The Reel Rejects - ARCANE 2x07 Breakdown & Review

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Starting point is 00:01:38 i thought it was a really strong episode as usual everything's good about it john echo echoing through time i like the idea that jace was the first established pupil not the first of ever for heimerdinger but in the show that we have been following they had that moment where they interacted with each other uh it was this season right he's like yeah was it was it the season there's like he's like this is my new pupil right yeah that's like the second episode of of this season yeah that's what it was and now with you get the two pupils across time and then the the old pupils going through this one journey of being like oh my god this was everything i was warned about this is the

Starting point is 00:02:24 decay and of humanity right here i'm going to lead as to extinction, whilst on the other side you have echo amplifying his science abilities to a whole other level, I think is a really cool, like, duality story that they are telling here between the two different pupils and the journeys that they go on. That's a really good point, actually, and you're seeing through the two different pupils in the same episode, almost simultaneously, the beginning and end of the cycle all at once. you know you're watching as echo from the shards of this you know alternate version of the heist at the very beginning is basically recreating jace's original work as jace sees like the full extent of the devastation talking jama fix something of yeah of all that this can be and uh you know it's it's i'm interested to see how they continue this because obviously you know the contrast of the episode is so sharp in that you have echo certainly going through this bittersweet scenario of seeing all that could have been finding, you know, this, this, this love, you know, with

Starting point is 00:03:32 powder, you know, the, the fully formed powder. And then on the opposite side of the spectrum, you know, you've got Jace just living out this horrific nightmare and seeing, yeah, exactly what Heimerdinger had warned him about. And I love the Heimerdinger in this episode gets to kind of exist in the middle of it all. Like, he's just having a good time. And he's been here for a while now. And they're like all kind of scattered, even though obviously Echo and Heimerdinger wind up been roughly the same place and we're still not quite sure if jace is on the same alternate dimensional plane or not and i have to imagine that there's got to be some intentional you know quality to that because you know as little as i know about the lore of wild runes and you know

Starting point is 00:04:15 the greater intricacies of hex tech one thing i've come to understand is like these forces have their own will sometimes and uh i think that'll be fascinating to see kind of expand and And two, I mean, you know, this figure that keeps appearing to Jace at these very important, crucial times and, you know, both saving his ass in many ways and enlightening him in other more metaphysical ways is just an interesting motif to bring back around here at the end now from where we all, where we've come from since the beginning, you know? Yeah, I think he's going to die. Jace? Yeah, like Jace is dead. I can see it. I mean, if he saved, we first saw that figure when he saved his mom.

Starting point is 00:04:57 And that's what got Jace completely interested in magic to begin with. And that's what put Jace on his development path to be, like, at least the Jace that we follow in this timeline. That's what put him on the path to wanting to develop Hexteck and stuff. Because of this figure that saved him, who we still don't have, I feel like it's just another version of Jace. But then I'm like, but why would you put him on this path if the idea was to be like, don't do him? Yeah, yeah. Why would you give him that little Hex gem in the first place? that little stone yeah it's a good question and I mean I feel like to I wonder it's the end of the

Starting point is 00:05:33 show so I mean you know thematically it seems like we're nearing the end but also I wonder if there will be any sort of additional articulation from that figure in any way as to what yeah path he's really trying to kind of yeah place jason because this is certainly enlightening but it does beg the question yeah why would you set him on this trajectory if only to come back and be like this is actually a really bad thing to do and i shouldn't be doing it but i am i mean maybe we'll get the answer maybe we won't i mean we're like making predictions is we're gonna find out the answer in just a little bit so we might as well just enjoy the ride but i think as an episode itself i felt like there's a bit of a heartbreaking one for for reasons that are a bit

Starting point is 00:06:16 different because this is the alternate reality that they could have had if like they talk about a lot of the themes have been about sacrifice lately and if you want a different future got to leave some things behind and in this case the whole thing they left behind was vi by by being dead leads instead of what happened before vander this oh no no because that was the the moment where they go to uh that was the episode one moment where they go into the place where yeah i i know i remember what it is it wasn't it wasn't the i was getting two two different death moments mixed up in my head just right now not when i was actually watching the show but just right now um but yeah so that that that moment of vye dying um leads to a path where you

Starting point is 00:06:57 you see this is who powder could have actually become and the relationship that he could have had. And it kind of recontextualizes some of the hurt that Echo feels towards Jinks in his timeline, you know, more than just the devastation that Jinks has caused by being, by Silco's side. And by the way, Silco just still comes across like a villain. Especially with his mangled up face. So you still give evil creepy vibes to me. Yeah, I have a snakey disposition. So what interesting. But yeah, and seeing this alternate version that he has to give up for this whole thing about that line that he says of like you have to leave something's behind.

Starting point is 00:07:38 And then it ends with like he's leaving this behind to hopefully carve a different future on his timeline when he could just have this, which would be selfish to the echo that does exist here. But he is leaving this behind. Thank you to Huell for sponsoring today's video. Now, guys, I'm going to give you all the God's honest truth of how this sponsorship came to be. Sponsorship came to be. We got contacted about basically partnering up with Huell. Before we agreed to anything, the very first thing I said was I would like to try the product first. I did a Instagram post on our Real Rejects one.

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Starting point is 00:10:23 how flourishing things are even in zon where things seem to be you know where we know how zon is but even here in this version of a potential future it's like oh the gang's still here and everyone's kind of working to make the place better and it doesn't seem like we've fallen on as harsh of times as we have on the timeline that we came from sure and uh and yeah it's like he gets to have i love the way they centered echo in that struggle of like okay, I've got to orient myself in the differences of where I actually am and the whole mindbender of interdimensional travel. But also, yeah, he gets to have some actual honest to goodness experiences where he does get to forget for a moment what is actually happening and just gets to live for a little bit, which is so hard to do on the main timeline at any point. And so, yeah, like you really feel for that sense of relief and like the little flourishes of when they're dancing.

Starting point is 00:11:14 Like it has some really beautiful, you point out, it often feels like there is a camera present. And this was one of the most beautiful episodes in terms of, yeah, like how film style and film making can just make you immersed in a feeling and caught up in what the characters are caught up in. Absolutely. Yeah. Well, gang, what did you think of season two, episode seven? Leave us your thoughts. We're chugging right along to episodes eight and nine. So keep an eye on the channel. And we'll see you in hopefully pretty soon. Pieces. If there's someone who could probably wield the power of the arcane, it'd probably be Miche. Miche.

Starting point is 00:11:55 Shatech. Yeah. That's right. Well, I was thinking their name is an acronym for all kinds of arcane-related stuff. Oh, sure. Like M stands for magic. Yes, right. And I stands for...

Starting point is 00:12:12 I left you a lot of options here. so take it away I stands for you got this funny I believe in you there's a point of the political variety for there is much on this show very well done I did but I could

Starting point is 00:12:27 what does he stand for oh that's easy Caitlin yeah it's a good character because Caitlin's a main character definitely oh easy one next H stands for X tech oh god

Starting point is 00:12:41 that's the good one right there That's a great one. Ha! That's what you get. And E stands for... Oh, God. No, no. What does E stand for?

Starting point is 00:12:57 Oh, I got one. No. Come on. No, I will go there. Come on. You got it. Is it related to Arcane? Yeah, absolutely.

Starting point is 00:13:05 It's a character. It's a character and arcane with an E? Yeah, you're going to hate yourself when you get it. J. J. J. J. J.

Starting point is 00:13:14 hymerdinger Victor he seems like he should be in more of the show echo yeah you go it's important but he's not around a whole echo yeah yeah you're just like echo because you got a he in your name

Starting point is 00:13:27 and you got a cool hoverboard I imagine yeah and you got tattoos yeah it's just like you Mishay we did it we linked you to the thing we were shouting out right is Mishay Mitch McKay I think it's what how about Mish

Starting point is 00:13:44 I think it might be short from... Happy Thanksgiving. Michelle. I said Happy Thanksgiving. We're done that. Happy Thanksgiving.

The Reel Rejects - ARCANE 2x07 Breakdown & Review

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