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The Mysterious Cities of Gold: Season Two
Feb. 17th, 2014 01:34 pmSo, I finally gave up one waiting for English subtitles for the last seven episodes of Season Two, and watched the dub all the way to the end. And so:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! WHY IS IT NOT 2015 YET?!
I know we waited thirty years between Season One and Season Two, which mean that the year between Two and Three should be easy by comparison. But since the original writers had no expectation of ever getting a Season Two, the first series wraps up in a satisfying way even though it's open-ended. Season Two, on the other hand, takes advantage of the fact that the creators knew damn well they were getting commissioned for more.
The dub is ... OK. Well, more specifically: Ambrosius, Pedro and Zares are all good, Zia and Sancho are fine, Esteban and Tao are acceptable if not great. Only Mendoza is terrible :(. (Admittedly I may be pickier about his voice acting than everyone else's, but the guy sounds nothing like either the eighties English voice actor or the modern French one and HE'S JUST ALL WRONG, OK?)
I really enjoyed Season Two, and thought it did a couple of things better the the original show - there's an antagonist who's actually interesting and threatening, and Zia gets more character development and a lot more to do. And I'm impressed that they managed to keep doing interesting things with Mendoza, given that the end of his arc in the first season could have left him without anywhere to go as a character. And my esteem for Sancho and Pedro shot way up when they saw Mendoza losing a fight (!) and tried to help instead of running away. (In fact, nobody runs away, even though he keeps telling them to. Oh, Mendoza, you should know by now that the kids never listen to you when you say things like that.)
As for the end of season revelations, I saw one of them coming about half way through the series, but the other one left me completely gob-smacked. (And thinking "well, that certainly explains why Mendoza was in such a weird mood when he got back from being kidnapped.")
Very much looking forward to Season Three although ( spoilers for where they're going in Season Three. )
Most of all, I still can't quite believe that my first favourite show is an ongoing canon after all this time. Bring on 2015!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! WHY IS IT NOT 2015 YET?!
I know we waited thirty years between Season One and Season Two, which mean that the year between Two and Three should be easy by comparison. But since the original writers had no expectation of ever getting a Season Two, the first series wraps up in a satisfying way even though it's open-ended. Season Two, on the other hand, takes advantage of the fact that the creators knew damn well they were getting commissioned for more.
The dub is ... OK. Well, more specifically: Ambrosius, Pedro and Zares are all good, Zia and Sancho are fine, Esteban and Tao are acceptable if not great. Only Mendoza is terrible :(. (Admittedly I may be pickier about his voice acting than everyone else's, but the guy sounds nothing like either the eighties English voice actor or the modern French one and HE'S JUST ALL WRONG, OK?)
I really enjoyed Season Two, and thought it did a couple of things better the the original show - there's an antagonist who's actually interesting and threatening, and Zia gets more character development and a lot more to do. And I'm impressed that they managed to keep doing interesting things with Mendoza, given that the end of his arc in the first season could have left him without anywhere to go as a character. And my esteem for Sancho and Pedro shot way up when they saw Mendoza losing a fight (!) and tried to help instead of running away. (In fact, nobody runs away, even though he keeps telling them to. Oh, Mendoza, you should know by now that the kids never listen to you when you say things like that.)
As for the end of season revelations, I saw one of them coming about half way through the series, but the other one left me completely gob-smacked. (And thinking "well, that certainly explains why Mendoza was in such a weird mood when he got back from being kidnapped.")
Very much looking forward to Season Three although ( spoilers for where they're going in Season Three. )
Most of all, I still can't quite believe that my first favourite show is an ongoing canon after all this time. Bring on 2015!