This feels kind of unfair given the season isn’t finished, but we haven’t gotten official word on when we’re getting more so I figured why not.
So what are everyone’s opinions on this first half?
I’m gonna shit on it a little bit here, but it seems like people are enjoying it so please don’t interpret this as an attack on everyone else.
I loved season 1, I’d probably give it an 8-9/10, but something about this season so far has felt incredibly off to me. I don’t necessarily have a problem with any particular plot point, but rather the actual “quality” of the production.
The animation has been quite bad, I get that it’s always been simple, but this last episode in particular really made it stick out to me. There was so little impact in some of the important scenes that it made it hard to feel tension that I think I was supposed to, for instance when the 3 soldiers first arrive and strike down on the planet.
More concerning than the animation though, my main complaint is with the writing/direction of dialogue. Sometimes it’s good, I can’t think of any big problems I had with last episode for instance, but many scenes with amber, the guardians, and sometimes mark have felt very stilted and poorly edited. The voice acting is also strangely inconsistent.
Anyway, those are my thoughts about this season right now. Sorry to shit on it here, but I can’t find any other online discussions about it and I was very excited for this season. Right now I’m at like a 6-7/10, but hopefully I enjoy the second half more.
The animation has been quite bad, I get that it’s always been simple, but this last episode in particular really made it stick out to me. There was so little impact in some of the important scenes that it made it hard to feel tension that I think I was supposed to, for instance when the 3 soldiers first arrive and strike down on the planet.
I wanna point something out though; in season 1, there are large stretches where the animation does not look very good. Aside from ep1, ep5, eps 7-8, there are some really bad moments in there. People remember 1, 5, 7-8 and those also happened to easily the 4 best episodes plotwise, regardless of animation. If you go back episode by episode, there ares a ton of mid animation or bad CGI. Plus, if the rumors ive heard are true they had to rebuild their studio from scratch and Covid hit them hard, as well as Hollywood writers strike shenanigans so theres that. All in all what ill say is, Season 1 = Higher highs, lower floor | Season 2 = Lower highs, a bit higher floor as far as animation. I say there will be an ep or 2 where they go all out like S1; E7-E8
Voice acting/dialog: There was a moment where I thought Atom Eve sounded weird after saving those two folks, like oof that couldve used another take, and Omniman sounded too flat when the Viltrumites first show up, but other than that I dont really have any gripes with the voice acting or dialog. I do agree that it can sometimes go on a little too long. Like when Amber/Eve/William are talking and shes like “oh you have a place to stay?” Season 1’s dialog may have been better, but I dont think this season’s has been bad. Just a few moments like that
I feel some of the same things you do about it, but with Season 1, you could watch that whole thing and it ends pretty definitively. I started watching when 6 episodes had already come out and I feel I was unbothered by the animation quality/CGI when it was poorly done because I watched it in bunches. Going back though before this season came out, it was easier to notice some rough moments.
Anyways though, that first arc is really tight and conclusive. I think we’re just going through a period where theyre taking the time to set up future events, and the current main arc for the season isnt as clear because we havent really seen Angstrom do much yet. Id be willing to bet the full experience of Season 2 will be much better than watching weekly for that reason. I really wish it was on next week lmao
Certainly, the fact that it was only 4 episodes and that this may be the most filler-y part of the entire story(outside of thraxa) isn’t doing it any favors.