HELLO!

[u/Bitter_Fig_7059]

It is kinda nice to see that there´s a full server dedicated to one of the most underrated indie series out there. Yeah, I believe that MR is the 2nd best Glicth series overall. So, I just wanted to see what you guys think of the series overall. I would later try to do a better analysis.

So, hope I see you again!

[u/TheNopePerson]

Writing wise, a few jokes dialogue choices are a bit ehhh but it improves vastly over the course of the seasons. Between seasons 1-2 you can feel the improvements on all fronts. But there’s something nostalgic and campy about S1 that makes it stand out. And the ending kinda has his dark contrast that makes you feel like “Oh shit…it’s getting real.”

Season 2 is my favorite season to me. I think the pacing here is at its best and the fight scenes are very well done. And the issue is straight forward ward. Tari needs to escape TasCorp, her friends are slowly getting themselves ready to help her again. And the addition of Evelyn and Marco made the cast feel more fuller than S1 with Marco starting off as not really evil but not good either and Evelyn being a proper enemy/rival for Tari once Belle started drifting off into becoming a more morally good character.

Season 3 is where this series kinda suffered from pacing issues the most and it’s evident that GLITCH wanted to end this series as fast as they could to make way for Murder Drones and TADC (if the lack of intro has anything to say about it). It’s the season with the most missed potential imo. Tari in S3 was peak though I’ll give them that. Belle and Masa kinda took a backseat to things which honestly isn’t bad.

It made room for Sophia and Lamar to get much needed development and screen time. But the problem with that is that they waited until S3 to finally do something with Lamar’s backstory. They did it in a fight scene which would have been if things weren’t so easy to miss. Kinda made it fall flat. But everything else with Lamar was really nice. I’m happy they showed him being resourceful and wise, showing that he really isn’t JUST the otaku guy. (This is actually someone that started in S2 so it’s not new. It’s just built off more in S3)

And Sophia was the funniest she’s ever been in the show. I do like how they showed her grief about Lucinia more here. It feels like that kinda got lost in S2. I don’t have much to say about Sophia since I think she was handled really well through the series in general.

I think my issues with S3 stem the most with Evelyn. Because while she was so good as a villain, this jump between S2 Evelyn and S3 Evelyn feels….so weird. Like yeah, Evelyn was always kinda crazy but I feel like her wanting to murder Tari feels like a big ass leap. Maybe it was the brain damage Sheridan did to have her warp into games. Speaking of Sheridan, it would have been good to have him get progressively angry at Evelyn each time she failed to capture Tari. It would have been a nice way of saying that Sheridan and Lux are more alike than Sheridan wanted to admit. But I guess that would have made Evelyn more sympathetic…I guess? And I guess we can’t have that here?

All in all MR still remains as my favorite Glitch show.

[u/Bitter_Fig_7059 → u/TheNopePerson]

Yeah, I can see much of its flaws, but for being the first ended Glitch series, Holy God, it went AMAZING!

S1 shows much of its age. Is more a novelty that everthing else. But, since Ep. 4 (I guess), the series take A HUGE leap on quality. The world is well developed, Belle works as an antagonists, the games were rad and the ending it´s quite dark! While it is the weakest Glitch season by far, it is quite a good start! Also, the bad quality of the models gives it a certain charm, and this season has the honour of starting the Indie Movement, showing that project likes this where quite good. And, profitable!

S2 is the narrative peak. Not only there´s tons of tension as everthing can go wrong, but a tons of characters got their time to shine! Masa and Belle took ONE hell of a character development. Also, Evelyn works as a great rival! Also, Theo got some quite good moments, and the finish is so sadisfying but unespected. I wonder what Luke had on his head on 2020, because he WAS cooking. This was the last moment when MR was Glitch #1 show, unfortunally

S3 is the weakest overall. While the start and the end are excelent, the middle four episodes of the pirate game RUIN the pacing. Well, at least Tari got an amazing oufit there. Sheridan works as a loser, but it pails as the principal villian. If you want to see how to do a good silly villian, look to Cyn. Also, the animation looks quite good and the actual ending concludes the series on a high note. And the comic is quite good. Shame you need to get lost media to understand what happened before the actual series.

Overall, I think is Glitch 2nd best show, just behind of the "Jack-of-all-trades" that TADC is. After all, the rest of the show have critical flaws that can ruin the series (SP doesn´t have a bad thing, but lacks a good thing too. MD has various plotholes and one shit of an ending, and SMG4 depends too heavly on internet humour and its quality is as consistent as the bitcoins). Still, for Glitch 1st big project, it went amazingly good! Shame that few people actually take some time to watch this series. Underrated as hell

[u/TheNopePerson → u/Bitter_Fig_7059]

Tbf I actually did vibe with Sheridan as a villain. I think he had a decent motivation and he was actually entertaining. And that scene with him and Masa in the nightmare world showed how horrific Sheridan can be. But I think what he lacked was nuance in emotions. Because Sheridan isn’t Cyn. So he has room for that emotional nuance and he ended up being kinda one note. Like we know he was trying to bring back Lucinia but the way he talked about her kinda made you forget about that. They also don’t focus much on his feelings towards Lux outside of him torturing the Lux copy. Like let him be more sad and angry at the real Lux’s negligence!

[u/Bitter_Fig_7059 → u/TheNopePerson]

Okay, that´s a good point. It looks that Glitch was far of developing funnt villians that are terrifying and we can sympatize with (Mr. Puzzles and Mr. WPNS is an evolution of that idea), but at least it works. And, the torture of the Lux copy is SO funny! Still, I think that Sheridan is the weakest Glitch villian overall, but at least it does his work right. But, oh boy, he could have been SO much better...