entertainment! Has to be my favorite animated series of all time, just spectacular!
Got to be embarrassing for Hollywood and the mainstream networks when the two greatest shows this year have been from a video game studio and a Korean production.
Oof, you're right.
what is the Korea's show?
ah nvm, it's Squid game
Show was a masterpiece. Hope the second season is even better
So cringe lmao
not exactly a masterpiece, but it was good
just the same quality would make it a masterpiece
@@FATsionpie what?
what's better than a masterpiece?
49 seconds into the 'review' I had to shut it down.......and start watching Arcane. Angry Joe 10/10 ....wow this HAS to be good.
Haha did the same too, binge watch it in 2 days.
I just started this show and have 0 knowledge of league of legends and I absolutely love it so far
I plan to watch this, in the same boat as you!. Hopefully it's good
for the people who said "you need to play league of legends to watch this"..............man your mind is vaporized long time ago. seriously
edit= of course if wanna play....play it. but even I who doesn't like League of legends watch the show and love it.
“I would have never given you to them. Not tor anything. Don’t cry. You’re perfect.”
- Silco
Regarding your skepticism of Jinx's ability to use the Hextech Gemstones (10:11): she's not using them in the same way as Jayce or Viktor. The writers show us that the gemstones are "explosive" if given enough blunt force, meaning she can basically use them as explosives. She simply created a rocket that can contain the gemstones... so not _that_ impressive or something that requires vast scientific knowledge. Meanwhile, Jinx's other guns (she has two): one uses regular bullets, the other uses Shimmer (since Shimmer is highly flammable, which we see during Silco's fight with Vander).
So no, she's not doing what it took two scientists to do after years of hard work and experimentation. Not at all, in any way. And even _if_ she was: Jinx is insane. Have you ever met an insane person? When they become fixated on something, they have the conviction of a God.
Also, she managed to steal Viktor's notes on Hextech as many people have pointed out. You don't need to go throgh years of trial and error through experiments if you have records of which ones worked and which ones didn't, and have notes detailing why.
@@Birthday888 Yep, also very true. It's definitely apparent that the writers thought of _everything_ when creating this show, and left no stone unturned. I've actually tried very hard to find plotholes or inconsistencies (as a writer myself it's just what I do) and came up empty.
The reason that Jinx was able to work with the jemstone so fast compared to the scientists is the fact that she also stole their research and their notes, so I wasn't really bothered by that
But the notes and research ended up in the river.
@@michaelso5593 You see her holding a notebook she stole with all the information she needed to use the gem. All she really had to do was build a weapon that could make use of the power.
Easily my top 5 best shows of all time. The writing the cinematography and music just add to an already great story. Still can't get over that ending though... 💔
"Here's to the new us"
I would never have thought that next to The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad...I would rank Arcane just as highly. Went into this expecting some average videogame adaptation mediocrity and came out of it with my mind blown 🤯🤯🤯
Arcane is like the best thing i've seen in YEARS. They deserve all the awesome reviews and 10/10s. Well done Riot and the animation studio!
Definitely only deserving of 10/10 from complete BOTS. this show was a maximum of 6/10
@@fettmaneiii4439 Then call me a complete BOT cuz I agree. This is a 10/10
Seeing piltover in that first opening scene literally brought a tear to my eyes seeing the world of a game ive played my whole life be brought to screen so beautifully.
I came to the conclusion that even if the show has lots of clichés like (Brother/sister rivalry and drama, the poor vs rich, the magic that goes wrong) it really matters how you present them and the quality of everything else. This show is so beautifully animated, the voice acting is amazing, the scenes are pieces of art for fk sake! Definitely deserve a 10/10!
Agree. Although I would refer to them more as archetypal conflicts rather than clichés, since the latter would imply repetitive ways of portraying said conflicts, which I think wasn't the case
No matter how many cliches are littered throughout a story, it's the execution, baby. _That's_ what matters.
Everything you can write in a story is a clichè. There is no story in existence that doesn't have clichès.
Those aren't clichés, those are themes. A cliché would've been something like Viktor stealing Jayce's work from the very start, it's a possibility that's right there and is the fast and easy resolution to his introduction, but instead he goes back to Jayce, talks to him and encourages to pursue his dream. Making Viktor an asshole and mad scientist would've been a cliché.
Themes are what your story is about. I don't think 'magic goes wrong' is a theme, but more about how technology can be used and abused. How ideas that started with a well intended purpose can get twisted. This is demonstrated by the parallel scenes on episode three, while Powder is making bombs of the hex crystals, Viktor and Jayce are using it to further technology. Then on episode 4 it's restated when they're presenting the tools to Heimerdinger, and how they blur the line between tools and weapons.
Tropes are not something to be ashamed of, they are tools to be used when building a story. It's all in the execution.
Riot to all the people who doubted they could pull this off. “We’ll show them. We will show them all.”
This and "When you're going to change the world, don't ask for permission." - this was actually the first thing in the show that hooked me up hard.
@@Straggler8 ikr. This show was actually full of great quotes. Like “little advice. Don’t threaten the man who pours the drinks.” And “in the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.” And so many other great lines
Also, at the end during the vote Mel takes off her family ring showing that she chooses Jayce over her mother :)
I've never watched a show where it was so unbelievably difficult to find even one issue with it. I haven't found even one. There's not one second of this show I didn't adore.
I have a few quibbles. I loved Viktor but his overall plot was pretty generic with a scientist pushing things too far, that plot didn't really do anything out of the typical. And one of Jinx's major motivations was being jealous of Caitlyn existing, which was the weakest aspect of the climax and not exactly an in depth thing to explore.
@@telltellyn Reasonable gripes, they didn't bother me at all though. Yeah we've seen viktors story many times, and Jinx kind of has the Harley quinn feel to her. But with Jinx, even though the jealousy theme was used so much in media, her writing and characterization made it a lot better. The situations she creates, that scene with the dinner table, it's all really good stuff. And her being jealous of Caitlin, that wasn't really explored all that much, I think there was like 2 or 3 lines which indicated that and that's it. But yeah, if I was to get down and dirty, the whole science sub plot can get a bit muddled.
@@mmaScholar99 My problem was it became a major part of the final scene, Jinx brought Caitlyn and offered Vi getting Powder back if she killed Caitlyn. It was THE critical moment for Vi, but I couldn't empathise with Jinx doing that, it just felt crazy. I think the table scene would have been a mile better if Jinx hadn't brought Caitlyn, she wasn't relevant.
@@telltellyn Yeah, Caitlin wasn't needed, I agree, I think she was just there to show us, the audience, that vi cares about her.
@@telltellyn Also, caitlin wouldn't have escaped and got the gatlin gun. It was also just to prove that Jinx can move really fast due to being injected by that purple stuff.
Went in with zero knowledge about LOL.
This series was so good. I was experiencing artblock and this helped in reigniting that flame. The art, the character design, the animation and the cinematography are too good. They didnt have to be this good but they still worked really hard. That shows in each frame. These episodes made me feel things while watching. I loved how every character was in their own grey area. They all had their reasons. Loved it. Cant wait for season 2.
1:40 When Alex was clearly referring to Caitlyn and Vi and Joe was like "Yeah mel and jayce"
LOOK at alex's face
Never knew anything about League of legends. Came in just like “hey something new on Netflix “ & absolutely love myself for tuning in. The story is beautifully written, really has you in your seat paying attention to EVERY minor detail. The music has you feeling as if you’re there. The emotions the characters have, you can’t help but feel them yourself. Never felt this way about a show especially an animation but every act got better and, damn definitely a 10/10.
Just don't play the game, I guarantee you'll hate it
I never usually participate in over hyping a show, but this one honestly deserves it. A must watch!
disagree, this was difficult to get thru, 6/10 maximum. poor writing, poor character execution, poor pacing, the list goes on.
@@fettmaneiii4439 lol
Jinx knew how to make the device for the gemstone because she also stole Jayce notes and docs about hextech; and you can see her actually reading them while making it. Riot really did a great job with the details in the show.
Whilst saying "boooring, ugh super boring" I'm actually kinda surprised she can understand how it's made
@@theD1929 that girl has some solid knowledge, besides all that craziness. loved it
And it was the stable and more easily workable crystal
@@theD1929
she's a genius in canon, just insane.
The thing about Jinx is that she was ever smart, that's her strength, but it wasn't a trait much needed in the environment she was living in, where you needed to be physically strong. She's a crazy genius, and Silco knew that, that's why he trusted the weapon to her and not Singed.
Good catch. I almost forgot Silco had another genius working for him. But you could argue that -- between the production of shimmer and the creation of the Frankenstein-esque, mech-like soldiers -- Singed had his hands full. It's not like Silco didn't trust him, but it's also a good catch regarding how much Silco values intelligence.
In one of the few interactions that Vander had with Powder (while he was serving her a drink at the bar), we can see that he has no idea how to engage with her. Silco, on the other hand, frequently encourages Jinx to cultivate her engineering talents.
There are a few more characters from both Zaun and Piltover that we have not seen yet that are in game, would love to see them in season 2. Blitzcrank, Orianna, Zac, Urgot, Camille and Ziggs could all make an appearance!
Nice review, totally agree with it all. The music isn't always my taste either, but the songs in ep 3 and 9 are so beautiful ('Goodbye' and 'What could have been'). Also I think the reason Jinx managed to figure out the hextech stuff so quickly is because she probably also stole Jayce and Viktor's notes on that, you see her reading it I think. All the info about how to build the machine was probably in there, even her device (the one that seems to work) in ep 5 looked identical to the one Jayce and Viktor built in ep 3.
Like AJ, I love metal and shit too, but that doesn't mean I'm unable to enjoy other genres to go along with scenes. Like, I usually hate rap/hiphop, but Dynasties & Dystopia was amazingly fitting for the Ekko vs Jinx fight. But yeah, this series had quite a few very memorable tracks. Playground from ep1, Goodbye from ep3, Guns for Hire from ep6, and What Could Have Been from ep9 are all songs that I've looked up and listened several times after watching the show. The music gripe isn't a legitimate one imo. The Arcane musical choice was incredible.
Very much 10/10 , don't think I've seen such a good series since The Expanse season 1-2 and Game of Thrones 1- 4
This was a really good year for animation, invincible, castlevania and now arcane. I never expected them to outperform like they did.
Legit set and raised the bar. No drop in quality of animation, tention was handled perfectly in every fight, characters were handled so well and motivations believable and the plot just easily flowed and was so intriguing.
Only complaint I could have was some of the music not being right for the scene in my opinion for some moments but overall surprisingly solid.
The Expanse expanse is still a really good show though after s2.
Jinx is by far the best Harley Quinn we have ever got.. like its not even close.
Yeah, waaaay better than the actual dc movie harley. Cant stand her.
She reminds me heavily of the Joker more or even Scarface
@@StripedJacket She mostly shares with the Joker. Following Episode 9, Jinx becomes *obsessed* with bringing down Caitlyn, who is her "Batman". Never killing Caitlyn, but always trying to beat her.
Again, thanks to a friend who has an account, i was able to watch the remainder of the Arcane Series, first Season. It's definitely a very American / Western Culture style Animation, and a DAMN GOOD one too. It's also a very Mature Animation too; from the edgy compleity of the story, all the way to the diverse cast that are for the most part interesting and captivating; Heroes and Villains alike.
However, by it's nature, Arcane is also a Unique American Animation because it is so well made and well thought out, unlike other average Western style animations that are less well made or even merely mediocre / badly made. This makes it stand out more when placed beside other lesser titles. Such great works are few and far between.
By comparison, Japanese style Anime is very different. Not only are they more prolific, but the stories are more diverse, from light hearted comedies and slice - of - life stories, to edgier, fantasy / horror themes, to even historically based narratives. Seriousness and silliness can be found in equal measure in the genre. The result is that Anime has the advantage of offering a large selection of titles so that a LOT of Good ones are available to offset less popular titles.
So in the end, animations like Arcane are actually more vulnerable to declining in quality of the story telling. Arcane is like the rare times people have a chance to dine at an expensive fine - dining venue; few, and far between. Japanese anime is more like eating well at home where everything is less unique, but has the advantage of being served with love, and in the company of a loving family.
That's a shame since Arcane shows just what can be done with good writing and carefully crafter artwork over the trashy virtue signaling that forces itself on a less than enthusiastic audience. Even angry joe sees Arcane as a great eample of an animaton - game tie in rather than a great anime all by itself, which it is.
In regards to Alex not being surprised that Riots animation/music teams did so well with this:
I was personally incredibly impressed and surprised that these teams knocked it out of the park, because they've never written long form media before, let alone a TV show.
They had already proved they're excellent at short form animation and catchy pop songs, but telling a long form story such as this one is very, very different. Some of these people had never written TV scripts before this. That's insane to me, because they sidestepped so many pitfalls other high-profile shows fall into.
The dialogue and ability to understand how to tell a smart, in-depth, emotional story over the course of 9 episodes, were some of the things I was most impressed by with this team who had NEVER written an episode of TV prior to this.
Jinx's strength is that she is a genius when it comes to gadgets and making things. She messes up a lot, but she learns as she keeps trying.
Her strength is that people keep feeling sorry for her and shes a main character.
Ekko, Cait and Vi had plenty of opportunities to murder her and resolve a lot of issues.
This show is an absolute Master at showing and not just telling as well as having a masterclass degree in the use of chekhov's gun every story element has a payoff and every callback has a meaning and every time a new story dot Is added it immediately gets connected to another one
Jinx literally made a penta with her ult at the end lol
8 people in the room, pentakill, Jayce, Mel and Viktor survived, confirmed.
@@SonOfSeth mel confirmed? I was sure they would kill her off
@@tacotimmer8288 Mel's armor glowing at the end implies that she might have some kind of protective shield ability. Plus, from what I've read, Riot has been teasing a new character in the game who uses golden shields.
"In our pursuit for great, we failed to do good" was such a good line
In regards to how quickly Jinx was able to reeingineer a Hextech device with the gemstone - recall that she also stole Jayce and Victor's notes on Hextech. Most of the research portion of using this stuff was already completed for Jinx.
I just thought it would be fun. And the fucking series made me cry.....god damn what a good show.
It really is a very-very well written, directed, produced show, really hope next season is as good or better than this first season. Not only they managed to make a game & netflix adaptation great, this was written as a tragedy and the events leading up to the end is very believable instead of feeling too coincidental.
my only nit-pick is imagine dragons, personally I don't feel like their song really fits the show. The last song by Sting & Ray Chen though, it really is beautiful and on point.
thing is it's not netflix adaptation or production. it was made pretty much in house by riot games. netflix is just a distributor
Imagine Dragons doesn't fit anywhere LOL
I didn't like Enemy much as the title song, didn't think it fit well. When it popped up in the live band in the show though I liked it
Yeah, Imagine Dragons was the only negative for the show
Well I think the imagine dragons choice came from them being fans and players of the game for years, and always volunteering to make music for the game, like all the worlds songs they’ve made
It really was something else! I’m so glad you guys enjoyed it! Can’t wait for season 2
Cant wait to see Warwick my favorite champion
@@jakpote88 Warwick struggled to recall a single memory from his past... All he could see was blood. But then he heard a little girl screaming. Screaming something he couldn’t understand. It sounded like a name.
This was hands down the best animated show I have ever watched well done by the animators
I could not believe how good this show is. It has instantly become my favorite dramatic animated show. The writing, acting, pacing, art style, and animation are all amazing.
I love Avatar: The Last Airbender, Batman: TAS, and the DCAU, but as great as those shows are, they had episodes and scenes with janky animation. Arcane's animation was just flawless throughout. I'm especially impressed by how expressive the characters are, they're able to convey so much emotion.
This show sucked, just an fyi for all the bots repeating the same thing over and over again. It had garbage writing, garbage execution if im being honest its a maximum of 6/10 for me but since i literally could barely make it thru it, im giving it a 4.5/10 for being almost unwatchable.
@@fettmaneiii4439 you keep saying this on like every comment bro lmao nobody really cares about your opinion, you arent special because "omg this show everybody likes SUCKS!!!" gtfo, your argument is trash, you use no evidence to support your claims you just repeat the same shit over and over again.
I was absolutely SHOCKED how good this show was, especially knowing it’s based off a video game which usually end up horrible. This was easily a masterpiece and a 10/10.
come off it. this is in no way shape or form ANY kind of masterpiece. Undeveloped dialogue, improper execution of character emoting, trash pacing and i could go on. If you think this was 10/10 I highly suggest you go watch literally anything else. this show was 6/10 overall maximum. being generous
When I finished watching the season finale with my brothers I was like " THIS SHOW IS A 10 OUT OF 10 AND THERE are NO BUT, AND'S OR IF'S."
This show had no idea how popular it would become. Amazing show.
Yes it did the marketing team did great advertising it the knew this would blow up
Yeah they 100% knew
League is the biggest game i the world bro. lol. They make this entire Budget of this show in like a month
I remembered when I first played league Cait was the sheriff, Vi was her deputy, and they hunted the criminal known as Jinx, pretty simple. They took that very simple story and have created something truly amazing. I will say the fact that people reference the old lore is a bit strange to me, considering it has been completely remade when they made the Institute of War non canon, surely the precedent has already been set that we can change or retcon lore
That's not the same though. The overarching lore of the game was changed, yes, and almost the entire roster has had their backstories changed to fit within it, but retconning a character's personality or defining traits is not the move, if that's what you're even referring to here
Hey love the video!
10:10 The gripe you have with Jinx and how she's able to use hextech was explained through visuals. When Jinx stole the gemstone she also ended up stealing Jayce's research notes and just followed the note as if they're instructions.
The show likes to do a lot of "show don't tell" kind of story.
Joe Sanchez: Morty... morty... you gotta see /burp, you gotta watch it with your innocent eyes! Arcane Morty! Its Arcane!
Wubba-lubba-dub-duuuuub!
This show was pretty damn good. Hoping season 2 doesn't take too long, but they clearly put a lot of time and care into it.
thats my problem with shows these days. Sure its wonderful to get the entire season at once (i love that) but then it means we gotta wait an entire year (sometimes 2 or 3) for the next season. By then, i've forgotten the show and it's hype. I'm sure ill be happy to watch arcane season 2 though.
@@benmasta5814 that's for any show though
@@sup3rAVATARtlafAN ya sorry i meant i was comparing it to what it used to be liked back in the day before streaming services. Where you had to wait a week for each episode.
Honestly i like it more the way it is now, it just sucks how long we have to wait for each season, and half the time the wait is mainly because they aren't sure about making another season lol.
At least back in the day, they had the year (with weekly episodes) to plan that stuff out lol. Oh well.
@@benmasta5814 if you want quality you need time, but if you just wanted a wharever thing to watch so yea
It would be nice to get it quicker, but mainly hope they keep the significance, impact, and quality of these stories over trying to get them out on a timeframe. Take as long as needed to make season 2 as long as it maintains the quality we saw here
What's crazy is, while this is THE best videogame adaptation, this also set the bar to unrealistically high expectations moving forward.
Up until Netflix's Castlevania series & Sonic's movie, I'd say the bar was like, ankle-high. Castlevania bumped the animation up stupid high, and Sonic bumped up the live action to not-as-high bars, but still up there!
But Arcane bumped the bar up to skyscraper heights. It's the shining example of what to do, and thankfully, it was done with love.
Also I do want to say, in terms of lore for these characters, most of the main cast that are playable characters have a TON of lore. Lots of intertwining blurbs with other characters, as well as full-on short stories. Some like Jinx have multiple stories too.
And then there's the card game Legends of Runeterra, where all character interactions have basically been lore-accurate.
So it's not like these were blank canvases, but yeah, actually seeing these stories develop with our eyes is so fucking cool.
I really, REALLY hope we start getting other areas as well. There's a war of tribes in the Freljord north, a "recently" re-founded empire of Shurima in the desert, the ever-growing imperialism of Noxus, the very anti-magic Demacia, the still unknown Void, an awesome power shift in the Bilgewaters with the pirate lords, the truth behind what those hex crystals are... UGH!!! So much, and I hope we get to see more.
10:20 I think the only reason Jinx was able to use the hextech much quicker simply because she only intend to use it to blow things up and the stone already does that just by falling a few feet. Meanwhile, jayce and his team trying to use it for something which is more complex.
Just one thing about Jynx messing with hextech: she also stole Jayce's diary. So, in a way, she kinda knew what she was messing with and how it worked. It was shown she was studying it at least once. She's crazy, but not that crazy.