ARCANE League of Legends 2x08 Breakdown & Review
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01:04all right gang another gripping episode uh a bit of a mindbender too especially uh with thecircumstances colliding and the storylines that we're checking back in with too i mean i feellike the ambessa stuff and all the you know evolution ofVictor and how that relates toJace's mission is a wholeis a headful. The lastepisode was so emotional and so sensoryin so many ways. And this one is
01:39certainly that, but it's alsojust heavy on the bigdevelopments. What did you think?I would sayI agree with everything.Your observations.I think there's great scenesthroughout as usual.
01:55And of course the animation, asgorgeous as ever. And a lot ofexciting developments and some sad ones like my favorite moments are still the more emotional ones likelike the catharsis with kate and vye getting it on reuniting as lovers and going all the way in thatdirty-ass prison cell that's good going that was quite a scene is yeah it's a little bit moreum explicit than i mean it's like not that explicit it's explicit in the sense of we've neverscenes like that and they're a game joke and i was like oh they're really going there and i'm not used to it inlike american animation it's different you want yeah unless i'm like watching invincible or something
02:37sure sure i mean it is i believe it is a french animation studio but yeah something but developedand authored for american audiences you know yeah yeah and it's the kind of thing where it'sit feels different when you're in animation versus like oh you're in a room with the camerayou know grabbing which is what i tend to do there's well of course just just be justlike mine guys yeah i got my camerahere let's get it on let's get some anglesbust out some long lenses get some soft focusgoing uh but you know
03:04yeah in a situation like that they have to meticulouslycraft every one of those angles and two i mean i thinkthey had some some fun i meanit was a very sensuous moment but they did havesome fun with their creative framing out of any of thelike it's right on that line where you don'tsee anything really but there's enoughthere where you're like they really observed
03:25to this lovemaking moment if iIf I had this on, like, VHS when I was four years old, I would have definitely...Pawsing and scrubbing.Oh, my God, the little mermaid castle is shaped like a, you know...It's shaped like joy and wonder.Did they spell that in the wind and line king?You guys aren't talking about?Easter eggs.
03:41Anyway, yeah, I like that scene, and I like, I mean, I like the episode a lot.I do think, and maybe this will play different on like a complete watch versus right now.Admittedly, I am a little tired.Stomach isn't pain, too.And I greatly injure my knee at the gym.I hear it to an excellent today.You are Victor.We need to get you in a cocoon.
04:08There's no other time to get you like in some kind of otherworldly god form so you can fix your broken body.There's a good order to do this.Gotta leave town.So I'm like, but I am wondering, I did feel that this was the first episode in season two.where there was acase of a bit of like, oh, becausethey want to, they're wrapping up the showthat some stuff was a little
04:35rushed.You know, like there were parts with Melthat Ithink could have been fleshed out a littlea little bit more breathing room.Sure. And I thinkthe part that actually kindof does bum me out a little
04:51bit is Victorand Jace becauseseason one that is such a bigpart of season one is their relationship and i feel like we've kind of got in a really shortfilm version of what really could have been a strong emotional conflict for the two of themand the way how it's been unfolding and i i feel like they've been kind of not reallylanding as strong there and so yeah it's like it's it's technically there everything istechnically there uh it is just more about like the the the
05:26percolating, the gestating, the breathing of these things, and it does feel like a case ofwe're going to wrap this up, so we got to wrap it up. And it's stuff like that as just a personwho really loves that dynamic. And yes, Mel has changed and Jace has changed. And Victoris something else entirely. Everyone's changed. And I think there's room for great conversationto be had. And while you've got some good conversation dialogue moments, just likewhen Mel andJace are on the bridgeand he's like you'll never be passenger
06:03I thought that was a really nice exchangethe exchange of Amessa and MelI like the nuance there of her starting offlike oh my goddaughter you're alivebitch don't talk to me that wayyou know yeahwell it's like Dan
06:19she's the mom she's the warrior mom I love thatso yeah I think there's a lot of greatthere's still great momentsIt's still pretty much a great episodeI do think there's like one thingin particular that I'm likeI kind of feel like we've been missing some of thatThank you to Huell for sponsoring today's video
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08:29check them out at huel.com slash rejects you'll see they got a whole bunch more items available aswell and if they taste anything as good as this i'm going to be a very happy customer for a veryvery long time so join me on this health journey these are the two plot lines that make my headswim a little bit more and i feel like in episodes where you only have one of themas a primary focus it's easier to balance than when you have them both as the dominant force of theepisode like all the end best of stuff with the black rose and then everything with victor and jacelike i i would agree like i feel like with victor and jace part of what i have been kind of cravingis some kind of it almost and we'll wait to see how episode nine plays out but it almost feels like
09:09you could have added one more episode to act three so that we could have like a truedebate of some kind like a meeting of the minds between jace and victor jace is so resolvedand he is so in physical action modewhere I feel like for, like you said,all their history, all their growth together,the fact that they, you know, were working side by sideand in harmony for so longand so significantly to beget these results, you know,
09:35on both sides, it seems like it would have been niceto pay it off with, it's, we were sitting there going,you asked out loud, like, who do you side with?And it is a compelling argument.They're doing well enough that I'm like, God, I don't know.But the show was really making, I feel like the show made the choice for us.Yeah.And I feel like, you know, with what Jace has seen, I mean, yes, that is certainly enough to make anybody come back and be like, we got to stop this.
09:58But also with what they've introduced in terms of like potential alternate timelines and things.And yeah, him being led here by this mystical figure from, you know, who we met in the first episode of the show.Like there are questions I have that I have faith that they'll touch on, but there are also things where it does feel a little bit less, yeah, like fully.rounded out as of now and with ambessa too like there's a good amount of mysterythere they don't give they haven't given you the full context of like you knowexactly what her involvement with the black rose has been an exactly kind ofwhat foot she's on in terms of the mystical side of thing yeah but you know thatthat was a bit of a conversation I felt was pretty quick with the witch when
10:41she's like getting the information I'm like oh I guess she made her decisionyeah and I have I wonderI have heard, just people online speculate that Arcane, the League of Legends, TV iteration may continue in a story about Noxas, which makes me wonder if we will get more expansion on that stuff in a series about Noxas.I, okay, I started to interrupt.I really, I think this was, out of every episode in season two, I felt like every episode, it's like they released them in an axe, right?Three episodes at a time.But it's not like a lot of other Netflix showsWe're like, just get to the next one
11:20Just get to the next oneI think every individual episodeHad so much like of a of its own storyTo really offerAs just a complete story for that episodeAnd this felt like a lot of likeWe're moving the plotIt felt like the most transitory
11:39Yeah, the most like yeahWe gotta move a bunch of thingsSo that we can get to the big finaleYeah, yeahSo I'm like I'm hoping thatthat maybe this isthat Netflix one actually where we're likeoh no we should just watch the next one right away
11:50instead because like the other ones I'm likeoh no I feel like we should stop and talk about on this one I'm likeI kind of feel like we should just watch the next one because maybe thenwe will not even have these opinionsor questions about certainthings and I was a tadthere's parts about theVictor storyline
12:06that I'm a tad confused on that I feellike a bit stupid about whereI'm going I feel like there's something I'm not getting that other people are going toget that I'm not getting and I feel stupid becausethere's a camera porn. I mean, I should get this.Yeah, I know. I feel the samein a lot of ways, but I think thatand sure, I mean, you know, we'll see what
12:24the people comment and stuff and I'm sure on a secondviewing things will be more smooth, but it doeslike, there have beenepisodes that we've watchedhitherto up till now where I have been like,okay, I'm notfully clear on every detail, butI get the main gist that I need to
12:40get, whereas this episode is the onethat has left me being like, wait a minute, I think I needgo look at some of this stuff again or go refresh.And like, you know, with especially Jace, you know,you have that dramatic device of the fact that in Act 2 when you see him,he's not in a lot of it, then he comes back and he's on this mission.And that's jarring and that's supposed to create this tension of mysterythat we're getting reveals upon and explanations upon now.
13:03But, yeah, it doesn't feel as substantial as it could up till this point.But we'll see where we land.I get Jace.I mean, what he went through in the prior episode,I really understand why he's so 100% gung-ho based off what he was privy to.No, totally.It's more the balancing of that whole story.Not his personal motivation so much as the balancing out of that entire storyline.
13:30I think the thing that I missed is why Victor would agree to the Mbessa request.That's the part that I'm like, why would he do that?And I think there's something I totally missed.And I feel like I'm paying attention as much as possible.I was even quieter this time.And I'm like, I feel like there's something that just completely flew over my head of why.Or maybe we're not supposed to know.Well, there's that.
13:55I mean, we might not be supposed to know.And I can.And I, and in the back of my mind, I could be like, well, maybe because of his position,he has to have way more, you know, vast context.Yeah.So like, maybe he's agreeing because her plans ultimately aren't even.going to really matter or factor in when it comes to what he's actually like the plane he'sactually working on like if she if he upgrades all of her soldiers like are they really going
14:21about her command or are they going to be like completely concerned with wholly other things nowfor having been enlightened and evolved and whatever else um but yeah these are these arefair questions but the art i mean still beautiful the mood the tone and and like the jinx vyeand kate stuff was all uh quality as well and uh yeahstill very much still very qualitative stilldidn't like bring the show down any points for me i still really love itno yeah yeah and it definitely begs you toi'm just excited to go rewatch all this now once it's done so uh so yeah
14:54leave us your thoughts on episode eight and uh get ready because the finale is next upthank you all for joining us and we'll catch you soon piecespandemic jones what has not been said about you pandemic jones a lotProbably. I don't know your childhood.I don't know who your mom is.I don't know if you're tall or if you're short.I don't know if you have any siblings.A quick wit or a quick temper.
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