Anyone watch the Dragon Prince on Netflix?

[Sammael]

I just finished season 2, it's such a good show, last air bender original series vibe, with that 2d/3d animated art style. Season 1 had some choppy scenes with slower movement but that seems to have been mostly addressed in season 2, but the art style looks great to me.

9 episodes per season, but short duration so each season is kind of like a 3 hour animated movie. Still, very well done, and they dropped season 2 in what seems like 6 months or less since season 1 aired, if they can keep that cadence up, we will get to see more without waiting too long.

[Personamanx]

I watched the second season over the weekend, I enjoyed it. As a whole the show is starting to find itself. It isn't a complex show, or even all that unique in terms of plot or theme. But there's a enough to keep you invested, and slowly but surely you're rewarded as a viewer. It's the kind of show that can be predicted to the point of a few narrative choices, but somehow they choose the option you think they wouldn't, and the sell it well.

I'm glad they moved away from the stepped animation of the first season, I can appreciate what they tried to do with it, but it didn't work out well.

But as you said, the short seasons make for a fairly easy watch if you're looking for some simple fantasy to consume.

[Jackalope89]

Haven't gotten to season 2 just yet, but I did enjoy season 1 (and yeah, some jumpy animation in season 1 at times). But overall, an entertaining show. A quick background on the lore of the world and everything.

And that motherly mama bear aunt is an awesome character. She's deaf, but close to her nephews, cares for them deeply (and they both care about her), but man is she scary when they're threatened (in her eyes).

[Sain]

I watched the second season over the weekend, I enjoyed it. As a whole the show is starting to find itself. It isn't a complex show, or even all that unique in terms of plot or theme. But there's a enough to keep you invested, and slowly but surely you're rewarded as a viewer. It's the kind of show that can be predicted to the point of a few narrative choices, but somehow they choose the option you think they wouldn't, and the sell it well.

Exactly this, but yea it still has some entertainment value. It almost has this faithbased animation simplicity/toothlessness to it, almost.

I think this is great for younger kids though, espcially in regards to the representation.

[Hazard]

I feel for Viren so much. Never before has a well-intentioned Dark Mage tried so hard to keep humanity going and gotten so little respect for it.

[Personamanx]

I think this is great for younger kids though, espcially in regards to the representation.

Most definitely. Having a deaf/mute as a major supporting character is alright, but having her be one of the show's best fighters is awesome. It's also neat in season two with the blind sea captain, whose so scarily competent that their blindness is one of the few things that's not played for laughs about him. The narcolepsy is, but that's already rare enough to see in a youth program.

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A same sex kiss is great, especially in a show without a lot of kissing. Sucks that both of them died in the backstory, but hopefully they can bring some more LGBT characters in future seasons.

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[Harbinger19]

I feel for Viren so much. Never before has a well-intentioned Dark Mage tried so hard to keep humanity going and gotten so little respect for it.

This. That guy is arguably the most interesting character in the show.

I am glad to be able to watch The Dragon Prince. It’s certainly not perfect but it has great potential to be a classic a la Avatar: TLA and Voltron, IMO.

[Nazrel]

I feel for Viren so much. Never before has a well-intentioned Dark Mage tried so hard to keep humanity going and gotten so little respect for it.

Harrow was such an awful king, and Viren kept having to make his ill-conceived ideas work.