Castlevania

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Season 2
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 7, 2017
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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  1. Collider
    Reviewed by: Dave Trumbore
    Oct 26, 2018
    100
    All of this heady material slows the pace down a bit, but the excellently animated action sequence (of which there are plenty to enjoy) give each episode a nice punch-up. All in all, these eight new episodes of Season 2 will give you everything you wanted from Castlevania and more.

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7.9

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  3. Negative: 11 out of 125
  1. Clrblndmax
    Oct 26, 2018
    10
    The second season of Castlevania is just incredible. The powerful animation, art direction, composing and voice overs that made the firstThe second season of Castlevania is just incredible. The powerful animation, art direction, composing and voice overs that made the first (albeit short) season so mouthwatering. This is a slower burn than the the first and spme will be disappointed by the fact that it's not constant fights. But the fights that are there are chock full of cool coreography and animated extremely well. Everyone is also fleshed out and I really think the women in the show steal the spotlights at points. The amount of fan service without beating you over the head with it is appreciated (especially having an orchestrated bloody tears in episode 7). Easily worth the binge and multiple rewatches. Season 3 cannot come soon enough.… Full Review »
  2. Mordahuez
    Oct 28, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I hate to be Negative Nancy but the great production values and gory action couldn't stop me from being disappointed in season 2. In any traditional story, the desire to see the protagonist succeed and the fear that they might fail is what creates dramatic tension. In season 2 of Castlevania, the three protagonists are put into narrative limbo, spending virtually the entire season studying in the basement of the Belmont manor. These eight episodes are almost entirely focused on an intrigue plot about Carmilla trying to overthrow Dracula. The problem is: Carmllia and Dracula both want to destroy humanity, they are both antagonists, and the audience ultimately wants both of them to fail. Whichever one of them succeeds in inconsequential, since the heroes will eventually have to leave their basement and kill the ultimate bad guy. Therefore, there is no narrative tension for the entire intrigue plot.
    It also ends up being mostly inconsequential to the story anyway. After they lock it down, the characters show up to Dracula's Castle and kick his ass, just like they would have if none of the Camellia stuff had happened.    … Full Review »
  3. CasandraComplex
    Oct 30, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Hmmm There was something completely maverick like about the first season that I just couldn't find in the second. The second season gives me the impression that they were playing it safe and even toned down some of the limbs that the first season ventured onto that in my view, made Castlevania stand out. I even re watched the first season in order to have the narrative fresh in my mind. I'll just come out and say it, Cypher annoyed the heck out of me. Before all of you SJW knuckle heads start crying misogyny, the two main female characters fill two classic misogynistic roles. One is supposed to be a very wise scholarly type that in actual portrayal, behaves like a whining adolescent child. It would have been refreshing to see a strong female character instead like say, Xena Warrior Princess without all of the bustiers. The second female role follows yet an other Lady Macbeth stereotype. So the two examples of women are the highly educated and sassy Cypher whose only strength comes from her powers, and has the emotional maturity of an adolescent longing for a father figure in romance. The second female role is the," Femme Fatal" type that is insipid, deceitful, calculating, manipulative and power hungry while secretly vying to betray allegiance in order to steal power. The relationship between Trevor Belmont and Cypher was so per-ordained and followed such a well worn out dynamic of being annoyed with each other then, ultimately falling in love that it just pissed me off. It gives one the feeling that the show was dumbed down. While re-watching the first season, I don't know if my memory is playing tricks on me or what but the scene where the Bishop meets his demise, it seems as though part of the graphic part of that scene was cut out to make it less , well, graphic. Maybe some religious types complained I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised. The plot and dialog all followed the most conventional of story telling that I was rather bored of it all by the time our hero's camped out in the Belmont family Library/vault. Why do artists constantly give in to the homogenizing forces of big business and big money?… Full Review »
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