For 3 weeks has passed since the release of the first series of the sensational animated series Arken (Orig. “Arcane: League of Legends”), and it’s time to get off the hype needle and consider this project from all sides. And let’s clarify everything on the shore, I am not going to retell in detail what is happening in the animated series and stretch this | article-Reensation| on an extra couple of twig of your mouse.
And if you did not look, then I strongly recommend either to close this analysis as soon as possible, or to score on possible spoilers in its contents (even though they will be a minimum).
And before starting, I want to note that I am not a player of League of Legends, and all my study of this game and her Laura ended in the far in 2017 a dozen parties later. But even this short period of time was enough to find out more than half of the characters (read the “champions”).
Okay, it’s too painful for a long time. There are several points ahead, exclusively dry analytics (no) and the impeccable importance of the opinion of the author himself (no_x1000).
The technical side of the animated series as the main source of spectators.
And we will start *spoiler! * from obvious advantages.
By this time the technical component of Arke was not praised only by the lazy. And yes, it’s absolutely deserved! Everything, starting from the visual style, the quality of the drawing, animation, and ending with musical accompaniment, voice acting (original, of course) and work with the frame – all this, if not next_gen_new_era, then certainly a worthy representative of the animated series at the moment.
I would also like to focus on individual scenes (of which there were a couple of pieces), which are completely different from the rest of the drawing and borrowed a lot from graffiti culture. An ideal example of such a scene will be the fight of Jinx and ECKO on the bridge, which in its style refers either to Scratching and Bombing, or even at all . But be that as it may, make an impression and these scenes are remembered incredibly.
Tashchuta, while watching, you sincerely enjoy the work of installers, composers, animators, artists and Ares know whose more. But there is all technically tasty splendor and a couple of spoons * Flatout 3 * in this
I don’t know how you are, but my eyes were very difficult for the first 15-20 minutes of the animated series. And the whole thing is in a strange contrast and sharpness of the picture at which artists prefer to stop.
So far in other cartoons, the creators purposefully contrast and distinguish objects important for the scene, artists from Fortiche Production Make a move of the horse. They create a picture from each scene in which the characters and objects are an integral part of the interior, and only the viewer decides what exactly is worth turning his eyes to. And let you get used to it and enjoy already in the second series, but one thought in your head still does not give rest – “” “Well, twist you slider of the sharpness of the saturation contrast by 7%".
These are only a couple of photographs that depict original shots from the series (in its best quality), and from below the result of my 10-second work in the built-in telephone editor
These are only a couple of photographs that depict original shots from the series (in its best quality), and from below the result of my 10-second work in the built-in telephone editor
These are only a couple of photographs that depict original shots from the series (in its best quality), and from below the result of my 10-second work in the built-in telephone editor
Well, the second point is already completely past the box office and is only my personal claim. Imagine Dragons and JID performed the main musical theme of the cartoon series, And for me it was the reason why the introductory screensaver was discouraged with the growth rate of personal capital of Ilon Mask. Too boring and poppy sounds what we hear in her. And I really think that even from existing tracks I in 10 minutes easily find something that would fit many times better (or maybe I won’t find it).
Plot and characters-a hole-Bul … the whole project.
Well, it’s time to disperse it in a large. There really is something to talk about and have to talk about for a long time, because this is the most controversial component of the animated series. Therefore, this “chapter” itself will be divided into several subparagraphs, in which we will talk about the largest branches, that throughout all 9 episodes, my viewer’s face was metaphorically seized metaphorically.
“We have already seen it!"
No matter how dynamics, intrigue and drama the plot oozes with a quick acquaintance, but this whole effect disappears at the time of the origin in the head of the only thought-“It seems to me that I have already seen it somewhere!". And yes, everything is just like that. And now it will not even be about the fact that The world of Arkein Partly resembles that Dishonored with his atmosphere, That Bioshock Infinite with characteristic greatness and scale, And even the "game of the thrones" with their class wars, power struggle, etc. But all this can be perceived as an accident or a small borrowing. And the real pain lies in the characters of this animated series, each of which is absolutely not completely and has not right to be called unique. Borrowing classic, hackneyed, boring and predictable images, these are the pillars of Arkyn’s plot.
And in order not to be unfounded, I will now list with a dozen images from Arkein without specific names that only lazy did not visit:
Relatives who were separated once in the past and have common character, who are now forced to resist each other, but dreaming of resuming relations.
A great scientist who has lived for more than one hundred years and has vast experience, and with the opinion of which they had always been considered before. But now young minds decide that the methods of a scientist are outdated and he cannot rationally assess the situation. And therefore the very scientist is time to send on a well -deserved rest.
The faithful ward of the villain who fulfills all the assignments of the owner (even if he has a different vision of the situation) and whose fidelity does not have to doubt. And at the same time, the viewer is clearly made to understand that in the future this very ward has every chance to take the leader’s place.
A single scientist who lived in a distance from all decades and devoted himself to the study of science. Who has been conducting terrible experiments all this time, and for helping which they turn to only in extreme cases.
A woman ruling the whole city, which in the past was expelled by her own mother from the family due to her softness.
And this list can be continued until all the characters in the animated series are listed. And I’m not saying that a set of clicked archetypes is bad. Not at all, it can still look cheerful. But the viewer will not see any intrigue from the word at all. And this is precisely the whole trouble, if you have seen a similar branch with a character somewhere else, then be sure that it will develop here and here. Predictability … this is what the plot does and characters are many times worse than it could be, but more on that later.
"Demons of the past"
In the meantime, you need to take a break and I want to touch on another, albeit insignificant, but still minus.
The thing is that Almost all the characters of Arkyin live in the past. Each of the heroes in the past happened something that formed them as we see them now. And yes, it is absolutely logical and sensibly, it should be, tell you. And I will not argue with that. But, where in a good drama of the background of the character it is only a sending point, in Arkein it accompanies each character throughout all 9 episodes.
The authors seem to shout to us, – "Hey, look, our characters cannot solve anything with the problems here and now, because they have already dozens (or even hundreds) of years hang not closed gestalt. This is what we will tell you!". And it would be okay with a couple of characters, it would look unequivocally interesting. But these same demons of the past devour absolutely all the main actors of Arkein, which is why the significance of the main plot is reduced to zero. After all, what difference does it make, what problems they were going to solve in words, if it is still sliding into the very closures of the gestalt of the past.
“Champion status is the main destroyer of the intrigue."
Well, I left the snack that mainly destroys any intrigue and breaks the dramatic situation. And we will talk about those very champions. At the very beginning of my article, I already mentioned that my knowledge in the Universe of League of Legends is extremely scarce and everything that I was able to find in the bins of my memory during viewing is the memories of several champions that we are shown in the animated series (and a little later I managed to identify them all). And from that moment on, the viewing of Arkyn has turned from the attraction of intrigue and dramaturgy, into dull pokatushki on predictable plot branches. And the reason is very simple, and it comes to the mind of the viewer by the middle of the season – ""Champions from the League simply cannot die here and now!".
And no matter how the creators try to heated the situation, no matter how they play with plot turns and did not try to surprise the viewer – all this does not work from the word at all, because in most conflicts you know the outcome in advance (Whether it is a scene with chairs in the final from the jinx or a battle on the bridge with ECKO).
And, surprisingly, the presence of these very champions and their invulnerability makes the branches of those few characters who are not “the main characters” of the game: Silko and his bodyguard, chalk and her mother, of different importance signs Silko, as well as the troops of Piltover with their leaders. All these characters are perceived as a bargaining coin, each of which can be removed at any time (because there is no one else!).
“And something good will be?"
"And what, you did not see anything good in the plot?", – you ask. Of course, this is not so. The plot, although mediocre, with its jambs and predictability, but it also has really good tons not hackneyed moments.
And the main moment was Heckestek. His study and the plot role in Arkyin became food for me for thought. The very idea of studying something forbidden for the benefit of the inhabitants is not the latest topic, but not such a hackneyed topic. But during all this action, one thought constantly visited my head, the confirmation of which I could not find on these Internet. And the thought is about the following – “But what if Heckek and his storyline is a direct allusion from the creators of the series to the same harmless games with an atom? For those very research of Einstein, which later became the most terrible weapon in the hands of other people?". And maybe you will consider this an attack of LNGS, but I found too much in the series of references to this (starting from the appearance of the laboratories, ending with the ending of the series itself).
“And as long as politicians still decide to go to everything in order to preserve the world-somewhere behind the flame a running warhead has already flared up, which will change the world forever."
It would be very interesting to talk on this topic with someone else. Whether someone else saw such an allusion or all this is just the fruit of my imagination?
And it is also worth canceling a good idea and the message of the final scene, where each of the heroes understands one simple truth – ""We will never be able to return what we had. Stop chasing the past. We have changed too much. We are different. The world is different." And there are only two options, accept each other or say goodbye forever.
This, in my opinion, albeit not a new idea for dramatic plots, but how little we saw her good realizations.
Good result of a bad review.
What do we have at the exit? Is it a bad animated series or is it Honored Top 10 Netflix in more than 70 countries?
And no, I can’t call Arken an extremely bad project at all from the word. Good drawing, dynamics, style and that very juiciness in detail, all this is addictive while viewing. But those holes in the plot and its predictability do not allow me to agree with the final assessments.
This is really a good level of level 6 points out of 10, But no more. But the most sad thing is that Arkyn could do many times more interesting and better, as it seems to me. And it was enough to use the format of the well -known animated series from the same Netflix “Love. Death. Robots ". And make a 10-episode project from Arkein, in each series of which in 40 minutes the story of a particular champion of the League of Legends from completely different parts of its huge world (read “Laura”) would be told.
But still we have what we have. And the final of the history of the first season makes us understand that the history of cities Piltover And Zauna Continue, and therefore we will again follow the plot of the heroes already familiar to us and get acquainted with someone new … But this is good or bad? Well, here everyone decides for himself. As a spectator, such an outcome is a little demoralizing.
And this is all today. I will be glad to see each consonant next to the green button. With all the others who do not agree with the written, it will be interesting to talk in the comments.
May MIMI be illuminated the road of your world!
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"Champion status is the main destroyer of intrigue"
After all, in most conflicts you know the outcome in advance
I would discuss many moments from the unit about the plot, but most of all (and not only with you, but in general in the reviews on the Internet that I saw) I am embarrassed about the “intrigue” and “obvious plot armor”. And, like, the only thing that excites when viewing is "who will survive and who do not"? And the only important in all conflicts is someone’s death? And in the scene with Silko, Wi and Jinx, shooting is important, and not what chair the stool of Jinx?
I think no, this is not important.
Arkyn works according to the patterns of the tragedy: he introduces you to understandable characters who have a good reason to feel the motivation in which the layer of lasagna is not laid down, and you are emblaced empathetically, despite the fact that they are in the same way that you are hinted at what awaits them ahead, and instead of the traditional “Feel GOOD”, in which everything is all in, in which everything is all in which everything isConflicts are beautifully resolved by the victory of good over evil, because the heroes are clearly divided into “good” and “evil”, a cunning watch mechanism is launched here from motivations, momentary emotional impulses and other surprises of the intersection of life in, sorry, a society that does not allow you to simply take and solve conflicts, which is why the hero that you have been saturated with an empathia.Because he does not behave, like idiotic pins or log, regularly receives a rake in the face. And no "happy end", no "Hollywood".
For a similar reason, I fell in love with the “Bojack horse” for a similar reason: because there is also an ensemble of heroes who are trying to solve their (and strangers) problems, but due to the landing of the script (this is in the cartoon about anthropomorphic animals!) It turns out that they have floundering in the swamp: “I pulled my leg – my hand was bogged down, my hand was released – my head went under the water”.
At the same time, the point is not that I love when people are floundering in a swamp, I love when difficult problems do not roll up to “oh, I haven’t seen you (a) 10 years old, let’s hug, we are the best girlfriends!"And their solution requires the corresponding amount of time. Both in Bodzhek and Arkyn, quite a lot of things happen to promote the global plot, and the characters can’t simplify to “it seems that my hobby has grown up, I’ll commit a self-aware step and refuse it until no one has suffered”.
The tragedy consists of the same: I, as a third -party observer to whom the directors neatly feed more than one point of view on what is happening, but I know at once, I know that the Pauder in the third episode will want to help “his own”, I know (from the first series) that such a power in such a cramped room will not end in anything good and understand that now a terrible incentive will happen. And I freely hope that something will go wrong, she will be noticed before the right one, the monkey will not work or anything else. But this happens, and happens in one of the worst layouts.
And the point is not that this is a surprise, the fact is that it is inevitability. And so almost all the key scenes of the series work.
Very controversial reasoning starting with the plot segment.
For example, the definition of a sirie with a clicked villain who drives revenge, power and drugs – which is absolutely not true. Revenge did not move them until the last moment, which he expressed and expressed. Power is already in his hands, and drugs do not affect his decisions and actions (and he accepts them in less than half of the population of the owl)
The main motivator Silko was and remained (until direct confrontation with the second motivator) – his desire to help Zauna. He was even ready to turn the whole business in exchange for the independence of the city. Also the second motivator of his character is his love for the adopted daughter.
And now, without going into details – the desire for freedom to his city and the love of his daughter as motivators – do not allow him to lower him “evil for evil”.
In the same way, one can consider half the abstracts, especially the absence of the development of characters.
A great example is Jace: the artisan, after the inventor, after the politician who is forced to start thinking differently and change his own principles (and not because of the ghosts of the past, but due to the objective present).
The series has its disadvantages, but I definitely cannot attribute the plot to them. Moreover, knowing the Lord’s ENT, the 2nd season on the epic can safely surpass the first.
And yes, about the thesis "He is the champion – he will not die". An interesting meta game is turned on here.
1) Riot already killed the champions in events, and then produced his Revork.
2) It is quite interesting to guess, but which of the characters will eventually become one or another champion .
1) Eyes fell ill with twisted contrast screenshots. Maybe it’s about your screens, and not in the work of the director?
2) listing of characters archetypes, as a minus – absolute nonsense. You can call me at least one image that has not been used in the last ~ 2nd century in the literature?
“Champions from the League simply cannot die here and now!".
And about the fact that the "presentation" of events "is much more important we will say nothing more. In the legend League there was already that the dead/lost characters were resurrected. (Cm. Yone, Senna) and the Riot themselves have repeatedly said that they are considering the option of unexpected deaths or strong changes with the character. In my understanding, sooner or later there will be Revorks of the Champions, where they are killed plot or very strongly changing. Alya Victor from Arkein turns into the current Victor in the game.
And I can’t write again … what a terrible contrast in the screenshots. Even the colors are distorted there and artifacts appear.
Article 3 out of 10. The author simply decided to Hypu and write nonsense, just not to praise like everyone else. It turned out sorry..
The Lord’s series is not about Jinx and Wai, but about Zaun and Piltover, about the formation of champions, about how they developed. This is the beginning of their history, not the ending. Your reasoning is how to watch an iron person (first) and say that the film shit, only because the main character survived there. Here the grandfather tells you the story of the war where he fought there shot him, and you say to him “And what’s next? You died?". You’re a fool? It is clear that he survived, he tells you the story. As I wrote above, this is a series about Zauan and Piltover, about the formation of their heroes (lol champions from these cities).
H.S. In general, Jace was to blame for everything, if he had not gone to Zaun for shopping, there would have been nothing.
Why all this, if I should not even worry about the characters?
So again: for you all the importance of the scene on the bridge in the final "intrigue" – what will happen to the jinx after the grenade explosion, whether it will die. Obviously-no, she is a legend, she has plot armor, blah blah blah. For me, the essence is that this scene means for the heroine herself (a visual gap with the “past”, she is no longer a Pauder, and the relationship that was relevant for Pauder is not relevant for Jinx). The fact that after that he resorts Silko, grabs her under white and with a frightened look drags him to the doctor so that he does not let her die. Yes, she will not die, but now I clearly see that Silko is attached to Jinx, that she is not indifferent to him (unlike the absolute majority of his surrounding entities).
You here again, in the end, you will reduce to the word "intrigue", but I’m trying to say that the essence is not in it. There is no intrigue in the question “Lee Jinx and Ekko will survive after skirmishes?"" What is in the box?"(In the context of a conditional head) and" What chair will Jinx sit down?". But the first two questions are incorrect (because it is obvious to us that the heroes have a “plot armor”), and the essence of the latter is not at all that it is very important for us, what chair the jinx will sit on, the point is that this is the last, final point in the character arch to accept himself. Nothing hints at all that she can sit on another chair, all logic leads to where it will be – so there is no laid intrigue. And this is the power of the scene, because the viewer at the empathic level yells: “Sit down on the right, put up with Wi!!11 "Because it seems to him that it is so simple, take and forget all the insults, all the injury, all the pain that Jinx had to endure. But it doesn’t work like that. And the meaning of all the sciences is not in the intrigue "where it will sit down?»And the fact that Jinx thus puts an end to: so that neither Wi nor the viewer can see Jinx anymore – a past Pauder.
To be honest, I don’t understand at all, where is this attitude towards the heroes, as to the "consumables"? Why someone should die forever? This is after the "Game of Thrones" such departures? There, in the manga "Van Pis", in general, almost no one dies
The demons of the past devour absolutely all the main actors of Arkyin
The main driving factor Kaitlin is to prove to everyone that she is not just a girl from a wealthy family, which they constantly tried to protect.
How does it feel about? What demons are devouring her here? It’s just about a purposeful girl who has chosen her path based on moral principles. You are reducing a rather interesting act that she "wants to show herself not the way she thinks about her". And not only did you bring her actions and a choice to such a simple conclusion, and also called these thoughts by her moral demons of the past, ha ha ha!
A person who tried his best to escape from the past and from his nature is immediately visible in him. But, unfortunately, no matter how he tried to fight with the call of his inner self over the course of his small screen life – he did not succeed.
Where it is shown? As shown?
In the series he was shown that he left his demons to take care of his new family and prevent others from repeating his mistakes. If you do not remember, then I remind you, Wander was one of the main assistants Silko in the past, who jointly arranged a certain “revolution” in an attempt to knock out more rights for residents of the city “Zaun”. He left this struggle and began to promote the world to make the city “Zaun” better with his own hands, for which he received the title.
But if Jinx showed signs of insanity as a child, then Ekko became a hostage to the events that he saw in childhood and which shocked him.
As shown? That he began to lead people along with himself? Because he became a leader? Because . Give examples, nothing comes to mind to justify your words.
Yes, ECCO changed the events seen in childhood, but he is not a hostage of past demons, but looks into the future because of which he was able to move on and lead people, they organized a whole settlement!
– Syndhet is generally a character that was the least disclosed (maybe it will be better next). He sat alone in the cave, was engaged in his experiments;I went out and got a little at the request;Then one sits in a cave and is engaged in experiments. This character has the past – this is an endless present.
And therefore it is driven by the demons of the past, clear (no).
– James, I admit, is one of the most controversial characters in this matter, although he has his sins. And one of the most important critical periods in James’s life is the very magical miracle of the disposal that happened to him and his mother in childhood. And if you completely climb deep, then it is this event that does not allow him to see the frightening truth of his studies. He believes in the good to the good, which can be created with the help of Heckestk, but at the same time she closes his eyes to the evil to which this very Hekstek can lead (I convey hello to Hamimerdinger, who insisted on a detailed study of Hekstek).
And where are the demons of the past? Is it possible to say that the desire to help people with the help of Hekstek and his fluctuations on this path are caused by the mysterious demons of the past? Nonsense. This is the influence of the real environment.
And Mel moves contrary to the past, she also refused him, she does not want to have anything with the past, although it burns her because of any person because of the loss of the family (she was expelled).
There are characters who are really obsessed with demons of the past:
Jinx, Wai, a bribed police chief and … no one else comes to mind, who the demons of the past are chasing and they cannot throw it out of their heads that it even torments them.
Silko (doubtfully, t.To. It can be seen that only the goal is important to him and he would be ready to discard the enmity or become a terrible enemy to achieve it)
Further on the moment with the demons did not read the review.
Well, I agree with the minus about music – the tracks are not always suitable for specific situations .
Yes, and in the end I would still show the explosion (the explosion itself, the consequences-already the 2nd season), otherwise there are offensively-there is a rocket, there is a goal, and now wait for at least 2 years .
And so, for me the series came out excellent, it’s a pity to just continue to wait for a very long time .
Make a 10-episode project from Arkein, in each series of which in 40 minutes the story of a particular champion of the League of Legends from completely different parts of its huge world would be told
Riot announced several more animated series, but they will also be unknown when.
These same demons of the past devour absolutely all the main actors of Arkein, which is why the significance of the main plot is reduced to zero.
Soryan, and what problems of the past are devoured by Caitlin, Vander, Ekko, Sinhetic, Mel, Jace?
I myself sometimes smile from this.
But if you speak frankly, it was done consciously. I only came to the site then and I was interested in first to find out which audience is sitting on Stopgame. Therefore, it was a kind of stuffing. I decided a little to fuck a project that was loved by many.
But the result was very pleased with me. Let me have received honored Diza, but readers came with construct and without any hatred. It was nice then to discuss in the comments under this blog. Actually, this is an extremely adequate reaction and convinced me that I needed to stay here.
Ps. But the opinion of "Arcane" has not changed since then. Therefore, this blog was not a lies and playfulness.
Well, it’s hard for me to navigate in words. I, with the editing, only the number of characters fix the total. Well, here I have all my last blogs from 60-75k characters. I can say from myself that this is even a bit too much. If you ask about the optimal number of characters (for me, as for the reader), then I would say-30-40k characters.
But this is all quite conditional. I just am an amateur both to read a lot, and to pee. But you can write an incredibly informative and entertaining block for 10cs of symbols. Therefore, you do not need to navigate the volume, as it seems to me.
… but I’m not an expert on all this, to be honest. Therefore, for the truth, my words should not be taken.
Unexpectedly that the first vlog, the author of which has a bunch of nominations "Winners of the Kosare", has so many minuses
Listen, since you answer. As a person who has many advantages on this site tell me how much in your opinion it should have a blog of words? So as not to look massive, and briefly too?
I can comment as a person who is generally not familiar with either the game or her characters)
I rarely watch TV shows, but this one hooked me. Strongly.
The moment from the "Hex – Atom" was not visible to the final scene – there the analogy becomes obvious. I have now in loading the track "Ballerina" Voinarovskaya, he immediately played in my head. “But someone’s fingers will press the button. "
The irresponsibility of the characters by the end began to annoy greatly, plus. And even this is not about Jill and Ekko, they are at least from the main. Assistant Silko-since it was very wounded in a fight, two-I got into a jill, three-again an epic fight with Wei-here I already thought “Well, now she finally died?!" – fig))) or she is also from" fighters "? I understand that more epic fights are needed, and the characters should be enough until the end of the series. But it looks clumsy.
The impression was that the key hero of the series is Jinx, despite the fact that, in theory, the series equally reveals all the characters. Wei and Silko fight for her, these actions put the conflict between the cities on the brink of war, her finally flying roof breaks all the political layouts and efforts of the upper city. But perhaps this is just a personal perception.
Cannot and should not be more vivid colors here! The palette is perfectly selected. These comments suggested that only purple flicker and turquoise hex – blood and driving force of the lower and upper city, respectively, are sharply bright here.
The series does the same. I am very offended to watch how series such as Arken, and forget about such projects as: chila, white lotus, do not die in Scarnes, Bruske, Gloria, etc.D. As for me, this series has a story similar to the story of Marvel or DC. Soon, Spider-Man will come out, and I am sure that the majority will be just delighted with him, and the information field will be completely filled with him.
Smart hype, of course. Only all other words from the header must be removed.
and leave the heading of the article: "tasteless hype". This is exactly what the article is. purely hip on a popular topic, only as a non -taccine, throw on the fan. oh see what I am =)
h.s. xs where the author recognized half of the characters there, here and the eighth of them are not the heroes of the game. even from those indicated in the credits, hardly a quarter.
What is at least hiped, shooting a whole series? On Lol? Ahahaha
xs how it was PR there, who where and when, the facts would be nice. I just found out about him today and looked. This is clearly the best in recent years.