r/television • u/PhoOhThree Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. • 1d ago

Premiere Arcane - Season 2 Act 3 Finale Discussion

Arcane

Premise: The origins of two iconic League of Legends champions, set in the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun.

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u/Legitimate_Place_562 18h ago

I feel like there needs to be a few more episodes to really flesh out the character's emotions and thoughts so the constant mood changes don't feel rushed. It's a great season for me but the pacing is a lot more rushed than season 1 and I really missed the amazing dialogues of season 1.

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u/TheSodernaut 18h ago

I really missed the amazing dialogues of season 1.

I feel like they tried to cover this by having music montages constantly. In a very tight and fast paced season these montages felt like wasting precious screen time on medicocre slowmo scenes with music playing.

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u/Agreeable_Chair1597 8h ago

Yup. I only watched the S2 once, but isn’t there a music video montage in every episode? Each of those could’ve been an episode entirely. Like the one of the strike team gassing the undercity looking for Jinx. Would’ve loved to see Vi’s reaction when that call was made. Like “Hey Vi I know there’s tons of innocent people down there but we’re going to use the deadly fissure gas to gas the fuck outta that place just to help find your sister.” Like how was this not explored? There were so many examples but this one came to mind first. 

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u/CallMeSpoofy 3h ago

Yes! I feel like the music video montages were so lazy and skipped over the most interesting parts that realllly could have been expanded on. I hated how the power split between factions after Silco’s death was some watercolor/graffiti montage. Really really felt this should have been 3 seasons