Season 2 – Arcane: League of Legends

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Mark R They rushed through this season way too fast and as a result the writing wasn't as strong. Still incredible though Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/23/25 Full Review Marco J After a stunning first season, this show came back somehow emptied of what made it great. No more beautiful dialogue, no more deep structured characters, no more compelling story arcs. Instead you get a music video too long to suffer, and no actual drive. One wonders what happened. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/23/25 Full Review Audience Member The visuals, sound design, acting, and music are as phenomenal, if not better than S1, unfortunately the same cannot be said for the writing and characters. The intriguing and profound class conflict between Piltover and Zaun is gradually abandoned without proper resolution, in favour of leading up to a morally unambiguous apocalyptic big bad expected of the Marvel Franchise, with a sprinkle of the same tone deaf jokes and quips to accompany it. The writers also seem to be the opinion that if the camera cuts away, the characters can get out of any debacle unscathed and without explanation. Even if the outcome is plausible in certain situations, it damages believability and seems like the easy way out for the writers instead of artistically motivated. Then there is the issue with characters acting inexplicably different from S1 without going through the necessary developments to justify said changes, save for some vague implications of scenes that must have happened off screen. If one was interested in how any given character changed so drastically, so fundamentally, given how they were before, one can expect a few lines of shallow dialogue, and perhaps a music video montage with vaguely relevant lyrics. Additionally, the characters keep making choices that are antithetical to their goals in a way that cannot be chalked up to some poetic foolishness, but just regular foolishness. And for some reason, the characters keep revealing that they know information that only the audience is supposed to know at this point, it's like the characters were given the script. There were moments that were certainly touching, curtesy of the artists. Were they isolated, the scenes by themselves would be quite the short stories, but as one whole, it is not as admirable. While upon every revisit S1 becomes even better, S2 seems to have more holes in it each time I look at it. I'd rather recommend anyone interested in S2 better rewatch S1, it's a better use of time. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/20/25 Full Review salah n ARCANE S2 9/10 (AMAZING BUT FLAWED) (ACT 1 9/10, ACT 2 9.5/10 & ACT 3 8.5/10) (NO SPOILERS BTW) > Arcane S2 has somehow EVEN higher heights than the 1st, at it's best it's EASILY one of the best seasons in TV, (the Viktor & Jayce plotline, EP07, Jinx Arc & a FEW others), > HOWEVER at it's worst it makes VERY confusing & mediocre writing decisions which PARTIALY damage the experience (the direction for 1st half of the finale, Mel & the rose storylines), + this season somehow MOSTLY improves on the main cast of S1, Ekko, Heimerdinger, Jayce & Viktor, Singed + few others are GREATLY improved compared to S1 with VERY compelling Arcs this season. + the peaks THIS season are EASILY in my T5 in TV so far (my definition of peaks are 9/10 or above scenes BTW, highlights) S1 had 8 - 10 OUTSTANDING moments, S2 has 12+ MINIMUM. + the Action & Visuals are stunning & somehow surpass S1 again (level of detail & nuance is GROUNDBREAKING, learn new things on EVERY watch + makes me appreciate this season EVEN more). + the emotional impact this season AGAIN surpasses the 1st there is a VERY good reason this season is 9.3/Episode on IMDB, because it successfully BROKE it's audience (ESPECIALLY E5 - 9). - the pacing is VERY bad in E8&9, too many issues to resolve in 2 Ep, Act 1&2 it was SOMEWHAT fast & questionable but Act 3 was too far, many MAJOR moments are skipped past WAY too quickly which truely made me miss the pacing of the 1st season, where it took it's time. - a FAIR few plotlines & characters felt abandoned by the writers to me Cait's arc was rushed WAY too much, Vi is overshadowed in the finale, the class conflict is ALSO overlooked in E8&9 + Mel story is BORING, it reduces the complex character in S1 into a 2D shadow of herself. IN CONCLUSION, ARCANE S2 is definitely worth a watch, it's not perfect, many issues the 1st one didn't & will lose u at times, but AT IT'S BEST it's EASILY one of the best seasons I have seen & makes me WISH it was given an extra 3 episodes (1/Act) to help iron out the issues as then it WOULD'VE surpassed the 1st one. I WOULD HIGHLY recommend it as it's probably the best of 2024 (ARCANE S2 => THE PENGUIN & SHOGUN ARCANE S2 > FALLOUT & X - MEN 97' ARCANE S2 >> INVINCIBLE & THE BOYS). Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/11/25 Full Review VIKARN V Get some hype for a fan like me, but I like SS1 more. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/08/25 Full Review Andrew P Whereas Arcane S1 was like Avatar: The Last Airbender when it comes to groundbreaking and strong storytelling. S2 was like James Cameron's Avatar, still amazing and groundbreaking in it's own way, although a little weaker in some aspects and not as perfect as S1. Still, absolutely loved it and people who genuinely say this is bad TV are tripping. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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