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Watched the Arcane
Jan. 16th, 2022 02:06 pmIt was good!!!
I did sort of split The Arcane up a bit, watched half of it last month and then popped back in today and finished it up (you know you have it bad when you're procrastinating on even watching media) but I finished and really enjoyed it! High-key ended on a cliffhanger which makes me scream, but alas.
I won't go into spoilers, but wow the animation!!! They really exemplified the NEW stuff you can do with 3D-animation (and some 2D-animation at times)... It reminded me of the comparisons I saw between Disney trying to remake the Lion King to look like realistic CGI versus something like Into the Spiderverse which still accepts itself as a cartoon and really plays with the medium... there were so many scenes in the Arcane that were just so artistically and technically impressive that I was blown away, I really felt like the animators were given space to innovate and try new things, and it delivered!
The story's definitely on the grim side (especially for me lol) but I thought they did a great job of keeping it somewhat grounded; death happened, but even small deaths were generally treated seriously and with weight. And the girls... LOVED the treatment of women throughout the show. Not as in their literal treatment by other characters, but their treatment by the narrative... so many with interesting histories, relationships to each other, and just genuine attention and character development given by the narrative. Even sexual and/or nude scenes were treated with such respect and like... were clearly character moments. My main fandom right now is My Hero Academia, which is fun but... has the classic trappings of shounen: Women are cute, but they're more likely to be used for fanservice than to have their inner depths ever explored. As a fan I take those blank spaces and fill them in on my own development cookings... but it's very refreshing to get to watch a series where the woman actually come with interesting backstories and are central to the narrative!
I did sort of split The Arcane up a bit, watched half of it last month and then popped back in today and finished it up (you know you have it bad when you're procrastinating on even watching media) but I finished and really enjoyed it! High-key ended on a cliffhanger which makes me scream, but alas.
I won't go into spoilers, but wow the animation!!! They really exemplified the NEW stuff you can do with 3D-animation (and some 2D-animation at times)... It reminded me of the comparisons I saw between Disney trying to remake the Lion King to look like realistic CGI versus something like Into the Spiderverse which still accepts itself as a cartoon and really plays with the medium... there were so many scenes in the Arcane that were just so artistically and technically impressive that I was blown away, I really felt like the animators were given space to innovate and try new things, and it delivered!
The story's definitely on the grim side (especially for me lol) but I thought they did a great job of keeping it somewhat grounded; death happened, but even small deaths were generally treated seriously and with weight. And the girls... LOVED the treatment of women throughout the show. Not as in their literal treatment by other characters, but their treatment by the narrative... so many with interesting histories, relationships to each other, and just genuine attention and character development given by the narrative. Even sexual and/or nude scenes were treated with such respect and like... were clearly character moments. My main fandom right now is My Hero Academia, which is fun but... has the classic trappings of shounen: Women are cute, but they're more likely to be used for fanservice than to have their inner depths ever explored. As a fan I take those blank spaces and fill them in on my own development cookings... but it's very refreshing to get to watch a series where the woman actually come with interesting backstories and are central to the narrative!
