It’s tough picking one.
But that’s why I’m asking. It’s easy to do a top 3, even easier to a top 5.
But when you have to choose a singular show? When you’re forced to pare it down? What sticks above the others for you?
Babylon 5 for me.
It’s got plenty of issues but it’s still my darling and despite all the behind-the-scenes BS it’s still the best long-form sci-fi story I’ve seen onscreen.
Edit: Screwed up the title. Bad Dalacos.
Oh? I’m surprised, I think your comment is the first negative opinion on Arcane that I see (to be fair, I wasn’t really searching for them either). So I’m curious if you don’t mind explaining further, what for example did you find outright bad or making no sense? I would love to hear your opinion, also about season 1 as you specifically mention season 2, was the first better for you? I personally cannot say there was a lot bugging me and usually plotholes or characters acting against their role and background and personality just for the story’s sake bother me plenty.
For context, I did know about runeterra and a bit of the stories from before Arcane came out, but I would never consider myself versed in it. I did read some of the background stories officially posted by Riot, some of the comics, and played a bit of league and legends of runeterra, but of course there’s not that much story in the games anyway.
Let’s see if I can remember, if I am factually wrong skit anything please correct me as it was some time ago. Also on phone so might autocorrect something I don’t notice.
S1.
Expectations: very low.
Seeing the kids grow up, slowly showing you all the points where Vi gets angry and powder gets messed up. Silco seems like a standard violation but gets emotional and instead of just using Jinx for his own gains he’s ready to die for her like she’s his own child.
They managed to make the vi Cait romance realistic under weird circumstances which was fresh to see. I enjoyed seeing Viktor and Jayce rise and fall in separate directions.
Was not a big fan of the chemtech depiction how you just pumped it into people and they were super soldiers that only Jayce and Vi stood a chance against. Also the vander ww hints didn’t excite me really.
S2.
Expectations: sky high
Starts off great, the tension between the uptown people and downtown which messes with Caitlin and Vi. Didn’t enjoy ambessa much except for her interactions with the black rose which was pretty cool.
The ww/ambessa/singed union didn’t make sense at all to me. She’s looking for something to up her army but following a random monster makes little sense to me. Now add Viktor to that mess and all of a sudden Warwick is not just a chemtech junkie gone monster but a necessary ingredient for Viktor to transcend.
Heimer and ekko in time was great tv, normally I’m skeptical about these kinds of side quests but this was amazing.
Jayce in time had its moments all in all pretty cool.
The endgame is where it all collapsed imo. The city invasion with like 20 soldiers running around in the harbour, ambessa vs Caitlin duel felt unnecessary imo, jinx/vi/vander fight felt forced even though Jinx probably needed to die but the manner was silly.
I get that it’s hard to close out when the scope is so big but I was disappointed.
So I guess it mainly boils down to high expectations and poor execution on certain parts. But as you can read from my review I am a fan and will definitely check out s3.
Cheers!