Arcane Season 2 Starts on Saturday, 9 Nov 24 on Netflix

[Richards]

Hey, my son informs me that the second season of Arcane starts tomorrow on Netflix. Since I first learned about the show here on EN World (in a thread discussing Blue Eye Samurai, if memory serves), I thought I'd let everyone know.

Johnathan

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Woot!

That was a surprisingly good show! Totes down for it.

(Also? Blue Eye Samurai is AWESOME.)

 

[Richards]

Agreed. I think I enjoyed Blue Eye Samurai more of the two, but I'm a big samurai movie fan.

Johnathan

 

[MarkB]

Having watched this week's three episodes (so glad they're not just doing the standard full-season dump so we have time to digest them), they most certainly haven't lost their touch this season.

 

[Ryujin]

It's definitely a stand-out. Unfortunately it's a victim of the Netfix "two and done", so this will be wrapping it up.

 

[Richards]

My boys decided we'd wait until all episodes have been released, then we'll watch them one a night straight through to the end. So I'll have to withhold comment until then, but I'm expecting good things!

Johnathan

 

[TiQuinn]

Just a damn gorgeous show.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

It's definitely a stand-out. Unfortunately it's a victim of the Netfix "two and done", so this will be wrapping it up.

Netflix are just absolute idiots, completely unable to recognise when they've got a good thing going unless it's ultra-cheap reality TV tat. I was genuinely surprised they didn't manage to cancel Delicious in Dungeon's second season, but if it needed a third (which I understand it doesn't, thankfully), they'd manage to cancel that, regardless of success.

 

[Ryujin]

Netflix are just absolute idiots, completely unable to recognise when they've got a good thing going unless it's ultra-cheap reality TV tat. I was genuinely surprised they didn't manage to cancel Delicious in Dungeon's second season, but if it needed a third (which I understand it doesn't, thankfully), they'd manage to cancel that, regardless of success.

For them it's not just about a show being profitable, but being profitable enough to support everything else.

 

[Stalker0]

Netflix are just absolute idiots, completely unable to recognise when they've got a good thing going unless it's ultra-cheap reality TV tat. I was genuinely surprised they didn't manage to cancel Delicious in Dungeon's second season, but if it needed a third (which I understand it doesn't, thankfully), they'd manage to cancel that, regardless of success.

And yet we live in a world where people often feel shows live on long past their expiration dates, and we are left with lame final seasons with terrible endings that ultimately take the shine off the show's legacy.

Netflix's choice to keep shows small in exchange for continuous innovation is a bold strategy, and we will see how it works out for them. And yes because of that strategy there are beloved shows that we would love to get more seasons of that we never will. But in exchange, those shows burn bright in our memories, and it leaves space for the next Arcane to come around the corner.