The reason why powder jumps into silcos arms is because she has abandonment issues. When Vi tells her to stay behind, pay attention to how she reacts after she is left in that room. I love this series! 10/10
it's amazing! i was hooked. i cried and lauged. this series is fucking amazing! this is the animation i love. the characters are perfect! man this got me back into league of legends.
Added to her abandonment issues, Powder is clearly somewhere on the spectrum. Mentally she's unstable, occasionally manic and very often depressive. Vi was her rock and kept her grounded, stable and validated. Being made to feel useless/abandoned by her was really the final blow.
The whole scene with Silco standing over Powder, ready to kill her then changing his mind after hearing her words was my fav scene. It’s literally Silco seeing himself as Powder after His brother abandoned him.
I loved that scene too. There was so much of this throughout the whole series. Just little things with deeper meaning for those who paid attention. They did such a great job of making the characters feel alive. Everyone had motivations that were believable. Man I can't say enough good about this series... I haven't enjoyed a series this much in a longgg time.
So is the consensus that he really would have killed her? Silco kills kids? I didn't see anywhere else in the series (im on episode 6) that would show him as a child murderer. If spoilers, just dont answer i guess, haha . I dont know though, I feel like he wouldnt!
@@hrl2k He won't do it if he doesn't have to but he will kill children if he needs to. I mean, he's already employing forced child labor in the first 3 episodes.
I honestly understood Jinx very well, because you forgot a very important detail, Powder was already going insane. Her mind was breaking down once she was told to stay home. After that she sees everyone die because of her and she breaks down even more and Vi literally punches her while Silco comes over in a "loving" matter and even understanding because what they felt at that moment was the same and Powder felt like someone finally understood her and she decided to forget Vi because she felt betrayed and abandoned so i wouldn't call it forced tbh
It did feel weird though, it’s like the only criticism in the entire series that I had and it wasn’t that bad. If they gave it like 15 minutes in universe that could’ve passed in a minute or 2. Or even have Silco be the one who hugs her and we see her face change and she reciprocates. It just felt weird, you literally just lost your family lol. Other than that top tier series
Something i highly value is the fact that it's a really newcomer-friendly show. You don't need to know anything about the game and the lore to understand the story and enjoy it. I'm sure there is some easter eggs, but the serie is self-sufficient ^^
Been playing the game for like 10 years because I'm addicted. But tbh its not reeeeally newcomer-friendly. You get to know much more knowing the lore in advance and playing the actual game.
@@Sparda51 I definitely agree with this. It's not necessary to know the game because the game is very separate from the actual lore. Sure you get Easter eggs and more knowledge than someone who hadn't played, but you 200% don't need to play the game to enjoy or even fully understand the show. Hell you don't even need to play the game to understand it better, just read up some more on the champs.
It helps not knowing the lore coming into it. I can't think about anything but where hextech cores come from whenever anything related to hextech is on screen.
I’ve never played the game and frankly I’m not interested by it at all but god damn this show is amazing. I never felt like I needed to play the game/know the lore to keep up even though there are probably some in-game Easter eggs and jokes I don’t get. In the first like 5 minutes of episode one I knew that I’d love this show
I love that they found a way to make this watchable and understandable for everyone. It’ll satisfy the average watcher and service the fans of the game. This is how you do an adaptation.
That to me is so important. Too often video game adaptations are just full-on fan service with very little thought for people who are just looking for an interesting story. Arcane delivers both the fan service AND the interesting story.
@@TheMidnightillusion Can confirm, I've literally NEVER played League Of Legends, I lknow NOTHING about the characters or universe, JUST watched the show finally, and I think its my all time new favorite show.
To be fair Fortich deserves all the credit for how beautiful and detailed this show looks, but people at riot do deserve credit for the script writing and characters. its a joint effort
Riot didn't do the writing for this. There are people hired to work with Riot's IP to create these stories. Riot just made a very rough draft about it and gave it to amazing writers to work with it.
@@Xadethor actually they did write it. They talked about it at the premiere event. Arcane is the brain child of a few of the OG riot devs they talk about it more in the behind the scenes video.
Im not 100% sure, but I heard the two people shouting "happy progress day" on the air baloon in episode 4, is the two of the lead people behind Fortich.
Preach! My favorites are currently Jinx and Viktor. But as you I think all the characters are written very vell!! And the main story surrounding Vi and Jinx is so damn good and intense. Can't wait for act 3!
mind giving me some context? ive been playing League since it came out and never felt the balance was super off, some champs come out a bit OP but they get fixed afterwards, I could see some metas being too forced but as far as balance goes ive always been happy about it
@@sh9jscg if you're the only good player on your team for consecutive games against pros, it gets annoying. So yeah that's what they mean by balancing, it even happens in rank. Like seeing your adc walk straight into the enemy's target area without realizing the amount of damage these champs do as a supp, gets annoying. It's a game designed on playing as a team.
@@yourdaddy.956 Compare the percentage of total champions/heroes used in tournaments vs Dota 2. The overall game balancing is mediocre regardless of matchmaking.
For me, this is the closest to a Dishonored TV show I'll ever get, love this show, not a League of Legends fan, but didn't need to be to absolutely love this work of art, the writing, animation, story telling, voice acting, it's just impressive in every way possible. I disagree however with the music, I absolutely love the music in this how, including the Imagine Dragons, which I thought I would never say.
dude! so glad i'm not the only who was thinking the same thing. it basically the closest we can get at the moment, for a dishonored tv show. since some of the art style and buildings look so much like it.
I came into the series almost completely blind to the lore, never played LoL, and fell in love with the series right away. I'm currently re-watching the series to make sure I didn't miss any details.
or play LoR, lots of good stuff there. Yeah definitely there are things you are not going to catch if you haven't been in touch with the game or lore. But also its better in other areas because is spoilers. Also if you go to league of legends site you can explore the world and the characters.
Play the game lol if you don't play 5v5 ranked then you're safe from the toxic side of it 90% of the time. I mean the game itself is fun . And if there's one toxic player just ignore them hehe
One thing that I wanna mention is Jinx's mental breakdown in episode 3. I love all the little hints that point towards her being incredibly unstable with the ending of episode 3 being what pushes her off the edge (Literally and Metaphorically). It was really well done.
You could call it "being pushed off the edge," but to me, it's the moment that jumpstarts Jinx's fall into madness. She has yet to utterly lose her mind. And when she inevitably does, we'll all witness the full extent of what she has become.
Yes and no. To me, the descent into "madness" is almost always portrayed too quick in fiction. Unstable people aren't always unstable to serve a "plot" in real life, but often are in fiction. The same is reversed, as they are not stable when things are supposed to be stable. We do see some of her alone time having fits, but not really that much for an extended period of time to understand that this is actually innate and not just nature. They try to show us by referencing things and her having the style of "ugly graffiti and liking ugly robot things". This said, I think the trigger event worked great. I just do not want to get another joker. I never saw Jinx as Harley or Joker, but people expect "madness" to be mastermindy with certain character traits I find tiresome.
@@vincentgraymore I guess you’re right about losing your sanity happening too quick in fictional stories. It feels a little… “cartoonish,” if you know what I mean. Jinx, despite that, manages to be executed well.
@@vincentgraymore I think it was done resonably well, they set it up by showing that Jinx is aware that she is a burden to the group after their raid in 1st episode, it's obviously rough for children this young to handle living is such conditions with your parents dead and your older sister being so much better than you, the only thing that seemingly holds her together is Vi putting trust in her. The moment in EP3 where Vi tells her she cannot go with them because she is not ready is more important than most people realize. Powder is aware that it's mostly her fault that things are like that (she found the crystal that blew up Jayce office and got enforcers to underground), she also gets told she isn't ready which is huge hit for her since Vi allways told her that she is capable, we can see her having a breakdown and only comming to her own when she thinks she can save the day by making bomb out of crystals. Then the ending, she knows that she fucked up massively and killed her friends and Vander, Vi is mad at her, calls her Jinx and tells her she is a fuckup. That must be devastating for kid this young, it would even explain why she hugged Silco. Overall i think they did extremely good job setting her up as a character considering only 3 episodes that werent even heavily focused on her.
I really don't like jinx (she's just a Harley queen rip off) but this show made her a bit more compelling and bearable by going through the steps to set up her whole character arc.
Just as a reminder, the lore where the champions fight to decide the destiny of their nations is no longer canon, they (champions) now just exist in this world "Runaterra" and the interactions between the nations are like any other fantasy/reality.
the whole "summoners guild" or whatever premise where it was stated that you as the player were literally a distinct character from the champions, your "summons" who you called to fight against fellow summoners on the "summoners rift," some weird interdimensional arena. insane how much league lore shifted and evolved and just straight up changed in some places. I think it's been healthy and necessary overall though and I really like where they're currently heading, minus the occasional slip up or letdown like the ruined king event ending. they can't all be winners 🤷♂️ still can't believe the entire moba craze came from some custom wow3 and starcraft maps that were made with editors pushed way beyond what they were designed for. custom maps are some of the biggest testaments to player creativity I've ever seen, right up there with modding. miss the brood war UMS days.
@@DrkStrSkt I heard the ruined king game which is finally out, does the event so much more justice. I guess the main event itself which is centered on the game was supposed to be more fleshed out.
Just finished Episode 6. The believability of the characters really sells it. If that didn't work, nothing else would. The animation goes a long way in conveying their attitudes and motivations but if the writing was weak then it would all have been for nothing. The characters act so natural in their individual personalities and mannerisms while living in a world where people actually work, sweat, hope, sleep, fight, fall in love, bleed, fuck, cry, die and make both irrational and rational decisions and at no point is the viewer constantly asking, "But why didn't they just do this?" because their actions always seem consistent with their characters. Early on Powder hears Vi say something that turns into a misunderstanding but it isn't used as a lazy plot device - they resolve it almost immediately after because of course they would. Jayce seemed set up for being pulled so far into Piltover politics that he forgets Viktor but NOPE - he actually stands with Viktor in defying Heimerdinger, who himself is also guided by understandable motives and wisdom (but also a stagnated worldview) as afforded by his extended longevity compared to humans. The characters are doing the best they can within their respective circumstances, for the most part they're making decisions based on what they think is right and not going out of their way to be assholes. And despite all of that, you still have conflict because that's how the world actually works. Most fights don't happen because one side is moral and the other is malicious, they happen because people have divergent interests and interpretations of what's right or wrong. And Arcane actually gets that.
When Jinx and Vi reunite at the end of Episode 6, Vi immediately tells Jinx why she didn't come back. They could have easily done the whole "you left me" misunderstanding trope, but they went with the far more believable route which made the scene more impactful.
really liked how despite jayce not siding with viktor completely on pushing out the new hex tech projects, he still had the decency to show up when his best friend went to the hospital.
As a ten year fan of the game I found it very disrespectful to the source material. 6 episodes in and not one character told anybody to drink bleach, or intentionally die to spite their allies. In all seriousness it's been quite nice and Singed *finally* appeared in something.
The reason why Jinx just instantly hugs Silco is because she's already really unstable and traumatized. When you're that young you can't fend for yourself, their natural instinct is to find anything that will protect him so that they can be nurtured. That is the reason why she instantly holds onto the one thing that will protect, although I do agree that having Silco say something to her first before she accepts him would've been nice. A lot of small things in this show can be forgiven because it's still in the realm of reasonable, and everything else around it is just so damn amazing.
Powder was already traumatized by her parents death and I would assume has a fear of being alone. And through the series, we are actually not 100% sure if Vi is Powders’ sister by blood or through being taken in by Vander (so theyre a little family together with Mylo and Claggor). Then with most of her new family members dying, partly by her own hands. That mustve been devastating for the age Powder was by the end of Ep.3. Personally, with that taken in mind, I think it might’ve been irrational that Powder hugs Silco. But given the trauma of losing her family twice, and thinking Vi has left her alone too and at that young age, its not unthinkable. Irrational maybe, but not unthinkable. (when Powder was freaking out when she was told to stay alone, I think that reflected her trauma. and she realizes that if Vi does not succeed in saving Vander. she would have no one left. which unfortunately pushed her to ‘help’.)
@@headsethero5449 I think they're blood related. Hear me out: their mother has purple hair, Vi has pink hair, Powder has blue hair, simple color mix -> pink + blue = purple. Simple yet effective imo
I also think she has been just going through issues before the incident. You can tell when she was screaming and hitting her self before she left to drop the bomb. She was already mad at everyone for calling her a jinx and thinking she is weak/useless. I could see the transition pretty easily my self. The whole "I will show them". The anger. It was actually really good. And taking that scene with the arm across her face and the eyes go purple.. It was intense.. Lot of detail Joe and them missed,,
I too would complain about the contemporary music if it wasn't for the setting. If the show was set in Noxus or the Freljord I would hate contemporary music, there I want to hear dark ochestra and norwegian fiddle music, but since this show takes place in Zaun and Piltover I think it is fine.
It bugged me in the first three episodes but got better as the series went on imo. I don't know if I just liked the music better or if they just started picking/using it better but it didn't jar me nearly as much as at the beginning. Though I might have just gotten used to it and accepted it as a tax I had to get past to enjoy the rest of the show which is genuinely great. Way better than most people expected I think.
Powders transformation into Jinx is definitely interesting. I like how even her character design slowly starts to lose her Powder features as she gets more Jinx like.
Surprised that he stated he did not like the music, and since he is not a league player, he might now know that riot has used Imagine dragons for years
Been saying it for years, league of legends is at its best when it’s anything other than the game. Hopefully we get more shows like this or even a movie at some point.
@@ilikecookies230 playing league of legends is genuinely one of the worst experiences out there. The new champions are overloaded, the community is disgusting, having fun is simply too much to ask (it’s possible but unlikely).
Played like 3 games of league, actually a dota player. Love the league world and what they do for their characters, cool to see how such a crazy and wild character like Jinx has become essentially a fan favorite overnight. Huge credit to the writers and planners who were bold enough to have her do what she does in Episode 3 and really give us a look into her mind and why things turn out the way they do. Jinx is really the pinnacle of a tragic character, its just so cool to see someone actually do some real character work and make a good plot like the one between the two sisters. Also really cool how this ties into the game, and to hear some of the stuff like when fiddlesticks says in game to Jinx "Jinx! all your fault! all your fault!" and when Caitlyn says "Piltover may be better off without you jinx.... But Vi....." its just heart-wrenching and thats just more evidence of good writing and a great story to make you really feel for these characters and what they've gone through. Also just some of the stuff Jinx does just steal the show, the little "hi" she gives when she steps out of the smoke and we see her grown up for the first time is easily one of my favorite moments in all of media, just a perfect introduction and made her easily one of my favorite characters ever, they just absolutely nailed it with her in particular and i can't say enough about it and how much of a delight it is any time she's on screen.
i didnt even know a thing about legue of legends...but what i saw, was awesome! its not even the best game adaptation...its one of the best animated series i ever saw in the last years. fantastic style...so much love put into it. watched 6 episodes thru in 2d...cant wait to see all of them
This series change everything. Arcane will be the golden standard for game adaptations. Probably one of the best series I've seen in a while. You can tell the people that made it really love their stuff. Well freaking done!
The last few minutes of the third episode... the way Powder cries and pleads, the inflections in her voice... possibly the best voice work I have ever heard! And I'm a narrator/voice actor myself! I've watched that scene about ten times now. I've never played League of Legends, but I'm more than familiar with its status and reputation in the gaming world. Arcane is excellent!
That scene was incredible! I really enjoyed the composition and lighting of the scene as well. The show overall does a great job bringing the viewer into the situation.
@@warcroftgaming YES exactly... i just feel bad more.. see, this gang, they just have each other.. that kind of instant death, I dont like seeing that scene😞 Vi in game uses same goggles as claggor right?
If you watched the show and have a hankering to play some League but aren’t someone who already enjoys MOBAs, consider instead Legends of Runeterra. Their card game is solid and easily The Most consumer friendly Collectible Card Game. They even launched a hefty new PvE mode for solo play as part of celebrating the show’s release.
@@HighLanderPonyYT It is? That's awesome! My main experience comes from Magic Arena so I can't really comment on Gwent, Pokémon, Shadowverse and other offerings aside from hearsay. I've only played the small version of Gwent inside the Witcher so I'm glad to hear it's a generous game.
@@00Clank Yeah, you can grind lil' or a lot and there are plenty of rewards either way. It's also more dynamic and flexible than waiting for the weekly vault in LoR. And in each pack, you can pick your one rare or higher rarity card 1 out of 3, so it's more generous RNG.
Runeterra is amazing, is sooooo much better than MTG Online, Magic Arena, and Heartstone. I can actually play the game without spending money and have more than 1 deck. In Heartstone I had to grind like crazy to maintain my one class, guess the correct legendary to craft and hope it had at least a Tier2 Deck in the meta. The PVE content is also great if you like games like Slay the Spyre, Monstre Train, and Griftlands
To this day I don`t really understand why Dota and LoL players hate each other. Sure, the games are two in the same genre overall. But they clearly are for different audiences. Why hate someone or another game even if you don`t play it or play another of that genre? I really don`t understand the mindest here.
12:10 Just to touch on what AJ was talking about here: "The Games" - as in Summoner's Rift, the game map that League of Legends takes place on - are officially non-canon. The lore used to be that on Runeterra an order was established called the League of Legends. Any time a conflict arose between different nations (i.e. Noxus and Demacia), rather than a brutal war breaking out the conflict would be decided by The League. Special mages from the opposing nations called Summoners would be allowed to chose a single champion to represent them. Those champions would be bound to the orders of the Summoner. And thus a match of League of Legends would play out. But they reworked the lore a few years back, came out with a LoL Universe website, and said the old lore about the League and solving conflicts with LoL matches was out. TLDR - to answer AJ's question: no, the actual game itself is no longer part of the world's lore. It's basically on Overwatch rules now, the story has absolutely nothing to do with the game. One neat thing, though, is that characters that have intertwining lore do have unique voice lines that they'll say to each other in the game.
Yeah, I love the music too. It changes quite a lot but most of it has a very gritty feel to it like the way the Undercity is. Rough and edgy. The song Enemy by Imagine Dragons (the intro song), does seem a bit weak though.
Damn I feel sad for Alex. Everytime he starts talking about the lore or the game he gets cut off by AJ. Then he ultimately gives up trying to finish his sentence. And you guys seriously didn't enjoy the intro? It was fire imo.
Man I was hooked the minute I heard Shohreh Aghdashloo's voice, LOVED her in Expanse, such a dynamic voice, and sorry you guys are wrong...that Imagine Dragons intro is just FIRE!! I played LoL back in its first few years, but I thought this anime was going to be based on a novel that came out way back in the day called Arcane, and boy was I surprised when I realized what it was actually about!!
I think the intro song by ID is a banger, but it is mainstream and pop-py (heh) which was what they pointed out. Jinx's VA at episode 3 was on fucking point.
The Jinx versus Ekko fight scene on the bridge blew my mind! The animation, the splashart that was perfectly implemented, and the song _Dynasties & Dystopia_ by Denzel Curry, Bren Joy and Gizzle all came together so perfectly! I've watched that scene twenty times now and I still get goosebumps! Absolutely magnificent!
Yeah it's super exciting to see something of this caliber with an actual good story, characters, voice acting etc. The art style is absolutely incredible. Riot Games artists have always outdone themselves, they must be some of the most talented artists on the planet.
The soundtrack is what's holding back the show imo. There's so many scenes that I just cannot take seriously because of the cringe music that's trying too hard to sound cool. It's like seeing a cool bike but with a bunch of stickers saying "Kool bike"
I have never cared about the game but this show is one of my favourite shows on Netflix. I've watched it all now and it's so moving, the fight scenes are incredible, Love it. Done so well.
@@a.c6761 its just a mode where ppl play it in dominion, like aram before howling abyss. Basically the map wont spawn any minions and can last forever if you want until you capture some tower, theres a lot of fog of wall in the center so its good for a hide n seek game mode.
It could've been fun if most ppl had any idea how to play it: Keeping just enough points capped to be winning instead of going for all the points, overextending, and losing points because of it over and over. It got tiring to play like that.
Never played League in my life. Don't normally like animation. This show blew my mind. It's not even animation to me, it's a moving comic/painting. Watched the first 10 minutes of this review and went to watch it. It's fucking amazing. The writing, the story, THE ART AND ANIMATION, it's REALLLYYYY GOOOODDD. If you have any skepticism at all, so yourself a favor and watch it. It keeps getting better as it goes also.
The best thing about the show is that the writers come from Riot Games internal League of Legends lore team. So yeah, literally everyone involved in the show knows exactly what they're doing.
Exacly reason why AJ isn't a good reviewer. He's taking everything too personally. He can dislike it but he is giving us message that it is bad. And not really why. It's as if he is just feeling if something is good or bad without understanding it.
@@grytubetv6634 You know reviews are opinions, right? He's not a bad reviewer for giving a review... Which again, is an opinion. Plus, beyond music he's rating it super highly?
@@GambolMuse Reviews are opinions that have audience in mind. Otherwise my mom saying me song is bad (just because she didn't enjoy it) would be a review.
@@grytubetv6634 Your mom telling you she doesn't like a song is just stating an opinion. Reviews are basically just more composed and well rounded opinions compiled together. Doesn't need to have a specific audience, that's where you are just plain wrong.
I think what hit me the most in episode 3, was that before Jinx used the monkey bomb, Vi and the others were on there way out. Vander had been successfully freed at the time, a hole had been made in the wall for an escape route and the door would have held long enough for them to escape. So the realization that if Jinx actually did do what she was told and stayed behind, everyone would have most likely been fine, really hits hard.
It's a bit iffy, how far could 3 kids and a wounded man go before the hulked up monstrosity reached them. But if she had not used 3 stones or if she had waited 2 minutes, then probably only Silco and company would have got hit
I've never played LOL, but Arcane is the best TV serial i've seen this year! It is so damn good, It just blew my mind! You can say it's a serial killer! I can't whait to see the next 3 episodes.
Gonna admit, they won me at the end of episode 3 when silco is about to hurt jinx but make a link between him and jinx (rejected by their family) just got me at my core
The series is literally 10/10 and an emotional roller coaster. By the way all 4 of the kids are adopted orphans. So they aren’t just friends they are family. I’m not sure if you guys pay close attention to characteristics of characters. Powder was already showing signs of being unstable specially when she was alone in her room. Even at the start you could tell she reacts different from Vi. Her suddenly hugging silco perfectly makes sense because she is no longer stable mentally.
Me and my Gf have Never played LoL, but we are absolutely loving this show. This show is 100% newcomer friendly, I’m sure we are missing some fun Easter eggs but that’s okay. Good series, the animation, and voice work is so gooddddd
I know you said the transition seemed a little fast, but I actually think the impulse was set up really well with the way they showed Powder being completely dependent on someones approval. From powders perspective it seemed like Vi just abandoned her, and did so in a brutal way. Couple that with her being a kid, longing to be validated, and more importantly realizing that everyone shes loved has been either killed by her or angry at her, she felt so alone that when she just saw silco, she went straight for him because that loneliness hurts more than what ever she thought of him. Just my 2 cents.
The gamemode was Dominion. I loved that mode. I'm really sad that it's gone. Also the league of legends USED to be in the characters bios. But they turned away from it.
Yeah close but the game mode is literally it the name. It was a domination type of gameplay with capture points. Understable mistake as Domination gameplay died with local co-op.
Regarding Powder hugging Silco... That behaviour is correct. There was once a tiny baby possum running around my yard during the day, which is not when possums are suppose to be out. I let it go, but kept an eye on it, hoping it would go back to its nest. I noticed some birds and especially a couple of big magpies started pestering it. I went out to stop the magpies from killing the baby possum. When I got close and squatted down the possum jumped across the grass and leapt onto my chest, nestling into me. When I told the wildlife rescue person she told me thats what baby possums do in that situation... jump and latch onto the biggest person/mammal for protection. Powders reaction to Silco was instinctive for her own protection.
I haven't played LoL in years but the series really brought back memories. Even though there are too many good games out right now Arcane makes me want to play LoL again. I used to main jungle/ bruisers so I played a lot of Vi when she was release. It pretty cool how all the lore connects and that I remember so much useless LoL lore after 5 years since I stopped playing.
Was wondering if you were going to do arcane Joe!!! Have been following your channel for so long and same for all LoL game modes, so this is awesome to see!!!
On the subject of Powder jumping into Silco's arms at the end, i agree that I was weirded out by it the first time, but after thinking about it a bit, I now think it makes complete sense. Watch out for the wall of text bellow. Now Powder is about 7 in this arc, and I think that parents will agree with me that children that age are quite impulsive and irrational. Not to say it in a deammining manner, but more about the fact that they are generally confused about their emotions and it is a time that proper guidance is primordial in shaping the mind of the child. She does cry that she felt abandonned by Vi, which is valid. Back to the points where childrens that age are irrational, she never saw Vi leaving her as an act of protection. She was left behind, she wasnt part of the group, that is what she thought. She didnt see the danger or the consequences of her going there. She just saw that she had to prove herself to the group to be included. Now after the bomb, in that moment, she just came to the horrific realization that her act caused the death of 3 family members. She begins to cry and begs for forgiveness, she is panicking. Now I recognized this mental state all too well, I've seen it in childrens, I've lived it when i was young, and i bet most people can relate to a similar experience when they were young. Not exactly to the point were you killed a family member, but an experience were you hurt someone dear very badly. In that panic state, all you want as a child is for others to accept your apologies, validate your emotions and you need someone to remind you that they love you still. Now Vi is angry, of course given the situation, hits her, insult her and abandon her. Any parents will see that any of theses actions is ground for some famous and impulsive "I hate you!" Between sibling and usually requires talking it through to reconcile. Powder cant get this, she's alone. Now comes Silco, a man that she doesn't know, she didn't see him before, so she doesn't even know he was the one to abduct Vander in the first place, that knees down to her level and talks in a very calm and reassuring tone. Exactly what she needs, so of course she jumps at the opportunity of warmth and hugs him. He then proceeds to give her love, care and understanding in a moment when she needs it most and even validates her hate towards her sister. By giving her everything she needed in that moment, he gained her trust big time, and then he can manipulate her at will over the years to come. I dont think it was intentional on Silco's part at first, but he definitely saw an opportunity on which he could capitalize on, when she hugged him.
Media has a long history of not knowing how to portray young kids. The scene feels off because of how used we are to such depictions, but when you stop and think about it then you begin to understand how much effort the whole team put to make something truly outstanding. I don't think he intended to manipulate her, you can see in Silco's eyes how he sees Vander's corpse, and reacts to Powder's "She is not my sister anymore". They were both 'abandoned' by their 'siblings', so it's only natural for Silco to show some empathy for the girl. The same empathy that would later on prevent him from giving up on her on episode 9.
He almost did like, 20 times and then just gave up and made sure to emphasize it when he got a chance to talk. I was right there with him through it haha
I struggle to even call Arcane a video game adaptation, it’s more an adaptation of the lore of the characters in the game which has always been good for a long while. You’re not exactly seeing people running into Summoner’s Rift and duking it out in lanes.
JOE, I've played LoL since 2010 and I can honestly say this is perhaps the best video game turned series of a movie spectacle adaptation I've ever seen. I've convinced family and friends to watch it and they all love it!
I absolutely love the fact that this show has expanded the possiblity to visually explore a world where pirates, zombies, vikings, ninjas, knights and gods exist at the same fkn time all with their own intertwined stories and connections to each other.
yess, but i don't think all the "legends" live during the same time. jayce and the rest of steampunk, technically advanced piltover are not set at the same medieval time as the rest.
@@brunoir283 I think they actually may be. Piltover/Zaun are connected to Noxus since they have arms deals. Noxus is connected to Demacia, Freljord and Ionia via their wars and conquests so that's most of the Runeterra. Not to mention that many, if not most, of the champions are superhero or demigod level so they would simply live long enough. It's just that Piltover and Zaun are much further technologically since they have to to "catch up" to other regions that have magic, godly powers and other mystical stuff.
@@nondorian yes, piltover, noxus and freljord exist in the same world at the same time, but just as much as new york and rome exist at the same time. but rome has existed 2000 years ago whereas new york hasn't. so just the mere existance of noxus doesn't mean they live in the same warring times with axes and swords. and while they do have magic, a flourishing economy, in all cases would suggest an exchance of technologies. so why don't we see draven with a rifle? or darius with a gattling gun? if they are in fact these conquering people, then they'd surely get themselves some automated guns and rocket launchers from piltover and be a lot more successful. what we know of demacia and freljord and their champions does not indicate a hextech revolution, let alone a regular industrial revolution.
I know nothing of League of Legends, and found the series to be amazing. The art and animation was incredible. Better than anything Blizzard or Pixar have released so far. I was expecting another generic and stiffly animated. series. The quality took me by surprise. I went to the LoL site to check the backstory of some of the characters. Its amazing how they turned a couple of paragraphs into such a fleshed out story. I cant wait to see the story of other cities.
@@alexsilva28 Well, better from a story-telling standpoint perhaps. But that's subjective. It's difficult to compare because the target audience is different.
Nice review. I’m brand new to the whole League of legends thing but I watch it twice. (Yeah it was that good) I’m not sure if Alex was holding back but it looked like he wanted to speak more on the topic.
Just a personal thing but I’ve always been a huge fan of imagine dragon so i really enjoy the music, I think it fits with the animation. I don’t always enjoy it as there are some scenes where I question it and think was that really needed but I’d rather the series have an identity and run with it than not.
It's very popular to diss imagine dragons for no reason just like nickelback, while i personally don't listen to imagine dragon regularly i'd say they're a solid band and the song is pretty good
This serie level of writing was what I expected from Cyberpunk 2077, thinking about it... the politics, intrigue, world buiding. The serie tands more to 'steampunk', but everything reminded me of how it would work perfectly on a cyberpunk theme.
@@gamesmaster1060 wut lol.... I defo tried lol about 10 years ago, but never really played it. The only moba i kinda play is Smite and even that i rarely login.
I loved the music. The music grows on you though. As a music orientated person, the music was done really well; especially since most of the music in their previous trailers for the game are actually quite similar in this masterpiece of a movie! Story/plot ✅ Characters ✅ Setting/location✅ Tone/feeling✅ Music ✅
I went in knowing nothing about LoL but i recognized Jinx from a recent commercial. The animation in their trailers is spectacular and what they managed in this show is nothing short of amazing. We’ll see how the story pans out but the writing has left me satisfied thus far. It’s also refreshing to see, not one, but two well written female leads in an action adventure show.
Season 1 is this. Imagine season 2 Darius, Draven, or Lux and Garen. Each season could be a couple of characters or nations. leading into why/how they fight.
To respond to what AngryJoe was saying around 22:35... I would say that the scene where Powder runs up to hug Silco in response to what previously happened with Vi is almost a foreshadowing or symbol of how messed up she really is mentally, even as a kid. In following episodes, as Jinx gets older (spoiler alert), she starts to hear multiple voices in her head clearly portraying signs of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, most likely the latter. Powder running up to hug Silco showed me that not only were her emotions showing volatility, but also her conclusions about people she cared deeply about.
They’re talking about the intro “Enemy” by Imagine Dragons. At first I didn’t like it but I kinda do now and it goes so well with it once you learn the story. At first I didn’t like it either. I also think they should’ve had an animated opening with actual scenes instead of the paintings. “Tell you you’re the greatest, but once you turn they hate us” embodies almost every characters relationship in the series. Vi + Jinx, Jayce + The council members + Mel, Jayce + Heimerdinger + Viktor + The creepy old guy making shimmer.
So I didn't see it mentioned here in the comments (for the brief period I looked) but for anyone else curious, Summoner's Rift (the map you mainly play on in game for League of Legends) does exist in the lore, but the game itself (the champions like Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, etc) fighting each other, doesn't exist in the lore (it used to, but was retconned out several years ago.) Summoner's Rift was the site of the Rune Wars which took place a loooooooong time before when Arcane takes place. It's most likely what Heimerdinger is referring to in the show when he mentions "seeing magic corrupt/destroy" and it flashes back to an image of a mage floating in the air. The Rune Wars was a massive event that took place between two factions of mages fighting over the World Runes. The war eventually spread across everything and a lot more people got involved than just the two factions. You can think of the World Runes as pretty much magical stones capable of terraforming. I think the only two we know about are one that was capable of melting earth and creating giant spires of lava and and reshaping the land, and another which was capable of creating or wiping out oceans. The other map in League of Legends, Howling Abyss, also exists in the lore but is literally just a bridge in one of the regions, the Freljord. So if anymore shows get made, they're more than likely going to be 100% about the lore and not the game, as making a show about the game wouldn't involve the lore at all.
You're talking about "Dominion", yea that was a hella fun mode, got taken over by bot farming though and bots would just farm to level 30 for smurfing. Thats what really killed it.
Side point. The animation studio that made arcane started as 6 people. They are as big as they are because of arcane and riot. Sooo... They kinda are a part of riot. Highly suggest watching the bridging the rift series if you're curious about the show.
The reason the direction in terms character and story choices is so good is because this story focuses on the beginning of the hextech. Hextech is such a core implemented idea in LoL and we've all just known it to be just there. So focusing on the creation of this and the effect it has on the rest of runeterra is such a brilliant idea.
I was honestly surprised on how well they could pull on my heart strings. When Vi started hitting Jinx after the failed rescue, I felt really hurt seeing her lash out on her sis
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It was genuenly interesting to see the perspective of people not fully within the League circle
I was hoping you would watch this. Love your lore videos!
I didn't realize Alex was such an active League player.
Its hard to imagine for me that you know what Zaun or Piltover is. Just Watching then reacting to it is engaging.
Why hello there.
Ah hello my friend
The reason why powder jumps into silcos arms is because she has abandonment issues. When Vi tells her to stay behind, pay attention to how she reacts after she is left in that room. I love this series! 10/10
it's amazing! i was hooked. i cried and lauged. this series is fucking amazing! this is the animation i love. the characters are perfect! man this got me back into league of legends.
oh yea and i see kids comments this is show for kids... sad..
@@magicmajk2538 what are you on about? this show isn't for kids. Teens - adults, for sure.
Added to her abandonment issues, Powder is clearly somewhere on the spectrum. Mentally she's unstable, occasionally manic and very often depressive. Vi was her rock and kept her grounded, stable and validated. Being made to feel useless/abandoned by her was really the final blow.
@@magicmajk2538 Sure as hell not a show for kids, it's too dark for that
Fiddlesticks when taunting Jinx in-game: "Jinx! ALL YOUR FAULT! ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Hits hard after episode 3.
he says that in-game for real?
@@IvanusPrime yeah there are mini interactions when characters meet in the game.
Swains quote too.
"Faces in the flames... it was all her fault"
DAYUMMM
Don't leave out Warwick's quotes. "You were there" and "Let me forget"...
Pretty heavy foreshadowing of who he was with those.
The whole scene with Silco standing over Powder, ready to kill her then changing his mind after hearing her words was my fav scene.
It’s literally Silco seeing himself as Powder after His brother abandoned him.
Holy shit i never tought about it like that
I loved that scene too. There was so much of this throughout the whole series. Just little things with deeper meaning for those who paid attention. They did such a great job of making the characters feel alive. Everyone had motivations that were believable. Man I can't say enough good about this series... I haven't enjoyed a series this much in a longgg time.
So is the consensus that he really would have killed her? Silco kills kids? I didn't see anywhere else in the series (im on episode 6) that would show him as a child murderer. If spoilers, just dont answer i guess, haha . I dont know though, I feel like he wouldnt!
@@hrl2k He won't do it if he doesn't have to but he will kill children if he needs to. I mean, he's already employing forced child labor in the first 3 episodes.
@@Martin-yh7vi I really don’t buy him being above child murder.
Hey Joe, the game-mode youre referring to is called "Dominion"
I hope they decide to re-introduce it someday
Irony alert - another mmo/tv series! (neither very successful sadly...)
It's fast. It's fun. - HotshotGG
@J M 2 billions people is a huge market. so if you have to play ball, you will play ball.
@@porcu12345 Hahaha fuck that's a classic
I honestly understood Jinx very well, because you forgot a very important detail, Powder was already going insane. Her mind was breaking down once she was told to stay home.
After that she sees everyone die because of her and she breaks down even more and Vi literally punches her while Silco comes over in a "loving" matter and even understanding because what they felt at that moment was the same and Powder felt like someone finally understood her and she decided to forget Vi because she felt betrayed and abandoned so i wouldn't call it forced tbh
She slapped her, it wasn’t a punch.
@@block36079 yep. That. ☝️
But completely agree.
@@block36079 yeah, youre right. Just rewatched it. Damn her slap must hurt like hell, Powder even started bleeding
@@NarutoIIPrayer And being called a Jinx must have hurt way more than the slap
It did feel weird though, it’s like the only criticism in the entire series that I had and it wasn’t that bad.
If they gave it like 15 minutes in universe that could’ve passed in a minute or 2. Or even have Silco be the one who hugs her and we see her face change and she reciprocates.
It just felt weird, you literally just lost your family lol. Other than that top tier series
Something i highly value is the fact that it's a really newcomer-friendly show. You don't need to know anything about the game and the lore to understand the story and enjoy it. I'm sure there is some easter eggs, but the serie is self-sufficient ^^
Been playing the game for like 10 years because I'm addicted. But tbh its not reeeeally newcomer-friendly. You get to know much more knowing the lore in advance and playing the actual game.
@@dennistokmak1661 it’s 100% newcomer friendly. The only thing you get is knowing where characters end up and Easter eggs.
@@Sparda51 I definitely agree with this. It's not necessary to know the game because the game is very separate from the actual lore. Sure you get Easter eggs and more knowledge than someone who hadn't played, but you 200% don't need to play the game to enjoy or even fully understand the show. Hell you don't even need to play the game to understand it better, just read up some more on the champs.
It helps not knowing the lore coming into it. I can't think about anything but where hextech cores come from whenever anything related to hextech is on screen.
I’ve never played the game and frankly I’m not interested by it at all but god damn this show is amazing. I never felt like I needed to play the game/know the lore to keep up even though there are probably some in-game Easter eggs and jokes I don’t get. In the first like 5 minutes of episode one I knew that I’d love this show
I love that they found a way to make this watchable and understandable for everyone. It’ll satisfy the average watcher and service the fans of the game. This is how you do an adaptation.
That to me is so important. Too often video game adaptations are just full-on fan service with very little thought for people who are just looking for an interesting story. Arcane delivers both the fan service AND the interesting story.
Castlevania achieved the same imo
@@TheMidnightillusion Can confirm, I've literally NEVER played League Of Legends, I lknow NOTHING about the characters or universe, JUST watched the show finally, and I think its my all time new favorite show.
To be fair Fortich deserves all the credit for how beautiful and detailed this show looks, but people at riot do deserve credit for the script writing and characters. its a joint effort
I think if people credit arcane its a equal praise for both Riot and Fortiche,i hope both of them can continue working together
Riot didn't do the writing for this. There are people hired to work with Riot's IP to create these stories. Riot just made a very rough draft about it and gave it to amazing writers to work with it.
Joe - The cop sees her and rescues VI.
Me - mmmm NO
@@Xadethor actually they did write it. They talked about it at the premiere event. Arcane is the brain child of a few of the OG riot devs they talk about it more in the behind the scenes video.
Im not 100% sure, but I heard the two people shouting "happy progress day" on the air baloon in episode 4, is the two of the lead people behind Fortich.
Jinx steals every scene she’s in. They really did these characters right!!!
Preach! My favorites are currently Jinx and Viktor. But as you I think all the characters are written very vell!! And the main story surrounding Vi and Jinx is so damn good and intense. Can't wait for act 3!
She is like a Joker but in girl, I agree she was the best!
@@diegoramos27 I was thinking the same
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Man they wrote and illustrated madness better than any comic or tv show that has ever made the attempt. Episode 9....my god
Riot nails all of their music, tv shows, and literally everything but balancing the actual game LoL
That's because riot aren't the ones that are making it they're just paying for it
mind giving me some context? ive been playing League since it came out and never felt the balance was super off, some champs come out a bit OP but they get fixed afterwards, I could see some metas being too forced but as far as balance goes ive always been happy about it
@@sh9jscg that's exactly the issue, they make new champs and champs with new skins stronger to sell skins and champs
@@sh9jscg if you're the only good player on your team for consecutive games against pros, it gets annoying. So yeah that's what they mean by balancing, it even happens in rank. Like seeing your adc walk straight into the enemy's target area without realizing the amount of damage these champs do as a supp, gets annoying. It's a game designed on playing as a team.
@@yourdaddy.956 Compare the percentage of total champions/heroes used in tournaments vs Dota 2. The overall game balancing is mediocre regardless of matchmaking.
For me, this is the closest to a Dishonored TV show I'll ever get, love this show, not a League of Legends fan, but didn't need to be to absolutely love this work of art, the writing, animation, story telling, voice acting, it's just impressive in every way possible. I disagree however with the music, I absolutely love the music in this how, including the Imagine Dragons, which I thought I would never say.
Really? I thought I was the only who saw this shownand think " Dishonored? ".
dude! so glad i'm not the only who was thinking the same thing. it basically the closest we can get at the moment, for a dishonored tv show. since some of the art style and buildings look so much like it.
Definitely, felt Dishonor vibes
This is exactly what I thought. I wondered for a while if they'd started on a Dishonoured show and pivoted.
Episode 3 was SO GOOD.. the voice acting was top notch.
Had me screaming at my TV lol. Jinx really ruined EVERYTHING 😂
But of course all the weebs still waiting for the Japanese voiceovers with subtitles. LOL
@@uglymusubi507 wasnt it already there?
I came into the series almost completely blind to the lore, never played LoL, and fell in love with the series right away. I'm currently re-watching the series to make sure I didn't miss any details.
Nice! Make sure you don't play league of legends though. Toxic game. I would recommend TFT if you like auto-chess
or play LoR, lots of good stuff there.
Yeah definitely there are things you are not going to catch if you haven't been in touch with the game or lore. But also its better in other areas because is spoilers.
Also if you go to league of legends site you can explore the world and the characters.
@Shannon Waterhouse the game doesn't have a story.. Is a 5v5 moba. But the lore and the card game are really cool.
Play the game lol if you don't play 5v5 ranked then you're safe from the toxic side of it 90% of the time. I mean the game itself is fun . And if there's one toxic player just ignore them hehe
One thing that I wanna mention is Jinx's mental breakdown in episode 3. I love all the little hints that point towards her being incredibly unstable with the ending of episode 3 being what pushes her off the edge (Literally and Metaphorically). It was really well done.
You could call it "being pushed off the edge," but to me, it's the moment that jumpstarts Jinx's fall into madness.
She has yet to utterly lose her mind.
And when she inevitably does, we'll all witness the full extent of what she has become.
Yes and no. To me, the descent into "madness" is almost always portrayed too quick in fiction. Unstable people aren't always unstable to serve a "plot" in real life, but often are in fiction. The same is reversed, as they are not stable when things are supposed to be stable. We do see some of her alone time having fits, but not really that much for an extended period of time to understand that this is actually innate and not just nature. They try to show us by referencing things and her having the style of "ugly graffiti and liking ugly robot things".
This said, I think the trigger event worked great. I just do not want to get another joker. I never saw Jinx as Harley or Joker, but people expect "madness" to be mastermindy with certain character traits I find tiresome.
@@vincentgraymore I guess you’re right about losing your sanity happening too quick in fictional stories. It feels a little… “cartoonish,” if you know what I mean.
Jinx, despite that, manages to be executed well.
@@vincentgraymore I think it was done resonably well, they set it up by showing that Jinx is aware that she is a burden to the group after their raid in 1st episode, it's obviously rough for children this young to handle living is such conditions with your parents dead and your older sister being so much better than you, the only thing that seemingly holds her together is Vi putting trust in her.
The moment in EP3 where Vi tells her she cannot go with them because she is not ready is more important than most people realize. Powder is aware that it's mostly her fault that things are like that (she found the crystal that blew up Jayce office and got enforcers to underground), she also gets told she isn't ready which is huge hit for her since Vi allways told her that she is capable, we can see her having a breakdown and only comming to her own when she thinks she can save the day by making bomb out of crystals.
Then the ending, she knows that she fucked up massively and killed her friends and Vander, Vi is mad at her, calls her Jinx and tells her she is a fuckup. That must be devastating for kid this young, it would even explain why she hugged Silco.
Overall i think they did extremely good job setting her up as a character considering only 3 episodes that werent even heavily focused on her.
I really don't like jinx (she's just a Harley queen rip off) but this show made her a bit more compelling and bearable by going through the steps to set up her whole character arc.
Just as a reminder, the lore where the champions fight to decide the destiny of their nations is no longer canon, they (champions) now just exist in this world "Runaterra" and the interactions between the nations are like any other fantasy/reality.
the whole "summoners guild" or whatever premise where it was stated that you as the player were literally a distinct character from the champions, your "summons" who you called to fight against fellow summoners on the "summoners rift," some weird interdimensional arena. insane how much league lore shifted and evolved and just straight up changed in some places. I think it's been healthy and necessary overall though and I really like where they're currently heading, minus the occasional slip up or letdown like the ruined king event ending. they can't all be winners 🤷♂️
still can't believe the entire moba craze came from some custom wow3 and starcraft maps that were made with editors pushed way beyond what they were designed for. custom maps are some of the biggest testaments to player creativity I've ever seen, right up there with modding. miss the brood war UMS days.
@@DrkStrSkt I heard the ruined king game which is finally out, does the event so much more justice. I guess the main event itself which is centered on the game was supposed to be more fleshed out.
Just finished Episode 6. The believability of the characters really sells it. If that didn't work, nothing else would. The animation goes a long way in conveying their attitudes and motivations but if the writing was weak then it would all have been for nothing. The characters act so natural in their individual personalities and mannerisms while living in a world where people actually work, sweat, hope, sleep, fight, fall in love, bleed, fuck, cry, die and make both irrational and rational decisions and at no point is the viewer constantly asking, "But why didn't they just do this?" because their actions always seem consistent with their characters.
Early on Powder hears Vi say something that turns into a misunderstanding but it isn't used as a lazy plot device - they resolve it almost immediately after because of course they would. Jayce seemed set up for being pulled so far into Piltover politics that he forgets Viktor but NOPE - he actually stands with Viktor in defying Heimerdinger, who himself is also guided by understandable motives and wisdom (but also a stagnated worldview) as afforded by his extended longevity compared to humans.
The characters are doing the best they can within their respective circumstances, for the most part they're making decisions based on what they think is right and not going out of their way to be assholes. And despite all of that, you still have conflict because that's how the world actually works. Most fights don't happen because one side is moral and the other is malicious, they happen because people have divergent interests and interpretations of what's right or wrong.
And Arcane actually gets that.
Just start a review channel god
When Jinx and Vi reunite at the end of Episode 6, Vi immediately tells Jinx why she didn't come back. They could have easily done the whole "you left me" misunderstanding trope, but they went with the far more believable route which made the scene more impactful.
@@nickb2049 for real! I was expecting that, but no, they nailed it
really liked how despite jayce not siding with viktor completely on pushing out the new hex tech projects, he still had the decency to show up when his best friend went to the hospital.
@@ClazzyAmerican I think it was even him who TOOK his friend to hospital!
As a ten year fan of the game I found it very disrespectful to the source material. 6 episodes in and not one character told anybody to drink bleach, or intentionally die to spite their allies.
In all seriousness it's been quite nice and Singed *finally* appeared in something.
Silco is not singed
We got a PG-13 version with Milo trying to convince Vi to ditch the noob that makes them take Ls.
@@Striiken1 lol everybody knows that, he's referring to the man in the lab cave in zaun
@@njamesp oh yea ok cool
Who even cares about the source material though. It’s a well written show and most people couldn’t care less about League.
Alex saying he likes it should be the golden star of approval to give this a watch. its amazing
Indeed. I was most curious about his opinion
I fell like he puts more thought into each element of a show/movie he reviews
@@grytubetv6634 unfortunately he gets cut off by AJ every single time. I actually wanted to hear him speak more considering he still plays League.
@@jasontodd1226 Does he have his channel?
@@greyngreyer5 nope
This is seriously one of the best animated / story driven thing i ever seen.
this TV show is a good example of what today s movies should have been
The reason why Jinx just instantly hugs Silco is because she's already really unstable and traumatized. When you're that young you can't fend for yourself, their natural instinct is to find anything that will protect him so that they can be nurtured. That is the reason why she instantly holds onto the one thing that will protect, although I do agree that having Silco say something to her first before she accepts him would've been nice.
A lot of small things in this show can be forgiven because it's still in the realm of reasonable, and everything else around it is just so damn amazing.
i m wondering if she is monophobic since the death of her parents, she have all the characteristics for
Powder was already traumatized by her parents death and I would assume has a fear of being alone. And through the series, we are actually not 100% sure if Vi is Powders’ sister by blood or through being taken in by Vander (so theyre a little family together with Mylo and Claggor). Then with most of her new family members dying, partly by her own hands. That mustve been devastating for the age Powder was by the end of Ep.3. Personally, with that taken in mind, I think it might’ve been irrational that Powder hugs Silco. But given the trauma of losing her family twice, and thinking Vi has left her alone too and at that young age, its not unthinkable. Irrational maybe, but not unthinkable.
(when Powder was freaking out when she was told to stay alone, I think that reflected her trauma. and she realizes that if Vi does not succeed in saving Vander. she would have no one left. which unfortunately pushed her to ‘help’.)
@@headsethero5449 I think they're blood related.
Hear me out: their mother has purple hair, Vi has pink hair, Powder has blue hair, simple color mix -> pink + blue = purple.
Simple yet effective imo
I also think she has been just going through issues before the incident. You can tell when she was screaming and hitting her self before she left to drop the bomb. She was already mad at everyone for calling her a jinx and thinking she is weak/useless. I could see the transition pretty easily my self. The whole "I will show them". The anger. It was actually really good. And taking that scene with the arm across her face and the eyes go purple.. It was intense.. Lot of detail Joe and them missed,,
A good show cam be forgivem for that, but in a bad show it would mount on top of other bad things
I too would complain about the contemporary music if it wasn't for the setting. If the show was set in Noxus or the Freljord I would hate contemporary music, there I want to hear dark ochestra and norwegian fiddle music, but since this show takes place in Zaun and Piltover I think it is fine.
It bugged me in the first three episodes but got better as the series went on imo. I don't know if I just liked the music better or if they just started picking/using it better but it didn't jar me nearly as much as at the beginning. Though I might have just gotten used to it and accepted it as a tax I had to get past to enjoy the rest of the show which is genuinely great. Way better than most people expected I think.
Powders transformation into Jinx is definitely interesting. I like how even her character design slowly starts to lose her Powder features as she gets more Jinx like.
Surprised that he stated he did not like the music, and since he is not a league player, he might now know that riot has used Imagine dragons for years
Surprised too…
The music hits the spot for me.
Love it all.
Been saying it for years, league of legends is at its best when it’s anything other than the game. Hopefully we get more shows like this or even a movie at some point.
i mean the game itself is fun, the community is toxic and some champions may be OP BUT! the base game is good.
LoL has some very intresting lore so the MMO they are going to try to make might turn out pretty damn good
@@Eleriol84 true I’m keen for the new games
More stuff in the works rn
@@ilikecookies230 playing league of legends is genuinely one of the worst experiences out there. The new champions are overloaded, the community is disgusting, having fun is simply too much to ask (it’s possible but unlikely).
Played like 3 games of league, actually a dota player. Love the league world and what they do for their characters, cool to see how such a crazy and wild character like Jinx has become essentially a fan favorite overnight. Huge credit to the writers and planners who were bold enough to have her do what she does in Episode 3 and really give us a look into her mind and why things turn out the way they do. Jinx is really the pinnacle of a tragic character, its just so cool to see someone actually do some real character work and make a good plot like the one between the two sisters. Also really cool how this ties into the game, and to hear some of the stuff like when fiddlesticks says in game to Jinx "Jinx! all your fault! all your fault!" and when Caitlyn says "Piltover may be better off without you jinx.... But Vi....." its just heart-wrenching and thats just more evidence of good writing and a great story to make you really feel for these characters and what they've gone through. Also just some of the stuff Jinx does just steal the show, the little "hi" she gives when she steps out of the smoke and we see her grown up for the first time is easily one of my favorite moments in all of media, just a perfect introduction and made her easily one of my favorite characters ever, they just absolutely nailed it with her in particular and i can't say enough about it and how much of a delight it is any time she's on screen.
i didnt even know a thing about legue of legends...but what i saw, was awesome! its not even the best game adaptation...its one of the best animated series i ever saw in the last years. fantastic style...so much love put into it. watched 6 episodes thru in 2d...cant wait to see all of them
Yup! My daughters and wife even enjoyed it. I haven’t even mentioned to them that it’s part of a video game lol
This series change everything. Arcane will be the golden standard for game adaptations. Probably one of the best series I've seen in a while. You can tell the people that made it really love their stuff. Well freaking done!
The last few minutes of the third episode... the way Powder cries and pleads, the inflections in her voice... possibly the best voice work I have ever heard! And I'm a narrator/voice actor myself! I've watched that scene about ten times now.
I've never played League of Legends, but I'm more than familiar with its status and reputation in the gaming world. Arcane is excellent!
And the animation and visual effects when she goes crazy is fantastic. It honestly put harley Quinn to shame, although I do love Margot Robbie.
That scene was incredible! I really enjoyed the composition and lighting of the scene as well.
The show overall does a great job bringing the viewer into the situation.
i fckin feel sad for Mylo Claggor
@@xxi404 I like how they didn't make Claggor a stereotypical bumbling fat kid, like in every Western animated program.
@@warcroftgaming YES exactly... i just feel bad more.. see, this gang, they just have each other..
that kind of instant death, I dont like seeing that scene😞
Vi in game uses same goggles as claggor right?
This show's too good! Vi and Viktor are amazing.
If you watched the show and have a hankering to play some League but aren’t someone who already enjoys MOBAs, consider instead Legends of Runeterra. Their card game is solid and easily The Most consumer friendly Collectible Card Game. They even launched a hefty new PvE mode for solo play as part of celebrating the show’s release.
Gwent is friendlier F2P.
@@HighLanderPonyYT It is? That's awesome! My main experience comes from Magic Arena so I can't really comment on Gwent, Pokémon, Shadowverse and other offerings aside from hearsay. I've only played the small version of Gwent inside the Witcher so I'm glad to hear it's a generous game.
@@00Clank Yeah, you can grind lil' or a lot and there are plenty of rewards either way. It's also more dynamic and flexible than waiting for the weekly vault in LoR. And in each pack, you can pick your one rare or higher rarity card 1 out of 3, so it's more generous RNG.
Runeterra is amazing, is sooooo much better than MTG Online, Magic Arena, and Heartstone.
I can actually play the game without spending money and have more than 1 deck. In Heartstone I had to grind like crazy to maintain my one class, guess the correct legendary to craft and hope it had at least a Tier2 Deck in the meta.
The PVE content is also great if you like games like Slay the Spyre, Monstre Train, and Griftlands
Oh damn I took a break from LoR to go through all my single player backlogs. I missed this LoR even :(
As a dota fanboy, and has a love/hate relationship with LoL, I thought Arcane blew it absolutely out of the park... So good
To this day I don`t really understand why Dota and LoL players hate each other.
Sure, the games are two in the same genre overall. But they clearly are for different audiences. Why hate someone or another game even if you don`t play it or play another of that genre? I really don`t understand the mindest here.
Alex: Yordles
Joe: Wth's that?
Lmao
Midgets that would ruin ur day. Esp Teemo
@@bobfty2680 Magical midgets that hide their appearances to look "normal". Apparently Heimerdinger is the exception to the rule for now.
@@TheHKZero You forgot the prostitute yordle
@@Tookieslam Oh i know. Thanks for the visual vomit i was managing to ignore. Now it's back and i wish it wasn't.
12:10
Just to touch on what AJ was talking about here: "The Games" - as in Summoner's Rift, the game map that League of Legends takes place on - are officially non-canon. The lore used to be that on Runeterra an order was established called the League of Legends. Any time a conflict arose between different nations (i.e. Noxus and Demacia), rather than a brutal war breaking out the conflict would be decided by The League. Special mages from the opposing nations called Summoners would be allowed to chose a single champion to represent them. Those champions would be bound to the orders of the Summoner. And thus a match of League of Legends would play out.
But they reworked the lore a few years back, came out with a LoL Universe website, and said the old lore about the League and solving conflicts with LoL matches was out.
TLDR - to answer AJ's question: no, the actual game itself is no longer part of the world's lore. It's basically on Overwatch rules now, the story has absolutely nothing to do with the game. One neat thing, though, is that characters that have intertwining lore do have unique voice lines that they'll say to each other in the game.
Dang, my wife and I really _enjoyed_ the music used in the series. It's kind of crazy how much they don't like it
Some of the songs are nice on their own but don't fit the setting imo.
They clarified they don't like the songs by Imagine Dragons but the actual Score and music is amazing and they really enjoy that.
I didn't like the song so much for the title card, I didn't think it fit. On it's own and when it popped up later in the show I enjoyed it
Yeah, I love the music too. It changes quite a lot but most of it has a very gritty feel to it like the way the Undercity is. Rough and edgy. The song Enemy by Imagine Dragons (the intro song), does seem a bit weak though.
Dynasties & Dystopia + The bridge fight between Jinx and Ekko is sensory perfection. That's all I have to say.
Damn I feel sad for Alex. Everytime he starts talking about the lore or the game he gets cut off by AJ. Then he ultimately gives up trying to finish his sentence.
And you guys seriously didn't enjoy the intro? It was fire imo.
Man I was hooked the minute I heard Shohreh Aghdashloo's voice, LOVED her in Expanse, such a dynamic voice, and sorry you guys are wrong...that Imagine Dragons intro is just FIRE!! I played LoL back in its first few years, but I thought this anime was going to be based on a novel that came out way back in the day called Arcane, and boy was I surprised when I realized what it was actually about!!
Yes. Had goosebumps when I heard her voice.
I think the intro song by ID is a banger, but it is mainstream and pop-py (heh) which was what they pointed out. Jinx's VA at episode 3 was on fucking point.
don't get me wrong, I like her voice but to call it dynamic? That's a huge stretch
@@iCanHasRandomness True, I'll give you that....but I will say this, it is INSTANTLY recognizable. It is not a voice you mistake with anyone else.
The Jinx versus Ekko fight scene on the bridge blew my mind! The animation, the splashart that was perfectly implemented, and the song _Dynasties & Dystopia_ by Denzel Curry, Bren Joy and Gizzle all came together so perfectly! I've watched that scene twenty times now and I still get goosebumps! Absolutely magnificent!
Me too 😂
Arcane is nothing short of a masterpiece! Animation, Soundtrack, Voice-acting, writing, character design, sound design... Its just perfect.
I've never seen anything like it. I watched until 4am, I couldn't stop myself.
@@Jay-eb7ik Facts
Yeah it's super exciting to see something of this caliber with an actual good story, characters, voice acting etc. The art style is absolutely incredible. Riot Games artists have always outdone themselves, they must be some of the most talented artists on the planet.
Overrated
The soundtrack is what's holding back the show imo. There's so many scenes that I just cannot take seriously because of the cringe music that's trying too hard to sound cool. It's like seeing a cool bike but with a bunch of stickers saying "Kool bike"
I have never cared about the game but this show is one of my favourite shows on Netflix. I've watched it all now and it's so moving, the fight scenes are incredible, Love it. Done so well.
The gamemode was called Dominion, banger gamermode tbh
Hide n seek "custom" mode was even a better banger
@@MefoWho i never played that
when is that released?
@@a.c6761 its just a mode where ppl play it in dominion, like aram before howling abyss. Basically the map wont spawn any minions and can last forever if you want until you capture some tower, theres a lot of fog of wall in the center so its good for a hide n seek game mode.
It could've been fun if most ppl had any idea how to play it: Keeping just enough points capped to be winning instead of going for all the points, overextending, and losing points because of it over and over. It got tiring to play like that.
star guardian invasion is my favorite
Never played League in my life.
Don't normally like animation.
This show blew my mind. It's not even animation to me, it's a moving comic/painting.
Watched the first 10 minutes of this review and went to watch it.
It's fucking amazing. The writing, the story, THE ART AND ANIMATION, it's REALLLYYYY GOOOODDD.
If you have any skepticism at all, so yourself a favor and watch it.
It keeps getting better as it goes also.
The best thing about the show is that the writers come from Riot Games internal League of Legends lore team. So yeah, literally everyone involved in the show knows exactly what they're doing.
As someone who has mained vi since she was released this show is like a dream come true. Can't wait for more episodes
Episode 1 was so good they reviewed it 3 times.
bruhh
"And it was sad as fuck 'cu Vadner fuckin' dies..."
WARWICK FORESHADOWING: ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
Wow Have to disagree immensly on the Music. The music for this series is phenomenal i love the intro
Exacly reason why AJ isn't a good reviewer. He's taking everything too personally.
He can dislike it but he is giving us message that it is bad. And not really why. It's as if he is just feeling if something is good or bad without understanding it.
@@grytubetv6634 You know reviews are opinions, right? He's not a bad reviewer for giving a review... Which again, is an opinion. Plus, beyond music he's rating it super highly?
@@GambolMuse Reviews are opinions that have audience in mind. Otherwise my mom saying me song is bad (just because she didn't enjoy it) would be a review.
@@grytubetv6634 Your mom telling you she doesn't like a song is just stating an opinion. Reviews are basically just more composed and well rounded opinions compiled together. Doesn't need to have a specific audience, that's where you are just plain wrong.
@@Slowp0w You just made my point.
I think what hit me the most in episode 3, was that before Jinx used the monkey bomb, Vi and the others were on there way out. Vander had been successfully freed at the time, a hole had been made in the wall for an escape route and the door would have held long enough for them to escape. So the realization that if Jinx actually did do what she was told and stayed behind, everyone would have most likely been fine, really hits hard.
It's a bit iffy, how far could 3 kids and a wounded man go before the hulked up monstrosity reached them. But if she had not used 3 stones or if she had waited 2 minutes, then probably only Silco and company would have got hit
I've never played LOL, but Arcane is the best TV serial i've seen this year! It is so damn good, It just blew my mind! You can say it's a serial killer! I can't whait to see the next 3 episodes.
cereal killer?
@@TheWerelf 4 days ago... serial killer... JHIN...4
Gonna admit, they won me at the end of episode 3 when silco is about to hurt jinx but make a link between him and jinx (rejected by their family) just got me at my core
The game mode AJ is talking about in LoL is Dominon, I loved that mode too!!
I still love aram. summoners rift turned sour for me after they deleted my fave champ, mordekaiser
@@biggusdickus2166 I stopped playing in season 3 and just stick to playing ARAM every once in a while
Dominion was awesome! Don’t know why they got rid of it. ARAM is ok… not a huge fan of it. I preferred the node grabbing in dominion
@@kentstank Same!
@@biggusdickus2166 I mean morde is still there but yeh basically deleted from what he once was, still badass
The series is literally 10/10 and an emotional roller coaster.
By the way all 4 of the kids are adopted orphans. So they aren’t just friends they are family.
I’m not sure if you guys pay close attention to characteristics of characters. Powder was already showing signs of being unstable specially when she was alone in her room. Even at the start you could tell she reacts different from Vi. Her suddenly hugging silco perfectly makes sense because she is no longer stable mentally.
Arcane is INSANE!!! The best animated gaming adaptation I've seen so far
Me and my Gf have Never played LoL, but we are absolutely loving this show. This show is 100% newcomer friendly, I’m sure we are missing some fun Easter eggs but that’s okay. Good series, the animation, and voice work is so gooddddd
Oh shit Joe was OG Dominion player map was called crystal scar I believe.
It was. But if he would have said twisted treeline I would have lost it
I love the animation. You feel the hits and landings. The characters have weight to them. Great job by animation team
That's sooo rare in 3d animated shows
Joe calling Vi as Vee was bugging me but loved the review.
"Wake up Vi. . .We've got a city to burn" -Reanu Keeves
I know you said the transition seemed a little fast, but I actually think the impulse was set up really well with the way they showed Powder being completely dependent on someones approval. From powders perspective it seemed like Vi just abandoned her, and did so in a brutal way. Couple that with her being a kid, longing to be validated, and more importantly realizing that everyone shes loved has been either killed by her or angry at her, she felt so alone that when she just saw silco, she went straight for him because that loneliness hurts more than what ever she thought of him. Just my 2 cents.
Powder must be protected
After episode 3? Hell nah lmao
Only powder, not jinx
The gamemode was Dominion. I loved that mode. I'm really sad that it's gone. Also the league of legends USED to be in the characters bios. But they turned away from it.
The game mode is called Dominion. It was a CTF mode and couldnt be balanced so they canceled the game mode lmao
It wasn't a CTF mode. No flag or flags.
More like capture the point like arathi basin in WoW.
Yeah close but the game mode is literally it the name. It was a domination type of gameplay with capture points.
Understable mistake as Domination gameplay died with local co-op.
Regarding Powder hugging Silco... That behaviour is correct.
There was once a tiny baby possum running around my yard during the day, which is not when possums are suppose to be out. I let it go, but kept an eye on it, hoping it would go back to its nest.
I noticed some birds and especially a couple of big magpies started pestering it. I went out to stop the magpies from killing the baby possum.
When I got close and squatted down the possum jumped across the grass and leapt onto my chest, nestling into me.
When I told the wildlife rescue person she told me thats what baby possums do in that situation... jump and latch onto the biggest person/mammal for protection.
Powders reaction to Silco was instinctive for her own protection.
Alex seemed so excited to explain league of legends lore. Let him speak Joeeeee pleaaaaseeee
Joe loves cutting him off way too much or straight up ignoring him. Lol he'll never be able to fully let loose.
I haven't played LoL in years but the series really brought back memories. Even though there are too many good games out right now Arcane makes me want to play LoL again. I used to main jungle/ bruisers so I played a lot of Vi when she was release. It pretty cool how all the lore connects and that I remember so much useless LoL lore after 5 years since I stopped playing.
4 year hiatus here for me and just redownloaded it
@@shadowrypre lmao
I hope they make more tv shows on the lore, like maybe Yasuo's story or Zed and Shen
Or they could make one about aatrox and the darkins trying to end the world, and throw in the voids/the aspects into the mix.
@@nialmurphy9622 this ^
just do a animated series for all the characters honestly
@@nialmurphy9622 for this to work, they need to establish shurima first
@@nialmurphy9622 Pls no. Just focus on smaller stories. Shen and Zed hunting for Jhin would be a good way to go
Every time Joe mispronounced Vi, i died a little on the inside. Her full name is Violet; which is why her name is pronouced as Vy. Not as Vee.
Took me a while to get it right too lmao
Was wondering if you were going to do arcane Joe!!! Have been following your channel for so long and same for all LoL game modes, so this is awesome to see!!!
On the subject of Powder jumping into Silco's arms at the end, i agree that I was weirded out by it the first time, but after thinking about it a bit, I now think it makes complete sense.
Watch out for the wall of text bellow.
Now Powder is about 7 in this arc, and I think that parents will agree with me that children that age are quite impulsive and irrational. Not to say it in a deammining manner, but more about the fact that they are generally confused about their emotions and it is a time that proper guidance is primordial in shaping the mind of the child.
She does cry that she felt abandonned by Vi, which is valid. Back to the points where childrens that age are irrational, she never saw Vi leaving her as an act of protection. She was left behind, she wasnt part of the group, that is what she thought. She didnt see the danger or the consequences of her going there. She just saw that she had to prove herself to the group to be included.
Now after the bomb, in that moment, she just came to the horrific realization that her act caused the death of 3 family members. She begins to cry and begs for forgiveness, she is panicking. Now I recognized this mental state all too well, I've seen it in childrens, I've lived it when i was young, and i bet most people can relate to a similar experience when they were young. Not exactly to the point were you killed a family member, but an experience were you hurt someone dear very badly. In that panic state, all you want as a child is for others to accept your apologies, validate your emotions and you need someone to remind you that they love you still.
Now Vi is angry, of course given the situation, hits her, insult her and abandon her. Any parents will see that any of theses actions is ground for some famous and impulsive "I hate you!" Between sibling and usually requires talking it through to reconcile. Powder cant get this, she's alone.
Now comes Silco, a man that she doesn't know, she didn't see him before, so she doesn't even know he was the one to abduct Vander in the first place, that knees down to her level and talks in a very calm and reassuring tone. Exactly what she needs, so of course she jumps at the opportunity of warmth and hugs him. He then proceeds to give her love, care and understanding in a moment when she needs it most and even validates her hate towards her sister.
By giving her everything she needed in that moment, he gained her trust big time, and then he can manipulate her at will over the years to come.
I dont think it was intentional on Silco's part at first, but he definitely saw an opportunity on which he could capitalize on, when she hugged him.
Media has a long history of not knowing how to portray young kids. The scene feels off because of how used we are to such depictions, but when you stop and think about it then you begin to understand how much effort the whole team put to make something truly outstanding.
I don't think he intended to manipulate her, you can see in Silco's eyes how he sees Vander's corpse, and reacts to Powder's "She is not my sister anymore". They were both 'abandoned' by their 'siblings', so it's only natural for Silco to show some empathy for the girl. The same empathy that would later on prevent him from giving up on her on episode 9.
Kept waiting for Alex to correct Joe's pronunciation of Vi
He almost did like, 20 times and then just gave up and made sure to emphasize it when he got a chance to talk. I was right there with him through it haha
I struggle to even call Arcane a video game adaptation, it’s more an adaptation of the lore of the characters in the game which has always been good for a long while. You’re not exactly seeing people running into Summoner’s Rift and duking it out in lanes.
Was Sonic running in the green zone?
I loved the music in the show ngl especially the intro song
Same dude.
I like it too but I don't think it fits the setting that well.
Rly? Imagine dragons are awful lmao
@@gamesmaster1060 Imagine dragons are my favourite league characters to play.
JOE, I've played LoL since 2010 and I can honestly say this is perhaps the best video game turned series of a movie spectacle adaptation I've ever seen. I've convinced family and friends to watch it and they all love it!
That's why Alex is a miserable hard to please sod he's played League since release that can't be good for anyones sanity
I absolutely love the fact that this show has expanded the possiblity to visually explore a world where pirates, zombies, vikings, ninjas, knights and gods exist at the same fkn time all with their own intertwined stories and connections to each other.
yess, but i don't think all the "legends" live during the same time. jayce and the rest of steampunk, technically advanced piltover are not set at the same medieval time as the rest.
@@brunoir283 I think they actually may be. Piltover/Zaun are connected to Noxus since they have arms deals. Noxus is connected to Demacia, Freljord and Ionia via their wars and conquests so that's most of the Runeterra. Not to mention that many, if not most, of the champions are superhero or demigod level so they would simply live long enough. It's just that Piltover and Zaun are much further technologically since they have to to "catch up" to other regions that have magic, godly powers and other mystical stuff.
Don't forget magic beasts, sorcerers, bounty hunters, mad scientists, robots, egyptians, demons, ghosts/corrupted souls, lovecraftian horrors and furries.
@@nondorian yes, piltover, noxus and freljord exist in the same world at the same time, but just as much as new york and rome exist at the same time. but rome has existed 2000 years ago whereas new york hasn't. so just the mere existance of noxus doesn't mean they live in the same warring times with axes and swords. and while they do have magic, a flourishing economy, in all cases would suggest an exchance of technologies. so why don't we see draven with a rifle? or darius with a gattling gun? if they are in fact these conquering people, then they'd surely get themselves some automated guns and rocket launchers from piltover and be a lot more successful. what we know of demacia and freljord and their champions does not indicate a hextech revolution, let alone a regular industrial revolution.
@@brunoir283 nope they actually are, Piltover and Zaun is just Technologically more advanced
character name: vi
Joe: Ve
*Vee
XD
Arcane was a top tier series even for someone who hasn’t played league in like 8 years and originally played its tutorials and I sucked.
Damn, Angryjoe actually played Dominion, first person I heard that actually played Dominion for Dominion, I only played it for hide and seek.
haha, i only remember playing it when i first started and having no clue what's going on
I know nothing of League of Legends, and found the series to be amazing. The art and animation was incredible. Better than anything Blizzard or Pixar have released so far. I was expecting another generic and stiffly animated. series. The quality took me by surprise.
I went to the LoL site to check the backstory of some of the characters. Its amazing how they turned a couple of paragraphs into such a fleshed out story.
I cant wait to see the story of other cities.
That's because Fortiche Production did all of the work. Fortiche Production is gonna explode after Arcane.
Better than Pixar? Please. They make some of the world's best animation. This is just as good, but different
@@alexsilva28 Well, better from a story-telling standpoint perhaps. But that's subjective. It's difficult to compare because the target audience is different.
@@user-xg6zz8qs3q Exactly
This is how you make a good video game adaptation
Give Alex the center stage for the arcane reviews he knows his shit!
nah joe gonna talk over him the entire time instead
Nice review. I’m brand new to the whole League of legends thing but I watch it twice. (Yeah it was that good)
I’m not sure if Alex was holding back but it looked like he wanted to speak more on the topic.
Just a personal thing but I’ve always been a huge fan of imagine dragon so i really enjoy the music, I think it fits with the animation. I don’t always enjoy it as there are some scenes where I question it and think was that really needed but I’d rather the series have an identity and run with it than not.
How tf can you be a fan of imagine dragons, like seriously, out of all the good music out there you are a fan of imagine bloody dragons
@@gamesmaster1060jeez, you haters are small but you are quite vicious when it comes to your opinions.
Its crazy to me that u guys did not like the music. Im literly blasting the intro song Enemy on repeat on spotify xd
It's very popular to diss imagine dragons for no reason just like nickelback, while i personally don't listen to imagine dragon regularly i'd say they're a solid band and the song is pretty good
This serie level of writing was what I expected from Cyberpunk 2077, thinking about it... the politics, intrigue, world buiding.
The serie tands more to 'steampunk', but everything reminded me of how it would work perfectly on a cyberpunk theme.
It reminded me of Bioshock and Borderlands
Loved Arcane! Never expected for it to be so good. I don't even play LoL
Anyone who says that has actually played LoL, you lot just trying to advertise your shitty IP by saying its good even though u aint played it
@@gamesmaster1060 wut lol.... I defo tried lol about 10 years ago, but never really played it. The only moba i kinda play is Smite and even that i rarely login.
I loved the music.
The music grows on you though.
As a music orientated person, the music was done really well; especially since most of the music in their previous trailers for the game are actually quite similar in this masterpiece of a movie!
Story/plot ✅
Characters ✅
Setting/location✅
Tone/feeling✅
Music ✅
"They could do better"
They already surpassed Squid Game for most watched show on Netflix.
Wow big woop
I went in knowing nothing about LoL but i recognized Jinx from a recent commercial. The animation in their trailers is spectacular and what they managed in this show is nothing short of amazing. We’ll see how the story pans out but the writing has left me satisfied thus far. It’s also refreshing to see, not one, but two well written female leads in an action adventure show.
Season 1 is this. Imagine season 2 Darius, Draven, or Lux and Garen. Each season could be a couple of characters or nations. leading into why/how they fight.
Talked about this with my friends but it could be a long while before we see any other show or movie. It took like six years for this show to be made.
To respond to what AngryJoe was saying around 22:35...
I would say that the scene where Powder runs up to hug Silco in response to what previously happened with Vi is almost a foreshadowing or symbol of how messed up she really is mentally, even as a kid. In following episodes, as Jinx gets older (spoiler alert), she starts to hear multiple voices in her head clearly portraying signs of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, most likely the latter. Powder running up to hug Silco showed me that not only were her emotions showing volatility, but also her conclusions about people she cared deeply about.
Surprised you didn't like any of the music, it's all top tier just like the rest of the show.
They’re talking about the intro “Enemy” by Imagine Dragons. At first I didn’t like it but I kinda do now and it goes so well with it once you learn the story. At first I didn’t like it either. I also think they should’ve had an animated opening with actual scenes instead of the paintings.
“Tell you you’re the greatest, but once you turn they hate us” embodies almost every characters relationship in the series. Vi + Jinx, Jayce + The council members + Mel, Jayce + Heimerdinger + Viktor + The creepy old guy making shimmer.
So I didn't see it mentioned here in the comments (for the brief period I looked) but for anyone else curious, Summoner's Rift (the map you mainly play on in game for League of Legends) does exist in the lore, but the game itself (the champions like Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, etc) fighting each other, doesn't exist in the lore (it used to, but was retconned out several years ago.)
Summoner's Rift was the site of the Rune Wars which took place a loooooooong time before when Arcane takes place. It's most likely what Heimerdinger is referring to in the show when he mentions "seeing magic corrupt/destroy" and it flashes back to an image of a mage floating in the air. The Rune Wars was a massive event that took place between two factions of mages fighting over the World Runes. The war eventually spread across everything and a lot more people got involved than just the two factions. You can think of the World Runes as pretty much magical stones capable of terraforming. I think the only two we know about are one that was capable of melting earth and creating giant spires of lava and and reshaping the land, and another which was capable of creating or wiping out oceans.
The other map in League of Legends, Howling Abyss, also exists in the lore but is literally just a bridge in one of the regions, the Freljord. So if anymore shows get made, they're more than likely going to be 100% about the lore and not the game, as making a show about the game wouldn't involve the lore at all.
They hired fortiche studios for the animation... everything else sound/music/writing was done by Riot
Well the music is a desaster. The rest is fine I guess.
You're talking about "Dominion", yea that was a hella fun mode, got taken over by bot farming though and bots would just farm to level 30 for smurfing. Thats what really killed it.
I was hoping you see Joe review this but wasn't sure if he would as I didn't think he cared for League. This is a good surprise!!
Side point. The animation studio that made arcane started as 6 people. They are as big as they are because of arcane and riot. Sooo... They kinda are a part of riot. Highly suggest watching the bridging the rift series if you're curious about the show.
That intro music is fire
The reason the direction in terms character and story choices is so good is because this story focuses on the beginning of the hextech. Hextech is such a core implemented idea in LoL and we've all just known it to be just there. So focusing on the creation of this and the effect it has on the rest of runeterra is such a brilliant idea.
Never played League of Legends… but this is the best animated show I’ve ever seen.
I was honestly surprised on how well they could pull on my heart strings. When Vi started hitting Jinx after the failed rescue, I felt really hurt seeing her lash out on her sis