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I never expected this from League of legends with toxic players just make the game weird now but.. here i'm respecting the whole world building around that game PS- I know most of characters and played them but then again.. U only play these for gameplay but not so Dark awesome characters.
@@weaponxreacts Um, Ella Purnell plays Jinx as a teenager in the next set of episodes. Mia Sinclair Jenness voiced Powder and she was 11 when she gave that performance. Powder was 9 in the scene.
That mix of fantastic voice acting and actually mind blowing facial animation is just a kick in the feels no matter how many times I see this. I cry every time
Yeah it's heart-breaking. Fun fact: Mia Sinclair Jenness, the VA of powder is currently 16 years old, and arcane took 6 years to create. So she voiced her at a pretty young age.
Powder specifically. Jaw dropping performance, coupled with some of the best animation I have ever seen. It didn't feel like a show, or story. It just felt so damn real.
Silco seems to relate to Powder in the end, he felt the same way about him and Vander. I imagine he was about to kill Powder but her mentioning her sister abandoned her made him think of himself.
If he had thought at first to kill her... honestly girl would be done. He's not 100% evil moustache twirling bad man... He's trying to keep his people safe at all cost. He's my second favorite character. . . 🤷🏼♂️
@@Im.Smaheryes, because they were in the way of his ultimate goal of freedom in the undercity. he is not doing it out of being evil or because he wants to, he is doing it for a reason. the ends justify the means for him.
lmao im sorry i genuinely find it fucking hilarious how you guys were like an inch away from ugly crying at the end but you were trying to still be funny to cope. genuinely made my fucking day lmao. dont worry it hit us all that hard the first time we watched it.
same I was like why tf are these guys trying to joke about this situation? but then I realised they were desperately trying to cope with the despair what they were watching. great video and great episode
Damn, this show pulls no punches. It treated Powder like a child, and children make mistakes, but the fact that they consistently show her keep fucking up and how they were going to escape if not for her? Brutal, yet glorious.
Honestly it's not even just that it treats her like a child. It's also that it keeps things realistic in a way, by making things able to actually go wrong, and not giving stupid Mary Sue abilities/luck to the characters. In any other show that bomb would miraculously have only hit the "bad guys".
@@Aggerr Very true. Creates better tension when legit mistakes can be made by either side. And when flaws and weaknesses present themselves more often.
@@blackmanwithcomputer that’s why I like shows like this, you actually sh!t your pants when the characters are in danger because you don’t know if they are gonna suvive
@@mohj6042 tbh the blue things were the biggest issue. She showed them to vi and asked her if they should show vander, but vi said no. Had vi said yes, maybe vander would’ve been able to inform them of how dangerous it is
in the game, Jinx was originally considered crazy, akin to a league of legends "Joker". After watching this you have to wonder if Powder hasn't always struggled with depression/anxiety/mental illness, especially since everyone calls her a "jinx". In the episodes, whenever she has a sad moment, its always almost like she was fully breaking. When Vi told her to stay behind when they went to find Vander, the way she was crying was almost like a full on mental breakdown. And when Vi got up to leave at the end. Powder almost immediately disowned Vi as her sister. I like the way they are going about this story with Jinx, as a Jinx main in league, I loved the first 3 and cant wait to binge the new 3 episodes.
Given her past trauma from the death of her parents and the environment she was forced to grow up in, it's very likely that she always has struggled with mental illness. At the very least, a deep fear of abandonment and feelings of worthlessness. I wonder if there's some even bigger trauma we'll find out about that leads to Jinx's full break into madness or if the League team will pull back and ret-con Jinx into a more sympathetic and redeemable character.
@@Sueiza indeed we will have to see! I am here for it if they do, and god how i hope they do another season or another series around other characters and regions of runeterra as well. Just watched episode 4 and it was amazing!
Yeah straight off the first episode, they made it clear that this show was gonna have a lot of heart. And the camera work feels so life like it's insane the talent they have in house.
This show immediately grabbed me by the end of episode 1, and more so in 2, and after watching 3 I was ready for more. Now that 4 through 6 came out this morning, I’m so proud of this team with their story they’re unfolding. So compelling :)
@Night-time Guy Indeed episode 1 and 2 are great but I felt like those 2 episodes were just there to really build the emotions and feelings for episode 3
Never played the game, but this is one of my favorite shows of the year. The animation studio are all time masters int he making. Such incredible storytellers. Knowing only a little about what becomes of Jinx is mindblowing.
The lore isn't in any way central to the game, so playing is in no way necessary. The game is a 5v5 MOBA competition - 2 teams face off on opposite sides of a symmetrical map, pushing "waves" of minions to destroy objectives, take map control, and eventually break into enemy base to destroy their home "nexus." Its a strategic game with lots of room for individual skill expression, but largely a team game like basketball or something. The lore isn't present in the gameplay at all. What Riot (the producer) has done, is created an insanely extensive world of lore and story around the 151 playable characters in League of Legends. None of that is necessary to enjoy the game, but it is still so incredibly rich. In fact, I wouldn't know anything about Vi or Jinx's (Powder's) backstory if it weren't for my wife who was into the characters for their lore. Even though I've spent 2,000 hours playing League to climb the ranked ladder. What Riot is doing is literally building an empire -world building that will rival the likes of Marvel, Star Wars, or DC. They've taken League of Legends as a competitive game and used that as a bouncepad to engineer an entire universe full of rich and complex characters, stories, adventures, politics and ideologies. Since then, they've expanded the world to include an Auto Battler game, a Digital Collectible Card game, a mobile MOBA, and are working on a Fighting game, and even an MMORPG. In the meantime, we get masterpieces like ARCANE, which draw from the lush backstories the character development writers have been cultivating for the past 12 years since the games inception. I can't wait for what they release next.
@@ikbenongesteld7397 I would adamantly argue that it’s actually way better to know nothing of the game when watching the show. Knowing what characters are like later on or even what character’s survive, kills so much of the character driven tension of the show.
I had no expectations from this. Don't even play or know anything about League. Given that, this show pulled the rug out from under me, and then rolled that rug up to beat me in the feels. 10/10 would get emotionally wrecked again.
@@joshuawilliams4695 It's funny because a lot of people who are familiar with Riots work outside League the game had pretty high expectations. Because we know what Riot is capable of. They have shown us time and time again that they are able to produce well directed cinematics with great visuals and animation. As well as shown us that they can create an interesting world and are capable of writing great stories and characters. Also they make great music too which is demonstrated in the series as well. I think why this series was set to be at the very least decent was BECAUSE it was going to be produced by RIOT themselves and not sell it to a movie studio.
What makes this show stand out is the facial animations and the way they capture real emotions and the voice acting, my God, the voice acting is so damn good.
Silco is such an amazing villain already, reminds me of a Killmonger with more personal depth, Vander and him are two sides of the same coin, one wanting to protect the already downtrodden and give them the most happiness they can have under the impoverished circumstances the people live in Zaun, and Silco willing to do whatever it takes to get them out there and suffer in short term to grant the people of Zaun the same living standards at the ones above. Whats even better is that he isn't even actively manipulating Powder, what he really saw was just himself in her, someone that was betrayed by their "sibling" (I assume it was more of a deep comradery between Vander and Silco) despite doing what they thought was best. You can totally see that the way he looks at Vander and just gently hugged Powder back to comfort her. Honestly as someone who played the game and assumed that the most I was gonna get was some fanservice and beautiful visuals, they really delivered as one of the, if not the best, Videogame adaptations that have been made, closely followed by Castlevania
@@wackjack5667 He isn't. If Silco were the main character, you would easily see him as an anti-hero. He only wanted what's best for the underworld, just through terrible means. People really only hate him for killing Vander.
As great as this show is, (and yes, I'd definitely label this show as "great") can we for a second discuss the episode title. "The Base Violence Necessary For Change" is a fantastic set of words strung one after another. Sooooooo good, everything about this show
I mean they managed to put every String and note of every champion theme song to have meaning and Uumphh but this still Hits bigger than my expectations
What Jayce and Viktor created was called "Hextech" a magic harnessed through science/technology. It's a very common aspect of the League of Legends Game.
What surprised me about this show is with a lore this big, there’s barely any exposition in it(which is great), with just characters’ interaction and setting we get to be familiar with the world, bravo👏👏👏
Yes the conversations feels so much more natural as it should be. It allows us as the viewer to figure it out for ourselves by picking things up in the dialogue, especially coming from someone who has never played the games before. it’s always felt odd to me when characters go on tangents explaining information that’s already known to them And others since it’s their world And in situations that don’t really call for it. Which is why a lot of writers will have the main character be someone who is also un familiar with the world so that we can learn through them.
I know I’m super late, but I just watched this episode for the first time a few hours ago. I walked away with MY MIND BLOWN. It was super DEVASTATING and MINDBLOWING at the same time! I literally felt my heart break during that ending and I practically had my jaw dropped, I had never seen anything that sad and at the same time epic until this point. This show is a masterpiece, I’m already sold on that! And this comes from someone that knows so little of and has never played the game 10/10
One of my favorite moments from this episode was when Powder has her meltdown on the bed. The way they portrayed her was so masterful: you could tell the reaction was a crazy person's, she was almost rabid. In that moment even before the bomb I thought ohh nooo this girl's got MAJOR psych issues. And I knew we were seeing a villain's origin story. Anyone else feel that too during that scene??
Same! I personally play lol so I knew how she was gonna end up eventually but I thought it was all gonna come down to her getting the serum (since in the game she has pink eyes) but when I saw that scene I understood better how exactly Jinx came to be
If you go back to scene one episode one, you can see the same crazy, jagged faces over the Enforcers and dead people. I think Jinx had psychological problems from the beginning, which helped to create the unbearable tragedies of her life, which pushed her fully over the edge into insanity.
When powder started to cry i got so damn frustrated for not being able to hug her and tell her its okay..everything will be okay...don't know how to describe it but the feeling i had for a fictional character i never thought i would have😂...but man i wouldve adopt her without a second thought and go all out just to give her the best life she could have
But how good is Powder's voice actor! Really brought that character to life in all the episodes so far IMO. From making those little excited moments to this dreadful sad end of episode three come to life in the emotion and speech of her character. Her voice acting I feel is almost always fitting with the animation and it really makes her feel like a kid in all those moments.
lets just say that if they don't just forgot everything they created up to this point episodes 7, 8 and 9 will also be lit as hell. Everything is set up perfectly. Hopefully the show is such a success that in 2 weeks Netflix and Riot will put out a statement that more projects will get the go ahead.
Really appreciate you two spending so much time after the actual reaction to break down exactly how you feel about various different aspects of it. Feel exactly the same about how the hybrid release schedule gives bingers a nice mini-binge while creating somewhat of a closer at the end of the act, while those who prefer more spaced out release schedules aren't overwhelmed either. Also, you two definitely teared up at the end there LOL. Good job, you're like the first people I saw do that on here.
If you did play the game, all you would learn is that at some point, Red team, or the Blue team, will take the Windmill. And several times a long the way, an ally has been slain.
@@Arezoo298195 Takes around 3 months of playing at least one or 2 matches a day to actually learn to play a MOBA. After 8 years of playing Dota 2 , I can tell you there is sooo much to learn .
@@ukiyoideas2215 Okay. I'll take your word for it. (btw, whats a MOBA?) All I know is I kept having to look down at my keyboard to figure out which letter to press so I quickly gave up. I don't normally play fast paced games. I prefer slow strategy games. Civ 6 and XCOM2 are my current favorite games. That should explain me and my type of game.
@@Arezoo298195 a MOBA is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, it's a genre in of itself, League isn't the only game like this. DOTA like he mentioned, among others.
Always love when siblings whether biological or sworn siblings turns on each other in shows. . . There is something so sad about it and especially when times come to battle it out! ! ! That trope is best when they still understand each other so well but cannot reconcile their ideals.
Yes, can we say something about Silco's voice actor here at the end? I love the way that he is mustache-twirling at "hello little girl" and then is totally disarmed by Powder and the sibling 'betrayal' connection. His reading of "It's okay...we'll show them...we'll show them all" is so honest and vulnerable, you actually feel his humanity for the first time AND you can imagine how he could form a real relationship with Powder.
I hope u understood the epic ending. The evil guy got betrayed by his brother... when he saw powder being left alone by her sister he was on her side, thats why he didnt kill her
Yeah, he project himself onto her AND the moment he saw vander's body behind powder , he also got that paternal instinct click moment like vander when he saw vi and powder got orphaned even tho silco might not fully realize it
I went into this show with zero expectation as I know next to nothing of LoL .... I was NOT READY and I was NOT expecting for this show to break me by only episode 3! That being said, all I can say is wow. Gorgeous animation, the facial expressions they pull off with these characters are so real, and the voice acting is absolutely friggin' top tier. I don't know who the young actress is for Powder, but my god she acted her heart out in that final sequence. To say I'm hooked, would be a massive understatement. What an out-of-nowhere gem this show is very quickly becoming.
The 3 episodes a week strategy is probably Riot's decision, not Netflix's. Riot is also having a major event across all of their games, and releasing weekly patches with in-game loot and content to coincide with each act, which is probably why the episodes are being released like this.
The game already had a deep lore. Been playing it since season 1 but god damn I never thought they'd be able to make the series this great. For those who are not playing the game, this is just a small fraction of the league of legends universe. Can't wait to see the remaining episodes.
That one scene. Powders va absolutely incredible but can we applaud the animation there, that was like the exact look of someone realizing what they did
I’ve watched many reactions to this episode and this is by far my favorite when it comes to Powder’s breakdown. Just how visibly you guys were affected from 10:51 onward was fantastic. It’s masterful how fast I went from being furious at Powder to my heart sinking for her in an instant on my first watch.
11:00 honestly me too brother me too =[ so much chaos and all you want to do is grab the kiddos and hug them from vi acting out over everything to powder literally being a kid that just wanted to help, this episode was heavy man
I come back to your reaction often. I think, in media, we've become so desensitized to losing strong male heroes in the service of stories (Vander). We hate it. But we almost expect it. Anticipate it. But the way Vi funnels her grief onto Powder, the projection of that, and then the way she slaps her sister. I wasn't ready. And it's interesting to see two other grown men react in such a similar way. We can go on and on about the writing now that we've all seen the show's entirety. It's remarkable. But this chapter's end is some of the most emotionally crushing -everything- I've ever seen on screen. The impact of that slap took me back in my seat. And the look, and sounds, of Powder slowly shattering under her dawning realization of culpability - combined with Vi's aggressive assertion and blame and grief are just absolutely heart wrenching. There was honesty in the way the writing chose to portray the fallout of this. There was honesty in your reaction, too.
I think the reason the final scenes hit so hard every time no matter what, is because on a primal psychological level humans will always have a reaction to this. Similar to if you play a whimpering puppy around ur dog it’s gonna start stressing. The fact the voice actor for powder was like actually 12 around the age of her character, and the performance she put was so real, I cannot physically stop from tears coming up. What an amazing piece of television to make a visceral experience for any viewer. Like if u know no English and watched this you’d still be hurt when Vi punches a crying Powder.
I seriously doubted this show at first. The people I expected to see live, FUCKING DIED😭 I teared up and was just in shock and now the intro makes more sense now😭
All the ppl reviewing and reacting this show are gonna get massive views # when more and more ppl find out about how good this show really is. Just predicting future- This one will probably be over 600k easily by mid-late next year. It deserves that + more.
I think the show does a amazing job in portraying how Powders mind work. In episode 1 during the brawl in the alley and when the bomb goes off in episode 3 everything slows down. The music becomes serene and she almost seems calm. Almost like the chaotic and disruptive helps her cope. It is by no means a healthy response, but I think it explains a lot about her.
Man the 5th and 6th episode are crazy. As a League of Legends player who played for 6 years. This show is really good and has so many easter eggs and references to the game.
Halfway through the show I was like, wow this is great acting. And than it hit me that is an animation. The voice acting is on point but the facial expressions and body languages are so amazing
Little powders voice actress created that emotional state by imagining herself becoming irrevocably estranged from her brother in real life. That’s why that emotion sounded real…. Because it was real.
Watching thru these as I watch the show and just wanna say, I’ve been here since around 2014 and it’s been a trip watching you guys expand your knowledge and understanding of film as mine has as well and we’ve all obviously aged, but being a kid then and an adult now and being able to pick apart the level of depth you guys see things with now as do i is really cool
Vi, Jinx (aka Powder), Jayce, Viktor, Heimerdinger (cute professor), Singed, Ekko (little man) are in the actual game. There are theories that Vander is also a character in the game, but in a different form… the rest of the characters are made up. Riot absolutely knocked it out of the park adding Avengers amount of characters into a show.
Regarding what Jayce and Viktor were working on, they were just trying to prove the theory that science can create a device that can harness and control magical energy. They weren't trying to create any specific kind of effect with the device, only prove that it could keep the magical energy from running rampant and exploding, channeling it in a controlled way. Theory proven, so now the next step is developing devices that can create specific effects using the technique.
This show is definitely a better drama if you don't already know the characters, because knowing who in the cast is an established character leads to knowing who is going to 'make it' by the end. Knowing who is who already, I see the new characters and I just know that they have to die or otherwise be gone by the end of the story. For what Jayce and Viktor made, it was based on the teleport spell that saved Jayce in the past. It doesn't really foretell what the magical effect it's creating is as they're freefloating, but it teleported one coin/cog from one side to another in a second and it's pretty easy to just brush that off in the moment.
You know the fate of the main cast, but anyone we're introduced to doesn't necessarily have to die or stay gone forever. This show is an amazing opportunity to 're-introduce' some of these new characters in the lore's present day.
Fuck man that stuff with vi and powder was hard to watch, I mean I can’t blame vi for being mad somewhat given everything that happened, but at the same time she literally punched her little sister full swing and abandoned her when she needed it most. god I ca-*sign it’s so hard to watch this I just can’t without tearing up. I’ve never had a sibling but I could never do that to them if I was in that situation, let alone abandon them. poor kid now look at her…
That was my non gaming family members complaint. They did not enjoy the science piltover stuff but loved the powder/vi stuff. Of course they just love lots of tense action
The way that powder shouts “I only wanted to help” over and over again is so painful to watch. That’s really how a real kid would react in that situation. She’s shouting to try and drown out her guilt as much as she’s trying to convince Vi.
As far as you guys have seen so far. The characters from the game are: Vi, Powder, Caitlyn, Jayce, Viktor, Heimerdinger, Ekko and Singed (the mad chemist dude that works for Silco)
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I never expected this from League of legends with toxic players just make the game weird now but.. here i'm respecting the whole world building around that game
PS- I know most of characters and played them but then again.. U only play these for gameplay but not so Dark awesome characters.
Hextech thing Sci + Magic is gameplay explainer ~
Singed
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Viktor
Jayce
Caitlyn
Heimerdinger
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These are in the game
The roler coaster IS NOT OVER
Powder's voice actress is INSANE. She has made me cry like 3 times now just by rewatching.
I've watched a dozen reactions, and the end of this episode makes me cry every time.
She said in an interview that she was 10 at the time of recording these lines, which makes the quality even more mind blowing
Elle Powell should have got an Oscar for this performance
@@weaponxreacts Um, Ella Purnell plays Jinx as a teenager in the next set of episodes. Mia Sinclair Jenness voiced Powder and she was 11 when she gave that performance. Powder was 9 in the scene.
That mix of fantastic voice acting and actually mind blowing facial animation is just a kick in the feels no matter how many times I see this. I cry every time
dude, the way powder`s voice actor cried completly BROKE me
As someone who has a little girl yes this was an experience
@@Troupe_Master I thought you said someone who was a girl can appreciate this and I was like wait a minute aren't we all young at some point
Yeah I got a little siblings too and oh how relatable this show is.
@@TimothyGod hahahhahhaha
Yeah it's heart-breaking.
Fun fact: Mia Sinclair Jenness, the VA of powder is currently 16 years old, and arcane took 6 years to create. So she voiced her at a pretty young age.
The voice acting in this episode, was absolute top tier
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Holy crap, YEEEEESSS
The german voice actors are amazing too! I really love that they put budget on it!
Powder specifically. Jaw dropping performance, coupled with some of the best animation I have ever seen. It didn't feel like a show, or story. It just felt so damn real.
I feel like the whole series is top tier ^^ The voice acting, the animation, the story telling. I absolutely love every bit of it!
"The Monkey WORKED!!!"😆
"The monkey worked?"😨
Silco seems to relate to Powder in the end, he felt the same way about him and Vander. I imagine he was about to kill Powder but her mentioning her sister abandoned her made him think of himself.
If he had thought at first to kill her... honestly girl would be done.
He's not 100% evil moustache twirling bad man... He's trying to keep his people safe at all cost.
He's my second favorite character. . . 🤷🏼♂️
dont think he would have tried to kill her but use her to find vi by hostiling her or smth.
💯💯
@@Persephone_Personified You say that literally right after he tried killing Vi, Claggor, and Mylo. Lol.
@@Im.Smaheryes, because they were in the way of his ultimate goal of freedom in the undercity. he is not doing it out of being evil or because he wants to, he is doing it for a reason. the ends justify the means for him.
lmao im sorry i genuinely find it fucking hilarious how you guys were like an inch away from ugly crying at the end but you were trying to still be funny to cope. genuinely made my fucking day lmao. dont worry it hit us all that hard the first time we watched it.
same I was like why tf are these guys trying to joke about this situation? but then I realised they were desperately trying to cope with the despair what they were watching. great video and great episode
"I only wanted to help"
The line that made me so hurt deep inside.
Just watched Act 2 and it so awesome 😊 Can't wait for Act 3
Damn, this show pulls no punches. It treated Powder like a child, and children make mistakes, but the fact that they consistently show her keep fucking up and how they were going to escape if not for her? Brutal, yet glorious.
Honestly it's not even just that it treats her like a child. It's also that it keeps things realistic in a way, by making things able to actually go wrong, and not giving stupid Mary Sue abilities/luck to the characters. In any other show that bomb would miraculously have only hit the "bad guys".
@@Aggerr Very true. Creates better tension when legit mistakes can be made by either side. And when flaws and weaknesses present themselves more often.
True, It got me annoyed wiht powder to like i know she's a kid but i was still like please stop and listen
@@blackmanwithcomputer that’s why I like shows like this, you actually sh!t your pants when the characters are in danger because you don’t know if they are gonna suvive
@@mohj6042 tbh the blue things were the biggest issue. She showed them to vi and asked her if they should show vander, but vi said no. Had vi said yes, maybe vander would’ve been able to inform them of how dangerous it is
in the game, Jinx was originally considered crazy, akin to a league of legends "Joker". After watching this you have to wonder if Powder hasn't always struggled with depression/anxiety/mental illness, especially since everyone calls her a "jinx". In the episodes, whenever she has a sad moment, its always almost like she was fully breaking. When Vi told her to stay behind when they went to find Vander, the way she was crying was almost like a full on mental breakdown. And when Vi got up to leave at the end. Powder almost immediately disowned Vi as her sister. I like the way they are going about this story with Jinx, as a Jinx main in league, I loved the first 3 and cant wait to binge the new 3 episodes.
Given her past trauma from the death of her parents and the environment she was forced to grow up in, it's very likely that she always has struggled with mental illness. At the very least, a deep fear of abandonment and feelings of worthlessness. I wonder if there's some even bigger trauma we'll find out about that leads to Jinx's full break into madness or if the League team will pull back and ret-con Jinx into a more sympathetic and redeemable character.
@@Sueiza indeed we will have to see! I am here for it if they do, and god how i hope they do another season or another series around other characters and regions of runeterra as well. Just watched episode 4 and it was amazing!
Jinx is more Harley Quinn, Shaco is the joker
Didn’t only Mylo call her a jinx?
@@T1Micavity yeah, I'd like them to cover Twisted Fate, Graves, Gangplank and Miss Fortune next, into the Bilgewater boys!!!
Yeah straight off the first episode, they made it clear that this show was gonna have a lot of heart. And the camera work feels so life like it's insane the talent they have in house.
This show immediately grabbed me by the end of episode 1, and more so in 2, and after watching 3 I was ready for more. Now that 4 through 6 came out this morning, I’m so proud of this team with their story they’re unfolding. So compelling :)
Also the camera work, top tier
Ep 4 is so freaking good cant wait for the reactors to react to it
@@andresantos7774 bro episode 4 was eliteeee
@Night-time Guy Indeed episode 1 and 2 are great but I felt like those 2 episodes were just there to really build the emotions and feelings for episode 3
Never played the game, but this is one of my favorite shows of the year. The animation studio are all time masters int he making. Such incredible storytellers. Knowing only a little about what becomes of Jinx is mindblowing.
Believe me, this show is 10x much better if you play(ed) the game for some time
The lore isn't in any way central to the game, so playing is in no way necessary. The game is a 5v5 MOBA competition - 2 teams face off on opposite sides of a symmetrical map, pushing "waves" of minions to destroy objectives, take map control, and eventually break into enemy base to destroy their home "nexus." Its a strategic game with lots of room for individual skill expression, but largely a team game like basketball or something.
The lore isn't present in the gameplay at all. What Riot (the producer) has done, is created an insanely extensive world of lore and story around the 151 playable characters in League of Legends. None of that is necessary to enjoy the game, but it is still so incredibly rich. In fact, I wouldn't know anything about Vi or Jinx's (Powder's) backstory if it weren't for my wife who was into the characters for their lore. Even though I've spent 2,000 hours playing League to climb the ranked ladder.
What Riot is doing is literally building an empire -world building that will rival the likes of Marvel, Star Wars, or DC. They've taken League of Legends as a competitive game and used that as a bouncepad to engineer an entire universe full of rich and complex characters, stories, adventures, politics and ideologies. Since then, they've expanded the world to include an Auto Battler game, a Digital Collectible Card game, a mobile MOBA, and are working on a Fighting game, and even an MMORPG. In the meantime, we get masterpieces like ARCANE, which draw from the lush backstories the character development writers have been cultivating for the past 12 years since the games inception. I can't wait for what they release next.
@@ikbenongesteld7397 im sure it is, but it’s great as is without playing
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I would adamantly argue that it’s actually way better to know nothing of the game when watching the show. Knowing what characters are like later on or even what character’s survive, kills so much of the character driven tension of the show.
I had no expectations from this. Don't even play or know anything about League.
Given that, this show pulled the rug out from under me, and then rolled that rug up to beat me in the feels. 10/10 would get emotionally wrecked again.
I like the picture you are painting with your words. Nothing could describe it better.
Mia Sinclair Jenness is the VA for young Powder. Just give her all the awards.
I had high expectations for this show and it was easily exceeded, top tier show!
No kidding
I had the lowest of expectations just because of previous shows based on video games sucking so I was completely blown away lol
@@joshuawilliams4695 It's funny because a lot of people who are familiar with Riots work outside League the game had pretty high expectations. Because we know what Riot is capable of. They have shown us time and time again that they are able to produce well directed cinematics with great visuals and animation. As well as shown us that they can create an interesting world and are capable of writing great stories and characters. Also they make great music too which is demonstrated in the series as well.
I think why this series was set to be at the very least decent was BECAUSE it was going to be produced by RIOT themselves and not sell it to a movie studio.
What makes this show stand out is the facial animations and the way they capture real emotions and the voice acting, my God, the voice acting is so damn good.
Also the "camera work"
Silco is such an amazing villain already, reminds me of a Killmonger with more personal depth, Vander and him are two sides of the same coin, one wanting to protect the already downtrodden and give them the most happiness they can have under the impoverished circumstances the people live in Zaun, and Silco willing to do whatever it takes to get them out there and suffer in short term to grant the people of Zaun the same living standards at the ones above.
Whats even better is that he isn't even actively manipulating Powder, what he really saw was just himself in her, someone that was betrayed by their "sibling" (I assume it was more of a deep comradery between Vander and Silco) despite doing what they thought was best. You can totally see that the way he looks at Vander and just gently hugged Powder back to comfort her.
Honestly as someone who played the game and assumed that the most I was gonna get was some fanservice and beautiful visuals, they really delivered as one of the, if not the best, Videogame adaptations that have been made, closely followed by Castlevania
Killmonger comparison is a good one
The trailer mislead us thinking that he was just that typical one dimensional villain which he isn't.
@@wackjack5667 He isn't. If Silco were the main character, you would easily see him as an anti-hero. He only wanted what's best for the underworld, just through terrible means. People really only hate him for killing Vander.
@@gabrielcarrasco8414 which is fair, but still a great character
As great as this show is, (and yes, I'd definitely label this show as "great") can we for a second discuss the episode title. "The Base Violence Necessary For Change" is a fantastic set of words strung one after another. Sooooooo good, everything about this show
I mean they managed to put every String and note of every champion theme song to have meaning and Uumphh but this still Hits bigger than my expectations
Arcane episode three is a freaking Masterpiece and 10/10 one of the greatest episodes of television ever; and I've never heard of LoL
What Jayce and Viktor created was called "Hextech" a magic harnessed through science/technology. It's a very common aspect of the League of Legends Game.
That Stone is so fvcking Cursed
They Commercialized, Weaponized, etc.
Should better not have that.
What surprised me about this show is with a lore this big, there’s barely any exposition in it(which is great), with just characters’ interaction and setting we get to be familiar with the world, bravo👏👏👏
Yes the conversations feels so much more natural as it should be. It allows us as the viewer to figure it out for ourselves by picking things up in the dialogue, especially coming from someone who has never played the games before. it’s always felt odd to me when characters go on tangents explaining information that’s already known to them And others since it’s their world And in situations that don’t really call for it. Which is why a lot of writers will have the main character be someone who is also un familiar with the world so that we can learn through them.
This is the closest I've seen to these guys balling
The actress that plays Powder/Jinx is only 15!
So talented!
Can't wait to hear her next!
This episode was Incredible and emotional...No, wait, this show is Incredible and emotional
I know I’m super late, but I just watched this episode for the first time a few hours ago. I walked away with MY MIND BLOWN. It was super DEVASTATING and MINDBLOWING at the same time! I literally felt my heart break during that ending and I practically had my jaw dropped, I had never seen anything that sad and at the same time epic until this point. This show is a masterpiece, I’m already sold on that! And this comes from someone that knows so little of and has never played the game 10/10
3:26 LMAOOOOOO i nearly spat out my drink at how even you guys noticed how gay viktor and jayce are
Orrrr
FR I SCREAMED HSJDHSHA
Reel Rejects when Powder gets abandoned: 😭
Me watching their reaction: 😈
The voice actress for Powder was //14// when she recorded this. She is THAT good.
LITERAL prodigy
One of my favorite moments from this episode was when Powder has her meltdown on the bed. The way they portrayed her was so masterful: you could tell the reaction was a crazy person's, she was almost rabid. In that moment even before the bomb I thought ohh nooo this girl's got MAJOR psych issues. And I knew we were seeing a villain's origin story. Anyone else feel that too during that scene??
Same! I personally play lol so I knew how she was gonna end up eventually but I thought it was all gonna come down to her getting the serum (since in the game she has pink eyes) but when I saw that scene I understood better how exactly Jinx came to be
If you go back to scene one episode one, you can see the same crazy, jagged faces over the Enforcers and dead people. I think Jinx had psychological problems from the beginning, which helped to create the unbearable tragedies of her life, which pushed her fully over the edge into insanity.
When powder started to cry i got so damn frustrated for not being able to hug her and tell her its okay..everything will be okay...don't know how to describe it but the feeling i had for a fictional character i never thought i would have😂...but man i wouldve adopt her without a second thought and go all out just to give her the best life she could have
But how good is Powder's voice actor! Really brought that character to life in all the episodes so far IMO. From making those little excited moments to this dreadful sad end of episode three come to life in the emotion and speech of her character. Her voice acting I feel is almost always fitting with the animation and it really makes her feel like a kid in all those moments.
The 4th, 5th, and 6th episode are great too. Can't wait for your reactions on it!
lets just say that if they don't just forgot everything they created up to this point episodes 7, 8 and 9 will also be lit as hell. Everything is set up perfectly. Hopefully the show is such a success that in 2 weeks Netflix and Riot will put out a statement that more projects will get the go ahead.
Really appreciate you two spending so much time after the actual reaction to break down exactly how you feel about various different aspects of it. Feel exactly the same about how the hybrid release schedule gives bingers a nice mini-binge while creating somewhat of a closer at the end of the act, while those who prefer more spaced out release schedules aren't overwhelmed either.
Also, you two definitely teared up at the end there LOL. Good job, you're like the first people I saw do that on here.
Vi's fight was incredible, if you can view it anyway in it's entirety do it.
The way Viktor carries himself and what he is going through in the coming 3 episodes makes me equally as sad as Jinx’s meltdowns in episode 3.
Already the best show in 2021. Yes better than squid game.
true... squid game zzzz
@@rinshaolin94 dont be a dick
I mean...they did dethroned Squid Game
@@karuto5849 rightfully so
@@hellstarremina1 both fantastic
If you did play the game, all you would learn is that at some point, Red team, or the Blue team, will take the Windmill. And several times a long the way, an ally has been slain.
😂 After watching the show I went and tried playing the game. I quit after the tutorial! It is really not my kind of game. Fantastic show though.😂
@@Arezoo298195 Takes around 3 months of playing at least one or 2 matches a day to actually learn to play a MOBA. After 8 years of playing Dota 2 , I can tell you there is sooo much to learn .
@@ukiyoideas2215 Okay. I'll take your word for it. (btw, whats a MOBA?) All I know is I kept having to look down at my keyboard to figure out which letter to press so I quickly gave up. I don't normally play fast paced games. I prefer slow strategy games. Civ 6 and XCOM2 are my current favorite games. That should explain me and my type of game.
@@Arezoo298195 you get hooked on it once you get that adrenaline feel of becoming OP and getting kills, I thought the same till it clicked with me
@@Arezoo298195 a MOBA is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, it's a genre in of itself, League isn't the only game like this. DOTA like he mentioned, among others.
Always love when siblings whether biological or sworn siblings turns on each other in shows. . . There is something so sad about it and especially when times come to battle it out! ! ! That trope is best when they still understand each other so well but cannot reconcile their ideals.
zuko vs azula last agnai kai is the best so far
True, but close buddies is Something that is even more heartbreaking imo
anakin vs obiwan
I like how silco says "we'll show them all"
Yes, can we say something about Silco's voice actor here at the end? I love the way that he is mustache-twirling at "hello little girl" and then is totally disarmed by Powder and the sibling 'betrayal' connection. His reading of "It's okay...we'll show them...we'll show them all" is so honest and vulnerable, you actually feel his humanity for the first time AND you can imagine how he could form a real relationship with Powder.
I hope u understood the epic ending. The evil guy got betrayed by his brother... when he saw powder being left alone by her sister he was on her side, thats why he didnt kill her
Yeah, he project himself onto her AND the moment he saw vander's body behind powder , he also got that paternal instinct click moment like vander when he saw vi and powder got orphaned even tho silco might not fully realize it
“All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to insanity” in Powders case on that night Powder dies and Jinx is born.
I went into this show with zero expectation as I know next to nothing of LoL .... I was NOT READY and I was NOT expecting for this show to break me by only episode 3! That being said, all I can say is wow. Gorgeous animation, the facial expressions they pull off with these characters are so real, and the voice acting is absolutely friggin' top tier. I don't know who the young actress is for Powder, but my god she acted her heart out in that final sequence. To say I'm hooked, would be a massive understatement. What an out-of-nowhere gem this show is very quickly becoming.
The 3 episodes a week strategy is probably Riot's decision, not Netflix's. Riot is also having a major event across all of their games, and releasing weekly patches with in-game loot and content to coincide with each act, which is probably why the episodes are being released like this.
I don't cry a lot, but THIS FREAKING EPISODE GOT ME SO BAD.
The ending of this episode RIPS MY HEART OUT every time I watch it, and I don't think it ever won't. 😨
The game already had a deep lore. Been playing it since season 1 but god damn I never thought they'd be able to make the series this great. For those who are not playing the game, this is just a small fraction of the league of legends universe. Can't wait to see the remaining episodes.
This is the best thing on TV atm didn’t know if they could keep up the quality but just finished act 2 and omg it gets even better
love how quick yall jumped on the jayvik train
That one scene. Powders va absolutely incredible but can we applaud the animation there, that was like the exact look of someone realizing what they did
I’ve watched many reactions to this episode and this is by far my favorite when it comes to Powder’s breakdown. Just how visibly you guys were affected from 10:51 onward was fantastic. It’s masterful how fast I went from being furious at Powder to my heart sinking for her in an instant on my first watch.
11:12 The moment Greg *physically* felt his heart shatter and needed help.
as a league of legends player im sure my excitement is higher the non-player since i pick up so many things and keep giggling at them
11:00 honestly me too brother
me too =[
so much chaos and all you want to do is grab the kiddos and hug them
from vi acting out over everything to powder literally being a kid that just wanted to help, this episode was heavy man
I come back to your reaction often. I think, in media, we've become so desensitized to losing strong male heroes in the service of stories (Vander). We hate it. But we almost expect it. Anticipate it. But the way Vi funnels her grief onto Powder, the projection of that, and then the way she slaps her sister. I wasn't ready. And it's interesting to see two other grown men react in such a similar way.
We can go on and on about the writing now that we've all seen the show's entirety. It's remarkable.
But this chapter's end is some of the most emotionally crushing -everything- I've ever seen on screen. The impact of that slap took me back in my seat. And the look, and sounds, of Powder slowly shattering under her dawning realization of culpability - combined with Vi's aggressive assertion and blame and grief are just absolutely heart wrenching. There was honesty in the way the writing chose to portray the fallout of this.
There was honesty in your reaction, too.
I think the reason the final scenes hit so hard every time no matter what, is because on a primal psychological level humans will always have a reaction to this. Similar to if you play a whimpering puppy around ur dog it’s gonna start stressing. The fact the voice actor for powder was like actually 12 around the age of her character, and the performance she put was so real, I cannot physically stop from tears coming up. What an amazing piece of television to make a visceral experience for any viewer. Like if u know no English and watched this you’d still be hurt when Vi punches a crying Powder.
With that brilliant voice acting this episode felt really emotional. 💙
I seriously doubted this show at first. The people I expected to see live, FUCKING DIED😭 I teared up and was just in shock and now the intro makes more sense now😭
All the ppl reviewing and reacting this show are gonna get massive views # when more and more ppl find out about how good this show really is. Just predicting future- This one will probably be over 600k easily by mid-late next year. It deserves that + more.
I think the show does a amazing job in portraying how Powders mind work. In episode 1 during the brawl in the alley and when the bomb goes off in episode 3 everything slows down. The music becomes serene and she almost seems calm. Almost like the chaotic and disruptive helps her cope. It is by no means a healthy response, but I think it explains a lot about her.
powder’s breakdown when vi left her at home made me just sob
Man the 5th and 6th episode are crazy. As a League of Legends player who played for 6 years. This show is really good and has so many easter eggs and references to the game.
Halfway through the show I was like, wow this is great acting. And than it hit me that is an animation. The voice acting is on point but the facial expressions and body languages are so amazing
Watched the show twice, and watched many reactions to t yet I still cry like a baby at this episode :(
Shit got real, REAL quick this episode
Marcus voice actor did such a good job with saying”what the hell have you done this wasn’t the deal”
the voice acting of powder is fucking phenomenal.
Great reaction!!! Love the authenticity! Real men can show emotion!
Voice acting for Powder did a incredible job!
I just can't believe how good this show is... the writing, the animation- definitely caught me by surprise
Little powders voice actress created that emotional state by imagining herself becoming irrevocably estranged from her brother in real life. That’s why that emotion sounded real…. Because it was real.
Young jinx voice acting was incredible.
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS
I've re watched this so many times, I miss the pain and surprise I got from my first reaction.
I didn’t know shit about lol but this show is so freaking amazing. Def best surprise of the year.
7:14 anyone who plays League already KNOWS
Powder
Vi
Jayce
Viktor
Heimerdinger
Caitlyn
And ekko(little man)
Are part of the game
Vander might be but we're not sure yet
Apparently he is? I have no clue i dont actually play the game idk
@@critthecritical5872 yeah we suspect him to be one of the characters but still not sure
@@69yearsago86 you forgot Singed, the guy who takes Vanders corpse in the end... and presumably ends up turning him into Warwick...
Finallyyy, ive been looking forward to your reaction to this episode, the voice acting in this episode it top notch
*5:31** was my reaction to Powder/Jinx’s whole role in the episode.*
5:08 "use your magic shit"
8:00 I should not of said that, I should not of said that
Just finished watching Act 2 today and omg you guys are gonna be even more pumped. Helluva show. I'm so glad I'm a League Stan haha.
Whoever voice acting for Jinx is actually god tier
1:20 "it's gonna begin underground in the earth and the next one is in the air" ...he was right lol
Watching thru these as I watch the show and just wanna say, I’ve been here since around 2014 and it’s been a trip watching you guys expand your knowledge and understanding of film as mine has as well and we’ve all obviously aged, but being a kid then and an adult now and being able to pick apart the level of depth you guys see things with now as do i is really cool
Vi, Jinx (aka Powder), Jayce, Viktor, Heimerdinger (cute professor), Singed, Ekko (little man) are in the actual game. There are theories that Vander is also a character in the game, but in a different form… the rest of the characters are made up. Riot absolutely knocked it out of the park adding Avengers amount of characters into a show.
Caitlyn as well
You forgot Caitlyn.
and probably Ryze
@@jcd2822 don’t spoil it for them man
Regarding what Jayce and Viktor were working on, they were just trying to prove the theory that science can create a device that can harness and control magical energy. They weren't trying to create any specific kind of effect with the device, only prove that it could keep the magical energy from running rampant and exploding, channeling it in a controlled way. Theory proven, so now the next step is developing devices that can create specific effects using the technique.
This show is definitely a better drama if you don't already know the characters, because knowing who in the cast is an established character leads to knowing who is going to 'make it' by the end. Knowing who is who already, I see the new characters and I just know that they have to die or otherwise be gone by the end of the story.
For what Jayce and Viktor made, it was based on the teleport spell that saved Jayce in the past. It doesn't really foretell what the magical effect it's creating is as they're freefloating, but it teleported one coin/cog from one side to another in a second and it's pretty easy to just brush that off in the moment.
You know the fate of the main cast, but anyone we're introduced to doesn't necessarily have to die or stay gone forever. This show is an amazing opportunity to 're-introduce' some of these new characters in the lore's present day.
Fuck man that stuff with vi and powder was hard to watch, I mean I can’t blame vi for being mad somewhat given everything that happened, but at the same time she literally punched her little sister full swing and abandoned her when she needed it most. god I ca-*sign it’s so hard to watch this I just can’t without tearing up. I’ve never had a sibling but I could never do that to them if I was in that situation, let alone abandon them. poor kid now look at her…
5:31 When your best friend accidentally breaks the tip of your little green army mans rifle...
😂😂😂
That was my non gaming family members complaint. They did not enjoy the science piltover stuff but loved the powder/vi stuff. Of course they just love lots of tense action
I'm glad I'm not the only one who feel emotional about this goddamned
The way that powder shouts “I only wanted to help” over and over again is so painful to watch. That’s really how a real kid would react in that situation. She’s shouting to try and drown out her guilt as much as she’s trying to convince Vi.
Thanks Reel Rejects for showing me this show existed. I just finished episode 3 before watching this reaction and damn. My heart
I’m not crying with you guys 😭, its just the rain
There is such solidarity in how hard this episode hit just about everyone who watched. I was so unprepared.
3:27 Literally the entire fandom
when yall said “kiss” w/ viktor and jayce i lost it bro 💀 i was giggling and kicking my legs like a too tier school girl ngl
As far as you guys have seen so far. The characters from the game are: Vi, Powder, Caitlyn, Jayce, Viktor, Heimerdinger, Ekko and Singed (the mad chemist dude that works for Silco)
this is one of the best episodes so far. i still come back to rewatch it, it's that good.
Everytime I see this episode it's the whole punisher meme, no no no! Wait wait wait!