Joey Continued Watching Arcane

[@IgnitionRegalia]

*Joey* - "I hate the opening" *me* - "OHHH THE MISERY"

[@danielcesar664]

this man hates all good things

[@bluewolf7111]

To be fair, if you did not watch it around when it was airing, its more likely you'd be tired as hell of having heard that song literally everywhere for like a year at least that it would put off your liking of the opening.

[@soupisgoodfood]

imagine dragons is garbage tho be real

[@afilthyweeb8684]

Joey always has the hottest but correct takes. Imagine Dragons is awful and that song is formula crafted to appeal to smooth brains and the lowest common denominator

[@buffmon1038]

agree with Joey on this one, it’s so annoying, and it’s so cringe.

[@KlineStife]

can't wait for joey to get to the scene where the show suddenly cuts to imagine dragons playing the song in a random alleyway.

[@mohammedraihaaan2251]

Yeah that was unbearable

[@mrbusinesss1]

@@mohammedraihaaan2251Aside from Imagine Dragons actually being there (lmao) I thought the song playing in an actual episode (that was also related to the lyrics) was pretty cool and fitting

[@faustsies1366]

@@mrbusinesss1 how is that a bad thing. It's not just imagine dragons, they actually made them look like they were from zaun. They don't look odd at all. Totally different than something like ed sheeran appearing in got.

[@mohammedraihaaan2251]

@@mrbusinesss1 yeah I agree , I just cringed when imagine dragons made an appearance

[@mrbusinesss1]

@@faustsies1366 No I agree, their designs were dope. It’s just a little funny and unexpected to see the real actual members from Imagine Dragons in this well-rounded universe you’ve been exploring for 6 episodes at that point. I didn’t think it was that cringe, but funny at least

[@en4833]

Powder didn't put 1 blue ball into the monkey bomb. She put fucking three of them in there. That's why it was so much more powerful than the explosion at the apartment.

[@hiimbob2121]

Fact, also each one that exploded caused the other ones to react more and keeps multiplying

[@captainobvious8037]

​@@hiimbob2121 Who told you that? We got no information on this. Btw, the blast effect of explosives isn't linearly based off the amount of explosive material. The blast effect decreases. That's a strong hint that 3 blue balls should have only causes between 1.5x and 2x the explosion of 1 blue ball.

[@fonfiff]

@@captainobvious8037 because conventional explosives are a good comparison for fictional, magical explosives

[@90kPing]

@@captainobvious8037bro fr majored in hextech

[@captainobvious8037]

@@fonfiff Since we got no reference points.. PRETTY MUCH, YEAH.

[@msmissy9976]

So suddenly we hate the idea of setting up a story and building up the world of a story??? Lol Joey's over here talking about something "finally" happening. BRING BACK STORYTELLING APPRECIATION

[@Deepblue87]

Right? You think a story will hit that hard if there's no build up or base for the characters?

[@Sayu035]

This! I genuinely wondered if he was talking about the same show. Even before episode 3 stuff DID happen. They may not have been big story changing events, but that doesn't mean nothing significant happened!

[@valeriyav2149]

I was hooked from the very first episode. I love introduction to the characters and the world setting and it wasn't even slow. like i have no idea what he's talking about

[@jesseth.7032]

I feel like a lot of people don’t have the attention span any more for properly paced stuff. They want the big important shit to happen immediately and can’t hone in on dialogue

[@johncycal7020]

joey brain is fried from watching bad anime and pretending its good

[@Bonny-2132]

''Vander isn't a playable character''......well you say that but...

[@stormridersk]

He doesn't know lol

[@Dracobyte]

Vander will join the Hunt again!

[@ivanchoo2006]

As someone who followed league lore long before arcane, this is cool because in the original story we never actually knew what his real name was

[@eizumichi]

Maybe not 'V' But 'VV'

[@shulamitwhatsittoya6550]

@@ivanchoo2006 Yeah all we knew was that he was a "good man". Then you look up the Greek meaning of the name "Vander" and have your mind blown.

[@bombgoon2768]

Arcane is one of those shows that is kinda just a writers flex. Its so good, everyone knows its good, and it never really misses. I glaze anime and shit, but arcane is like, better than most anime ive seen.

[@varnix1006]

The entire Runeterra lore is writer's flex, too bad the balance team ruins the experience almost all the time.

[@GoldenStorm-gs7lx]

​@@varnix1006I hope they can translate it well into the MMO....whenever it comes out. I would love to explore runeterra.

[@jakemaanimeikalainen248]

Yeah boy european cartoons on the rise again!

[@KainDing-]

@@jakemaanimeikalainen248 You mean america. And honestly i thinks its even more impressive if you look at all peoples imbd who worked on it. Nearly 95% are people relatively new in the industry that started their career at riot and have at most experience working on 1 or 2 league cinematics. To have such a quality of writing and animation shows how much care riot put into raising this team, which also results in all these unique styles the show uses in many different scenes. It really shows that unlike most media you dont need senior creators to lead these kind of things. as long as you compensate for their gap in knowledge and support them along the way even new people in these fields can create masterpieces and it makes it seem so different from other stuff since the creators arent influenced from working under other leads multiple years until they finally can show their own vision. (like usually series/movies follow ways of writing that already feel similar to previous works.but here due to the writers adn animators being "fresh blood" they can incorparate ideas that arent yet "tainted" from working under other creatives) Probably the biggest thing I actually respect Riot for. They took a huge gamble, ot havig any big names and senior producers that could guarantee a certain level of sucess but just put all of their eggs into giving these very fresh creators a chance to show their skills and it really paid of.

[@captainobvious8037]

S1 maybe, but S2 act 1 is lacking. Castlevania now slightly beats Arcane imo

[@T-Squeezy23]

I dont understand how you can get to episode 3 and NOT want to keep watching it there and then. Joey baffles me sometimes.

[@SoySauce9]

Trash Taste

[@TheMattyNation]

Exactly it makes no sense to me. That episode made me tear up the first time I saw it. It sat with me… and if anything can do that to me it’s 10/10.. I crave stuff like that. Something genuinely moving. It’s rare

[@SoySauce9]

@@TheMattyNation I didn't exactly cry but I don't think it's just how heavily it can illicit your emotions, other wise trauma bait series would be the best, but that's not true. Arcane has complexity and depth which enhances the emotion to greater heights, that's why it's the GOAT.

[@md.aakibsadatchowdhury3169]

he is a useless wanna be expert on shit that no one cares

[@BlazD-he5cn]

He’s so pretentious and annoying sometimes lol, then he’ll come in glazing another rpg which takes 100 hours to beat saying he plays it 12 hours a day but can’t watch another 4 hours of arcane for better content

[@forlogic53]

Joey's saying "I hope this show isnt hyped just because of the animation..." when the 3 of them were glazing Demon Slayer like its the 2nd coming of Christ really hurts me deeply

[@onomayonnaise]

The 2nd half of Demon Slayer season 2 deserved all the glazing it got tho

[@RedDevil2557]

Joey wants to hate something popular even if it's good or not. Hype is deterrent sure but the man shouldnt take popular as metric as niche gets bonus points instead.

[@animagamer2]

Demon Slayer's characters are fantastic, despite how simple they are. The world is interesting, despite how unexplored it is. The plot is sweet and straight to the point, and despite meandering in places, it's always building towards a climax. Is it a perfect show? No. Is it elevated by fucking stellar animation? Yes, no DS fan can honestly deny that. But to act like the show has no redeeming qualities outside of that A) Makes you look kind of ignorant and B) Ignores the reality that the only reason it got an adaption in the first place was that the manga was hella popular despite not being "carried by ufotable".

[@zankaa8031]

​@@onomayonnaisewhy though, the writing is the same mediocre bs

[@Alzir-n9m]

Demon slayer is a simple, digestible story told really well. Arcane is a complex, artful and comprehensive story told beautifully.

[@TsDemo]

Joey: And Silco. He's the bad guy, right? Connor: ... ... ... yeah. Garn: ... ... ... yeah yeah.

[@torrinbianchi5283]

He is lol

[@Mia-nk1kg]

@@torrinbianchi5283He was more of an antagonist than a bad guy. Majority of the ‘bad guys’ are not black and white

[@jzriw]

@@Mia-nk1kgoh silco is definitely a bad guy. He has noble intentions but he is 100% a bad person.

[@shauryasuri3653]

@@torrinbianchi5283 There are no BAD GUYS in arcane, only different people. S2 made it so clear that Silco was holding Zaun together all by himself.

[@cronqvist5763]

​@@shauryasuri3653 Literally, the show explained that in the beginning, when Jinx and Sevika were sharing their thoughts on Silco.

[@codebene0842]

11:51 synced stand up

[@tiernanburns8833]

Thank you, i love seeing these syncs

[@fayitsa622]

The twins hit again 😂

[@WeirdTroll666]

fr

[@DoctorCVC]

I love how Garnt almost seems to have a looped sound before and after

[@ronmanvici8371]

Thanks for the detail😅

[@sharaheartsixx]

"Vander isn't a playable character" *sips tea*....

[@TheHustler245]

Blood runs... They all run!

[@Izzy-rh7br]

WoW no spoilers. ;)

[@dorcusss3693]

I know Zaun's streets by the back of my claws!

[@LinardsZ]

@@Izzy-rh7br WARW NO SPOILERS

[@poltergeist078]

You can't run from your mistakes!

[@swapnarupbarua4668]

I think the Joey is just the personification of the channel name

[@delarosa8511]

underrated comment

[@SpiderJAAM]

I love how grey the characters are, no good vs bad, just people who fucked up vs more people who fucked up.

[@lj_aderyn]

Then there's just Singed.

[@eetualajuuma1659]

@@lj_aderyn silly scientists makes silly weapons of mass destruction

[@collecter343]

@@lj_aderynA war crimes generator who possibly lost his daughter and who’s willing to fulfill his sponsor’s desires for research funding. Not saying he’s that deep just more so than what his in-game character is like.

[@notchedbandit]

Yeah, it's not as childish like that Cyberpunk show. I think that show is more for simple people like Joey.

[@ligmanuts4247]

@@notchedbanditaww your a big fan of joey i see very cute

[@Dytanious]

No shade, but never understood the mindset of seeing so many people hyped for a show and you watch one episode and think to yourself “whats the hype?”. Idk man it might take more than one episode to see it.

[@collecter343]

It’s why the 3 episode rule exists

[@Dytanious]

@@collecter343 people still never follow it even in 2024

[@Jepze158]

@@Dytanious I do even non anime shows.

[@lazz5207]

He only watched one ep as per the rules of the pod ep, and I wouldnt call ep 1 a strong intro to the season imo

[@Dytanious]

@@lazz5207 pretty dumb rule but I get it

[@kingofbel6499]

ngl I think Joey was/is trying so hard to not like Arcane. Like bro, every anime fan knows you gotta watch at least 3 episodes before you form your opinion about a series, and it took this guy months to reach episode 3 of a 9 episodes animated show. lol

[@ghostlyexe]

He consistently wants to not like popular shows, he wants to dislike them and say they’re bad bc they’re popular. I know someone irl who is very similar to that and it frustrates me so much sometimes, cause when they finally give it a chance, they like it lol

[@darkstalkero]

We all know that one friend that is like that 😂😂

[@vishky4907]

He's ego so big

[@OreoYoo]

Well, in his defense, each episode is much longer than your average anime and I also almost skipped Arcane after the first episode.

[@intriguedkomi4888]

yeah some people just like that, sometimes it isn't even worth recommending them anything. Arcane first episode is solid to get the pace right and anyone who complains that nothing happens is just watching it with the mental of "Oh this show is popular? where is the plot? Where is the action? Where? where?" when an entirely new cinematic universe is being introduced. 0 care about the location, the atmosphere, the individual character at all. And when something makes them a bit uncomfortable (like the art style, the OST, or like when jinx when her mental problems start leaking and they assume she is just an annoying child) they just instantly out of it. We as unbiased watchers also have doubts about any adapted film but these kinds of people have already half made up their minds even before watching so even in the best case they just said the show is "Okay".

[@Extrophobic]

The Ekko vs Jinx fight is one of my favourite fights animation wise

[@Pikachu-kw4fv]

I have never in my life seen such storytelling and character character development in a fighting scene with no words spoken.

[@Neeono]

​@@Pikachu-kw4fvcame here to comment this but you beat me to it. Truly a pikachu of culture

[@uhmm3996]

IN THIS GOTHIC UNDERGROUND CITY🗣️🗣️🗣️📢📢📢

[@hardware64]

Waiting for part 3 of the joey watching arcane saga

[@normILL]

+

[@themagicman6078]

As someone who has an IRL friend that is a hesitant contrarian, this can be as annoying as it is cathartic 😂 if you dont like something most people love, thats totally fine.. but why not AT LEAST give it a try? Youre probably just depriving yourself for obstinantes sake (My friend usually ends up loving the things he avoids when he actually gives them a chance- food, movies, anime/manga, video games 🙄)

[@KevinLuu03]

wdym joey gave arcane a try and still didnt like it. popular is not the same as good lmao dont be a sheep. i love arcane too but im not gonna bash joey for not liking it. everyone's taste is different.

[@drakesacrum8445]

@@KevinLuu03 He liked it tho. He just didn't like it the first time because the first episode does not give you nearly enough information to have a grasp on the plot.

[@BrolaireThebright]

​@@drakesacrum8445so exposition dump is what's expected now?

[@itsjustvin7630]

​@@KevinLuu03but he did like it

[@willconn3620]

@@KevinLuu03 But he did like it. He's the exact kind of contrarian that always claim to dislike a popular thing, but has such a basic ass taste that popular things are exactly up their alley. Like, he's the exact kind of contrarian that people find annoying.

[@LouPhonze]

Even when he agrees, he has to give the trashiest take in the group

[@KevinLuu03]

i mean ur watching trash taste so....😂

[@ayylmao633]

@@KevinLuu03 This gives "We should improve society somewhat" "Yet you participate in society! Curious! I am very intelligent." vibes. How else do you critique something without watching it smooth brain?

[@noahsylvester1754]

@@ayylmao633 doesn't take much to set you off, does it?

[@erxan4163]

The difference is , you can improve society, but we are dealing with taste and opinion. There is no way or reason to "improve" it. And in this context "improve" is basically "make it the same as mine"​@@ayylmao633

[@tcat_]

@@noahsylvester1754 god forbid bro wears his heart on his sleeve

[@Ligmyster]

I swear joey's slowly turning into miyazaki bro hates everything

[@Dragunnitum]

Forgetting Daddy Vander's name is criminal 😭😭😭

[@rohanamor4323]

They introduced us by showing the worldbuilding where the audience gets the impression of how the audience should feel about their world and the characters, then drama happens later. This is pretty much the solid formula which are mostly used in One Piece, early Jurassic Park movies, Arcane etc.

[@mirasheep]

I thought I can't be more hyped for S2 ... Then Blood Sweat & Tears got released

[@NeitherSquid]

Blood Sweat and Tears is such a good song. I hope it's the opening like Enemy was for season 1

[@AidanDonnelly-x9i]

@@NeitherSquid It def shouldnt be the opening if im being real, its cool for what it is, but why should mel's mom be the focus of the opening

[@killmeplzwotb2172]

Enemy will remain the opening, but BS&T will be in season 2​@@NeitherSquid

[@conroyfernandes7173]

Heard somewhere that heavy is the crown is the op

[@huldress]

@@NeitherSquid I don't play League, but I thought the whole point of the song was introducing Mel's mom as a new LoL character. Not necessarily to be in the show

[@ulrik03]

"After episode 3 you don't know quite who the good guys are or who the bad guys are" Well, after episode 9 there's still heated discussions about this!

[@tannerpayne4384]

Checking in after episode 6 season 2. Bad guys still undefined

[@ThomasAndy-qu8dp]

"i need the show to tell me what is good or bad" bro can't think for himself.

[@Ulysses_Von_kafka]

Joey is the definition of a contrarian that makes himself feel smarter than he actually is.

[@silentliker]

It's the he watches and read so much anime ang manga that he really thinks he is smart. lmao, I don't actually agree on some of his takes even on manga and anime things. I actually don't get the hype on Joey A.K.A. The Anime Man. I just found out about him because of Aki. You don't get smart just by watching too much, if you really don't understand the concept of most of them.

[@Ulysses_Von_kafka]

@@silentliker for a man who brags about reading/watching lots of manga & anime he sure doesn't know much about simple storytelling methods... also hate the fact he always has to drag his feet or begrudgingly agree, instead of fully say that YES something is good as people say it is.

[@silentliker]

@@Ulysses_Von_kafka exactly

[@kosta7005]

@@silentliker I mean that's probably why he doesn't love so many shows, because he's seen it all, take arcane for example, are we pretending that it did anything new? it's great but you have to agree it's full of tropes and cliches

[@silentliker]

@kosta7005 the only time I saw a character like Jinx is from Luke of tales of the abyss. And the arcane magic is not so easy to understand it's so complex you don't even know if it's good or evil, or if it's controllable or not. So I don't agree with the, there is nothing new with Arcane. The thing with Arcane is it's inside Runeterra story and we all know Runeterra lore is pretty amazing. And if Joey really is what you view him, then why he is so amaze with Demon Slayer when That anime is the embodiment of typical japanese shonen. Lmao

[@deshaunfortune912]

Who would've thought you'd get more invested in the characters after you got to know them more😂

[@blazingstorm9351]

A little correction for those who are misinformed: The lore isn’t being redone completely, they’re keeping the most important stuff in Runeterra and only retconning some of the inconsistent part of the lore as many of lore that came out during Arcane doesn’t even connect to the actual lore in League. Biggest example of this, Jinx and Vi’s origins.

[@mrvidaurri2889]

I think they mean the original retcon, whe one that got rid of the actual league of legends existing with summoners using champions to fight. That was completely redone a few years ago.

[@Belbecat]

Arcane - the series where the more attention you pay the more rewarded you are. I have a sad feeling that everyone 2nd monitored this show and only got like surface stuff. Pray they all properly watch it over again before Season 2 releases.

[@ivanchoo2006]

If the surface level stuff is good, but I do agree the deeper you look into it, it becomes alot more enjoyable

[@huldress]

this is the only show I've watched 2-3 times in a row after completing it. Stellar show, second watch was when I noticed little details I hadn't seen before. Wish I could buy it instead of the dumb Netflix subscription.

[@jonah9690]

I just watched it again 2 days ago and damn I forgot like everything that happened from episode 7 onwards hahahha. I literally didnt remember that Ekko survived the fight vs jinx

[@rivengle]

@@huldressIt’s on Blu-ray now if you want to buy it!

[@idoru__]

joey is so real for loving vander, he is soooo loveable in those first 3 episodes T_T i broke down crying when he died upd.: AND CONNOR IS SO REAL INTRO IS SOOOOOO GOOD OMG

[@bacon4life314]

Just finished the series today, after brushing it off for years.

[@Heavenly828]

Review ?

[@Heightren]

just in time for season 2

[@bacon4life314]

@@Heavenly828 Absolutely Amazing!

[@bacon4life314]

@@Heightren yea for real, I lucked out lmao

[@MichaelaEvans]

Same. I finished the series for the first time this week and it's phenomenal. ❤️🤩So glad I didn't have to wait for season 2 as long as everybody else 😄

[@amvsenpai861]

"we'll show them, we will show them all"

[@anonym45]

8:46 Its not that they dumped all the lore in the trash. They just retconned some things but the major plots and stories stay the same

[@lj_aderyn]

Yeah no they retconned pretty much everything. A lot of core character concepts remained the same, but the major plot changed completely. Old league lore was about a group of all powerful mages called Summoners who lived in a place called the Institute of War between Noxus and Demacia. The summoners would use their powers to summon important figures from the world to do battle in order to solve political disputes - and that was the core idea behind the battles that happened ingame. Around the time of the release of Aurelion Sol they completely retconned that and remade the world completely, even the map changed. Of course some few things remained the same, Demacia and Noxus generally don't get along, as with Piltover and Zaun, etc. Back then, Bandle City was an actual place, not an alternate dimension I encourage you to look up the "Old Runeterra Map" and you'll see just how different it was back then.

[@anonym45]

@@lj_aderyn I'm not talking about old old league lol. I was talking about since aurelion. When I said retconning I meant the recent one since arcane.

[@lj_aderyn]

@@anonym45 Okay well I'm 99% sure that they aren't talking about that in this video, it would surprise me if they even knew about that. Hell that minor retcon happened after arcane anyway, and established arcane and LoR as the new baseline for canon.

[@anonym45]

@@lj_aderyn yes I thought they were talking about the recent years

[@megan5810]

@@anonym45 they were 100% talking abt the old lore retcon, they said in the video the retcon theyre talking about was 8ish years ago. arcane did not release 8 years ago.

[@jaydennk_]

I thought the channel's name "Trash Taste" is refer to all 3 member, now i know it's only for Joey....

[@Kokuki39]

What I appreciate about Arcane is that it doesn't just lore dump about the game or hold the viewer's hand, like to the point of explaining what reasons Jayce and Viktor become scientists. That's step one. Step two, is is despite how fast pace everything is, not a moment is wasted even if it looks like it was. It's the kind of storytelling that has been needed for the longest time. Of course step three is the art and animation. GOD I wished more studios made unique approaches like these and not "it's just a little faster and easier to make" kind of talk or so subtle a difference in a different show that might as well be the same style regardless of technique used.

[@AscendantStoic]

Plot twist ... they kept the opening in S2 just to spite Joey 😅

[@gabmoreno280]

Now we need Joey to see till epi 6

[@talkingzack4926]

I still have the screenshot saved from the end of Garnt’s Arcane video saying “The only negative thing is that this may trick people into thinking League Of Legends is good” and I reference it all the time

[@user-hq1ct7ox1h]

If i remember correctly the League cinematics are all canon and part of the characters' lore. And the lore itself is constantly evolving, connecting different characters into a single, consistent timeline. This interconnectedness is one of the best aspects of League of Legends' lore

[@riveenwickenham8392]

not all of the cinematics are canon, especially the older cinematics, but riot has generally been quite streamlined in its more recent approach to leagues lore

[@meganbryant2234]

He says everyone doesn't like that song, that song was my number one 1 song on Spotify for 2 years 😂

[@gustavomarquez1856]

I hope Joey finishes season 1 so that the guys can discuss season 2 together.

[@mahleteyobel4440]

11:23 oh Joey is gonna HATE episode five

[@clarencealger8380]

I love the way Arcane was formatted. Everything has a three-part breakdown. A full season has three acts and each act has 3 episodes which are the divisions of that act's 3-part breakdown.

[@Karda_Nava]

I finally gave in as well & just started watching Arcane for the first time lastnight & I’ll tell ya what.. I didn’t sleep at all! I stayed up all night cause it was just that damn good, I genuinely couldn’t stop watching it lol.. I finished season 1 by the morning, & look forward to watching season 2 now tonight ha. I didn’t think I was going to like the show honestly, but since Connor, you & Garnt are always yappin about it being so great.. I decided to finally give it a shot, & wow… I’m beyond impressed! Probably one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time. I did not expect it to go in the direction it did at all! Great watch.

[@aporia_ygo]

its funny that we forgave Joey after he finally watched Arcane S1, then he shits on the ost and now we're back to where we started 🤣

[@fugofugo5135]

2:19 WHERE TIME STAMP ???

[@dan7564]

I thought that to, but then realised it was just a clipped video of arcane talk, but they should have had a timestamp of the end of the video.

[@kapeecoffee]

Time stamp is probably in the podcast itself

[@algumuser442]

​@@dan7564 they really missed the chance of the end of vídeo timestamp lmao

[@ivangg378]

It's Right there man

[@joshhale777]

So I actually am NOT a fan of Imagine Dragons but genuinely like the into song they do for Arcane 😅 just so funny because I considerably dislike them as a band and usually on the opposite side of the conversation.

[@jackhilton4285]

Bit that's irrelevant to the show. You have like the show for the story and characters and animation Who tf cares about the intro? There guys priorities are the trashist ever

[@soulich_9423]

@@jackhilton4285 well, it's... Trash taste xdxdx

[@vederianl9723]

@@jackhilton4285 Lot's of people heard Enemy before they watched Arcane. They think Arcane just grabbed a random popular song and put it into the the show. They don't know that Imagine Dragons has been writing songs for League since 2014 and they wrote Enemy specifically for Arcane.

[@CoffeeAndHomework]

Fans: Please make him a playable character. Arcane: Be careful what you wish for, boy.

[@CSwizzy08]

The fact the boys predicted Linkin Park in S2 is insane

[@jayantabiswas6798]

11:17 Joey is trying too hard to hate something so popular and widely loved.

[@kairasbeast3544]

A lot of people do hate it though so thats not even an unpopular opinion

[@pleasegoawaydude]

@@kairasbeast3544 *Most* people don't. Most people who *do* hate it are the type that don't particularly enjoy anything that takes any engagement on their part, of course. Anyways, everyone's stupid, whatever.

[@rexe30k]

@@pleasegoawaydude bruh, "everyone that don't like what i like is a worse human than i am" mentality, music is probably the most subjective out of many things in art.

[@alex21k_]

@@pleasegoawaydude what

[@Zero-zr6xx]

@@pleasegoawaydude was about to agree with you until you made a very egotistical and unnecessary rant about how anyone who doesn't like what you like are lesser beings and how your are the only smart dude here lmao.

[@GrimmBones]

My personal feelings on the "Imagine Dragons - Enemies" is that the Opening version is MUCH better than the official one, because it's far more epic, and has symphonic orchestra following it. Unfortunately, it's shorter than the original one.

[@aidanredding8058]

The scene where Vi hits Powder legit made my jaw drop.

[@christianschumann9927]

Saying the intro is bad is criminal. It's one of the best cinematic openings I ever saw. Truly one of the very very few series I actually watched the intro every time. Not even because of the music tbh (it's good!) but cause of the visuals. The references and details + foreshadowing in the intro is top notch. It's not spoiling the episodes like most animes do for example. Also I rly don't get how one who loves animes and is so deep into the whole anime/manga rabbit hole restricts himself of watching something. I thought the "something's popular I must have a diff opinion" take is 2012-ish or childish at best. I always say if the vast majority agrees and loves a media almost to the fullest it might be your own take that isn't seeing the whole picture. TBF I was also once a "mainstream hater" but that changes with the view I mentioned. Tbh joey just went full arrogant/delulu/trash opinion mode for me and I see him now as a "know it better" guy instead of a legit knowable / wisdom guy who knows much cause he watched a lot. Sry Joey that's the biggest L you ever brought out lmao. But tbh I know 2 persons like him in RL too and their takes are also brain-dead. Not saying he isn't allowed to dislike the show but he literally shits on stuff that is pure cinema without proper reasoning. His arguments are not really reasonable takes tbh. But someone who says in EP01 not much happens (it does lol) I'm not wondering. Since when are we speedrunning a good story? Not everything is starting like dan da dan or CSM... Enjoy a good build-up. It's worth more than instant action/chaos. Sex is good sex with foreplay is also good. Both can be good. Saying one is shit and the other not is a weird take tho.

[@EmoElmo007]

11:51 Joey and Garnt's spiritual Bluetooth are clearly synced up. 😂

[@LDIndustries]

11:21 Joey didn't feel comfortable agreeing so much that he had to pull something to be contrarian about out of his ass

[@FutureTrunks1337]

Intro song doesn’t bother me but the season 2 intro where all the characters look like the cast of stomp drives me nuts 😂

[@justindragongarza5401]

"Vander isn't a playable" Hope you're team Jacob

[@Brutalhonesty11]

This fing show created a core memory at 34 years old, where when im 80, i will think i watched this when i was a kid. I had a museum like structure in my head of shows and movies of all genres over the years. Ordered, structured. Fing arcane exploded through the wall and ruined EVERYTHING.

[@mRidley508]

I think we should give up on making joey watch arcane. Clearly he doesn't really care and forcing someone to watch something like that is only going to feed into him not liking it. I especially think he won't like season 2 as much because its not as perfectly written as the first season so if he makes it that far i think he will really latch onto those flaws and I don't think anyone wants to hear him talk about that.

[@justhaku9240]

The most hipster contrarian ive ever seen irl or online, so much so it blinds him

[@seaweedbanana4663]

what I like about arcane is that the villains are not cartoon evil all have reasons, all have motivations

[@jaishkhan7442]

And everyone is a shade of grey (instead of being black or white)

[@queenj8886]

I started off as a hater with low expectations but now Im absolutely obsessed and love the show so much!

[@LoveOlsson98]

Joey just needs to hear the Jerma version and he'll like enemy

[@jayjackson8748]

If you're going to change the world , dont ask for permission

[@waiting4devil]

Joey 1 m before the finish line: "Imma turn back"

[@toekanmobeil892]

Can't wait to see his reaction to the REAL powder

[@tannerpayne4384]

Season 2 episode 5 really did wonders for the relationship between Vander and Silco. Honestly after only seeing Act II of season 2 the story has only unfolded more

[@DriveKnightJaden175]

No offence, but listening to you guys talk about Arcane after the reviews I've watched, namely EFAP and RFT, gave me an aneurysm.

[@Arkanna96]

They do sound like they second monitored it while doing smth else.

[@TheMattyNation]

Kind of insane Joey hasn’t watched all of Arcane, it’s literally the best thing that’s ever been produced if you like animation. It’s a triumph on every level… and season 2 only builds off those triumphs. Insane he isn’t taking it seriously as a fan of storytelling.

[@KOFNY]

Only seen S1 and I agree on the animation standpoint. Storytelling wise I think it’s just good. Not the masterpiece everyone was saying it was.

[@christianschumann9927]

Fr a person who talks a lot about animation, the production, the art direction and more on animes is missing history in animation just because... What fortiche did with arcane could be inspiring for the whole anime industry (especially those who use 3D) cause I've never seen such godly executed 3d animation like in arcane when the style still mixes 2d and 3d together.

[@generalv.1891]

How can you start a show and only watch 1 episode, leaving for months to come back to only watch 2 episodes this time? No one is that busy.

[@pimentx3253]

He obviously didn`t like it enough to keep watching, and and after months of people complaning about this take, he decided to give a second chance. It has nothing to do with time.

[@christianschumann9927]

​@@pimentx3253but why is he so eagerly trying to not watch it when this mf watches the top100 worst rated shows? Like what is that stupid take?

[@TheSaphireKatana]

Na no way he just took shots at imagine dragons, i love those guys

[@aard1451]

10:18 oh......

[@Kummiwummis]

Those who know 💀

[@koboldkisser]

Enemy was a completely inoffensive song *until* the Bastion 10 Year Anniversary performance at the VGAs was cut short by that shit.

[@randomonlinename2941]

I can't understand not liking enemy but the version they put in the intro is sooo much better than studio version

[@EinManU]

joeys takes sometimes, hoooooly.

[@iasked9392]

Joey the anime man who hates anime (as long as their popular) and says that social anxiety is a myth.

[@mrquang11212]

My opinion on Episode 3... so in a rage, hating herself she cried and breaking stuff. Holy shit Powder was about to blow herself up by throwing her bag that contain flawed hextech core. In stead of thinking about that she almost blow herself up, she think about creating the monkey bomb.

[@thesmilingknight4982]

joey hating the intro indeed is a good trash taste, glad they still have them xD

[@ekimolaos]

The Linkin Park prediction

[@weeb-ubreafs1382]

Joey took way to long to watch this

[@xyzen9673]

"i wish they make vander a playable character" oh but HE IS!

[@Mxtxloverr]

I just finished season 2, like wow. Arcane never misses man

[@MichaelaEvans]

I frickin love the intro. It gets me hyped to watch the show ❤😄

[@nottch9997]

Joey not insulting my favorit song my my beloved Imagine dragons..... °_°

[@conorgillingham2564]

Silco is by far my favorite and I’m not ashamed by that take

[@T0NI_]

This is making me realize I'd love to hear the boys' thoughts on The Legend of Vox Machina

[@benboothroyd1523]

Cmon Joey, you’re saying episode 3 is when things “finally happened”. You really didn’t get anything out of eps 1 and 2? Just stick to Shonen anime bro.

[@GrapeMuncher55]

If joey keeps up this pace he will finish the show in a few years!

[@zent183]

Well at least the podcast stays true to its name

[@crastofer]

Ok if Garnt watched FMA:B and Joey watched Arcane, what's stoping you from accomplish your milestones?

[@lurker122]

Ngl I don't understand how people give any of Joey's story opinions any weight. I've heard several dogwater takes from this dude and it's usually just him being snobby/pretentious

[@RedFish-nz3jc]

The finger movements of Joey makes me believe he is partly Italian

[@isaiahcolbert19]

Joey true to the podcast name with that take 12:27

[@kuroakikitsune]

Come play really slaps though! I can't wait for season 2 of arcane.

[@ryderls2729]

Ahh, a good reminder of why I stopped watching this podcast years ago. I grew to dislike Joey and his hypocrisy

[@TrueNargin]

I only just realized it after hearing Joey saying it - the story did actually start as if it was gonna be "good guys vs bad guys" in episode 1. I never thought about it like this for a second because I knew a bit about Piltover and Zaun already from the League lore. Not saying you could never make a "good vs bad" story in this setting but I just didn't think they'd do this with these two cities.

[@La_Ke]

Aatrox old lore: "arrgh I'm so bloodthirsty and will mess up your war efforts" Aatrox new lore: "I'm a depressed sword that can't die..." This is peak

[@Anasoruk]

they do know Vander and Silco are... not actually brothers right? just like "brothers in arms" type close friends

[@KeemoN-r5h]

This guy is the most boring person on tt like seriously he hates everything that's popular and always downs people for liking those things that they are passionate about even went out of his way to say that imagine dragons should just stop making music cause it's "bad" for him as if his music is any better. this guy tried so hard to make sure he has refined taste and always bragged about it but ended up as an arrogant elitist who gets carried by the other boys

[@AwesomeTiger267]

We got Joey to like arcane before gta 6 💀

[@randomguy2402]

The opening stayed the same 😂

[@7ANKOUCH]

Joey is everyone's enemyyyyy 😅