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TitaniumDragon The Titanium Dragon Since: Nov, 2010
The Titanium Dragon
12/30/2014 14:34:27 •••

Interesting but not incredible

The series is pretty decent, but it isn't amazing. There are three main characters, but I found Gregory, Wirt's little brother, a bit annoying; Beatrice and Wirt were the most interesting characters, but Wirt constantly digging his own grave was a bit annoying. Beatrice was cute enough, but she isn't there for a good chunk of the series, which is unfortunate.

The series as a whole is somewhat hit and miss; part of the fun of it is how ridiculous the situations in it can be. A number of the episodes have really great anticlimaxes, but by the end of the series it felt like there were almost too many of them - if there is a twist every time, it is predictable.

The animation is decent enough but usually isn't anything special; some of the environmental shots are really great, and I liked Beatrice's model, but I never really bonded with the animation style for the humans. Still, it is pretty fluid and is decent enough to look at.

On the whole, the ideas that the series plays with are fun and interesting, but I kind of felt like the series never really followed through on a lot of them, and the end of the series felt a bit abrupt, with the resolution between Wirt and Beatrice feeling a bit underwhelming.

I really wanted to like this series more than I actually did, so maybe that says something about it.

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
12/30/2014 00:00:00

I had similar feelings, but for different reasons. One of my main problems is that I found Greg really, really annoying. Similar characters from other shows don't bug me nearly as much, so I'm not sure what my problem was. Maybe I just felt that he clashed with the tone of the series too much. I found him much more bearable in the second half of the series for whatever reason. While Wirt's character development was well done, I found him more relatable than Greg, and I wish the series message involved trying to find a balance between their two viewpoints, instead of portraying Gregory entirely in the right and Wirt entirely in the wrong.

The previews made me think this would have some elements of a Random Events Plot, and I was right. But I realized that even though the scenarios of each episode were creative, it made it harder for me to get into the story. A lot of what happens does have some symbolism or relevance to the overall series, but several of the episodes are still mostly self contained. The fact that the story begins In Media Res made it hard for me to jump in.

It's definitely a unique and creative feature. But I didn't enjoy it as much as I felt I should have.


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