@kaijuking:
This is simple Argumentum ad populum. Its popular right now, and more people like it base on... what metric? I never see any promotion material for Arcane, I only learn of it few days ago and watch it with Super Crooks (Which I like more btw). Invincible also had little media push too, but lets not pretend Arcane has won awards or recognition or even wildly known outside nerd circles. Its hardly Into the Spider Verse or Frozen level of "OMG SO AWESOME" animation popularity.
Universally accepted parameters for media critique is not Ad Populum. Popularity has nothing to do with it, hence the reason why cult culture exists, popullary overlooked and or disliked yet packing a rather objective set of features that deserve praise. The case with Arcane is that is both popular and it also has a superb execution. Again, you can like whatever the fuck you want, this is not about popularity but about what each series brings to the table.
I agree with you that Invincible had lesser media push and i also agree Arcane's budget is much larger, which is why it is reflected in the entirety of its production. Arcane was released merely 3 weeks ago and it is already taking the world by storm and every single review it has gotten, both by audience and critics is almost flawless. Even then, what the fuck are you on about Cadence? You're saying Arcane is more popular but also saying Arcane is only known in nerd circles? What does that even mean and why does it matter anyways? Give me a fucking break now, Invincible's animation is inconsistent, and extremely cheap in comparison, whereas Arcane's animation is bold, fresh, ridiculously more complex and manages to communicate entire messages with simple face gestures, character poses and movements, very smoothly at it too, just like most Pixar movies and Into the Spider-Verse manage to communicate. Even the 2D aspect of Arcane's animation is so fucking out of Invincible's league.
Better score by critics (They score Last Jedi high lol) and fans who will rate it highly because they like it anyway? Thats not a metric.
Score as in OST you doofus. It's already painfully obvious Arcane has better score in every single reviewing platform both by audience and critics. You gotta focus, you're sounding like the same fanboy from 6 years ago who can't seem to grasp popular stuff can also be extremely good.
Better animation? Thats art and subjective, try again.
No, no, no, no... Listen... Nobody is debating whether animation can be considered art or not, in that way art is subjective, the techniques used in animation can very well be analyzed and in a very detailed way explain why one type of animation deserves praise and recognition above others. Like Akira being considered an animation masterpiece by achieving 24 frames per second entirely with traditional animation as opposed to cheaper and easier ways to animate with computers. The same applies to both Arcane and Invincible, one mixes 3D and 2D animation flawlessly and with visible intent and the other recurs to cheap 3D animation used inconsistently to animate stuff 2D-partially traditional-low frame per second animation can't achieve because costs just sky rocket.
More organic dialogue? I call bullshit. Kirkmen is great at writing characters and realistic character behavior. I mean the chick Powder? she is a cringe Joker knock off if I ever saw one. Vander, one dimensional. Hardly perfect.
Nobody is attacking Kirkman, i agree he is really good, but Arcane's dialogue is much more organic and it feels like everything every character in the series says it's important, genuine and conveys exactly how the characters feel. Either way, they are not too far apart, i enjoyed Invincible's dialogue as much as the next guy but most of the interactions between characters felt scripted, which isn't bad, but still beneath flawless organic dialogue. In my opinion Rex's dialogues felt incredibly natural, as opposed to Mark's or Nolan's, same goes with the Mauler Twins (at times) compared to William's.
Im not going to tackle any of your nitpicks, i find them stupid, unfounded and very revealing of just how little you're taking into consideration when evaluating both franchises yet being so quick to call the other "overrated".
Is it bad show? I can appreciate why many are praising it. Its not bad. Can you or anyone pretend its the best thing ever? No, its art. Its not real world shit that can be measured, its art and therefore subjective.
No one is saying is the best thing ever Cadence. Everybody is just saying it is worth the watch and that it is an impressively well executed series. Art can be criticized, thus, within those universally accepted parameters in which criticism is employed, you can determine which art is "better" than the other. This wishy washy stance because "oui oui it's art, let's have dog shit opinions because it's all subjective" just doesn't fly with me.
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