Havoc2049
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I binge watched this over a three day period with my five year old daughter and she loved it.
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Trollhunters Official Trailer - Guillermo del Toro's cartoon Netflix Series
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I binge watched this over a three day period with my five year old daughter and she loved it.
I'm at ep 13 and I gotta say I'm surprised by how good this series turned out to be. Thought I'll be another generic saturday morning cartoon but it's nothing like that. Not a fan of the design of the characters since it looks like any Pixar/Dreamworks CG bland designs but you'll eventually get past that. Had more fun watching this than Voltron, my problem with Voltron was it's weak dialogue, Trollhunters doesn't have that problem also the characters are all pretty enjoyable to watch. Was worried the chubby friend would be your another annoying bro sidekick but they've avoided that so far, probably the only friend tag along friend that I've ever enjoy. As for Clare seems like their going to start building up her character now in the mid part of the season.
Overall a pretty fun series to watch, hope the 2nd half of the season continues this momentum it has. Just make sure to continue watch past the first two eps since it's mostly setting up the series in those eps.
Overall a pretty fun series to watch, hope the 2nd half of the season continues this momentum it has. Just make sure to continue watch past the first two eps since it's mostly setting up the series in those eps.
Castef
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Binge watched.
It was a delightful family adventure with wholesome characters tinged with stuff that I associate with del Toro. The trolls are macabre and consistently alien, with their dietary habits and their threats that manage to be creatively violently PG. The evil troll in particular delivers colorful language about eating and flaying his foes. The troll market is like a brighter, more colorful version of the demon world from Hellboy. Lots of slapstick humor which feels inventive due to the size difference between the humans and trolls.
Can't say I really bought the character shifts though. I mean, they were properly foreshadowed and all but just felt like they needed the character to get to a certain emotional spot but the shift ends up jarringly drastic. The personal feud between the main character and the villain gives the animosity more omph with each encounter, including a delightfully menacing dinner spar with a verbal match where the characters show a fun genre savvy in escalating, "I was clever enough to anticipate your next action" banter. I didn't feel the core basis of the relationship but the scenes that result from setting up that relationship were fast and cutely witty.
Character relationships seem to grow in parallel and the unveiling of the troll history, as individuals and as a race, provides great texture. It's fun fantasy war popcorn.
Overall, the troll angle is what makes it likable. The fantasy rules and stakes are clearly explained, even with the bizarre setting.
It was a delightful family adventure with wholesome characters tinged with stuff that I associate with del Toro. The trolls are macabre and consistently alien, with their dietary habits and their threats that manage to be creatively violently PG. The evil troll in particular delivers colorful language about eating and flaying his foes. The troll market is like a brighter, more colorful version of the demon world from Hellboy. Lots of slapstick humor which feels inventive due to the size difference between the humans and trolls.
Can't say I really bought the character shifts though. I mean, they were properly foreshadowed and all but just felt like they needed the character to get to a certain emotional spot but the shift ends up jarringly drastic. The personal feud between the main character and the villain gives the animosity more omph with each encounter, including a delightfully menacing dinner spar with a verbal match where the characters show a fun genre savvy in escalating, "I was clever enough to anticipate your next action" banter. I didn't feel the core basis of the relationship but the scenes that result from setting up that relationship were fast and cutely witty.
Character relationships seem to grow in parallel and the unveiling of the troll history, as individuals and as a race, provides great texture. It's fun fantasy war popcorn.
Overall, the troll angle is what makes it likable. The fantasy rules and stakes are clearly explained, even with the bizarre setting.
MaKTaiL
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"Guillermo del Toro's Trollhunters from DreamWorks, which launched in December, is tracking to be its most-watched kids original ever." - Variety
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/netflix-q4-2016-earnings-1201962823/
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/netflix-q4-2016-earnings-1201962823/
Fancyarcher
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Very enjoyable show. I'm usually a fan of these teen destiny shows, and this is one no different, but it works so well regardless. Some fun character interactions too. Hopefully they make a second season.
MaKTaiL
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There are actually two 13 episode seasons inside one. When you finish episode 13 you will understand what I'm saying.
Discotheque
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that's really cool about anton yelchin's work. GDT is being a good dude about putting in effort to keep his voice for future episodes when he could have went the easier route in replacing it.
Snap, this is like the 6th time I've seen the title and thought "Wow, del Toro adapted Trolljegeren to a series with Netflix? Dope!" only to realize this is something entirely different and not my cuppa tea 
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Oh well, at least Øvredal is getting his name out there known with the Autopsy of Jane Doe.
.Oh well, at least Øvredal is getting his name out there known with the Autopsy of Jane Doe.
yep really good - guess he recorded lines for S2 as well when he did S1...
I've had this on my watch list for awhile for the sole fact that it has GDT attached to it. I finally got around to starting it and while it took a few episodes for me to get into it, I really started liking the characters and the animation as it went on. I just finished the first arc (apparently each story arc is 13 episodes) and found it fun and enjoyable. I'm glad that they will still be able to use Anton's voice for at least part of Season 2, but it will be interesting to see how they handle it.
The villain for season 2 is even better.
They planned for 52 episodes.
https://twitter.com/RealGDT/status/829716279669956608
And it doesn't seem like they'll recast Jim (RIP Anton Yelchin).
https://twitter.com/realgdt/status/829714125764907008?lang=en
https://twitter.com/RealGDT/status/829733051643129856
Great, I'm looking forward to watching more over this long holiday weekend. I enjoyed seeing the Pacific Rim reference too haha.
Just finished the first season. It's really worth a watch. All the of the characters were very likable and Angor Rot is a great villain. The Strickler dentist scene was one of the most hilariously evil things I've ever seen on an animated show. When I was nearing the end of this season, it made me sad about Anton Yelchin again and his tragic death. The VA cast is really top notch, too. I hope the second season, even with all of the challenges, turns out as good as the first.
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