Reading 1 Star Arcane Reviews

In this video we are taking a closer look at the people who think Arcane is bad. Whether it's because they don't like the artstyle, the plot, or the narrative. Let's see what these guys have to say :)

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[noneofyourbusiness]

I love the "the show didnt tell me who is good or bad, so I dont know what to think about the characters" ... just ... make up your own mind ...

[AnGerBomB]

"There's no back story"

*Meanwhile one third of the whole show is literally focused on the back story of the main characters.*

[southcoast]

"I don't like it when characters have nuance, how am I meant to pick a side if a character isn't 100% bad or 100% good?"

[dantesparda]

reviewer: "I don't like jinx she ruins everything everyone tries to do, terrible writing"
in the show: *establishes in episode 1 that she is a jinx and is suppose to ruin everything*

[XavierKaziTheZombie]

"There's no worldbuilding"
Then how do you know about the "clans, families, academy" and the "top-side and bottom dwelling humans?"

[xagmorrix]

I just got a co-worker to watch the show, and by episode 7 he said he loved the art, but for being something of a cartoon, he prefers cartoons to have more over the top action scenes, (but agrees some of the realism in the fights is so good that it's fine anyways) but he likes the fighting. And says the expressions and animation is the best he's seen a while, and can't believe a video game got the first decent show, and he has no context for League of Legends, never played.

Then he comes in to work, tells me he finished the last episodes and says the show is shit. The only thing he knew, apparently, of LoL, is Jinx is basically Joker and Harley Quinn as one person, and expected way more people to die by the end, and the fact "she didn't kill Caitlynn" is dumb, and she's not even different in the end, she's still powder/jinx, theres no reason why she didn't kill everyone there if she was actually full crazy now.

Then started making jokes "I'm guessing nobody died because they're in the game, and if I knew that, I wouldn't expect them to die, but not killing them because they have to live to be characters is dumb. The missile at the end is stupid now because if I know any of them are characters they don't die. Ha ha. I wonder who all gets to live through that somehow."

So the whole show was ruined for him because he expected a mass murder spree as a finale, and then realised that because its based on a video game, that a bunch of people that in his eyes should die, will magically live to because they have to be characters. And because of this conflict of expectation and knowledge, he had no emotional investment in any of the final scenes, or the people in them, and was left disappointed and uninterested in another season.

He tried to talk to me about the show after that but I just didn't have it in me. Nothing I wanted to gush or be excited about would resonate with him and he'd only put it down as dumb so it just sucked all the energy out of it for me.

I've never seen somebody ruin something for themselves so hard before.

[chinangel]

I remember one of my writing teachers always told us 'the audience isn't stupid, you don't need to hold their hand and explain every last detail. There is a lot they will be able to infer from context'. I believed that whole heartedly, until that first review. Goddamn.

[ittybittyrampagingcommittee]

I've literally rewatched the show multiple times _just_ to look at people's expressions. I absolutely _adore_ Viktor and Jinx's faces and eyes. They're beautiful.

[choxomoxxo]

As an artist myself, it hurts to know some people don't think the art style is impressive considering it's animation, it looks like somethings straight from a professional artists canvas and with that many lines it's a miracle they managed to animate it, and so well too

[winterdragon]

Just imagine them ending the show with everyone - Jinx and Vi and Silco and Caitlyn and literally everyone - holding hands and singing Kumbayaa

[noradi]

The first one sound like they enjoy that boring long intro with some dude explain all the lore, background and world building while everyone else sleeping

[bailee.silvonen]

This show took 6 YEARS to make. The art style is just. CHEFS KISS. The story, once i started it, i was IN LOVE. The voice acting, art, and how much i relate to the characters. I LOVED the music in this show. I might have an obsession.

[amber]

for the first review... it really shows how media has transformed in the recent years. the fact that, in their eyes, "good world-building" is to basically have a narrator tell you the history of everything and anything right from the get-go instead of having the watcher experience things and piece together aspects along the way, is kind of sad.
i thought the world-building was fantastic, especially since it's from an already existing game. i've never played LoL, don't know anything about it, but i was still engrossed in the show and understood things perfectly fine. i like how the directors didn't assume that everyone already knew who the characters were, what was happening, etc. etc. it felt real and fleshed out, and it's obvious that a lot of care was put into making the show consumable and enjoyable for _everyone, _ rather than just LoL fans.

[pzkitty]

I love how when the first one says "abysmal worldbuilding" they mean "the show did not spoonfeed exposition to me"
In a well-written story, the characters aren't gonna talk as if there's an audience there that needs explanations. You don't need every little detail to be explained when it can be inferred instead; that's what "show, don't tell" means. It makes the story more immersive.

[_Yeeboi_]

So basically whats stopping Arcane fron getting a deserved 10/10 was the brainless know it alls who didnt even pay attention to the show, the ones who doesnt know basic vocabulary, ones who doesnt know wtf the word "story" means, and the ones who only watched like less than half of episode 1 and then dipped...
So techniqually Arcane does have a 10/10 if you remove the 5 year olds

[christianmartinez]

"There is no world building"
**Proceeds to read a list of world building elements well portayed within arcane**

[The_Story_Of_Us]

proof that not all opinions are born equal or deserve respect.

[someoneawesome]

Jinx was actually extremely improved upon with this show, I might not be particularly fond of the game itself but the lore really makes me wish the game was better because THERE IS JUST SO MUCH

[sya]

i bet they hated how we never heard any of the characters thoughts out loud, but only saw emotions and facial expressions.
they prolly never understood any of these scenes.

[yayothejowen]

"I don't like Jinx, she ruins everything everyone is supposed to do"

This has got to be my biggest facepalm ever...