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
I know what youre saying, but Kirkman himself has said this is a 2nd take on the story for him.
I also said it elsewhere but I think she was toying with him mostly. She hardly took any damage from his attacks. We’ve seen Mark go nuts and stagger his Father backwards in the S1 finale, but he still didnt do any meaningful other than overwhelm him briefly.
And he did have her, but she also had her arms and legs free when he was holding her there, she couldve potentially blocked or countered him, and with the way she goes from being so despondent to psychotic looking; I dont think she was out of fight or something, I think she just decided to fuck with him to see if he would actually strike, which makes sense, since theyre kinda testing him.
Then she goes “Id say you fight well but uh…” which to me, was her calling him soft as shit coz hes sposed to be a Viltrumite, and yet he fell for something like that. If he did strike, I dont know if he wouldve killed her, its more likely he wouldve just done more damage to her, not a killing blow. She has almost no real injuries and Mark looks extremely exhausted
If its not a change you like then thats fair enough, but I think it makes sense if Omniman is way stronger than most Viltrumites, and Mark is still stronger than he was in Season 1, so the gap seems a lot closer